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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-02

said one day, timidly, You tell them. .
| Such a sweet comradeship as it grew
/ to be! The Wayfarer sent to town,
now and then. for books, and once there
was a box of candy, and an another
| time wonderful bunch of violets.
| How extravaganza said Cecily,
shifting the flowers with delight.
| But you like them,' said the Way
farer.
One day Bruce Esmond came back
I have perfect right to come" he
said to the Wayfarer, Il am Free
Legally?' was the question.
"A divorce said Esmond. Now 1
shall marry Cecily."
The anger of the Wayfarer burst out.
You shall not have her. he said. You
will break her heart as you have brok-
en- the hearts of other women who have
trusted you-you shall not have her
And just then some one said behind
them, Are you talking about me?'
Ceclly stood there, looking at them
with grave eyes.
1t was Esmond who answered her
He says 1 shall not marry you,' he
said And Cecily you think I treated
you badly because I wooed you before
[ was free. But 1 loved you so much
Cecily. And he-he has nothing but his
money"
Cecily looked up at the Wayfarer.
Does he mean-that-that you are
r1ch?' she asked.
Yes" said the Wayfarer
But You came tramping along the
road like any common traveller"
Because I was tired of the things
that riches could bring II wanted
other things-like love-Cecily'
And so they stood before her. these
favor
Cecily sobbed with her face in her
hands.
60 away" she said, "go away, both
of you.''
But as the Wayfarer went slowly. she
cried after him, "Oh, L shall miss our
long walks together, and the books"
He turned back why should nv
money stand in the way?''
You deceived me- she said "and-
ana II should say yes now YOU might
THINK 1t was because 1 wanted to be
rich"
Il should think it was because YOU
loved me-" he said.
From the other side of the hedge
Bruce spoke, bitterly, It's always
wealth that wins"
But Cecily smiled at him.
He. has taught me something that
you will never know" she said. -
ask only that we shall be good com
RACES along the road-wayfarers TO-
gether-until death parts '-(Copyright
1872 by Associated Literary Press.J
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-02
AYKAWKER .JOT,S

It will be observed, says the Perry
Mirror, that a great many candidates
who come in like a lion go out like
a lamb.
Your neighbor, says the Marquette
Tribune. is the one who lives where
your chickens and dog like to spend
the most time.
Here's a good rule that has been
When you have a hard thing to do,
do it and think about the obstacles af
forwards.
Outdoor picnicking. gathering wild
flowers and playing marbles will not
afford much amusem emit for the school
the Eureka Herald.
An observation, that, no doubt, will
prove discouraging to many people, is
made by the Pratt Union as follows:
expect to get just about what is COM
ing to you.
News from Traer in the Herndon
Nonpariel: There was a big crowd
at the depot to see the first train come
in. A good many were not sure they
would know a train as it had been so
long since they had seen one.
A Mcpherson county farmer looms
up large in the road-breaking line.
He has 1T mules. When the roads
his neighbors. They drove the whole
herd of mules to town and back. The
roads were broken so that they could
be travelled.
Some philosophy worth while from
the Eskridge Tribune-Star: A high
aim may never be reached but the one
who puts his aim high will go higher
than if he placed his aim low. A
failure with an effort is no disgrace
while a failure without an effort isl
abomina BILE.
Comm enting on a sale of unclaimed
express packages by an express COM
pany at Junction City, the Junction
City Republic had this to say: Many
were SO interested in the game of get
ting something for nothing that they
freely gave something for nothing.
And the heaviest buyers could poorly
afford the money in many cases. One
man got copy of an agricultural re-
port for 35 cents, and another got two
small lamp chimneys for a dollar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-02
XMAS COMMENT
BEST ROADS IN THE worm.

| BEST ROADS IN THE WORLD.
IN france. where they have the best
ROADS OF any country in the world, the
| hlgnways are divided into several
classes, but all of them are supervised
| by the national government which
maintains a bureau of roads and
bridges, and supports a school for the
education of the engineer and inspec-
tors who are employed in the bureau.
This method of building and main
tanning roads in France was started by
| the first Napoleon, who appears to
nave been the earliest European
statesman who clearly saw the econ
omlc advantage of proper highways
and who at the same time had the
power to carry out what he wished
fhe erect of these good roads in France
mas been wonderful. They have
brought all of the various parts of the
country nearer together; they have
made country life less lonesome and
they have reduced the cost of trans
portatlon OF country produce to a min
mum. France is the only country in
Europe where the agricultural classes
are not dissatisfied and where they do
not feel that they have a harder time
than those who labor in other fields.
Civilized nations have good roads
savage and unenlightened countries do
not The highways of travel are a
gauge of. the progress a people have
made from barbarism to civilization.
How are your roads?
The price at which a farm will sell
for is regulated by its nearness to
market. and the quality of it's neigh
borhood roads. To increase the sell
ing price of your farm, work for good
roads.
Good roads will benefit the farmer
more than he ever dreams of.
On an average, the farm products
of this country must be hauled by
wagon miles to market There is more
room for saving in this wagon haul
than in a railroad haul of one thous-
and miles. The railroads of the
country charge only eight-tenths of "A
cent for hauling a ton a mile.-Bur-
lington Independent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-02
KEEP THE MOISTURE NOW.

The soils of Kansas contain more
water now than they have at this time
of the season for many years. Every
farmer should see that it is kept there
until the growing crop can use it.
This moisture is more valuable to the
pie Mt than an equal amount of later
rainfall, because it has already alb
scrbed an abundance of plant food
from the soil. Practically all the wa
ter that is now in the ground can be
saved by keeping the surface soil
loose or well titled until planting time,
says w. NJ. Jardine, professor of
asronomy at the Kansas Agricultural
college, according to the Kansas In
dustrialist.
Cultivation should begin as soon
as the land can be touched. This will
prevent water escaping from the soil
through evaporation. A two to three
inch layer of titled soil over the sur
face Of a field forms a very effective
lid to keep the water in the ground.
The cultivator, the disk harrow, the
spike-tooth harrow or any other i'm
plement the farmer may have which
will loosen the top soil may be used
and should be started as soon as the
ground is dry enough to be worked
If the ground was fall plowed, har-
rowing or possibly early disking will
be best. If the ground is in the stub
BILE and is to be planted with the lister
then it should be disked and har-
rcwed. If the ground is loose and
sandy and likely to blow, it will be
best to shallow list early and grad |
ually work the ground down with an
ordinary drag harrow, when the crop
can be surface planted or listed in, as
the farmer deems best.
Some farmers are asking if it would |
be wise to roll or harrow their wheat
ground this spring. 1t certainly |
would, especially if a crust has
formed or if the ground has cracked
or heaved or is very loose. Rolling
or narrowing when the ground is not
wet will not do any harm, and, there
fore, ten chances to one it will do a
great deal of good. A corrugated |
/ olIer is to be preferred to a smooth
roller The spikes of the harrow
should be tilted backwards a little to
avoid pulling up more plants than is
advisab BILE. Do not be afraid to hsr-
row the ground thoroughly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-02
QUAKER MEDTTATIoNs.
[From the Philadelphia Record

TFrom the Philadelphia Record
1t is a strange thing, but some wo-
men get a lot of needless pain when
they pin their faith to a man.
Dink-'Jack says things are in pref
ty sickly condition over at his house.
Gink-'Yes; even his finances are low
Sam-"You say you like to have your
wife search your clothes?" Ham
sure You see when she goes through
with stops she doesn't express her
SELF
Reggfe-"Chawles met width a Their
rible accident today Archie-sOh
howwors. What wath ith?'' Reggie
1.-The poor boy wath struck with an
idea
Say, Pat, an wholly do they always
make thin bricks rectangular" Sure
Moike, an tbs We that is gettin' more
foolish livery day. Can't We see that IS
the ownly shape thot will fit the bod p
Trust Magnate-"Now remember,
Miss Ring, when you go on the stand
you are not to pay any attention to
what they say to you. You must get
the numbers all mixed up. Do you
think you can do that?'' Miss Ring
s'Oh, my yes. used to be a telephons
girl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-02
FROM OTHER PENS

THE ABUSE OF LINCOLN'S NAME.
The name of Abraham Lincoln, like
charity, is being made to cover a null
titude of sins as well as almost in
Vulnerable instances of political by
pocrisy. All over the country this
abuse and misuse of the name and
fame of the Great Emancipator is
constant and common.
The soap box orator peddling his
key to the hereafter. the long-haired
human calliope with his particular
universal panacea for all and every Of
our ills, the Socialist with his propo-
sition to tear down and destroy the
government which Lincoln preserved
and perpetuated. and the political op-
portunist with his insatia BILE and un-
principled appetite for power all in
woke the name of Lincoln in efforts to
strengthen and uphold their especial
cause or mission.
Lincoln half a century ago could
not have foreseen the issues that pre-
sent themselves today. Hence he
could not and did not say things that
are today credited to him as being
applicable to the conditions of our
time.
Lincoln is silent now. and in a land
of free speech liberty, be it said with
regret, is too often taken for license.
And when lack of principle actuates
such license we must not expect that
consideration will be shown the mem
DRY of the dead.-Schenectad Union
Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-02
THE DEADTIER FENrALE.

The woman with the serpentss tongue
Is getting on our nerves.
Now she's learned to throw a brickbat
With an arm that never swerves.
She dotes on slapping "coppers'' and
On doing time in jail.
She is getting more destructive,
If not deadIier than the male.
The husband of the suffragette
Stays home and darns the socks,
While Mother Dear's'' parading
With a pocket full of rocks.
AT her caucus Votes for Women
The Lion turneth pale
For the female of this species
Is the terror of the male.
Let me offer a suggestion
To OUT brothers cross the sea
That may tend to put damper
On her fearful energy:
Let them fine the man who keeps her
Be he father, husband, SON
The expense of making good the
Reckless damage she has done.
If her old man, when she runs amuck,
Must pay or go to jail,
She'll soon curb her aspiration
To be deadlier than the male
-Jesta Mann, in the New York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-02

| ting those railroads out of business for
the period of its duration. Then the
people will have it brought home to
them forcefully just how important to
| their welfare are the railroads. Bust
ness will be little less than paralyzed
in the vast territory served by such
railroads. And when the wheels of
business falter and stop in any one
large section of the country, the peo-
pie in it, 1.-The plain people," are the
ones who suffer most. Such a stop
page of business affects all sections of
the country, and 1.-The plain people, a
thousand and more miles away from
the scene of the strike seriously feel
its effects.
Mr.. Stone says the public, or 1.-The
plain people" that the militant politi-
clans are so DESTROYS of serving, will
be to blame for such a strike, be-
cause through governmental agencies
they have placed an unreasonable limit
on the receipts of the railroads. This
is undoubtedly true. But t'the plain
people, have been led to their over
regulation of the railroads by their
dear friends, the designing politicians
who picked out the railroads some
years ago as the most prominent mark
On WHICH l1lCy COuIO IdIlfl6T lH0lI
way to political preferm ent. A certain
amount of railroad control and regula-
ton by public authority is needed.
That Is admitted even by the most
prominent of the railroad men. But a
railroad control which so hampers the
railroads that they are unable TO meet
what may be just demands on the part
of their employees for higher wages,
is railroad control that is going too
far. The people have been realizing
this for the past two or three years.
That's why state legislators have been
letting up of late in their attacks on
the railroads. A strike on the part of
the enginemen that will tie up the
railroads and bring the business of a
big section of the country to it's knees
will, indeed, be an object lesson to the
public of rather huge and disastrous
And it will surely have
a tendency to make the public, t'tha
plain people," little more careful in |
the future as to how far they will fol- |
low the crafty politicians, who propose |
this and that reform merely with |
the hope of catching a sufficient num- |
Der of votes to land them in office and |
mower
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-02
JOURNAL ENTRIES

More girls should use smiles in
stead of powder to brighten up their
faces.
*
Real fame generally comes to those
who do not spend all their nights and
days counting it.
X q
Nor do all the students at the high
er educational institutions pass most
of their time studying.
u
The man who thinks that he is ir-
resistible with the women gets a ter
rible jolt sooner or later, usually
sooner.
q
No matter how much money a man
has, nor how safely it is invested, he
is sure to lose it all when he dies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-02
SAYS UNCLE CAV

I've little love for a proverb, but
there's a good deal of horse sense in
that old saying about eternal vigi-
lance. / knew a man once who said
he had 1.-The world by the tail" and
promptly composed himself for a nap.
We did our best to collect the man
gled remains of his. business and rep
utation, and all of US got more Or less
soiled for our pains. The fellow who
has the world by the caudal append
age might be able to take a nap now
and then if it weren't for the worlds
habit of switching it's tail. The world
is just about as restless as a COW
in fiytime, and the propelling power
of that aforesaid tail is quite suffi-
cient to disintegrate most any man
and his business and scatter the frag-
ments all over the Milky Way.
It is comparatively easy to have,
but it takes mighty big man to
hold. Most of us can get our hands
on anything short of the moon, but
few of US have either the strength or
the skill to control what we have
seized. If all the men who have made
money in the last three generations
had left it to their descendants, there'd
be no native born Americans carry
ing tin dinner pals and we'd all be
in the plutocrat class.
More real successes are made by
getting hold than are made by grasping
at big things and letting them slip
from the grasp. We're still living un
der a competitive system, and as long
as we have that system with US we've
got to be on guard. He who grows
careless when he has grasped sue
cess only loses it.-(Copyright, 1912,
by w. E. Williams.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-02
ADVERTISING Talks
By WILLIAM C. FREEMAN

Today 1 stop writing daily Advertising
Talks.
This is Advertising Talk No. 200. Talk
No l appeared in the New York Evening
Mail January 2, 1909
Not single publication day has been
missed in three years, two months. TWEEN
ty-six days.
Since August 1. 1910 Advertising Talks
have appeared every week day in an
average of fifty daily newspapers.
Each talk has averaged $50 words, SO
10000 words have been written on the
subject of advertising-enough to fill
nine ordinary books of $1,000 words each.
How would you like to have it on your
mind to write $50 words on the same sub
months, twenty-six days?
1t has been a work with a good pur-
pose. even though it has not always been
the best work.
Would that every word written coud
have been q real message
However, il only ten per cent of the
Talks have conveyed valuable sugges-
tons or emphasized a truth, or taught
lesson of business integrity, the work has
not been in vain.
It has been suggested that one hundred
of the best Talks be selected and printed
in book form. II one hundred really good
stories can be found. this will be done.
While the Advertising Talks ends today,
some other work bearing advertising
will take their place. because for twenty
six years, two months, twenty-six days,
advertising work has absorbed me com
pletely and 1 am willing that it shall con-
tinue to absorb me completely for the
balance of my life.
1t is fascinating work. like il. 1t IS
more interesting today than ii ever was.
II serves a greater and higher purpose
than if ever did
Men employ advertising nowadays IN
honorable ways mostly 1t is a dignified.
informative, accurate method of doing
business.
For tWenty-six years, two months, TWEEN
ty-six days. there has never been mo-
ment that I have faltered In my faith in
the value Of newspaper advertising.
1 like all advertising that is decent and
truthful wherever L see It, but / like II
most when I see it in the daily newspa-
per for somehow ] feel that when an adj
vertiser uses the daily newspaper he is
on the road to certain success
7 cannot tell how much good has been
ACCOMPLISHED by printing advertising
talks but 1 have been told thousands of
times in three years, two months, twenty
six davs. that they have been helpful and
inspiring to many advertisers and have
received thousands of letters from readers
of newspapers commencing the work.
I am entirely satisfied If I have been
heIpful In establishing a higher standard
in advertising, and If 1 have helped to
create confidence in the minds of readers
in good advertising.
SO here's to more and better newspaper
advertising
Here's to the elimination of unreliable
advertising
Here's to the complete triumph of truth
full advertising
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-02
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IF'rom the Chicago News.l
Many are called, but few want to get
I'D.
Love would last longer if it really
were blind
Why is it that reforn1er seldom be-
gins on himself?
If man has sense his dollars will
take care of themselves.
But the beauty that is onIv skin
deep is better than the kind that rubs
off.
A square deal is all man wants. hut
he likes to be the judge of it's square
ness.
When counting his blessings a man
generally refuses to include his poor
relations
There may be plenty of happiness IN
sight, but distance doesn't lend en-
chantment to the view.
One of the reasons why a woman
thinks a girls complexion is artificial
is that she remembers when she didn't
have it.
A woman will tell her neighbors that
her husband is the best man in the
world, but what she tells him in pri-
vate is quite another story.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-02
RY THE WAY
BY HARVEY PARSONS.


Speaking of rain,-and more raiu.-
it is all very well to break the drouth,
but as Friend Wife observed, there 5
no use of beating it to pulp after it is
broken.
No, Maud, what you saw in the
Mondays paper was not a blueprint
of an alligator, but a map of Prof.
Dyche's family of fish ponds.
The Seattle lady who paid young
man ten beans for whipping her hus-
band has been censured by many for
her extravaganza, but as she undoubt-
eddy paid it with the trimmed hus-
bands money. we hold that it was
cheaper than smashing him with a
flat iron.
Hon. Teddyfelt says he was cheat
ed in the New York game, but a close
inspection would indicate that there
was nothing cold about the deck. and
that he merely failed to hold top
cards.
Frank FARRELL has first class good
roads story, but the chances that it
will be printed in Ralph FaXons paper
are remote, so you'd better see Frank
about it.
Friend Roy Jones raises the long
holler because our police reporter. in
noting the fact that Roy Jones was
pinched for various number of
things neglected to add that he was
a gloom" and that his other name
was not Shorty But considering
the number of Joneses, Friend Jones
got off easy. Even a complete de-
scription of him might fit some other
Jones'
You might as we'll admit that
Spring has Came. Straw berries are
now only two bits the copy On the
open market.
enough to remark that most of the
whirlwind campaigns are long wind
ed affairs.
T number of hundreds of years ago
the Chinese didn't know anything
about tariff legislation, so they built
a great wall.
A Topeka expressman has demon
strated that the booze habit can be
cured. But he substituted the lead
cure for the gold cure.
Chances that the remaining Aliens |
will be captured grow more remote |
oh day. Bloodhounds have been |
put on the job.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-02
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press.J

IFrom the New York Press.
Money causes much sin. but it COW
ers up much in sinners who have it
Girls seem to be able to see through
man without It meaning anything
to them.
A. man always knows too much not
to see a foolish thing, but never
enough not to do il.
If man had the choice of a tooth
ache or a visit from one of his reia-
tives, he'd have a hard time deciding.
Anybody with money looks good to
a mother with a marriageable daugh-
ter or to man with fake mine.
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pie are fully awakened to the neces-
sity of pure food and drugs, they'll see
to it that they get them; regardless of
the expressed opinions of some of the
enthusiastic office seekers that under
the conditions prevailing in this coun-
try the people have no voice worth
while in it's government.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-02

No one can now doubt the optimism
of Colonel Roosevelt in all things
where he doesn't happen to be a pes
sfmist. He seems to have an idea that
everything is coming his way in his
quest for the Republican presidential
nomination. A correction is in order.
The word quest" should not have
been used. Colonel Roosevelt is mere
ly receptive candidate. or SO he has
said
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-02

In all probability the LaFollette
workers who are about to invade Ne
braska are hoping that Henry Allen
can be spared from his activities in
Kansas to campaign against them and
in the interest of the Roosevelt can
dfdacy. Mr.. Allen was one of the vo-
cal wheel-horses in the Roosevelt
campaign in North Dakota And ev-
cry speech he is making for Roosevelt
in Kansas is winning voters to the
Taft cauSe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-02
DAFFYDLLS
By U. NoALL.

If the broom sweeps will the saw
dust?
Get him up. He's beaten to a pulp.)
i If peach tree needed pairing would
you prune it?
(Police! Police!! He's got me goat)
When a sailor bids goodbye to the
sea does the ocean-wave?
(And Mr.. Poorvoice, the well-known
baritone, will now sing: Out on the
deep when the sun is low-")
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-02

Colonel Roosevelt claims that Presi-
dent Taft has failed to carry on his
country life policy policy. It would
be interesting to hear from some one
or many farmers as to how they were
helped on their way to better things
by the investigation and report of
Colonel Roosevelt's country life com
mission