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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IFrom the Chicago News.I
A man is willing to admit he was a
pretty baby.
Some people can't see a joke with a
magnifying glass.
It's an excellent idea not to want the
things you can't get.
The better the doctor the less he has to
say of his ability.
Grass widows are never as green as
they pretend to be.
Most men like to hear themselves talk
better than other people do.
The lion was the king of beasts before
the octopus got into the game.
A marriage can be arranged in heaven
If the girl has mother to promote it.
Occasionally We meet an ordinary man
who has no more friends than a baseball
umpire.
Did you ever stop to consider how
fierce your thoughts are and how mild
your actions?
A hand at bridge has enabled many a
woman to cross the gulf that separated
her from society.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Every defeated politician consoles
himself with the theory that republics
are ungrateful.
y
A good trade is where each party
to it thinks he has obtained a shade
the best of it.
u 4 y,
Because a woman is good talker
that does not signify she would make a
good ldebater. The same applies to men.
=
What has become of the old-fashioned
young man who used to ask his sweet
hearts father for permission to court
her?
1t would be more difficult to prop
erly adjust the affairs of life if every
man was as important as he thinks he
is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
KISSING THE ROD.

Oh heart of mine, we shouldn't worry sol
What we've missed of calm, we couldn' t
have, you know!
What we've met of stormy pain,
And of sorrows driving rain,
We can better meet again.
If 1t blow.
We have erred in that dark hour we have
known,
When our tears fell with the shower, all
alOnei
Were not shine and shower blent
As the gracious Master meant?
Let us temper our content
With his own.
For, we know. not every morrow can be
sad;
So, forgetting all the sorrow we nave nao'
Let US fold away our fears,
And put by our foolish tears.
And through all the coming years
Just be glad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
QUAKER MEDITATIoNs.
From the PhiIadelphia Record. I

IFrom the Philadelphia Record
The self-made man is usually satisfied
with the job until his wife begins to suK-
gest alterations.
Dink-''They say that musical COM
poser gets violently insane at times. 9"
Gink-"Yes his mind goes all to pieces
Mrs. Skintite-'I think this new hobbie
skirt is a dream. You wouldn't have IL
altered, would your" Mr.. Skintite-'sNo:
there seems to be very little room for i'm
provement"
Sam-''Bill looked all battered up today
Anything happen7" Ham-'I should saw
so. He yelled out happy when a suffrs-
gist speaker asked. What would man b
without woman?
Wilie-"My pa is a great man. He's
a doctor an he makes me well by gtvia'
me a tiny little pill Bilne-''That's
nothin'; mines healer. He cures me by
the layin' on of the hands"
He doesn't know so very much OF things
they teach in books; he hasn't got a gen
tie touch and he isn't much for looks. vet
he gives the best he has to me and thinks
I cannot err. and only asks that he NAV
be my little yellow cur
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12

speaking dates in the immediate future
in various parts of the state in the in
terest of the Roosevelt candidacy.
Nortonville was the only locality in
Jefferson county that selected Taft
delegates to the county convention
Nortonville was the only locality In
Jefferson county where Governor
Stubs delivered speech for the
Roosevelt cause. Henry Allen was one
of the most prominent of the Roose-
Welt spelI-binders in the North Dakota
primary campaign.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12

Even If person who commits grand
larceny is willing, when caught, to
make restitution or return the stolen
goods, that makes him no less guilty
of the crime he has perpetrated. In
like fashion, the action of the Jackson
county Republican committee in re-
scinding its selection of Roosevelt dele
gates to the state convention and or
dering a primary for the choosing of
such delegates does not mitigate in
any way the enorInfty of its original
offense against decency in politics.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12

tinels are guarding you against plague
and epidemic.
And still you croak and sneer in the
radiant face of progress.
Out of our path. Wen have no
stumbling blocks. If you cannot con-
struct, don't obstruct. Change your
sneer into a cheer.
Face the dawn where promise is
breaking into fulhllment
We want no pessimists in the TWEEN
tieth century.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12

President Tafts attitude in refusing
TO reply N any way TO the bitter per-
sonal attacks which Colonel Roosevelt
is directing against him, and in refus-
ing to permit even his campaign man
ayers to reply to these attacks in kind,
is bearing much fruit. No one is in
juring Colonel Roosevelt's cause as
much as is the colonel himself in his
daily and wholly uncalled for abuse of
the president.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR

IFrom the New York Press-1
Good morals are nobler than good man
ners, but not so popular.
The reason a woman can spend so much
money on a hat is some other woman can
spend more
The specially enjoyable thing about
smoking an old pipe is when everybody
else in the house wants you not to-
woman never gets so indignant with
anybody in an argument that she can't
get much more indignant with peace
maker who steps in.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12

Everybody in the city ought to give
what assistance they can to the cam
paign which has been launched by the
Topeka Real Estate Dealers associa-
ton for the development of city parks
and boulevards. And the establish
ment of an adequate park on the East
Side should be the first proposition in
this line to be brought to a conclusion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
FROM OTHER PENS


Abe Ruef. former boss of San Francisco
and in that capacity the dispenser Of spe-
clal favors to big and little crooks and
the distributor of brides, is giving the
San Francisco Bulletin a complete ac-
count of his career in which he promises
to spare nobody, not even himself.
This account is to be written in the
quiet Of San Quentin prison. where he is
in the early stages of fourteen-year SEN
tence for one of his deeds of corruption.
Free, Abe Ruef plundered aud betrayed
a city.
In prison, he -epents and promises to
tell the whole truth about everything and
everybody. Like the mysterious strangers
in the melodrama he will tell ALL
Which shows that the prison is some
times an excellent reform agency. 1t rs a
remedy that has not been used often
enough in such cases as that OF Abe
huef, and has hardly been used at all
where it should be used most-on those
whose rotten money prostitutes govern.
ment and feeds such creatures as Ruef.
Ruefs repentance doubtless is genuine
and thoroughgoing, and we are glad of Il
and not disposed to discount It.
Yet his confessions would have been
much more impressive if they had come
early enough to be made useful in the
courts.-Duluth Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12

Sam Lawrence. a former Harvard
athlete, is reported to have made a
running high jump of feet inches.
His official record is 6 feet n inches.
And if anybody thinks a high jump of
6 feet inches is not much of a per-
Torrance, just let him stand under a
bar at that height from the ground.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12

Surely the only satisfaction that any
one has obtained out of the disastrous
floods in the Mississippi valley is that
expressed by Willis L. Moore, chief of
the United States weather bureau. He
is intensely pleased because his assist
ants along the Mississippi were so &C
curate in their food predictions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12

Colonel Roosevelt's remark to an In
diana audience that if he did not get
them this time he would on some fu-
ture occasion can be construed in no
other way than that he will be a per-
petua1 candidate for the presidency
until he lands the place again or death
interVenes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12

If there was anything to the theory,
held by Senator Dixon. that the re-
suit of the Illinois primary ends the
Taft campaign for a denomination, both
the Roosevelt and the Taft campaigns
would have been ended by the result
of the primary in North Dakota Dixon
has no competitor for the honor of be-
ing the champion hot-air generator Of
the Twentieth Century.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12

Nor is it at all likely that there will
De any great enthusiasm among the
fair sex over the pronouncement of
DIR. Dudley A. Sargent, Harvard's ex-
pert on physical culture, that house,
work is a magic elixir to make wom-
ems figures beautiful.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12

With dressed beef bringing a con-
siderably higher wholesale price than
1t has for thirty years, and with the
prices of other meats up in proper
ton, it ought not to take the packers
long to make up the big expense to
which they were subjected in their
successful defense against the govern
snent's criminal action against them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
DAFFYDuS
BY q. NOALL.-

If a soldier stole a picket would the
captain take offense?
(To the guard house with that MANI
If fishes were good cooks would a
clam-bake2
CWaiterl A glass Of water. please.)
If a hammer drives can a board
CNo, but maybe a tomato-can.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12

This department is about to lose one
of its closest friends. No, he isn't
dying, but invitations to his wedding
have been received.
When a woman's woman friend gets
married, she usually acquires another
friend by the deal, but when a mans
man friend commits the faux pas, he
changes from a pal to an acquaint-
ance.
Doc Dud Sargent, physical culture
beneficial to a woman's figure than
housework, and even recommends
laWnTnoWer as a shape promoter. But
regardless of Doc buds opinion, a lot
of women will continue to purchase
their shapes at the corset counter.
When a man gets out of town for
only II hours each year, he can't help
taking a slant at the buildings, when
he returns, to see if the town has
changed much since he left that morn
ing.
Dodd CASTOR doesn't know who Dav-
neither do we, but have heard through
back yard gossip, that Solomon's
grandmother has been under suspicion
for a long time.
The little Hajos lady may be a great
singer, but she is a poor speller. She
writes her first name ''Missi,' although
her press agents spell it "Mizzi,' and
of course the press agents know what
is right.
Down in Hayti the revolution has
taken place of the primary, and after
a careful observation, one-or several,
Pow hot %&4.- Trr1zA c5r1e n
the revolution would be more satisfac-
tory in this country.
Now that the baseball season has
been officially opened, there will be
less political hysteria, which we con-
slider one of the advantages of spring.
it's place, but it has been sadly mis-
placed. 1t was originally intended for
a mermaid.
1t is almost safe to bet that the cold
weather is over, for a while, and that
the next big frost will occur about
June 10.
The guy who is hunting trouble, sell
dom observes the game laws and the
mo hunting here" signs.
Appendicitis, that fatal affection of
the pocketbook, may be fashionable,
but If it ever hits us we prefer the
rube name for it and the poultice cure.
1t is reported from Frisco that the
captain of a schooner was killed b!
the Jap cook. Details are lacking, but
it is suspected that the Jap fed him
some Jap chow and he choked on
the name of it.
Sometimes it is awfully hard to dis
tinguish between giver of advice and
q butter-in-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12

Governor Stubs is quite right in
his vigorous defense of the appoint
ment of Rev. John Maher to the state
text book commission. Objections to
the appointment of the Rev. Mr.. Maher
merely on the score that he is Ro-
man Catholic are scarcely worthy of
any consideration whatsoever. They are
distinctly un-American
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12

Now that the umpires have called
"P1ay Ball'' in the major leagues, the
politicians will have something real in
the way of competition for the fore
most place in the lirnelight- .
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
THE TOLL OF THE SEA.

1t was in 1S41 that the steamer President
left New York with 100 passengers and
was never heard of again. Thirteen years
later, another severe winter, the City OF
Glasgow. with $50 passengers and crew
left Liverpool for Philadelphia and passed
from human ken. In 1855 the winter gales
claimed the Pacific, Westbound from L.Iv-
erpool, with $50 persons aboard. In 1870
the City of Boston vanished forever some
where in the midst of a widwinter storm.
These are a few of the tragedies sug-
gested to the old sailors by this winter of
gales
Possibly the winter of 1911-l2 viii not
succeed In claiming a particularly note
worthy victim. For the wireless has
doubled and trebled the efficiency of the
life saving service. Moreover, the vessel
in distress may send its call Tor help to
every vessel within hundreds Of miles.
The sea is as hungry as ever, ships are
less in peril.-Chicago Inter-Ocean-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12

Present indications are that Champ
C1ark's houn' dawg will soon be so
big and fat and strong that he will be
q brave man. indeed, who will attempt
to kick it around
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
FULL, LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

How old Doc. Cook must be smiling
these days. Another attempt to climb
Mt. Mckinley has failed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12

1--WE don't want any stsndpatters in our
party" said one campaigner. No" re-
piled the other; land yet we don't want
to many of those people who are alaVvsy
sldestepping so that you can't tell where
they stand."-Wa shington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12

There is reason for much enthu-
siasm among the Taft supporters in
Kansas over the fact that Governor
Stubs and Henry Allen have many
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12

Mrs Gotham-Your cousins legal prac-
tice, / suppose. doesn't amount to much
yet? Mrs. Lakeside-No, I'm sorry to saw
we can't be getting divorced all the time
Boston Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12

ADVERTISING is HOPE OF HOME.
Advertising does pay. A woman in
! SSattle mas husband who had form
ca the haDit of beating her. She did
n t hke the treatment, but saw little
chance of alimony, so she advertised
IN Seattle paper for "a man to
thrash a wife beater; ten dollars re-
ward; easy work"
4h young man applied. administered
Inc prescribed treatment. received
MS wage and went off smiling.
me woman said she had applied for
uele1 10 the mayor the chief of po-
ne and the prosecuting attorney with
out satisfactory results but when she
advertised in the newspaper she Sc
cured instant response. All of which
goes to show that if you want a thing
for you. ~ ."
The business of beating wife heaters
IS one that should appeal to husky
young men who carry "a kick in eth
81 mt ana; likewise. "the punch"
II is form of chiYalry, and we might
expect soon to see established in Scat
tie and other large centers of popuIa-
tlon an order the knights of the
couragement Of Wife Beating. The
newspaper columns may carry many
advertisements, not only those placed
by wives who have been beaten, but
ny active and progressive human
thus:
"Wanted-By enterprising and
ready y~ung man, the position of
, III 1sier OF husbands who beat their
wives. Husbands weighing under las
pounds preferred. No wives with hus-
bands weighing ove-' 169 pounds need
Apply. Can punch with either hand"
or course, if there is too much of
TINS W1fely retaliation and hired
sabotage introduced into domestic life.
husbands addicted to the habit Of wife
peating may form a combination and
hire their own defenders
The moral of the whole rnatter ts
however, that it pays to advertise.
Let any maltreated wife now saw TO
her bully of husband: IF you are
not good I'll advertise"
Inc END OF Wife beating is in sight.
And yet some say the newspapers do
no good.-Wichita Eagle.
SAMPLE OF SINGLE TAX
In January, 1910, Vancouver adontas
the single tax for local purposes, Srbs
first place to feel the effect of cononetf~
ton with it was Victoria, the capital
of British Columbia. Other cities soon
felt it also, and in spite Of protective
tarlffs cities in the United States. In
Guiding Seattle, found themselves be-
ing outstripped by their neighbor over
the boundary.
So many men and so much money
left Victoria for Vancouver in 1e10
that Victoria was forced, in self de-
~ ~'GCPb Tire Single TAX Tor CITY
purpose, which she did by vote OF
nVe to one in January, 1911.
The effect was magical.
In April, 1911, Victorfa's building
permits were $29O,110 against $751;
440 in April, 1910.
In August, 1911. this had grown to
$429,9 $50, against S212,S14 in August.
In November, 1911. it reached ss1s
625, against $105,295 in November.
1910, while Seattle's buildings fell of
from $1,O2O,235 in November, 1910. to
Seattle's population is about seven
times that of Victoria.-Atchison
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12
by THE WAY
BY HARVEY PARSONS.

This department is about to lose one
or Its closest friends. No, he isn't
dying, but invitations to his wedding
have been received.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12

When a womans woman friend gets
married, she usually acquires another
friend by the deal, but when a mans
man friend commits the faux pas, he
changes from pal to an acquaint-
ance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12

Doc Dud Sargent, physical culture
expert, says there is nothing more
beneficial to a woman's figure than
housework, and even recommends a
lawnrnower as shape promoter. But
regardless of Doc buds opinion, a lot
OF women will continue to purchase
their shapes at the corset counter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12

ids mother was, and for that matter,
neither do we, but have heard, through
back yard gossip, that Solomon s
grandmother has been under suspicion
for a long time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-12

When a man gets out of town for
only II hours each year, he can't help
taking a slant at the buildings, when
he returns, to see If the town has
changed much since he left that morn
ing.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-10-16
ATHLETES IN
TRAINING FOR
FAIR CONTEST
THOSE TO ENTER IN VARIOUS
EVENTS ARE LIMBERING UP
NIGHT PRACTICE HELD-HoPE
FOR INTERcITY MEET SOON.

Many members Of the local Y. NJ.
c. A are training for the athletic
track and field meet to be held during
the fair. Any night there may be seen
numbers of the young athletes in run
ming toys taking long runs for wind
and training for the events they intend
to enter.
The lighting apparatus to be used in
the yard next to the Y. M. C. A. build
ing has been received. That will make
it possible for those who work during
the day to practice for the pole vault
ing, shot put, jumping and other
events that can not we'll be practiced
inside. 1t is hoped that some good ma
terial will develop out of those who en-
ter in the contests, as there is a posi-
BILE chance of making arrangements
for New Orleans, Mobile, Birming-
ham and other southern cities to send
athletes to Pensacola for a meet some
time during the spring.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-10-16
q BANKS IN
STATE OPENED
IN 8 MONTHS
FIVE TRUST COMPANIES ALSO
GRANTED RIGHT TO DO BUSI-
NESS BY w. v. kNoTT-PROP-
ERTY VALUATIONS INCREASE.
REPORTS SHOW,

Tallahassee, Fla. Oct. 15.-One of
the evidences that Florida is enjoy
ing a season of prosperity is given
by the information from the comp
troller's office that since the middle
of February last, when w. v. Knott
was appointed comptroller, authority
has been granted to twenty seven
state banks to open their doors and
begin business. In addition to these
authority has been granted to begin
business to five trust companies,
which have organized under the act
of 1911.
The tax assessors are sending in
their books to the comptrollers office
and those so far examined show as
a rule a considerable increase this
year in assessed valuations of prop
erty throughout the state.
The Western Union Telegraph COM
pany is arranging to put a branch
office in the capitol building. A large
part of the company's business here
consists Of messages to and from the
state departments at the capitol. To
insure more prompt handling of this
portion of the business at this place
the branch office will be installed.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-10-16

SPECIAL SESSION WILL BE HELD
THURSDAY NIGHT TO SETTLE
DISPUTE AS TO CURB GRADES
AND AWARDING OF THE COAL
CONTRACTS.

Two spirited controversies. in which
the public generally has become con-
siderably interested, are to be set
tied by the city council tomorrow
night, at which time a special session
Is to be held In the council chamber
at the city hall, and from the amount
of interest manifested by the public
it is probable that the council cham
Der will be well filled.
The two controversies are the one
between the city engineer and the
engineer of the board of bond trus-
tees as to the curb grades on Pala :
fox street, between Romano and Gar
den, and the one between Alderman
Semmes and the superintendent of the
water department as to the awarding
of the contract for furnishing the city
with coal for the year
THE GRADE CONTROVERSY.
The controversy as 10 the curb
grades arose several days ago, after
The Journal had printed an editorial
calling attention to the conditions in
the part of the city referred to.
Several interviews and communica-
tons from both of the engineers ap-
peared in The Journal and at the last
regular meeting the council adopted
a resolution authorizing the mayor to
appoint a disinterested engineer to
check up the grades and settle the
controversy between the two engin-
GERS. The resolution also provided for
the payment of the third engineer for
his services.
THE COAL CONTROVERSY.
The controversy as to the coal con-
tract began when Alderman Semmes
voted against the recommendation of
the mayor, based upon the opinion Cf
the superintendent of the water de-
partment, to award the contract to a
certain Pensacola firm.
Alderman Semmes claimed that the
contract should have been awarded
to another bidder and asserted that
the superintendent of the water de-
partment had been inconsistent in
his recommendations and was guilty
Of showing favoritism.
The superintendent Of the water
department was not present at the
council meeting at which the discus
sion took place and at which it was
decided to defer action upon the re-
commendation Of the mayor and bring
the whole matter before the council,