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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13
GRUNTBLERS!

We are all natural born grumblers,
writes John A. Sleicher in Lesue'S.
From childhood to the grave, we look
for the few things that are wrong and
forget the many that are right. When
we are strong and healthy. we offer no
PRAYER of Thanksgiving. But let US
have an ache or pain, a cut finger or
a sore thumb, and hear the walls of
distress.
We expect to be healthy. happy and
well. We feel that that is an in
heritance to which we are entitled
So we think nothing of it; but how We
magnify our little troubles!
We forget that if we inherit health,
so we may also have an inheritance of
suffering. If we have days of sun
shine, we must also have days of
storm. If we expect to enjoy happi-
ness, we must also anticipate hours
of pain If we have joys. we must also
have sorrows.
We never voice contentment. We
always proclaim our discomfort. Hear
the cries of unrest by those who
their grievances against the
present order of things. This has
much to do with the clamor in favor
of upsetting our established form OF
government and trying experiments,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13
EVENING CHAT
BIZ RUTH CAMERON.

Now run in any time and use the
phone again. You know I'm perfect
~ willing to have YOU"
That sounds like very cordial in
v1tation, doesn't It? And of course the
woman who received it thanked ITS
g1ver with equal cordially. But after
We mad passed out of earshOt she
turned to me and said, But just the
same L shan't use that telephone un-
less l absolutely have to; as [ did to-
day."
Why ?" L inquired with some sur
prise, she said she was perfectly will
Ing"
Yes" said the lady. I know she
old' but she's the kind of woman who
says that sort of thing before your
race and then talks about you behind
her back if you take her at her word
HOW do l know? Because I've heard
ner talk about other people that way
GU want to be careful how Won ia ke
favors from come back people"
Do you recognize the woman she
was taxing about? 1 don't mean liz
the flesh. but in the spirit l am
sure you must, because she is Ger
fanny a very common type.
Perhaps your neighbOr belongs to
IhiS class, and neighbor-WiSe YOU Dor
row some coffee from her. She is de-
llghted to lend it, she assures you
- NoM uon hurry about returning
IL, she says, as you depart, Il have
plenty, there's really no need of your
returning it at ALL For some reason
you nave difficulty in getting Just the
rlght quality to return to her, so YOU
take her a her word and do not hurr,-
yourself unduly about canceIlinR The
loan- OF course you feel quite safe in
dong this because of her kindly re-
assurances. But it is a spurious safe
W For your neighbor is going about
the neighborhood saying how slack
you are in returning things you have
borrowed.
a friend of mine who is a mem Der
of this class of comeback peonIe
who offer favors and then criticise Won
II you accept them, used to frequently
urge me TO make use of her auton1o-
pie. OF course L never intended TO
accept but one day stress of circurn-
stances forced me to ask a small IA
Vor IN this line. She granted it. but
IN such an ungracious manner that |
would have given anything not to have
asked. And she further came back
by crlticising my having done so, to
our mutual friends. She did MOI.
needless to say, tell them how eager
~ she had urged me to make use of
my car any time at all. my dear"
10 criticise a person for accepting A
favor from you is ungracious under
any circumstances. but to CRITICS,
anyone for accepting faVOrs which
you nave deliberately lured them into
asking is just a bit worse
Or course there may be some kinds
OF two-facedness which are more de-
splcabIe than this variety, but Off
hand 1 can't think of any.
Can you?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13
AXHAWKER JOT.S

In political campaign, says the
Mankato Western Advocate. plunks in
the treasury are almost as importan mt
as planks in the platform.
1t is reported that the swamp rat
has lice, says the Norton County
News, and it adds: We had no idea
there were any breed of lice so de-
graded.
Crowds are encouraging. of course.
remarks the Norton Courier, but a
good many people go to the circus who
would never think of voting for the
clown.
AS Deacon Walker. of the Osborne
County Farmer, explains it: horse
has to be broken before you can drive
1t. It is different with an automobile.
The automobi breaks you.
In the opinion of the Downs Times
the average mother believes that it
would be impossible to keep her son
out Of the presidential chair if tire
people properly appreciated him.
Even the churches are getting the
great present day progressive spirit. "
said a man at the Corners recently,
according to the Stockton Review.
They are attaching an extra dime to
the price of meal. Everyone is pros
pering but the man who has to buy
the meal
Isn't it the truth remarks the
Gueda Springs News. Some dub hunts
for a job until he is half-starved .
death and finally convinces some fell
low that he can earn possibly half the
stated saIary-and then the local pa
per states that so and so has accepted
a position"
r. F. Irwin received a sample Of
the new Progressive eggs at the Nc
Laughlin store last week, reports the
Toronto Republican. The egg WIS
supposedly laid by a Progressive heA
Friday and the egg was marketed
that afternoon in order that it might
1,,,A IL &c
Mr. Irwins delight Saturday morning
to find that it had Matched a hearty
black chicken which Mr. Irwin |
promptly named John Arthur Johl.-
sing in honor of its color and fight
ing proclivities. Mr.. Irwin thinks he
has found a short cut to fortune if he I
can perpetuate the breed. The ac- |
vantage of eggs that will hatch the
next day after being dropped in nest
or even an egg crate iS obvious
The whisky and beer advertisements
received through the mails are be-
coming a great nuisance to the average
Kansan but if ell the advertisemei Is
could be returned at the expense ~
the whisky and beer houses 1t would
soon be abated, says the Salina Jour
nal. At many points in Kansas
there Is a scheme on among the mc1
who are constantly receiving these
liouor advertisements that may put
ston to the system after a while. At
Least they can make the advertisirg
campaign a most expensive one for
the liquor houses. When the men get
! letter out of the postoffice they put
all the slips into the self-addressed re
turn envelope and drop it into the
D0stofice. The postmaster drops tire
brewer or distiller or whisky mouse u
which the letter is addressed caro-
stating that a letter is held for posi-
age at that postofhce. The liquor
1ouse sends stamps for the letter and
upon opening it finds joke awaiting
hem. .
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13
QUAKER INDICATIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record-1
The rnannish girl is really the manless
one.
Many a man wants to paddle his own
canoe by proxy
The hero finds it mighty hard work to
stay on the job
The chronic kicker is more apt to get
exercise than results
The dyspeptic rejoices that we won't
need any cooks in beaver.
No man can be perfectly happy without
a certain amount of self conceit.
''IfT' and but are mighty little words
to play such an important part in life.
BIobbs-''I hate to play poker with q
bad loser Slobbs-'And 1 hate to play
with good winner
Hoax-'Adam couldn't have been
poet" Joax-''Why not?" Hoax-"Be-
cause poets are born, not made"
Nell-"No less than four ministers of
ficiated at her wedding" Belle-"Ard
just think that one little divorce lawyer
could undo it all.'
Muggins-'I suppose it is human nature
to sympathdze with the under dog" Bus
gins-"Yes, especially if we are pretty
sure he is going to get on top"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Not few poor people get more
sympathy than they deserve.
X y
Neither is there even a shortage in
Holsters of the human variety.
X
1t takes as much credit as it does
gasoline and grease to run some auto
mobiles.
The harder q man tries to be hum
orous, the bigger the failure he genvr-
ally makes at it.
You don't believe everything that's
told you, yet you think others should
believe everything you tell.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13
DAFFYDHS
By U. NoALL.

Suppose T. r. refused to give lip
what ne knows about the Standard Oil
would Cortelyou?
(Fish. sir? Yes, bring me a good
eeL)
If New York suffers from the roar
of street traffic is Chicago, Illinois
(And many. a man loses his nerve
when he goes 10 the dentist.)
If a tigress was especially wild could
the Hon-tamer?
(Iadies and Gentlemen: The ne 1t
moving picture will be The Reformed
Drunkard in three reeIs.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13
HUNOR or THE DRY

Householder-I give you my word three
seVenty-five is all I have in the house.
Burgiar-Wen, say! When We figure me
time an me tools. how dye expect me
10 make any profit at that rate?-Life-
Pa, what is an inheritance taxi" AN
inheritance tax, my boy, is the crowd of
promoters, real estate agents, mining
just as soon as they learn that he has
fallen heir to little ey.'-Detroit
Free Press.
Hell hear, Miss Pert, you were looking
for a husband. and here I've turned up.
down.-Baltimore American.
Customer (after experiencing some diff
ficulty getting in)-Great Scott! Ism
Druggist-No, sir. This is a Christian
Science drug store.-Life.
so you broke your engagement with
But it is broken Yes, she told me
what her clothing cost and 1 told het
what my income was, then our engase-
ment sagged in the middle and gently d.s
solved. Detroit Free Press.
Our opinion is evidently not shared by
the little girl who was once asked by ner
which, of Dickens and
chose the latter, giving as her reason that
she had often head of Great Scott but
never of "Great -ickens. Laughter.
Forgot HimseIf-Wife-My dear you
haven't cold, have you? Husoand-No.
And headaehe2'' None at all" '4Rhet1-
natisTn - Not a particle You don't
think it will rain do you?" mo danger.
church time. '-Fsster- in Naw York
Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR.
rFrom the New york Press.1

TFrom the New York Press-I
A conversation has to be very short not
to be long of lies.
When a woman can believe in her hus-
band. it's a sign she could in any other
man VINO was
If a man doesn't take his money home,
he spends it: and If he does take II home,
his family spends IT.
The way a woman can tell everybody
she meets is making remarks about her
is maybe her petticoat shows behind
The devil always knocks OF work when
politicians take the field for the people.
because he knows they viii do his work
Just as well as he can.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

SuSsca hers of tho state Journal
away from lOIre during the summer
may have the paper mailed regularly
each day to any address at the rate OF
ten cents Week Or thirty cents
month Thy n all only. Address
changed Rs often as desired. While
out Of town the State Journal wAn be
81 YOU ike a Jelly letter from home.
Advance payment Is requested ON
these short time subscriptions, to save
bcoI<lEesping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13
THE LONG SLEEP.

THE LONG SLEEP.
In the top of tree
Is the warriors grave,
Mid the prairie sea,
Where the grasses wave;
Come echoingS
From the tents afar,
And the herd boy sings
Where the ponies are.
Now throb the drums
At the distant camp,
And the dance strain comes
On the breezes damp,
And the moonbeams trace
Strange carpetry
Meath the resting place
OF the warrior Cree.
And tomorrow sun
Shall find all fled
Their dancing done,
And their fires dead; -
And silently
The winds shall sweep
About the tree
OF the long, long sleep.
Arthur Chapman, in the Denver Repub
lican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13
According to Uncle Abner.

THERE'S only one way to hasten the king
dom come faster than by settin' on key
of powder and smokin' a pipe, and that
is by goin' out in canoe that has san
in it.
Hank Tumms of our village is gettir'
heightened He sent a shirt to the laur-
dry last week. The only thing that has
got a SEWN circle beat for news is a
barber shop.
There amt no use tryin' to do anything
for Teller who enjoys poor health.
Now and then you run across an old
fashioned Teller who wears his Spectacles
find 'em.
No girl is a bit better than her folks
until she has spent one term at finishiu
school.
A vocal teacher says singin' is good fer
the health. but the grand opera stars a1E.'t
in the singin' business for that purpose.
A nice little friendly game always
sounds suspicious to me.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13

Only 1000 veterans in this years
parade at the national encampment
of the G. A. r. tells in forcefuI fashion
the story of how the brave boys in
blue are falling by the wayside.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13
ON THE SPUR
OF THE NOMENT

BY ROY K. MOULTON.

Where Is 1t Now?
That overcoat I threw away last spring,
Gee Whiz! but 1 was tired of the thing
swore I nee r would put it on again.
Its cut gave me large three-cornered
pain.
Twas worn around the cuffs and lapel.
The velvet collar was fright to view.
Twas ready for the rag bag, without
doubt;
When summer came I glaly threw it out
l said I'd save my coin all summer and
Annex an overcoat that would be grand
But now the chilly winds are almost hero;
Inc blizzard of the winter time is near.
I've counted up my coin, alas, alack!
wish that 1 could get tnat old coat back.
Election Time.
Lem Higgins says he doesn't know just
,,r.- now the country's going to go,
lis mighty hard for even him to venture
TO prognosticate.
men Lem says that it's plain to see sur
prlses are in store, for he
1t quite the greatest expert that we have
on grave affairs of state.
wouldn't be surprised at that;
ana Il may go the Bull Moose way, f.-
~ tnlngs are mixed up very bad.
he says there's only one safe bet. It
won't go prohibiuon yet,
But none can tell just what will come, for
Ioiks have all gone tariff mad.
Lem says the tariff on yarn socks will put
a crimp in Taft and Knox;
II looks sometimes as though the whole
oidhIe punch is going to be upset.
ne says that predatory wealth is bad for
our commercial health,
ana mat the postal savings banks arc
gong to fgger quite a lot
Seems like they got old Lem perplexed
for once, and US folks are all veXed,
Bekus We always bank on him to find out
how we ought to vote.
1t saves us worry, don't you see, to shift
responsibility
But it seems like a bigger load this year
than Lem can safely tote.
Lem has been busy since last spring just
readin' up regards the thing,
And he amt satisfied the way the ship
of state is headin' now.
He says Bill Taft has gone to sleep ana
that he amt no man to keep
A-putterin' round the White House any
longer, we must ali allow;
But still he says he amt so sot in the
opinions that he's got,
But what he might vote fer him again,
prOvidin he makes good.
Taft is all right in lots of ways and Lem
don't think it ever pays
To count a Teller down and out, while he's
still sawin' wood.
Fact is Lem don't know where he's a.
Republican or Democrat
And won't while them ProgreSsiVes Ike ep
right on a-raisin' merry hob.
He's goin to save his mental force and |
let the blamed thing take it's course |
AS town expert on politics, Lem Higgins |
has thrown up his job.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13

Here's an unusual Kettle of fish
Announcement is made by the Bull
Moosers that their national campaign
expenses are running ahead of the
receipts. However, the new partys
credit will be excellent as long as
Brother Perkins remains in the fold.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13

costly. unnecessary and in many in
stances foolish.
The grumblers are responsible for
the unreason, discomfort and unbelief
that so widely prevail. 1t has been so
always, from ancient Biblical times to
this socalled new century of prog
ress.''
Stop it!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13

New York, Chicago and Kansas City
are not in an exclusive class by them
selves in one particular. Denver now
comes to the front with the announce
ment that it has a vice ring" in its
midst which will hold its own with
any of them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13

FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
ganizAtion for the exclusive afternoon
publication IN Topeka
The news is received in The state Jour
nal building over wires fer this sole puT-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13

That man whose pocket was robbed
of $500 in the course of a half-hour
nap, should console himself with the
thought of what he might have lost
had he taken good sleep.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13

Bowling gracefully to the inevitable,
the members of the Kansas State
Sheriffs' association passed a resolu-
ton at their recent annual meeting in
which they went on record as favor
ing a law placing the sheriff's office
on a straight salary basis and aboI-
ishing the fee system that now pre-
walls
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13

A modest Chicago woman is suing
for $40 for a broken heart. Possibly,
if she were coaxed, she would settle
for new hat marked down to $3.50
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13

More than perfunctory praise is due
to the state fair management and the
local peace officers for the excellent
order that has been maintained on
the fair grounds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13

Those who haven't much use for
breakfast foods will probably not wax
enthusiastic over the fact that the
cereal crops of the country promise
to be larger this year than ever be-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13

Surely everybody can join hands
with former Governor Hoch in being
happy when Kansas prosperity is un-
der consideration. Nor is he alone in
his complaint that the vagaries of the
Progressives are Mearying
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13

Say what you will, it was real kind
in the price of lemons not to attempt
to soar out of sight until the lemon
ade season was about over
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13

Thomas Edison worked 1872 hours
out of IA to perfect the phonograph.
And the result shows that he failed at
night to close the window looking on
the fence where the Thomas cats
rnnSfal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13

Now that machine has been in
vented for the washing of bank notes,
the debtor can suavely tell the impor-
tunate collector that his money hasn't
come home from the laundry
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13

Now that the hot spell has ended
for a time. at least, whole LOT of peo-
pie will have to find something eIse
to COMPLAIN and worry about.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13

Buncombe. Pure buncombe. Colonel
Roosevelt declares that this country
is facing a crisis that has had no equal
since the days Of Lincoln.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13

Francisco Madero must have dis
covered by this time that being presi-
dent of Mexico is not an exceedingly
desirable lob.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13

According to Professor Begoni. of
Paris. within the next generation. the
world will be feeding on electricity in
stead of beef. A current diet, as it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13

Mexico complains that the United
States has not given it square deal.
But if it had, Mexico would now be
eating its meals off a manteI, stand
irlcr IN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13

Can it be possible that Colonel
Roosevelt made a misstatement in
the premises? Mr.. Haines. who was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13
KANSAS COAMENT

NJ TELLING WHAT WILL, HAPPEN
1t is doubtful if the managers ~
the Republican campaign in Kansas
nave really aided their cause b,, ~
slsting that Taft electors he .,s.,+
OF the Republican ticket. OF con~ss
the intention was to gain votes Cor
the candidates of the state +5ct-.s,
Even the Progressives themselves
VIII admit frankly that it is an of
OF dishonesty to place one party's
electors on another party's ticket.
But 1t was believed by the shrevsd
politicians who are identified wieh
the Progressives that they could gam
votes by so doing, believing that
thousands of Taft men would vote
the straight 1icket out of loyalty to
the name of the party and so assist
the state campaign. One thing that
they forgot was the widespread intel
llgence among Kansas voters II IS
doubtful If any man will go into the
booth in November without knowin.,
fully just who is who on the ballot.
With the leaders of the Progressive
cause openly boiling the head of the
party ticket and endeavoring to defe1t
the Republican candidate for president
the voter will feel absolved from any
particular allegiance to the state PARTY
ticket 1t would have been better for
the Progressive managers to have been
frank and fair in their actions toward
the Taft supporters and have shown a
to give SQUARE deal to
Kansas, as now seems likely, decide
to take revenge on the Progressive
leaders because of the action TO keep
electors on the Taft ballot
there is no telling what will happen.
Reflector.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-13
TOUCHES MANY CLASSES.


One effect of the horse plague in
Western Kansas has been to call
attention to the closeness with which
the interests Of all classes Of people
are connected. With the horses of tie
farmers dying off at a time when it is
important that the ground be prepared
for the sowing of the wheat. the ia
terest of the entire state has been cen
tered in the plague that is causing
such losses. Everything that can be
done to stop the plague is being done
by the farmers themselves, by the To-
cal veterinarians and by the state ald
government experts. and it is 10 te
hoped that an effective remedy Will
be speedily found. No. only are me
interests of the farmers suffering be-
cause of the heavy losses that are lee
ing sustained but in turn the people
of the whole state viii feel in n pre-
or less way the effects of such n
plague. The interests of the farmer
are the interests of all Kansans and
his prosperity or failures are felt in
every line of business and among All
classes. The loss sustained in tn
case comes directly on the owners a"d
indirectly on The whole state.-Salina
Journal.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-11
BY AUTHORITY.

Sealed proposals will be received at
this office until 1900 A. M. Saturday,
March 10th, 1912, for the purchasing
of 1000 cubic yards of earth from La
mai Street, Puunui.
Earth to be removed to lines and
grades as given by the City and Coun-
ty Engineer.
The successful bidder will be re-
quired to pay $3.50 of his bid upon the
acceptance of his proposal, an addi-
tional 500 of his bid when 500 yards,
have been removed, and the balance
when $50 yards have been removed.
AS an evidence of good faith, each
proposal must be accompanied by a
Certified Check for an amount equal
to 1870 of his bid.
These Checks will be returned
promptly, to the unsuccessful Bidder
j. w. CALDWELL,
Road Overseer, Honolulu District.