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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-02
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1t comes tomorrow. And every man
and woman in Topeka ought willingly
to respond in generous fashion. For
this year, the money that is raised
through this general solicitation of the
people of the city is going to be de-
voted exclusively to the purposes of
local Anti-Tuberculosis society.
The maintenance of the consump-
ton camp on the North side is one OF
the very finest charities that was ever
undertaken by the philosophical citi-
zens of this locality Here the indi-
gent unfortunates who are afflicted
with the great white plague are given
the best possible care and treatment.
No people are more helpless than those
who suffer in the advanced stages of
consumption. Caring for them, max
ing their last days on earth more COM
Portable, with always the good chance
of checking the disease and restoring
their health, is a magnificent work.
But the conduct of this camp is
more than a charity. 1t renders large
service on the entire citizenship of
Topeka 1t provides for the isolation
of the consumptives in the city. This
is the greatest possible factor in re-
ducing the spread of the disease in a
community to minimum. Therefore,
not only is the tuberculosis. camp on
the North side a charity of noble pro-
portions. 1t is also an important safe
guard to society
No activity could be more worthy
of the support Of the whole people of
the city. Tag Day provides the nee
essary medium for taking up a general
subscription from almost every one in
town. So let's be prepared tomorrow
when the enthusiastic workers come
around to respond to their tagging in
a substantial way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-02
THE PoPLARs AT THE GATE.

THE POPLARS AT THE GATE.
Softly they murmur in their mystic
language
And whisper to each other in the dew.
Telling the secrets of primeval forests,
They keep their stately watch the long
hours through.
Upon. their leaty br6ws the summer
Blow with caressing touch. and summer
rain
Falls on their branches with the gentle
music,
Lulling and sweet. of Natures old re-
frain.
Beneath them passes many weary foot
Z And many a sore and aching heart goes
by.
But stiil they stand. with mighty arms
outstretching,
Beneath the radiant hollow Of the sky.
Rebuking all our haste and mad en-
deavor,
Our shadow-chasing and our selfish
strife,
With their great, deep serenity unbroken,
The tranquil grandeur of their kindred
life.
Exchanging in their greenness and their
A benediotive presence great and calm.
Dropping a blessing as we pass beneath
silent gift of healing and of balm.
Il. M. Montgomery, in the HouseKeeper.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-02
AS TO THE TARIFF-NAKERs.

These makers of tariffs are serious
people, says Current Literature for
June. It may be that they become
tariff makers because they are so seri-
Gus or 1t may be that they become so
serious because they have to make
tariffs. However that may be. which
ever is cause and whichever Is conse-
quence, tarif-making and seriousness
go together. William Mckinley could
make more campaign speeches without
one single joke in them than any other
political leader of his day. Congress
man Dingley was a grave and serious
man who seldom if ever did any I'M
bending before the public. Roger Q.
Mills and William L. Wilson were less
typical, the former being serious in
deed, but far from dfspassionate, and
the latter being capable of figures of
speech and pleasantly. But then
neither of them made a tariff that
lasted. Aldrich makes ''jokers,'' but
very seldom, in public at least, makes
jokes, and never. never was known to
fire on rhetorical skyrocket. German
was another man of the addition, di-
vision and silence" type rarely raising
his voice or letting his temperature
get above the norma. Serene E.
Payne seems to be very matter-of-
fact man who does no oratorical stunts
and is guilty of no tridirg
When, therefore, we find in the
sketches of Oscar W. Underwood. such
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-02
LAYHAWKER JOTy

A crop note in the Norton Champion:
The only crop that grew last week was
gray hairs. Now for the golden hair
and grain.
The Cleveland R. F. D. correspondent
of the Kingman Journal points out that
IAN ounce of keeping your mouth shut
is worth a pound Of explanation.
An incident that happened at Bellalre
on the Rock Island line, as related by
the Smith County Pioneer; Two no
boes were plodding YEARLY along on
the ties and one of them paused, stuck
his head in at the window and SAID
gruffly to the operator: Partner, re-
port two empties going east"
A young couple attended church to-
gether, relates the Herndon Nonparen
When the collection was being taken
up the young man began tlshlng
around in his pockets for a dime. His
countenance evidenced his great en-
barrassment as he whispered to his
lady love, II guess l have not got
solitary cent upon mel changed my
pantS.' The young lady, who mad been
examining the unknown regions of her
habiliments for her purse, turned beau
tifully pink as she whispered: Pm In
the same fix"
Aviation note in the Kingman Lead
er-Courier: There was a free exhibit
ton OF flying machines Friday morn
ing in the neighborhood Of the Atlacsoli
home but as 1t had not been advertised
in advance there was only Mrs. Cot
treIl and Mrs. Atlacson to witness the
affair. Mrs. Clark was present and
took an active part in the maneuvers.
It all happened thusly: Mrs. Clark had
loaded two sewing machines into
spring wagon and had dropped the
lines to arrange them in some way and
the horses took fright and ran away,
splitting the machines and other con-
tents of the wagon in short order. Mrs.
Clark luckily Tit on her feet" and was
uninjured aside from being pretty
considerable shuck up like but both
sewing machines were badly wrecked.
Every once in a while get to think
ing that my pathway Is over a pretty
road in this Hfe writes Bert Walker IN
his Osborne Farmer. I begin to envy
this fellow and that fellow and wonder
why wasn't born lucky. Then I will
catch sight of some other fellow who is
so much worse off than I am that 1
Immediately offer up thanks that am
alive. My friend, you may think. you
are in hard lines, but look about you.
If in the winter, you will see poor
devils who have to face the icy breeze
all day and freeze their hands and feet
for q pittance. In the summer time
these same poor devils have to work
from morning until night in the hot
sun and dust. You have a hundred
pleasures to their one. You may not be
millionaire, but you have plenty.
Here is the thing: No fellow gets so
bad Of in this vale of tears that he can't
step just around the corner and find a
fellow in a blamed sight worst shape.
don't care how you are placed, 1 will
show you a fellow In worse shape than
you are. A lot of fellows are in the
penitentiary and a lot more are dead.
You are neither. Then again, there are
other fellows who have married women
who can't cook. I'll tell you, brother.
you want to get down on your knees
about three times a day and return
thanks for your flowery beds of ease.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-02
QUAKER MEDITATIoNs.

rFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Money talks, but sometimes 1t con-
tradicts itself.
Even gloves are not always on hand
when they are wanted.
We are apt to be generous to a
fault, If the fault happens to be our
own.
The fellow who says he was driven
to drink, always claims it was a run
away.
Few men feel SO much like rank
outsiders as a bridegroom at his own
wedding.
Don't throw dull care to the winds
unless you are sure it is blowing away
from you.
The only man who can AFFORD to
gamble with Fate is he who has moth
ing to lose.
Blobbs: "That girl is decidedly
pigeon-toed.' Slobbs: 81 always
thought she was a Bird
The walking stick is fair weather
friend, whereas the umbrella is al
ways under cloud.
Hook: THAT fellow Jack Potts is a
pretty fast young man." Nye: I'm
possible! Why remember him when
he was a messenger boy"
wigg: "Buggins seems to- have a
wonderful opinion of his knowledge"
Wagg: Eyes, indeed, why I have ac-
tually heard him. attempt to argue
with his son, who Is in his Freshman
year at college"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-02
A Country Wedding.

The affair is an important event
all weddings are important but none
more SO than the one in the country;
The family of the bride has long lived
in the community; every neighbor for
miles around is invited. The furniture
has been set out OF doors TO make
room for the guests. The crowd ms
every availahle spot from the kitchen
to parlor. The BRIDES mother is ner-
vously effusive, the father is doing his
best to make himself useful. A hurried
rehearsal is held in the upstairs bed
room, the bashful groom stumbling
over every possible obstacle, the bride
answering at the wrong place in the
service. In the bay window of the
parlor a bower of lace, vines and rugs
has been arranged. The organist of
the neighborhood is PLAYING a souiful
love-ballad. Deity, from much ex-
perience. the minister guides the palpf-
tating bridal party from stairway to
window-nook and performs the cere-
mony.
Then come congratulations. The
pretty bride is kissed by every young
man of the neighborhood, despite her
frantic efforts to avoid it. There is
laughter and hearty goodwill. The
minister sits at the head of long
overwhelming supper. with all the skill
OF an expert housewives effort expend-
ed On its preparation. 1t is rich with
the product of farm, garden, and dairy,
SaIlS1ylng IN every feature II may
lack cut glass and solid silver, it is not
served by trained walters, but it has a
home-likeness that appeals to every
guest. Following may come songs ard
a good old-fashioned visit, for the
neighbors do not often meet on social
occasions. Suddenly breaks out the in
evitable charivari--what would a
country wedding be without It? Tin
pans, shot guns, yells, and every noise
that healthy country boys can devise,
make the night hideous. The groom
pretends to be much vexed, the bride
appears frightened-buta at heart they
feel that it is in a way a tribute to
their popularity. They know how to
stop it-the serenaders are taken to
the kitchen and given the treat they
had expected. BY and by the bride
and groom drive away. They have gone,
as the local paper will say in its report
next week. ito the groom's fine farm
where has been fitted up for them a
commodious residence.'-C. NJ. Har-
ger, in the June Atlantic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-02

Because OF the decision of the SUI
preme court in the Tobacco trust case
and the indications of an open market
in the iron and steel trade, conditions
have reached the unsettled stage in
the stock market and there has been
a decided slump. Maybe there is
reason in this situation for worry
among the stock brokers and specu-
Iators, but out here in the great west
the people just now are worrying about
getting enough hands to help gather
in their harvest OF golden grain which
will produce more new wealth in the
United States than any and all possible
activities in Wall street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-02
HUA0R or TIE Day

Sergeant Murphy drilling men of awk-
ward squad)-H OF knew which of We two
spalpeens was out av sthep, O'd run i'm
right into tn g'ardroom.-Judge.
Your father has money enough; why
We've tried to. but there's no public
job to which we are able to get him an
pointed Chicago Record-Herald.
Mrs. Murphy-Oi hear yer brother-in-
law, Pat Keegan. is pretty bad OFF. Mrs.
Mrs Murphy-As long as thotf Mrs.
Casey-Yis; he's had four different doctors
ana each one ay thin give him three
months to hve.-Puck.
And your husband gave $4,000 for that
old OLD. book? Yes" replied Mrs. Cumrox-
ture supp pM n NSu Gfoe show IOp ht soE
little we care for $4,000. "-washingto
Star.
why did you dismiss George, Gladys?
He's a good, steady fellow. doing well.
and would make you fine husband" 'I
know all that. but oh, Gwendolen, never
could be happy with man who pro-
nounces garage as though 1t rhymed with
Observation-Disclosures American.
are glad?" Delighted I will call and
bring you flowers every day until you
are able to be out again, have never
seen the inside of a hospital. Houston
Post.
Mrs. Naybor-You seem rather hoarse
this morning, dear. Mrs. Lushman-Well,
my husband came home rather late last
night-Boston Transcript
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desert me! Do you suppose I'd have
spoken II I hadn't known you were
Remley Peters?"
But Chandler was upon them. His
eyes wide, he lifted his hand to raise
his hat, and then foolishly remem-
bered that he was bare-headed, and
gave the lady he had been going to
marry in September a stiff, courteous
little bow. She laughed, as If Peters
had just been telling her something
very. very funny. He could have
shaken her; then she lifted her in
nocent blue eyes to his face.
'1t's-lovely of you. Mr.. Peters, to
insist on taking me home-I really
don't know what mother,d do to me
il she saw me coming home alone. and
it's really almost dark-dusk, anyhow
Don't you play2 You should If you
get enthusiastic enough. golf can take
the place of anything else in the world
to you! And then If you're man and
can smoke, nothing else matters.
reallyi 1t must be lovely to be a man,
and so Observation-Disclosures hurt wom-
en- It's foolish, of course" She was
chattering this utter drivel in quick.
rapid way that made Chandler give
her an odd side glance.
Peters was tired of being used like
this, wondering how he was to ex-
plain to Chandler, and all the rest,
when a new idea seized him. A few
other men and girls came up. Miss
Evers among them. A car had broken
down, and there was trouble on the
line. so the wait was still on.
Peters gradually drew the girl back
until they stood quite alone, and en-
gagged her in talk-he could be very
nonsensical. He could see Chambers
jealous wrath from the corner of his
eye, and rejoiced. Then. on the sly,
he beckoned Chandler, who in q mo-
ment stood beside them stifny.
herd is tired of me, and wants you
to see her home. I'm afraid she isn't
quite well-I found her crying on a
bench under the trees yonder because
she had made a foolish mistake
about something, and didn't want to
meet somebody she knew on the links
wonder if-you know anything about
Nan turned a furious but tear
blinded look upon him; she stamped
slightly.
"How I hate your friend. Remley
Peters!'s she said, but Chandler had
stepped up and had gently taken her
arm.
Peters walked off, knowing he would
dine alone. not caring that he was
being called beast. He hated nonsense
and he wouldn't have good old Chand-
Ter made miserable another minute for
any girls silly whim-he had seen him
she would decide to have him at all.
and then to let mere pride about
speaking first spoil things. He was
going to advise Chandler. once having
married her, to keep the upper hand.
Not that he would take advice.
At length the belated car appeared,
and all made rush to get on. Pau
| line Evers who had been busy flirting
with young Trent, suddenly caught
| sight of Jimmie Chandler putting Nan
Shepherd carefully into seat, and her
dark eyes grew big with their utter
establishment.
"Will you-look at the reconcilia-
ton P" she whispered to the girl next
her Her voice was little bitter
How some girls can get q man UNI
der their thumbs and then play fast
and loose with him, beats me! Well.
knew from the first that whatever
they quarreled about was a foolish
thing. It always is."-(Copyright,
1911, by Associated Literary Press)
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People who pretend to be rich have
a most unsatisfactory time of it.
y 4
1t is seemingly impossible for some
persons to get in step with the process
sion of life.
The man who boasts h, stops at
nothing is usually brought to a sud-
den halt sooner or later.
.lrt x 3
Telephones would be much more
convenient If so many people did not
insist on doing their visiting through
them.
There is no man who does not think
that something has happened in his
life of which he has right to be
proud.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-02
GLOBE SIGHTS.
from the Atchison Globe. ]

IFrom the Atchison Globe.
We all have spillway when 1t
comes to talking.
A boy doesn't really appreciate his
home until he has run away from it
a few times.
other men don't think you good
looking because they admire their own
type better.
Count MCGOWAN says he is going to
the cynic railway.
When a man says he wants your
conscientious opinion you probably
have better sense than to tell It.
There are exceptions to the rule,
generally accepted in country towns,
that all brokers get rich at it.
An old man devotes almost as much
attention to the thermometer as q
young man does to his steady girl.
Any man is willing to swat the fly
in the morning, but he is usually too
sleepy at that hour to take accurate
aim.
Some men can part their name in
the middle and get away with 1t, but
a good many more have tried It and
failed.
Don't hate to move SO badly that
YOU will put up with a neighborhood
row; this is pretty fair sized world,
after all.
There seems to be no exception to
the rule that the man who wants a
drink and has the price to pay for it,
gets it.
If citizens could be deported as
easiIv as aliens can, every town and a
few rural communities would lose
population.
Excepting for the disgrace that falls
upon innocent and worthy relatives,
a lot of people would be better off in
jail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-02
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.1
If half your schemes worked you
could quit working.
Most girls look upon marriage as a
lifelong honeymoon.
No woman enjoys suffering If she
has had to do 1t in silence.
But a man with a rosy nose seldom
has wife with rosy cheeks.
A man who is too proud to beg isn't
necessarily too honest to steal.
A woman feels her superiority when
a man refuses to argue with her.
It takes a real estate promoter to
make mountain out of molehill.
Fortunately for US and unfortunately
for the undertaken. we can die only,
once.
In trying to ape the manners of
others, many a fellow makes monkey
of himself.
A man finds it easy to marry
widow because she makes him believe
he wants to.
Where a man would manufacture
lie out of whole cloth a woman would
utilize the remnants.
1t takes two to make a quarrel, but
the quarrelsome person has seldom
any difficulty in finding the other one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-02

restitution for custom frauds practiced
by 1t. He, or his assistants, have also
been responsible for sending several
employees of the sugar trust to Jail for
being mixed up in falsely weighing
sugar at ports Of entry. So there can
be no intimation that the personal
fee received at one time by Mr. Wick
ersham from the sugar trust has preju-
diced him in its favor. or prevented his
proceeding against it when the occa-
sions have demanded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-02
KANSAS coAMENT

PRINT PAPER AND THE TARIFF.
Newspapers devote lots of space
and energy telling about the troubles
of others and how to remedy them, but
seldom get very enthusiastic about
their own. In fact the newspaper is
sadly neglected institution from the
standpoint of laws. No one ever heard
OF anyone lobbying for law that
would help the newspapers NO one
ever heard of anyone being fineo Tor
licking the editor" or ever passing
law to prevent the editor from getting
licked.
But for once the fates have been
appeased and the newspaper is Deing
reckoned with in the investigation or
the tariff regulations ,,t as sIIecIed 0s
Our friends, the manufacturers or
print paper-and the average daily
newspapers print paper bills would
make the ordinary mortalS pale from
fright-the good friends who are for
ever predicting a print paper famine
and urging "a big purchase while it's
cheap" when called before the con-
gressional investigating committee TO
tell about the effect the proposed tar
iff would have on the paper Industry,
raised a loud voice of lamentation and
threatened ruination of their business,
should they be thrown into open
competition with the Canadian out
put. They argue that IL the tariff is
removed from pulp-wood, pulp and
paper, as proposed. they would be un-
able to compete with the Canadian
manufacturers.
This is an old hue and cry, however.
What did further investigation show?
The cost of production by the best
equipped mills in this country Is plac-
ed at $3.50 per ton. while the low
cost in Canada, under similar condi-
lions, is $25.17. Not very much vari-
alton in these figures, to be sure. and
nothing to indicate the Americans
would be placed at q serious disad-
vantage in competing with the Cana
dams, especially when freight rates
are taken into consideration.-New
ton Kansan- Republican.
DETERIORATION.
Frank Chance, the great Chicago
baseball player, may have to quit the
game because of his physical condi-
ton, which alarms his friends Dur
ing his distinguished career on the
diamond Mr.. Chance has been hit on
the head by pitched balls forty-nine
times. The last time was about a
month ago. and since then he has
been unable to sleep, and has been
losing flesh, and IL threatened with
nervous prostration.
1t has often been said that the race
IL becoming effeminate, that it is
losing those rugged qualities which
distinguished the Spartans, and this
story seems to lend color to the
theory. If a professional ball player
can't have his head hit by pitched
balls fifty or hundred times, without
a demonstration of unmanly weak
ness, there is something wrong.
II you accept the theories of the
fans who attend ball games the heads
of most players are composed of bone
or leather, and such heads should be
almost ndestructible.-Emp Ca
zette. q
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Uncle Vim" Hill, the empire build
er Of the northwest, has ever been
noted for being forehanded. However
he seems to be going trihe beyond
the limit in this particular, in placing
q mortgage on. the Great Northern
railway company and its holdings to
the extent OF $60o,oOO,o 900. A little
over half of this huge sum is to be
used to refund outstanding obligations.
while the balance 1870. 100000 is to
be held available for development of
the railroad property during the next
R0 wears
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FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State journal
away from home during the summer
may have the paper mailed regularly
each dav 10 any address at the rate OF
ZEN cents a week or thirty cents q
month Cby mail only. Address
changed as often as desired. While
ont Of town the State Journal VIII be
20 you like a daily letter from home.
these short time subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-02

Champ Clark is evidently determin-
ed to keep his eye fixed firmly on that
Democratic presidential nomination.
He has refused to take part in the row
amongst the Democrats over the hand
ling of the wool schedule which has
been started by William Jennings
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-02

President Bush is an unique Mis-
souri Pacific ofncial compared with
those who have held the high places
with this company in the past
He believes in deeds as we'll as prom
ises and has ordered $4,000 tons of
steel rails to use on the lines Of this
company in Missouri and Kansas
Most of them are to be put down in
Kansas $3.50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-02

Coming as it does at the season
when the weather is hot. the an
nouncement that aged Peter Sharp. of
Pittsburg Kan, and his two aged
wives are figuring on going into vaude-
Vile and also writing q book. will
likely cause many of the long-suffering
public &c give UP the ghost.