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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-29
.LAYHAWKER JOTS

Did YOU ever see, asks the Woods
ton Argus, anything equal country
circus to make man part with ms
hard earned shekels?
Once in a while a mans name is
somewhat appropriate for the pro-
fession he pursues. F. M. Learned
is editor of the Woodston Argus.
Advice from verd Napier in his
Blue Mound Sun: Young man, II you
are not going to the devil last
cheap whisky.
According to the Manhattan Re
public. boy who graduated last
spring from the agricultural college
has passed up several jobs in hopes
OF finding position.
One of the popular young ladies'
at MacksVille announces that she mas
had six proposals of marriage slice
January l. The Baldwin Ledger IS
of the opinion that town like that
ought to be called Smacksville.
The man who brags5 that he works
with his head, instead of his hands,
might be reminded Of the fact, says
the Galena Republican, that the
woodpecker does the same and yet
he is the biggest bore in the country
We noticed a woman sitting in d
buggy in front of one of our stores
the other day, reports the Galena Re
publican, and as we passed BY sne
made the remark that the sloWest
thing on earth is a farmer in town
getting ready to go home
It's Just one burned thing after
another. says the editor of the Oketo
Eagle. Get a horse and you will want
"a saddle: get a saddle and you will
want a buggy; get a buggy and you
will want an autom obile; get an auto
mobile and you will want forever
A young lady asked rs the other
day how to keep her hands white.
says the Rossville Reporter. We told
her to soak her hands three times
dav in dish water She went home
and gravely asked her mother to save
the dish water after she got through
with it.
Says the Meriden Ledger: It is said
that he is a benefactor who makes
two blades of grass to grow where
only one grew before, and this has
som etimes encouraged some foolish
person to attempt to grow two stalks
Of corn where there is soil for only
one and he has consequently not only
lost his labor, but his original SEED
as well.
Related by the Alta Vista Journal:
fat girl went to a doctor with the
request that he do something to re-
dDce her flesh. He ordered her to
eat dry toast, tea, sliced onions and
two APPLES three times a day. She
called upon him two weeks later,
weighing fifteen pounds more than
she did at the time of her first visit
ssDfd YOU eat anything else besides
what told you2" he asked her.
"Only my regular meals" she replied.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-29
4 EFP THE STREETS CLEAN.

Probably there are several of them
IN the same category, but at any rate,
there is at least one city ordinance.
decidedly worth while, to which not
the slightest heed is being given. 1t
concerns the transportation through
ont the town of sand, crushed rock,
all kinds of building material and ev-
ervthing else for that matter in
wagons that do not leak.
Nothing like good eyesight is need
ed to see the scant respect with which
this reasonable regulation is treated
Many of the streets are full of plenty
of visible evidence, and especially
those streets which are on q direct
route from sandpits and freight yards
to the places where big building and
extensive paving work are going on.
They are literally covered with stuff
of this sort that drops through cracks
in wagon bottoms, or out of insecure
tailboards, or over the sides of wag-
ons that are carrying lazy mans
load.
It is impossible for the street-clean-
ing department to keep up with the
carelessness of the teamsters that re-
suits in such Iittering of the streets
Nor are chunks of crushed rock and
things of that sort much OF help IN
preserving sound horses hoofs and
automobile tires. But destructive in
this particular as such junk is. it is
more of an eyesore than anything
else. Topeka's streets are as fine as
those of any city in the country;
finer and more beautiful in many de-
tails than the streets of most of the
cities on this continent. And it is
little short of a shame that they
should be made a dumping ground for
everything that can drop out of wag-
ons because of the carelessness of
the men who load it up or drive it.
The police should enforce this or
dinance more stringently than they
do. It wouldn't take many arrests to
open the eyes of all the teamsters and
contractors in the city to their duties
in this particular. There's going to
be a big crowd of strangers in Tope-
ka two weeks hence. 1t is desirable
that the city should present the best
possible appearance. 1t will not be
able to approach such a condition.
though. If better attention is not paid
to the matter in question
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-29

chauffeur. gardener and man of all
work.
It was plain that the new man knew
all about an auto. Quite sure of his
Identity, the widow did as any other
woman would have done She kept
him at work from morning till night
The cook was hidden to keep an eye
Oh MIN, and he was treated a little
worse than the average hired man. He
bore everything without complaint and
did his best to please. After a couple
Of weeks he dropped his Eye knows"
and his "doonchers." and he no longer
struck tremendous attitudes. The
cook.
The new man. who called himself
Hopkins. and was Familiarity known to
the servants as Hop" came to the
manor house in midsummer He was
still there as winter set in. Not a word
or look had betrayed the fact that
felt sure, but she was simply a bit in
terested- Perhaps if something were
to happen
And one midwinter day Perry De-
graw found his father in the library
again. His arrival had not been ex-
pected. In his surprise the father
looked up and said
Why, son, where did you leave il?
Down in the country. gov Been
a hired man for the Widow Strong
oNe siHce tHdl DaStlng you gave me
Why, you fool. did you go down
there and"
Gently. gov. Stuck in a snowdrift
four days ago in the auto Mighty
cold. Snow three feet deep. Widow
freezing to death. Chauffeur carries
her a mile in his arms and saves her
precious life. She revives. Says she
has known his identity all along Says
he is some fool but not all fool.
Says she rather likes him. Says ii may
come off in about three months.
Wants to know, as I do, If you have
anything to say about it,
The father hadn't. He simply reach
ed out his hand for a shake Copy
right, 1911, by Associated Literary
Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-29

ence, but the philosopher has the right
to pose the question. Imagine world
in which there was no difference OF
temperature. Certain laws would be
discovered by the inhabitants. such as
for example. that water boiIs at Ger
tain fixed pressure. Suppose, now,
that in course of time this uniform
temperature changed. all the laws
would now change; water would boil
at a different temperature, and so on
Now, however perfect might be the
conductivity for heat of this planet. It
would doubtless not be absolute. SO
that one day physicist of genius
might with his delicate instruments
detect these imperceptible differences
A theory might then be erected that
these differences Of temperature had
an effect on physical phenomena, and
finally, some old speculator might al
firm that the mean temperature Of the
world had varied in the past, and with
it all physical laws. May there not De
some physical entity as yet as entire
Nv unknown to US as was temperature
to the inha bitants of this imaginary
world, which might vary and so create
in the same way change in all the
laws?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-29
THE GTRL ON a CLATNT,

THE GIRL ON A CLAIM.
It's shack in the open-the girl calls
it home.
And the winds of the prairie all nurmur
the name
She has driven her stakes and has fur
rowed the loan,
And high is the head OF the girl on a
claim.
She fears not the night. nor the storm in
its wrath
She is proud of her day when the sun
sets its flame;
No prison-like shop casts its shade DER
her path
There is hope in the face of the girl on
claim.
She is winning. each day. toward the
coveted prize
She. is beating adversity's heart-brealz-
ing game;
There is courage sublime shining out
of her eyes
Hats off to the girl who has staked out
a claimi
Arthur Chapman. in the Denver Re-
publican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-29


A healthy growth is being enjoyed
by the Young Mems Christian associa-
ton. During the past year its mem
bership throughout this country has in
creased to 536, 037, gain for the twelve
months of SAG The net property
gain for the year was s7,142, 000 which
brings the value of the property now
controlled by this association up to the
large aggregate total of $67. 5S9, 00J.
That is an enormous investment of
capital. An industrial corporation with
that sum of money invested in its
plants would be among the giant cor
porations of the world. But no cor
poration with even twice such sum
invested is reaping any such returns as
is the Y. NJ. c. A 1t is improving the
manhood of the nation in many ma
terial ways. No work could be more
important. more worth while.
One of the significant features of the
yearly statistics of this institution is
that of the total number of members.
almost one-third of them come from
the ranks of industrial workers. '.his
is all the evidence needed that such
workers have begun to take advantage
of some of their opportunities 20 bet
ter their conditions. And while the
statistics on the particular point are
not available, it is safe to assert that 3
large percentage of these workers are
most profitably engaged in pursuing
the educational courses that the Young
Mems Christian association have made
available to them. This means that
they are getting out of the ruts into
which it is so easy for industrial work
ers to fall.
1t is also encouraging to note THAI OF
the entire membership, more than one
half take the physical training courses
which are made available in the GAS
gy1nnasiuns conducted by the assOcia-
ton. More and more young men and
older ones are awaking to realization
of the fact that a sounder and stronger
body will the better equip them for
their battle in life. no matter which one
of the firing lines they are standing.
It is little short of remarkable tina:
there has been such wonderful IN
crease of late in the attention that men
and women, young as we'll as old, are
giving to athletics of one sort or an
other during their hours of leisure 1t
means a sturdier race, a better euCip-
ned race in every respect to meet the
demands Of modern life Ana
the Y. NJ. c. A. has been a pioneer in
stirring the young men up to a realiza-
ton of their duties to themselves in
this particular.
what the Y. NJ. c. A. is doing for the
voung. men Aof the nation in various
fields of wholesome endeavor, the y.
w. G. A. is also doing for the young
women. Both of these associations
have the finest possible equipment to
carry on their several lines of work in
Topeka. Many young men and young
women are taking advantage of them.
More should do So
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-29
QUAKER NlIsDTTATIoNs.
Iron the Philadelphia Record

From the Philadelphia Record.l
The man who fails is apt to regard
success as an accident.
A mans conscience isn't apt TO trot-
BILE him il his liver is all right.
At any rate the undertaken never
has to do the same job more than once.
Even the fellow who has nothing to
do can't always be depended upon to do
it.
Miliy-"Lent is so slow" Billy
why. 1 thought it made a lot Of peo-
pie fast
Some fellows have nerve enough to
attempt to borrow money from a bill
collector.
Things generally even themselves IN.
1t is better to have a light purse than
heavy heart.
You can bottle up your wrath. but
some fellow is pretty sure to come along
with a corkscrew.
Nell-"The doctor says he has saved
her life nine times" Belief always
knew she was cat"
one of the funniest things in the
world is to hear bachelor and a mar
ried man giving each other advice.
Henpeckke-''Who is this man An
ponyi2' Wagwag-'H a disciple Of
the universal peace movement" Hen
peckke-"One of those anti-marriare
cranks. eh2"
Penjab-"What inspired you 10 vrfta
that poem about falling dew" scrib-
bler-~Falling due2 I don't seem 10
remember it. but I suppose II was he
cause of the bills coming in the nrst
of the month"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-29
THE COUNTY FAIR.

The fair that counts is the county
fair 1t may not be gorgeous, but it
is picturesque; it is homely; it grips
the heart; it is the great American ma
tional show There is nothing like it
elsewhere in the world. outside of En-
gland. and saving the motley, semi
barbaric display at Nijninovgorod-
The farmer and his folk never tire
of it. They esteem 1.-THE crops safely
garnered-as their real harvest
home" Indeed, one fair is hardly
over before the winning or losing con-
testants for prizes begin to boast of
what the next years exhibit shall be,
and the women get out their quilting
frames for another try. Some moss
back indictments have perceived and
lamented a decadence of the true agri-
cultural spirit in recent fairs; they re-
sent the intrusion of the mi lWay''
features, the meretricious popularity
of the vaudeville performance at the
expense of the pie or pillow contest; the
supersession of the crazy-quilt or but
ter attraction by the parked" allures
of cockney concessionaires- There is
little ground for such complaint. The
county fair. which with US is unique,
though in some form or other it is al
most as old as history itself, is bound
to retain some of its original functions
as a mart and all Of its character as a
show.=PhIladelp Inquirer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-29
FROM OTHER PENS
HAZARDS OF A BAD CALLING.

HAZARDS OF A BAD CALLING
Threatened men live long" If the
fate of some of the men on whom the
shadow of the Black Hand has fallen
seems to belle the proverb, the fate OF
Black Hand agents themselves shows
that threatened men live at least as
long as threatening ones" Scripture
gets to the root of the matter when It
says that they that live by the sword
shall die by it.
Thus died this week two men who
attempted extortion in the name of the
Black Hand Their intended victims
began shooting the moment the sign
was passed, and they shot straight.
Thus men have died before in this
town. It is not always timidity that
restrains men on whom Matchmaking
demands have been made from calling
in the police. It is not always fear of
the police alone that constrains black
mailers to appoint some stone under
which the ransom for immunity shall
be placed Men under menace unseen
often strike with desperate eagerness
the moment the menace material1zes
in a shape they can get at.
Yet private vengeance makes mis-
takes. itself leads to oppression and ex-
tortion and is deplorable as substi-
tute for the law. If they that live by
the sword shall die by it, no hand less
than that of Justice herself may WELD
it-NeW York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-29
DO NATURES LAWS CHANGE?

Whether or not the laws of nature
may change or actually have changed
was theme of much interest at the
recent international philosophical con-
gress in Bologna owing to an idea
brought forward by Henri Poincare.
saws Current Literature for Septem Der.
This brilliant French physicist and
mathematician undertook an examina-
ton of the question raised by the
famed Boutroux as to whether nature
was after all immutable in her ar
rangements. Does she not change her
laws? In a world which evolves con-
tinuaIly. are the laws-that is, the
rules under which this evolution takes
place=alone exempt from all varia-
tion2 such q conception could never
be adopted by the man Of science with
out denying even the possibility of sci
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-29
WORK OF MANY HANDS.

The controversy over the scope of
the antitrust law has been ended as far
as courts can end it by recent decisions
of the supreme court The contro-
versv over it's authorship has also
reached a conclusion.
For a long time it was generally as
sumed that the law was the handi-
work of the senator whose name 1t
bears and may continue to bear-Sen-
ator sherman. The writer of The His
tory of the Sherman Law took it for
granted that that was the case. But
the late Senator Hoar claimed the
credit for himself in his autobfogra-
phical "reminiscences. Then George f.
Ednunds, who was a member of the
judiciary committee which reported
the bill, said that he himself was the
man.
An examination of the records of
the committee shows that the law was
a composite production-th work of
many hands. The first three and the
fifth and sixth sections of the act were
written by Senator Edmunds, the
fourth by Senator George of Missis-
sippi the seventh by Senator Hoar and
the eighth by Senator ingalls,. Sher-
man law certainly is a misnomer. Ed
munds- Hoar- George ingalls, would be
TOO cumbersome. Antitrust Law is the
appropriate description - Chicago
Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-29
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Nor is it unusual for crime to travel
along in the same package with cul-
ture.
Too many people try to excuse their
plumbers by insisting that they acted
from the best Of motives.
Much of the feminine beauty Of to-
day isn't even skin deep. It's plastered
on top of the skin
A bonehead is bad enough but a bull
headed bonehead passes the hrlit-and
there are any number Of them wander
ing around loose.
There may be dangerous microbes on
paper money. However, few people
have any of it long enough to permit
the critters to work out on them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-29
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

IFrom the New York Press.l
Everybody in the house gets a dav
out but mother
If woman Is jealous about a man.
it's a sign he isn't worth it.
Very few women can take their ff.-
ures in swimming with them.
The devil never has to do a biz ~
planning to catch person with had
temper
man can spend a dollar on hi.
wife with the right sort OF senfirnen-
tai flourishes and make her thinh ft.s
q million -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-29
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Iron the Chieago News.l

Temptation never fails to come to
those who wait.
Speech enables woman to conceal
what she really thinks.
Give a busy man a circus pass and
he will find time TO use it.
Success doesn't turn a mans head-if
he has a very stiff neck.
ma isn't necessarily polished lust
because you can see his finish
A woman and her maid. acting in
accord. can outwit a dozen men.
As a man grows older his bump Of
conceit gradually becomes a dent
The more noise a theory makes when
it is exploded the less dangerous IT is
our idea Of a merciful man is one
who puts dog out of the room be-
fore starting the photograph.
At the age of three score and ten
man begins to realize that it's up to
him to be his own best friend.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-29
GLOBE SIGHTS.
TFrom the Atchison Globe.l

From the ALCAtSO4A 1AORS.l
It is so easy for the loser to believe
the game was crooked
Some of the good die young and
others go in for aviation.
women can't vote universally. but
thev can get alimony, which pays bet
ter.
one thing in favor of the cheap
cigar is that it doesn't draw very
we'll.
# is hard for a man to have his
own way and friends at the same time
one trouble with singing is that the
man who knows the words isn't hep
to the music.
Next to a box car. boys notion
of the hest place to ride is on the step
of an ice wagon
When a man attempts to whip. Jack
Rarleycorn. the chances are ne IS go
ing to overtrain-
AS a rule, the person who doesn't
put cream in black coffee acts too
superior about it.
Too much attention is paid to the
divorce evil ard too little to the evils
that lead up to It.
An aviator. however. isn't the only
one who has the most trouble after he
begins to go down
A chaperon has greater opportunity
for making friends ana enemies than
most people have
If a man must wear whiskers, he
should comb them; that tumbleweed
effect is most distressing.
A dirty dollar bill may carry more
microbes than a fly, but in these days
a dollar doesn't go very far
It would take a man about ninety
years to count a billion dollars. but
YOU needn't let that worry you.
A man viii do pretty good work
after his vacation if he takes a few
days to rest up before beginning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-08-29
HUNOR or TIE DIR

Infuriated Farmer Ito golfer who has
driven out OF bounds and is Vigorously,
searching for his ball among the growing
crops)-Now. then, you've no business 10
be there. Modest Player know Rotten
shot, wasn't it?-Golf illustrated.
When the doors opened in the ut,i.
Inalana theater a farmer wandered in
and looked around Ticket. please" said
the doorkeeper. 1.-THE only thing I've
got agin these here op'rys" said the
Hoosler as he walked away, rs that they
don't begin till bedtime. Success.
So you have adopted a baby to raiser
we ask OF our friend. well. II may turn
out all right. but don't you think you are
taking chances?' Not a chance ne an
swers. mo matter how many bad habits
the child may develop, my wife can't say
he inherits any OF them from my side OF
the house. Life.
With extreme reluctance Hercules had
put on women's garments and was spin
ming WOOL Look at met ne exclaimed.
bitterly. Amt 1 a lovely thing to be
counting queen Of LYDIA" Worse than
that, he suspected the wool of being
three-fourths cotton.-Chicago Tribune.
II can give you the part Of a butler. ..
7 couldn't take a small part like that"
You are evidently not used 70 society
drama. The butler has his share OF the
'-Pittsburg Post
My coffee is not quite sweet enough. -
remarked he. wen. IL you don't like il.
suppose you'll have TO lump IT," said
she with smile, passing the loaf sugar
his way.-Hen Hen.
Purist-How Is this? Your card reads
r.. +. Wise. Rectifier and Compounder
and you tell me you are prOofreader.
II. +. Nise-Why, yes, I rectify errors and
wurds.-Judge.
His Taking Way.-"The man called Tor
he back installments on the piano today
And what did you do?" II asked him 70
lake a chair" And what did he doY's
He took the plano. ---Imdaa-