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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19
PLANTING THE GARDEN.

1t is not always advantageous to
plant the garden as early as possible,
says Farm and Home Under certain
conditions Nature hastens the growth
of late planted seeds so that the diff
ference in time of their ripening will
not accord with the difference in plant
ings. This is particularly the case when
the season is late and rainy.
Plant for a succession of the diff
ferent vegetables. a garden in which
most of the planting is done at about
the same time will not give as good
elapses between the second, third or
fourth paintings of the same vege-
tables. Particularly is this true of
peas. Where a number of different va
rieties were tried the best results were
obtained from one or two varieties
planted in succession.
In sweet corn, however this was not
so apparent. 1t was found best to rely
on several varieties as we'll as success
sive paintings. If the season was back
ward or the paintings made unusually
early, sweet corn seemed to be very
slow in growth. On the other hand the
corn planted later would grow very
fast under favorable conditions and al
most catch up with the first plant
ings. To overcome this difficulty it was
found advisable to rely on the plant
ings of different varieties
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19
AYHAWKER JOT:S

The great trouble with some fellows.
says the Bucklin Banner, is that they
are looking for a job but not for
work.
If you want to be an easy mark
YOU will have plenty of assistance to
make good, points out the Leroy Re-
porter.
A dafydil from Mrs. Kelley of the
Toronto Republican: If you scare a
beetle can you scarabee? (Edythe, the
camphOri)
The most costly piece of paper in
the world, says the Norton Champion
is a menu, and it's literature the hard
est to digest.
The mind of a woman nowadays
can be accurately measured by the
width of her skirt, thinks Editor Mil
Ter of the Bucklin Banner.
This is credited by the Republican
to 1.-The Cub" Every time Nom goes
to the Woman's Suffrage club meeting
she bumps Dad for ) cents to pay her
dues with.
To the man with fair sized family
life is just one blamed pair of shoes
after another, insists Brother Kelley
of the Toronto Republican, whose
initials E. E. might properly stand for
Editor Extraordinary.
Among the nom de plumes used by
the rural correspondents of the Hill
City Reveille-New Era are the follow
ing: Sherlock Holmes, Harry Harrow,
Silver Heels, Blue Eyes, Brown Eyes,
Sunflower, Jim Crow and ST Corntas-
sci.
Fanatic the Pennington CORE
spondent of the Wilson County Citizen,
is a conservative all right when it
comes to making a crop prophecy.
Here's a sample: There will be few
peaches if nothing kills them from
now on
William Allen White said a few
months ago that the Taft men would
not elect a delegate west of the NIissis-
sippi river. Henry Allen said few
months ago that Taft couldn't carry
d township in Kansas. Attention is
called to these facts by the Howard
Courant and it adds: Some mighty
smart men say some terrible fool
things.
1t pays to advertise, insists the edi-
tor of the Hill City Reveille-New Era.
Last week we frankly informed our
readers that our raiment was fast be-
coming more than thread bare. Some
kind mother heart was touched and
by return mail we received a pair of
miniature overalls. They make us
think of the days when mother cut
papa's trousers down to our size. But
laying all joking aside we shall be
able to wear these vest pocket over
alIs, if a few more subscribers don't
donate something to eat. Thank you
kind friend.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATCHIsoN GLOBE.

Do your fly swatting early; also late.
Boosting never reaches the limit until
son writes home.
A farmer boys idea of distinction is TO
whip town boy.
If man won't fight until he IS cor
nered he is usually hard to corner
Nature should have arranged to have
straw berries grow as large as Ben Davis
apples.
Experience can't teach anyone anything
about love that he can make younSGr
lovers believe.
Occasionally one meets a man who re-
minds him that not all the mummies
come from Egypt.
A workingman's notion of idea.
country is one where wages 90 up faster
than the cost of living.
If laziness isn't a greater handicap -
your ambitions than the trusts, you are
apt to get along pretty well.
Now that sassafras tea has been dis
credited the old-fashioned method OF re-
moving warts are also under suspicion.
Our sense of humor is 50 blunted that
pIacarding the clothes and baggage OF a
newly married couple doesn't tickle It
greatly.
Doc Robinson says the great body OF
silent heroes are the married men. once
in a while. between hiccoughs, Doc SAYS
something worth while.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19
QUAKER fluctuations.
[From the Philadelphia Record.I

TFrom the Philadelphia Record
Few of our convicts are auctioneers,
yet every one has a forbidding counte-
nance.
Some persons are so accustomed to
looking for the worst that they are dis
appointed when it doesn't come.
Kind Lady-''Tm glad to hear you say
you've risked your life many times. You
wouldn't refuse a piece of pie, would
you?" Hobo-"No'm. 1 told you onct 1
Wus a brave man
Doctor-sWhat makes you think the boy
isn't normal?" Mother Everything. He
was Is years old last June and yet he
doesn't seem to think he knows more
than his father
He ponders long what he will wear and
thinks it's time to shave; he's careful
how he combs his hair and he's begun to
save; his face is bright and free of dirt
and thoughts are in whirl; his lazy
brain is now alert for Willie has girl.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago News I

IFrom the Chicago Newsl
The will of a widow may mean a we'd
ding.
Even a barber can't always judge a man
by his mug.
The open season for hunting flats will
be with us soon.
Most women would rather be gossiped
about than ignored
BY kicking yourself it is possible to get
back at your best friend.
Money makes the mare go in order to
avoid getting the horse laugh.
A sympathetic man usually sympathizes
with himself more than with others.
Pearls indicate tears-especiaIIy if your
better half has set her mind on diamonds.
The wise widow can see through a man
as easily as innocent girl can see
through a window pane.
The man who loves his neighbor as him
self is on the right track, but the neigh
Dor is likely to come under the wire first.
You may think your photographs doesn't
flatter you, but it's a safe bet that after
a stranger sees it he will be disappoinL-
ed with your face.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19
says UNCLE CAV

Thew who dance along the danger
line learn something about the high
cost of daIliance when they pay the
fiddler. They that f1irt with temptation
never come off heart whole AS moral
regulator, a habit of right doing is
worth all the resistance against evil
mustered by mankind from the begin
ming of time
No man builds an upright character
by daIIying with dishonesty. There may
be a twilight zone between right and
wrong, but those who preserve their
integrity do not enter it. When moral
issues are at stake, compromise is sur
render.
vice is a creature of such hideous
mien,
AS to be hated, need but to be seen;
But seen too oft, familiar with her face,
We first endure, then pity, then en-
brace"
Familiarity with evil undermines the
adherence which most of US feel for it
That adherence is our chief protection.
side of the particular temptation we are
facing does its work, and the result
is inevitable.
This law applies not only to morals,
but to business. The habit of taking
pains is perhaps the most valuable
asset to him who would succeed in the
workaday world. Also, it is the habit
which is most easily destroyed. A little
carelessness today may leave a prick of
the business conscience tonight. A lit
tie more carelessness tomorrow begins
TO take on the insidious attra ctioS1s of
the lazy way of doing things The next
day shiftlessness becomes the prevail
ing order, and our efficiency has retro
graded sadly.
Safety lies only in the rigid adherence
to good habits. There may be a fascin-
alton in tempting dangers, moral or
material, but the pleasure is dearly
paid for. Gain never equals loss, when
the odds are all in favor of the latter
They who dance must pay, and dancing
along the danger line is the most ex-
pensive of all amusenents.-(Copy ight,
1912, by w. E. Williams.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19
DAFFYDHS
BY U. NOALL-

They talk a good deal about the days
of julius Caesar but how about the
knights of Columbus?
(SayIl Can't you give our ball a little
write-up in the paper?)
When Teddy tossed his old brown
Kelly into the ring did it leave a presi-
dent?
CYepM You'll get that dollar back: if
not here, hereafter.)
When the summer comes does the
house-hy?
CAV, The only thing that guy ever
spent was the evening.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19
TROUBLE IN THE COW CAMP.

Sence that there movin' picture cuss
Camped with the Two-Bar some days
back
And got some sets of films of us,
Our load of trouble s hard to pack
Seems like 1 never seen a. crowd
Git orn' ry-minded SO blame quick;
They swell around a-talkin' loud,
And try to dodge the night-herd trick
They git up late and brush their clothes,
And strut around like actors do;
These pictures for the nickel shows
Has spoiled my hull darn roundup crew.
They was a quiet crowd before
That cam'ry Teller hit our camp.
But now they're all prepared to roar
At work that gifts their wool snaps
damp.
They keep their hair srcked-and they try
To look like actor folks. By jung,
You bet no movin' picture guy
VIII spoil my roundup hands next
spring.
Arthur Chapman. in the Denver Re-
publican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19
JOURNAL ENTRIES

More men would be heroes if they
only had the opportunity.
y x
No cause is so worthless as not to
nave number of ardent supporters.
X
Nor does the selfish man get much
real enjoyment out of the things he
has.
X X
Few are the men who do not be-
lieve that they would make excellent
detectives.
X x =
Too many people are free to offer
suggestions that they would not act
on themselves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19

Darwin was man of prophetic
vision, indeed. He visited South
America in 1S34-35. and a couple of
revolutions were then in progress. He
expressed the opinion that there
would be a continual state of revolu-
ton in the South American republics
for many years to come. And he sage
" remarked: "A republic cannot sue
ceed till it contains a certain body of
men imbued with the principles of
Justice and honor" This being equal
" true today, the future of Mexico
and other Latin-American republics
to the south are not very bright
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR.
[From the New York Press.1

[From the New York Pressl
A girls idea OF horrid name is one
she can't change before 80.
The reason man can always find time
to go see baseDaH game is he never
can a sick relation.
Not one man in a thousand knows
enough to run a business for himself, so
everybody wants to try it.
The way a woman judges the beauty
of her photograph IS how her truesu
friends don't think it looks like her
A woman doesn't want any better way
to judge another's character than the way
she doesn't judge hers right.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19

Governor Stubs has said that 30
per cent of the Republicans of Kansas
would have voted for the nomination
of Colonel Roosevelt if they had been
permitted to express their preference
at primary. \ presidential primary
was held at Washington City, Kan.
the other day. Mr. Roosevelt carried It
all right. The vote was 129 for Roose~
Welt and SO for Taft. This is about
as close to 95 per cent as are Cover
nor Stubbs' guesses about everything
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19

1t was pretty difficult, no doubt. for
many Topekans to realize it at first,
but it is a fact that the gas pressure
went down about supper time We'd
nesday night. And the weather was no
colder than chilly. He will be an ex-
ceedingly unwise Topekan who does
not begin his preparations soon to heat
his house next winter with something
else besides the great warm weather
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19

Mexicos rather impertinent resent
1nent of the United States note of warn
ing that the rights of Americans in
that land must be respected and pro-
rected is only some more evidence of
the peSee-like caliber of -1adero. The
United States has treated him and the
fiirnsy gov~-ament he has set up with
far more consideration and liberation
than they have deserved. N1adero seem.
bent on coming a cropper.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19
HUNOR or TIE Day

do you think equal suffrage is any
nearer than it was five years ago %
Yes, much nearer. l have just heard
of a man Of character and intellfgeuce
who has decided to become a can.df-
date for the legislature. "-Chics go
RecOrd-Herald.
al i me- SoposS sven, there's an
other lite'ry guy bought a farm b cls
here and gone to raising Chickens
He's got over thousand Of "a ~
Farmer Hardscrab bible - GOSH TTe
must be a good writer TO suppora 20
many hens as that!-Puck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19

CONGRESSMAN Rees has finally come
ont for the nomination of Mr.. Roose-
welt. saying that he gave us seven
years of splendid administration; in
GLIDING, presumably, the serious finan-
cial panic that happened during that
period and which was only halted by
the colonel acquiescing in the illegal
acquisition of this Tennessee Coal <
Iron company by the United states
Steel CORPORATION.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19

on all sides the predictions are be-
ing made that this is going to be j
banner year for the production of gar
den truck And one such season is sore
" needed right now if canned goods il
the vegetable line are to have their
prices revised downward and to rea-
sonab figures.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19

In their efforts to suppress as much
information as possible about the de-
tails of the wreck of the Titanic, the
officials of the White Star line are
working most effectively to increase the
appropriately of their boats with the
mn hlic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19

Governor HadIey of Missouri, is the
only one of the sacred seven, who is
coming anywhere near the advance
notices they gave to the colonel in re
spect to the way they would corral
the delegates of their own states for
him. And it must be said of Hadley
that he generally delivers the goods.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19

Notwithstanding the dire predictions
of the professional crop killers ana
one or two of their newspaper organs,
the farmers of Kansas are general:
optimistic about the excellent CroI
Drospects for this season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19

Big steamships. so fitted with water
tight compartments that it is impos-
sible for them to sink, appear to be
in the same class with the famous fire
proof buildings that viii not burn
except when they get a chance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19

Colonel Roosevelt is travelling to
Nebraska and Kansas on a special
train. Who is paying the freight for
the Roosevelt campaign? Presumably
that is an impertinent question which
is unworthy of being answered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19
FROM OTHER PENS
DIR. May WALKER


DR.. Mary Walkers peculiarities,
particularly her exaggerated individ-
ualism, have tended in her later years
to obscure the real brilliancy Of her
mind, and to cast into oblivion mem
by both Federal and Confed crate SOL
diers for her ministry to the sick and
wounded, and for the free use she
made of her skill as a surgeon and
physician. She was one of those he
roic women who went to the seat Of
war and did all in their power to rid
the battlefield of its horrors. and it
is a matter of regret that congress
never saw fit to reward her as she de-
served. DR.. Walker was one of the
first of women suffragists, and though
she finally broke away with that 9TH
er pioneer, Susan B. Anthony, and
was communicated by the New York
society, the fact remains that she did
an immense amount for equal suf-
frage.
It was because DR.. Walker insisted
upon wearing mems garb and made
known her peculiar ideas in season
and out of season, and sometimes
rather groteSquely, that she became
the butt of ill considered jokes and
was barred from honor and recogni-
ton which she deserved and which
her intellect and heart. if better or
dered, might have gained for her.
DR.. Walkers idiosyncrasies did one
thing, however, as they give her a
unique place in American life and in
American history as far as it has been
written.-Detroit Free Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19
KANSAS COMMENT
SPRING FEVER.

This is the time of year that so
many are attacked with that tired
feeling so common to most Of US in
spring time. While this is not usu-
ally a fatal disease, it is quite annoy
ing and with most of us it proves an
ailment quite hard to shake Off
1t isn't necessary to describe the
symptoms fully, you have all had II.
and will have it again this spring.
However, we will say in brief for
the benefit of young people who may
not have this spring fever in a
chronic form, you just feel like If II
were left to you either to work or die.
you most likely would choose death in
preference to work.
Having passed through several
sieges of this disease and being well
acquainted with its every symptom
we feel equal to the task of giving
advice concerning it.
Here it is. Don't take medicine,
but grab your hoe, rake spade or any
garden tool and go out and work in
the garden. Get the fresh air and
sunshine. You Will be astonished il
you hang on long enough to create
little moisture in the shape of sweat.
how soon you will reach the turning
point, and in a little while you won't
want to die. Just try it once.-Clay-
ton Nidette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19

easier. Presumably he has in mind
the short ballot, the initiative the
referendum, the recall and the recall
of judicial decisions; as he deVotes
most of his speechmaking to the ne
cessity for such laws in order that the
people may rule. All of these matters
must be decided by each state for IL
self. They are state questions pure
and simple. How could Colonel Roose-
welt, as president of the United States
help to pass these laws in any state?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19

I'D buy car if it weren't for one
thing" What is that?" Having to
look out for the other fellow But
if you have a car, the other fellow
would have to look out for you, also
Gee! I never thought of that I'll
buy one."-Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19

If the Kaws had not gone south for
some spring training they would not
have been able to have obtained much
at home before the opening of the
season
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19

he ever refuse the help of these political
bosses when they were assisting him
on his way
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19

Colonel Roosevelt is promising the
people to help pass laws to make life
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19

A correspondent asks us whether
the constitution limits the power of
the president with force and effect to
day. We obey the proclamation of
the president and observe the Glorious
Fourth as a holiday but he has legal
authority to enforce his command
only in the territories. If a citizen of
one of the sovereign states were
brought into the federal courts for
contempt of the presidents proclama-
ton he could plead his constitutional
rights and the court must order the
charge dismissed-this furnishes an il
lustration. Any effort OF the president
to punish citizen of any state for
contempt of his proclamation would
be tyranny-it would be an assump-
ton of illegal power; such an illustra-
ton of the limitation of his author
ity was furnished in the attempt OF
Roosevelt to punish newspapers for
reason.-Florida Times-Union.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19
THE FARM MOTOR.


Inspiration comes not because We
do right but because others do wrong.
Formerly the farmer plowed, plant
ed and reaped as his fathers had done,
and the world was fed because the
land was rich and the people few. He
depended upon the seasons and the
labor of the olive" His idea of effl-
cheney was to know all about a machine
except what it was for.
Now the land is worn. the people are
many and life is strenuous; even the
planet we live on is making two mo-
tons at once, and the spur of neces-
sity compelled that inspiration whIcf
evolved the modern farm motor.
In its varied forms the motor does
his work, reduces his expenses, speeds
him on business or pleasure and raises
the tone of life. With it the farmer
is efficient and uses brain as well as
hand. 1t trains the man.
That man is best educated who Is
most USEFUL. D. G. in the Kansas
Farmer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-19

So too, at Philadelphia, two years
later it was the same Tom Platt and
the political bosses who brought about
the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt
for the vice presidency. This wasn't
done by the bosses for the purposes of
honoring Mr.. Roosevelt. Eighteen
months of him as a Republican COVER
nor of New York had been more thar
even Mr. Platt had bargained for sc
he obtained the services of his friends
in the Republican party to nominate
the colonel for the vice presidency for
the purpose of putting a quietus on his
political aspirations and ambitions.
And had Roosevelt not been nominated
by the bosses for the vice presidency
the. chances are 100 to 1 that he would
never have become president of the
nation, firstly by accident and second
~ bv election.
1t was the bosses in the Republican
party who acquiesced in the nomination
of Colonel Roosevelt for the presidency
after he had served almost the whole
of the term for which the late-lamente6
Mckinley had been elected. He ac-
copied a presidential nomination at
their hands willingly and gladly More
recently it was the bosses that MI
Roosevelt used so successfully to die
tate the nomination of President Taft
Theodore Roosevelt's entire political
success was begun and carried on, unit
now. by the political bosses and the
party machinery that he at preseni
holds in such high disfavor. Nor did
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