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AS TO A FAMOUS EXPRESSION.

In an editorial, which appeared in
this column the other day, it was sug-
gested that the ideal government would
be one "of all the people, by all the peo-
pie, for all the people," Criticism has al
ready been made that either the quota
ton used was an incorrect repetition Of
Lincoln's expression, ''of the people, by
the people, for the people," or else 1t
was an effort to improve on the famous
Lincoln utterance.
1t happened to be neither. The quo
tation was from a speech delivered by
Theodore Parker, a noted scholar and
theologian, who died a few years be-
fore Abraham Lincoln gave his address
dedicating the battlefield of Gettysburg
in which he delivered his "of the people,
by the people, for the people," 1t seems
to be the general impression that Lin
coin was the originator of this ex-
preston. Nor is it impossible that he
might have framed it out of his won
drous mind without ever having heard
of the similar and fuller expression that
was given voice to by Theodore Parker.
But that Parker used it first is mat
ter of record
He used 1t in a speech made by him
at the Northeast Anti-SlaVery conVen-
ton in Boston on May 20, 1850, when in
the course of his remarks he said:
There is what 1 call the American
idea. This idea demands. as the
proximate organization thereof, a
democracy,-that is, a government of
ali the people. by all the people, Ior AL
the people; of course, a government nf
the principles of eternal justice, the I'M
changing law OF God; for shortness' sake
1 will call it the idea of Freedom
Not until thirteen years later, or on
November 10, 1853, when the battlefield
of Gettysburg was dedicated did Lin
coin give voice to the same sentiment
when he said:
That this nation, under God, shall
have a new birth of freedom, and that
government of the people, by the people,
Tor the people shall not perish from the
earth"
Daniel Webster also expressed the
same thought in about the same way in
speech made by him in 1880 when he
said. "The peoples government made
for the people, made by the people, and
answerable to the people" And it is
likely that others said the same thing
in a similar way. So the honored Lin
coin had no mortgage on the expression
nor was it original with him as some
people seem to think.
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ocean and lis Inhabitants.

Sir John Murray directed attention
to the fact that the temperature OF the
ocean is changing. The Atlantic deeps
are colder now than at the time of the
and there is apparently cycle OF this
change in the north Atlantic.
In the North Sea the spawning
grounds are distinctly the places of
current from the Atlantic, and for the
different fish correspond with the de-
gree of salinity of the water. What
the reason for this is has not yet been
determined, but it is important from
the food of man standpoint to know
where the fish are to be found and why
the places to which they resort change.
The different fish select spawning
selves from a given center, This having
been determined by means of marked
individuals.
Another interesting story was the
means of telling the age of the fish.
The otoliths, or as they are popularity
called earbones, can be used for this
purpose on much the same principle
as the trunk of a tree gives evidence of
it's growth. In both there are rings,
one for each year. The scales of GER
tain of the fishes give similar indica-
tions. The herring may grow to IL or
IL years. BY the width in the earlier
rings the fish may be located as to
spring or fall hatch. Further than this
there is evidence of certain years being
better for the propagation of fishes
than others. The catches of a number
Of seasons point to 1904 as a prolific
year, and the fish born in that year
formed an important portion of the
catch till within a year or two.
The sea is crowded with life. So
minute are the forms that nets of
hardly greater coarseness than a silk
pocket handkerchief are used, 1t hav-
ing been found that what were former
ly considered to be fine nets caught less
than 2 per cent of the actual life In
the water through which they were
taken. The surface growth-plankton,
it is called-consists of plants and ami
mails, and these require food just as
any other plants or animals do. The
surface of the sea is a great floating
meadow" said the speaker, land there
is more vegetable matter in it, inciud-
ing to the depth of a hundred fathoms,
than on any meadow or forest tract on
land"
He suggested that it might be pos
sible to cultivate the ocean by furnish
ing to the water, perhaps by means of
sewage. some lacking elements, so that
certain places might be made attrac-
tive to food fish and be economically
valuable. He noted further how at the
meeting of cold and warn: currents the
life is particularly abundant. One such
place is off the elbow of Cape Cod, and
there the plants and animals congre-
gate. These small plants are the fun
damentaI food supply not only of the
surface larger organisms, but OF those
at all depths below.-Boston Tran
1orfnf
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SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT.

1.-The men in shops unde- scientific
management are we'll satisfied. A
sympathetic strike was called to aid
the trolley car motormen and conduc-
tors in Philadelphia in 1910. A GER
tain factory running under scientific
management says james Mapes
Dodge of the Link Belt Company in
The Survey, was surrounded by four
other establishments. Three of the
four lost about one-half of their men
through the sympathetic strike and in
the fourth all went out. In the shop
running under scientific management
just one man quit work
NOW this was no accident. but is
because the very best friends that the
workmen have under scientific man
agement are their employers. Former
ly we would tell a man we would give
him ten cents for a certain piece of
work. Then If he reduced his time so
that he could make two. we would re-
duce the rate to five cents But we
were getting twice as much work from
the same floor space and fixed ex-
penses for the same money while the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-13
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

TFrom the Philadelphia Record.]
A lie never dies from lack Of cir
culation.
The younger man is the more he
thinks he knows about women.
Some men are like some guns. We
never know when they are loaded.
Some women are so fond of fiction
that they will even pore over cook
book.
Old age feels about the same pity
for the ignorance of youth that youth
feels for old age.
You never know just how a man is
going to strike you when you first
meet him, nor for how much.
The girls out in Manayunk call a
certain young man Vaccination be-
cause he has such taking ways.
About one woman in a thousand
can hit the nail on the head. The
other s99 hit the nail on the finger.
NeIl-.'Do you think that is all her
own hair2" Belle-"No. part OF It is
her sisters; at least, saw her sister
buying some just like 1T"
Mrs. Muggins-"Our minister's wife
says she suffers terribly from in
somnia.'' Mr.. Muggins-''Then why
doesn't she go to- church and listen to
some of her husbands sermons?n
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-13

I knew that the moment I saw you
I'll get along somehow"
But how can you ?"- asked Rosa
mond. you can't afford to live at the
dormitory. can you? Do you want to
go?"
For a minute Mr.. Cook studied the
ground in meditation. TIL tell you
what I'll do" he explained. 81 cant
accept your kindness unpaid, and
really can't make good now. II you
and your sister will let me stay, and
do all I can for you, I'll beg to be your
debtor till get enough money to pay
back. If you agree, you'll be helping
one of the most grateful men living.
Meantime, let me do all can
| After a consultation between the two
disappointed sisters it was settled as
Mr.. Cook desired. The fault all lay
with the president of the college, and,
of course, no one thought of blaming
him.
BY mid years Daniel Cook had sue
ceSsfully passed examinations in two
years work He had been over the
work before by himself and all he
needed now was a chance to prove that
he was fitted for his degree. Toward
June Daniel Cook knew that his de-
gree was won; that within few weeks
the would have gained what he had
| waited, and struggled, so long to get.
A second unexpected honor came TO
him. A position as assistant instructor
| In the college was opened TO MIN, 50
that he might continue his post-gradu-
ate studies the next year and at the
same time earn fair salary.
Before Daniel Cook accepted this
honor he came to Rosamond and laid
| it all before her.
She was sitting on the old vine
covered veranda where she had first
seen his disappointing figure eight
months before.
'tTn accept on one condition" ne
said, and as he looked into her face he
saw the color mount high into her
cheeks. 1T already owe you every
thing-my degree, my happiness, my
future-but I am not satisfied. Rosa
mond, [ want you to love me and to let
me spend my whole life proving my
gratitude and devotion"
Rosamond clasped for the first time
the hand stretched out TO her in both
of hers. "You know" she said, 81 am
too happy to tell -(Copyright,
1911, by Associated Literary Press.).
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GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.l

From the AtchiSon Globe.J
Speaking of easy money. Is there
any such thing?
The cuspidor shape seems to be a
popular hat with the women this sea-
son.
Every boy finally expects to be rich
enough to afford a pair of gauntlet
gloves.
Some men are so small they make a
badge seem important when they Wear
it.
Accuse a woman Of eating a good
deal, and she will explain that she
eats very slowly.
You can get in on almost any propo-
sition to the extent of contributing
your money.
Perhaps the greatest disappointment
Is to learn that girls beautiful teeth
are false.
A town row is a good deal more
amusing when it doesn't happen to be
in your own town.
When a man begins to feel that he
needs a stimulant. stimulant isn't
going to help him any.
There is no such thing as an ad-
ministration wholly satisfactory to the
disappointed candidates.
Neither can you mend trouble much
by sitting around telling how it could
have been avoided after it is over.
Our idea of the 1uckiest men on
earth are those who start election con-
tests and manage to win them.
People must get pretty tired of the
bores who insist on telling them ex-
actly what books they should read.
Another form of amusement which
never appealed to US much is standing
in crowd and watching a bulletin
board.
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VIII outshina Harem Skirt.

Hoot, mont The harem skirt is to
have opposition in this city from the
kilt, and while the purpose of the
movement incorporated in the Su-
preme Court is not to prevent the jupe
culotte from becoming the vogue, it
will popularize the kilt, and that may
rob the harem trou-that Is to say,
skirt-of the attention some people say
is its only excuse for being.
The bonnie lads who seek to per-
petuate the Highland costume call
themselves the New York Scottish
Highlanders. They received a certih-
cate of Incorporation from Justice
Newburger. They purpose to encour-
age the wearing of kits and to prov1de
for parades and display drill evolutions
s'and its best possible appearance be-
fore the public. New York Tribune.
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men had not been getting any more
pay.
I'VE adopted a new rule which was
that rate once set must not be re-
duced unless the shape of the piece or
the tool or method by which it is made
was changed and that a man should be
paid when he did his work. 1t was a
hard dose to swallow, for sometimes
men made twice or three times the
wage they would have worked for
gladly by the day. Once in a while
when 1 went among them, a man
would call out, Well, I got you going
today 'How?' I made eighteen dol
lars today Good, you might take me
to the theater tonight All right,
boss, will
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-13
HU1AOR or THE D<Y

Davy, aged 5, who lived in a modern
household, was taken to the ZOO. He
watched the caniels long and earnestly as
they munched huge punches of erass and
then turned to his mother. Mother" he
remarked, wouldn't Prof. Fletcher be
pleased If he could see them chewing ali
day?'-Youth's Companion.
Whats parlor socialism, asked
Grayce. Having two callers at the
same time and letting each hold a hand.
explained Notwithstanding Courier.
Journal
Blobbs-How did he make his money?
Slobbs-In smoking tobacco. Blobbs-Is
that so? I've been smoking tobacco near
ly all my life, but I never made any
money at it.-Denver Times.
He-He was bachelor of arts but she
was master of arts. She-And so they
are married now? He-Yes; and now he
will have to be doctor of philosophy
to bear the burden.-Sphinx.
Tommy-Say, pa, what is the census
bureau? Pa-The census bureau my son,
is collector of facts that are given to
the public after they are out Of date
Chicago News.
What made that woman crazy7" 81
happened to step on her train" aWelI?"
Then raised my hat politely and said:
Excuse me, madam, your equilibrator Is
dragging, and she lost her temper
Detroit Free Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-13
AYHAWKER JOTS

With a fine set of road laws on the
statute books, all that Is necessary to
have good roads in Kansas, SAYS the
Towns Times, is some good muscle on
the roads.
We could save embarrassment. saws
says the Colby Tribune, by publishing
the spring poetry offered US, but if we
did so, our years of labor to get the
Pegasuses of this neighborhood las
sooed and tied up in the barn would
be thrown away. - 81
The Silver Lake Mirror is nothing if
not patriotic. 1t insists that the Japs
would have warm time getting the
Philippine Islands if they wanted them
and adds: I'VE would send General
Funston over there with his famous
Twentieth Kansas who would lick
them to frazzle.'
There is generous streak in near
ly everybody explained old 81 Chest
nut to the Sedgwick Paragraph the
other day. Some of the most worth
less men know grow enough dande-
lions every year to support the whole
town with seed, and they never charge
cent for it,
A travelling salesman who makes
Burlington every Monday, went into
barbershop and turned to the man
on the second chair with this query:
Are you the man who shaved me
before?" Eyes, SIR replied the bar
Der, politely" well, chlcroform me-
replied the man as he soberly climbed
into the chair.
Advice to young wives from the
Kansas 1nduStrialist: To prepare cab
bage properly wait until your husband
leaves town, preferably on Wash-da
Open all the doors and windows If
you have a valuable dog, chain it to a
stout post, as otherwise it will leave
home. Having boiled 1.-THE cabbage
for an hour and thirty minutes, put
1t, unprotected and alone in the alley
and hope for the best. ~
1t must have been a beautiful awak-
ening for this new born girl in Her
ington. Here is the way the Sun her
aids the event: The stork visited the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ned Hirsh last
Saturday morning and left neat little
bunch of humanity in the shape of a
new eight pound girl to gladden. their
hearts. 1t came in the uncertain
hour which folds back its veil before
the splendor of the morning.
A barnyard tale in the Smith County
Pioneer: A big goose and COW make
their home in Ralph Barger's barn
yard and strange to say, the goose is
matter some time ago when the COW
was eating her corn and the goose
came up for a share. The COW, de-
pending on her size for bluf1ng. did
not notice goose's plea for a "divey"
until the latter with an angry Squawk
fastened her sharp break in bossy's
lip and gave her a good Tapping in
the face with. her wings. 1t almost
scared the life out of the COW. and
since then she gets out of the way
in a hurry when the goose approaches
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THE KTNGnonf on con

I sought for God by all means, every
where,
By creed Of man. through litany and
prayer;
With weary days and nights, by plea and
cry
Sought without finding. faithless. hope
less 1.
Then. like baffled bird with broken
wing,
My soul returned from fruitless jour-
neying.
10! at faiths ebb. a sudden message
burned,
Within. and not without-God is dis
cerned.
Look deep within myself, there find thy
goal
For ever shrined, God in thine own soul"
Pail Mall Gazette.
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

Much that is labeled poetry doesn't
even approach the mark.
K X
Good times also have their draw
back. They're generally pretty expen-
sive.
4
Honesty is undoubtedly the best
policy but its cash value never seems
to be large.
The race may not always go to the
SWIFT but it isn't wise to bet much
on the slow contestants.
Ii all people had their own way there
would be even more confusion in the
world and there's a-plenty now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-13

In addition to the Democrats house
Of representatives passing the Canadian
reciprocity bill for which the extra ses-
sion was called, the indications ara
that 1t is going to make g. lot OF excel
lent Democratic medicine for use In
the political campaigns In the imnae-
date future
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-13

From an ancient Chinese diction-
airy, 1T is learned that the card gams
was invented in the reign of Scum
no, 1120, for the amusement of the
Emperor's choice collection OF lady
friends. When one tries to imagine
card party spoken In Chinese, one gets
a MUNICH that Hon. Suen-Ho took to
the woods on the day set apart for the
second game.
By adding slightly to the length of
the new Berlin airship, and anchoring
the same across the briny deep, the
possibility of walking across will be
only matter Of the passengers en-
durance.
Madero doesn't object to peace. but
ne Is particular about the brand.
Bristow is learning to play golf. He
look the initial steps in learning the
game quite a while ago, by qualifying
as an expert knocker.
THE AUTO OUT OF DATE.
re si0 cIirs primates. who do closely
To Mamma Earth. and ride the auto
At go knots per hour. or thereabout,-
with no great way to fall, when you
fall out: Z
Wot not We of the higher, faster flight
From half a mile aloft to out of sight
fhe speed-bug up to date, to gain
Must hurdle clouds, and pierce the
armament,
And churn through that old Lactffer-
Midst Jumps Of butter and shower
of whey;
And seeing stars, the driver never
stops
The stars are not those worn by fear
some COPS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-13
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

CFrom the Chicago News1
It's better to be long headed than
headlong.
It's useless to argue unless you
know you are wrong.
The good may die young-and again
they may outgrow It,
But a practical joke isn't funny
when the reaction sets in.
A woman just has to love some one
even If it's only herself.
His satanic majesty employs a lot
of people to hand out free advice.
Misery loves company that will lis
ten to job lot of hard luck stories.
With a man love is merely a side
dish; with a woman it's the whole
meal.
Anyway, if you don't like the UNI
brella a friend loans you it can be re-
turned.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
IFrom the New York Press.l

IF'rom the New York Press.l
People want an awful lot of praise
for doing mighty little duty.
A man can be much worse off than
he is by changing his job, SO he gen.
orally does.
The best way to insure that an in
vestment will stay good is for you not
to go into it.
A man would rather tell everybody
all his doctor warned him he must do
than the best story that ever was
thought Of
When a mans wife is good house
keeper she earns more than all the rest
Of the family put together and gets
less than any Of them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-13

working class income have been &C
complished with weekly wages which
are from 23o to 100 per cent higher in
this country than in England and
Wales. So while the conditions sur
rounding the working classes here are
not entirely satisfactory they are much
better than they are in Great Britain,
and these conditions in that country
are superior to what they are in the
other countries of Europe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-13

Much criticism is leveIed at the
conditions which prevail among the
working classes in this country, the
high cost of living, ETC.. with which
they are burdened. A report made on
an investigation by officials OF the Brit
ish Board of Trade shows that while
the cost of food and rent combined is
81 per cent greater in the United
States than in England and Wales.
these heavier relative charges on the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-13

In this era of pure food and pure
drugs it Is no more than fair that all
things should be labeled as to what
they are. So Congressman Murdoch IS
merely in line with the spirit of the
times with his resolution that speeches
which are never delivered in the house
but which get into the Congressional
Record under the 'leave to print" rule
shall be so characterized.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-13

Considerable is heard these days
about the new south. But it ap-
pears to be the same old south in one
respect, and not one to brag about,
either. A mog IN Georgia took a ne
gro from jail the other day and hang
Al him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-13

An advertisement in 1.-THE Continent"
a religious weekly published in Chicago,
asks for missionary not over feet
6 inches in height and Weighing 100
pounds" Perhaps, suggests the Pitts
burg Gazette-Ttmes. It was inserted by
n canufbal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-13

This much can be set down for a
certainty. The Germans. who are rails
ing 100000 to build a mammoth
airship and sail it across the Atlantic.
will not place the management of the
project in the hands of Walter Well
man
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-13

AS they catch on in England: The
Chicago Record Herald Is authority for
the statement that a London paper an
nounces high brow" is IAN American
term used to indicate bald-headed
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New York city need not expect to
grow much more. The increased cost
Of living there is reaching startling
proportions. The price of orchestra
seats for grand opera is to be advanced
from IS to IS each
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-13

A seisrnograph near Cleveland reg
istered a severe earthquake shock the
other day. But no other word has
been heard of It. That's the usual
procedure, though and the natural
question arises: Why is a seismo-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-13

With less than half Of the people Of
Kansas living on its farm land, as
the statistics of the United States CEN
sus show, there is a great field here
for the back to the farm movement.
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FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal Is a member Of the
AlsOciated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report Of that great news or
ganisation for the exclusive Afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news 10 received IN The State Jour
nal building over wires for this sole puF-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-13

Nothing very much to look at: the
collection of 10000 postage stamps
which has been loaned for public ex-
hibition purposes to the National
museum at Washington.