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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-16

The dogs were baying up q larch
tree. and looking up, ] saw, not the
lynx 1 had expected. but an old ne
cougar sitting on "bole" some forty
feet from the ground, snaring down
at his tormentors- There was no
time to return for the rifle / turned
both loads of shot into the animal s
face. trusting to stun him SO that the
dogs could finish the job he came
t1mbIing out of the tree. struck the
ground and the dogs rushed at him.
For a few seconds there was con-
fused haze of yellow cat and black and
tan dogs all mixed in Whlrllng'
snarling fighting heap
The cougar was not badly injured
and soon began to work devastation
in the Mood dog kennel The gentle
man from Pittsburg danced about in
excitement, encouraging the dogs.
while l. scarcely less excited, tried to
load my gun. The pressure soon be-
came too strong and my friend seized
a stout tamarack club and sailed in
to help out the dogs. Choosing an OPP
nortunity, he struck the cougar a blow
with the club, the club broke, and he
pitched headlong into the arms OF
that Infatuated beast The conse-
ouences might have terminated seri-
ouslv had not the accident distracted
the cougar for an instant, giving the
cid boss dog chance to get hold of
his throat. The gentleman from Pitts
burg retired from the conflict. minus
about half his clothes and decorated
with several deep cuts as mem entoes
Of his courage.-Dr. Charles S. MOODY
IN the February Outing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-16
THE COST OF LIVING.

Word comes from Washington that
the department of justice is going to
make a searching inquiry into the
causes for the high cost of living. Sug-
gestions have been made of late that
this IS a matter which should be in
vestigat d by an international commits
sion, because it is a condition of af-
fairs common to most Of the nations
on earth. And such investigat ions
might be exceedingly helpful. In this
country it may be that an unreason-
ably high protective tariff has
helped to increase the cost of liv-
ing. It may be that many of the large
combinations of capital, more famil-
iarly known as trusts, have played
their part to boost the bills of the
common people. There may be a va
riety of other causes that have done
their part to swell the aggregate And
it may be possible that the power Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-16

er. So, well-the gold is in that satch-
ell, and back yonder in the pass there
band of train robbers wondering VINO
gave the wrong tip that the Deerfoot
money was to go through on this train
DO you see now? 1t rested safely right
here under your blessed feet
But tainted want a bit brave,
protested Jess.
And made doubly sure thereby,
he laughed. If you'd tried TO put up
a joke on them you couldn't have won
out better. oh. you can't escape it.
you're the heroine of the holdup. May
ride over and tell Tom myself
soon %
The train was pulling around the
last mountain curve into Eagle View
He helped to slip her long cloak about
her and fold the dark furs close about
her throat. Then he reached down for
the satchel and her suitcase.
4 think he will meet me-" said Jess,
demurely, But you may come, all the
same--soon. ''-( Copyright. 1912. by
Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-16
DIR. sun VAT SEN.

His sun has set as president OF the
new republic Of China, but only to re-
rise again with greater effulgency and
show him to be one of the real pa
triots of all time. Disinterested pub
lie service is rare. But the spectacles
of it like unto that exhibited by Dr.
sun are so few and far between in
the history of the world that they are
not readily recalled.
This Chinaman, a heather. if you
please. or a near descendant of one,
was the brains that engineered the
epoch making revolution in China.
Even when he was a fugitive in strange
lands from the wrath of the Manchus.
he was working early and late during
the past few years raising funds for
the cause among his expatriated fell
low-countrymen, and counseling his
friends at home in their plans for the
overthrow Of monarchy that had
long since outlived its usefulness. The
first blow he struck for the freedom of
China from worse than a tyrant's rule
was unsuccessful. He aimed his sec
ond blow when the time was ripe. The
Manchu dynasty began to totter. Nat
urally DR.. Sun was called to the presi-
dency of the provisional republic. He
took up the burdens and continued
the crusade for liberty until the Man
chus could hold out no longer. They
decided to abdicate with their six
year-old ruler. whom they called their
''son of heaven"
OF course there was considerable
opposition to the elevation of DR.. Sun
to the presidency on the part of many
of the revolutionary chiefs who were
fighting for the same cause. That's
the case in every fracas of this sort
It seemed to threaten the stability of
the new republic. This republic be-
came fact only the other day through
the actual abdication of the .Manchus
from the positions of power that they
had held for centuries.
Then DR.. sun shone in his true pro-
portions. Rather than see the re-
public Of China, the child Of his
dreams, the accomplishment Of his
tireless and efficient labors. wrecked at
its beginning on the shores of a dis
content engendered by those opposed
to him, he resigned the presidency 1T
was eminently fitting that the new ma
tional assembly of China should accept
the resignation with a resolution word
ed: 'Such an example of the purity
of purpose and self-sacrihce is un-
para1leled in history
Great is DR. Sun
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-16
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
[From the Philadelphia Record

TFrom the Philadelphia Record-1
Even the aviator may indulge in low
language.
Mighty few of US stub our toes kicking
ourselves.
Wrinkles might be explained as being
Natures network
Even the man who is in the stationery
business may have to move.
By the time we get most of the things
we want the novelty has worn off.
About the only time some fellows are
not tight chested is when they are tight.
Some people tell the truth to shame the
devil and oilers just to make trouble
The prize fighter at least never
climb the ladder of fame unless he begins
at the first round
some people believe in making light of
their troubles, while others believe in
keeping them dark.
Blobbs-'sThat fellow Bjones IS as stub
born as mule Slobbs-'.Then [
wouldn't talk about him behind mis-
back
Sillicus-"W would you rather lose,
y-ur money or your friends?" Cynicus-
what difference does it make? You
can't lose one and keep the other"
"A woman's curiosity will always get
the better of her. quoted the Wise Guy.
Il once knew one who returned a fellow
letters unopened" replied the Simple
Mug
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-16
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

lFrom the Chicago News.1
Query-Is quail the favorite dish OF
towards?
It's easier to buy experience than II N
to sell it.
When woman hasn't anything else TO
do she can worry.
Professional politics seems to be the
great American game.
There is a reason for everythfnr-er-
cept for Woman's reason.
1t IS easier to bump up against the la
than It is to back away from IT,
If a man does TIE best he can there
isn't much room for Improvement
II a woman's husband IS jealous of her
she doesn't have to be Jealous OF him
When woman begins 10 talk he is a FAR
sighted man who can see her finish.
It's up to the wise bachelor to hike for
the tall timber when a leap year sur
fragette shows up.
The average man doesn't care to have
his face on bank notes. All he wants In
an opportunity to get his hands on them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-16
SAYS UNCLE CAV

I agree with a crusty old business
man VINO said the other day. This
burned world is too full Of cluttered
desk men,
"Cluttered desk mem" I queried.
Eyes. Fellows who get their desks
all cluttered up with unfinished odds
and ends and never get anywhere
If the world values anything higher
than it does pure courage, the palm
goes to the habit of finishing up one
thing before you tackle another 1t
was said of one of the best industrial
organizers of the past generation that
he had no need of other desk than a
plain draWerlesS table, and that there
was never anything on that tai bic ex-
cept the papers that happened to be
demanding his attention at that time
When they passed from his hands he
was done with them until such time
as he would call upon his secretary to
dig them from the vaults where they
were k pit in accordance with a simple
catalogue system
Il use the table merely to have
something to talk across, he said one
day. 81 have no need of a desk be-
ed. If 7 did, I'd never be able to at
tend to half of my business
Many a mans feet have tripped in
the litter of his own desk. He who
allows mass of incompleted work
to accumulate. at last wallows help
Iessslv in the ruck of his own neglect
The habit of decision. linked with
the habit of precision, is the better
half of the gift of handling detail
The rest of it is the habit of dispos-
ing Of what you have on hand before
undertaking another task. The ordi-
nary mind cannot busy itself with
more than one thing at a time Most
of the stories of men who can dictate
several letters at once are absurd in
ventions Human minds usually fol-
low the path Of least resistance. and
the easier and better way OF dispos
ing of a multitude of details is to
take them one at a time, without in
decision. rapidly, accurately, and thus
finally to dispose of them This
spells supreme efficiency. and it's
work habit that can be cultivated
with surprising ease
Remember. the world is too
burned full of cluttered desk men,
but it has never yet found enough of
the kind that needs desks ito tax
across - Copyright, 1912, by w. E.
WilliamS.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-16

a dispatch from Berlin to the Jour
nal of Commerce says that the recep-
ton of the German imperial and
Prussian loans, aggregating S125.OOO.-
600, has been a bitter disappointment
to the governments. The loans were
oversubscribed, but there was an un-
dercurrent of hesitancy that was very
unsatisfa Glory. only between $4,000
600 and 100000 was taken in this
country.
Uncertainty in International politics
in Europe and the gains of the So
cialists in the last German elections
are given as the causes for the cool
reception of these loans. In respect
to the influence OF international poll
tics. it will be generally appreciated
that the German government itself is
more to blame for this situation than
any other European government.
International politics was very quiet
until Germany last year interfered in
the Moroccan matter, Just as Il inter-
fered several years ago. Delcasse.
who was foreign minister at that time.
was forced out or the French cabi-
net, because of the fear that his at
titude would lead to war with Ger
many Delcasse is now back. When
Germany tried TO play the same game
last year it was soon evident that
Germany had made q mistake.-Buf-
falo Express.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-16
HUNOR or THE DAY

DO you think eloquence IS as much IN
request as ii used to be?" Mo- RENTED
Senator Sorghum Nowadays prizes re-
given for aviation and not for fIf-hf- -
oratory.' Washington Star.
He-They say men of brains live long
She-Well, hope for the best Yot r1.,-
prove one Of the excepuons.-Baltimore
American.
The Storekeeper-Si can't play cheolsor,
much. can he2 The Village Chaupfon
HUH Play checkersi 81 can't even rnaixa
a Uvin'--Puck-
Easy--Actress-In this new plax 7 ~,
supposed to die of a broken heart -.
how am to know how a person 1,,ith
a broken heart behaves? Manager ~ ~,
tell you what to do. Study the artho~ ~ ~
the play after he sees your first rebearssyi ~
Boston Transcript 71i'
How are your political prospect. co..
ing?" Il can't say" replied Sen,t.-
SorghrzCs you see, / am in the hsri. ~
my fri6-rds- And when you are ~ ~ %
hands u your friends time alone can fcli
WhetH9f YOU are going to be lfnliffe,, ~ ~
thrown down. w ashington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-16
HIS HAPPY HOME.


She sews the buttons on his shirt,
And darns his socks with care.
she never fails to be alert
his every woe to share.
She lays his night clothes on the bed
And turns the covers down.
She never fills his heart with dread
By a suspicious frown.
She gives him what he likes to eat,
And never makes complaint;
And there is never when they meet
A hint of cold restraint.
Her faith in him is deep and great,
She courts his least careSs-
When he gets home to dinner late
There is no bitterness.
She never scolds because the folk
Next door have more than they.
On him she pauses to invoke
Gods blessing day by day,
She strives in every way to ease
The burdens of his life;
You may have guessed ere this that she
His mother, not his wife
Boston Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-16
JOURNAL ENTRIES

If you can't give honest praise don't
attempt to pass out any.
X X X
A model husband" is seldom given
to Boosting about it among his men
friends.
Not infrequently an exceedingly
clever fellow is also densely. ignorant.
y
No man is good-natured during the
early stages of his periodic efforts to
stop smoking.
Even the romanticists should be
willing to admit that beautiful
snow ceases to become such when
it begins to turn into slush.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-16

Statements are made that the only
thing which stands in the way of longer
sessions at the high school is the lack
of a cafe in the school building where
pupils would have the opportunity of
getting their lunches at cost prices.
What's to prevent high school pupils
from carrying nourishing lunches from
home? Not so many years ago, at least
in other sections of this country, high
school pupils We're not ashamed to
carry their lunches to school, nor were
their mothers or big sisters too busy
to have such lunches ready when it
was time to start for school
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-16
RY THE WAY
az HARvEY PARsoNs.

Dodd CASTOR hopes to see the time
w5en o4rty nngernaiIs viii not be con-
sloered Ioducal asset. We would
include the future period when a, striped
collar is also considered an unneces-
sary feature of a first-term campaign.
The twelfth annual farewell between
Grant Gillette and riches is being held
. in California
The Chicago girl who was sentenced
Tor contempt of court was fortunate in
| having faced an ''unfriendly' judge,
instead Of a mot unfriendly' judge. He
showed no desire TIC keep her in for
It appears that DR.. Sun, OF China,
resembled s-,rne hens. He would rath-
er set than sit.
Taft's political neurotics'' and Medil
McCormIck's political paranoia' are
both expressive, but political piffie"
would cover the subject, and is both
euphonious and easy to spell.
African society girls wear rings IL.
their noses, and European society girls
wear rings in their ears. American So
ciety girls usually compromise by wear
ing rings under their eyes
That another star has been added TO
the flag is, of course, important, but
in Washington the principal interest Is
UdSSQ upon the IaCI II1dl IWO lSW Sci
ators will soon be added to congress.
Some people are not satisfied to go
ahead after being sure they are right;
they insist upon the crowd following
them.
The latest bridge scandal comes from
Memphis, Tenn. where they suspended
a colored gentleman from one.
About the only consolation thu fam
lily can get out of it while the infant
prodigy is practicing on the fiddle IS
that he can't steal the jam and keep it
up at the same time.
An old woman spends a lot of time
thinking of her youth; and the young
woman usually has one or more youths
to think about; too.
And the average woman would rather
admit that she has false hair than that
her shoes pinch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-16
FROM OTHER PENS
USE FOR THE APPENDIX.

A South Carolina physician has at
last found some use for the appendix
that portion of the human anat-
omy that is being removed in recent
years with such startling rapidity.
This doctor has found it valuable as
a channel for the Introduction OF an
tiseptics into the colon, in the treat
ment of pellagra. BY an operation
that removes the appendix and makes
it merely a channel through the alb
dominal wall. the doctor claims TO
have successfully treated eight pa
tents who We're afflicted with pei
legra, and to have lost but one. He
holds that pellegra is a local disease
with general systematic manifesto
ton.
For n long time the medical frater-
nifty has been quite unable to find any
use for the appendix, and while the
doctors have puzzled and studied over
its presence, there are philosophers
who assume that an appendix must
be good for something. or the Creator
would not have ordained that IL should
be where It is. So here comes "A wise
physician who figures out that II one
does not know it's purpose 1t might
just as well be used for something
Manchester Union.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-16

San Francisco is up in arms because
many workers have been lured there
by fake advertisements stating that
the opportunities for them to find re-
munerative employment were golden.
Many who have needed these advertise
ments are becoming public charges.
And it wasn't so long ago that the San
Francisco newspapers took vigorous
exception to an opinion expressed In
these columns that the opportunities
for men to earn a fair livelihood were
just as good in Kansas as they were
in California
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-16
DAFFYDHS
BY U. NOALL-

If Chicago charges five cents to ride
on her street. cars would you call three
cents fare in Toledo2
CTake en- of, Sherlock We know
YOU'D
If a Japanese orange is a small yell
low fruit co you know just what an
Indianapolis?
cray no attention to that man. He
has fairy queens on the braln-)
If new pennies were brighter could
YOU keep your eyes fr m Abe Liucoln2
(Nait for the next car, if you can't
catch this one-1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-16

Such an action on the part of any con-
ductor would receive the hearty sup
port Of the great majority of the people
who find it necessary to travel on the
cars A few arrests OF this sort would
have a most saIutary effect IL the re-
formation of the promiscuous spitters-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-16

A column story is going the rounds Of
the newspapers telling about the
gowns and other appurtenances of dress
with which a Mrs. Anthony of Muncie.
Ind. is startling society in Washington,
New York and elsewhere. She has dia-
nonds in the heels of her slippers. a
sufficient and varied assortment of furs
to stock a ladies' clothing store, and
every thing else in the clothes and hat
line in proportionate profusion. And
what makes this story perfectly com
plete in this era of feminine predomin-
ance, is that there is not a line in it
telling anything about Mr.. Anthony, If
such an unfortunate exists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-16

The Street Railway company is in
hearty sympathy with the orders of the
city board Of health looking towards a
greater cleanliness in the street cars.
The worst evil in this particular is the
use of the window boxes for cuspidors
by unthinking and filthy people. There
is an ordinance providing punishment
for persons who expectorate in street
cars This could be easily enforced by
conductors calling policemen to arrest
persons who insist on dehIins the cars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-16

Not SO long ago Banker Morse was
reported to be on his death bed. He
was in prison then while his friends
were urging a pardon for him. Now he
is physically able to be on the ocean
en- route to Germany where he is going
for the avowed purpose of taking a
cure" at some famous baths. The
chances are better that he is merely
endeavoring to substantiate his bluff
that ne was sick unto death.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-16
REFLECTIONS or a BACHELOR
rF-om the New York Press.I

IF-om the New York Press.J
Pedigrees pay more penalties than dfvi-
dends.
Special grill rooms reserved in the next
world for politicians.
A man judges a girls charms by how
she appreciates his brains.
It's better for a man to know too little
to do him any good than just enough to
do him harm
What hurts a Woman's pride more than
ANYTHING else is for her husbands name
TO be spelled wrong In the telephone book
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-16

Why ara Medin Mccormick and other
leaders in the anti-Taft campaign so
exercised II the Taft administration,
as they say. has embarked upon a
policy OF political suicide?" Seeming
y, that would be just what the anti
Taft men would desire The truth prob
ably is that, seeing the hopelessness Of
their cause since President Taft and his
friends have begun to speak out in
meeting, they have begun to get angry
and froth at the mouth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-16

Under the new football rules, the
forward pass will loom up large in the
game, and experts think it viii encour-
age many more running plays, all of
which will tend to lessen the amount
of kicking. Then why keep on calling
the game 'football?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-16

About the only erstwhile supporter of
LaFollette who has not dropped the lit
tie giant Of Wisconsin like a hot po-
tato is Senator Bristow. Isn't it sad
that LaFollette will never be in a posi-
ton where he can adequately repay
such LOYALTY?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-16

San Bernardino's red light district,
famous for years as a. hot-bed of all
sorts of crime. has been officially closed
by an order of the city council. The
San Bernardino red lighters will now
probably proceed to scatter over the
city. and thereby make themselves
more difficult to cope with than ever
before
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-16

With grounding day in the past, the
next thing to excite and worry large
portion of the populaee is as to wheth-
err March will come in like a lion or
a lamb
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-16
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A popular toast to the new state of
Arizona is: The Nations Valentine .
Comic or serious?