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

Most girls of 20 are older than boys
of the same age, says the Washington
RepubliCan-Regis We know girls
of 20 who were born in 1888.
There is one consolation, says the
Englewood Leader-Tribune You don't
need to pronounce the Mexican names
if you don't wish to, just spell them.
A Washington county farmer, re-
ports the Washington Republican-Reg-
lister, went to Kansas City a few weeks
ago and got so lonesome that when he
saw a car marked ITO the Barn." he
took it.
This, says the Nortonyi.le News, is
what o. w. Babcock calls a good story:
A negro had been discovered stealing
chickens and the owner took a shot
at the intruder, who fed with great
speed. did you hear the bullet,
Sambo? ?" was asked of the negro. "Yas
sab, boss" said Sambo. IT sure did.
done heered it twice. The first time
was when de bullet went by me and de
second time was when 1 went by de
bullet"
Two viewpoints from farmers on au-
tomobiles as reported by the Marshall
County News: Speaking OF automobiles
one farmer says they are fine thing
on farm. If you want to go to town
in a hurry you can go. and not have to
take all day or not have to use your
farm horses. Another farmer says
they are nuisance on a farm. When
the weather is good you are riding
around all the time and doing no farm
work When the weather is bad you
can't ride and can't do any work on
the farm.
What about this wolf scalp business?
asks the Marion Record. There Is a
suspicion that some people in the
county are protecting the old coyotes
in order to keep getting the reward
money for the young ones. One man
made the statement some time ago in
the presence of the Commissioners that
of course he didn't kill the old ones
that the bounty received for the scalps
of the young had been paying the
taxes on his farm for a number of
years. And what do you know about
that? Ought a fellow who is doing
that sort of thing be paid for wolf
scalps? Is he not plainly violating the
spirit of the law? Since April goth the
county clerk has received IA wolf
scalps and it costs the county about
two hundred dollars year to pay the
wolf bounty. Isn't it little strange
that although the county becomes
more thickiy settled the number OF
coyotes apparently doesn't decrease
Is it possible that the remark of the
man quoted above sheds any light on
the way of this business?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-06
HURRAH FOR THE KAws.

Nearly evey baseball fan in the city
must be convinced by this time that in
the Kaws they have a team worth
while Those games with the Sioux
City team on Saturday and Sunday
were all that was needed to demon
strate this fact conclusively. The Sat
urday game was nothing much in the
way of an exhibition of first-class base
pan. But 1t showed the mettle of the
Topeka aggregation. They don't know
what the word quit means. With the
score IL to against them in the third
inning, the Kaws kept pegging away.
They did not become listless and take
defeat as foregone conclusion. They
Kept right on their toes, tied the score
In the ninth inning and won out in the
tenth. And in the Sunday game, they
started in on the last half of the ninth
inning with a to score staring them
IN the face and the opposing pitcher
going strong. The first man up was
an easy out. But the Kaws never
thought of it. They went at the ball
hammer and tongs and when the dust
had settled they had two runs and the
game to their credit
ability will win a lot of games if they
win kept right on playing the best they
know how until the third and last out
has been called. That kind of playing
has won more than a few pennants in
Il e major leagues and in all other
leagues. It's a kind that is difficult to
beat Nor is there evidence that the
Topeka team is of mediocre ability. 1t
seems to be there with the goods in
each particular department of the
game. Being a bunch of players from
all over the country, strangers to eacn
other and their methods of playing, it
took some time for the Kaws to get to-
gether and show their stride. But they
nave finally struck. 1t and are stepping
along in handsome fashion.
And all this being the case, the Kaws
are entitled to the heartiest and most
generous kind of support from the
lovers Of the national game in the city
and its vicinity. They have been get
ting this support 1t should be con-
tinued and enlarged. Topeka is now
left alone to uphold the honor of kan
sas in the Western league. The Kaws
seems to be capable of doing it. All
possible encouragement will help them
on their way. There is no better adver-
tlsement for any town than a winning
paIl team which is we'll patronized.
The Topeka attendance compares more
than favorably with the best through
out the entire league. It's the. duty of
Topekans to keep it so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-06

mometer goes up and keeps on going
in that direction. In these cities
heat prostrations and deaths caused
directly by the heat have been many.
But among the more numerous indi-
rect causes for most Of these deaths
is a pressing poverty. The victims
had been living for months, perhaps
years, just on the border line of star
walton. A sudden wave of severe heat
wracks their feeble frames to pieces.
Acute cold weather levies a similar
toll in the big cities where the pow
erty of the many is in sorry contrast
to the riches of a few.
Out here-out here in Kansas. 1t Is
different. Real poverty, the stom-
ach-biting kind is almost unknown.
There is work for all who will. Each
man, every woman. and the little
children have enough to eat. They
have decent places to sleep. They
are strong in body. They feel the
hot weather, to be sure. 1t makes
them uncomfortable. But there is no
falling by the way. Every man is
able to do his days work even if the
temperature is around one hundred
degrees Fahrenheit.
There are reasons a-plenty for re-
joicing over life in Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-06
THE CRoss-RoADs sroRE-

Crossroads country stores, in these
days of motoring parties and endur-
ance runs, are popular Llaces-if the
storekeepers only knew ii, writes H. D
5. in the Kansas Industrialist. A car
nlIed with hungry and thirsty motor
ISIS, spinning along a dusty country
road at noon. rounds a corner and
almost passes through village before
the driver can throw on the brakes.
General Store" in big letters over
Ia little frame building, suggests a
haven to the tired tourists where all
wants may be satisfied. So into the
shop the city folk go with visions of a
good lunch and a cool, refreshing
drink of something-it didn't make
much difference what.
How lucky" they say to one an
other, Ito find this place just at noon. !"
But the congratulating was done ont
SIDE the store" Inside all was hit
ter, keen, dry, hungry disappointment
That part of the room not given
over to the postoffice and huge heat
ing stove surrounded by half-dozen
chalrs and empty goods boxes-un
doubtediy, the tariff had suffered here
the previous winter-was occupied NV
counter of overa;ls, a few shelves of
calico, and a collection of alleged
groceries.
But the point is this: There wasn't
single. solitary thing in that store
that would make a lunch for those
tourists. Not even a chunk of bologna.
though he had had some of that the
Gay before the neutrality-suspicious.
ter-justice of the peace said. bv wav
of consolation
Why don't cross roads country
storekeepers have something to eat in
their shops-something for the stranp-
ers VINO come down the road .
wouldn't it be possible to move the
prune barrel and binding Irvine down
tar enough to make room Cor a small
glass case in which some good food
could be kept away from flies and
aust? travelling public would cheer
tulIy pay hard cash for such goods.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-06

went into hiding. Must have known
she was a trespasser and a thief, and
yet how she stood up tic mel Wasn't
that an awful bluff, old man? Well,
Well! There are a few things to be
found out before we settle down.
Mr.. Tikins was only a day or two
finding out what he wanted to know,
and then he appeared at the Shelf
fields, not as a caller, but as a bearer
of burdens. He had three rose bushes.
They were. as he explained to Miss
May, partial repayments for calling
her cat, coon, and q rabbit. If she
still felt aggrieved she might send
father and brother over ard dig up all
but a single bush. He had exclain ed
thunder at the sudden sight of her,
but there were lilies and tulips and
pinks at 'Roseland, and would she take
them and forget the word?
Miss Mays chin came down by de-
grees, but 1t came down.
One evening in the late fall the dog
Carlo wasn't so very much astonished
to hear his master say, after coming
home at a late hour:
fWell, my old friend, We'll be going
back to town for the winter soon, but
next spring Roselands will sure have
a mistress. 1t was you that discovered
her, and 1 want to tell You low much
obliged 1 am. Heighoi How she did
stand there and bluff!'-(Copyrigh
1911, by Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-06
Wav of Arr WAS Hard

Warner D. Miller, 20 years old, whose
home is in Geneva, ILL.,, returned from
Europe aboard the steamer Kronprinz
Wilhelm broken in health and a wiser
though sadder man than he was when
he ran away from home a year ago in
order to reach Paris to study art and
and music.
Mfller's people would not consent to
his going abroad to study and told him
to stay in his own country But clerical
work did not suit him, so with $50 to
pay steamship transportation he left
home and started to freight it to New
York, with his violin under his arm.
He was arrested at Harrisburg, and
to escape Jail he paid fine that swal-
lowed up the best part of his slender
capital. By the time he reached New
York he had but $12 left and he shipped
as a cattleman.
The transport ran aground on the
Settles and a shipwreck was provided
as another adventure of MiIler's trip.
he lived in hut for three days and
was then sent to London. From there
he went to Brussels.
Miller made up his mind to tramp
to Paris, a distance of 200 miles. He
made his way by playing on his violin.
He fell i'll long before he reached the
frontier, and when he recovered his
health he was not strong enough to
walk the remaining distance.
He sold his violin to pay his fare,
and at Paris he appealed to the Amer
lean consul for aid. A message was
sent to his father, who cabled funds
and permission to young Miller to stay
and pursue his studies.-New York
American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-06
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
[From the Philadelphia Record

LF'rom the Philadelphia Record.1
Heat expands even a hot temper.
An opportunity seldom comes back
for a second trial.
Most of us have repair shops for
our broken promises.
The first baby might be referred to
as an heir of authority.
A fellow is apt to give a lame ex-
cuse when he has his leg pulled.
The happiest people in the world are
those who are easiest fiattered.
In running race even the fellow
who comes out ahead comes out a-foot.
A mans vocabulary is generally
larger than woman's, but woman's
is more persistent.
SiIlicus-"Bjones says his wife is an
angel" Cynicus-''Why, never knew
Bjones was a widower."
"a good thing will always bear re-
peating," quoted the Wise Guy. How
about a vote? queried the Simple
Mug.
He-"No woman has ever made a
fool of me-" She-"How considerable of
you to have saved some woman that
trouble"
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Pope's Grotto.

Pope's villa at Twickenham, which
is now to let, was the scene of the
happiest years in the poets life. Pope
was at least as vain of his prowess as
an artificial gardener as he was of his
poetry.
He spent years in the elaboration
of his grotto. "I am as busy in
three inches of garden he wrote to
Lord Stafford in 1725, 'as any man
can be in threescore acres. 1 fancy
myself like the fellow that spent his
life in cutting the twelve apostles on
one cherry stone. I have theater,
an arcade. bowling green. and
what not, in a bit of ground that
would have been but a plate of sallet
to Nebuchadnezzar the first day he
was turned to grass
The grotto is the subject of one Of
the most typically grandiloquent pass
ages in the writings of Samuel john
son, who remarks that the poet, be
ing under the necessity of making a
Subterranean passage to a garden on
the other side of the road adorned it
with fossil bodies and dignified it
with the title of a grotto; a place of
silence and retreat from which he en-
deavored to persuade his friends and
himself that cares and passions could
be excluded. A grotto is not often
the wish or pleasure of an English
man, who has more frequent need to
solicit than exclude the sun, but Pope's
excavation was requisite as an en-
trance to his garden; and as some men
try to be proud of their defects he
extracted an ornament from an incon-
venience and vanity produced a grot-
to, where necessity enforced a pas
sage"
The grotto must have had strong
claims upon its owners regard, for it
was a shrine of friendship. Almost
all the decorations were contributed
by friends and admirers. The Ouch
ess of Cleveland presented clumps of
amethyst and pieces of spar; DR..
Borlase, the Cornish antiquary, sent
native diamonds and ores; Lyttleton
procured red spar from lead mines;
Spence gave pieces of lava especially
brought from Mount Vesuvius, and
fragments of marble from the grotto
of Egeria: Gilbert West sent petrifac-
tions; Sir Hans Sloane, some fine frag-
ments of basalt from the Giants
Causeway, while less famous friends
contributed verde antique from Egypt,
gold ore from Peruvian mines, pebbles
from Brazil, coral, humming birds,
and exotic flowers and shrubs.-Lon-
don Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-06
English Memorial to PILGRIMS

Southampton is in dead earnest over
her projected memorial to the Pilgrim
Fathers. For not only did the May
flower set sail from the old west quay
where the memorial is destined to
stand, but one of the noblest of the
Mayf1ower voyagers was a citizen of
her own, John Alden. who outlived all
the other emigrants in their new home
across the Atlantic. Alden joined the
Pilgrim band by the accident of his
engagement as a cooper to assist in
the packing of the cargo. He was
strong and capable, as events proved.
and readily accepted the invitation to
try his fortune in New England. Aid
en- finds a place as a heroic figure in
Longfellow's MILES Standish But
we should like to see him in South
ampton as welL-Londor Chronicle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-06
GLOBE SIGHTS.
1From the Atchison GLOBE. }

If a shoe fits it is too small.
If YOU are wrong will you admit it :?
Not many Will.
An Atchison man says he is too am
bilious to be happy.
Calomel isn't as good remedy as
careful selection of food.
There are always rounds missing
from the ladder of success
There are several varieties OF cour-
age, and no man has them all.
There are still a few men who be-
ueve their friends keep their secrets.
One of the greatest charities Is to
provide work for those who deserve
Don't neglect to swat few other
nuisances, along with the pesky house
fly.
he comes home to sober up few
What does a man mean by working
so much he never has time to spend
his money?
AS a general rule, when girl has
beautiful hands, it isn't any sign tna1
her mother has.
A man who will let card game
interfere with his meals, should do
something for his appetite.
Three biggest liars In Atchison. The
thermometer at the bridge is one, and
"they say is the other two.
You may have observed that. when
school is out, lot Of girls go visiting,
and most of the boys go to work.
Only a few reforms deserve more
boosting than they get, among which
may be mentioned the toothbrush.
Men are stronger for ceremony than
women. Can you imagine a woman
wearing a coat and vest this weather?
A soldier, who never has to worry
about losing his job, is usually rather
anxious for such fate to overtake
him.
If we ever succumb to !apoplexy it
isn't going to be brought on by ex-
element originating in an interna-
tional polo match.
A controversy over line fence
seems as important to the parties en-
gagged in it as a dispute over an inter
national boundary.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.J

lf TOIn the CnlcdBO NeWS-J
Sensible people always agree with us.
Sophistry is the poorest kind of hat
for an honest head.
Courtship is the wine of life; marriage
is the morning after.
He's a poor expressman who is I'M
able to deliver the goods.
It takes a lot of hard rubbing to make
the average man bright.
A man seldom makes a strenuous ef-
fort to keep out of the limelight.
If you are looking for variety Won
might have a look at vaudeville
Exaggeration is said to be a feminine
failing-except in the matter of age.
Most people will gladly do you a ia
vor in exchange for a mortgage on
your life.
There are bathing costumes of many
colors, but the favorite shade of the
small boy is tan.
When a widow makes up her mind TO
marry a struggling young man his
struggles are useless.
Don't you believe that all things
come to those who wait. The best
things are captured by the hustlers
who go after them.
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

When a man loans his razor will
ingly, that's a sign it's pretty dull.
Once in a great while a fish story is
related that has the earmarl<s of be-
ing reasonable.
4 X
Politeness pas, but just the same
it's mighty difficult to be polite under
all circumstances.
Some men, not satisfied with their
weekly wage, lose most of it gambling
on Saturday night and Sunday.
-
When a family goes away on va
cation not much space in the trunks is
either given to or needed for fathers
raiment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-06
EYES.

EYES.
Thine eyes are windows, sweet,
Wherein look
AS into crystal depths
OF some still brook.
There playing sunbeams dance
And make so free,
I think some elfish Miss
Is hooking me.
Sometimes the shadows throng-
Ali then you frown;
And clouds see that hint
OF tears far down.
But best that vision is
When divine
A bit of love for me
Within them Shinel
Arthur Wallace Peach, in the Boston
Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-06
GRIN AND BEAR TT

sure It's hot. So don't ask anv
,riehe' IN an attempt to be jocose. #
ne mas any difficulty keeping warm
may cause him to pull a gun and
senu you to place that is warmer
ana there is no sense jumping out of
IRVING pan into fire. Just sizzIe
ana bear it. Take consolation in the
thought that even hot waves pass on
tnei1 way. Call to mind the theory
mat nature maintains a balance in
most things. and therefore, if the in
tehsely hot weather that comes along
every summer has made a premature
appearance, it is not likely to come
again with such intensity. Indeed.
the goose-bone weather prophets are
predicting that July and August. es-
pecially August, will be much the same
as they were four years ago when
weather of the mountafn-resort variety
prevailed here.
But there is no installing the fact
that it has been terrificalIy hot so far
this June, hotter than any June
since the wise men of the weather
bureau have been keeping records.
They say it is going to continue and
be warm. And likely this prediction
will prove them to be the true pro-
rhets they are. They are always pre-
dieting cold weather for the winter
time and warm weather for the sum-
mer. And that shows their great dis
cernment. Still there is satisfaction in
knowing that the weather has been
warmer in other sections of the coun-
try. 1t has caused much distress
and suffering in the larger cities, es-
pecially those situated near large
bodies Of water where the humidity is
frightfully oppressive when the Their
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-06
HUNOR or THE DAY

" have come to the conclusion that we
| all really like to be bossed," observed
the Wise Guy Il suppose that is why
men nave wives and wives have cooks"
add the Simple Mug.-Philadelphia Rec
| ord.
ITS a hard world" said the aviator
who felt that he was not appreciated.
Yes, replied the colleague. "The world
would be much easier for our business IL
| it could have been made of rubber and
Hercules had finished his twelfth labor.
''That's the lastp' he exclaimed at posi-
lively refuse to do another one!" Thus
we see that even Hercules was not free
from the 49, observation-disclosures
Tribune.
PA. what does 1t mean when you say
man was grossly insulted?" well" re-
piled the father, "a man is grossly insult
ed when the opposing pitcher passes two
men In order to get a chance at him.
Detroit Free Press.
Wife (at breakfast)-I want to do some
shopping today, dear, If the weather is
Husband-Rain, hail, thunder, thunder
and hghtning-Boston Transcript.
''Take it from me. old chap" urged the
seller. II you once live in the suburbs
you'll never live anywhere else" Il be-
lieve you, old top" replied the almost
Duyer. = never be able to sell the
houser'-C1eveland Leader.
Remember, Henry" said the hunter
who had arranged with the guide, we're
not hiring you-youre simply one of our
party What's on your mind?'' inquired
the guide. We'll, you see, in case any
thing happens we don't want to be trou-
blesd with this new employers liability
law" admitted the cautious hunter
Puck.
Hicks-Did you ever see anyone so I'M
compromisingly English as Perkins?
Wicks-No, and never saw anyone with
any pretension to style make such ride
ulous breach of good form as he did yes
terday. He appeared in full dress at 2
o'clock in the afternoon. Hicks-That's
all right from his standpoint. 1t was af-
ter 6, London time. you know.-Catholic
Standard and Times.
Captain Cook has discovered the Sand
witch Islands. 81 want you to understand
distinctly, though" he said to the natives,
that I'm not the DOCTOR" On the oc-
casion of a subsequent visit there, how
ever, the natives. having hard from
Copenhagen in the meantime, gave him
the disadvantage of the doubt and smash
ed him.-Chicago Tribune.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
TFrom the New york Press

From the New York Press.1
A man thinks his success is a feat.
his failure an accident.
The way to win big profits at specu-
lating is not to do any of 1t.
The devil was so smart to begin with
he never had to go to school.
There are two choices of what to do
with your money-one is to waste 1t
and the other to lose it.
A man tells q secret just the way a
woman does. only he can't fib as hard
about how he didn't.
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The business men of the city will be
at considerable expense to entertain
the Kansas merchants who will be here
this week. But most of them have
flags and bunting on hand which have
been used in the past for decorating
their building, and it won't cost them
much in the way Of time and labor to
put these decorations in place. They
should make an effort to do so. An
especially dressed up city is the thing
for a festive occasion and it makes a
fine impression.
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Most arguments are generally recog-
nized to be futile. but in the arenas of
the major baseball leagues they also
seem to be expensive. P-exy Lynch is
lavish with the fines he imposes on
players and managers for INDUCING in
them with those royal naDobs, the UNI
r1iras