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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28
ENDORSING TAFT.

Nebraska Republicans honored them
selves in their recent state convention
when they adopted such stirring resoln-
tions endorsing the administration of
President Taft.
we, the Republicans Of Nebraska, .
reads these resolutions, Congratulate
the country IN it's continued peace.
progress ard prosperity under the wise
guidance of our Republican president.
1.-THE arbitration treaties whose ne
gotiation he has inspired, mark a no.
table step toward world peace and in
only lesser degree his tactfulness in
maintaining neutrality and avoiding in
ternational complications during the
revolution in Mexico He is proving
his devotion to the right policy of con-
servation of our natural resources. He
is prosecuting the illegal trusts and
combines without fear or favor. He is
instituting reforms in the administra
ton of the government which make
for economy and efficiency. We have
every confidence in the unselflsh patri
otism and conscientious devotion to
public duty of William Howard Taft,
and we heartily endorse his statesman
like administration"
There is not a word nor a sentiment
in these resolutions that President Taft
and his administration do not de-
serve. To be sure, the president has
made a few mistakes. Being no more
than a human being this was to be ex-
pected. But these mistakes have been
trihing and pale into insignificance
when placed in comparison with his
accomplishment Many of these
have been great. More matters of i'm
portance have been brought to
focus and successfully solved during
the two short years of the Taft admin
istration than the presidential record
of a dozen previous years will show.
It is probably true that President Taft
happened along at the psychological
moment when the matters that had
been agitated for many years came to
a head and had to be disposed of. But
that made his task all the more oner-
Gus and that he has been so success
full in discharging his full duties in all
particulars is little short of the mar
vellous.
The merited endorsement that has
been given to President Taft by the
Nebraska Republicans is all the more
significant because that state has been
a hotbed of Republican insurgency. 1t
shows the way the straws are begin
ming to blow. There has been great
change of sentiment among the Re-
publicans of the central west during
the past few months in respect to the
stewardship of President Taft. The
unfavorable attitude it assumed at the
beginning of his administration was
due to the acceptance of the unfair
and unjust criticism that was heaped
upon him. Time has shawn the error
of this judgment and the Republicans
of this section of the country have
not been slow to make amends.
They now look upon William Howard
Taft as the great and capable president
that he is. And it is likely. that the
lead which has been set by the Nebras-
ka Republicans will be followed by the
Republicans in all the other states
where there was at one time considera-
BILE anti-Taft sentiment. At any rate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28

is Banker Benton taking advantage of
an excellent opportunity to impress on
the minds Of the wheat growers in
his vicirity the fact that it is possible
to grow two grains Of wheat where
one has been grown before.
Perhaps other banks and bankers in
Kansas are in d. position to lend a hand
in this matter. If the necessary seed
wheat can be provided in no other way,
a special session of the legislature
ought to be called to furnish the where
withal. But all other efforts should be
exhausted before this is done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28
HUTOR OF THE Day

Charley, DEAR said young Mrs. Dor
kins, did you say that man stole a
P Ts Yes that's what I said.' We'll.
m glad of 1t. There were more than
with. Washington Star.
An Infalnble Signify husband is
fearfully stingy. L have had the same
automobile nearly year."-Fnegende
Batter.
Knicker-What is a Chautsuuua7
Bocker-A lot Of people who pay for
what they could get out Of the Con-
gressional Record free.-New York Sun
to state the difference between the words
results" and consequences" A bright
girl replied Results are what you ex-
pect, and consequences are what you
lget-"-Harper's Bazaar.
Mrs. Hoyle-Dont you think my boy is
growing2 Mrs. Doyle-Yes; he is pretty
large for his mothers age.-Judge.
"On your way" shouted the lady Of
the house; Il amt got no wood to chop.
here" But madam, there is" retorted
the Wayfarer with dignity. 81 could give
you few lessons In grammar.'-Louis-
Vile Courier-Journa1.
Landlady (smilingly)-Are you aware
that you slept in real mahogany bed
last night, Mr. HoE7ells? Howells (mean-
ly)-Was that what it was? 1t felt like
hgnum vitae--Beaumont Enterprise.
Butler-Is it your will to ride mlord7
MLord-Nay, It's me wont.-E1arvard
Lampoon.
Dashaway-You have splendid looking
clothes, old man. Who is your tailor7
CIevertons-Hes the first man you see
as you go out.-Life.
Henpeckke-As a rule death seldom af-
fects me, but there was one man whose
sad taking off has filled my life with
misery. Wigwag-He must, indeed, have
been dear friend. Henpeckke-On the
contrary, 1 never knew him. I refer to
my wife's first Observation-Disclosures
Record.
Mrs. CrabshaW-Theres no practical
way to shorten what you term the dan
gerous hatpin. Crabshaw-Then why not
reduce the size of the hats Judge
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28
nRONouILL.

The hand of death is laid on Ironquill,
And nlyriads are sad on either shore,
To whom, as seasons pass, shall float no
more
With freshness of the meadow and the
hill,
The music of his measures. Yet we still
Shall count him as among us, as of yore
And echo back his laughter, and encore
His ringing words of faith and hope and
will
His '.Washerwoman's Song shall cheer
the heart
OF the sad toiler, and his ''VioIet STAR
Shall lure the dreamer; while the fruitful
plains
OF old Quivera shall preserve his art.
And both Nyanzas'' crown his fame affair
And Europe, many-voiced, take UP his
strains.
HUBERT NJ. SKINNER.
Chicago, Ill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28
HOMIE NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State Journal
sway from home during the summer
may have the paper mailed regularly
each day to any address 81 the rate OF
ZEN cents a week or thirty cents a
month (by mail ouIy) Address
changed as often as desired While
out OF town the State Journal will be
60 you like a daily letter from home.
Advance payment Is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28

Extraordinary efforts are going to be
made to get the white way system in
stalled on Kansas avenue by the time
the state fair week rolls around. That's
business. 1t will be little short of a
calamity if this system is not in work
sng order for that occasion and the
Semicentennial celebration. But where
there's a Will there's way
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28

Boston experts claim to have discov-
cred no less than 55.O0O,OOO bacteria
in half-teaspoonfu Of ice cream.
The creameries and ice cream fac
tories of the land should retaliate by
having a archaeological examination
made of a spoonful of baked beans.
There is no telling what such an in
vestigation would bring forth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28
FROM OTHER PENS
BARBARIsM IN MARRIAGE.

There seems to be no end to the
narration of the barbarics of marriage
as revealed in the police court chron-
icles of the day. This immediate vicin-
ity is furnishing its full share of these
deplorable stories. Yesterdays papers,
for instance, told of a child wife of Il
years, married to man So years of
age, incidentally becoming stepmoth-
er to 10 children, half of whom are
older than she. Those interested in
the India mission often have shud-
dered at stories which did not reveal
more barbarism than is involved in
this case, if the allegations made by
substantially little girl-wife are even
substantially true. That such crimes
can be committed in the second de-
cade of the twentieth century and in
the United States, by parents, magis-
trates and others in authority seems
incredible and the law is grossly in
adequate if somebody is not severely
punished for robbing this child Of her
childhood in such barbarouS fash
ion. A father who would give his
daughter of II years to a man five
and a half times her age, a man CT
this age who would marry a child of
such tender years. and a magistrate
surely all these come within the pro-
vince of the law governing common
decency and good public policy. If
this case arouSes Indignation, how
ever, what must be said of a husband
who beats his wife until, goaded to
desperation, the muddy waters of the
river offer the only refuge from an
intolerabIe condition. A woman was
rescued from committing suicide The
other day as she was about to take
the fatal leap, with her little children
clinging to her skirts. Her sole reason
for the mad step was that her huS-
band beat her until she could bear
It no 1onger.-Kansas City Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28

association to have the unsightly signs
on Kansas avenue removed will doubt
less be very popular with all other To-
pekans, except possibly those who have
footed the bills for putting these signs
in place. But the removal of these
signs would be civic improvements
that would be worth while.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
[From the New york Press.7

IFrom the New York Press.
Count no cash and you cut no dash.
The man any girl can fool is the
one who thinks no girl can.
Lovers sentiment gets very anrsnic
when it settles down to housekeeping.
A useful thing about the teleph orc
is how you can long-distance lie over
il.
In reality anything is good enough
for the man who thinks nothing is too
good for him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28

It is going to cost about 81 100000 to
raise the hulk of the old battleship
Maine from the mud of Havana harbor
And it is doubtful If the controversy
as to how the Maine was sunk that is
going to engendered thereby viii be
worth any such sum-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28

There may be a fool born every
minute but it is only occasionally that
one IS born who is so extremely fool
ash as to attempt to take a ride over
the Niagara Falls in a barrel This
feat was pulled off the other day and
the man who tried it came out alive.
Presumably there was no niche
Immediately handy in the other world
for such a character.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28

Baby Bliss. the ulinoisan who
weighs $50 pounds, is evidently not
equipped with a heart of similar pro-
portions. It has been necessary for
public authority to insist that he help
support his aged mother who was
found in destitute circumstances.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28

A recent editorial by the Contributing
Editor of the Outlook on the Con-
trOller Bay grab seems to have been
pretty effectively answered by state
ment from President Taft concerning
the facts in the premises.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28

A. Beaumont, the French aviator, has
won so many large prizes lately that
his relatives will be able to erect Il
magnificent monument to his memory
when the inevitable result of continued
awaiting happens to him before long.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28

At no time in the history of Topeka
ter shape to handle any demands that
q fire might make. Theoretically,
therefore, Topeka is FIRE proof because
Of its excellent water supply. Still this
- no reason why Topekans should be-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28

Journeymen Bakers unions in the
eastern states have begun a fight
against the newly organized bread
trust. In other words they don't think
the bakery business needs it to make
bread under IDEAL conditions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28

They're always putting on some
ridiculous stunt in Oklahoma. The
latest one is the refusal of the state
board of education to give further en-
ployment to some of the teachers IN
one of the state schools because they
had their pictures taken at a mas
querade where some of them wore
rather startling costumes. Rather
should these teachers be encouraged to
Indulge in the frivolous occasionally.
one fault with school teachers in gem
eral is that they take themselves toe
seriously
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28

Plans have been decided upon by
the Cunard company for the construc-
tion of what will be the largest steam
ship afloat. 1t is to be called the
Aquitania and will be 900 feet long
In other words if it was placed on
West Eighth avenue, Topeka, with
its stern on a line with the transfer
station, its bow would just about
touch Harrison street. Some boat. Ell!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28
DRAWING THE LIGHTNING.

Comment on the death by lightning
of T. B. Johnson, solicitor for the navy
department at Washington. has men
toned the golf stick extending above
his shoulder as possibly responsible,
since, it is said, few persons are ever
struck in an open field. The golf stick
might have had something to do VITA
drawing the lightning. Several years
ago two farmres at Granville, this
state, carrying axes over their Shout
ders in the open during a thunder
storm were struck down by lightning.
But deaths from this cause in open
fields are not unusual considering the
number usually found in such places
at such a time. Lightning, as a rule,
likes a prominent object, and a human
being becomes d prominent object
when in an open lot. 1t Is better to
stand in the open than to seek refuge
under a tree, but greater safety would
be found in lying down out in the
open. If anyone cares to pay so I'M
dignified a price for an extreme meas
ure of self Observation-Disclosures Re
publican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28
CONGRATS. ART Az

Ande Arthur's Consorte, Guenevere.
Could notte loaf all the daye,
Ande haunte We partye phone to heare
What neighbores hadde to save,
For partye lines Juste theme were
nOtte
Ys village peste of Camelot!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28
REvoLuTIoN IN OPIUM HABIT.

Consul General Anderson, Hongkong,
reports that Chinese returns of revenue
from trade in opium for 1910 disclose
that the falling off in the traffic in this
narcotic ''is even larger than heretofore
indicated by the general statistics Of
Hongkong' That city handles three
quarters Of the opium trade of the en-
pire, and the figures from there had
shown a great decrease.
So far as information can be gained
from the Chinese trade centers. the to-
tai of import duties and internal reve-
nue. taxes on opium in 1909 was IS, 49,,
s93; in 1910 it was s., AS. 269. These fig
ures present the remarkable falling off
of % per cent in one year. If any such
results of recent international efforts to
curb the opium traffic are to continue,
the outcome viii be nothing short of q
revolution in the habits of the users of
the narcotic.-Chicago Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member OF the
Associated Press and receives the IuII Gay
ranizatton for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news is received in The State jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28

Dawson's refusal to crawl under the
porch has made a slight change in the
style of the highly exciting newspaper
filling that has been dished out to the
his daily newspaper letter to Dawson.
the governor now says: You are
hereby requested" instead of You
are hereby directed"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION.

One of the great questions UP for
consideration at this time is how much
of the four years of high school life
should be taken up with meeting the
requirements of the universities. The
high school is the most important part
of our educational System and it
should have the best thought. We take
lit that the less time that is de-
voted to the university credits the
better. The student on completing
his work in the high school ought to
have the requirements for going high
er but he should also Lave had wide
latitude for outside study, for the
study Of subjects tha- practically
and vitality concern him in his every
day life. This paper has been a
long time advocate Of vocational
schools It believes they are coming
and it also believes they will answer
the needs of the twentieth century.
The high school students will be fitted
Ito go on into the universities but in
addition to this they will have goor
practical knowledge that VIII enable
them to go out into the world and
do it's work.-LaWrence Journal
World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28
KANSAS CONTENT

! IHE SPIRIT OF INVESTIGATION.
The news from washington this
summer IS largely a story of investiga-
lions OF alleged graft in its multiplicity
OIL forms One day the dispatches tell
| OF the investigation of the use of ques-
| tionable means to elect a man to an
| important official position and further
down the column will appear the story
OF the probing Of the methods of a
private concern, which conducts its
anairs In a manner that initiates
against the public good. The next
DAY the story may be of the searching
out OF the facts of an alleged steal that
mas robbed the people Of the country
or mlIlions, while the petty graft of q
clerk in some department may next
come under the searchlight of con-
gressional committee and be heralded
to the country at large
There seems to be a, spirit of inves-
tigation in the air. The public at large
notes 1t in its feeling toward the graft
that may be exposed and the indi-
vidual who has been fattening on I'M
lawful gains realizes it from the sense
of uneaSlness he experiences. The
presence of such a spirit is a salutary
thlng Tor the nation. 1t Is like flood
running through a stream that has
become stagnant through dry weather,
which sweeps away conditions that
menace the health of those living near
the stream.
Graft, be it large or small. -four
ishes most when there is no danger
of exposure, where the person bene-
into account for his actions and when
the fear of an investigation with its
findings published to the world does
not serve as a check upon his official
acts. The playing of the searchlight
may reveal some things that those in
terested would prefer could be kept
hidden but the knowledge that the
searehlight may be turned on at any
time has beneficial effect on future
transa ctions.
Moreover, the public has right to
know how public affairs are being con-
ducted.-Salina Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28

ME-; Just how she looks in them
is a question we will endeavor TO en-
pain privately. II you want to know.
seno ADDRESS and get an original to
-HGP-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28

The distribution of Africa among
the European Powers has reached
the point where it is being referred
to by Continental publications as an
''embroglio-' This is indeed serious,
but what is an embroglio, and why the
word, when II is so much easier to
say "squabb1e?'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28

An 1nfalhble Sign.-"My husband is
IearIully stlngy. L nave had the same
automoplle nearly year. -Fhegende
Batter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28
,este Of Camelot!


PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE
CCheaper than postage stamps.) To
CEI, of Wash: Keep an eye on those
patitoB negros, chats noir, etc Yor
may get telegraph order soon. or
course we will pay the express.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28

Knicker-What is a Chautauqua7
Bocker-A lot Of people who pay for
what they could get out Of the Con-
gressional Record free.-New York Sun
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28

Charley, dear" said young Mrs Dor
kins, did you say that a man stole a
base?' yes, that's what said.' ''WelI.
I'm glad of it. There were more than
our men seemed able to do anything
with. Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28

Mrs. Hoyle-Don't you think my boy is
growing2 Mrs. Doyle-Yes; he is pretty
large for his mothers age.-Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28

Dashaway-You have splendid looking
clothes, old man. Who is your tdilor2
Clevertons-He's the first man you see
as you go out.-Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28

A teacher asked her class in spelling
to state the difference between the words
results and consequences" A bright
girl replied: Results are what you ex-
pect, and consequences are what you
get"-Harper's Bazaar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28

Down near Fort Scott some gent IS
about to start a skunk farm: and al
though he will be recognized as a dan
gerous competitor of politicians, It
should be remembered that the skunk
crop is about the only crop unaffected
by drought, and that his judgment
appears to be good.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28

As we understand it. Hon. Stubbs
will fight 1t out along those lines If it
takes all summer, providing the pa
thence of the newspapers and the sup
ply Of county officers hold out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28

Butler-Is it your will to ride, rn'Iord
M Lord-Nay, tbs me wont.-Harvard
Larnpoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-28

Landlady (smilingly)-Are you aware
that you slept in a real mahogany bed
last night, Mr.. Howells? Howells (mean-
ly)-Was that what it was? 1t felt like
hgnum vitae--Beaumont Enterprise.
Potosi journal., 1911-07-12
CARING FOR TURBEr. -JLOSIS
Thirty-Nine State and ia Local Sana-
toria Provided, but These Are
Only a Beginning.

In spite of the fact that state sana-
toria and hospitals for tuberculosis
have been established in 81 states, and
ia municipal or county hospitals in
&c states, vastly more public provision
is needed to stamp out consumption,
says the National Association for the
Study and Prevention of tuberculosis.
Nearly every state east Of the Missis-
sippi river has provided state sana-
torium, and west of the Mississippi
river, state sanatoria have been es-
tablished in Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri,
Arkansas, Texas, Kansas, Nebraska.
North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana
and Oregon. There are IS sanatoria
provided by these states. Massachu-
setts having four, Connecticut and
Pennsylvania three and Texas two In
Guiding special pavilions and aims
houses, there are ia municipal or
county hospitals for the care of tuber-
culosis patients.
Apart from these institutions. how
ever, and a few special pavilions at
prisons. hospitals for the insane, and
some other public institutions, a grand
total of hardly 200, the institutional
care of the consumptive is left to priv
vate philanthropy