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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-27

There is never cloud without a
tinge of silver to its lining Sometimes
1t Is not easily discernible. But it is
always in existence all right. Aud
there has been one bit OF advantage IN
the excessively hot weather that has
come so early in the good old summer
time of 1911. It has put everybody in
condition to Withstand in better shane
the usual heat of the summer season
that is to follow.
It is more than likely that the rec
ord for hot weather this year was
reached on Saturday and Sunday when
the mercury kept on going I'D until
it registered LOG degrees Fahrenheit
In the thermometer in the government
weather bureau. That meant several
more degrees of heat even in the shade
on the streets. And it was Just about
as warm weather as any one cares to
experience. It made the blood boil,
hguratively speaking. And there are
some, no doubt, who will insist that
their blood actually did boil
But when summer strikes its usual
stride and dishes up weather that viii
run around 80 degrees up to 80 or 80,
1t won't make much of a disagreeable
impression on the people generally.
Weather of that temperature is warm.
not, IN fact. And it is such that peo-
pie feel it rather severely when it sud
denly comes along during the late
spring or early summer. After the
weather has been around the hundred
mark for several days and then gets
several degrees beyond that mark. a
temperature of So or so degrees be-
comes cool in comparison. It is
scarcely noticed And so the sum .1ler
in Kansas that is yet to come Will
probably strike most folk as being
pleasant one. They have been made
immune to the effects OF the ordinary
heat by the intensely hot wave that
has just been experienced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-27
LAYHAWKER JOTy

Mr.. viii Blincow has charge of a
large cattle ranch near Kanorado,
Sherman county.
If a lawyer tells you to keep out
OF lawsuit, says Will Palmer, take
his advice and pay him we'll for it.
A lot of wind has gone to waste
TINS week, reports the Colby Tribune,
because there were not WindmilIs
enough to utilize it.
A local improvement note in the
Alton Empire: An Alton man washed
his feet the other day and found two
pairs of socks that he had forgotten
about.
A no-thorne-without- arose item
from the Americas Greeting: 1t has
been excellent weather for chiggers
the past few weeks, but not good for
breeding mosquitoes.
There has not been any fresh fish
on the market this past week, reports
the Americus Greeting and it adds:
They do not bite good unless you have
seine-to catch the bait.
The net proceeds of a recent base
ball game between two home teams at
Wamego were 1888. This was only
made possible, explains the Wamego
Reporter, by the players paying for
their own liniment.
We are against that federal Judge
who allowed Prof. Plass to plead guilty
and get off with a fine, says the Colby
Free Press. We had to listen 20 an
educational address by the professor
once and when we heard ne was head
ed for the "pen" we figured we would
get even.
Gosh! - ! Amt it hot."
This is the way Editor Price of the
Bucklin Banner expressed his senti-
ments on the subject in last week 8
issue of his paper. But most folk are
probably in doubt as to just what is
represented by that short and long
dash. Wonder if he'll he accommodate
ing enough to enlighten them?
This is what a reporter has to go
through to get local out of some peo-
pie, says the Alton Empire. Are you
going away p Yes" Have you been
visiting here 2" yes" What is your
name p" Mrs. Blank where do
you live?" ''Lonelyville - WHO have
you been visiting?' MY sister -
What is her name?" Mrs. Blank
ness rs there anyone here with
you?" yes" ''Who?" MY husband. .
And then the reporter moves on and
goes through the same ordeal with the
next person.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-27

reply 'Tilla and 1 love each other and
are going TO be married"
But you have eloped!''
itl'' -
But her parents?a
mo better standing and no more
money than my own"
"But-but-"
''No use, Professor. TilIa ana are
to be married. Say. what's the matter
with you?''
"How=what p
Why don't you and Miss Barstow
stand up at the same time? Fine young
lady. Fine gentleman. No time like
the present. Save you an extra trip.
Think It over"
mo, no, don't talk to me-" replied
Miss Tilla TO Miss Barstow. my
mother eloped to marry papa, and she
possibly give it up, and oh. how funny
it would bel''
What do you mean?"
IF you and Professor Clinton should
be married at the same time Step
aside and talk with him while we rout
up the Justice
Mr.. Clinton and Miss Barstow ap-
preached each other in the dusk Per-
haps he took her hand. Perhaps he
whispered soft and low. Perhaps the
excitement Of the moment overcame
her. Two couples instead of one stood
up to be married, and when the cere-
mony had been concluded the Justice
said:
owing to this bein' wholesale. I'll
only charge a dollar q couple. and may
the four of you be as happy as so
many clamsl''-( Copyright, 1911, by
Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-27
Lesson in costly prints.

To teach his young son. heir to mil
lions and all the responsibilities which
go with a vast estate, the principles of
patriotism, love of country, and to
serve as a magnificent pictorial piano.
rama of the great events In American
history, Marsden J. Perry, the Provi-
dence fnancier, philanthropist and art
collector, has had placed in his mag
nificent Newport summer home the fin
est collection of colonial prints in this
country.
AS a central figure in an elaborate
system of training, worked out before
his birth, and constantly improved
upon during the few years that have
up to now passed over his head, Mars
den J. Perry, jr., Is the subject of one
of the most costly experiments yet re-
corded.
The study of America and its his
tory has been one of the things in
WHICH it has been long planned young
Marsden shall specialize, and to better
do this the child has private picture
gallery of incalculable worth and il
Illustrative of the great periods of his
native land placed before him as a first
aid.
The remarkable collection of prints
which are the envy of all wealthy col
1ectors of colonial objects, practically
cover the salient points of the United
States early progress. The wars, the
treaties. the famous scenes in the
courts and on the battleie1ds are all
depicted.
An upper hall in the palatial Perry
mansion on Viewpoints famous Ocean
drive is the gallery which contains
these prints. They cover one entire
wall opposite to which is q glass par
tition through which one gets a COM
plete view of the sea. Through this
wall of glass the light streams in On
the gallery of prints-the pictorial
textbook of the boy millionaire.
Washington Entering New York
After the Battle of Trenton" Martha
Washington's Reception FRANKLIN
at the Court of France Franklin at
the Court of st. Ja1nes''-these are the
titles of some of them. Each picture
is of practically the same size and
mounted in a carved and gilded frame
of simple design. They are the result
Of years of collecting.
Years ago Mr.. Perry from time to
time added to a small beginning in
prints. picking them up, one here and
one there. Some came to light in old
farmhouses. Others were located in
the shop of some obscure dealer in
antiques. Still others were rounded
up by hired collectors who ran down
possible clews and made a business of
perfecting the collection. They rep
resent the outlay of thousands of dol
lars.-Boston Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-27

Capt Kenney, of the local tugboat
]. S. Packard, thought he saw ghost
when James Riley walked into the
Office where the captain sat filling out
a report of Riley's supposed demise.
Speak to me. Jim gasped the cap
tain. Say sunni right away, till I see
if it's you"
What's the matter with you this
EVENING" queried Riley You seem
nervous and obfusticated. What is that
document you are filling out so care
fUliy?"
This is my report to the United
States inspectors of your disappearance
from your scow." Capt. Kenney hove
a long sigh of relief and tore up the
ure and relief in the happy outcome OF
an occurrence off Hog Island shortly
after midnight, when Riley, in charge
of a loaded mud-scow in tow of the
Packard, fell overheard, started to
swim for the shore a mile away, to be
rescued almost Immediately by the tug
Howell, which was close by.
All tugs, scows, captains. and deck
hands concerned are at work on the
deepening Of the channel, attending to
the transportation of the mud lifted
by the great dredging machines work
ing between Pomham and Sa5in to the
dumping grounds near Hog Island.
Tug Packard had two scows in tow
when Riley fell overheard, Michael
Saline, on the other scow, shouted an
alarm and waved his lantern, but
failed to gain the attention of any Of
the Packard's crew.
Then, as the tug Howell was close
by, Saline shouted to her and swung his
lantern wildly Capt. Sullivan swept
the water with the searchlight, and
quickly discerned Mr.. Ri;ey. who was
blithely swimming toward Papoose-
7fr1cr
cleft his cheerful way through the
moisture. He almost Wept when he
was rudely taken from the cooling salt
water, in which he used to live about
half the time when lad in Fall River.
When he went overheard he held in
both hands an iron dumping bar
weighing so pounds, with which he
was trying to let the bottom doors fall
out of the scow to rid her ce her load
OF mud, when the implement slipped,
causing him to lose his balance, and he
his slipped overheard Finding the
iron somewhat embarrassing company
In the water, Mr.. Riley let go his grasp,
bottom. Then he rose to the top like
a cork, as he is rolypoly and fatlike,
and began his swim toward the green
fields of Papoosesquaw.
When the Packard arrived back at
her wharf in Providence Sunday morn
ing, Capt. Kenney learned for the first
time that Riley was missing. No one
could tell him for sure that the Howell
had picked up his man, and he was
much disturbed in the belief that Riley
had gone to Davy Jones' locker
After being in suspense for a long
time he finally decided to make out the
formal report of the loss of the man,
and was so engaged when he was In
terrupted as set forth above--Provi-
dence Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-27
oUAKER NIEpITATToNs.

TFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
The beauty about love in a cottage
is that there is no janitor.
It doesn't pay to be too busy to en-
Joy the fruits of your labor.
A woman doesn't have to wear those
big hatpins to feel stuck UP.
It isn't polite to make faces, unless
you happen to be a dermatologist.
The prodigal son may be gone long,
but he generally comes back short.
No man can travel the road to sue
cess unless he keeps out of the rut.
Would you say that conscience
makes COW herds of the Beef Trust :?
Too many of us are apt to consider
yesterday at the expense of tOmorro ".
All the physical culture in the world
wouldn't help some people to lift a
mortgage.
Blobbs-'+The average wife tells her
husband everything she hears" Slobhs
And a lot she doesn't"
The man who knows it all is always
looking for some fellow to try and con-
vince him that he doesn't.
Wigg-'Do you think the colleges
turn out the best men % Wagg-
''Sure. I was turned out in my fresh
man year"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-27
JOURNAL ENTRIES

The man who is easily pleased is
usually a weak sister.
Big-hearted people generally have
to figure lot to make both ends meet.
y
Everybody has likely discovered by
this time that hot weather is fmper-
vious to criticism.
>
Any sort of a law is considered per-
fectly fair and just by the man who
wins suit under it.
Most folk would probably be unhap-
Ply and dissatisfied unless they had
something to complain about.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-27
FROM OTHER PENS
POPULAR INITIATIVE.

Too many of our political reform ers
overlook the privileges and powers the
people have under present laws in
their search off into sracc for some
ideal that will act as a panacea for all
ills to which government of, by and
for the people is heir. We are slow to
admit that the rights we possess are to
be compared with those promised
under some new and untried system.
On the subject, New State ism, John M
Mathews, writing in the current issue
of the North American Review, de-
clares:
1.-THE true initiative of a people is
not a legal initiative, but the originat-
ing and stimulating force of articulate
public opinion acting through the
effective fundamentally of responsible
executive power.
This sort of popular initiative we
have today. We do not have to wait
until our legislature or congress sees
fit to act; we have, and have had all
along, the Originating and stimulating
force of articulate public opinion" The
only trouble is we abuse the privileges
and powers conferred by failing to use
or exercise them. We prefer to look
off into hazy distance for some vague
cure-all or self-operating political nos
trum, which. though untried and I'M
proved, we are told by some self-seek-
ing prophet is the only safe guard of
our liberties. Omaha Bee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-27
HUNOR or THE DIP

II didn't know that you admired that
Soaa.o DON'T replied the political
n rqa4ager. ~, Then why do you insist on
Merely to make his life harder bv gj.ti,,s-
him something more to worry abent s se
Washington Star.
MY goodness. can't understand how
she could give up her child They saw #
has really been adopted by a family fhaf
HVes IN the country" Eyes. You see, she
found nat that just suited her. and they
wouldn't allow children In the BUILDING -
Chicago Record-H Herald.
Maria" Mr.. Dorkins said. with a note
of exultation in his voice. II turned !
trade today that netted me clean 81. 000. .
HumphI calculated his spouse in her
lortiest you-make-lne- tired manner; II
went out today to hunt up a first-cla
cook, and 1 got her, John-I got herf'i-
Chicago Tribune.
ing we experience Just before we proceed
to max mistake.-Puck.
Mother, know what ELEPHANTS tusks
are made Of: What, dear?'' why, pa
per knives.'-Punch.
He-Smith told me the other day he
thought was suffering from brain. She
Oh, the Observation-Disclosures American.
Mrs. Jabbe-Jones practically lives in
his automobile Mr.. Jacobs-Has to-he
sold his home to buy it.-Chieago Daily
News
Pussy Lady Patient-I was suffering so
much. doctor, that I wanted to die. Doc
tor-You did right to call me in, dear lady.
London Opinion.
Marks-Yes, I'm working night and day
to put the scheme through. Parks-You're
foolish Do nothing about Il and It win
fall through.-Boston Transcript.
Bertha" cautioned Mrs. lansing
''you mustn't let greasy rags accumulate
In a pile In hot weather. They take fire
sometimes from cutaneous combusitno.''-
Chicago Tribune
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-27
suMNfER o. OvE.

June Iavishes sweet-scented loneliness
And sprinkIes sun-fiIled wine on every
thing;
The very leaves grow drunk with bliss
and sting,
And every breeze becomes a soft caress.
All earthly things felicity confess
And fairies dance in many a monlit
ring;
The fieetfoot hours fresh gift Of joyance
bring;
Life wears her gayest rose-embroidered
Kind June. why bring these golden gifts
All winter long hear the throstle's
tune,
All winter long red roses can see,
Reading the while Loves ancient magic
rune.
In Loves fair garden close wander free,
So take your guerdon elsewhere, lovely
June!
Joyce Kilmer, in the New York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-27
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IFrom the Chicago News.I
Faint praise never flattered fair
lady.
JoIliers don't always get the most
fun out of it.
unless he is a tailor.
In a free and easy community there
is always something doing.
Half a dozen drinks a day viii hurt
no man-if he sticks to water.
Spinsters and widows never envy a
woman who has a husband to support.
The more a young man admires a
girl the surer She is not to be his sis
ter.
How small a forty-horse power auto
mobile must feel when it is being haul
ed home by couple of homely mules.
1t is easier for a camel to go through
the eye Of a needle than it is for some
men to induce a thread to accomplish
the same feat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-27
NOT A GAMBLING NATION.

The President of the Panama re-
public has issued an edict against
poker playing upon the isthmus. Col.
Goethals, the engineer officer in charge
of the construction of ths canal having
decided that the losses which the men
sustain make them dissatisfied with
their conditions.
This incident serves as a reminder of
the fact that this country has made
great progress in Graduating the
gambling habit. Within the memory
of the present generation, conditions
existed in Washington which would not
be tolerated for moment az the pres
ent time. Gambling houses hourished
openly and without question. Today,
it would be impossible 70 establish a
public gambling resort, and even the
few instances of secret violation of the
law are speedily discovered by the po-
lice authorities. Betting on horse rae
ing has been entirely abolished, not
only here, but in many other cities,
and the number of men and women
who indulge in card playing for money
is, after all. a very small proportion of
the entire population.-Wa shington
Herald,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-27

At any rate, the principle was regarded
as OF sufficient Importance to warrant
IFS being embodied in tentative drafts
OF the Federal Constitution when the
great constitutional convention was as
sembled to formulate the document
upon which the government Of the
United States has rested for a century
and q quarter
However. the experience IN applying
the principle must have lee strong
argument against it, for it was elm
mated when the Constitution was put
In its permanent form.-John E. Monk,
in the St. Paul Dispatch
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-27

That proposition to levy a ten dollar
annual federal tax on all automobiles
that engage in interstate traffic and
use the million dollars a year that
would be raised by it for the improve
ment of the roads win probably sound
pretty good to every one but the auto
mobile owners. They now have to pay
a city license tax. In many states they
have to pay a state license tax as well.
And all states VIII probably get in line
with a similar tax before long. To add
a national license tax to these local
ones would appear to be rubbing it in.
1t must also be borne in mind that
automobiles are also taxed locally the
same as other personal property.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-27

The thoughtful observer, especially
If his journey leads him to very dis
tant lands, viii not return boastfuI, but
he viii be grateful. says the New York
Mail. The weighty problem of assim-
ilation seems heavier when one thinks
on the possibilities of making Ameri-
can citizens of those people now com
ing here as he contemplates them in
the place of origin. The esthetics of a
European journey are q. delight. But
one American village outweighs an AL
hambra in the scales of opportunity
and of humanity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-27

And now they are going to ireland
for white mans hope to wrest the
pugilistic laurels from Jack johnson.
If the Marquis Of Queensbury rules
can be changed so that i will be per-
missible to use a black thorn shillelah,
it's possible that the Hibernian in
question would be able to turn the
fricr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-27

An instance of retributive Justice
even if it did happen to be a trifle Sc
we're: A gang in Illinois set out to give
bride and groom a charivari. A shot
gun which was carried by ore of the
party was discharged accidentally 1t
killed two Of the party and wounded
several others.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-27

That decision of the United States
circuit court of appeals declaring the
merger of the Union Pacific and the
Southern Pacific to be legal will be
looked upon with little skeptieism by
the plain people because 1t was re-
ceived with so much joy in Wall street
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-27
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

IFrom the New York Press.J
If women weren't SO nice and soft,
men couldn't be led into matrimony.
Most men, when the baby Is born,
seem to think they ought to get all the
credit.
A woman can never und erstand why
her husband isn't more appreciated in
his Office.
Some persons would rather fail 70
reach their destination in a taxicab
than get there on foot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-27

That French vaudeviidan, who is
also called the cruelest woman in
Europe because of the way she rubs
it in on the men, also seems to be
something Of a fabricator, unless she
happens to be a mermaid She in
sists that she preserves her beauty by
sleeping in ice cold water.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-27

More trouble for Madero A wom-
ans suffrage movement has been
started in Mexico. Still, if Mexico is
to have democratic form of govern
ment, there is no particular reason
why its women should not have their
say at the polls. The majority of the
Mexican women can not be less intel
ligent or less fitted to participate ac-
lively in the government than the ma
1ority OF the Mexican men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-27

More than sS.5Oo.Ooo Will be spent
in New York City during the next six
months in the erection Of new church
buildings. And from the daily chron-
icles in the New York newspapers it
would appear that more churches are
sorely needed in that burg
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-27
HOME NEWS wHTIF AWAY.

Subscrihers Of the stato journal
away from home during the summer
may have tho paper mailed regularly
each day to any address at the rate OF
ten cents a week or thirty cents a
month (by mail only. Address
changed as often az desired. While
ont OF town the State Journal VIII be
70 Won like daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions. to save
lnnlkIseeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-27

Comes now the American Academy
OF Medicine with the insistence that
the newspapers are responsible for the
increasing number of suicides in this
country. The theory IS that the de-
tails of suicides printed by the news
papers have a suggestive effect on
others. This is evidence that some
people stin hold to the belief that a
poor excuse is better than none.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-27

It is safe to bet that when Emperor
William visited the U. s. s. Louisiana
the other day no United states naval
officer repeated the stunt of Captain
Coghlan by reciting expressive rhyme,
siHnch der Kaiser
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-27

Most OF the rare June days this year
have been pretty well cooked. And
several Of them have beer so overdone
as to make them unpaiatable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-27

FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member OF the
Associated Press and receives the fuh day
SANITATION for the exclusive afternoon
publication IN Topeka.
The news f. received in The state Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-27

No Kansan would think NJ so,r. =.
Dry Tortugas in the Sumner +i f,o..s ~ ~
one may sleep comfortably under .
blanket any night In the year on Drv
Iortugas, and there are no hot winds
Hep