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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-06

WHAT'S THE NIATTER2

Under the above caption the Chi
cago Inter Ocean in an editorial article
undertakes discussion of the causes
of the business situation in the coun-
try. That the business of the country
is short of what it was four or five
years ago seems to he generally adj
mitted. Many suggestions as to the
causes of this condition have been adj
vanced. among them the trusts, the
tariff, railroad batting. etc.
Then it's the danger of war in Eur
ope. It's the fear of a general strike
in Europe It's the prospect of a rail-
way strike in the United States It's
this or that decision of the interstate
commerce commission. It's the wool
bill It's the cotton tariff. It's con-
eress.
Yet congress adjourns. the English
strike is settled, the Morocco question
is let drift into the tranquil fields of
diplomacy, and still the signs and
symptoms remain the same where they
do not grow worse.
The Inter-Ocean is disposed to place
the entire blame on political agitation,
which engenders lack of confidence
It says:
You cannot have the principal men,
or the most conspicuous men, or the
most noteworthy men, or the most no
torious men, in the public life of a ma
tior, go about trying to tear out the
foundations of that country without
paying the price.
You and your neighbors and your
neighbors' neighbors cannot pick and
send to the great lawnlaking offices of
the state and nation the men who
would rend the foundations of the gov
eminent, tear the beams from the
structure, knock out the walls, smash
down the SuppOrtS-and still have con-
fidence, and have your neighbors have
confidence, and have your neighborS
neighbors have confidence, that the
roof will still stand sound and steady
over your head and theirs.
Enterprise is watchfuI; capital is ap-
prehensive money is the sensitive part
of most mems affairs. Perhaps these
conditions are wrong; but they are as
they are. A man with 600 to invest
looks ahead: if it is his all, he looks
ahead as sharply, as fntelligently, as
does a man with a million. He sees, he
hears, he considers. he calculates he
does not need to have the house ian
on him before he wakes up He wakes
I'D as soon as the first blow strikes the
cornerstone. The foundation crumbles,
and he is gone. He does not wait even
for the walls to crack. He does not
have confidence in another miracle OF
Mahomet He does not believe that
the roof will swing over his head in
nidair, if the walls and foundations
should once be removed.
There is no panic-of course not. The
people with more or less money are
not. panieky. They simply are walk
ing away from enterprise and turning
their backs on investment in order
that they may keep out of panic
The banks are full and the markets
are empty-a good preventive of panic.
that; also a good preventive of pros
perityi
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-06

tied States and its citizens, but on the
other hand, we are proud OF our EN-
and viii never take anv steps that
viii in any wise weaken the ties that
bind us with our Motherland. which
was amply proved by the verdict of
the people on the 21st inst.
We have prosperity here; our
northwest is being developed; farmers
are getting good prices; salaries are
high, so that there is no inducement
to make a change in our fiscal sys-
tenn, even il we leave out all senti-
ment So that we have made up our
minds to continue in the future as We
have in the past and rather endure
the ills we have than fly to others we
know not Of
In a word, this great question has
been settled by the people The gov
eminent that tried to force the pact
is down and OUT for years to come.
My father got cranky and voted the
wrong way, but sincerely hope he
viii live to see the error of his ways
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-06

the strong room Of q big London COM
m ercial houses and locked in, with 3
inches Of armor steel. inches of fire
brick, and feet of concrete between
him and the outer world. BY means of
his small portable apparatus he carried
ON a conversation with an operator in
another room on the farther side of the
building. So distinct and faithful was
the transmission that the experts II
attendance were actually able to hear
the tick of his watch, Notwithstanding
the almost impenetrable mass between
the two instruments. The inventor
contemplates a further test through )
miles Of solid rock between Chepstow
and Tintern.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-06
He Blows AWAY Pain.

IF you are troubled by rheumatism
and neuralgia, get some kind friend to
place a towel over your barred chest
and blow his breath upon it When
that is over. permit the kind friend to
blow fiercely into your ears. If that
doesn't cure you, then you're beyond
the aid of Prof" Fritz Voight, 81
years old, of 348 East Ninth street, who
was arraigned in the Essex Market
court yesterday afternoon on the
charge Of practfcing medicine unlaw
fully.
Mrs. Isabella Goodwin and Mrs.
Frances Beneroy, acting for the New
York County Medical society, the COM
plainants, say Weight blew his breath
in the aforesaid manner on them when
they besought him to cure them Of
imaginary ills. Mrs. Goodwin, a police
matron, swore she called at the PRO
fessor's'' office several times in the last
two weeks.
" Prof voight,' she said, met me
at the door the first time. He wore
long, flowing robe, with mystic insignia
upon 1t, patterned after the coats worn
by the ancient Druid priests. I smelled
strong odor of Oriental perfume. and
in a dancing blush flame that flickered
from candles in secluded corners
caught glimpses of the far east decor
ated with uncanny symbols.
He hesitated in his first greeting.
He wanted to know how I had come to
him. I disarmed his suspicious, telling
him that while passing his place'I had
become i'll.
I'VE went into a small office back of
the large one. He asked my name.
assumed one, and then he asked me to
tell him about my ailments. 1 told
him had gone to several physicians,
but that they could not cure me.
He placed me in a reclining chair,
and, giving vent to strange cultural
sounds, passed his fingers with a pecu-
ia ST Nd
down to my neck Then he passed his
hands over my forehead, shoulders alb
domen, breast, legs, and feet. Next he
placed a towel over my barred chest and
blew his breath upon it. Then he blew
into both of my ears with such a
volume of wind that asked him If he
were using bellows.
II stood up then and he pressed the
back of my neck with his fingers. At
his order inhaled and exhaled thrice
Once more he passed his hands over
my body, clapping his hands when he
had concluded.
=" is this hypnotic treatment?' 1
asked him.
treatment unless a friend of the patient
is present, as I might be accused Of
stealing the valuab1es they wear
His electrical treatment followed.
lay flat on a table, and he shot a cur
rent through me. That ended the first
treatment. He told me to steer clear of
ice cream sodas and anything else that
was cold. He told me to eat an apple
and drink two glasses of water each
morning. I went to SEQ him after that
and received the same treatment"
Mrs Beneroy said she went to Voignt
to be cured of eye trouble, and he put
her through a course similar to that he
gave Mrs. Goodwin.
Magistrate Herbert held the profess
sor'' in $500 bail for a further examf-
nation.-New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-06
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFrona the Atchison Gloh

kFrOm the Atchison Globe
When two players chase after a fly
ball, it is apt to be a safe hit.
Sometimes, however, the under dog
deserves about what it is getting
So many Conquering Heroes don't
wear very well after their return.
People will vote bonds for about all
purposes but OF support a bush league
team.
A woman can pack more stuff in a
suitcase than man can pack In a
barrel.
One can't judge the size of a crowd
of coyotes or college men by the noise
produced
1t sometimes happens that the heir
apparent continues apparent for a long
time.
Getting rid of stray dog is usually
counted a liberal reward for returning
it TO its owner
Quite some time has elapsed since
Kate Bender has been discovered hv-
ing in seclugion.
The details of great disaster don't
make refreshing reading for the fire
side before bed time.
A horrible example chooses the hard
est way to helping the world, and
he doesn't help much.
Will someone help us as TO wherein
a pitched battle differs from the other
well known varieties?
It should be said for the men that
they aren't as crazy about actresses
as other women imagine.
Carrots may be cheap, but that
doesn't help much in cutting down the
increased cost of living.
While the press agent helps some. it
isn't, one might say, that people take
his word for 1t entirely.
The comic supplement isn't so much
worse than the comic valentine EXCEPT
that it happens more frequently.
When a man takes his defeat phil
osophieally it is a sign he is good at
keeping his crouch under cover
While the poor Indians haven't much
land left it is considerably more than
they will cultivate intensively.
It is hard to please everybody: a ia
vorable crop report isn't much of a
joy to the bull side of the market.
If it were not for an occasional mad
dog scare. life in some rural conmuni-
ties would be quite uneventful.
IF a man doesn't show mean dis
position around home. his good nature
is likely to be Of Marathon variety.
In some parts of Kentucky the birth
rate is so low it is feared some of the
feuds nay run out of raw material
1t shocks daughter later in life to
discover the picture she had taken in
infancy when carelessly attired in a
wash bowl.
There are various ideas Of what con-
stitutes home, but most of them are
more inviting than a covered wagon
on a cold day
People are always disappointed when
men or nations shake their fists in
each others faces and then withdraw
without fighting
What has become of the oId-fasE-
Toned boy who believed a snake with
it's head mashed in the morning,
wouldn't die till sundown2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-06
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.



Blessed is the peacemaker-ff he
keeps at a safe distance.
It's almost as bad to say mean things
as it is to do them.
A mere change of voWels transforms
a vocation into vacation.
The less brains a man has the easier
it is for him to lose his head.
When an enemy smites US on the
cheek few of US have the cheek to
turn the other.
It takes a busy man to see through
joke and recognize the idiot on the
other side.
A man who boasts of his virtues
may be trying to sidetrack your atten-
ton from his real character.
Lots of men get rich by informing
others how to make a fortune-and
charging for the information.
Some people will never admit the
truth about their neighbors unless it
happens to be to their discredit.
Many an Innocent youth has taken
a young widow by the hand and pratt
tied of love. in spirit of fun, only to
find himself facing the parson with
her later.
Before her marriage a girl sees a
hero in every man, but year after she
begins to realize that the only hero
she knows is the man who let her
marry him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-06

Up to a late hour this afternoon, the
Board OF Education had neglected to
endorse our history series for school
use and something should be done
about 1t IL the neglect continues. Al
though we care but little for the l. and
r., we favor the recalls applied TO
boards of education.
Today's outbreak contains some in
side information that has been kept
dark for many generations. See II you
can find it.
Compendious History. (I.esson w.
Do Soto was an Oldish gent
Who by no chance could rest content
Till his reclining years were spent
In manner ultra-dippy.
In fifteen-thirty nine De Sot-
o traversed in an open boat
(Which ultimately got his goat)
The turgid Mississippi
HE LEFT 1T THERE, AND IT'S
THERE YETI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-06

actually doing the ladder rescue before
that"
you laugh over it," she said slow
~, "but you saved my life"
He bent suddenly over her hand as
| it lay beside him on the broad arm of
the bamboo chair, and kissed it. Mrs.
Airlie was approaching with a fresh
train of admirers.
81 have come back to claim it, he
said, with meaning. May I, dear?'
She had barely time to answer. but
as she rose to go the faint, delicious
perfume of the jasmines in her hair
swept over him.
you know what the children say p
he added, holding her hand prisoner.
Findings keepings2"
you've got it, haven't your" she
faltered. ooh, please, please don'tl
they'll see you"
He laughed, as he held her close to
him.
Hundreds saw me hold you like
this the other night" he told her. And
you did not care. wish your hair
were loose and blowing across my lips
again. Sibyl-say you do care"
Care ?" she laughed softly. "If you
had been only the fire Iaddie thought
you, Roy, I would have eloped with
you to-morrow."-(Co Copyright. 1911, by
Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-06
WHAT DEFEATED RECIPROCITY

Much has been said and written
since Sept. 21, regarding the defeat of
reciprocity in Canada and the causes
thereof. Tt has been charged that
large sums of money were put into
the campaign by opponents of the
agreement both in this country and
England. A letter written by q Ca
madam to his uncle in this state two
days after the election may throw
some light on the subject. In part it
follows:
To begin with, I shall in a few
words, endeavor to explain what I
meant by my reference to our flag
in my last letter. Reciprocity to the
people of Canada, and we have look
ed into the matter somewhat careful
", means vastly more than friendly
trade relations with the United States.
It is believed that the ratification of
the pact as it is called, would lead to
Canada drawing away from the En-
pire and the flag we love as you love
yours. One might ask. How Is this ~
Well, it is feared that reciprocity
would tend to commercial union,
which, in turn, would end in political
union with the United States. which
is no more welcome to us than the
annexation of Kansas to a foreign
country would be desired by the good
citizens of that state. We Canadians
have the greatest respect for the I'm
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-06
QUAKER NIEpTrArIoNs.
From the PhiladeIphia Reeord ]

IFrom the Philadelphia Record
You can't borrow experience.
It's a poor shoe that can't keep
body and sole together.
Lots of people borrow trouble who
don't know what to do with it.
Occasionally you hear OF dis
honest man who has never been in
politics.
The manners Of some people are so
chilly as to suggest having been kept
in cold storage
A man with plenty OF backbone Is
almost as apt to succeed as man
with plenty OF cheek.
Many a man cuts off his nose to
spite his face, and then goes around
blowing about it.
You can stuff some men with adj
vice almost as easily as you can stuff
soma women with flattery.
Some men are born great. some
shrink. and others never find out how
small they really are.
Blobbs-"SSinnum boasts that he
is as good as his word" Slobbs-''That
may be- His word isn't good for
anything"
Newlywed-''Why don't you get
married, Singleton-''My voice isn't
educated up to it,
None are 50 blind as those who
won't see," quoted the Wise Guy. I'm
other words. none are so blind as
those who refuse an eye-Opener," add
ed the Simple Mug, who had been out
the night before
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-06
Big wave Saves Hindu,s nc.

Gul Mamud, a Hindu fireman on the
steamship Indra, which arrived here
yesterday from ports in the Far East,
was washed overheard from the for
ward part of the ship by one wave in
a storm on the night of August 2 and
hurled back to the rail of the after
deck by another wave that st1rged
against the Indra's stern just when
Mamud had abandoned hope of being
rescued. He would have gone over
board a second time as the Iife-saving
wave receded had not John Hendrick-
son, the ships carpenter, seized him
when he was clinging to the rail and
dragged him to place of safety.-New
York Press
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-06

Reports of national banks. just is
sued. show that in comparison with
the June statement there has been an
increase of $52.000,O0O in loans and
discounts, a gain in deposits of $12,-
100000 and a loss in cash of $50, 0OO,-
GOO. The loss in cash and the small
increase in deposits reflect the in
creased use of currency incident to the
harvesting and marketing of the crops.
Compared with a year ago the nation
al banks show the very substantial in
creases of s196,000,000 in loans and
discounts. nearly $44,00O,0OO in cash
and $344.000.O00 in individual de-
posts. Apparently there is nothing
the matter with the business of the
country,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-06
HUAOR OF THE DIP

His Excuse.-"Burglars. did you say. my
dear? Well, you go down. They won't
strike a woman-"-P. I. p
For Value Observation-Disclosures Ito
rider)-Here, what's this. Half a dollar?
So may have but I've only been on the
brute's' back about ten minutes-Flegende
Batter
No offence Intended.-"Say, mother
hasn't the namingo a nose exactly like
Uncle Moritz' p You shouldn't say I'M
kind things like that, Trudi." why,
mother, the flamingo can't hear."-Uls.
Nothing is ever totally lost or destroy
ed said the professor of physics. I'm
that case" said the simple and frank per-
son, 'how do you explain the fact that
everybody loses umbrellas and you never
meet anybody who has found oneT'-
Washington Star.
IF it isn't a score until the base runner
has come around to the home plate, why
don't they all come round2" asked the girl
You know how it is with men," her
escort answered. "A man never goes
home while theer is any place else to 60"
Buffalo Express.
City Editor-It was a very fashionable
divorce, eh7 Society Editor-Very. The
chief justice presided and the decree was
issued at high noon--Puck-
Mrs. Newly Rich.-Did you fail heir 10
any of your mothers first china dishes7
Mrs Blue Blood-No, indeed; my mother
always kept help.-Judge.
Knicker-What influenced your son IN
his choice OF coliege7 Bocker-He picked
the one whose yell was best suited to
his Voice.-NeW York Sun
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-06

Chicago. Oct. 6.-COntinued increase
in cost of living; can of beer now
quoted at 10 centss-a rise of so per
cent
New York. Oct. platinum selling
on local market for $47:5O per ounce.
Clay in your winter supply of plati-
mum early; liable to be further rise.)
Local Markets: Look for sudden rise
in price OF big words; supply being de-
pleted by Dave Leahy and Jawn Daw-
son; ''Multitudinous" and 'smultifari-
ous' have been used. Preferred gas
bills, rising; bullish.
LATE SHIPPING NEWS: Tripoli
Oct 6-The Abruzzi and others I'm
loaded train load of solid shot at this
port Monday and Tuesday.
The italian attack has one good ef-
feet; It gives the bowling Dervishes
something to howl about.
Open air baseball season closes to-
day, but the Radiator League is warm
ing up for the winter series.
New York critics hold that Gaby
but they will have to admit that she
doesn't have to.
Neither. for that matter. could
Cleopatra.
When New York cops arrested the
Due de Clamency, It was on the charge
that he was mock due. Such being
the case, it is but right and proper that
he be consigned to the consomme.
Burglars desiring to steal and escape
punishment, should incorporate.
Hep
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-06
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
rFrorn the New York Press.l

IFToTn Inc new OK FFes8-
It's trying to be a millionaire that
nearly makes q man go broke.
The way for a man to be hero to
3 woman is for him not to belong to
her.
Mock modesty is ever so much more
squeamish than there is any need to
be-
A man tries to educate the children
by being cross and woman by feed
ing them.
When a girl is shy with men, it's
sign her mother would be astonish-
ed If she knew how she really was
when there weren't any parents
around.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-06

Experiments have been conducted for
some time past near Chepstow. in Eng
land, for the transmission of the hui
man voice over long distances with the
aid alone of the natural elements. The
inventor, Mr.. Grinden Matthews, it Il
stated, submitted his discovery recent
~ to a severe test in the presence of o.
number OF experts. He was placed Ia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-06

Senator Gardner of Maine says: mo
case was ever known where a man re-
fused to accept an appointment as
United States senator, and don't care
70 establish any precedent Probably
the senator never heard of F. D. Co
burn of Kansas in connection with the
matter of a senatorial appointment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-06

The Socialists have raised a fund of
ST.. 900 to establish daily newspaper
IN Milwaukee. II it is to be an Organ
probably It will go the way of nearly
all similar ventures. but if it is to be
primarily a newspaper. the doctrine
which it teaches may not interfere
seriously with its success.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-06

The German emperor has been COM
PEELED to negotiate a loan of 100000
600 in France. It is now easy to see
who has the whip hand in the Moroc-
can affair. It is safe to predict that
there will be no war until after the
loan falls due.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-06

Edison says Americans sleep too
much and the Cleveland Leader sug-
gests that as reason why he invented
the monograph
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-06

Southern cotton planters are plan
ming q combine to raise prices which IL
successful will make the steel trust
look like thirty cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-06

If all the trusts are dissolved. says
the Ohio State Journal, the candidates
won't know what to annihilate in their
eloquent campaign speeches. Don't
worry. There is always the tariff
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-06

Italy accepted Carnegfe's half mil
lion dollar hero fund and Immediately
set about producing candidates for a
share of the money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-06

Boston sufragists are revising the
marriage contract and Incorporating
in it a pledge of mutual support in
political activities. Here is a hint to
the women of other states who are
making a stand for the ballot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-06

Solicitor McCabe appears to have re-
tired without taking with him one Of
those nice letters such as Ballinger
raceived
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-06

Postal savings banks have been in
existence for so years and the United
states has only just now Joined the
procession
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-06

The star of empire appears to be
taking its way southwark instead OF
westward
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-06

Turkey may have a poor navy or
the water but her land navy is all
right. She has ships of the desert
in large numbers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-06

Another horse car line has given
place to the trolley in New York. If
the old town is given time enough she
may be up to date yet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-06

In at least one particular the revo-
luton has wrought no change in Mex
leo. The elections still are one sided.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-06

The war in the east probably will not
attract many of our BLACK Hand
artists. There is little money in killing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-06

The offering of big aviation prizes ap
pears to be a great incentive to sui
eide.