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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-28
DEMOCRATIC HARMONY.

Their chances for victory brighter
than they have been in many moons,
the Democrats transacted the business
of their party council yesterday in a
spirit of harmony that was the direct
antitEesis of the bitterness which pre-
vailed among their brethren in the
Republican ranks. There were men,
too, in the Democratic council who
believed that their candidate for the
presidential nomination, Champ Clark.
had been virtually robbed of a de-
served victory at the Baltimore con-
vention. But that was a matter Of
the past with them. They long ago
accepted their defeat within their par
ty as one of the misfortunes of poll
tics that come at one time or another
to every faction in all political parties.
They met their erstwhile enemies in
their own ranks on common and
| companionable ground yesterday. All
! differences of the past were forgotten.
A spirit of in union there is strength
pervaded the Democratic deliberations.
There were differences of opinion
among the party councillors on details
of their platform. This is situation
that is certain to develop in every
gathering of strong men, All such
differences were amicably adjusted,
however, and the Democrats emerged
from their party council yesterday
with a united front. Their platform
Is progressive enough to suit the most
fasticious in this particular. It is also
most definite; in all of it's important
declarations, many of which will prob
ably appeal with much force to the
voters of Kansas.
With the clean and capable eandi-
dates they have already nominated for
state office, with national ticket that
is the strongest that has been named
by the Democratic party in many
years, with no semblance. of internal
oisseps ions in their midst over any
political matters of state or national
scope. the Democrats of Kansas have
good reason to be in q joyous mood
these days. Not only do they appear
to be stronger than ever before as to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-28
SAYS UNCLE CAV

We are won't to consider success the
sum of the virtues, but it is well for
him who is tempted to win by un-
sound or dishonest methods to remem-
her that this is the day in which every
mans business is every other maj s.
We have got into the habit of picking
successful careers to pieces to see what
makes the wheels go round. The sense
Of Justice and instinct for fair play
are Iivslier in the human mind today
than they ever have been, and if justice
doesn't hold the INSCRIPTIONS winner
I'D TO public scorn, envy and malice are
sure TO.
1t is good business for him whose
attainment, influence or wealth makes
him conspicuous to be thrice armed
with Justice. His edifice of greatness
must be real as well as apparent. IL
must be reared upon such foundations
as will stand the test of fair play ana
the blasts of hate.
Don't deceive yourself. This is no
milksop sentimentality. We have as
sumed the right to inquire into every
mans affairs to see that he plays the
same according To rule. Sooner or la
ter, before death Or after, we exercise
that right. We demand that the struc-
ture of his success shall be reinforced
by conscience and that it be fit for
human service. If we do not enforce
that demand while he is still building
we expose his deficiencies after death.
Success is the sum of all virtues only
when all virtues are to be found in its
Copyright, 1912, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-28

situated in the town of Wellcott, suf-
fered heavily through loss of patron
age. People much preferred to stop
at Sandy Point and lunch or dine on
the wide piazzas overlooking the bay.
end the absurdly high prices charged
by Jack Bemis seemed only to en-
nance its desirability in the eyes of
the money-spending public.
At the end of month Mr.. Farlane
sent for Jack Bemis.
You're running me out Of busi-
nessp' he said fiercely
I'm sorry" said Jack 'sI didn't
know the COMPOUNDED thing would be
so successful. I was only trying to
make good on your account"
"Hah!" snorted Mr.. Farlane in
credulously.
81 hate itl''
Would rather fly. I suppose?'
sneere1 the elder.
"Of coursep'
Dell says you're a pioneer-Tve
always thought you were fool"
neer, for have I not started a new
hotel where none was before?"
You have. Want to sell out?''
What do you mean?"
TN put some money in it and run
it as an annex to the Red Tree Inn.
dividends and so forth-and fly If
you want tor
Fly with Dell. too?' demanded
Jack warily.
Yes. she says she'll marry you any
way"
IT'S a bargain, sir, I'm sorry I
scared you
/. Il wasn't scared, merely startled, :"
retorted Mr.. FarIane as he held out
his hand to the young man, but their
eyes met and into each pair there
crept a glimpse of understanding.
n01l INT
their clasped hands
You dearsr she cried happily and
rar to copyrighted, 1912, by
the Associated Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-28
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IF'rom the Chicago News.]
Don't believe all you hear or say all
you believe.
You can get a lot of things for moth
ing that nobody wants.
It keeps lazy men busy putting
things off till tomorrow.
A little learning is seldom as dan
gerous as little ignorance.
Some women marry for love, some
for money and some just because.
The only people who keep all their
promises are those who never make
any.
Lots of people think more of their
heirlooms than they do of their an
cestors.
Many a man is able to lead the SIM
pie life because his wife takes in
boarders.
When a man meets trouble half
way he has a poor companion for the
rest of his Journey.
Occasionally we meet s girl who is
so fond of music that she never tries
to play the piano.
Occasionally a young man is so
dense that the one girl in the world
for him has to put him wise to the
fact.
In this land of the free and home
of the brave. any person who cares to
do so has perfect right to make a
campaign guess.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-28
QUAKER fluctuations.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Does the boisterous girl develop into
the mannish woman?
Love seems to be at once an in
toxicant and a soberer UP.
Even a reputation will get rusty if
you don't keep it in use.
In counting young mans arm goes
to waist more often than his oppor-
tunities.
To feel that we are above suspicion
and above reproach naturally makes
us uppish.
The man who succeeds must be
composed of equal parts of backbone
and cheek.
Any man will get along pretty we'll
if he keeps his heart warm and his
head cool
The dyspeptic should take pains
with his eating and he won't be so apt
to have them afterward.
No, Maude, dear, it isn't only dur
ing the berry season that the under
taker is apt to be busy.
Some men are more sensitive to the
touch than others, as many a chronic
borrower has discovered.
Blobbs-Bjones is an awful bore,
and yet you can't rattle him. Slobbs-
Rattle him? You can't even shake
him.
1--WE can get used to anything"
says the Cynical Bachelor. THE
seems-to mind it,"
ability? Tommy's Pop-Executive
ability, my son, is the knack of get
ting somebody else to do your work
for you.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-28
GLOBE SIGHTS
Undeserved abuse doesn't hurt.
BY THE ATcHIsOfE GLOBE

Undeserved abuse doesn't hurt.
Conflicting opinions aren't often
worth a conflict.
Some girls take music lessons and
others learn to play ragtime.
One must be shamefully young to
enjoy a trip on an excursion train.
Kodak pictures form another rec
ord that usually needs an interpre-
ter.
In this commercial age, poet who
doesn't get paid for it, should re-
form.
No woman ever gets so ornery it
doesn't shock a man to hear her
swear.
A circus man who has been abroad
says many Europeans are liberal
patrons Of the parade
Water continues to be the best
drink, despite the years man has de-
voted to trying to improve it.
A question uppermost in the minds
of people just now is: VIII they set
him out in the street or stand for 1T?
Cold storage didn't do much for
the egg but II has reduced the visi-
BILE supply of dried apples, which
helps some.
Reporters have their little recon-
penses, but one of them contends he
isn't paid enough for attending anna
teur performances.
Make today the happy time, If you
really want to enjoy life. Looking
backward soon becomes poor
pastime for one who plays 1t persist
entIv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-28
ny TIE WAY
ny HARVEY PARsolIA

In the home full of girls, every
body talks but father.
Yes. it was 100 in the shade, but as
Dodd CASTOR has frequently pointed
out, you don't have to stay in the
shade.
And, with mercury lowering around
the century mark, the reporters were
justified in digging up and using that
heated debates"
Out at Meeker. Colorado, pot of
beans blew up and injured the COOK.
Hereafter he will use more care in re-
moving the snappers.
The gent who shot at another gent
for stealing his (first gent's) beer had
some extenuation. Beer does not grow
on trees in Topeka.
Which is just as well, as we would
hate to stay up all night chasing prom
inent citizens out of our shade trees.
For the modern Eve, the simple fig
leaf is nix; it takes a leaf from check
book.
Any small boy is willing to help the
family economize-on castor oil ana
soap.
1t was indeed frigid woman who
could turn a cold shoulder to soclal
rival yesterday.
The reason Topeka man hates to
carry a package ten inches long and
four inches in diameter is that so many
other men are ready to quit Work ana
follow him home.
Cats and politicians make the most
noise when they are on the fence
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-28
HUAOR or TIE Dry

She-What was it the choir inst
sang? He-From the appearance 81
the congregation 1 think it must have
in Laughter.
The difference between sal sodium
and common salt is-the doctor and
about 81 per ounce--Judge.
Opera Manager (to patron)-can
you suggest any other improvements
chestra? Patron-Yes sink the stage
also.-Guckkasten
Does she seem to be particular IN
picking her associates ?'' yes in
decd She even picks them to pieces"
-Ladd, in Laughter
THAT fellow Blinks is a oi,,,.,,
good listener. He hardly ever sa1r :
word: Why is it? Modesty I" No
Matrimony. in Laughton
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-28
EVENING Chat
Dignity.
BIZ RUTH CAMERON.

Popularity papers-being the third
of a few little talks on the ingredients
of popularity.
"Ah, the huge porringer of popular
ity. IT'S fine to sit in front of it, but
what scalding you catch when it is
d.'-Daudet
Dignity is one of the qualities which
helps win popularity. Many people
nevertheless.
By dignity 1 don't mean stiffness,
haughtiness or aloofness. mean self
respect, high mindedness, unwilling
ness to cheaper or lower ones self, in
a word-"dignity."
We never really like anyone whom
we look down upon.
Some author, it seems to me it is
Barrie, but 1 am not sure, tells of
la minister who, whenever he was in
vited out to tea, used to relate so
many funny and foolish stories about
himself that those who heard him
never could really respect him after
ward. He was probably seeking for
popularity in thus making fun of
himself. but because he went too far
and impaired his own dignity, he
missed his goal.
Respect is part of any true popular
ity. just as it is the foundation of
real love or friendship. We are will
ing to laugh at people who lack dig
nifty; we will even seek their company
for a time; but we do not admire
them and we do not desire them for
our most treasured friends.
OF course, dignity must not be con-
strued in too strict a sense. A man
or women may be as genial and Jolly
and informal as you please without
losing an atom of dignity. An an
expected caller once found Abraham
Lincoln down on the floor playing
leapfrog with his children, but he did
not find his president lacking in true
dignity. True dignity is something
deeper than that. 1t is the kind of
self respect which Lincoln had and
could never lose, no matter if he did
do informal or unexpected things
Respect yourself and others will re-
spect you, and, what is more, will
probably like you If you do not have
other qualities that prevent it.
No one can tell you what true dig
nifty is If you don't know in your
heart. If you do know what dignity
is and do have it, this may serve to
remind you of its value and to assure
you that 1t is worth cherishing If you
care for popularity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-28
JOURNAL ENTRIES

The more man does. the more he is
expected to do.
Few people must be teased to have
their pictures taken.
\ X y
Calling a mans bluff is the easiest
and quickest way to make him sore at
you.
That man is thrice blessed who doesn't
pay any attention to what his women
folk saw.
In quarrels, it's usually the case that
the largest ones develop from the most
trivial of affairs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-28

tee all about the contributions to the
Republican campaign fund for 1904.
This is sure to be considered by many
as evidence that Mr.. Loeb will take
on his shoulders the blame for any
contributions that might be subject to
criticism and which might place his
former chief in an unenviable light.
When the colonel was president, Mr..
Loeb was the official blame-taker of
the administration. He always as
sumed full responsibility for all the
mistakes that were made by every one
connected with the nations executive
department, from the head of it down
to the night watchmen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-28
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press. ]

From the New York Press.
Two hours sleep is enough for any
one-after it is time to get up.
Too often the way of the Iransgres-
sor is across his neighbor's lawn.
A man never realizes the value of a
closet until he acquires family skele-
ton.
What a girl likes about being Sc
cretly engaged is that everybody Will
soon get next.
About one time out of a billion a
man can lose all his money without
losing most of his friends.
1t is sometimes difficult to convince
a man that two heads are better than
one-the father of twins, for example.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-28
The Arrnor MrtI1.

That men once found it practica BILE
to do a lot of very effective fighting
while clad in heavy armor is one of
the few historic facts" which has new
to be no doubt of itNand yet there has
long been a feeling that there was
something queer about this whole mat
ter OF armor.
For one thing, all of it that has sur
vived the rust-it was safe enough from
men as known in these latter days, and
yet the commonest of adjectives for ap-
plication to the knights of old was
gigantic" Most of them, and all the
wicked ones-a numerous class-were
so described. Another question that
arises is how the knights endured the
discomfort of metallic clothing with
comparatively few joints.
Its burdensome weight has often ex-
cited reflection and pity, but now the
Duke of Marlborough, in the course of
some armor wearing he had done in
Mrs. George CORVALLIS Vests Eliza
bethan tournament, has found that in
summer sunshine armor is intolerably
hot. Had he tried it in winter he would
doubtless have suffered as much from
its equally high conductivity of his own
vital heat to the outward air. And
nobody, till now, has said anything
about this characteristic of armor
In real cold weather the knights ap-
parently remained at home or at court
but they wandered into all sorts of hot
countries, besides tempting the ardors
of their own summers. Yet there are
in the chronicles few complaints or none
like those of the modern imitator. The
explanation may be that comfort, as
now understood, had not then been
invented, and that the knights didn't
mind roasting. On the other hand, it
may be that arn1or always was what
IL is nova decoration for halls more
or less ancestral and something on
which to hang legends.
This is an age OF incredulity, and
there is less harm in disbelieving in
armor than in a good many other an
tiqufties.-New York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-28
DAFFYDHS
By U. NoALL.

Is man a qualified chauffeur because
he can runabout?
(And the chorus will now sing: For
She Was a Peroxide Daisy.)
If the dairy-maid fell into the milk
would the cream-separator?
con with the ear-muffs. boys! Here
comes the watermelon.)
And the difference between medicine
and a chill is you shake the one be-
fore taking and the other you take be-
fore shaking.
(Send for a doctor. This is a serious
easel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-28

their own works, but their major po-
litical enemy just now is torn asunder
with wounds that it does not appear
possible to heal before election day.
Under all these circumstances. the
prospects of the Democrats in Kansas
are roster now than they have been in
long time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-28

Because of the protracted session
of congress, many of the congression-
al fences throughout the country are
in a deplorable condition. and their
owners will now have to work over
time to put them in such repair that
they will Withstand the assaults of
the enemy. Nor will all the efforts IN
this direction be successful.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-28

Henry Cabot Lodge has proved that
George Washington once said damn. -
That's inconsequential, though. What
is wanted is proof that George Wash
ington told at least one lie. That
would leave Colonel Roosevelt as the
only man in the whole history of the
nation who never told a fib
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-28

Coincident with the signature of
President Taft to the naval appro-
priation bill. which authorizes, among
other things. the construction of a
100000 battleship. the largest
and most powerful fighting craft that
the world has ever known, the World
Peace Foundation issued and distrib-
uted another series of pamphlets tell
ing of the progress of its endeavors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-28

There must be great joy in the
hearts of Hi Johnson and his followers
in California. All the national lawn
tennis championships for singles and
doubles, both of the male and female
variety, are now held by residents of
that state. And lawn tennis is the ia
vorite pastime of the chief of the Bull
MOosers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-28
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

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AWAY from home during the summer
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month Thy nail only. Address
charged as often as desired. While
out of town the state Journal wsll be
In yoR like a daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested ON
these short time subscriptions, to save
Bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-28

A famous artist left Boston in dis
gust because he could not find any
thing there worth painting. If red
was the color he had in mind he
should have got off the train at New
York But maybe he was not anxious
for so much competition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-28
Tree Grew From Handspilke.

E c. Bogss, the well known shoe
drummer, while at Irvine a few days
ago had pointed out to him a large
sycamore tree that grew from a syca-
more hand spike that was used years
ago in removing a house and which
was left sticking in the ground near
a spring.-NicholasviIl (Ky.) Calling
Gun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-28
congressman-Captain
Richmond

Congressman-Capta Richmond
Pearson Hobson has considerably
strengthened his reputation of being
the biggest gloom in the country. He
predicts that within fifty years there
will be a shipwreck incomparably
worse than the Titanic disaster.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-28

1t is estimated that there are g.
100000 cats in Chicago. But they
don't disturb the bulk of Chicagoans
in the slightest. Only few people
in the Windy City go to bed at night
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-28

An English physician is authority
for the statement that in 500 years the
majority of the people on earth will
be insane. A considerable part of
those in this country will be acting
that way in less than three months.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-28

Surely the United States senate IS
a place where strange things happen.
During the closing hours of the sec
ond session of the Sixty-second con-
gress, Senator LaFollette forced the
senate to adopt a resolution that
had been presented by Senator Pen
rose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-28
THE MODERN SPORT.

I cannot ride the summer cloud
Which drifts across the sky,
But can own an aeroplane
And laugh as go by.
I cannot ride the gay gazelle-
It's gait might make me sick
But can own a motor car,
And distance the Old Nick
I cannot ride Leviathan.
He's slippery and grim,
But I can own a submarine,
And have a chat with him.
Rose Trumbu1l, in Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-28

Not content with attempting to di-
rect the affairs of the Republican
party and the Bull Moose party in
Kansas, Governor Stubs also took
occasion to tell the Democratic party
what stand it should take concerning
Inheritance tax legislation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-28
Randolph
William

William Randolph Hearst an
nounces that if Mr.. Archbold, Mr..
Roosevelt and Mr.. Penrose do NOT
tell the whole truth and all of it con-
corning the Standard Oil eontribu-
tions to the Republican campaign
fund of 1904. he will. Why wait.
william? Why not beat them to it
and provide your newspapers with a
big ScooD
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-28

AS it was reasonable to expect,
Eugene V. Debs has formally accepted
the presidential nomination rendered
to him by the Socialists.