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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-09
SAYS UNCLE CAV

AS a first aid to success, it is hard
to heat the gentle art of suggestion.
Practically all of the big successes OF
today are based upon ability to get
work out of other men, and Tor TINS
particular purpose the art or suggestion
has it on force, fraud oecep'lon oiiu
the pay check.
The highest refinement of the art IS
that which manifests itself in causing
another to believe that your own ideas
are original with himself Where ne
would look upon yo~rs with dlsraVor, II
not with disgust he'll break ms pack
putting his own scheme into erect anu
if need arise, fight for it,
That's how the art IF suggestion
overcomes initial inertia If not active
opposition It shunts the pushing
forces on toEa blind switch and leaves
the main track open for the long
strong pull That innate conceit which
is in most of us stronger than horse
radish makes US SgiFef the palm to any
thing in the shape of an idea that
sprouts in our own brains.
A friend of mine found a right hand
man, and later a partner, in curious
way. He went into one department OF
his mercantile establishment one day
and looked it over with unusual care
ssWho told you to do it that way?'' he
asked one employee. "Oh. just hap
pened to hit on it. It's better than the
old way was the reply.
Good enough said the employer
and passed on to another Substantially
the same conversation took place be-
tween himself and a half dozen men.
That evening after working hours the
newest employee in the department
came to his office.
ct had been waiting for you to take
notice of our department" he said. I
believe that you are not the head of
that department. replied the employer,
with the emphasis on the mot"
mo" said the young man, but am
the brains of it,
''There's an explanation due from you
right now" retorted the employer. You
have five minutes to make it. and at
the end of that time you are likely to
be promoted or fred
The young man explained his system.
The young man explained his system.
He had, he said, asked each of his fell
low employees questions which had
suggested the new method. 1t had been
his purpose to avoid officiousness and
at the same time obtain results. All of
which was to be a demonstration of his
abilities for the benefit of his support
ers The employer was incredulous.
Put me in another department for
three months and see what happens"
suggested the young man. What hap
pened was that the second department
improved and the first refrigerated. The
young man got his SUPPLEMENTARY.
It's a true story, and there's psy-
Geological principle at the bottom of It
that is no secret to successful men,
Copyright. 1912, by w. E. Williams.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-09
by THE WAY
BIZ HARVEY PARSONS

1t begins to look like the European
colony of ex-presidents of Mexico would
soon acquire a new member, thus
making the membership pair
Sen. LaFollette is going to make an
extensive campaign in California, but
some people. when they want to go 70
California, go ahead without making
any such flimsy excuse.
A preacher can mention the home
address of Hon. Satan and get by with
1t, but when anyone else uses IT, IL Is
Bad Word.
Every married man ought to know
himself. If he doesn't 1t isn't because
his wife has neglected the introduc-
ton.
Comes now a yarn from Leipsic,
Germany, about a doctor VINO cuFeu
an imbecile child by operating upon
its liver. And lot of Wops VIII nasLen
to observe that they knew all the tlIne
that the liver, rather than the braln'
was the seat of intelligence
Lots of women who can easily crank
their own autos, are too dehcate 10
shake down the furnace CRATE.
According to reports, Col. T. r. got
through Easter without calling any
one liar or a burglar but like any
iaborer doing a fixed task, he made up
for it next day.
A subscription is being taken to de-
fend the Belpre barber who killed an
editor, the theory being, presumably.
that the town can get along without an
editor, but must have tonsorlaI artlst-
The frequent reports of convicts es-
Gaping from the penitentiarX are hard
to reconcile with the just as frequent
reports that the penitentiary is being
run on a plan which makes it second
only TO Heaven. If the pen was what
the ruling politicians try to make it
appear, they couldn't chase the board
ers away with a club.
And there is another class of men
who is always appreciated. He IS the
man who can listen to an old moth
eaten stock story and refrain from
countering with another.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-09
WHAT ROOSEVELT ONCE SAID.

Less than two years ago, in address
ing the New York Republican state
convention of which he was the tenn
porary chairman, Colonel Roosevelt
had this to say concerning the accom-
plishments of the administration of
President Taft:
1.-The amendments to the interstate
commerce law; beginning of a nation
al legislative program for the exercise
of the taxing power in connection with
big corporations doing an interstate
business, the appointment of a COM
mission to frame measures that do
away with the evils of overcapitaliza-
ton, and of improper and excessive is
sues of stocks and bonds; the law pro-
vfding for publicity Of campaign ex-
penses, the establishment of the maxi
mum and minimum tariff provisions,
and the exceedingly able negotiation
of the Canadian and other treaties in
accordance herewith; the Inaugural
ton of the policy of providing for a
disinterested revision of tariff sched-
ules through a high class commission
of experts which will treat each sched-
ule purely on its own merits, with a
view to protecting the consumer from
excessive prices and to securing the
American producer and especially the
American wage worker what will rep
resent the difference of cost in pro-
duction here as compared with the
cost of production in countries where
labor is less literally rewarded; the
extension of the laws regulating safe
ty appliances for the protection of Ia
Dor; the creation of a bureau of mines
these and similar laws, backed up by
executive action, reflect high credit
upon all who succeeded in putting
them in their present shape upon the
statute books; they represent an earn
est of the achievement which is yet to
come and the benef1cence and far
reaching Importance of this work done
for the whole people measure the
credit which is rightly due to the con-
gress and to our able, upright and dis
tinguished president, William Howard
Taft
If this is not a progressive record
worth while and we'll worthy of the
unqualified endorsement of the mem
bers of the Republican party and their
independent friends, it is impossible
that any such record could be made
by anyone. Nor could Mr.. Roosevelt
review his own presidential admins
tration of two terms and produce
record that would be SO extensive and
varied in definite achievements
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-09
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News

TFrom the Chicago News.1
The largest bone in the human
frame is the wishbone
Fish bite, but nobody seems to want
them muzzled.
We may fool others occasionally,
but we all get fooled in time.
Beware of a woman who always
agrees with you. She doesn't.
We all like our friends to be perfect
ly frank about other people.
Things people give you may cost
you more than they are worth.
There is danger in going to court
be it criminal or matrimonial.
The faith of the average man
wouldn't move a mole hill, much less
mountain.
F'Iirts draw men as sticky flypaper
draws flies-and often with similar
results
It's awfully hard for a homely wo-
man to forgive a pretty one who pa
tronizes her.
Tt is easy for a woman to win cry
kind of argument If she is prolific
tear sIedder.
The average man is willing to spend
money for any old thing-with the eX-
ception of taxes.
When a woman asks a man il he
thinks she looks her age it's up to
him to lie like a gentleman.
When a woman tells what she had
at a fashionable restaurant Sne takes
pains to mention all the expensive
things on the menu.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-09
QUAKER MEDITATIoNs.

LFrom the Philadelphia Record.J
When man is broke he very nat
urally goes to pieces.
Dink-'Has Jack had any accidents
since he bought his automobile ?"
Gink-"Naw; the only thing he has
run into is debt
Doctor-''You are killing yourself.
Don't you want to live to a ripe old
age?' Henpecke-''What's the use;
my wife has already made up her
mind to live forever"
Mrs. TelIem-''Maude says she
won't make much of a showing IN her
new gown" Miss Print m glad to
hear that. Those hobble skirts she
used to wear were simply scandaloUs."
OF beautys gifts he has but few
for his features are not mates and his
manner won't impress you for his ego
tisIn CRATES, yet the girls cali him a
wonder or a chance without a par,
and they overlook each blunder for
he owns a motor car.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-09
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Most of the rich men who claim they
were happier when poor are also 1okers.
n y -
What has become of the old-fashion-
ed grocer who used to put sand in his
sugar?
y y
If everybody was in agreement on
everything what a monotonous old
world this would be.
And the men who have the least to
say about giving others a square deal
generally do the most in this direction
n n -
Another reason why a poor man
should not marry is that when his wife
cleans house he has to beat the carpets
and rugs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-09
THE TURN OF THE YEARS.

THE TURN OF THE YEARS.
How may we know you, year OF all?
You come, as others come,
Ntght-sandaled, and your flying feet
Set bells a-swing in every street
But you are dumb.
We run, unwearied travellers
Still on the upward slope
OF life, to take your strong young hand,
To search, to dare, to understand
Pilgrims of hope.
You lead US on, you lead US up;
We seek your Avatar
By fords of faith, the pass of tears,
Peaks of delight-O year of years,
You take US fari
And then you go. We hear your voice,
We know your name at last
You were the Future that we sought,
And all the years may bring us nought,
But you the Past.
". H. Friedlaender, in the westmin'
ster Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-09
MISS CRosBY,s PHILOSOPHY.

Every man in the world who be-
lieves himself heavily laden; every
woman who thinks she has more than
her share of woe. ought to find some
comfort in the interview given out By
Miss Fanny Crosby, a few days ago,
in her home at Bridgeport. Conn.,, says
the Kansas Industrialist. Miss Cros-
by is go years old. She has been
blind since childhood. Possibly she
never went to a dance in her life. She
may never have attended a fudge par
ty. and for that matter may not even
own a chatting dish. 1t is doubtful
whether she ever wore velvet shoes,
or thin silk stockings, or "cut class. -
She may have missed the joys of pic
mics, of limitations, and of society
nights. Her life never vas bounded
by HE says to me-" and 81 says to
him. She never knew the bliss of a
moonlight night, her ears, perhaps,
never have longed for the footsteps of
someone coming home at night.
The cost of living has added no woe
to Miss Crosby's life. She has not
had to figure out the salary limit into
items of shoes and rubbers and over
coats and groceries, and goodness only
knows what else. She has missed that
fine experience.
But Miss Crosby has always been
happy. She is happy today. The six
thousand hymns and songs she has
given the world are liberal proof that
she has not wasted her days. Hear
what she said, day or two ago:
81 am younger than ever. never
fret, never worry, never think dis
agreeable thoughts or find fault with
anyone or anything. Life glides on
like a little boat on a waveless stream,
with beautiful flowers or each side.
have had sorrows, I have lost dear
friends and felt depressed. but it is my
firm belief that. the Lord never af-
flicts his children; that is the work
of the evil one.
IF in the whole world you can find
a happier mortal than I am, bring
him to me. want to shake his
hand
If you have never heard of Miss
Crosby it will help you some to know
that she wrote two hymns you have
often sung: Rescue the Perishing,"
and Jesus Is Calling Today" Now
you know her. Many time you have
sat in a back seat, at church, gloomy,
worrying over some burden, and one
of these fine old songs has soothed
the pain and sent you home feeling
lot better Perhaps the knowledge
that she was comforting thousands
may have been a staff to Miss Crosby
in the darkness that has always been
hers.
Still, is it fair to say this? Was it
always dark for her? Didn't she Lave,
in her own peculiar system of philo-s
sophy, shield and buckler" and an
anchor in the time of storm that made
her strong and hopeful? Didn't this
philosophy do a lot to carry her on to
her ninety second birthday anniver-
sary with heart to declare herself as
happy as any mortal in the whole,
wide world2 Anyway, whatever 1t was
that cheered her. Miss Crosby's life
should be a fine example for thou
sands who have eyes to see the beau
ties of the universe with all its il
limitable opportunities. How cheap
and petty seem the little trials that
grieve men, compared with the long,
serviceable career of this blind wo-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-09
Hobo Answer KipIInr.

A large, dirty, and disreputabls
looking individual lurched into the
headquarters of the woman suffrage
party on the twenty-first floor of the
Metropolitan tower and alarmed the
blond girl struggling with the suffrage
switchboard by inquiring for "the
CUFF expert
Being informed that the movement
son existed, the sofled member ex-
planned that he wanted to see the
editor. Mrs. Mary Beard, executive
chief of the Woman Voter, appeared.
He handed to her q reply to Rudyard
Kipling's recent incoherence." The
contributor said he was a hobo" and
his poem was entitled, "A Knight OF
the Roads Defense of the Fair
81 guess Kip has been upon the car
pet sometimes since he coupled up
with o. K. orders to pull the Matri-
monfaI Unlimited, for he didn't spring
any such signals before that" said M
Hobo.
The reply begins;
Say Bo:
If you were hunting for handout an
were awfully perplexed,
If you were whfrling in a quandary,
using every pretext,
And a great big copper hailed you and
bid you tell your tale,
And bid you tell him anything that
might possibly regale,
Would you tell him taht the female
was more deadly than the mailer
Bo? He'll MOI
Not on your tomato can.
Mr.. KipIing may obtain the rest by
applying to the Party.-New York
World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-09
KANSAS COMMENT
MRS. LALLA PALoosrR

You did not know that old Lalla
Palooser was married? Well, he is, and
the strange part of it is that the Mrs.
has about the same disposition as the
old man. Really she is q pretty good
woman, and so also is he a pretty good
man in some ways. Both fully appre-
ciate their own Importance and neither
intend to miss an opportunity to make
display of that quality. The other
day Mrs. had a. chance to assume a
position of prominence for a few min
utes and she made the most of it. One
OF the most gratifying features of the
episode was that she got about a dozen
people mad at her She dropped into
the grocery store for some trihing
thlng and found only one clerk on the
job and two people ahead of her. This
irritated her, and she made some caus-
tic remarks about the Door service II
was something unusual, for the store
Keeps plenty of help. Before Mrs. Pa
looser gained the right Of way to the
clerks attention a half dozen other
people came into the store as is nearly
always the case when a rush occurs
When at last her turn arrived she real
lzed fully the opportunity that present.
ed itself and she rose on her dignity ut
once She inquired about a dozen
things Which she had no intention of
buying, sampled and condemned them
ana parleyed and paIavered until the
people in the waiting line could. have
Cancelled her earthly existence without
batting an eye. Not until the clerk.
who knew the old lady pretty well, in
dicated that he intended to wait upon
the next customer did she finally buy
the box of matches which she came af-
ter, and give the others a chance Yes.
she had the matches charged. She has
told all the neighbors what an awful
time she had getting waited on a
Blanks store. and that she is going to
do her trading elsewhere in future
Stafford Courier
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-09

spires the harder is the cheese which is
cut in his honor. 1t is said that there
are families in Switzerland whose
cheeses date from the first French rev.
olution. and these are served only at
baptisms, weddings, and after funerals.
The larder in every family is guarded
with care and the cheese is named.
Upon the birth of a new heir a cheese
is made that takes the name given him
or her, and that particular cheese is
never under any circumstances cut
until the boy or girl grows up and is
married. On such occasions each of the
guests takes a piece of cheese from the
bridegroom and from the bride and
drinks to their felicity, the cheese held
aloft.-Harper's Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-09

When the seven governors worked
off their famous gold brick on Colonel
Roosevelt. they addressed him, among
other things, as follows: 1--WE believe
that in view of this public demand
you should soon declare whether if the
nomination for the presidency comes
to you unsolicited and unsought, you
will accept" 1t may be that Colonel
Roosevelt's erstwhi1e enthusiasm for
simplified spelling has warped his I'M
Outstanding of the meaning of such
simple words as "unsought'' and "un-
solicited
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-09
No Free Speech in London.

At Marlborough Street recently
John Bonnar Thompson, a public
speaker, was charged with doing an
act calculated to provoke a breach
of the peace while lecturing in Hyde
Park.
William Buckley, an ex-poIice con-
stable said he heard the accused re-
ferring to the late Queen Victoria as
a gin-drinker. The crowd round the
prisoner became very excited, and. a
constable arriving on the scene, the
accused was arrested.
William Hollins, a painter, said the
crowd shouted to the prisoner: You
ought to be whipped
The prisoner, in defence, said he was
a Socialist but he denied referring to
the late Queen Victoria as alleged.
Mr.. Mead said that if the prisoner
had any regard for his own skin he
had better not repeat his conduct. He
would have to pay a fine of 4Os or
in default go to prison for a month.
The Prisoner-Can- have time to
pay?
Mr. ead-No.-Lendon Daily
News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-09

In all likelihood, Colonel Roosevelt
will be strong for the recall of that
informal decision of Mr.. Justice Burcn
of the Kansas supreme court, which
demonstrates conclusively that the col
onel is in serious error in his conten-
tions that the courts of the United
States have exceptional powers in pass
ing on legislative acts which are not
enjoyed by the courts Of other coun-
tries
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-09
DAFFYDHS
BY U. NOALL.

How is it possible to telegraph
from a. steal?
Don't cuss the lawn-mower. 1t
doesn't make the grass groW.)
If the horses lost their tails would
the water. wagon just the same?
Gland me the Ratchet, Angeline.
want to swat that fly on baby,s carr
If the U. S. consul at Colombo mail
ed a letter would it have a Ceylon ?
(Bang! BangiI And one more In
dian bit the dust.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-09

All of the good cardplayers will
probably do much frothing at the mouth
over the insistence of the New York
Medical Journal that skill counts for
only per cent in even the most sci
entif1c of card games; much less in the
popular gambling forms.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-09
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

IFrom the New York Press
A man really hates to buy a thing
he can afford.
It's the way of a girl to fall in love
with a man first and then decide on
his attractions.
The principal thing in an argument
is to be able to wait till the other fell
low tangles himself all up.
1t may take woman. a week to pick
out a piece of ribbon she wants. but
she could rent ten houses while a man
was finding the number OF one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-09
where Cheese Denotes Rank.

The. English. the Germans. and the
Norwegians are great consumers of
cheese, but the people of Switzerland
surpass them ALL The cheese of Ter
matt is so hard that one is obliged to
scrape it or cut off chunks with a
Ratchet. and its use is considered most
important on all ceremonious occa-
sions- The rank of a Swiss family is
known by the age of its cheese, and the
more affection or respect a guest in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-09

Perhaps the Chicago clergyman who
holds the enviable record of having
performed 4,6O7 marriages from which
only two divorces resulted is not en-
titled to all the credit for this show
ing Rather does he appear to have
been unusually fortunate in the cali
Der of the men and women who had
him perform their marriages.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-09

Governor Wilson insists that the peo-
pie are tired of being governed fol-
the especial benefit Of the interests.
And this is particularly true in so far
as the political interests" of many OF
the self-chosen leaders of the people
are concerned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-09
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

More distressing news for Governor
Stubbs. John Dawson has Joined ar
athletic club at Leavenworth for a two
weeks course in scientific boxing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-09

Nevada is another western state that
is going TO send it's delegates to the
Chicago convention instructed for Pres
ident Taft. Mr.. Roosevelt's campaign
managers seem to be exceedingly mis-
informed as to the popularity of their
candidate in the western country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-09

There can be no doubt about the in
sanity of that Kansan who thought he
was in the Garden of Eden when he
happened to be in Texas. Such ideas
though, are strictly in order in Kan
sas. They are indisputable evidence
that the people who have them are
sound-minded
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-09

The hammers are being worked at
a furious rate in Topeka these days
Happily, however, they are welded by
the stonemasons, the carpenters and
the other skilled artisans who have
more than they can attend to in the
building line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-09

Great joy must prevail among the
heshy folk in Washington society
since the Jelly wobble'' has become
popular dance in the nations capital
Corpulent men and women ought to
shine in such terpsichorean en-
deavOr.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-09

Retributive justice. DR.. Blake, of
New York, who has been particularly
active in separating persons from their
vermiform appendices, has just had
his own cut out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-09

If the detectives and the dogs chas-
ing Sidna Allen and his nephew have
been as active on foot as the dispatches
from Hillsville indicate, they must have
covered thousands of miles. And the
evidence would also seem to show. tina
they have travelled most of this dis
lance by merely climbing up and down
two or three hills.