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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13
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~ WILLIAM @. FREEMAN

The late Hon. Charles S. Francis, pub
Usher OF the Troy On. W Times was a
commanding figure in the newspaper
world. He also achieved fame in oiplo-
matte circles, but it is his work in the
newspaper field that particularly inter
eStS me.
deal in advertising, and he and his news
paper have made every effort to improve
advertising and to persuade their readers
to patronfze reliable advertisers.
Mr. Francis was the type of publisher
that one would expect to stand back of
any movement that meant better condI-
tons for both his fellowman and for
business He always put himself on rec
ord in behalf of all that was decent right
and helpful
Such men leave behind them records OF
achievement that all of us would do well
to emulate.
What a powerful influence newspaper
can WELD. no matter how large or small
its circulation. if it is known that the
men responsible for its policy are men of
character and sincerity of purpose
The advertiser of characteristic man
who gives a square deal to his customers
becomes man of influence in his com
munity through the introduction he is
given to the people by the newspaper OF
character and influence in his COM
Good. clean newspapers and straight
forward announcements Of reputable
business houses in their columns have a
wonderful power in making any city
prosperous and favorably known every
where.
The late Mr. Francis contributed large
His newspaper, which gave him his great
influence, fortunately will live and will
continue the good work. His successors
were his associates, and they believe IN
Francis
The good that Mr.. Francis did will live
after him. The Troy Times will ever be
his spokesman.
(To be continued)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
From the Chicago News. J


And many profit is without honor.
Ingratitude quickly sours the milk of
human kindness.
Many girls ideal is shattered when ne
goes broke.
Most girls are happy when miserable
because they are in love.
A woman can deceive a man almost as
easily as she can deceive herself.
Some men can't make a good impress
sion even with a rubber stamp.
You may lead a topper to the bar, but
you can't keep him from drinking.
The half is better than the whole-lf
you are one who has to give up.
There's something wrong with a woman
who can't generate a few tears at a mo-
ment's notice.
1t sometimes happens that when a wo-
man loves her husband the loss is fully
covered by insurance
People may appreciate a double bill.
when presented by a theatrical manager
but when presented by lawyer or doctor
well that's different
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13

How much of the gloom among
men would be dissipated if everybody
| took advantage Of his opportunities to
say a good, a cheering word to those
whose hearts are heavy Nothing can
be more meritorious. Words of con-
ISOLATION and encouragement with a
compassionate and kindly treatment
for those who are distressed. are of
more real value and give greater JOY
than can gold or precious stones. Nor
should they be confined, as too often
the case, to occasions of personal be-
reavement.
When man is struggling against
odds, when he has made a failure,
partial or total, Of any undertaking,
the time Is just as ripe for words of
cheer and announcement as it is
when he is bowed down with grief and
sorrow over the loss by death of a
relative or a dear friend. But they
are not INDUCED in so generally in the
former case. This is a mistake. 1t is
very often the case that such solace
will materially tighten the burdens
that man is carrying and give him
strength to overcome the obstacles
that block his path, and which. for
the time being, appear to be insur-
mountabIe. There is usually q way
out Of any and every difficulty. But
it is frequently impossible for a man
to see it, unless it is pointed out to
him, or unless his mind is turned from
the distractions of the moment and
steered into different channels.
Wrong is the idea that most people
want to be alone in their grief or their
misfortune. Trite. but truthful, in
deed, is the saying that
misery loves company. In times of
stress and trouble, a man yearns for
companionship. He will not often
seek it voluntarily. There is always a
hesitancy about bothering another
with troubles and misfortunes that are
real But a mans friends should be
discerning enough to realize his needs
be slow to proffer their services and
woe" is a line in one Of the beautiful
prayers written by Alexander Pope.
1t would not come amiss for every one
to keep it in mind.
It was the wise old Prophet Isaiah
who said: 1.-THE Lord hath given me
the tongue of the learned, that 7
should know how to speak a word in
season to him that is weary" Every
individual, Of course, is not gifted with
a mentality or an intelligence equal to
that of which Isaiah was possessed.
Every man, however, has been equip
ped with a sufficient ability to say
good words when they are needed,
when they will give the most succor.
And it's pity that more people do
not make a practice of using such tai
ents as they have in this benef1cent
direction
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Too many people confuse wants with
needs.
Nor can you convince an eccentric
man he's that way
y y
Effective, not eloquent is the talk in
which money INDUCES.
x x y
Another advantage of this intensely
cold weather is that you don't have to
dodge SO many automobiles.
e x X
An ode to natural gas would be I'M
printable because of the cuss words it
would be necessary to use in one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13
FROM OTHER PENS
OUR BUSINESS WITH John BULL.

OUR BUSINESS WITH JOHN BULL
Much IS talked of markets for Ameri-
can goods in South America, China ana
elsewhere that. If not positively neglect
ed are by no means cultivated for an
they and we are worth. or we point with
pride to the commerce with this or that
remote country. Not everybody realizes
that our exchanges with the United kins-
dom are overshadowing; that without
especial zeal in the cultivation they roll
up stupendous totals every year. An Inn
porter of raw material on an enormous
scale and an exporter both because he Is
an extensive manufacturer and middle
man OF Incompatible activity, John Bull
oversee business last year amounted a.
most to six billion dollars. or this tbs
trade with the United States IS valued az
more than S57200O,O00 British imports
1888, 10000 exports to the United states
We imported to the value of nearly $l5o.-
10000 additional products that originate
in the British colonies and foreign lands.
An analysis OF these exports and i'm
ports would reveal that a considerable
proportion could properly be reckoned as
American commerce with countries other
than England: that country acting only
as agent for the distribution. This, IN
deed, is instantly disclosed in the figures
of our imports, the sum total originating
in foreign countries and British colonies
being little short Of that representing
products from the United Kingdom
Providence Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13
Republican Insurgents,

RepubIican ''insurgents'' in the
house bolted the proposition to put
Phil Campbell on the rules committee
TO fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Ed Madison. But they lost out be-
cause enough of their Democratic
friends of two years ago did not vote
with them This is an old story.
though The Democrats in the house
of representatives only worked with
the Republican insurgents to put
the regular Republican majority in a
hole This hole was sufficiently deep
TO bury that majority and permit the
Democrats to elect a majority Of their
own to the house. Since getting in
that position the Democrats have
turned a cold shoulder on Republican
insurgents"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13
DAFFYDILS
BY U. NOALL.

If the Queen of Hearts is red is
Fantan?
(Officer! There's some dust on your
sIeeve.)
If they say a fellow looks heavy
what would his stare weigh?
(We've been betrayed. Listen and
hear those footsteps approaching on
horseback
Is a dolls carriage necessarily a lit
tie buggy
(send for the fumigators Of the
board OF healthy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13

Governor Harmon of Ohio also
joins in the chorus that is singing that
tariff reform is one of the vital issues
before the people. But there is no
hope of there being real tariff reform
until it ceases to be political issue
President Taft has pointed the wav to
take the tariff out Of politics and re-
form it on scientific lines. 1t remains
to be seen how far congress will fol-
low him in this particular. With a
Republican senate and Democratic
house no better opportunity could be
presented for making a start in taking
the tariff out of politics and preparing
tariff legislation strictly on its merits
And the first move IN this direction
viii be a law making the present
tariff board a bona f1de tariff COM
mission Then congress should use
the report of the present tariff board
on the wool schedule and such other
reports as it makes as a basis for the
tariff revisions Of the immediate fu-
Sur@
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR.

LFrom the New York Press
The success that a man admires is his
own.
There's no law against picking a man s
pocket if it's in a horse trade.
The reason boy looks so much like his
rather Is it's going TO be so uniucky for
him all his life.
The only time microbes make it danger
Gus for a man to kiss a girl is when her
father catches them at it.
The more money goes into wedding
presents for a young couple the more use
full it would be for them to have some of
it to pay the bills OF the grocer and
butcher
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13
HUNOR or THE DAY

Miss Scribble-The heroine OF my next
story is to be one of those modern adj
yanced girls who have ideas OF their own
and don't want to get married. The
think I ever met that type.-L.ife.
Il thought she exhibited verve and
aplomb, said Mrs. Oldcastle. did your"
replied her hostess. Josiah said she mad
nerve. but was peach."-ChicaEo Rec
ord Herald.
Their chauffeur seems a sober, careful
fellow" We'll, for the wages they pay
they can't well expect ANYTHING eisa.''--
Milwaukee, Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13

Presumably all of Nat Goodwin's for
mer wives are kicking themselves these
days because they We're not as clever in
separating him from such hunk of
money as his latest wife. Miss Goodrich.
obtained. Nat is stin putting big mort
cages on some of his property to settle
his last matrimonial bargain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13
A WINTER sUNRIsE

y Nv III 5OANARLs5Azss
As I lay in my bed the sky
Eastward grew rosy red:
Intensest blue the hills near by
AS lay in my bed.
The sun an orb of fire shone low,
The sky was as a pyre
That kindled slowly, yet did show
The sun orb OF fire.
As all the eastern sky grew flame
In swift blaze leaping high,
One fire, the heavens, and earth the
same
AS all the eastern sky.
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13

Portugal has an excellent excuse to
strengthen its position in Africa. Some
officials of PortugaTs colony there
have been horribly butchered during an
uprising of natives.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13

Notwithstanding the fact that New
York's court of last resort has laid it
down as the law that pedestrian is
not required to look both ways and
listen before attempting to cross a
street, the pedestrian who values his
life viii continue To do both
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13

There can be no doubt about it. The
Chinese the world over are becoming
civilized at a rapid rate. Representa-
tives of their fair sex in San Francisco
are wearing picture hats and gowns
that are fashionable on Avenue Des
Champs Elysees.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13

Mans power Of invention is again
demonstrated by the fact that with
each succeeding day there comes a
new and different story concerning
the attitude of Colonel Roosevelt in
respect to the forthcoming RepubIf-
can presidential nomination.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13

President Taft has slight cold
Most Of the leading Republican Gin
surgents'' are in similar but more Sc
we're straits, except that the cold is
affecting their feet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRES

The State Journal is member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
Eanization for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka
The news is received in The State Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13

Kansas can get this small satfsfac-
ton out of the cold spell that has en-
veIoped it and caused considerable SUI
fering. Kansas. this time. is not the
only state in the Union that is produc-
ing cold weather of the freak order.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13

And the weather for these parts
has also demonstrated that no matter
how cold it becomes. If is always pos
slbIe for it to grow colder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13

Flynn, the present white hope is
going on the stage. The dispatches to
this effect are not specific as to what
role he will assume. However, he
ought TO be strong enough to make a
good sceUe-shffter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13

One good way for many Topekans to
contribute their mites to help relieve
the distress among the poor of this city
will be to attend the concert of Mar
shan's band al the Auditorium on sun
day afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13

Gentleman Jim Corbett has
broken into the heavyweight pugilistie
arena again. and in his usual fashion
with his mouth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13

Nat Goodwin had to mortgage his
house to pay an installment of the all
Edna. was not the total failure adver-
tised by pessimistic old bachelors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13
KANSAS cOAAENT

PREPARE FOR DIsAPPOINTMENr.
The suffering that is being endured IN
the gas belt and in the regions touched
by the mains OF the Kansas Natural
ought to be a warning to the people VINO
live in those zones and who have been
trusting to the gas mains TO keep them
warm during the frigid weather. The
moral of the tale the weather Is telling, -
that no matter what are the promises or
the gas officials in the gas territory, each
family that wants to keep warm ID the,
coolest OF the weather. ought TO ha4c III
reserve a coal or wood stove
Warnings have a habit OF coming too
late to be of any service. The man VINO
knew that at some time or another there
would be a gas shortage has been putting
off this protection 1t may as well be
realized one time as another that the
natural gas can't last always And fur
therrnore that manufactured gas when
pfped through the mains as it undouDted-
" will be when the natural gas gives oui,
cannot suffice to furnish enough pressure
at the times of greatest frigidity. IL Y
Just as well to have an old fashlonctF
stove in reserve. For there Will be colo
waves as long as the weather department
Is under the present management--Ot-
taWa Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13

Wigwag-You are drinking too much.
old man. / should think that you would
consent to be treated for it. Guzzler-
Thanks, old chap. Don't care if do.
III have a Observation-Disclosures Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13
A SATURDAY. SERMON.

Heaviness in the heart of man rnaketh
it stoop; but a good word maketh it glad
Proverbs XII 25.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13

The best "Reminiscences" in this pa
per tonight are not in this column;
look for them on the first page in
connection with the wrecling of the
four one-story buildings to make room
for the new State Journal buildings.
A flood Of "reminiscences is started
by that article. but enough for tonight.
Chapter LxxIv Monday
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13
RY TIE WAY
By HARVEY PARSONS.

When it is 10 below. and rises to 10
below, we hold that the change should
not be heralded as warmer" but as
less cold
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13

The fact that Hackenschmidt desires
to be again massaged by Gotch does
not denote nerve on his part; most any
tirnid citizen, in these hard times,
would be willing to repose a few brief
moments with Gotch as top covering
for the smaller end of So 600.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13
THE PULL WORTH HAVING.

We hear good deal about pull In this'
world. There is such a thing OF course.
1t can get a man in job but IL cannot
hold him there A good many men ana
women fail in life and we hear them rali-
ing as If il was personal matter with
the world. They are but elements. lneh
success or failure is a matter OF little
concern to a busy world. The average
man who loses is the man who talks TOO
much, who spends his time gossippms'
and generally maiIgning his superiors-
We have noticed closely in our experience
with employing people and the man VINO
loses out is nearly always wanting 70
overtalk The only pull that is worth
having is the pull OF man Who knows
what he is in job for and acts accord
ingly. He finds his pull siren{ mems az
he Increases his luability.-Lawrence
Journal World- -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13


a check for a years subscription to the
State Journal. says in a postscript to
his letter: Don't you think that
Teddy would like to be the next Presi-
dent?' The answer to- which is MOI
Governor Stubs is getting some
pretty hard knocks just now in some
of the exchanges. but the following
from the Parson Sun, evidently in the
fine italian hand holding the versatile
pen of Hon. Thomas Cordry, is not
one of them:
AS political history goes, it is far
cry back to the days when the old ma
chine III Kansas found its most pleas
ant pastime in licking StLbbs.' It is
also a matter of political history that
it used to lick him regularly, and every
time it did SO he came back stronger,
because he had political sense ana
strategy beyond the ken of the leaders
OF the machine.
THAT the hand of Stubs has lost
none Of its cunning is evidenced by his
recent declaration for Roosevelt for
president, a declaration which makes
him the logical leader of the Roosevelt
movement in Kansas Governor Stubs
is the one Kansas political star of the
first magnitude that is not hitched di-
rectly or indirectly to the Taft or La
Toilette booms, and the advantage of
this is apparent when it is considered
that beyond doubt two-thirds or three
fOurths of the Kansas Republicans
prefer Roosevelt as a presidential can
didate. and would SO indicate in
presidential primary if one could be
held
at least half political battle de-
ponds upon getting in right and no
one has this faculty developed to
larger degree than Governor W. r.
Stubbs. His one chance to lose on his
latest move lies only in the possibility
of Roosevelt declining to accept the
presidential nomination, which APP
pears at this distance to be very re-
'.The sun stands with uncovered
head in the presence of the political
sagacity of Walter Roscoe Stubs"
OF course when the Sun thus kotows
in the manner covered by the last par
agraph above there is no reference to
the Governors support of Guyer in the
Second district or of his efforts to de-
feat his brother-in-law in the Seventh.
But for fear that the Governor might
be compelled to buy a larger fur cap
tonight, here is another one that is
handed him this week from the
Baxter Springs News:
s.stubbs has endorsed Roosevelt for
president of these glorious United States,
and now it is whispered around that Wal
ter Roscoe Stubs. the red haired insur-
gent governor of Kansas. is a candidate
for vice president on the ticket he wants
Roosevelt nominated on
1T seems he has finally made up his
mind that he will not be able to beat
Charlie Curtis for the Republican nomi-
nation for United States senator, and ne
well knows that he can not get another
office Of any kind in Kansas, so what
better than to ror vice president
along with Roosevelt for first place2
But Stubs endorsement of Roosevelt
is a mighty big load for Teddy to carry
in Kansas And it seems to US that it is
unfair for a man to be loaded when he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13
CHAPTER IlxXm.

CHAPTER LXXIII.
Concerning the President and lesser
folk.s
The Associated Press dispatches to-
day bring the word that the Depart
ment of Justice has figured it out that
President Taft, during his less than
three years in Office, has now. with
forty-four cases, equalled the record Of
the entire seven years of President
Roosevelt's administration for trust
prosecutions under the Sherman law.
The dispatches go on to say: In
Mr.. Roosevelt's seven years eighteen
bills in equity were filed, twenty-five
indictments returned and one forfei-
ture proceeding begun. In the little
less than three years of the Taft ad-
ninistration there rave been twenty
two civil suits and a like number Of
indictments.
The Roosevelt record was equalled
with the filing at Macon. Georgia. this
week of a civil suit against the so
called naval stores trust and the re-
turning of indictments against the al
legged coaster brake trust at Buffalo,
n. r
.Since the enactment of the Sherman
law, the record of the other presidents
was: Harrison. four civil and three
criminal suits; Cleveland. four civil.
two criminal and two informations for
contempt, and Mckinley three civil
proceedings"
Will The Emporia Gazette print this
information in fairness and justice to
the gentleman whom he calls, "Our
Worn and Weary President" but
whom he should designate as Our
Brave, Effective and Result-Produc-
ing PRESIDENT" or words to that eff
feet And in the choice of words this
writer yields the palm to his distin-
guished literary friend and fellow
workman in the newspaper field,
William Allen White.
BY the way, Governor Stubs might
refer to this information when he
makes his next campaign talk in the
interest of harmony, and of course he
wants harmony in the Republican
party, for if his party does not get
harmony there will be a discord which
might affect Our Governors chances
to reach the United States senate,
goal for which he is worthily striving
This suggestion might be applied also
TO that well known newspaper man
who is running the insurgent newspa-
per and at the same time a candidate
on what he terms a Harmony Plat
form for the high office of governor
of this state.
Mr.. Capper and his paper are capable
of efforts which would produce har-
mony, but the efforts of his paper and
the failure of Mr.. Capper himself to
show just where he stands on the inn
portant presidential possibility pro- |
gram, are certainly creating discord IN
his party.
What's the idea? Does Mr.. Capper |
think he can win by trying to create
discord, or does he think his party can
win by that sort of a course? Does he |
think that by repudiating the President |
of the United States, who is the leader
of the Republican party. that his party I
can win more easily than it or he can |
by endorsing and approving the good 4
things which President Taft has done? /
In other words. why does not Mr.. Cap
per in his paper come out fairly and /
squarely and say that Taft has earned +
the denomination and should have it; I
or say that he has not earned a re- t
nomination is not entitled to it and I
ought to be repudiated.