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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-26
SAYS UNCLE CAV

Have a care how you vaunt your
hatred of your enemy. You may oe
merely advertising his strength anu
vo1,r own weakness. No big man mates
one who is smaller than himsel1-hlS
feeling is rather one of contemptuous
nitv. When you scatter the tale Oh
vorr hate to the winds, you have mere
w told the four corners OF the earIn
that YOU are small. that you have
been undones or that there is another
greater than you. And, verify, these
he matters which a sage would keep
to himself.
Whenever I hear one man giving
voice to his dislike to another l re
member a little tragedy that occurred
down behind the little red schoolhouse
on the hill. The new boy, with the
1.-the muscles of an orang anu me
reach of an incipient white nope
snread terror among the rest or US
little shaVers He said he was pau
egg, and we took his word 1or H. as
well as his orders. Finally one gay
he RECALLED the rest OF us VIII VIZ for
cumstantial account of his dlsnke LOT
a quiet little chap who had always
rent his own counsel, and therefore
steered clear of schoolboy troubles.
THAT little kids goin' to get an
awful lickin said some one wien INC
"i.ickin' nothin'." said Bud spig-
gins. ''Tn bet he's licked the o ,;,,i I;
or the bully wouldn't be hatin I'M.
" So it turned out. And when, we
learned the story of what had nap zap
nened down the hill behind the school-
house. the rest of US took turns in
whipping the bully, by way OF even
ing up old scores. He might nave
Continued the cock of the walk if he
hadn't advertised his hatred.
It's a simple story, but the renel-
lion of the little red schoolhouse gang
has its counterpart in many a ols ger
other day. He's engineering what MS
rivals call a little combine IN re-
straint of trade, which has its nome
offices not far from here
Il see you're on your rect I'm IN e er4ac
fellow had you for while"
so did IL said Bud Until It'll he eoi go :.
- a. 10 me remembered Bully
pike and knew va had 1;dk nim hi goins And nd
:, -.a;Yg tn stav licked. q Copy
light 1912, by w. E. Williamso
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-26

it was realized that this was the end
of the elopement.
bad smash. Tom" said the profess
sor to the judge, as the parsuers drove
UP and matted.
yes; pretty bad, Jim was the re-
pIv
Miss Ruth was hauled out of the
wreck. to stand shivering and weep
ing, and the young man stood with
open mouth, as he saw the two faith
ers together and heard them call each
other by their first names. To his
certain knowledge, they had been enc
mics less than a week before.
These people cannot go on, Tom
Not with that wreck. JIM
But they can take seats with us.
only too happy, I'm sure. Let's
see, young man-where were you
bound for?"
About five miles along this road,
sheepishly answered Mr.. Bennett.
Album! I think we are bound for
the same place. Get right in
Sitting together on the front seat
the fathers conversed like old chums.
Sitting together on the back seat TIE
lovers clasped hands and wondered
what prison they were being driven
to- When the parsonage of the Rev
Moses Hurley was reached the car
riage was halted and the four people
entered the house.
"A little marriage ceremony salr
the professor.
= Between these two young people.
added the judge.
In a daze and a tremble the lovers
were made one, and then Miss Run
braced up to ask:
Father, what does it all mean?
why, daughter, in the first place
| have acknowledged to Tom that ]
was an ass, and he to me that he was
a bigot and in the next 1 told yoL
that 1 had selected a husband for you
and we came along to see that you
got the right one!"-(CopyriSht' 1Sl1
by Associated Literary Press)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-26
GLOBE SIGHTS
Ry THE ATcHIsoN GLOBE.

A reporter shields as often as he staDs-
Knockers are always deaf to their own
knocks.
A rich woman's husband is frequently a
liability.
An incubator makes less fuss ABOUT Al
than the helpful hen
A lodge office is never as important as
the title it carries indicates.
Shaving UP all night probably IS the
poorest way to get an early start
One can't Judge a womans flnancial
standing by the size of her purse
A smart lawyer is sometimes able TO
make an honest man liar on cross-ex-
animation
How plausible your side of the argu-
rnent sounds until the other side begins
talking.
good deal of the loyalty in this world
is like that found in the postoffice de-
partment.
An unusual person is one who doesn'
think his rights are not good deal more
than his rights.
An owl stays up most of the nigh.
hustling for a living. which is the only
excuse for that sort of thing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-26
ADVERTISING Talks
- WILLIAM q. FRDBMAN

Uncle Henry Hastings sits by the win
dow in his unpretentious home In a
small village in upper New YORK state
He is reading the newspaper that Is ue-
Iivered to his home every day
Maria his wife. is sitting near him
Uncle Henry reads a financial advertise
ment which appeals to him. He and his
wife have saved up few hundred doi-
return. Uncle Henry and Maria-plain.
toroa-Ifxring people, trustful-believe
everything the read in their newspaper.
They decide to invest their savings IN
the enterprise advertised
If that advertisement tells the truth. Il
is all right -,
Then what? Suppose the old couple in
vest their savings and lose them. Who
would be responsible?
Would the advertiser. or the publisher.
or both be responsible?
Here's another thing TO consider about
Uncle Henry and Maria
They read their daily newspaper care
There are millions of Uncle Heurys ana
Marias all over the country who do the
same thing;
newspaper is not a good advertising me-
dunn
Who can say that because It appears
once every twenty-four hours II has only
fleeting attention. therefore advertising
in it cannot be remembered2
Under the family light. in the home at
night or by the window in the morning
light-the newspaper tells its daily story
to millions
The newspaper keeps these millions IN
formed. not only as to the news OF tho
day. but TO how they can supply their
needs through the advertisements.
That is why the newspaper is a val
liable advertising medium FOR both rner-
chant and manufacturer
(To be continued.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-26
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago News

From the chicago Ne"o-J
cold treatment often kindles flame OF
resentment.
Theory alone never accomplished any
thing worth while
Many a brave man has lost his nerve
in a dentists chair
There are a few things that even
voune man doesn't know
An optinnist is a man who knows thae
his troubles might be worse
A man isn't necessarily worthless be-
cause his neighbor is worth more
There are times when we should be
thankful for what we fail to get.
1t must be some satisfaction to sailors
to know that btoys will be buoys.
When a man is completely wrapped up
in himself the package is apt to be small
If might be we'll to remember that
every man you deal with is looking for
the best of it.
When a young widow makes up her
mind to marry a bachelor he may posi-
bly, escape by dying
But the undoing of the work of Satin
finds for idle hands to do furnishes en-
pIoyrnent for a lot of other poole.
There is nothing more disappointing TO
a woman who wants to tell a secret than
the discovery that the other woman is al
ready next to it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-26
HUMOR or THE Day

''-They say a man is known by his assoc
ciates'' YES, or If he isn't known he is
at least suspected by them. kansas City
Journal.
Probably No Exception.-"Jones has in
vented an airship;" Then is bound to
schemes have gone up.'-Boston Trans
cript.
The Point of View.-Three little tots SAT
beside her on one side and two bit older
on the other. Are these your children,
madam asked the conductor. as he COL
lected the fare, "or is it a picnic % .'Thsy
are my children" she answered, with
weary look. land it is no picnic
Hampton Magazine.
To Make Assurance Sure.-Son-in-Law
experimenting mother-in-law's funeraD-
1 suppose-er-you've dug it deep enough?
-Bystander.
There's a Reason.-Curate-Didn as
sure you that a is only dangerous
when it has lost its calf? She-That's
why 1 was frightened: I couldn't see
calf anywhere.-Sketch-
She cat the piano)-How do you enjoy
this refrain? He-Very much. The more
YOU refrain the better like it.-Judge.
Isadore-But how can you honestly ad-
vertise a fire sale ven you hat had no
fire? Isaacs-But did fired two
statesmen last week--Puck.
..Uncle Joe. do you believe in votes for
women p NO sab. don't. Manda' s got
all de money dats good for her now
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
'see here. you old rascal. why didn't
you tell me this horse was lame before
bought him?" wall, the Teller that sold
him to me didn't say nothin' about It. 50
I thought it was a secret Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-26
by THE WAY
BY HARVEY PARSONS

A Milwaukee woman. in search OF
a divorce, names 81 assorted girls as
correspondents. Her husband must
have kept a private card index where
she could get to it.
From reading some of the reports
from Oklahoma, we garner TINS
sweetly solemn thought: 1T has been
a long time since the Indians scalpeo
the whites-but the whites have been
skinning the Indians ever since.
Ponce de Leon didn't have any
worse time in his search for the foun-
tain of youth than Kansas has ex-
perienced in her search for the spring
of 1912.
Down in Mexico the Outs are shoot
ing the ms with locomotives loadeq
with dynamite. Compared with a loao
like that, the projectile OF u ,; 10
inch gun would look like ~ snort
Maybe the reason Topeka girls
haven't taken up the fad of wearing
diamonds and feathers on their SHOES
is because they didn't buy rubpers Dig
enough to go over the extra trim
mings.
About the only unfailing sign of
spring in this locality is to take slant
at the state house yard and find II
yellow with dandelions.
The principal difference between
statesmen and politicians seems to pc
that the statesmen are all dead.
Roosevelt used to get a dollar
word and two dollars for hard ones
If he got it now, he would be mil
lionaire inside of a month. He is using
more hard" words than ever before.
And, speaking Of weather-(Was
anyone speaking of weatherO 1t Is
little previous on the part OF para
graphers to begin advising the people
to shed their winter ones.
Golden text for today: You can,
fool all the people all the time, but
it isn't necessary. They only vote
once in a while.
Which reminds us that all the pres
idential timber is not in the virgin
forest. A lot of it has gone through
various processes and now looks ike
an amalgam of wood pulp and saw
dust.
The baseball fan has commenced 10
warm up, but the fabrication IN the
electric fan is still frozen up
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-26
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

rFrom the philadelphia Record-l
The man who brags and says ne sels
large salary usually doesn't
A real man doesn't look down on ms
friends even when he gets to the top
Even the bundle of conce1t VINO Is
,,,o,Tnd ur, in himself may feel chilly re
ception.
The person who habitually forgets MIN,
self frequently has some very sao
memories.
The actor who gets a cabbage fuli IN IN
the chest may rightly say that such d
ceD+ion takes his breath away.
SAY. pop. I'm desperately In " b love 10
I'm sorry, my son, very sorry w nat az
YOU want: a five dollar bill or re-
volver?"
come on, ole man. letsh go home.
mot vetsh-the time isb not ripe I got
two of everything now exshept exshuses
and who wants to go home in thash con-
dishun?"
Nelle-.T have the incest new spring
hat. It's a perfect dream; Belenlt Is
So It is the most uncomfortable thing ]
ever wore.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-26
LAYHAWKER JOT:S

AS expressed by the Vesper cores
pondent of the Lincoln Sentinel: No
one seems to think they never saw a
worse day than last Thursdays snow
storm.
Chippewa" the Centralia CORES
pondent of the Wilson County Citizen,
insists that the advent of the kitten
the chicken, the pup and the blow
fly announce spring.
Editor Young of the Kinsley Graph
ic sings thusly:
One sweetly solemn thought
Comes to me DER and DER;
They're just the same political lies,
They used four years before.
A fervid orator at a political meet
ing, said: IF I had the wings of a
bird. I would fly to every village and
hamlet in the broad land, and carry
the glad tidings that" And then a
voice cried out: you'd be shot for
goose before you have flown a mile. -
Holyrood Banner.
When the last legislature passed the
law giving the county commissioners
the right to locate county roads ana
levy taxes for them, a new way for
the county commissioners to make
themselves unpopular vas invented
And there were about as many ways
already as there were people in the
county OF all the thankleSS jobs that
the "peepur' may bestow upon an un rl,
suspecting victim the commissioners
job tops the list.-Concordia Blade
A good cook is tested by her ability
to get a good meal out of poor ma
terial. A good editor is he who can
make an interesting news page when
nothing startling or important IS
transpiring, thus last week, when the
snow, slush and mud cast dull damp
er over local happenings in their re-
spective neighborhoods the Cassoday
Times made a good story out OF the
death Of a poll parrot; and the Ben
ton Record one out of the suicide OF
a mule.-DouglaSs Tribune.
Something that the future holds in
store, as Editor Morphy of the Rus
sell Reformer figures it out: Wen,
those of US who stay through TINS
season will be able to tell future gen
erations about the hardest winter
Russell county ever had And most OF
us will be ready on every occasion TO
tell about it, too. It's possible, OF
course, that few inches may be ADD
ed to the depth Of the snow drifts
and that ten years hence the story will
be that the snow began coming IN
September and hung on until Decora-
tion day OF course you and VIII
keep the statement of facts WITHIN
bounds but there will be those whose
stories will grow as they are repeat
ed and they will be repeated orten
enough to make the growth mar
Vicious.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-26
KANSAS COMAENT
THE EARLY GARDEN.


The sure garden in this part OF Kansas
is the early garden. And the early gar
den while 1t may be the despair OF the
small boy, is the housewives delight ami
an ever present friend in time OF hum
ger. By all means plant garden as early
possible.
Through years of experience we have
learned thing or two about raising early
garden. The ground must be right to 1e-
same day the ground is ploWed il posi-
Bile. at any rate before a rain falls on the
ground. 1t is better to plant in rows than
IN beds, lettuce excepted. II Is easier %
tend in rows, but lettuce stands the on
slaught Of its enemies better when it Is
sown broadcast.
Peas may be planted the same day rs
onion sets, or even onion seed. The Gar
den Sass editor of this agricultural week
~ who makes the garden, plants peas.
onions, onion seed. lettuce, radishes ana
parsnips on the same day Three weeks
later there should be another planting ~
peas, lettuce and radishes and at that
Tune beans may be safely planted as we'll
as anything else you wish to grow ia
your garden When you SOW cabbage
seed also try some cauIiflower seed
bage.
After having your own eggs and milk.
there is nothing more satisfying to tho
appetite, and which will cut food ex-
penses, than the products OF a well kept
garden And to man who likes to WELD
hoe there is great pleasure and good
exercise in caring for a kitchen garden
Toronto Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-26
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Exchange harsh words in preference
to bricks.
Nearly everybody who sings mud has
soiled hands.
X X
With many men the hardest kind Of
work is finding another job.
4 X
Any number of men are like the
camel in that they can go many days
without water.
X y
Nor does it seem that most people
are exceedingly fond of money, they
get rid of all they get so quickly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-26

bers of the human race. Flood warn
ings are now being sent out for various
sections of the country by the weather
bureau. There is this mite of consola-
ton, however. The warnings of the
weather bureau are not infallible. This
is more generally the case, though.
when the predictions have to do with
fair weather, and desirable conditions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-26
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR,

From the New York Press.J
Tell the truth and have the devil shame
you.
It's chasing after the butterfly girls that
trips men the hardest
Woman can understand a thing in spite
of the way a man explains it to her.
Old folks are forever trying to convince
the young ones that the life behind them
is the life ahead
Those who spend the wealth that 9TH
ers make have a big grievance because
those others don't make more.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-26

money for few weeks services than is
paid to a professor of mathematics for
a whole years work However, Win
ming football team seems to be bet
ter advertisement for an educational
institution these days than is one or a
dozen professors Of mathematics.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-26
OPTIMIsN1 PAYS

Beng Just an average mortal we have
our share of likes and dislikes and in
common with the general run of human
lily we find ourselves welding a hammer
ABOUT as often as we do q lever. But we
often envy the man who has been able to
spend half century or more on earth
and yet is so constituted that he Is able
to speak well of mankind in general and
bears malice to no one. We know one ill.,
dlvidual who can do this. He has spent
more than a half century of his life in
Kansas; has had to fight as many battles
as any ordinary man: has had his ups
and his downs, his successes and failures
and still he is able to look back upon II
all without malice or bitterness-is not
envious of those who have outstrippeI
him in the race and he is never heard
running down the men whom he has
cause to dislike. It Is a pleasure to tal.S
to that man. His optimism is effective IN
causing other men to slip out of thci~
shell OF selfishness and when one knows
what he has had to endure and how
heroically he has faced it all Il helps to
makes us forget our petty grievances and
look for the good points in our fellow
men where at times can see only the
bad.-Marysville Advocate-Democrat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-26
BOYS.

I've given up my Russian blouse,
An short white socks and curls.
My mother thinks I'm still a kid,
An makes act like girls.
Won't let me go to picture shows,
Or hook a ride at night,
Won't even let me play for keeps,
An wants my fingers white!
She makes me brush my hair up straight,
think it's awful. too,
want to play and look like sin,
That's what men like to dol
A. L. HILLYE
Topeka, kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-26
DAFFYDHS
BY U. NoALL.

If Abe Atten ever comes back will
he Kilbane? AZ
ooh, she's all right-but y
If Frisco Fannie bought a yacht
would she ownership?
Help, Help! There's a fly in the
ointment.)
When Barnum found Jumbo dead
did the circus2
(Ouchl My pet cornD
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-26

Nor is it easy to figure out how G.
W. Perkins is going to help Colonel
Roosevelt's candidacy to any great
extent by making speeches to the eff
feet that he favors the colonel be-
cause he believes he will carry out
better than any other man the prin-
ciples of government in which Per
Eins believes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-26

Here's a move in the right direction.
The Episcopal clergy of Chicago have
decided not to marry persons unless
they present a certificate of health from
a reputable physician to the effect that
they are normal physically and mental
~ and have neither an incurable or a
communicable disease.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-26

Elaborate plans are being made to
make the opening of the Western
League baseball season in Topeka a
memorable occasion. Here's hoping
that as large a crowd viii be attracted
to the local ball park during the clos
ing days of the season
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-26

Caracas, Venezuela, was decorated
profuse1y in honor of the visit Of Sec
rotary of State Knox, but not with
bombs, which have been the prevail
ing fashion in decoration at some of
the South American cities visited by
the secrefarv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-26

Colonel Roosevelt seems to have for
gotten in a hurry his expressed de-
termination on entering the presiden-
tiaI race not to indulge in personalities,
and especially where President Taft
was concerned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-26

Present indications are that the Allen
gang has joined Captain Kids treasure,
Charlie Ross, Leon Ling, the slayer of
Elsie Siegel, Dorothy Arnold and few
other notabIes in a permanent retire
ment from public view.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-26
rHE CouRTs GROW.

Mr. Roosevelt has been particularly
moved by a decision OF the United States
supreme court that employers habil-
ity law was unconstitutional But since
that decision was rendered congress has
passed another law accomplishing the
same ends, but avoiding the point held
in the earlier case to be unconstitutional
and the highest court has sustained It.
The very moderate delay involved In this
has done less harm than precipitste and
ill-considered action might easily have
caused SO in New York a law has been
framed that is believed to avoid the point
on which the first enactment was held to
he unconstitutional by a state court. The
harm done by delay is a small matter
compared with the Importance Of pro-
tecting every class of citizens in their
rights.
For, be it remembered that the anti
thesis between 1.-The man and the dollar
is false and Intentionally demagogic- The
actual issue is between two men, ona
having the dollar and the other trying to
get IT, and constitutions and laws and
judicial practice may we'll retard settle
Tnents between them until II shall 10
definitely decided, in view of all interests.
public ard private, remote as well as
Immediate that the dollar should be Ia
ken from the poSsessor and gwen 10 the
Observation-Disclosures Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-26

If. as some of the soothsayers say,
every flake of snow that falls means a
grain of wheat later on, there will be
something of a wheat harvest in KAN
sas before long.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-26

George Bernard Shaw gets some more
attention by declaring that the theaters
depend for patronage upon unhappy
homes. AS to what constitutes clever
ness is measured in an unusual fashion
in these days of modernity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-26

DR.. Wiley calls attention to the fact
that not necessarily a noted chemist is
needed for the governmental position
he has just resigned. 1t is more es-
sential that the man chosen for this
place be thoroughly honest. That
should be the test applied to every
man who is considered for any kind
of a public office
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-26

Walter L. Houser, chairman of
the LaFollette campaign committee,
charges Colonel Roosevelt with bad
faith through his encouragement of the
candidacy of the little giant of Wiscon-
sin Inpossible!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-26

Gener=I Henry H. Bingham was a
member of the house of representatives.
from Pennsylvania, for thirty-three
years. But this was not generally
known among the people of the land
until he died a few days ago.