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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-02
AYHAWKER JOTS

Carbondalc's sidewalks reminds the
Post of that town of a sweater Jacket.
Mostly holes.
Speaking of being on both sides at
once, remarks the LeavenwOrth Times.
there is General Turbulence down in
Mexico.
A school note in the Whitewater IN
dependent: The physiology class has
been trying to determine what kind
of bacteria causes snow.
Not a few of the Kansas weeklies
make it a practice of referring to poul
try of the Rhode Island Red species
as Rock Island Reds.
Many of the rural correspondents of
the Kansas weeklies had a hard time
this week gathering items of news.
The snowdrifts interfered with their
getting around to any extent. And &c
make matters worse with some of them
the extensive party Ines on which
they have phones were down and out.
Mac Baker of DeSoto, is a grand
father agai', reports the Olathe Mirror
A nine pound boy arrived Wednesday
at the home of his son, Everett, but 1T
that Mac is disappointed for of his -ix
grandchildren, this is the only one that
is not red headed. DeSoto friends sent
Mac a can of red paint and a brush
the next day.
You can't keep a kansan down. y
former Ottawa man now in st. Louis.
chased burglar out of his apartments
the other night and hot-footed it down
the street in his pajamas after the in
truder. 1t had been several years since
the ex-KanSan had played football and
he didn't catch the burglar. But he
succeeded in getting every policeman
on the beat interested-and that is do
ing pretty well In ST. Louis.-Ottawa
Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-02
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Nor is the gay individual likely to be
much else.
The best that some men can do
doesn't rank exceedingly high.
X x y
Maybe so many people attempt to
reform Others because they've found it
impossible to reform themselves.
x X =
It's pretty difficult to convince any
one he can make a success out of life
without his achieving material gains
y X X
Perhaps you can't make a silk purse
out of a sow's ear but you ought to
be able to make a purse that would be
more durable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-02
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFron the Chicago News.l

J
Even man in jail is past finding out.
Winter frosts are rough on summer
engagements.
But a fat purse makes more than a
slight difference.
Fortune is apt to favor the brave who
hustle while they wait
One kind of show girl presides over
a department store counter.
Judge a man by what he does rather
than by what he threatens to do.
A man may not be able to do his own
cooking, but he can roast the cook
AS yet the suffragettes haven't charged
the politicians with Adams downfall.
Women lose their maiden names when
they maryland most men lose their
identity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-02
DAFFYDHS
By U. NoALL.

When the people get vexed at it
does the snow-storm2
Glitch up the dog-team boys. It's
the only way We'll get there-)
If the people have to walk when the
snow is deep how does the street car
fare?
He's singing ''In the good old summer
time.'O
When the clock in the kitchen stops
does the domestic?
(Sharpen your axes, ladsI The
spring poets will soon put in an ap
Searance.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-02

What have Governor Stubs friends
to say to the announcement from the
Roosevelt headquarters that Governor
Hadley of Missouri as a running mate
for the colonel would add more
strength to the Roosevelt ticket than
any one in the insurgent camp. espe-
cially west of the Mississippi2 To be
sure Governor Stubs does not care
for a vice presidential nomination. He
must permit himself to be drafted
as a United States senatorial candidate
against Senator Curtis. Still this in
sistence that HadIey is the strongest
insurgent west of the Mississippi ought
not to set very we'll with Mr.. Stubs
and his friends.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-02

That mutiny of rebel soldiers at
Pekin was due to their objections to
an order directing them to sever their
queues OF course a queue is a ridicu-
lous thing for a human to have hang
ing from the back of his head. But
it takes a lifetime to grow one, and
probably many of the Cinnamon are
just as choice of them as are their
more supposedly civilized brethren
who are possessed of wonderful boards
that it has taken them a half century
to develop. What would happen in
Russia, for instance, if the car issued
a ukase compelling all his subjects to
remove the boards for which they are
famofIS9
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-02

What better excuse for American
Intervention in Mexico could be de-
sired? An American automobile dri-
yer and his mechanic have been
thrown into jail near the City of Mex
leo. At least this would be a sufficient
excuse for a European power to act
under similar circumstances. But
then, America has no designs on
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-02

Upon assuming the craftsmanship of
the executive committee of the nation
al Roosevelt committee, United States
Senator Dixon of Montana gave out
statement attacking the administra-
ton Of President Taft. Not so many
hours ago and announcements were
made that there was to be nothing
personal against Mr.. Taft in the fight
of Colonel Roosevelt for the Republi-
can presidential nomination.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-02

In his comprehensive exhortation to
unity and love among men, the dis
corning Simon Peter did not forget to
advise people to be courteous. to be
polite. And if outward appearances are
indicative of anything, it would seem
that the people of today are more
sorely in need of just such advice
than were the strangers scattered
throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappa-
docia, Asia and Bithynia, and to whom
Peter addressed his epistles.
The practice of politenesS in it's true
sense is nothing more in reality than
the accordance of fair and honorable
treatment to Others a recognition of
their rights in all things, and a desire
to treat them with the respect and
consideration that is due them on all
occasions. How many folk can stand
up and say that such is the attitude
they assume to their friends and ac-
quaintances, and even the individuals
they do not know, but whom they
meet up with every day in the pursuit
of their work and pleasures? From
the way the great majority of people
act in public-and they are probably
even less careful of their actions in
private-it would seem that the exer-
else of even common courtesy is as a
lost art among them. lost of them
seem to rush along in their struggle
for an existence without paying any
attention to the way they are travel
ing and the toes they tread on. They
are gruff in their salutations. They
accept such things as come to their
hands, favors included without so
much as a thank you" They show
IL To roc
nothing unless it be a few laws whose
violation might land them in jail The
little civilities of life which are so
pleasant when they are extended and
which are so gratefully received, are
apparently unknown to them. Maybe
they think they are getting everything
out of life that is in it. If SO, they
suffer under the biggest delusions.
1t doesn't cost anything to be polite.
And nothing pays better dividends.
Pick out any popular man or woman,
or any of the most successful mer-
chants, or professional people. and in
ninety-nine cases out of a hundred,
whoever he or she may be, will be-
fund to be a practitioner of polite
ness You'll find polite folk. too,
among the uneducated and the I'M
learned, among the poor and the low
ly. An education or an intellectual
polish that culture can give, or the po-
sition that money can buy, is not nee
essary to make a man polite. In fact,
such requirements often work the 9TH
er way by making their possessors
by giving them the idea
that they are better than those who
have not had their advantages. a |
proper Difference can be shown to 9TH |
ers by every one. And because this is
true more people should make the eff
fort to show it. They will be surpris
ed how it will work out, how good it
will make them feel, and how greatly |
it will enhance their regulations in
the ewes others.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-02
HAVE THE MATERIAL.

There is one thing about the Taft ad-
ministration, it simply does not know
how to exploit itself. Hardly a day goes
by but brings the report of some federal
grand jury somewhere bringing in in
dictments against corporations that are
charged with violating the law. These
reports mean, of course, that the admin
istration is busy enforcing the law
against 1.-The predatory rich" as it never
was enforced before. But all the public
knows about II is what the Associated
Press sends out. The administration has
no brass band. 1t does not seem to have
even one lone horn through which to
sound the noise of its achievements IN
the ears of the people. 1t is really too
bad.-Iola Register.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-02
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR
TFrom the New York Press.l

from the New 7 ork Press-I
Meal time appeals to most men more
strongly than salvation.
There's nothing in life a man can be
surer Of when he makes a note than that
he won't be able to meet it,,
girl who IS waiting TO get married
never grows entirely discouraged till her
younger sister is grandmother.
When a man has to go calling with his
wife it's a sign he has plan to be aw-
full cross with her by the time they get
home
There's kind of fool man that would
rather be run over by an automobile In
the street than concede he didn't have the
eight OF way
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-02
by THE WAY
BY HARVEY PARSONS.

The coal strikers in England have
pulled off a stunt which has hitherto
| Deen recognized as a British impos-
sloll1ty. 1t used to be that Lud Cecil,
or Clarence,-would observe: IVY,
dash 1t, man, that's impossible. I ave
to ave me chop in the morning-wot?
And if there's no Goals. don'tchanow,
the COOK couldn't cook me chop. har
| 50 you cawn't quit diggin' tn bally
Goals, because I wouldn't get me chop
-Wot? And then the Scottish guards
and the Rockies would turn out, y
know, and stop the bally strike-just
like that-so that Cecil might ave is
chop.
Which goes to show that Great
Britain faces the same crisis that faces
these Ge-lorious United States: the
Awful Danger of going Democratic.
A Philadelphia court has ruled that
wife has the right to go through her
husbands pockets. And, to the best
or our knowledge, this is the first time
the question ever reached court of
equity. 1t has been recognized by the
human race since a long time before
pockets We're invented 1t IS gen
eral belief that the women of the
cav, period frisked the tiger-skins of
their sleeping lords in search of hold
outs, In the shape of fragments OF
raw meat 1t is the history of the
world that man has always tried to
hold out on his wife and that she has
always caught him at it.
Kimmel-Whtte is so DANCED valuable
that he has body-guard-no w-but
as soon as the jury decides that he is
Turkey White, he will be worth
1878 less than nothing.
The New York grand jury is investi-
eating the horseshoe trust as so far as
We are concerned, may go ahead and
investigate the horseshoe pitchers.
We never could pitch horse-shoes, and
therefore-like any other incompetent,
consider it a simps game.
the time-honored Texas custom of
hanging the jury rather than the ac-
cused.
ct follows of course. that the ac-
cused in this case-one Sneed-was
accused of murder.)
Things are again looking dark in
Hayti. The annual eclipse in Hayti
may be visualized by dumping one
load of soft coal in such a position
that t obstructs the view of another
pile of soft coal.
The average woman's idea Of a real
affinity is any man who will eat onions
with her.
Oratory in Congress looks well in
the printed matter sent back Gree
postage) to constituents-but it is the
soto voce conf1ab in the corridor that
changes the vote
1t is said that Their are no cuss words
in the Japanese language. Maybe
that is the reason so many Japs COM
nit hari-kari when they get sore
about something.
But at that, the 1eap-year proposal
of the Bell Telephone company looks |
like a case of proposed bigamy. We
have it on good authority that the !
Bell proposed to the Atchison indie |
pendent-and was accepted-quite a /
While ago.
It has been somewhat chilly in the
East but Spring has came. Hon.
Stubs has went among them unfortu-
mates with his lovely assortment OF
humid atmosphere.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-02

Jersey City proposes to tax cats.
Like many other forms of taxation,
this will fall on innocent parties. In
any event so successful a dodger
brick bats and other missiles should
have no trouble in escaping anything
aimed at it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-02

Maybe Mr.. Houser, the campaign
manager for Senator LaFollette is right
in saying that Colonel Roosevelt help
ed to get the senator in the presi-
dental race. 1t is also certain that
Colonel Roosevelt helped materially
in getting Mr.. LaFollette out of the
rare
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-02

Baltimore's bonifaces don't seem to
be of any different mould. than are
their brethren in other parts They
have raised their rates materially for
the period of the Democratic national
convention
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-02

So many plans for a presidential
preferential primary have been sug
gested for the Republicans of Kansas
that the prospects of their leaders
agreeing to one seem more remote
than ever
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-02
FROM OTHER PENS
JAILED For DEBT

Governor Foss struck a popular chord
the other day by his declaration that the
1000 persons who went to Jail in this
commonwealth last year because too poor
to pay their fines were practically sent TO
Jail for debt. 1t is penalty on poverty
which somehow ought to be lightened.
And In this connection is il not about
time for Massachusetts to do away with
that archaic, absurd and outrageous
''mesne process" by which anyone can
have anyone else thrown into 1ail by the
money and is, according to the "belief' OF
the complainant about TO leave tho
state?
For this gentle game no evidence OF any
sort is needed. Nothing has to be proven.
Nothing may be owed, even. The mere
say-so of man with a grievance against
another man is enough to land that 9TH
er man in jail until he can get
bonds or takes the poor debtors oath. Il
is about as contemplate a legal proceed
ing as is still permitted to disgrace our
statute books.-Boston Post.
SMALL ECONOMIES OVERLOOKED.
People who have ideas on the subject OF
reducing the cost of living usually sell
dom call attention to the great possible
ties of saving by the exercise of judicious
economy in the use of supplies In this
country the material wasted annually
must represent several comfortable
fortunes. How many persons. for ex-
ample, take the trouble to see that tho
sugar in their coffee is thoroughly dts
solved? An inspection of cups doubt
less will bear out the statement that half
the sugar is left on the bottom. to DO
emptied into the waste pipe. BY using
one-half the quantity and stirring IL we'll
the sugar bills of coffee drinkers would
be reduced so per cent without a loss OF
sweetening. Mustard is another COM
modify that is wasted. The assertion OF
one Of the manufacturers, that the divi-
dends came from the mustard left on the
plate and not from the quantity actually
consumed, undoubtedly is true. The IN
dissolved sugar in coffee cups. likewise,
helps the sugar company to make its mill
lions in profits.-Providence Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-02

Albert j. Beveridge says that with
Roosevelt as the candidate the Re
publicans will sweep the country. Pre-
sumabl5- that includes Indiana, which
Mr.. Beveridge found it impossible to
sweep for himself on the last occasion
he made the effort
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-02

Those old fashioned folk who be-
lieve that potatoes should be planted
by st. Patrick's day are evidently go
ing to be up against a tough PROPOSE
ton this year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-02

Isn't it also possible that when a
hat has been tossed into a ring it is
easier than ever to knock it into one
of the cooked variety?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-02

Kansas folk who used to live in the
far north have certainly been treated
to one of those old time winters sucr
as were common in their former
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-02

Railroads are complaining that they
don't get their share out of the ex-
press business. This is only further
evidence of the general hoggishness of
the express companies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-02

Surely there can be no more cold
weather records in Kansas that might
possibly be broken in one winter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-02
A SATURDAY SERMON.

Finally, be We all of one mind, having
compassion one of another, love as
brethren, be pftifuI, be courteous. I
Peter III s.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-02

Which goes to show that Great
Britain faces the same crisis that faces
these Ge-lorious United States: the
Awful Danger of going Democratic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-02

FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-02

homes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-02

It has been somewhat chilly in the
East but Spring has came. Hon.
Stubs has went among them unfortu-
mates with his lovely assortment OF
humid atmosphere.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-27
CHAMP CLARK rs
NOT WORRYING
Thinks He Will Have a Good Sized
Majority at the Coming
Convention.

limited Presa Leased Wire Service. ]
WASHINGTON, May s1.-Declaring
his firm belief that he will be nomi-
mated for president at Baltimore,
Speaker Clark nevertheless an
nounced he will file for reelection to
congress.
81 will have a long lead at Balti-
more; will most probably have q
majority; nobody will have two
thirds majority on the first ballot
Clark declared.
II do not know whether the two
thirds rule will be enforced. 1t has
never been enforced but once. Never.
theless it may, and / may or may not
secure the two-thirds majority.
have every reason to believe that
WILL but in view OF the contingency
and out of respect for the wishes OF
my constituents and of the Missouri
democrats in both houses of congress
/ have concluded to file for congress. >
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-27
Either the Rest Cure or iona
Vita Will Build You
Up Again.

If you are nervous. debilitated, and
run down in health, there are two
things you can do to bring back your
strength and vitality. You can go to
a sanitarium and take the rest cure
or you can secure the great modern
tonic "Tona Vita and let it build
you up and furnish new nourishment
for your shattered nerves.
If you knew what wonderful re-
suits have been accomplished by
"Tona Vita" since physicians first in
troduced it in this country you would
much rather take this tonic than to
go to any sanitarium on earth. Here
is statement from Mr.. J. B. House,
of 381 Twentieth Ave. Milwaukee,
Wis, who has tried "Tona Vita 81
was all run down, intensely nervous
and suffered with the most violent
headaches. / felt tired and dull all
day. my body seemed benumbed a,
times, and I did not sleep we'll My
digestion was imperfect and was
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-27
NERVOUS, DEB|uTATED AND rundown

continually constipated. AS soon as I
ate anything my stomach filled with
gas and l was distressed for half an
hour or more Ny mind was dull and
my memory very poor. contracted
a cold easily and suffered with severe
coughs. Sometime ago talked with
physician who advised me to take
iona Vita did it and am glad did
for the medicine was wonderful In my
case. l feel as though had new
lease on life. My ambition has return
ed as well as my strength and energy.
now sleep well and get up in the
morning feeling cheerful and ready
for work.
My wife was also run down and
nervous. She started taking the
medicine when it began to help me.
Her improvement had been fine and
she is now in good health"
If you are run down and haven't
enough strength it is your own fault
| If you feel miserable day longer.
when you can get such a preparation
as "Tona Vita"
Wilkinson & Co. is agent for iona
Vita in Keokuk and will refund the
purchase price if it is not entirely sat
isfactory. The Approved Formula
Go, Dayton. Ohio.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-27

It was estimated that between 5000
and 1000 visitors were here yester-
day and it was not the very choicest
day for visitors either. In the morn
Ing the weather was threatening here
which no doubt caused many to defer
their Keokuk visit to some future day.
Many Keokuk people remaining at
their homes, we're not aware that the
city had been taken by siege by so
many of their good neighbors from
Iowa, Missouri and Illinois on the
quiet sabbath day and consequently
had no chance to extend the glad hand
OF welcome: yet everybody knows
that hospitable Keokuk always has a
big heart of greeting for every wor-
thy visitor who enters her welcome
inscribed gate.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-27
He Wanted TO Know.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON. May 27.--In Elktcn,
Va, lives a man who evidently never
heard Of Chief Wilkie OF the secret
service. This virginian wrote the
chief a.letter, saying that friend had
told him that the chief could tell him
where he could purchase counterfeit
money at the rate OF IS cents on the
dollar. He wanted $50 worth. Wilkie
wrote the man today, advising him to
have nothing to do with counterfeit
ing schemes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-27
Two keokuk Patents.

The following patents were grant
ed to Iowans for the week ending
May 81, 1912, as reported from the
office OF Clarence j. LOTUS, Patent At
torney, Croker Bldg. Des Moines. la.
No 1.026,s43 curry comb, David j. Ais
ton, Keokuk; No. 1,027,314 automatic
air coupling, James Brant, Dubuque;
No 1,026,975 tire-setting machine, G..
A. Devero, Keokuk; No. 1,026,791
boltless rail joint, ]. H. Ezard, Hook
ing; No. 1,026,6T2 ditching machine.
A. E. Hanson, Mason City; No. 1926
1863 squeezing and pressing device,
Mike Nemes, Fort Dodge; No 1926
998 power transmitting apparatus, A.
Plagman, Davenport; No. 1,02e,s29
vehicle wheel, X. A. Read, Oskaloosa;
No. 1,026,966 pipe-coupling, Harry
Ship. Ida Grove; No Lo27,220
wrench, B. A. Stocking. Newton; No.
1.027,U86 track inspecting device, J. S.
Tyler, Boone; No. 1,026,727 gravity
motor, G. S. yelling, Sioux City; No.
1,o26,sos snow-fence, ]. l. billings, Ce-
dar Falls.