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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-08
SAYS UNCLE CIV

If I am a dreamer, this is my dream /:
That in the fullness of time to be
capable and kind shall be each mans
religion, the Golden Rule on only leg
islation.
That the race shall have been healed
of the insanity of greed.
That the earth shall have purged it
self of the cries of human hunger.
That disease shall no longer be call
er the scourge of God, but shall be
rightly known as the criminal negli-
gence of man.
That labor shall no more be a thing
of sweat and CRIME, of aching backs
and hopeless hearts, but a privilege
to which the efficient hand leaps to
the silent music of harmoniously NOV
ing mind and muscle, eager for the
task
That riches shall not be an offense
or a point of pride, but only a mora
responsibility; poverty not a disgrace
or claim upon largess, and neither
shall be an excuse from the duties or
a. bar from the privileges of manhood.
That the sense of universal brother
hood shall be not vision, but an
actually.
Is all this but a dream?
If so. there are among the signs of
the times those which point to it's
realization-child labor laws, Carnegie
libraries, compulsory education acts,
the Rockefeller Foundation and the
Rockefeller Institute, housing reforms.
the Red Cross, the minimum wage
movement, the juvenile court, enlight-
ened organized charities, reformatories
that are taking the place of prison,
free employment bureaus and free legal
aid bureaus. the arbitration of dis
putes between capital and labor, the
government department of commerce
and labor, the revival of the gospel of
work the worldwide sentiment favor
ing the settlement of questions of ma
tional honor at The Hague.
Is it all a dream? Who is there so
bold as to give the lie to these wit
nesses?-(Copyright 1912, by W. E. Will
Iiams.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-08
EVENING CHAT
BIZ RUTH CAMERON.

If there is any one situation to which
the excellent maxim You can't always
sometimes telP' is more thoroughly per-
dnent than to any other. it is to other
folks quarrels and family disagreements.
Il do think Gertrude is terribly dis
agreeable and unjust to her sister," I
heard one girl say of another. why the
other day Gertrude snapped her sister up
because she made some little statement
that wasn't exactly accurate. And she's
just as sweet and nice. can't see what
made Gertrude so hateful to her,
OF course this self appointed critic
couldn't see what made Gertrude SO hate
full. How should she be able to? She has
never lived with the sister, doesn't know
how trying her habit of loose and mac
curate statements has become, how irri-
tating it is to hear her talk fluently about
matters of which she knows absolutely
nothing.
That's just the trouble with all our snap
agreements We see the result of in
Vulnerable little causes without seeing
more than one or two of these causes.
Mrs So-and-so is terribly impatient
with her husband, we say why, the
other day he was fifteen minutes late to
dinner and she would hardly speak to
him all through the meal or Mr.. Such
and-such is so strict with his daughter.
He doesn't believe in company and he
wouldn't even let her have her college
room mate to spend a week with her."
Now, that certainly sounds as if Mrs.
So-and-so and Mr.. Such-and-such were
very unreasonable people. But in each
case We nave crltlc1zeQ a result without
taking into account more than one of the
innumerable little causes which stood be-
hind that result.
1t was not because Mr.. So-and-so was
late for dinner that one day that his Wife
was indignant. 1t was because his
hardness that day was but one more man
Hesitation of his habit of needless tardi-
ness to meals which has made her house
work harder all her married life.
1t was not merely because this one visit
that Mr.. Such-and-Such protested. 1t was
against that as the elimination of a series
of visits which had been firing out the
little wife and mother.
1t is the whole load which breaks the
camers back. We criticise the camel be-
cause only see the last straw.
In the close corporation of family life
there are many conditions which an OUT
slider cannot possibly appreciate If you
are friend of the square deal in thought
and word, as well in action, DO not
try to judge of such matters. Remember
that you can't always sometimes telP'
is a most excellent maximum.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-08
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.J

[From the Chicago NewsJ
And all the world loves a good liver
A lazy man often gets busy manufac-
turing excuses
Money can't gild some vices until they
look like virtues.
A man can't take a woman at her word
If her word is mo"
Most of the troubles woman has are
over things she can't have.
It's easy for a woman to manage a man
If she isn't married to him.
And many a candidate has lost his repr1-
tation in the political shuttle.
One kind of a nature faker is a woman
who uses wire rat in doing up her hair
Poverty is a crime only when you let
the other fellow steal your opportunities.
A man is never more anxious to take
his wife on trip than when she doesn- t
want to go.
If a certain presidential candidate ever
writes play it will be difficult to find a
stage large enough to accommodate ali
the villains in 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-08
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ArcHIsoE GLOBE.

How we all hate a man who talks like
an encyclopedia
Anyone can take care of himself if he
will behave himself.
Spring was so late this year it hurt the
saSSafras tea business.
Il believe you're right" is easily said
and it makes many friends.
Fondness for the Under Dog is some
help to the Outs who want In.
Bright prospects are punctured about as
often as the well known automobile tire
1t would be an awful jolt to the break
faSt food factories if the cows should go
on a strike.
Too much optimism is wasted on pre-
election politics which would help more
in other directions.
1t occurs to us that the gent in the re-
viewing stand as the parade passes isn't
helping much, either.
Probably one reason why you can't keep
a hired girl is because you treat her like
one of the family.
There are many bum housekeepers, but
it is rather difficult to find them at home
to tell them about it.
Possibly many members of the chorus
went into the thing with the intention of
elevating the stage.
People are most likely to make a noun
tain out of a molehill when it is their
molehill they are talking about.
There is so much complaint of monopoly
that people are often willing to try some
thing worse for change.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-08
TAFT AND THE INTERESTS"

In reviewing on the stump the
achievements of his administration,
! William H. Taft. is certainly demon
strating conclusively that he is a presi-
dent who has done things, other than
talk. And he pertinently wonders
what would have been said of him
had he failed to enforce the Sherman
antitrust law to the best of his ability.
Several of the important suits against
trusts that have been brought by the
Taft administration to a successful con-
clusion were begun while Colonel Roose-
Welt was president.
Just suppose that President Taft had
done nothing with these suits; that he
had allowed the papers in them to be-
come covered with dust in the pigeon
holes of the department of justice?
Then would the cry have gone up that
the president had, indeed, proven false
to the charge left in his hands by Col.
Roosevelt 1t was the colonel who took
the big stick to big business, or big
business of the bad type. He at
tanned much of his popularity with the
people because he did so. He told them
he would smash the monopolies and
the bad" trusts. The only weapon he
had to do it with was the Sherman
antitrust law. He considered that, at
the time, adequate. He instituted suits
against bad big business. None of
the important ones were brought to a
conclusion before his retirement from
the presidency. He named a success
sor to carry on all of his works and
policies. Now he says that this very
man is controlled by the interests"
and the political bosses who cater to
those Interests
But the best answer in the world to
these charges is the remarkable sue
cess that President Taft has achieved
in his prosecution, through Attorney
General Wickersham. of the suits
against the trusts that Colonel Roose-
Welt Instituted, and of his bringing
other and similar suits against all other
trusts, big and little, regardless of
their prestige or power or the men
concerned in their management. OF
course, Colonel Roosevelt now says
that the Sherman antitrust law is lit
tie better than worthless. He thought
it was all right for handling one i'm
portant phase of the trust question not
so long ago. And that he has changed his
mind in this particular does not help to
strengthen either of the positions he has
taken on this question. In fact, he
changes his mind so often as it be-
comes exped;ent. that none of his ex-
pressed opinions about anything can or
should have much weight with thinking
people.
President Taft also tried his best to
apply the criminal provisions of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-08
QUAKER MEDITATIONS.
LFron the Philf

LF'rom the Philadelphia Recordl
The 'palmy'' days of childhood REGAL,
many a spanking.
On the other hand the race is not al
ways to the slow, either.
In banquet scene almost any actor can
give an eat performance.
Almost as many people have benn
tie. NV AT
1t is small consolation to the hall NAV
er to realize that the militia are liz
called out on strikes.
Strangely enough, it's when a feuo,.
sees his finish that he has the mosf liz
f1culty in keeping his end up.
Every dog has his day." quoted +ha
Wise Guy. Yes, but it isn't ever 49,
who knows when he is having itS ss,7 5S
the Simple Mug.
Blobbs-'Who was it in the RibIa ths+
complained of asking for bread and ga1l
ting stone?" -SlobbS-"Sorne felIovv 9,ho
had married cooking school girl / SIM
pose"
The skilifully baited hook desce,a.,
into the pool Don't touch that worn ;:
cried the mother fish. 1T looks as fhoI,rb
it had some disease, and it might 6a
catching
Remember, my son." said the indus-
trious parent that the early bird catchee
the worm" We'll, don't care much 1or
that sort of breakfast myself" replied the
incident son.
Hoax-"What is the difference in time
between New York and Parish Joax-
'-Oh l don't know. You can have pretty
much the same time in New York as in
Paris II you know how to go about it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-08

| into chair, oozing over the sides and
began grumbling explanation.
She come yesterday, and twas bad
luck I took her in. 1 give her the
| room most reasonable, and this morn
cab ~ anu 's - -A'o " q
tor, soothingly, "only a slight concus-
sion"
The landlady pointed to the picture
or the young man. st didn't know
where she come from nor anything
about her, but seen you was friend
of hern; so 1 sent for you on a guess"
Willy Ben was about to admit his
ignorance. but he looked at the pic
pretty little girl on the bed. Be
meath his tailor-made New York
clothes his home made Bologee heart
swelled with pride.
he answered tenderly, "and 1 in
tend to have her moved to the hos
pital at once"
At the hospital. Emily Walton
came back to consciousness to find a
clean looking. red headed young man
sitting patiently beside her. For a long
time she regarded him in silence, then
she spoke wonderingly.
William Benjamin Bibb, the tennis
champion, however did you come
here?"
Never mind" answered Willy
Ben, for the doctor had said she
must not talk. 'I'n tell you tomor-
big brother"
She was asleep when he left, and
like big brother. he kissed her-a
friendly, respectful kiss-just as If she
were Bess or Evelyn. But all the time
he knew that. she was not; he knew
she was the ideal come to life
Tomorrow came, and for the two a
great many tomorrows. She told him
all her sorry story. how she had run
a wv
and how, though she could cook and
sew and recite Hamlet's soliloquy bet
ter than any girl in boarding school,
she could not act. Having a stubborn
courage, she had gone on trying and
trying. "And when the cab struck
me-" she told him, 81 was glad to think
the fight was over.''
He in turn told her about his home,
his mother, his brothers and sisters,
now he used to steal away from school
to visit the swimming pool, how a mad
dog came through town and he had
to kill his faithful hound, how rat
tlesnake bit him in the leg one day.
He told it all so fervently that little
Emily, who was born in a boarding
house and brought up in hotels, grew
homesick.
When the wound on her forehead
was well and the time came for her to
leave the hospital the young man made
a brilliant suggestion.
why go back to that horrid place?
Let's go right out and be married"
And spend the honeymoon in
Bologee," she added.
So it was settled and Willy Ben, who
knew that marriages are made in
heaven, fell to wondering. ITO think"
he cried rapturously, that you fell in
love with my picture before you ever
saw mel"
But the little Emily was truthful and
practical Il didn't" she answered.
d1xy osr1e-f Ii,
your picture out of the paper because
you looked like a man used to be in
love with out west."-(Copyright
1912, by Associated Literary Press)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-08
by TIE WAY
By HARVEY PARsONs.

THE older I grow" says Hondo
Murphy, the. less desire have TO go
out and kill squirrel or some other
harmless critter have just as mucn
just as lief shoot a tin can as rap
Bit
Justice has been lfkened unto mes
parison is good one; but it may
be said that in the case OF the rougn-
necks who murdered a Topeka police
man, Justice DID NOT stop to smoke
a cigarette on the way.
From a seed catalogue we get this;
"DANDEL1ON: This beautiful and
luxuriant vegetable plant has great
food value, and no garden shouId pc
without it, Thanks to those who. nave
spent the last twenty years or their
lives in letting. dandelions go to seeo'
it may be safely asserted that no To-
peka garden IS without 1t.
But we hold that such publica-
tions as that seed catalogue should pc
barred from the mails on the GROUNDS
that they are indecent.
Some of the worst pests on the Jop
were the result of just such fool ad-
vertisements. The dande1ion is not ma
tive to KanSas-it was imported Dy
some one who heard that it was a
"luxuriant vegetable plant OF greaI
food value" Some old BOOB hearo
that the English sparrow was me-,
useful bird, and now the eavesspouts
all over the country are full OF spar
rows. Some dear old lady came 70
Kansas from some eastern state Wnere
the only sure crop was chin Wh1Skefs,
and brought along some morning glory
seeds, "juSt to make the new nome
look homelike." Now the morning
glory is the worst pest that ever hit
a Kansas corn field.
Professor Wilson gave up his job to
become Governor Wilson, and now ne
wants to be Presiden Wilson, but the
indications are that when the smoke
clears away he will be Mr.. wilson
that's all.
Some people think one member of a
newspaper staff does nothing but write
the unconfirmed rumors, and that 1T
is alleged" and according TO tne
statement of the -olice" are express
sions kept in stock for general dis
tribution throughout the sheet.
The story about a green tomcat in
Columbus, O., may be true, but it is
well to remember that Columbus is
one Ohio town that didn't go dry in
the local option fight.
The United States has permitted
Mexico TO chase lol Oh CnlndiHeH
over into U. S. territory, and if that
isn't both a slap on the wrist and a
kick on the shins, it is hard to imagine
a suitable comparison.
This department has received a
communication from Hon. More Anon,
of Dodge City, concerning a wonder
full mechanical hen, which lays near
eggs, but we failed to fall for
the article The inventor was, ac-
f0 Of h.
much. which sounds too much like he
might be a relative of Hon. Loot
Lirpa, the escaped lunatic we wished
onto a rival sheet some years agone.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-08
CHOOSING STATE TEXT BOOKS.

A matter of most essential concern
to the people of Kansas is being de-
cided in the state house this week. 1t
involves the selection by the state text
book commission of many of the regu-
lar books that will be used in the pub
lie schools for the next five years. The
members of this commission are gem
tlemen of high standing in their COM
munfties There is no reason TO be-
lieve that they will do anything but
discharge their important task to the
best of their abilities.
But it must strike good many peo-
pie that the system under which the
state text books are selected is far
from perfect A large number OF
books on a variety of subjects must be
chosen. And none of the members of
the commission have had sample
copies of these books in their posses
sion for the purposes of examination
for a longer period than six weeks. 1t
would be a mental impossibility for
the members of this commission to go
carefully through all of the books sub
mitted during any such length of
time If they don't divide the work
up and therefore rely on each others
judgment in respect to the best or most
serviceable books that have been pre-
scented, they must of necessity take
some one elses word for the quality
and worth of the books.
This year Governor Stubs sent sets
of the sample books around to promi-
nent educators in the state for their
opinions as to the best books to select.
and he has turned over these opinions
to the state text book commissioners
for their guidance and help. But these
books were not sent out to these edu-
Gators until three weeks ago. And
person who could go through the
books submitted in that length of time
would have to be six-eyed, six-handed
and equipped with at least three sets
of mental machinery.
These matters are undoubtedly not
the fault of the text book COM
missioners, and no criticism can be
Ieveled at the educators who examined
the books and reported informally to
the commission because they did not
take more time to their tasks. They
took as much time as they could, as
there was nothing to compel the book
publishers to submit their samples any
sooner than they cared to, and in the
present instance this was about six
weeks ago.
An amendment to the state text
book law compelling prospective bid
ders for the book contracts to present
their sample copies of the books to the
and all others interested
fully six months before the meeting of
the commission at which the books are
to be chosen would remedy this evil.
This would give ample time for the
of the merits of all the
books by every one interested, and
that ought to bring about the best pos
sible results.
All meetings of the commission
should also be public, and others be-
sides the representatives of the pub |
fishing houses should have the privi- |
lege of submitting their views on any |
or all of the books that are up for |
cnnsidaratinn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-08
RESURRECTION.


The air is still,
The edge of winters blade
Is turned by long, hard use
The brown earth, fallowed rich.
Breaks through the melting SHOWS
The mountain stream
Chants a high anthem from a bubbIing
heart.
The gray-haired skies
Recall the smooth-browed calm
OF blue-eyed youth.
The trees, still bare,
Yet breathe maternal mystery.
And whisper to the eager-asking birds
A secret precedence. And but last night
A cricken stirred
And shrilled its bell-Hke song across the
field
Now Flora walks abroad,
Her fertile tread
Leaving magic imprint on the mould;
And who have eyes
May see her she passes Ger the grass.
Her breath is balm,
Her gaze, compassionate warmth;
Her finger-tips myrrh,
And everything that senses her approach
Thrills with the joy of resurrected hope.
The birthday of the world has come
again,
The DID, old earth,
So long despairing, wakes from lethargy,
Renewing faith the cynfc, Winter, jeered /;
Life is immortal!
Stephen Chalmers, in the New York
Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-08
HUNOR or THE DAY

It's an Ill Wind.-Ohicer's Servant
(waiting at his masters dinner party for
the first time, to the principal guest)-
Soup sir, and I've blown in It already
F1egende Blaetter.
Putting Him Wise.-Brown Ito Funny
man, who is going to dine with the
Dulldrum family)-I say. old man, they're
a terribly strait-laced crowd; so as It's
Friday, only tell them your fish stories.-
London Opinion.
THAT new salesman thinks he knows
as much about our business as I do"
said the head of the firm. ''Weni" re-
piled the Junior partner. maybe he does.
He told confidential1y he wouldn't
think of eating some of the things we
are putting on the Observation-Disclosures
Star.
Seeing Is Belfeving.-"Look how ugly
you are when you shut your eyes like
that."-Pele Mele.
Definite.-Petty Onicer-I runs I'D. sir.
and as soon as 1 seen what e done
says at once, like, Good Lawd, wot sas
you doneT Punch.
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antitrust law against the packers. A
jury held them to be not guilty. With
the political reformers for some time
until recently a favorite cry has been:
Guilt is PERSONAL They insisted that
punishment be melted out to the men
who have promoted and managed ini-
mical monopolies. This also has been
a popular cry with the people. But
no one has heard Colonel Roosevelt
utter it during his present campaign
for additional political honors in the
shape of a third presidential term. Per-
haps the financial association of George
w. Perkins with his campaign may be
responsible for his silence on this issue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-08
AYHAWKER JOTS

Hunnewell is still attracting attention,
insists the Mulvane News, and it ex-
plains: Lightning struck the depot
there the other night.
Under the caption, "A Mighty Fish
erman Is He," the Eureka Herald tells
the following: Monday, a we'll known
county official being informed that
there were thousands of fish at the
dam frisking about and so anxious to
be caught that they would actually
come out and lie on the bank for the
fisherman to rake into baskets, pur-
chased a nice lot of new tackle and
sailed forth with a bottle of Walk
er's Fish Lure" composed of equal
parts of blueing and vinegar, to gather
up a few hundred pounds of nice fat
channels and bullheads. No one
knows what luck he had with the
fish lure, but it is rumored that a nice
lot of fishing tackle was being Of
fered for sale cheap Monday even
ing.
The physics class at the high school
pulled off a little experiment Friday
which was not in the book, reports the
Newton Journal. The room was dark
ened to demonstrate a certain expert
ment in light. On a desk or table some
credulous person had set some pack
ages belonging to the cooking class
among which was one containing crack
ers- While the teacher was busy with
the philosophy experiment, the crack
err package went round and round the
class in the semi-light and the way it
brought up interest was ANA zing. Some
body tattled or chewed-out-loud OF
something, at any rate the thing was
settled by the science of human duty,
sometimes called ethics which called
fer a collection of copper to make good
to the cooking class.
Here's a deep well story" as re-
lated by the Norcatur Dispatch: A
very unusual and peculiar accident
happened out at the home of Bob YER
non last week in which a young colt
and deep well figured prominently
1t seems that the colt was capering
about and running around near it's
mother, who was being hitched up for
service in the harness, and in it's ca
perings it ran smack into a wire fence
which had been erected about an
abandoned well. The wire refused to
hold such momentum and the colt
from off the face of the
earth. A wagon was hastily run along
side the we'll and a pole laid across
to the earth above the we'll and rope
and tackle adjusted and one of the
men folk was lowered to the bottom,
which was ninety feet, some dirt hav-
ing accumulated in the bottom The
rope was fastened about the animal
and it was raised to the surface and
when the rope was undone, it capered
away as though nothing unusual had