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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03
SOMETHING TO SEE.

Lack of amusements in the neighbour
hood at home is one of the reasons
many boys and girls turn to the cities,
writes o. w. in the Kansas Indus
tr1alist. The excitement soon dies out
after an occasional shopping trip to
town for the farm children The at
traction of the daily mail train will not
always open with wonder the eyes of
the town lad. Something more must be
provided, and the town merchant is the
logical one who should help to do it.
One community in Kansas will have
baseball game every Saturday A
league was organized in the town for
just such occasional games. Another
Will have a series Of kite-flying con-
tests and award small prizes to the best
exhibitor. The merchants in one small
town have subsidized a band. A con-
cert every Saturday evening with a So
c1al by some religious organization is
the program. A town croquet ground
Will hold its crowds. A town tennis
court; a public auction every other
Saturday where anyone can have any
article sold by the auctioneer provided
free by the merchants; produce mar
ket1ng contest with bonus to the one
selling the most. and best during o.
given period; all these have been tried
in communities with success. While
not exactly amusements, these are at
fractions which offer diversion to the
people who are tired of the ordinary
routine.
The methods of interesting the coun-
try trade varies in different localities.
But it is almost certainty that the
ones to be interested are the men on the
farms, the heads of families. BY the
present farm arrangement it is father
who goes to town while the boys are
in the fields. Father is too old to fol-
low the pillow or cultivator and the
field must be turned before the next
shower, so Will and the hired man must
do it. Then father wonders why the
boy does not look forward with pleas
ure to a life on the farm. Let the boys
go to town.
Some OF the country boys belonging
to protective associations organize
baseball teams and play another asso-
citation in town Saturday afternoons.
They usually practice Sundays, so there
may be some objections to such di-
version. The old spelling school was
revived and flourished in some coun-
ties last winter. This let in the girls
who at once proved that the mastery
of "ePs" and "ie's'' could be attained.
The band concerts are the best at
fractions for Saturday afternoons and
evenings. 1t doesn't take much of a
musical organization to draw and hold
the crowds. Some bands which would
pass for clowns in circus parade, as
far as music making ability is con-
cerned, are effective advertisers. And
how the home folks do like to know
that "the boys have been hired to play
at a picnic in a neighboring town. 1t
instills community pride. When once
this feeling has been established, i'm
provements in that community will
come.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.l

[From the Chicago News.l
Many a man is unable to believe a
word he says.
1t takes a smart woman to listen
when she can't talk.
If a man does not seek wisdom he
will never be very wise.
Leap year would be all right If the
dear girls were not so timfd.
A man seldom works overtime in an
effort to make his wife happy
Even the manicure lady plays favor
ties; she doesn't treat all hands alike.
Few of US become round shouldered
from carrying other peoples burdens.
Unless a man gets married he'll pro-
baby go to his grave believing that
he knew it ALL
We often wonder what has become
of all the men who were going to make
millions out of inventions they once
patented.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03
MAY.

May time is play time
Skies of tender blue;
Cheerful notes from feathered fhroa+.
All the woodland through
Winds blow and stars glow
Blossoms nod and sway
Heart o. mine, the worlds divine.
When it's May-May-Mayi
May time Is joy time,
Streamlets dancing by,
Emerald glades and orchard shades
And mountains green and high
Waves leap, and caves keep
Shells they toss in play.
Heart O. mine, what treasure thira9
When it's May-May-May!
May time is play time,
Ills the gift of spring;
Here's smile, that's worth The ,l,,.
Here's a song to sing. "Anies
Flout not, doubt not,
Griefs have gone to stay,
When it's May-May-Mayi
-Lalia Mitchell, in the CoI1luh,av, -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Stories and plays without happy
endings are never popular with
women.
Telling the truth is also a mean job
under certain circumstances.
n X
Many persons don't deserve the
benefit of the doubt that is accorded
them.
Talk is really worth something when
it is projected over a long distance
telephone line.
Another theory that doesn't often
work out in practice is the making OF
delightful dishes from leftover food.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03
New York,s New Senator.

Though they are not alike in such a
manner that one might mistake O'Gor-
man for Croker, there is a great deal
of similarity between the former
leader of Tammany Hall and the new
United States senator.
Never in his widest dreams could
Richard Croker have thought that he
or any other bulwark of Tammany
Hall could be selected as the states
representative in the nations most i'm
portant legislative body. But if the
possibility of the thing had entered
Croker's mind it is quite likely he
would have seriously considered the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

IFrom the New York Press.J
Since a widow can pretend to believe
in man what can you expect of the
rest of them?
1t seems as IL the more people need
ancestors the more they can bring about
those they didn't have.
If got all the salary his wife
tens her 1r1ends ne does, he'd drop dead
from the shock of the surprise.
When a man asks a girl to marry him
she is so surprised because she has talked
it over so often with her mother
There's nothing woman can admire a
man more for than remembering what
she wore the night he tried to kiss he,-
several years ago before she would LET
him. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03
FROM OTHER PENS
COURTS AND THE PEOPLE.

colonel Roosevelt detracted some
what from the force of his objection
TO the inclusion of the judiciary in the
recall provision by his perorative
phrase. He gave admirable reasons
why the judiciary should be held
above the possible influence of public
clamor, reasons that will appeal to
every reflective intelligence. Still he
thought there should be some way to
reach the judges when they fail to
serve the people, But there is the
crux of the entire question. The only
expr ession of the people of which a
court may take cognizance is the
popular will as written into law. Any
other expression is simply emotional,
as far as the bench is concerned.
Consideration of this point will en-
phasize the imperative necessity of
holding the courts above every ex-
preston of the people save that en-
bodied in the law and reserved in what
is defined as public policy. Emphat-
ically must they be held above submits
sion to that uniformed and inconsider-
able public mandate aptly called clam
or. The court will best serve the
people" by just and righteous inter-
probation of the will of the people as
expressed in law, Illuminated by intel
ligence, guided by integrity and unin-
fiuenced and unawed by public clamor
or private station. Sound public SEN
timent will select ana retain such
judges; the threat of a recall will op-
crate to the deterioration of the judi
FciaI material, if it operates at all
st. Paul Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03
KANSAS COMMENT
WHAT WAS 1NTHE BOOKS.

IL would seem that there should be
some way in law by which the court
nLLent take possession of documents
which are likely to be vital to a dis
pute and hold those documents safe
rom molestation while the question
" lnelr admiSSibility as evidence is
tnrashed out. This is suggested by the
arrest OF the three Chicago bankers on
b frG ondnse OF contempt, in refusing to
pIAns 10 the Lorimer investigation
lconm1ttee their bank books, accounts,
etc, which books are supposed to
snow that one of the bankers acted as
agent Tor the collection of a fund of
mer.
The question of whether or not
tnese books can be produced before
Ihat investigating committee has been
nung up for ten days, since the three
bankers first refused to obey the sum-
! mons OF the committee 1t had to be
tnrashed out in the senate, and then
cnecked up to the governor, and final
~ aIter the warrants were served, it
was thrown into the courts on habeas
corpus proceedings. and will probably
SUCK there for a while Meantime the
bankers have the books
And who knows whether those
DOCKS will tell the same story, if they
are finally produced for inspection,
that they told ten days OR two weeks
ago before al! this furry came up?-
THE BEST TONIC.
The real outdoors of wide, wind
swept places, of the places that are
nigh and sun-kissed, of the places
Where many trees grow or where
spreading waters are. And here flows
the tonic of tones, sweeping the earth
miles deep with every wind that blows
You owe it to yourself to grasp
every opportunity to get to where this
tonic can be had. If you 1--we and work
IN a place where outdoors" is a
mockery, try to get away from it once
a week anyhow. Go to the end of the
nearest car line and walk till you feel
the tonic working.
It's simple remedy, this natural
spring tonic-merely air that is pure
air that man has not polluted with
foul gases from the waste that he
scatters so carelessly over the face of
this mother planet-but it's astonish-
ing how few people realize its effec-
t1veness.-Wichita Beacon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03

lose sight of the fact that the smok-
ing of cigarettes is not prohibited in
the state, except as to minors Mere
ly the sale of cigarettes or their max
ms Is prohibited. Still, there is no
doubt that this law is not generally
enforced
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03

Italy's enthusiasm over the great in
ternational exhibition OF industries
and labor, which has just been opened
at Turin, probably won't be so extern
sive when there is a final accounting
of its receipts and expenditures.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03

Persons who are compelled to use
them will be in hearty accord with the
latest crusade of DR.. Crumbine for
clean and fresh sheets daily on the
beds of hotels and rooming houses
that cater to transient guests.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03

Mr.. Bush. the new president of the
Missouri Pacific. has some plans and
specifications of a high order. He
saws he is going to make this railroad
system the Pennsylvania railroad of
the west In other words, Mr.. Bush
is going to prove himself to be the
modern Hercules.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03

The row in the local Socialist camp
is not much of an advertisement for
the cause Socialism has ever been
held up as panacea that would make
rows among men and women impos-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03

Some men have peculiar ideas. The
members of the Colorado house killed
the anti-pass bill the other day. But
of what value is a railroad pass in
Colorado if it won't carry the bearer
into Kansas or some other state? And
the federal anti-pass law prohibits
that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03
PUBLICITY FOSTERS CRIME.

The editor of the Century Magazine
sharply arraigns the newspapers for
publishing accounts of crime, and
thereby contributing to the "circula-
ton of lawless thinking, which is the
mother of all lawlessness 4" docs any
citizen capable of a single independent
thought imagine" asks this censor of
the Sensational" press ''that wide
spread daily exploitation of evil does
not result in the extension of the
curse?'
This view of publicity as fostering
crime differs radically from that ex-
pressed by DIR. Charles w. Eliot in
his suggestions of a remedy for the
social evil. In an address before the
Connecticut State Conference. of Char
tiles and Correction the former preSi-
dent of Harvard said:
Publicity is necessary. Vice and
crime seek secrecy for the commission
of crime. We will welcome any move
ment which will kill secrecy in the
community
What is a conscientious editor to do
in the face of this disagreeme of au-
thorities? DR.. Eliot is a highly rep
utable citizen and competent student
of social problems As an educator
of experience and long president of a
great university, his opinion is entitled
to respect. Yet, if the press accepts
his Endorsement of its policy of pub
licity as the best corrective of crime,
and continues its exploitation" in the
interest of public morals, how can it
escape the further cenSure and casti-
cation of the Century?-New York
World
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03

Apparently some of the lawmakers
in the last session of the legislature
were not familiar with the contention
that a state law is in existence which
prohibits theaters from doing business
on Sunday. A bill to prohibit Sunday
theaters was presented and pressed at
the last session, but it was defeated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03

Experts have advanced the opinion
that death in a fire is quick and prob
ably painless. This will be great news
for those who have not made the nee
essary plans for the most desirable
kind of a future.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03

Among the weather sharps there
seems to be a diversity of opinion as
to whether or not the recent cold
wave injured the fruit prospects in
this vicinity. why not interview the
fruit trees?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03

Alphonso, king of Spain, is reported
to be afflicted with a serious attack
of consumption. This is even worse
than the attack of revolution which
put King Manuel of Portugal out of
a lob
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03

Vice President Corral of Mexico was
not slow to recognize that he had
made a break. When the opportunity
came he promptly denied the inter
view he had given to the effect that
the United States had fomented the
revolution in Mexico so that it could
have an excuse to intervene.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal Is a member OF the
Associated Press and receives the fulI DAY
telegraph report of that great news Or
gaufzafton for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news is received in The State Jour
nal building over wires Tor THIS sole pur-
nose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03

Attorney General Wickersham was
quite right when he declared in the
speech he made at Princeton, N. j.,
the other day, that the people of this
country are law ridden.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03

Judge Kenyon. the new United
States senator from Iowa, is a native
of Ohio. But there is nothing so very
strange about that. Ohio seems to
have the monopoly on the trick of
growing men for high public station.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03

Another unusual occurrence: A
motorcycle collided with a street car
in this city the other day and the
motorcyclist was injured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03

state rights has received another
blow in the vicinity of the solar plexus
from the supreme court of the United
states. 1t holds that the federal gov
eminent, without the consent of the
state affected. may set aside areas of
public lands as a forest reserve, and
that such a reserve is not subject to
state fencing laws.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03

Bishop Fallows is an optimist of the
first water. In a sermon he delivered
in Chicago the other day he expressed
the opinion that men were becoming
more religious than ever.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03

Topolobampo has been captured
by the Mexican rebels. 1t is to be
hoped that the first act of the victors
viii be to lop off few svllables of the
TOWNS name
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03

Until the dove of peace develops
omnipresent qualities it can not hope
to prevail. Scarcely had it settled on
a perch in Mexico than its presence
was demanded in Morocco and China
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03
81
r9szs:l.

What you take off at nlgnt ne aaS 80 ,i ~
on in the morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03

The Mexican war is harosnlP on
the anti-cigarette cranks- EESIyD 10y
smokes 'em. down there, and the g. c.
G. dassn't sympathize with either rae
ton of the blamed criminals.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03

Those who are protesting against
cigarette smoking in Kansas seem to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03


The Mexican war is hardship on
the anti-cigarette cranks. EVERYBODY
smokes 'em, down there, and the d c.
c. dassn't sympathize with either iac-
ton of the blamed criminals.
Han Dawson,s assertion that he
doesn't want to quarrel with Hon. BIZ
lard. is lagniappe. He couldn l. II ne
wanted to. Hon. BILLIARDS. favorite
synonym for nothing to do, is TO quar-
rel.
Entered for first prize in the punk
limerick contest:
A young married dame in Chicago,
Had habit of making her ia" go
And her tired spouse SAID:
eff you don't close your neao'
I'll apply for divorce, and to law Co.
Los Angeles Express.
The Wichita Mexican who was given
20 years for killing a countryman,
knows he is up against it, all right, put
he doesn't ''savez por que. IN MS
native country, killing chance ac-
quaintance is one of the favorite out
door sports.
The Pittsburg mutt who was fined
SO for thinking Mrs. o. H. P. Belmont
was his wife, has nothing TO squaWk
about. Many men have lost many
times that sum as the result of think
"Spasmodic and artificially stimu-
lated emotion is now a favorite ex-
preston with politicians-but 1t is
used exclusively by standpatters.
The scheme of the Sedgwick county
sheriff who whipped wife-beater in
stead of arresting him, is worthy OF
legislative consideration. Why not ap-
point, in each county, an ex-pugilist to
do this kind of missionary work, and
give him the title of County adJus-
ter"
English as she is spoke: Why is it
they say a man who has been run over
by trolley car or something, "sues for
damages?" He has already received
the damages, and what he wants is
money.
A Washington preacher wants to re-
wise the ten commandments. Better
sharp guy will slip in a ''joker" to in
own pet infractions.
The simp who gives the girl a pound
box of candy every time he calls, is
ace-high until some other Simp ap-
pears with a two-pound box.
There wouldn't be any fun in cuss-
| ing around the house if your wife
wanted you to.
The girl who marries for money is
| lucky if she gets even that.
H G P
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03

Hon. Dawson's assertion that he
doesn't want to quarrel with Hon. BIZ
lard, is lagniappe- He couldn't, II ne
wanted to. Hon. BILLIARDS. favorite
synonym for nothing to do, is TO quar-
rel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03

The Pittsburg mutt who was fined
SO for thinking Mrs. o. H. P. Belmont
was his wife, has nothing to squawk
about. Many men have lost many
times that sum as the result OF think
ing the wrong thing in a poker game
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03

The Wichita Mexican who was given
90 years for killing a countryman,
knows he is up against it, all right, but
native country. killing a chance ac-
quaintance is one of the favorite out
door sports.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03

"Spasmodic and artificially stimu-
lated emotion is now a favorite ex-
preston with politicians-but 1t Is
used exclusively by standpatters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03

English as she is spoke: Why is it
they say a man who has been run over
by trolley car or something, "sues for
damages?" He has already received
the damages, and what he wants is
money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-03

A Washington preacher wants to re-
wise the ten commandments. Better
let it stand. Monkey with it, and some
sharp guy will slip in ''joker" to in
validate it so far as it applies to his
own pet infractfons.
The evening world., 1911-12-20
DOG LOSES LIFE
IN FLAMES FTER
. SAVING HORSES
Jim" Gets Seven Out of
Burning Stable, Goes Back
for Others and Dies.

Jim. a faithful bulldog. owned by
Rafello CHA ot No, &c; Tae ntieth street.
Brooklyn. was "A martyr to duty this
morning. wnen. after driving seven
nor SEES from a burning stable. he was
roasted to death while scurrylng round
the blazing building In an cNor; TO
drive out four other Mint that were
tied In their stalls.
1t was Jim barking that lrst drew
the attention OF Policeman irving
Schramm to the fire. Awakening James
Fournorc. the owner. who lives opposite.
Schramm turned In an alarm. by the
time the firemen responded the flames
had communicated to three houses ad-
joining, Nos. iiS to i52 Twentieth street,
driving the tenants into the street.
CHA, who owned seven OF the eleven
horses In The stable. succeeded Ia get
inside burning go nercely he could not
enter. Jim Vas able to get inside. where
the man dared not 40. and. obcying his
master. snapped and barked at tho
horses until they found the open door
and GOT safely out.
GINA paid no attention to the four
other horses. which we're owned by
Fournore. which were fastened In their
stalls. The dog. In an EFFORT to drive
these out. was burned to death with
them.
The evening world., 1911-12-20
MEDAL FOR HERO
ARRIVES AN HOUR
AFTER FATALFAll
O'Brien, Killed by Trip on
Stairs, Commended for Work
at MesSina Earthquake.

John y. o'Brien fell down a flight OF
stairs In the tenement at No 3l FAST
Elghty-frst street to-day ard brok"
his neck. Just an hour after he had
been pronounced dead by an ambu-
lance surgeon a special delivery pack
age arrived at the hoine % his sister
Mrs. Mary Mallen, No. a" EAST
FlChty-rrst street. containing a medal
awarded To O'Brien by the Navy De-
partmen for brave services In resrn"
work after the Messlna earthquake OF
lb~c. ~. 1908
O'Brien was q coppersrnith on the
flag shin Connecticut OF the fleet that
made the trip around the world. lie
was detailed to rescue work at Mes
sIna when the American SHIPS arrVei
,bme. II was O'Brion who recovered
IN. a. ics of Consul Arthur y. Cheney
and his wife from the ruins of the
Consulate. O'Brlen also sealed many
collins containing the bodies of We
tins Of the disaster.
For his work IN the earthquake rum
n. was commended by MS commander.
| When he retired from the navy. al the
| conclusion OF the round-the-world trlp,
he was assured that he would be
awarded a medal.
Sine. leaving the navy obrien had
h.en employed as "A Waterman by the
Metropolltan Street Railway Company
lie lived with his sister. Mrs Ma'len'
In some unexplained way he got into
the wrong house while on his way home
, from work this morning, 'ripped on "A
| loose stair rod ami toppled backward
the length OF the hight OF steps leading
from the second TO the third noor.