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The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-15
Her prayer was Wasted.

Among the exceptional privileges
granted to the new housemald py the
1o1,ne married woman were three free
telephone calls a week, provided she
was informed beforehand what the
of a turbulent day, in which the wills
of mistress and maid had clashed Vio-
lently, Mary sought permission to tele-
phone.
'aTo whom do you wish to speak p
asked her mistress.
'aTo the pastor of my church" said
Mary.
Taking that pious ambition as sign
of contr1tion, the mistress readily gave
consent Mary went to the telephone.
"Father Grim" she said, won't you
please pray for the woman am work
ing for and see if that won't take some
of the selfshness out of her heart ana
make her see that 1t is wrong for her
to ask me to finish all that ironing TO-
day when 1 could just as well let 1t go
till tomorrow morning.
was not answered.-New York Sun.
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HU1NOR or The DAY

Mistress (after the QuarreD-Norah Won
must stay until get another girl Norah-
intend to. It's only roight some won
should tell her the kind of a woman We
are.-Boston Transcript.
Cftizen-The anarchists are planning a
Dig demonstration down our way. Can't
one. This is the night for the freshmen
sophomore banquet up at the college
Puck.
Ihere Is nothing in my play to bring
blush to anybody's cheek" said the aIl-
thor. We'll" replied the producer,
or1ng the manuscript around when you
get 1t finished. Star.
An Awful Contingency.-'rWhat are Won
girls doing?" Settling our COSTUMES for
the Shakespeare ball, mother" Take my
advice and wait. They may dig up some
thing at any moment to prove there never
was such person. and then where would
your Rosalind and Celia be?'-Punch.
mo man is utterly Indifferent to tho
has to wear the first straw hat of the
eason."-Louisville Courier-Journal
Cheer up" said the friend condoling
with young M. D. on his lack of bust
ness; you know Patience is virtue"
You mean Patients are q virtue,'" sadly
answered the young man.-Boston Trans
cript.
the hair. "Since 1t can't cut the hair,
judge your wife has been sharpening her
pencil" he remarked to the king.-New
York Sun.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-15
THE sPELL or THE ROAD.

THE SPELL OF THE ROAD.
Soft-footed, through forest and bracken.
Hard-riding the desert or plain,
When shoe thong or girth We would
slacken
Ye hear me, and follow again.
My lures have myriad faces,
But all their voices are one
The call of the Uttermost Places
That lie at the Back OF the Sun.
By step and by league shall We hear
them;
ITO the turn to the crest I.
to the vergel -
And ever We seem to draw near them,
Yet ever fore distant they urge
Through hill trail and hedge row and
byway,
On prairie and moorland and lea,
To the windtrack and fast-flying skyway
And spenthrift-ways of the sea.
And the heat of the desert shall burn
you,
The snow-field and ice floe shall bite;
Yet hometide nor fireside shall turn
have woven a spell on your sight;
Ye shall gaze, to the last Of your being,
Ye shall toll, ye shall travel and spend,
For the Thing That Is Just Beyond
And the Thing That Comes After the
Charles Ruxton Going in Harper's Mag
azine.
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women whom he found stalled on the
highway eight miles from a garage.
He laid out a goling green at Boyer
field, and umpired a baseball game at
kelly's Corners. He went into the JUS
tice court st Hollyford and secured the
acquittal of frightened Hun. who had
been arrested for trespass because, not
being able to read the warning
signs, he had wandered across the boun-
daries of the princely Holly estate. He
rode a plowhorse bareback, and at a
reckless gallop, to the nearest tele-
phone when a farmer north of Mid
dleville fell Off the barn he was shin
! CLING.
Mortimer travelled five miles a day,
or thirty, as the mood and the help
ing of others permitted. He read a
little now and then from the book in
his knapsack, a classic beloved of
college days. He slept soundiy at
night. And in every waking hour,
back in his mind like golden fire, was
the consciousness that he was going
and see Bonita Lamont herself.
It was sunset one evening when he
came to her home, a low, white house
on an oak knoll with vines adventur-
ing from the kitchen to the gray post
on which hung the old dinnerbell.
ing her brown eyes with her little
brown hand as she looked down the
high road. She did not seem surpris-
ed at the sight of him.
Am in timer he asked, curious
ly content only to be near her.
Eyes. The case does not come on
until next week." she replied. giving
him her hand. "It has been adjourned
because Of the haying."
ST am glad" he said. And then
"You were expecting someone?"
"You," she replied. ST have looked
down the road every day at sunset for
more than week. You see, my cous-
in wrote me you were coming, ]
knew you would. even before his let
ter told me-"
your cousin?" he echoed, wonder
ingly.
''Yes. DR.. Annesley. He said you
were coming this way on q walking
tour. He had sent you out to cure
| an ache" She smiled at him. you
look healthy enough--as IL you didn't
know what pain was"
He looked deep into the brown eyes
'"The ache" he said softly. was ir
my heart. It's cured-now."
"Oh!" breathed Bonita. The rich
red swept up into her cheeks as she
| led the way to the house. Copyright.
ed 1911 by Associated Literary sPress.)
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QUAKER MEDTrATToNs.

CFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
1t takes a wise man to say nothing
at the right time.
Some people seem to be SO ultra
refined as to scorn common sense.
After she's 25 a girl is apt to marry
the fellow she used to make fun of.
Accept a favor from some people,
and you give mortgage on your life.
Don't always trust the chronic hand
shaker. He may have sand bag up
his sleeve.
Sometimes it seems as though a
man would have to be a contortionist
to make both ends meet.
1.-The three things that inspire the
most profanity" says the Cynical Bach
elor, 'are an alarm clock, a fountain
pen and a wife,
Tommy Tuffnut-'De lady mex door
sent me for a kettle o. beer" Bar
tender-"Light or dark?'' Tommy Tufr-
nut-"Aw, 1 mean de blonde
She turned upon him like an in
furiated tigress. "Monsteri" she cried
He recoiled before the fury of her eyes.
Leave my presencei" she demanded.
sHai Hal" he laughed, mirthlessly.
"You can't work me that way. didn'x
bring you any presents" In that BIT
ter moment she realized that her Whoia
scene was spoiled.
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GLOBE SIGHTS.
rFrom the Atchison Globe. ]

TFrom the Atchison Globe.]
Sometimes a live wire is oil flash.
A rumor has very little regard for
the speed limits.
You want to get a square deal; are
you willing to give one?
Art for arts sake pays pretty well
if 1t succeeds in its noble purpose.
A man who wants favor can dig
up a lot in that line he has done for
you.
LIQUOR. but there isn't any in drink
It doesn't take much to start
neighborhood row, but prairie IRE
is easier to stop.
People who are in favor of shorter
hours for the working man don't in
clude the noon hour.
rheumatism doesn't work much in
hot, dry weather, when a man can't
enjoy himself anyhow.
Another thing we have never heard
satisfactorily explained: the fact that
painters wear white trousers.
A good many men outgrow coward
ice as they outgrow warts and freckles
and other boyhood blemishes.
Every man has plenty of nerve
when it comes to advancing schemes
to risk the other fellows money.
An engaged girl sometimes seems
prouder of the diamond ring she
wears than of the man who gave it to
her.
Neither can you gauge a giggling
girls sense of humor by the amount
of time she puts in at her principal
occupation.
Still. if you can over-estimate your
triumph without viewing your trou-
bles in the same light, it doesn't mat
ter SO much.
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

A mans rights, and what he thinks
they are, are likely to be at a decided
variance.
The man who merely provides his
wife with a good living" isn't neces
sarily all that a husband should be.
Much Of the trouble in the world is
due to men and women, especially the
young ones, mistaking infatuation for
love.
What's become of the old-fashioned
mother who washed her children's
mouths out with soft soap when they
told stories?
This is also the season of the year
when much care is expended by girls
in making bathing suits that will never
be touched by water unless they're sent
to a laundry.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-15

Testimony has been presented to the
congressional investigating committee
that there have been no more pools in
the steel trade since the formation of
the United States Steel corporation,
more commonly called the steel trust.
But from the facility with which that
trade has been carried on since the or
ganization Of this company it is appar-
ent that something just as effective as
pools has been I'm operation.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-15
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
LFrom the New york Press.l

IFrOm the New 1OrK FresS.J
No girls pretty ankles could ever
be weak enough to need high boots.
To be asked to dinner by million
aire most people would pay for it.
AS a sign of mans superior intelli-
gence, a woman can pack more things
In a trunk than he can in a house.
When q girl has a beau it is a sign
she can make him believe he is the
real one and everybody else that's he's
one of collection.
The first time either of married
couple has to go away they suffer
over the parting; afterward the more
over the coming back.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-15

Maybe the rainbow by moonlight
which was witnessed by some sailors
the other night six hundred miles off
the Atlantic coast, was a cousin to
that midnight rainbow which was re-
ported to have been seen week or
SO ago by residents Of Emporia, Kan.
This also goes to show that when it
comes to seeing things. Kansans are
,,rattv hard to beat
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-15

The battle of words over the Cana
diam reciprocity bill has finally been
authorities estimate that the senatorial
started in the senate. Conservative
speech-making on this one topic will
occupy a months time. And this de-
spite the fact that well-authenticated
reports are to the effect that more than
enough senators are lined up for the
bill to assure its passage without
amendment. Assuredly is there going
to be another great waste Of words.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-15

charged to this tariff schedule? OF
course the same schedule has been in
enect during other and recent times
When potatoes were much cheaper and
at a reasonable figure. But that ought
not to make any difference with anti
tariff agitators. Here's a chance for
them to swipe the tariff that they have
apparently overlooked.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-15
FROM OTHER PENS
THE coLLEGE GRIND.

Zen years from now some of the
young men who are to be graduated
from college this month will be heard
to say: There's Bill Smith. He was
my classmate. He spent most of his
time having fun and trying to prevent
me from studying. Look at him now.
He is one of the leading men in his
profession"
But they will fail to take notice
that Bill Smith is probably the only
one of his kind in the class and that
a score of the fellows who had been
''grinds'' were just as far on the road
to success, with better chances of go
ing to the end of it, than he. The
records of the careers of college men
bear out the fact that this is invariably
the rule. The Cornell Era has just
published statistics showing that a ma
jority of its graduates-170 having
tion-who have attained distinction in
various walks of life were "grinds'
while they were in college.
OF the ITO prominent persons con-
sidered, 101 had devoted themselves
closely to study, while 50 had been
meant by prominent Students is not
clearly set forth, but undoubtedly the
term embraces those who by natural
qualities of leadership and superiority
in college activities kept at the front
among their fellows. regardless of a
Leader.
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC DOOMED
Interesting news may be expected
from Lower California within a few
days upon the arrival Of the force
dispatched from Chihuahua under
General Luque. This force, consisting
of 1900 men, is to be permitted to
pass through American territory
from Ell Paso to Yuma or Tia Juana.
Its arms will be shipped separately.
The Mexican soldiers will be escorted
by armed American troops, and any
attempt to molest the Mexicans in
American territory will be promptly
squelched. Upon arrival at the Cali
fornia- Mexican border the Mexican
troops will take their arms and march
against General Pryce, the Socialist
leader of the tatterdemalion army that
has been stealing private property and
attempting to set up a Socialist re-
public in Lower California. The ma
rauders number about 200.
With their hands raised against all
organized government, 1t is not sur
prising that General Madero should
join with the Mexican and United
States governments to blot out the So
cialist gang. Madero's prompt action
in sending a force against the Social
lists is additional proof that he Is en-
deavoring in good faith to estab blish
stable reform government in Mexico,
strong enough to put down anarchy
in every corner of the country
Washington Post
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-15

president Bush, of the Missouri Pa
,,sc stands a good chance of beconl-
ing one of the most popular men "a
che world with Kansans. Most OF tue ne
$40 600, 900 which that road is going 70
expend on improvements in the immeo1-
ate future will be devoted to the neeas
- +ha lines In Kansas.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-15
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State Journal
away from home during the summer
may have the paper MAILED reGuiHr.S "
ten cents week or thirty cents
month (by mail onIyl. address
S-hanoed as often as desired. While
ont of town the State Journal VIII Nc
90 you like dafly letter from nome
these short time subscriptions. to save
IcoI-Ieer1ivt0 ewpenaee.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-15

Governor Stubbs says ne mas no -
OF calling out the National
helm in the enforcement OF the pronlOio n9ao
+orv law in the southern section ol 1no
state. And why should he win tns
Montgomery Guards Of CRAWFORD anu
-1,,s..o1,oa counties on the JOB?
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-15

There can be no skepticism IN re-
spect to the statement of Mr.. Ryan OF
the state utilities commission, that con-
ditions on the Central Branch are ini-
nrovinE. 1t was impossible that they
could get worse.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-15

Worse and worse and more OF IT.
psnresentative Reilly, Of Connecticut
has injected some poetry into the Con-
v-essional Record. 1t wouldn't be SO
had were 1t not for the fact that the
-,oeu, is an original one and is devoted
- an expression of Mr.. Reilly's opin-
IONS on the wool tariff bill. This man
ReiIlv ought to be fined bean sand
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-15

All the performances of spifituahstlc
mediums have been eclipsed by the
brooklyn preacher who is authority
for the statement that were st. Paul
alive. today he would be baseball fan
and attend all the games.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-15

Once in a while a human. comes TO
the front who seems to be satlsneu
with his lot in life. And In TINS cat
eeory would appear to be the news,
how at Middletown, Conn., VINO Is 20
years old. He's been on the job for 90
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-15
years.

No wonder such large pIiz7s 49, 49,
hung up for the aeropiane race tie. 1.on.
paris to Turin via Rome. InolcAtions
are that it will occupy the wnole tf'ilo
of the aviators engaged In II ourlne
the entire summer. And 1t may CIVIL
- o,,ar into next year.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-15

A Brooklyn preacher IS autnor .;otor M
the statement that matneiii@.io,e-'' oae
has figured it out that there are 80 az"
4s8 possible plays on the oaseDan | NC.
7nond. And from the way many u -no
alleged ball players handle tnemselVoN
tho most of these must be mlsFlaSs'
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-15

Strawberries would have. more to
recommend them If they were as good
at the beginning and the end OF their
season as they are during the middle
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-15
FULL TEASED vTUE RFPoRT
OF THE Associated PRESS.

The state journal is a member o. , me
Associated Press and receives tne IuI Gay s
eanization for the exclusive afterhoOh
publication in Topeka. .... ya,,,.
The news Is received in The StaeG Jul ,.
nal building over wires for this Sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-15

Under the existing tariff law there is
a duty on potatoes of As cents per bush
ed of so pounds. And why is it that
the present big rise-in the price of po-
tatoes in these parts has not been
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-15
KANSAS COMMENT
THE BULLHEAD.

One of Kansas greatest assets is
the bullhead.
His money value is small, he does
no work and he is SO ugly his face
hurts.
But to the barefoot boy, released
from chores or school, who sticks his
pole in the bank, spits on his bait,
drops the liver to the bottom and then
sprawls contentedly watching the
cloud ships drift in vast argosies while
he gathers dreams-and chiggers, he is
an unfailing delight.
To the hard bit man of affairs who
works on the high gear, thinks in
bed, don't know how to relax and for
gets to smile. the bullhead is bless
ing. He entices to the 1eafy woods
where the brook and river meet, in
stills new vigor into hood and brain
and substitutes the lyric of the coun-
try for the tragedy of the town.
Relaxation is a necessity and as its
source the bullhead pays dividends
while the worms last.-Baxter Springs
News.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DROUTHS
There is a noticeable difference be-
tween drouths now and those of TWEEN
ty to thirty-five years ago. Last week
in spite of the meager rainfall the past
year, 1 found the earth more or less
moist--in some places quite moist
down two or three feet in my garden
ana orchard on this divide between the
two rivers. But in early day drouths I
remember that even in the Saline VAL
ley and its tributaries, the soil of the
bottom as well as hills was dry from
the surface until you struck water
many feet below at the depth of wells.
In those days We generally believed
that the subsoil never got wet and that
no rain ever went down over foot to
eighteen fnches.-Judge Ruppenthal in
Luray Herald
TO KILL A TOWN.
The best way and the surest way to
Kill your home town is to get out your
hatchet and knock. Knock on every
thing that is going on and is not of
special benefit to you personally but is
doing lots of good for the community.
Knock on every proposed improvement
which might cause the taxes to be a
few cents higher. Knock because there
is move On to build up your home
town and get it out of a rut. Show
these progressives that the old way is
the only sure way. Let good enough
alone is good argument in your favor
Yes, the way to kill town is to try
to keep it in the same old path. There
is no use il trying to progress.-Lin-
coin Sentinel.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-15

Ed Howe is preparing to assume a
task which has been willingly per-
formed for years by his admirers:
hereafter he will blow his own horn.
Perhaps he is dissatisfied with the
manner in which this important duty
has been performed.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-15

one tnlng which might be said in
taVor OF poiygamy Is that 1t doesn't
th[oW the entlre burden OF supporting
a husband upon one woman.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-15

The latest title conferred upon Col.
Bill Nelson is doctor Of laws''. We
take great pleasure in printing this, as
so many Of the titles which have been
conferred upon the Colonel were un-
printable.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-15

Meanwhile, how do you like the
the new headline? The old one.
which has been in use for a year, was
slightly moth-eaten, and Furthermore.
it was close, dark and depressing.
Hence the new, light, open-work
headline,-with the trapped back
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-15

The criminal feature Of q limerick
contest is that 1t encourages so many
ivory knobs in their efforts to rhyme
Topeka with weaker" and '1eaky'.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-15

Popular definition of "Spotter"
"One who gets what he wants, and Il
not only paid for getting It, but 4
refunded the price he paid for it."
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-15

AS we understand it, Dawson and
his Booze Scouts" made a brass band
entry and a gum-shoe exit.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-15

Advice to Madero: .'If your insur
gents refuse to stop insurging, get an
injunction. Write or wire nearly am
court northeast of the Rio Grands
for terms.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-15
ARk'EH[E|ANa !

After years of investigation, We
Ieacn the conclusion that an "uncon-
!! .roIlaDie impulse" is an impulse which
IS not packed py serious effort to
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-15

AND JUST THEN A VOICE WAS
RAISED IN SONG:
The drunkard with a burning thirst
Should join the happy band
And help "put down. the very worst
Of crimes in this fair land.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-15

A little moisture. now and then.
would be appreciated even by the
dry faction.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-06-15

The "gaunt gray wolf'' on the newS.
paper page is frequently a NANCY. I'm.
derfed coyote Of the prairie.
When the rerormers run out of 9TH
er material, tney should take I'D the
HIatter OF reform In mems clothing.
MAN wastes lot OF perfectly good
time in feeling around in the wrong
pocket.
Hep
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-06-23
I cremation l'aocsui Respected l@
lhc l,enrll d ihe Com
mon lcople
ONlLES WITH SPlEAOOR
Gaud, Coml Uniforms and llashlna
Jewels Add 10 Bulhanc, 81 lhe
Procession Queen Mon
Bluf and White

saut lated Press snerial
London Iune % klnn George
and Qneeu MarD today showed
uho yesi~i day were able 20 obtain
access 20 fho cireumscgibod area 81
the coronation pageant
They held eroat and gorgeous
PROCESSION today which passed thru
some of the most populous streets OF
the city There were occasional driz-
zles but there Was hardly enough
rain 10 wet or mar the grandeur
aud beauty Of the procession Most
gorgeous of an ina the pageant was
the Indian cavalry Indian priheesses
ana potontates were weighted down
, with great quantities OF sparkiinf
I Jewels
Queen Mary wore white and bin
with two large blue ostrich feather
ia her hat
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-06-23
A TAX NOT REQUIRED
OF TRAVELLING SHOWS
AFTDhNth StNtfEAt NAkt~
iAiNtifbAN RttdN6 Bf.
GAINING tll.N SHOWS
wsigtcsi eot.Hsnirs Not Required
90 t'aA Tax a bcGe Manager
"a fiseatFc Has Nceupas
fiun taeense

Associated pfeeH Special
fnrnNw Eeurfat wr'sf tut''aft ts'ss's
held that moving picture shows
travelling from toHn ta town ne'
not pas license ln the rasc oi the
atrcs where the theatre manah'
has q license the department nolds
that theatrical company Is not W.
able 20 a state occupation taN- II
was also held by the department thai
moving picture shows with Yande'
vill@seuteriainmen ia connection are
subject to a Ike tax as leYivo uh
theatrical companies.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-06-23

Brownsville, June 80 Two
minutes past midnight TINS morning
the city police force and q gang oi
laborers were set Go work tearing up
the long unused tracks of the
brownsville & Gull railroad alonS
Twelfth street from the Rio Hranae
rai,road station 20 the Bro~ hNNlA
| and Matamoras terry w" va -, q,
l a...p a.osasea a nnl~ans ,. Yea y,
\ .s..... ,rAere.s ~ rShNo 40 ,
= \ 's..rs yrsuctpeA as who" ~ N"
outs Union Trust company OF
,s Louis. not complying, orders W.
!, given the police department. 70
..,..y.zb the rpsdbed .,,,...ny
~ ,s.se.uffp tHe 81 f-sHss. -, =, =.
. Hs@.n ,,,s, DO ~ rnffffts6 fo r.
h,,1,d me track and ssfa biSh 'e :.
or car service II was heia, noS ~,
that IN" as,,,sad @s