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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

,GFrom the Philadelphia Record.J
Done to a turn--vaudeville.
Many a fellow makes wry face
even when he drinks Scotch.
A fellow doesn't have to be born in
leap year to jump board bill.
It's easy enough to be good natured
if you have nothing else to do.
Tommy-"Pop, what is meant by
home ties?" Tommy's Pop-"Apron
strings, my son.
A girl doesn't mind wearing her
heart on her sleeve if she can wear
diamonds on her fingers.
When a man hasn't an umbrella it
doesn't do him much good to realize
that behind the darkest cloud the sun
is shining.
The most curious thing in the
world is a woman who has no curl
osity.
self praise is no Recommendation,
quoted the Wise Guy. True agreed
the Simple Mug, "but lots Of people
succeed without recommendations
"a husbands love is a. good bit like
roast beef" remarked the cynical
spinster. .tWill you kindly explain in
what respect?" asked the married
woman 1T is either too rare. or too
well done to be good.' replied the
cynical spinster.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News. ]

lfTOIIl TIE SHiCdSO ANeWS.1
Not every spinster is sorry.
A man usually works overtime dur
ing his vacation.
You can't sharpen your appetite by
eating with a knife.
Among other uncertainties is being
remembered in a will.
We feel sorry for a lazy man who
lives in a hilly country.
And occasionally curbstone broker
is also a hearthstone breaker.
Perhaps a rolling stone gathers no
moss because it isn't on the level.
Speaking of some mems heads
there is plenty of room at the top.
If a woman knows a thing it doesn't
take her husband long to know
about it.
Truth is the gnat at which q good
many people strain, and a lie is the
camel they swallow.
girl may be willing to elope pro-
viding there are no wedding presents
within her range of vision.
One of the things calculated to
drive a man to drink is to arrive at a
meeting place ten minutes late and
find that the other fellow isn't there.
History says that the ancient Egyp-
tians honored a cat when dead. We can
see where the ancient Egyptians were
cognizant of the eternal fitness OF
things.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22
JOURNAL ENTRIES

The word beautiful is too often
traduced in its applications.
There is this to the credit of the
millionaires. They did not make their
money writing jokes.
No matter what your faults may be
your relatives and friends will be sure
to point them out.
=
When person gets in the habit of
worrying, it's surprising how many
things he can find to worry about.
X X
If "angel cake is served in heaven
any number of folk will insist on get
ting a transfer to the other place. -,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22
KANSAS COMAENT
THE BOY AND THE GUN.

II is great mistake to give boy
q gun or rife. A boy with an air gun
M eo IN the direction of man going
through an alley. The bullet struck a.
Darn near him. The man called the
poy 10 MN and said: my boy, prom
use me you Will not shoot your broth
OF, or sister, Or playmates, or any man
DIio. The boy promised. Inside ten
minutes ne shot out a window light
ana ana bullet from his fool gun sang
~ close TO several persons for COM
gun should pay damages for all the
liiiscnleIe he does, @of course, but what
can repay anyone for an eye put out,
8 OF Ior other injury or Disagreement?
w nat can repay a parent for suffer-
ing child injured by a gun it played
Miln, or some other child played with
Ihere is no call for anyone to learn
now 10 shoot. In peaceful places the
use OF nrearms should be prohibited
H1awatha World
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22

His Wife7John, do you remember what
LOOK place Just three years ago today!
anniversary? His Wife-N-no. Three
years ago today, you bought me a new
hat.-Harper's Bazaar.
PA, what's a joint bank account of
son, where the husband does the deposit
Judge.
bread and butter you want. but no more
cake Willie-Say, ma, how is it 1 can
teh things I like?-Lippincott's
Decorator-Don't you think we had bet
Cat have a freeze in any room Got
them steam heaters all through the
house.-Baltimore American.
The Scotchman could not find his ticket.
On the conductors second round it was
still missing. What's that in your
was the missing ticket. The conductor
punched it and went his way. ''Ah.
passengers banter I'm nae sac absent
minded as we wad think. Yon was a vera
aud sba t ticket and vas list sucken aft
His Disguise.-"Hello, Binky," said Jor-
FS Ss fancy hear qe Sad ste
JorrockS. why said little BlinkS, II
gathered my New Years mail and went
as bill file."-Harpers Weekly.
The children had been taken by their
father to witness the decoration day
parade. On their return they We'd with
each other in telling mamma all about
it. and oh, mamma. what do you think?'
cried the 5-year-old, in great excitement
''They salooned the old soldiersi'-The
Delineator.
Voice over the telephone-What have
you got on for this afternoon, Emeline?
Emeline-Why, my blue foulard. with the
passementerie waist, and my black beaver
with the ostrich plume. Voice over the
telephone-Oh, 1 don't mean clothes-I
mean what are you going to do? Emeine
oh, neutrality-suspicious..
81 must say complained the woman
tourist that 1 don't understand why peo-
pie come to this hotel-no scenery.
amusements, no good cuisine, no" Par
dong, Madame interrupted the host,
but we have re gr-Tan label to stick on
re luggage. "-Everybody's
Olive-Oh, pshawl I've made a blot on
the letetr I'm writing to George. Violet
Never mnd, dear. Just draw rims
around it and he'll think it's a kiss
Judge.
shaking hands with a new member of his
congregation, a girl fresh from Sweden,
and said, cordially: Il would like to
know your address so can call on you.
oh said the girl, innocently, Il hat
a nlan."-Success.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22
BAILADE OF BLARNEY.

For drivin. bargains at the fair Il
Or lowerin' the bit o. rint, W.
There's not thing that can compare
=, W ID butterin the other. gint;
For sure it is as plain as print
A wee white lie is not SIM
Though it should be to gain the int
There's nothin' bates the blarne
Some omadhauns begin to swear,
Id deepest blue the skies they tint;
Iney stamp an roar an, tear their hair,
Or froWn an go as white as lint,
Then to the devil they are STINT.
Thelr audience doesn't care a pin.
The fools should learn be heart this hint
Ihere'S nothin' bates the blarneyin.'
should you admire a colleen fair,
An she prefer another gint,
Don't sulk an mutter like a bear
When Cupids arrow makes dint.
The blarney stone was surely STINT
To help a gossoons cause to win;
Wan word can patch the biggest rint,
There's nothin' bates the blarneyin.'
LENVOY.
Acushla, though you've got your share
OF wisdom, you'd be taken in.
In love or war, at dance or fair,
There's nothin' bates the blarneyin'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22
FATE AND THE JESTER.


Lord of What Is and Shall Be, ageIess
Passioniess, blind. nor knowing love nor
hate,
Broods endlessly the Riddle, heaven
deep,
Whose mystery inviolate He doth keep.
The All in One, the One in ALL He links
The iustful beast, the soul that, God-Hke'
thinks;
The vestal's veil, the wanton's painted
The praying saint. the scoffer at his side
Thrones heirless wait-a beggar's brat is
bern;
Night reels with fear-rose lovely smileth
Morn;
Glad songs arise-while spectral MOURN
erS wall
Flowers bloom for brides-and one turns
lily pale,
Thy face, o Fate, is hidden in the dark:
Despair or fortitude our choice-but hark!
A Titan laugh shakes the resoundlns
earth;
Courage, faint hearth / am Lies Jester,
Ninth"
Frederick Nixon. in the Smart Set.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22
IT ALL DEPENDS

The mayor of Seattle was put out of
ollce Yesterday under the recall be-
cause of his friendliness to vice And
the women of Seattle, who have just
peen given the privilege of the ballot
ala It, The question is yet open
whether this incident will add to the
popularity of the recall or of equal
sufrrage. That depends upon whether
vice and other special interests have
more followers than civic purity and
woman suffra ge.-Fort Scott Tribune
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22
HEALTH OF THE INDIAN.

Under the Indian service, as a part
of the division of the commissioner of
Indian affairs, an effort has. long been
made to care for and cure those who
are sick and to effect a reduction in
the death rate. but as the commits
sioner's last annual report shows. this
effort has been extended to include
Cd an intensive attack upon the two
diseases that most seriously menace
the health of the IIdian-trachoma
and tuberculosis; CD preventive work
on a large scale by means of popular
education along health lines and more
effective sanitary inspection; CD in
creased attention to the physical well
fare of the children in the schools, SO
that the physical stamina of the com
ing generations may be conserved and
increased.
Hospitals under the charge Of ex-
pert physicians and surgeons have
been established on several reserva-
chief diseases, whose ravageS among
the tribes have been terrible. They
are producing amazing results toward
a reduction of the number of cases.
Operations are being performed as a
means of cure of some patients. What
the government has had to contend
with is the Indians ignorance and
carelessness of the causes of these dis
eases and the means of spreading
them.-Omaha Bee
A WASTE OF LAWMAKING.
It was against the law to handle
high explosives in Jersey City unless
a permit had first been granted. With
this violation as a ground work for
prosecution the courts will probably
deal out severe punishment The OF
Tense is clear. The results of it show
in sunken piers. wrecked buildings
and new mounds in the grave yards.
Yet there is nothing to indicate that
this explosion would not have occur
red if the law had been complied
with The permit could probably
have been obtained without difficulty.
Many law of the sort is passed in
good intention, but when it comes to
enforcing 1t that is another matter.
Commerce has had long practice in
showing restrictions aside and seldom
discovers any sincere opposition to
obtaining its own way, even where the
atmosphere is hostile. A law abso-
lutely prohibiting the handling of ex-
plosives where their discharge would
cause damage might have been eff
GENTLY enforced. but one merely max
ing a show of regulation cauld never
have served as real safeguard to life
and property.-Toledo Blade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR.

fFrom the New York World
The devil knew his business when
he invented idleness.
A college education takes good
many years afterward to sprout
A girl is pretty sure a man loves her
till he begins to try to prove it,
It's the sorrow woman hides that
makes the joys she reveals so beau
tiful.
We love people because of their feel
ings toward us; we hate them because
of their feelings toward US.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22

William Allen White deserves the
prize as an apologizer. BIT an apol-
ogy is never wholly satisfactory to the
person who has been batted over the
head with club. It may assuage his
lacerated feelings but it doesn't heal
the wound
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22

The fees and salaries bill which was
consigned to the junk heap by the
senate this week, seemed to be too
heavily loaded to make much progress.
If the trainers had been content to
place county officers on a reasonable
salary, and let it go at thai the meas
ure might have Jared better.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22

Kansas has a state uniform text
book law that ought to be repaired so
that school boards can not evade it by
loading the schools up with high
priced books under the guise of sup
Elemental necessities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22

c. E. Denton is having hard time
to dodge the gubernatorial lightning
which is prevalent in the locality Of
Topeka. If harmony candidate is
wanted why wouldn't Denton do? He's
the most successful harmonizer in
Kansas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22

With the example of Colorado,
New York and Montana before them it
seems strange that any legislative
body will balk at the enactment of a
law permitting the people to choose
the United States senator.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22

A bill is pending in the legislature
to have the members of boards of ed
ucation hold Office for four years 1t
has been Topeka's experience in times
past that two years is too long.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22

sideration of the legislature Mr.,
Jackson must have received a lot Of
money or else why does it take him so
long to make out his report? 1t can
not be that Mr.. Jackson would neglect
to have such an important document
ready until after the legislature adj
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22

Russia learned lesson in her war
with japan and in future probably will
not attack any nation that she can't
whip. At present she is making faces
at poor old China and inviting her to
come out into the alley.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22

In Justice to the Topeka Commercial
club it should be said that the Bad
ders pork barrel was not a CONNER
cial club venture. 1t was one of Mr..
Badders' outside enterprises.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22

This is the day made famous by the
advent Of George Washington, known
as the father of his country and as
being the only boy who ever lived that
could not tell a lie.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22

Following Champ Clarlr's break re-
garding the annexation of Canada the
Chicago Record suggests that another
one like that will change the "a'' in
his first name to "u.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22

No matter what may be said about
the legislature it must be admitted
that a more pleasant, agreeable, gen
ial set of men have never gathered in
Kansas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22

Topeka is going to have a city cleo
ton before long but there isn't much
excitement over it. But anyway it
would be a good plan to register now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22

The State Journal is a member Of the
Associated Press and receives the fun day
ganizafion for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka
The news Is received in The State Jour
aai building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22

David ]. Leahy is finding that his
position as private, secretary to the
governor is somewhat different from
that of free lance for a newspaper.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22

The only real pork barrel in con-
nection with the legislative session
appears to have escaped the eagle eyes
of both David Leahy and William AL
len White
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22

The Democrats are showing more
interest in the state nominations two
years hence than ever before in the
history Of the state
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22

The fact that Johnnie Killing il
again in the sulks is regarded as {
sure sign Of spring.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22

February has redeemed itself not
withstanding the ground hog and his
omens of evil.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22

1t will probably be found when the
Kansas legislature has adjourned that
it has been an average session-neith-
er better nor worse than its predeces-
s-ors
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22

The rate at which public officials
are being executed in Hayti is calcu-
lated to make Office holding unpopular
under the island government.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22
FRON OFFER PENS
SELF DENIALs IN EDUCATIoN.

SELF DENIALS IN EDUCATION.
Speaking of the driveIing life a
youth must undergo these days and
the many influences that war with
clean life, clean thoughts and fine
aspirations, Cornelia A. P Conner, in
"A Letter to the Rising Generation .
in the February Atlantic, says:
don't approve" your fathers and
mothers say anxiously, but I hate to
keep Tom and Mary at home when
all the other children are allowed to
CO." These parents are conscientious
and energetic in looking after Tom s
teeth and eyes, and Mary's hair, ton
sis and nasal passage but seem ut
terry unconscious that mental ricketts,
and curvature of the soul are far more
reforming than crooked teeth and
adenoids.
If these children were protected
from vicious environment and edu-
Gated into habits of a pure, clean,
sensible life, there would need be
much less anxiety concerning crooked
teeth and nasal passages. What edu-
cation needs to make itself worth
while is a conflict with the vulgarizing
influences outside the home and the
school room.
Life has become a hard problem for
the children. They are surrounded by
a cloud of pleasures and destinations
that lead them away from virtue, cul-
ture and serious thought. 1t may not
make them vicious and criminal but it
does tend to make them stupid. inane
and frivolous. This is certainly evil
dent to every observing parent and
school teacher.-Ohio State Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22

At last accounts ex-Attorney Cen
eral Jackson had not yet completed
his report of fees collected for the con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22
Governor Harmon's simplicity.

The very simple inaugural of Gov
ernor Harmon of Ohio on the occasion
of his taking office for a second term
is the subject of a good deal of COM
ment In recent years the practice has
grown up among governors to have
snowy ceremonies and an inaugural
address on the occasion of their in
auguration. And some of them even
go SO far as to deliver farewell adj
dresses at the close of their terms.
When Governor Harmon was in
augurated the other Gay he gave about
two minutes to the ceremony. There
was no address, no parade, and no ball.
The governor left his desk only long
enough to be, sworn in. There was no
other ceremony and no crowd. There
was nothing said about policies. The
governor assumed that his policies
were we'll understood.
1t was, of course the beginning of
his second term, but many a governor
would have seized upon the occasion to
get into the limelight. That Governor
Harmon didn't is much to his credit.
and will help to strengthen his hold on
the people of his state. if, in fact, it
doesn't increase his popularity in other
states. There are too many ceremonies
and parades connected with official life
nowadays. A return to Jeffersonian
simplicity would have a beneficial ef-
fect.-Savannah News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22

Still it is not likely that 1--we will take
In the Canadians if they object.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22

There was some substance to Mr..
Badders' pork barrel anyway.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22
The Home of Washington.

There is a great deal of heated oppo-
sltlon, especially in Virginia, over the
proposal of the commissioners of the
District of Columbia to establish re-
tormatory for criminals in the neighbor
hood of Mount Vernon. In fact, we
note In the Virginia -rotest resentment
of the use of any land in that state by
the national government for that pur
pose. The commissioners bought the
land for the purpose, and they have
asked congress to authorize the build
ing of the reformatory. 1t is difficult
to understand how that institution
would harm the state of Virginia, or why
1t would not be as appropriately placed
there as a federal prison in any of the
states. But the sentimental opposition
to the establishment of a penal insti-
tuition near the home of Washington is
more easily comprehended. This is,
however, a purely sentimental OPPOSE
ton. We do not believe it will evoke
much sympathy throughout the nation.
There is no intent as we understand
it, to invade Mount Vernon or make
use of any land that belongs to that
historic estate. 1t is not the purpose
OF the district commissioners to permit
dangerous criminals to roam at large
to the discomfort of visitors to the ma
tons shrine. The general objection to
the establishment of a reformatory, in
sane asylum, or inebriates' home in
any rural district is that it's presence
the neighborhood. Naturally that OBJ
lection is not made in this instance.
The value of Mount Vernon as real es-
tate is not considered. In the circum-
stances we fail to see that any great
harm could result if the district commits
sioners should be enabled to carry out
their plan. The opposition, however,
is so fierce that the plan is likely to
be defeated, and the reformatory built
elsewhere.
So far as the reverence for Washing
toms memory has influenced this oppo-
Sition, it deserves respect if not APP
prevail Mount Vernon is the most hal
lowed spot in the United States. The
old house is beautifully situated, and
the pity is that it has not more of the
dignity that should be associated with
a national shrine. 1t should be re-
claimed, and the mass of personal and
commercial advertisement associated
with it should be removed. A great ma
tional monument might be erected
there. How long the ancient buildings
can stand is a matter of conjecture. The
house of Washington certainly cannot be
kept open to the public many more
years, unless it is rebuilt.-New York
Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-22
BETTER BIDE A'WEE.

A bride out-to-he IT. Kansas
town the other day suddenly refused
to be wed. She gave her reason in a
nutshell: 81 can't leave the old folks -
she echoed the tragic plant of a ia
miliar song.
1t gives occasion, for profound re-
Election; as, at first thought, this: how
shall the line be drawn between filial
love and duty and the urge of the su-
preme conQueror of, liver-the God of
Love In all oriental countries this
problem could not exist: the widest of
passionate loves must yield before the
ingrained obligation to a parental au-
thorfty and due. In our own land the
parents-not the child-raise the pc
titioning hand. That is what makes
the Kansas girls act remarkable.
When is a child justified in desert
ing her father and mother? For how
long should she bide a wee? There is
so much to be considered coldly, al
though it is difficult. These old par
ents, by the andirons gave her life,
nurtured her; gladly bestowed upon
her the very essence of their love. Her
growth was their daily scrutiny and
sly remark; her development to wom-
anhood, their wonder and pride. And
then. as a singing, precious bird, she
escaped from their cage Thus it was
for them, and is and shall continue to
be for countless heart broken parents.
Press.
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