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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-23

COMMON SENSE ABOUT CANAL.
The Hay-Pauncefote treay, refer
ring to the control of a canal which ft
was expected was to be built across
Nicaragua by private capital. was en-
tered into with Great Britain Noven-
Der 1S, 1901. On the same day of the
same month, but two years afterward
that is to say, on November Is, 1903
the republic of Panama granted to
the United States the right to con-
struct, operate, maintain and protect
canal across the Isthmus of Panama,
on the territory of that same republic
OF Palama and for the purpose i
States over a strip of land ten miles
wide from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Great Britain had an interest in Mic
aragua. At one time 1t had, and eS-
erc1seds a protectorate over the Carr
ibbean coast of that country. 1t re-
linquished this right by the Clayton
Bulwer treaty of 1850, and also by a
separate treaty and by way of COM
pensation received the admission of a
joint interest in any canal which
should be built across the isthmus'
and as at that time, with us, Nicara-
qua was regarded as the probable To-
cation of the canal, we thought we had
made a fair bargain. But the selec-
ton of the Panama route, and the
separation of Panama from Colombia,
following an attempt of Colombia to
prevent the construction OF the canal,
PhOouCSo oAloSStHSt a new STU
Can 1t be regarded as reasonable TO
suppose that Britain's interest in
Panama and its canal, built upon ter
ritory which America had acquired
absolutely, became automatically equal
to the right in Nicaragua which il
held under the bargain of 1880? TIE
idea is absurd. There Is but one way
to meet the tolls question, and that is
the square way of saying that the ter
ritory is ours, and the canal is ours,
and the right to do what we please
with it is our. This the world, including
Great Britain, will freely admit when
we have squarely stated our case
New York Mail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-23

1t meant that she could not start for
another day, and the delay gave her
a strange relief.
AS she walked slowly back to her
room, now no longer in haste, q sort
of peace came to her, and she knew
that she would not do this thing. She
would go back to work in the morn
ing, struggle along again, hoping
real love. the only real need, or she
would fight on by herself. She would
not compromise.
The landlady was a casual and un-
conventional person, and had COM
pany of her own in the parlor. Thus
1t was that she did not even trouble
tc tell Gertrude that she had sent
caller upstairs to the dismantled
room. The girl, her step lighter, went
up, and opened her door. She went
in, and as she was closing it she
thought she must be insane, for Boyd
Case came toward her, his eyes shin
ing, his hands held out to her. Not
for her life could she have said more
than she did say. ......-..s-s..
"Oh, OH" she said in weak little
voice as she stood motionless, but the
with her, for he presently took her in
to his arms.
do you love me Do you? Say that
you do! 1 have a right to ask you now
II hadn't before; so when I knew L
cared all I could stand went away.
I've been out west-and the doctors
say I'm all right-they thought it was
my lungs, and I couldn't have ask
ed you to share that with me! But
found real work, and have a little
money ahead-enough TO take you
back with me. Will you go!" Then
she drew away q little and looked at
him as If she would never let him
go from her sight. She nodded hap
PLY.
While he scolded her and mourned
over her and wondered, lover-1ike,
what would have happened had he
not come Just then, she sat down and
wrote a little note to Spaulding and in
closed the check. She was sorry she
had Endorsed it-but she could not
use 1t. And she was sorry and he had
been kind, but she could marry no one
but Boyd. She wrote this to John
Spaulding, and as she did so her first
real tenderness for him came to her.
He was alone-and she would have
Boyd always.-(Copyright 1912, by
the Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-23
AYHAWKER JOTy

AS the OsaWatomie Graphic says:
The dead-beat is always dead-broke.
Mack Gretchen points out that 'the
coming man is usually going some
too.'
Mr.. Link Hare of Norcatur can
travel as fast as any of that name.
He owns an automobile.
Quit ducking, advises the Jewell
County Republican. Only one person
in a hundred thousand ever gets killed
by lightning.
When a couple get married they
become one, but it takes some time
to find out which one, explains the
Edmond New Leaf.
Joe Rank of the Atchison Globe,
who was married not so long ago, OBJ
serves: There is steam roller in
nearly every home, and it's woman.
The Rexford News reports that
there are no winds in western Kan
sas now, not even enough to create
waves on the lakes that accumulated
during the week.
Miss Anna Carlson of the Linds-
borg News is of the opinion that lit
is easy for a man to be patient with
a stupid woman, if she is pretty and
he isn't married to her"
Neither is there any satisfaction for
the bald-headed men in the reflection
of Will Palmer of the Jewell County
hair has value in the cattle market"
Four cars of wheat have already
gone out, and wheat is still coming
in all the time, reports the Edmond
New Leaf, and it adds: This is go
ing to be one of those good years you
read about
Some people have gone cattle
crazy and are offering any old price
for them, reports the Canton Pilot.
One man at Marquette had COW ana
two calves and was offered $135 for
them, but refused to sell.
This is a description of the Kaw val
ley as written by Lawrence school
veloping into Solomon: THE Kaw
valley is located alongside and some
times under the Kawsriver."
We note in the daily papers several
instances of people who are trying
the fast cure, says the Usage Free
prove beneficial. While other folks
are hunting for a solution of the high
cost of living, we want to call atten-
ton to this practice as a sure cure for
the high cost of living. Quit eating.
in keeping the seeds out of our ears"
This item from the Junction City
Sentinel ought to stir up some glor-
ious memories among the old dodgers:
About so of the small boys of the
city were mighty busy Saturday help
ing unload the circus ana carried
stakes and the like with lots of en-
thusiasm. They were given tickets to
the show and promised red lemon
ade, etc., but the lemonade, ETC., did
not materialize and the boys are nurs-
ing their sore spots this week and ex-
claiming that they worked altogether
too hard for what they got.
A man stepped up to a ticket seller
at a moving picture show in town
not far from here and told the man
at the box that his wife was in there
with another man, and he intended to
wait until they came out, relates the
Downs News. After the reel which
was then being shown was finished
the manager interrupted the show
long enough to make this announce
ment: There's a tough guy outside
waiting for his wife and the man
that brought her here. I'd advise the
pair to step out the rear way There
was a hasty hustle and a man who
claimed to count said that fifteen
couples shot out through the rear
door.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-23
RY HARYMY PARaolaA

We are in receipt of postal card
photo of Fred Robertson, who recent
~ was defeated for the Democratic
nomination for attorney general, and
it indicated that, while some politi-
clans may be in clover, Fred is up
to his first vest button in alfalfa.
Pete Miller thinks a broken horse
and an unbrolSen buggy is better than
an automobile for some purposes.
Pete forgets that an auto doesn't have
to be tied, and doesn't put it's foot
through the wire fence when left
standing by the roadside.
The Kansas farmer who sought to
raise the mortgage on his farm by
charging thirsty soldiers five cents q
glass for well water, didn't know an
awful lot about soldiers. 1t is almost
impossible to sell anything to a SOL
dier-unless the salable commodity is
exhibited behind a steel grating.
About IA years ago, we spent a
pleasant afternoon in Tampa, Florida,
watching an enterpriSing wienerwurSt
merchant trying to ''selr' his wares
to bunch of soldiers. The attempt
was not abandoned until after they
stole the gasoline stove and the roof
of the stand.
Hon. Pinkerton and Hon. Burns
will kindly take the seat nearest the
rear exit. st have chased all the
bank robbers out Of Kansas" said De-
tective Joe Dolley some months ago:
I'VE have caught Flack, but I would
rather chase a man through the
jungleS of Arkansas than hunt for
him in New York." is part of his la
test interview.
It's all right with this department
of course, but the personal, perpendi-
cular pronoun is the private property
of the one-man political party, and
should be used sparingly by others.
1t is indeed seldom that man fools
a woman, but fooling herself is one
of the easiest things a woman does.
All is, not necessarily fair in love.
A few still prefer brunettes.
A professional umpire should not
get married. 1t would get him out
of the habit of having the last word.
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SAYS UNCLE CAV

without the salt of content. To him
| that can not look upon his treasures
and the work of his hands and say in
his innermost conscience, 1T is
good" there is no success. Monu-
mental achievements only madden by
their futility if they lack the ap-
proval of the still, small voice.
In the last analysis the human
struggle is one for self approval. The
problem of self preservation is readily
solved by the majority of mankind.
It is elemental and comparatively
easy. But the problem of winning
self approbation-not the self appro-
baton of the shallow egotist, but that
of the wise, level headed, introspec-
tive PERSONS elemental and stub
born. He who has solved it is favored
of the gods. 49, Est
The test of all success is human
service. If in doing well by your
neighbor, you have wasted SO much
good energy, and when the excite
ment of the fight is over conscience
gains a hearing and passes that
judgment from which there is no ap-
peal The man worth while is his
own severest critic, and the time
cometh when you shall arraign your
self for a trial more searching than
society can demand. And in that
hour it is good to stand acquitted of
n1SQ6eQ anu 1SlCA0S,
place and power count for little then,
and the one verdict that brings peace
is, ct have been of USE"
This is the white flame that tries
all greatness. And there is no short
cut to greatness. In the supreme
trial, that which has been builded in
honor. the stone that has been laid
with integrity and the pillar that
has been reared as honestly as hon
esty itself, shall stand. But no man,
when he finally brings his own work
to a reckoning, can put the stamp
of approval upon trickery, deceit and
sharp dealings, which rear those
shoddy superstructures of riches and
passing fame which the world gen
erously calls fair, His neighbor he
may deceive, but to himself he must
tell the truth. And if he come not
unscathed from the ordeal, the
abomination of desolation is upon the
work of his hands.-(Copyright, 1912,
by the Mcclure Newspaper Syndi-
cate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-23
GLOBE SIGHTS
By THE ATCHIso9s aLOBM

Fishing is always good nine miles far
Their on.
If you must gamble, it's a good idea to
bank the game.
A candidate loves humanity because it
has the right of suffrage.
Airship stories continue to represent
about the safest form of aviation
Another trouble with worry is that too
common tendency to worry out loud.
We are also curious to know how
ncorice Travelled this far without an ex-
cuse.
A grown-up "tattle-tale'' isn't much
more popular than the one who used to
tell teacher.
Besides expecting too much from a man,
woman is likely to expect more than sne
gets.
People sometimes say a man is distin-
guished-looking when they are really
talking about his whiskers.
Per acre yields of alfalfa possibly sound
exaggerated to those who have never
wrestled it with a pitchfork.
Deadbeats are kept so busy lodging
that they have little time to enjoy their
easy method of making a living
Another mean man says he beats his
wife when he goes home early, so she will
be glad to have him stay out late.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-23

enrich himself at the expense of the
public. William Finn. of Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania, and one of the chief
counsellors in the Roosevelt movement,
has the deserved reputation of being
just such a politician. Presumably a
crooked financier is a financier who Is
connected with bad" trusts George
W. Perkins, the generally accredited
financial genius of the Roosevelt move
ment and the chairman of its executive
campaign committee, is associated with
trusts that have been proceeded against
by the federal government as being in
imical to the welfare of the nation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-23
HUAOR or THE D<Y

Don't you always feel sorry for the un-
der man?" Sure, II they can't get the
car from off him."--Baltimore American
the way. where do they catch mock tur-
ties? Waiter-Near the shamrock, I
think, sir!-London Opinion.
Mrs. Benham-Do you remember thar I
gave you no decided answer the first time
you proposed? Benham-I remember that
you suspended sentence.-Judge.
I'm our country. where can one realty
find the cream of society2" ''In Reno. OF
separator replied the cynic acridly.-
Judge.
ser. McTaggarti Twas a bad shiIiin' I
gave himi The McTaggart-A bad shillln'i
Ma OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Wuufan
had ye no bad saxpence ?-Sydney Bulle-
TIN.
"I understand that Mr.. Grabwell started
in life by borrowing $50. You must adj
don't" replied Mr.. Growcher. The
man admire is the one who had tho
courage to lend him the fifty."-Washing-
ton Star.
"Oh, Mr.. Smith, she said last night
had such a delightful dreamI positively
mind-were travelling our honeymoon.
Do you ever have dreams like that Mr.
Smith, 81 am afraid I used to- Miss
Antique h answered, but now am
more careful over my suppers."
Statesman
A divorce decree costs a good deal mora
than a marriage license. but one expects
to pay more for luxuries--Judge.
An observation-disclosures had Just dis
covered America. And didn't sell The
rights to the book" he wailed.-Harper'
Bazaar.
Marriages may be made in heaven.
remarked the man on the car 'sb1,f sra
porch swing ia entitled to some credit
Toledo Blade.
ised not to interfere with her refirton
Believes. and now he refuses to bur le-
a new hat for Easter.-PhiladeIphda Rec
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-23
CONTROL OF FTOoDs

Flood control of the Mississippi vsI-
ley was declared to be an engineering
project second only to the Panama
canal, by the deep waterways commits
sion, at recent meeting held in Chi
cago, writes H. H. Windsor in the
September Popular Mechanics Maya
zine. 1t was agreed that only through
government could control be secured,
put that returns from water powers
thus created, and the sale of reclaimed
lands would go far toward capitaIizing
the enterprise. The increasing vol
ume of the annual floods was shown
to be due not to any material increase
in their original form of rain or snow,
but to artificial conditions. In the
northern states thousands of miles of
tling have been laid by farmers to
drain swamps, low lands and small
lakes, which enables the rapid esca De
of excessive water. Thus thousands Of
small harmless floods are dumped into
the Mississippi to unite and descend in
one overwh Ginning disastrous avalanche
of water.
It was shown that the remedy for
this need not be the discontinuance
of drainage of northern low lands but
the construction of enough reservoirs
to hold and control the abnormal
spring freshets near the source Also
that great good could be accomplished
if northern state farmers would pillow
their land from IL to Is inches deep,
instead of 5 or 6 inches as at pres
ent. This would give the soil an OPP
portunfty to absorb and retain a much
larger quantity of moisture, amounting
to as much as 40 to SO tons of water
per acre, and which, it was claimed,
would increase the value of crops
throughout these states fully three
fold.
One of the interesting developments
of the convention was the announce
ment that there are three possible
routes for the diversion of excess
water of the upper Mississippi by ca
nails to Lake Michigan: First, from st.
Paul to Green Bay, 259 miles; secord.
Lacrosse to Milwaukee, 1856 miles;
and third. Galena to Chicago, 1872
miles.
The damage caused by the 1912
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-23
THE WORLD AND THE EGoTIsr.

TIE WOEtI1D AND THE EGOIISI.
Sometimes man of lofty pose
Adops a wise, assertive tone
Which nearly everybody knows
Fate never meant to be his own.
And yet the world with face quite straight
Insists on letting him crate.
He never lets a chance go by
To offer all his wisdom free;
And when he isn't saying '.I'
He's generally saying Me"
And yet the world says: Bring him out,
1t cheers me up to hear him shout.
For jokes are scarce and laughs are few.
OF all the jests upon the list,
The best arise, 'twfxt me and you,
From the unconscious humorist.
Thanks to this man I oft relieve
Dull care by laughing in my sleeve"
Washington Star.
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QUAKER MEDrrATToNs.
rErom the Philadelphia Record

TFrom the Philadelphia Recoro.I
The early bird sometimes catches pneu-
monia- -.
some people spend as they go ana ON
ers stay home 80,
DON'T Jump at conclusions unless you
know they are there.
The expression of womans mouth
isn't always controlled by her tonsu
'S r. -, hava anv fear of being obliged to
eat Your own words pay sugar-coatea
compliments ..<ys
Sometimes the only thing woman sees
in a man to admire Is the Aace eiiae -
admires her.
1--WE shall all be made perfect IN
heaven remarked the good deaco-.
saThen I suppose even one-ieSgeo n.s. :,
will get there with both rect snicAefe1
he rSnreRenerate backslider.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-23

Governor Hi johnson of California
is to make some campaign speeches
for the Bull Moosers in Kansas. Gov
ernor Johnson has no use for a United
States senatorial primary which denies
the nomination to the candidate re-
ceiving the popular vote. Many Kan
sans would be keen for an exposition
of Governor Johnson's reasons why
such a plan is antagonistic to popular
rule. He was successful In making
one such nomination in California null
and void. 1t is to be hoped that he
will take advantage of his opportuni-
ties to tell Kansans all about this i'm
portant matter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-23
JOURNAL ENTRIES

The bigger the secret, the more num-
erous are the people who know about
Attaining popularity and retaining It
are entirely different propositions.
=
They're generally the philosophers on
easy street who dilate on the joys OF
hard work.
Nor is there much consolation for the
man in serious trouble that things
might be worse with him.
y
It's all right to work. And it's all
right to play. But it's all wrong to
play when you ought 20 be at work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-23
DAFFYDLS
BIZ o. NOALL-

Did you ever hear of any one sensi-
tive to colds avoiding a bank draft?
little George Pink-knee will now
sing: s.Pussy's in the well but she's got
eight more chances-'9
If a card sharp manipulated the deck
with a certain finger would it be his
index fnger2
Sarah, you've been eating onions
againlD
If a cornet is metal is a trombone?
CThe more 1 see of some boobs the
more Like me daWRl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-23

Some of the railroads out of Chi
cago have begun a passenger rate war
to various points. They are selling
excursion tickets good for a limited
time at prices that are reminiscent of
the good, old fashioned times. How
ever, 1t is a noticeable fact that this
rate war was not started until most
folk have had their summer vacations,
or are getting ready to bring them to
an end and already have their return
trfp tickets
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-23

Colonel Roosevelt declares that the
attacks on him by Senator Penrose and
others, whom he characterizes as
crooked politicians and crooked f1nan-
ciers, are being made because they
know that the forces behind me. which
/ at this time represent, are the only
forces which the crooked politicians and
crooked financiers of the country have
really to fear" Presumably a crooked
politician IS one who uses politics to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-23

According to rumors in San Fran
cisco's Chinatown, DR.. Sun Yat Sens
su-- has set, via the hand of an as
sassin. If these rumors are well
founded the Chinese have found an
effective, if not commendable solu-
ton of the problem of what a republic
shall do with its expresidents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-23

II the voting machines that are to
be tried out in Topeka this fall do all
that is expected of them, and there is
no good reason why they should not,
there will be big demand o. the part
of the people that such machines be
purchased forthwith Wherever voting
machines have been tried, any sugges-
ton of returning to the antique plan
of voting and counting the ballots has
been booted as being ridiculous.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
rFrom the New york Press.1

If rom the new 1OTk EJeSS-I
Sometimes you can tell what's In a
woman's boot but never in her mind.
The easier it is for girl to get wisdom
the harder it is for her to get beaux.
It's no more waste of energy and effort
to try to kill flies with clubs than the
way most people try to dS business.
The time a man finds he isn't a natuE L
born inventor is when he tries to get the
key into the lock of his door at o'cIo elk
in the morning
All the money in the world, if a man
had it. couldn't keep him from getting
nervous about some of 1t when a poor
relation wanted to see him.
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Senator Penrose,s statement

Senator Penrose's statement that
contributions to the Republican cam
paign fund of 1904 from the Standard
oil. crowd were solicited and received
with the knowledge of Colonel Roose-
welt, then president and a candidate
for election to that Office. were prompt
~ branded by the colonel as faIsehoods.
Pretty soon, and there will be but one
exponent of the truth in the whole
United States. Needless to add. he will
be Theodore Roosevelt, of Oyster Bay,
~
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puzzle: what Was the Matter?

81 don't know what was the matter
-,,;.t, NV husband this morning" con-
~ Abe June bride to her friend.
..1 am dreadfully afraid so. He has
had ~ stay at the Office very late
+hrea or four nights. Last night he
slant get home until nearly o'clock
and he was so exhausted and dizzy
+T,a+ he fell over the umbrella rack and
1--srened the whole household. This
morning he was about burning up with
fever and drank over a gallon of
water and he didn't touch a bit of
BREAKFAST. He said the very thought
of food offended him and he looked sc
haggard and worn that felt sorry for
him. 1 think he must be working toe
hard"