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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-16
GUIDANCE OF MALE
HAND NECESSARY
Strong Characters Needed 10
Instruct Boys in Formative
State.
PRIVATE SCHOOLS EXCEL
Public Schools Are Essential,
but Training Must Be
incomplete.
PRIVATE SCHOOLS EXCEL
BY COLONEL Il. BINGHAM,
superintendent the Bin.linm Srhool.

II is a great truth as well as a trite
truism that Knowledge is power. and
the converse Of the proposition Is equal
~ often fatally true. that ignorance is
weakness and sometimes death. Edu-
cation has been well defined as max
ing knowledge available" But in this
age of books, IL may be we'll to realize
that mere book learning is not educa-
tion. 1t is said mat not one man in
zen OF the mon who eNiortcd the Magma
Charta from King John could write
his name; and yet these men made
their mark strongly ana indelibly on
our civilization
If education is making knowledge
available. the men who led the revolt
leEainst the Roman Church III the days
sof Queen Elizabeth and the Amanda III
Fhe sixteenth century. the inen v no cs-
tatlished the principles u the Bill of
flights under the Stuarts in the seven
Secnth century the men who estab-
1ished the principles of the Declaration
OF Independence in the eighteenth CEN
tfurv, Were educated. And Net these
snen, who really made both England
Jand the United states wha, they are.
swere trained only in the ancient lanGu-
ages ana mathematics by men only in
private schools only. and in unmtNed
Echnuls only with no State aid: under
1he methods developed in the nine
Teenth century il is estimated that
more than % per cent OF the men to
.~hom the twentieth century must be
fcommitted have heen trained by fe-
male teachers. in mixed schools. sup
ported by the state.
Pubic schuolN Necessary.
The absolute necessity OF public
schools cannot he questioned ours is "a
government OF the people, by the peo-
pie and for the people. and II the peo-
pile are to govern. they must have the
dntelligence to govern. This intelii
gence the parents of the many cannot
supply Il has been all that the par
Sents of the many could do in all the
Rses. to supply their offspring with
physical food and clothing When
heat is applied to vessel of water
from above. only the surface is affect
ed and the mass below is as cold and
dark as before But when the heat
IS applied from below each particle OF
water which is warmed and expanded
communicates its warmth and cxpan-
sion to the other particles aud by de-
Erecs the whole mass is in state Of
ardent heat and active huliiton In the
past education was applied only to the
upper stratum of society. ami the sub
stratum was neglected. But during
The progress Of the nineteenth century
the state realized more that the State
must supply mental food ana clothing
10 The substratum Of The people. not
30 much for the benefit of the uneduca-
ted individual as for the protection of
the State against ignorance in those
who must govern the State. In time of
war, pestilence. food fire or other
calamity the aid goes to the threatened
point Ignorance is the threatened
point, so TO speak, ana tho State is
spending millions 10 educate the masses
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-16
1912.

80. 1912.
BINGHAM, Asheville. N. c., Alone
In the U. s., has been conducted for ils year, by
three Generations Of Hcadmastcrs In the same
family. who have prepared BOYS for College
and Christian Citizenship since 1898.
BINGHAM, A.heville. N. c., Alone
In the U: s., offers FREE ROUND TRIP
TICKET from anywhere within 1900 miles of its
location. to any parent who. on inspection is not
CONVINCED that except for mere show. its pairs of
0NE.STORf brick rooms. separated by a parapet
ton. Ventilation a.d Safety against FIRE
which such parent saw. Send Tor Catalogue
or como and
COL. Il. BINGHAM. Supt.,
X. r. ID. No g.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02

claimed, as the light in the library
showed the change in her face. what
is the matter? There is something
wrong"
There is not. Rob. have had a
What? A book? You have writ
! ten a book ?"
And an editor has accepted It,"
OF course he has Any editor that
you would honor with manuscript
would accept it. Jean, I'm so glad
can't tell you how glad. I'll wager
it's the very best book that has ever
been written. But how hard you
must have worked. You are such
conscientious person that you put
your whole soul into everything you
do, and this book must represent long
hours of work, the careful expression
Of your personality and the realiza-
ton of a dream"
The JOY. greater than before. had
come back to her eyes. Rob-" she
said solemnly, ''you are the most un-
derstanding person I have ever seen"
The understanding person looked
slightly bewildered. ''I want to see
the book mediately. I can't wait
till it is published. Let me see the
manuscript
1T is only a simple little tale of
my own childhood
Then it is the story of a most
adorable little girl who became an
adorable. thoughtful, ambitious wom-
an. OF course Halstead is immensely
pleased and proud"
He is not. He does not realize
what my accepted book means to me-
He does not understand. as you do,
that a woman has ambitions as real
as mans, end that for them she is
willing to work and to suffer as a
man does. He is $3.50 Interested
IN himself and so proud of himself
TOD mans attitude toward a wom-
ans dearest interest may decide her
regard for him." She laid her hands
on his shoulders and looked steadily
into the eyes in which she saw the
reflection of her own rapture and ex-
altation. Your attitude, Rob, toward
my little dream. You understand the
dream Don't you understand some
thing else, Rob, dear?"-(Copyrigh
ed 1911 by the Associated Literary
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02
THE TRAvEs1Y ENDED.

1t would be ludicrous, if it were not
so disgraceful-this ending of the big-
gest political travesty in the history of
Kansas that has been staged in the
Second congressional district. Judge
U. S. Guyer. of Wyandotte county, as
was to have been expected, WIS the
only prospective candidate for the Re
publican nomination for the seat in the
house of representatives made vacant
by the death of Alexander Mitchell who
deposited the exorbitant $1,000 entrance
fee to participate in the primary TO
axe this nomination. He had been
previously selected by the committee
as the nominee for this honor. But
with a righteous progressivencss he
suggested to the committee that a pri-
mary should be held to make the nomi-
nation. OF course this suggestion did
not come from Mr.. Guyer until after a
storm of disapproval had swept over
the Second district and the rest Of
Kansas against the arbitrary and un-
called for action of the committee in
first deciding that a primary was not
necessary. But Mr.. Guyer's sugges-
ton was acted on by the committee
and it then proceeded to fix the pri-
mary entrance fee for candidates at
POsOOU 0dCu lie NOfiiliAlNtSC CoSG4
the opinion that the holding of the pri-
mary would be an expensive affair. as
the last general primary in the Second
district cost between $4,000 and SIS 900,
or so the committee said. The com
mittee seemed to have overlooked the
important fact that a special primary
with one or a few candidates for only
one nomination would not be nearly so
expensive as a general primary. But
that was the lame excuse put forward
for the prohibitive entrance fee de-
manded. The farce of holding q pri-
mary to nominate Mr.. Guyer formally
will now be gone through with unless
the committee changes its mind again
And if such a primary is to cost $4,000
it is to be presumed that the committee
will have to put up 1000 or SO, as
Mr. Guyer's $1,000 will not go very far
towards meeting such an expense. just
watch the members of the committee
dig up this money. The future will
demonstrate that special primary can
be held very cheaply when it has to be
And Mr.. Guyer's remarks on the
culrlination Of this travesty, when told
that he was to have no opposition in
the primary. were wholly gratuitous-
1.-The fact that no one fled SAID Mr..
Guyer. '-is conclusive proof that the
committee expressed presumably IN
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02
GLOBE SIGHTS.
rFrom the Atchison G

CFrom the Atchison GIobe-1
Calling kin visit a house party
doesn't improve it much.
Conscience soon tires out II one ex-
poets it to work overtime.
No man was ever able to do his best
work when he thought he had to.
No man should keep it up until he
sees three cherries in the cocktail
Probably the average fox terrier is
the happiest looking thing for it's size.
Baseball isn't the only game Swhere
the final results differ from the dope.
What finally became of the fortunes
that were to be made ratsingi squads?
Probably there are quite number
of Arabian horses which never saw
Arabia.
It is our theory that the vegetable
soup never disguises the carrot effect
ually.
Good folks haven't any edge on the
average boy bandit when 1t comes to
dying young.
tenderfoot's idea of "roughing it,
probably will stand some time as the
So many people have white ele-
phants it is a wonder the circus
doesn't carry a few
Sometimes a mans sweetheart is so
anxious to believe in him that she
doesn't want to learn the truth.
When a man talks good deal about
his Chosen Work. it is a sign he doesn't
accomplish much at it
Marathon running seems to have
followed croQuet, than which it was
little more exciting. to the discard.
safe and sane burglar is more to be
desired than a gun lying around where
the children can investigate It.
There are men who have tried It,
and become convinced that a home
steader pays the highest price for land.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02
An Iceless Arctic.

A remarkable condition prevailing
IN the Arctic Ocean is disclosed in a
wireless message received at the treas
uIy department from the commanding
oincer OF the revenue cutter Bear. at
Port Clarence, Alaska. The Bear has
just completed cruise of the Arctic
ocean, going as far north as Point
barrow, the northernmost point on the
western hemisphere The invariable
experience of revenue cutters on this
duty and of all other vessels. such as
WhaIers is to encounter great fields
or Ice 1t has always been possible to
anchor to icebergs, and the difficulty
has been to avoid the danger of being
crushed in fields of ice. This year. ac-
cording to the wireless messages of
Capt. J. G. Ballinger, the Bear met no
Ice gong or coming. This is the first
time that the Arctic cruise has been
made with an open sea and no vestige
of ice.
The event has attracted much atten-
ton on the part of naval hydrograph-
erS and meteorologists, especially in
connection with the fact that this wear
there has been an unprecedented num-
Der of icebergs in the Atlantic Ocean.
as far south as off the southern coast
or Massachusetts. The fact that there
was no ice in Bering sea or in the Arc
TIC route of the revenue cutter Bear
coupled with the fact that there was
so much ice in the Atlantic Ocean ap-
PO0AS ~ the IneOTX Tnat the
unusually hot summer throughout the
United States and in most parts of
Canada is due to the absence of ice in
Alaskan and Arctic waters
II Is Impossible Tor the hydrograph
ers TO explain why there should be this
extraordinary trend of the ice, but it IS
known that there are many mysterious
or erratic currents, especially in the
neighborhood of Point Barrow. It has
never been practicable to maintain OBJ
servers so as to secure data on which
expects could base many conclusions.
but the result of the trip of the Bear
indicates that there is a direct and in
innate relation between the prevalence
or lack of ice in the Arctic and the eli
mate of the United States-Washing-
ton dispatch to the New York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02
I,he Most Wonderful rl,inr.

81 have been down in a submarine
boat; I have sailed in an aeroplane
and have while hundreds of miles
from land received wireless messages. -
Have you?" the fair girl sweetIy
replied
NOW" he continued, there's Just
one more wonderful thing that I'd like
to do"
1T seems to me that you have done
all the wonderful things there are to
do"
mo. there's one. more wonderful
than any of the rest, that I'd like to
do. I wish L might tell you what It
is.''
ooh. is it something that you may
not tell me ?''
1T is something that I may do IL
you will give me your permission"
How strange. 1 can't imagine what
it could be-"
Cant you-are you sure ?"
I'm afraid not"
Think. Would you despise me If I
asked your permission to do this most
wonderful thing Of alp"
How can 1 tell before I know what
it is7'
''Tt is to kiss you"
"Oh!"
May II"
s'Did you ask the submarines per-
mission before you went under water
in it, or secure permit from the aero
plane before you went up sailing in the
air ?',-Chicago Record Herald
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02
QUAKER NrEDITATToNs.
TFrom the Philadelphia Record.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record
Many a mans conscience is more
callous than his hands.
The fellow who is full of ginger nat
urally feels that he is hot stuff.
Any girl can learn to love a man
If she thinks some other girl wants
him.
A floating debt is a poor nfe-pre-
server to keep a mans head above
water.
No. Maude, dear; washing in sta
tionary tubs won't prevent the colors
from running.
In spite of the fact that theories
seldom work, the tramp is far from
being theory.
Some people are so high and
mighty that they get dizzy looking
down at the rest of us.
The average man is more ready to
lend his ears to hard-luck tale than
to lend hand.
Many a woman will swallow the
maximum of flattery and choke at
the minimum Of truth.
Hoax='sThey were divorced. and
now they are going to marry again.
Joax-''Which proves that a n1isfit
marriage may be repaired"
Blobbs-"Alasl She has refused me
for the second time" Slobbs-s'Cheer
up. old man. Didn't you ever hear
that two negatives were equal to an
affirmative 2"
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02
POINTED PARAGRAPTIs.

IFrom the Chicago News
Fire insurance agents are lightning
takers.
But the ready tongue is seldom
ready to stop
a silver hook is good in fishing for
compliments.
The good die young. This applies
especially to resolutions.
The more they are neglected the
happier some husbands are.
One lone mule can stir up more
trouble than a carload OF horses.
Remember, girls. that he who loves
and runs away, isn't worth chasing.
A woman may consider a man a
good match who can't even match a
ribbon.
When some men drop a hint II
sounds like ton of coal going down
chute.
Before sIapping some people on the
wrist be sure that there is a vacant cot
at the hospital
A man may think he has a will OF
his own but II doesn't cut much Of a
figure at home II he has a wife.
One OF the hardest problems fha
summer girl has to solve 10 vvhether
she can get another days wear out OF
a shirt waist.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02

first giving Mr. Guyer the nomination.
the will of the people," AS a matter
of fact the members of the commit &C,
expressed their own sweet wills in the
premises. The people did not have a
show to express their wills and wnen a
primary was finally decided upon the
committee took good care, by placing
the entrance fee at such a figure tha-
no other candidates would get IN the
race, that the people would not be
given a chance to express their will.
And again said Mr.. Guyer: "Of course
am grateful for the loyalty of my
friends and feel honored, too, to have
been associated in a contest with such
worthy competitors as were my op-
ponents.'' An extensive honor, Indeedt
There has been no contest between Mr..
Guyer and the men who were his pros
pective opponents. There was no
chance for one. The committee that
was so loyal to Mr.. Guyer left no rea-
sonable Ioop-hole open that would per-
init of contest of any kind.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02
SUMMERS SONG

You call it the patter
OF raindropS that scatter,
Like diamonds the grasses among,
Or else. If it pIeases
You whisper of breezes,
And cadence of songs they have sung.
OF clear lifting fountains
And murmuring mountains.
The voice OF old ocean, sublime,
But jocund or lonely,
III wage yous they're only
The songs of the glad Summer Time.
On, the rollicking notes of a rythmical
rhyme,
The mathis and vespers OF gay Summer
Time.
You call them the voices
OF birds, and your choice is
The robin, the Hnnet, the wren,
You praise the QuaiIS drumming,
The honey-bees humming,
The katydid's call from the glen.
The maple boughs signing,
You reckon outlying
The rustic of corn at its prime,
But plainttve or merry,
Or solemn or CHEEKY,
lis song of the gay Summer Time.
Oh, the rythmical rune Of a fathomless
rhyme,
The mathis and vespers of gay Summer
Time.
L. N. Thornton. In the Columbian Mag
azfne.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02
HUNOR or THE DAY

d-Fashioned Party with old-fashioned
prejudices)-Ah: very clever. dare say.
But 1 see It's written by a lady. and I
want book that my daughters may read.
Give me something elsei-Punch.
What do you think Of it2" asked the
skyscrapers. Wal" replied the miner.
on his first visit to the metropolis, 1T
looks like a permanent camp all right
Success Magazine.
Rev. Mr.. Hollers-AIistah JohnsinE.
what foh you call dat son of yoh's Izaak
Washington2 Mr.. Johnson-Because sab.
dat rascars reputashun foh veracty made
dat change imper' tive.-Christian Regis
ter.
Now that we've spent so much money
fixing up the house, perhaps you won't go
yes. John, will. but" she added, encour-
agingly, 'I'll be more cheerful about com
ing back. lS."-Harper's Bazaar
Art and business have nothing in COM
mon," said the idealist. "Oh, I don't
know about that" replied Mr.. Cumrox.
OF a check, depends great deal on
whose name is at the bottom Of it,
Washington Star.
She Cgushingly)-What a magnificent
Great Danei And OF course his name IS
Hamlet? He (the owner)-Not exactly:
you see l-eF-G0uAAIl consistently use
that name. The best 7 could do was TO
call her Ophelia.-Everyb body's Magazine.
II understand you have civil service in
your department." YES" the New York
er replied, 1--WE have civil service-and It's
perfectly good civil service. too. It's fixed
now so they can't discharge you-un1ess
they want tot"-Clcveiand Plain Dealer.
II certainly have a consfderate boss
How nOW2" Gave me a two weeks
vacation, and three days extra TO rest
up."-Pittsburg Post
See that measuring worm crawling up
my skirt?" cried Mrs. Bjenks. That's
a Sign I'm going 10 have a new dress"
We'll, let him make II for you," crowled
Mr.. Btenks. And while he's about IT.
have him send hookworm to DO you up
the back I'm tired OF the Job. Liver
pool Mercury.
Little Willle-Say, pa, what is a dipio-
nat2 PA diplomat, my son. is a person
Who can prove man liar without call
ng him one--Tit-Bits.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02
FROM OTHER PENS
GUARDING PUBLIC INTERESTS.


The chapter of Legislation which was
written when congress passed the bill
relating to the disposition of the wa
ter power rights arising from the i'm
provement of the Black Warrior river,
Alabama. deserved more than perfume
tory contempt. As the bal originally
passed the senate. 1t gave certain priv
ileges to the Birmingham Water, Light
and Power company, but when the
measure reached the house it received
exhaustive consideration, with the re-
suit that it was literally torn to
pieces.
AS finally passed, the SO. year lease
originally proposed was reduced to 25
years. and even this was conditional
upon the payment of 81 per horse
power annually. It was also provided
that the corporation must sell the pow
er direct to the consumer, thus pre-
venting any farming out of the privi
lege. It is not even certain that the
corporation will finally be the bene-
fictary of the legislation, inasmuch as
the secretary of war is instructed to
call for bids and is allowed the op-
tiGn of granting the franchise to any
responsible bidder.
The care exercised by the members
of the house, Independent of politics,
to conserve the interests of the gov
ernment is most commendable. The
fact that congress fully realizes its
trusteeship over the government priv
ileges betokens the new era in public
affairs ashington Herald.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02
LAYHAWKER .JOTy

Miss Sallie Blue, of Valley Falls, is
probably very seldom that way.
There is an cld-fashioned man in
Lyndon whose frcnt name is JabeZ.
The Abilene Democrat is willing to
unh esitatingly accept without personal
verification the statement of natural
| list that a hornets nest contains as
many as 600 cells.
1t may be within the realm of fact
to suggest that the finest peaches
grown in any locality in the state are
the crop from which a few are pre-
sented to the editor of the local paper.
Another 'meanest" man has been
found by the Minneapolis Better Way.
He sat out on the church steps at the
last Sunday morning service to escape
the plate when the offering was being
taken.
Is a man really honest, asks the VAL
ley Falls Farmers Nindicator, when
he runs an account with one merchant
to about what his credit will stand,
and then goes to another with his
ready money?
Some one has said, remarks the LIE
Roy Reporter, that the man who puts
his trust in God, keeps true to his
wife and honest with his fellow men,
has nothing to fear either in this world
or the world TO come.
A harvest note IN the Valley Falls
Farmers Vindicator; Harvey Hawk
from over Oskaloosa way was here Sat
urday having DR.. Lowry ''eut some
hay out of his leg, as he said hay
his perambuiating "calf," and rather
painful. While walking across his field
a spear of grass pierced his leg leaving
a three inch piece in1bedded in the flesh
and requiring a surgical operation to
reclaim the hay" an unusual case.
Here's a description of Bloomer Girls
baseball team and the game they play
ed at Girard recently Is it appeared in
the Girard Press Just why they are
called bloomer girls we cannot figure
out, for they wore regulation he base
ball suits au jus. Their eullS and back
hair were combed straight up to the
top of their heads and tied in what
resembled a war lock, and if there were
into this lock we didn't discover them.
The girls were veterans of the dia-
mond-that is they looked old enough
to be-and played fair ball as only the
fair sex could. The game opened with
a '-he" catcher, a he third baseman
an1 a he shortstop, while the six
other POSITIONS were filled by Helen of
Troy, Joan of Arc, Lucretia Bcrgia and
other lesser lights of that sex, until the
fourth inning, when Maud Muller quit
ma king hay in center field and
husky guy with two days growth OF
beard took her place. The girls show
ed fairly good form on the diamond
and played much better ball than was
expected. She with the golden treSses
on first was Queen of the May and
was the real gingerbread dolly in the
infleld while Julia. who trampled the
grass with her dainty feet in lef' field
was the angel-faced hero in sprinting
and base running, besides being the
genuine sorghum on the foul line, de-
livered the goods just like a dry goods
clerk at the ribton counter She pitch
ed the entire nine innings and was
effective throughout and one bashful
White Sox actually famed three times
and flushed four
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Many people get fooled by thinking
there is safe path between right and
wrong.
X X X
Nor is the aviator the only chap who
is in constant peril of taking a hard
fall.
Any number of men merely concern
themselves with trying to pull down
what others have built up.
x y
Every man has his faults. Yours
may be just as odious to your neigh
Dor as his are to you.
X
If you find anybody who isn't look
ing for the best of it, that is pretty
good evidence he already has it.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-02
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

IFrom the New York Press.l
A good blum makes more noise than,
great riches.
Even II a man fights but one duel n.
has a second.
The laughter and tears OF a 49,
are equally deceptive. ID
A woman always tries to MAKE .
secret of what she doesn't know
Even the watch man keens ~, ~.
tongue VIII run down occasionaiIv. ''1
Don't attempt to light your nat,
both ends. ele az