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The Topeka state journal., 1911-07-21
Small cities WIckedest.

Various cities in the United States
nave had as heads of their local gov
ernment, whether Republican or
Democratic. many men OF strong and
Independent characters who insisted
on being mayors in fact as well as in
name, but none of these has ever car
r1ed out this principle more thorough
~ than has the present mayor of the
most important city on the American
continent. He is a devout believer in
the ancient adage of "keWing to the
line, letting the chips fall where they
may The falling of these "chips"
mas at times displeased many persons,
political and otherwise but Mayor
Gaynor has taken little count of this
when convinced that he was doing
what was best for the interest of the
city.
prof. Brooks has recently made
the broad assertion that corruption is
wild despread throughout the United
States. and that, in spite of all super
hcial appearances to the contrary, the
relative extent and harmfulness of
corruption is decreasing in the most
progressive and modern countries;
that certain forms of public corrup-
ton are carried on more openly and,
if one may use the expression, more
'reputably' in the country 1nd small
towns than in great cities. Do you
agree with these views?'' asked the
reporter.
mo doubt the assertions of corrup-
ton in government in this country are
much exaggerated" replied the mayor
I am bound to say that 1 think. from
actual observations, that there is rela-
lively as much corruption in small
communities as in large ones. l am
absolutely certain that this is true
hereabout," he added, with much posi-
tiveness.
Moreover. there's more immortality
II
communities than in large ones" he
continued. ''Those who think that
the people of cities are more immoral
than are the people Of small communi-
ties are greatly mistaken. I have a
good deal of belief in the statement,
God made the cities, but the devil
made the townsl' All sorts of politi-
cal graft goes on in small communi-
ties, also. Moreover, there are five
votes bought in the country to one in
the city. People dicker for the sale
of their votes almost openly in the
country. There is very little corrupt
voting in the city of New York. That
has been SO for a long time"
How do you regard Prof. Brooks
further assertion that democracy can
scarcely escape being corrupt because
it recognizes, with it's advanced con-
science, so many duties?'
The mayor waved his hand in a dep
recating way.
Democracy is no more corrupt than
is monarchy. The quotation you attri-
butte to Prof. Brooks seems to me to
be a mere Jingle. It sounds nice, but
you have to stop to see what 1t means.
L fear 1t does not mean much of any
thing" he answered.
"Is American politics, then, improv-
ing or retrograding, in your opinion ?''
asked.
Improving, decidedly" he said
New York Times
The Topeka state journal., 1911-07-21

world; it is too dear and homelike as
it isl"
Jason Parker paused in amazement
at the kitchen door. Supper was near
ly ready In the big kitchen that some
how wore a changed aspect.
Come in. Jason, and meet my wife
called his brother cheerfuily. We
thought we'd have supper ready by the
time you came up
Jason walked in. TT hope you'll
be very happy" he MANAGE to STAN
mer before he darted back toward the
barn.
''He-didn't like it," cried Lucy.
Indeed he did-he was only sur
prised as well he might be-" declared
her husband. Il will go out and see
him, dear
1--WE taken your advice" said Will
liam, when he found his brother in the
harness room.
81 see you have" answered Jason.
But Great Scott. man, never
thought of your doing it, I was sim
ply trying to break the tee to tell you
that Mary and 1 had decided TO get
married, Christmas!" - copyrighted
1911 by the Associated Literary Press-)
The Topeka state journal., 1911-07-21

Everybody in Topeka with the pos
sible exception of the motorcyclists,
will support Commissioner Miller in
his insistence that muffiers be used on
the motors of the "pop-pop' wheels
while they are being operated in the
city limits. In the ordinance regulat-
ing the activity of the motorcyclists is
a provision that prohibits unmuffled
motors. A fine of from 81 to $40 is
provided for violations of this rule. 1t
Is not recalled that any motorcyclist
has ever been brought to time for not
needing this feature of the laws of the
city. And only the few people in town
who are so unfortunate as to be abso-
lutely deaf do not know that this pro-
vision is utterly disregarded by nearly
all the motorcyclists. Nor would it be
surprising if deaf persons could hear
the tremendous noises that are made
by this gentry with their machines.
These noises are not so disturbing in
the daytime, when the ordinary traffic
on the much travelled streets rather
browns them out. But even during
the day in the more quiet residential
sections Of the city the sudden and
noisy approach of a motorcycle is apt
to give nervous folk a case of severe
shivers, and be particularly disturbing
to people who are sick -a-bed. During
the late hours Of the evening and the
early hours Of the morning, however,
the noisy travelling of the motor
cyclists, is especially annoying to al
most everybody in all of the residential
districts of the city. It's a nuisance
that should be abated. There is al
ready ample provision of law for It's
abatement. And this law should be
enforced. Also should the speed ordi
nance. which seems to be generally
violated by the motorcyclists be en-
forced against them.
There is another matter in connsc-
ton with the operation of motor
cycles which seems to be dangerous
and which should therefore be stopped.
That is the popular practice of the
motorcyclists in taking their sisters,
cousins and aunts and others of the
fair sex out riding with them. At best
the makeshift seat that the girls oc-
cupy on the frame in front of the
riders regular seat is insecure. Their
dresses flap around fast moving ma
chinery that is more or less exposed.
That a serious accident has not al
ready resulted in Topeka from this
practice is little short of the miracu-
lous. In several cities scattered over
the country where accidents of this
sort have occurred, the practice has
been prohibited. Perhaps it would be
just as well for Topeka not to wait to
lock the barn door in this particular
until horse has been stolen.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-07-21
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.5

fETOm LnG On4CdZO 1Gh0s&
When firemen work their hose it's
only in play.
The door of adversity always has the
latch-string out.
Lake AIichigan's season for being
crossed in love is wide open
Soon after marriage girl exchanges
her rose colored glasses.
What has become of the old fash
ioned man who used to use hair oil?
Lots of women are never so happy as
when talking of their ailments.
When you see a couple in a hammock
it's g. sign they are not yet one.
The most dangerous brand Of fiattery
Is the one we ladle out to ourselves.
Treat an inferior as an equal and
he'll soor consider himself your su-
perior.
Alas, it is the girl who cant play
that has IL mania for working the piano
overtime.
A man can talk on a. dozen different
subjects easier than a woman can stop
talking on one.
Listen to some people and you will
hear enough about ailments to fill a
patent medicine almanac.
Usually a man who would rather he
right than be president soon ACQUIRES n
reputation for being poor but honest.
A conceited young man imagines that
every engaged girl Ws.uid like 10 hraalr
off the engagement after neetine, hin,
Even if a man doesn't get busv sr..1
make love to a pretty girl the first
time they meet she always sIss1aot~
that he would ike to.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-07-21
GLOBE SIGHTS.

LFrom the Atchison Globe.l
Everyone has to initiate others a
good deal.
Every man who amounts to much Is
hated by somebody.
If you have to stand the curslng
you ought to have your way
Ability to keep a promise isn't al
ways sufficient excuse for making one
Then there are people who seem to
possess a sense of humor and no other
kind.
Anyone who thinks the surplus kit
tens should be drowned, shouldn't
keep cat.
Mail, like everything else but the ice
wagon, seems to amount to less in hot
weather.
Post card philosophy: ITS just as
hard to get along without a woman as
it is with one
When there is a skeleton in the
the closet door shut.
Title of a new song: 'She Wrote on
His Shirt, Love You, But 1t All Came
Out in the WASH
Tobacco may be all right in its way.
but the juice of 1t isn't a satisfactory
substitute for shirt stud.
A coarse woman can make beach
comber seem like q refined and deli
cate creature by comparison
An Atchison man, more persistent
than the poet, insists on having about
365 melancholy days per year
Handsome women are not as numer-
Gus down south as southern Chivalry
might lead one to believe.
In certain parts of Africa men eat
their wives. which seems to be carry
ing honeymoon affection a little too
far.
One can't control children by
threats, but that doesn't signify one
should whip them whenever he feels
ike Il.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-07-21
HUNOR OF THE Day

ed.-Wilie-Mamma, will
heaven be as wonderful as they say in
the Sunday school books? Mother-Cer-
tainIy, my dear. Why do you ask2
WiIlfe-Places we go to in the summer
are never as nice as the circulars.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Wen-Behaved-Lulu was watching her
mother working among the flowers.
Mamma, 1 know why flowers grow,
she said; "they want to get out Of the
TactfuI.-sufferer Ito dentists servant
Not in today? Dear, dear, wanted to
consult him badly. Servant-Well, let's
hope you'll still have toothache tomor-
roW.-FHegende Blaetter-
Ponteness.-"Isnt anything being done
for that ship in distress?" Yes, miss;
ashore What were they waiting for
an invitation, then?'-Cassells.
Pcliceman-see here! What do YOU
mean by driving your horse up over the
walk Ike this? Uncle Eben-Confound
Won citv fellers! I'm just obeyin' your
blamed old sign here-keep horses on
Walk.-Judge.
Where ignorance is bliss, it's folly for
a doctor to tell a patient what he has
written on his prescription.-Life
.I thought YOU sold your autoIno-
biIe?'' mo- replied Farmer Corn
tossel, "I traded the machine off for
that horse over there" But you seem
to have both the auto and the horse.
Yes, I made q contract that he was
to give me the naulin' the machine out
every time he got stuck or broke down.
Finally, he owed me so much that he
turned tho auto back as part pay
.nent. t.',-Washingt0n Star.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-07-21
AN ENCoURAGrNC REFRAIN.


"A Song of Kansas printed here,
Composed on Thirteenth OF July,
Made retrospecttou seem so drear,
That we now venture 8 reply.
The dried up rhyme was scarce in type
Before twas heraIded to the sky
And Nature saw 1.-The time was ripe
To stop the poets mournful cry.
So twinkling down the window pane,
And on the roof q pitapat,
We list to music of the rain
And grateful, too, of course for that
The corn that waited for the rain
And did not fully tassel out.
VIII Kansas prestige stiu retain,
And make a crop. without a doubt.
The moisture's roofing" for the grass,
And creeks are slowly filling up
With aqua vitae for the ass
And horses, sheep and cows to sup.
We're looking for some trouble here
Next fall, as sure as you are born
Lest lack of help may interfere
With timely gathering of the corn
H. B. NICHOL
Frankfort, Kan. July 19, 1911.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-07-21

turn out to be satisfactory in all par
ticulars, although the continued dry
spell was not the best possible kind OF
weather for construction Of this sort Of
road. The big start that has been made
this year by the county commissioners
in the matter of road Improvement
should be continued until all of the es-
sential roads In the county are put in
the best possible shape.
There is much activity these days all
over Kansas in the rebuilding Of the
roads. making them good roads in fact
Down in Johnson county. for instance
there are FIVE rock roads under con-
struction. The contract for the fifth
road of this type was just let the other
day by the Johnson county commits
sioners It calls for the building of two
miles of rock road which will cost s15.-
34s SO it will be seen that Johnson
county is going into good road building
on an extensive and permanent scale.
Then out in Decatur county long
piece of road connecting Oberlin with
Selden in Sheridan county has just
been built. This road was constructed
through the efforts of the farmers
along it. They subscribed the money
necessary and had the road built by
contract. It is said to be one of the
finest roads in western Kansas.
Many more instances could be cited
of road building activities all over the
state All of them are indicative of
the fact that the people of Kansas are
finally awake to the advantages of bet
ter roads and that they intend to have
them. Let the good work go on.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-07-21

French newspapers seem to be
about as yellow as are many in this
country in metropolitan centers. They
have taken full charge Of the little tilt
between France and Spain over the
arrest of a French consular agent by
a Spanish patrol The agent was re-
leased Immediately as soon as the
Spanish authorities found out they had
made a mistake and long before the
news Of the arrest reached France.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-07-21
TOGO THE sILENT.

MT
This week sees the visit to our coun-
try of one of the greatest naval war
rlors Of this or any other tiIne-Togo
OF Japan. He will not stay long and
ne Will not talk much. Like his Eng
i1sh prototype, Nelson, like Won Moltke,
like Grant. he is the silent man who
makes his deeds do duty for his tongue
He un1tes in his nature the spirits of
old and new Japan.
Taciturn to a degree, his impassive
face showing absolutely no emotion, he
courage Of lion.
During the whole of the campaign
which ended with the total destruction
of Rojestvensky' fleet. Togo was SER
iously i'll. When he was commanded
to sea his wife feared so for him that
she entreated him to ask the govern
ment to wait. The old Japan rose
within him and he struck her twice
across the face.
Woman" he said, you speak fool
ishness.'
Ir spite Of his condition, which great
ly alarmed his assistants, he personal
ly directed the fight in the Japan sea,
standing upon the bridge of his flagship
until his officers dragged him by forc5
to the safety of the coming tower and
they locked him in. It was the same
courage which Nogi displayed at Port
his son served to distract his terrible
assidEity from the task he had in hand.
He studied naval science in England,
but his courage he derives from his an
cestors of the Satsuma clan which for
centuries furnished japan with its best
sealighters.-NeWton Kansan- -Republi-
can.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-07-21

Nevertheless. the Frencn newspapers
have delivered an ultimatum to Spain
in the premises. Nothing but an alb
ject and humble apology from Spain
will wipe out the stain on French
honor It is either that or fight. and
France should make the necessary ar
rangements to let the newspaper edi-
tors do all the fighting that they deem
The Topeka state journal., 1911-07-21
JOURNAL ENTRIES

When a man finally gets his bluff
called he looks awfully sheepish.
=
Even the housewives fail to kick TOW
when it rains on washdays.
-
Many people seem to be unable to get
into step with any procession they join.
Any number of folk will make fools
Of themselves for a little applause or
notoriety.
A man hasn't much use for anybody
who fails to laugh at the funny stor-
les he tells.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-07-21
ruII, LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers Of the State Journal
ayg1v from home during the summer
may have the paper mailed. regularly
each day to any address at the rate OF
Ten cents a week or thirty cents a
month Cby mail only. Address
changed as often as desired. While
out OF town the State journal viii be
10 you Ike a daily letter from home.
Advance payment Is requested on
these short time subscriptions, TO save
hnnZzeeDing expenses.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-07-21

General Bixby semes to have been a
aittle previous in expressing such an
emphatic opinion that the old battle
ship Maine was blown up through an
internal explosion. As mora Of the
wreck is exposed to view there ap-
pears to be lot of evidence that the
Maine suffered from an external ex-
plosion. But this only makes it more
certain that a fierce and unending
controversy will be waged on this
point.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-07-21

Chicago's new board of education
will be like unto a. congress of all ma
tiOns. Mayor Harrison has appoint
ed to it representatives of the many
races that go to make up cosmopoli-
tan Chicago. The mixture of races
3n a big city is little short of marvel
GUS. At one OF the public schools in
New York city there are children Of
thirty odd nationaIities in attendance.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-07-21

Mrs Nora Stanton Blatch De For
est. who Is being sued for divorce by
her husband. DR.. Lee De Forest. q
wireless telegraph inventor. is also
fully qualified hydraulic engineer-an
expert, no doubt, in the manipulation
of the hammer
The Topeka state journal., 1911-07-21

A sample of the grit that has made
Kansas what it is: jim Ffke did not
do very we'll with the 1900 acres he
planted to wheat last fall in Thomas
county. But Jim is already busy get
ting his land in shape to plant 100
acres to wheat this fall. Hurrah for
linn
The Topeka state journal., 1911-07-21
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
LF'rom the New York Press.1
c.,,,,,---s. 49,. --,.t---7.-

LF'rom the New York Press
Sinners are snfvelers.
There's a heap of wisdom in being
silly over children.
Most people like money so much
that they could revere any dog that
had it.
A man could let a thousand friends
into a good thing without ever think
ing of letting one Of his own family in.
When a girl who gets seasick is anx-
ious to go out sailing with a man it's a
sign she is more anxious to get mar
rfed.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-07-21

Mohammed Ali Mira erstwhile
shah of Persia. has returned from
exile to his native land and is fitting
up an expedition to regain his throne.
But this Is far from coming back" in
the colloquial meaning OF that phrase.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-07-21
KAMSAS COAAENT



A iady from the flats came in town
a short time ago and asked the pro-
prIetor or our meat market If she
coulo procure ice on a certain day to
MAKE Ice cream for a surprise party,
70 De heid ten miles in the country.
Sne was answered in the affirmative
On the DAY set, not being able to come
herself, she got a neighbor to call for
the Ice The proprietor was not in,
and the clerk, not knowing the cir
cuInstances, refused to open the ice
mouse until D. M, the usual time
LOT getting out the regular twenty
TOUR hours supply. The man could
any ice. reward evening, on the re-
turn of the proprietor, the clerk re-
lated the ice incident. Instead Of
roasting the clerk as many a man
would, he said:
You done all right. I was to
plane Tor not advising you about this
ice. You go get a. livery team; get this
ice out and deliver it NV word is out
that they should have this ice. and
py the great horn spoon they are not
gong to be disappointed"
II cost John Sherry several times
the price of the ice to deliver IT, but
he had the satisfaction of making his
word good.
When satisfaction of this kind is
placed against dollars how little the
dollars seem, don't they?
And how 1t strengthens our con-
Iidence IN human nature, and In these
times of commercial strife, helps US
TO believe in the brotherhood of hu-
manity; makes US feel that the world
Is growing better, and that as we are
part and parcel Of the present gen
GRAFTON, should strive to strengthen
the good that is in us.-Lakin Advo-
cate.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-07-21

In their enthusiastic efforts to
build destructive engines of war, the
United States ordnance officers have
finally turned out a gun which will
fire a projectile of immense proper
tions IA or IS miles, or several miles
beyond the horizon. In other words 1t
Will shoot these several miles farther
than the gunners can see. Hence it
is just a little too good. for in target
practice or even in a possible battle
81 might fire a shot that would de-
stroy a ship that could not be seen.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-07-21

The first annual Play Day that has
been arranged for July % to stimulate
the interest of Topeka children in the
playground movement is & good thing.
But why wouldn't it be a better plan
TO hold it in succeeding years on the
Afternoon of JULY A?
The Topeka state journal., 1911-07-21

Now that the revolution in Mexico
IS thing of the past and has been for
some weeks. it is necessary to declare
martial law in some localities there in
order to preserve the peace.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-07-21

Woodrow Wilson is cOcksure that
the Democrats will be victorious in
the presidential campaign OF 1912.
Nor does he see any necessity for a
third big political party Sure not
Such party would be apt to draw
quite as many or more voters from
the Democratic party as from the Re
publican party. Neither are such SEN
timents at all strange to come from
Mr.. Wilson. He and his friends think
no has a mortgage on the Democratic
presid ential nomination.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-07-21

There is great joy in all the Ameri-
can league camps with the exception
of Detroit. Ty Cobb is out of the
game temporarily
The Topeka state journal., 1911-07-21

II Kansas corn is saved many more
times, remarks the Atchison Globe, it
may still be necessary to rent Okla
homa to find a place to pile the crop.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-07-21

OF course we are unable to take any
great interest in the former troubles
of the happiest girl in Lincoln. but the
oft-recurring item IS of more or less
interest to the advertising end.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-07-21

OF course the gent with the dark
brown taste may appreciate the beau
ties of the girl with coat of tan.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-07-21

The government has just paid off
three billions IN old Civil war bonds,
thereby reviving the sweetly solemn
thought that the government paid a
dangsfght more per head for the ne
groes than did the original purchasers.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-07-21

What if they do keep substitutes in
the Crawford county jail? Haven't
the prosecuting attorneys been paid?