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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IFrom the Chicago Neus.I
A sermon is either based on a tert ~ -
pretext. % d
Bad luck is often but another name for
poor management. -o'
But it takes woman to keep a sec-.,
she doesn't know. -~trt
Some men give dollar with ON. 49,.
and grab two with the other NN
If you are poorer than your ralatto,.u l..
is easy for you to dodge them. -
Matrmony transforms the ,,o.
life into an itemized expense acco,,-;y OF
Many man uses a crowbar - al.
purpose Of prying into the afrsir. me me
others AaIs cl
Give the average dog a bone ana
VIII be satisfied TO go without a lie 60 ne
woman doesn't care about 49,
It that counts. eees out OF
Man may be the noblest work p. o..
DuL only bind love can make = 1vu-
think he looks like that woman
It's the contrariness Of her sew ~.
duces a woman 20 agree with 4 r, eaiat IN
"nen he doesn't want her to- man Just
Some men get busy and tell ttot-
PIES Tor the purpose OF getting a.. uou-
sane ahead OF others who want - me
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23

woman who would have no confidence in
her husband, who would not believe his
Tord OF honor unless it was supported by
anldavits." He opened the door to allow
her 10 pass out. Good morning" he said
In the rotunda she met her uncle. the
oe1eated candidate For the first time in
her lie he spoke to her
Doane Carter sold out for a price," he
sa1d deliberately. His price was Aller-
tons daughter He expects to marry her.
She IS the reason he formed an insurgent
oand and elected her father
That is not true" There was convIc-
ton in Katherines voice. He elected
MI. Alerton because he was a great man,
an honor to the state. and not a boodling
politician. Doane Carter is a man whom
no price can buy"
Good for you" laughed Carter behind
her. hurried after you,' he went
Wnen her uncle was out of hearing, 'tO
ask you to forgive me for being brute
and to love me if you can. I've loved you
all the time, Kate. dear. but my pride
had been awfully hurt by your lack OF
confidence in me-"
Lack Of confidence? Did I not prove
that my trust in you is absolute when
Uncle Sheriff. could not make me sus-
picious or jealous by saying you love an
other woman? Have I not stood the per-
feet test2 Aren't you sure now that
trust you and-and love youg'-Copy-
righted, 1912, by Associated Literary
Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23
JOURNAL ENTRIES

People with exquisite table manners
seldom are hearty eaters.
x
It's strange. But some folk must
be fond of trouble, they hunt it SO dill
gently.
y
A man who will deceive you about
one thing will not hesitate to do so
about another.
An expressiveIy strong vocabulary
appears to be necessary equipment
for a chauffeur.
x X y
The bald-headed men don't seem to
worry as much over being that way
as their friends do.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATcHIsoN GLOBE.

Only few are polite enough to coax
where they can command.
Everyone can get cordial welcome In
a saloon if he'll pay for it.
You are aging little when you no
longer consider hardship a good time.
Some men are never generous except
when they can give to the barkeep.
1t is our theory that woman should
have smaller feet than her husband.
As a rule, the man who likes to tell how
much money he spent, didn't spend it.
..rolves are numerous enough, but they
are usually too busy to attend a wolf
hunt.
Usually there are megaphones enough
to make all the important announce
ments.
Farming will never become quite as soft
as it looks on the front page Of farm
paper.
Cartoonists, 1t seems to US at times, are
too much inclined to follow good ex
ample.
Wouldn't you give good deal for a
walters secret in getting money without
asking for it?
What has become OF the old-fashioned
man who lighted his pipe with a coal to
save matches?
It -peeves any man a little to think that
his life insurance may be invested in
second husband.
There is also a suspicion that Poe
wasn't the only poet who mastered the
muse with a booze bottle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23
QUAKER MEDErAmoNs.
IFron the Philadelphia Record.l

From the Philadelphia Record
A hot temper requires cool treatment.
The insurance agent is also a policy
man.
It is generally easier to locate our
enemies than our friends.
Among the fruits OF old age. the apple
OF discord should not be numbered.
Hoax-''They say Bluffem is a million
aire." Joax-'tYes. with the accent on
the air.
The quintessenee of a one-sided flirta-
ton is this business Of greeting mis-
fortune with smile
Wigg-'sWho was the best man at Hen
pecke's wedding?" Wagg-'M Mrs Hen
pecke was. I imagine
The most useful thing in the world is a.
friend-provided you can keep him from
finding out he is being used
wag-"Hellol Guzzler. I understand
YOU are being treated for the liquor
habit" Guxzler-'.Sure thing. And you
are the only man I've met today who
hasn't treated me.
1T does seem hard to understand why
some people marry each other remarked
the Sociologist- 7 suppose it's due to TIE
fact that misery loves COMPANY sug-
sested the Cynical Bachelor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23
SIGNS OF SPRING.

The days are growing longer now,
increasing at both ends.
And so we all accomplish more?
w ell-maybe-that depends.
1ne sun mounts higher in the sky
And quicker melts the snow;
And-most significant of all
The coal is getting low.
FRESH MAPLE SUGAR. now appears
On sundry sidewalk stands,
With the small type required by law
Upon misleading brands
No sap has yet begun to run
It's early yet, you know;
But spring is coming sure, at last
The coal is getting low.
The air is not so bleak and cold,
The sky is full of light.
The mud will soon be getting deep,
You'u wet your feet, all right.
We're certain now Spring will be here
Within a month OF so,
For If there were no other signs
The coal is getting low.
-Somerville Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23
RY TIE WAY
BY HARVEY PARSONS.

During the Thaw trial, the reading
public received a sufficient number Of
definitions of 'Dementia Americana .
But 'Dementia Mexicana" has been
neglected and requires an answer: 1t
is an uncomfortable impulse to shoot
off gun and steal mule.
Scipio having been eliminated from
the map, and the gas company finding
occasion to again issue an explanation,
one may grab off the exhilarating adj
mission that: IF it is warmer to-
morrow the chances are almost two
to one that it will not be so cold"
Gathering that ''T. RS hat is in the
ring" We evade other observations by
observing that it Will take a--of a
big ring to surround said hat
That objection to that word "Asy-
lum," is a kick on the jaw for the late
Hon. N. Webster, but he is dead and
doesn't mind it. In his opinion, a
hosl ital was a place where per
sons in need of medical or sur
gica1 aid might adjourn, on ac-
count of hygienic, sanitary or
other advantages, while submitting to
medical or surgical repairs AND, IN
his opinion, an asylum was retreat
of any description, but commonly ap-
piled to any institution reserved for
suffering from mental disorders
whether permanent or temporary Re
gardless of the gent who objected to
the street car sign, we Will continue
to refer to the West Sixth street ter
minal not as '.Fishhook," just because
it is on the end of the line. but as the
State Asylum"
Holding, the while, that an asylum is
a place where people who are mentally
are retained until death,
habeas corpus or cure. just as soon
as they commence TO perform Ap-
pendictis operations or cure typnold
at the resort on the end of the sixth
street line, We will renig, and call 1t a
hospital
Personal: Pleased to note that
Heavy n. got out the same day we
did. This cross-country search for muir
der mystery is trying on the thorax.
Also that our tonsOrial friend John-
ME Mathews, received a grocery shower
at his wedding. We have 1t upon good
authority that he found a peck of as
sorted rice in his collar and shoes
next morning.
About the only moral to be cleaned
from the case wherein a Normal school
editor was trimmed by a student is
that the same care should be observed
in electing a college editor as IN PICK
ing an athletic instructor
It appears that, although Hon. J.
5. Cooper may be safe from designing
women, the bars are no bar to lawyers.
And it may be also said of Geo:
that had he survived
hose several intervening years, he
would not only have enjoyed the repu-
alton of a doddering old simp, revel- |
ng in the performances of the past, |
out of being the original stand-patter, |
another odium.
It is time for Bill Sapp to get
mother half-tone cut. It has been
lsed every Washington's birthday for t
lap has worn off his plug hat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23
FROM OTHER PENS
FOOTBALL TINKERED AGAIN.


commission representing the colleges
and universities of all sections Of the
United States has completed the work OF
inVenting a brand new game OF football
TO be played next fall. Since 1905. when
Theodore Roosevelt and some others came
to the conclusion that the good old game
of football needed to be denatured and
mollycoddiszed there has been a series oil
efforts to provide some kind Of a satisfac-
tory substitute. The tinkering finally
reached the stage Of utterly spelling the
game and making the outcome OF the con-
tests largely a matter Of luck.
The effort Of the newest football doc
tors is to restore to the game some OF It's
ancient excellence, to make IL really
contest Of the brains and braWn Of II
young men against the brains and Drawn
Of II other young men, a contest In which
the better team will in all likelihood
prove the winner A return to the rules
that prevailed decade ago was not
deemed advisable and so new rules have
been devised in order to attain much the
same end Football experts throughout
the country are practically unanimous in
agreeing that the game viii be materially
bettered by the innovation OF 1s12.-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
IFrom the New York Press.l

IF'rom the New York Press.1
Much feathers. little meat under them.
What can improve some peoples tenn
per is for them to be sound asleep.
A nice thing about knowing how to
so much.
A man looks more self-conscious in a
new pair of shoes than a woman would
barefoot.
Lending money to a man is about az
easy a way as there is to find out he has
bad points
Even in these days OF short skirts It's
better for a woman to begin to grow
stout from the ground uD.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23
DAFFYDLLS
BY U. NOALL.

When hopes are hard is the wish
bone?
(No more chicken, thank you. The
neck was more than enough-)
Wouldn't it be proper to insist that
the only real thing in the way of
presidential timber is Oscar w. IN
derwoOd?
Cali aboard for Alabama, where it's
summer all the time.)
In the matter of public debts how
much does Ohio2
(Keep the change. mister. I'm
cousin Of Coal Oil Johnny
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23
How 40 KILL BusINEss.

James J. Hill told a very patent truth
when before the committee he said that
to kill competition would be to Kill
business The old veteran told the IN
vestigating committee whole lot O.
other things that had much OF truth IN
them also. for instance: When the fed
eral government assumes control Of bust
ness. one more step and there will be no
federal government: there Will be a
monarchy" In answer to another qucE-
ton. he said that the government we
have. if it assumed control OF the busi-
ness of the country, might last a week
Which Is very safe conjecture OF what
would happen under those conditions. al
though great many people in this coun-
try are loudly demanding Just that thing
However. a great many who are demand
ing II are utterly Indifferent as to the
length of time the country would endure
under their reform" system.-Lawrence
Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23
KANSAS CONTENT
A MODERN PIRATE.


Some of these days the public IS Eolne
to rise up and swat the cold storaee
trust. The old time pirates on the hi6n
seas with their cutlasses and bandanna3
were a bad lot. but IL must be said they
gave their victims a chance to strike az
least one blow in self-defense- The COLO
storage trust flies the black flag Just as
boldly and the public is absolutely pow
erless before IT.
Last fall the trust cornered the apple
crop, as il does every year. ThrouE houl
the winter it has been doing II out 20
the grocer at 80 or so a barrel, ana tne
consumer has been buying apples BY the
dozen Now the storage trust admits
that it has on hand great quantities OF
apples and that with the approach OF the
warmer months they may 20 down to -
a barrel. or even lower. In other WORDS
the storage trust has been holding up tho
public for months, and now that there la
a prospect of the remainder Of the suppl
rotting, the price is to be shaved down,
of course to the highest possible ngure
at which the apples can be unloaoed.-
LeayenWorth Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23

of $4,000 Only the other day was it
finally determined that Mrs. Leeds did
not have to pay this additional duty It
has taken six years to dispose Of
matter that should have been handled
in as many months.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23

A man who has been arrested for
robbing the passengers in a Pullman
on B. & o. train in West Virginia
the other night insists that if he did so
he was SO drunk he did not know
what he was doing. He was sober
enough, though, to frisk the passen-
gers Of $500 in money and other valu-
miles
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23

1t also develops that the recall may
have only temporary effectiveness.
Hiram c. Gill was recalled from the
mayoralty of Seattle brief year ago.
At the recent municipal primaries he
was given an overwhelming majority,
nominating him for the Office of
mayor. His second election to that
position seems assured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS.

It is the country's misfortune that the
eXigencies Of politics operate In congress
TO pigeonhole important matters OF ma
tional concern while the representative
of the people occupy themselves almost
exclusively with buncOmbe. This is tho
fate which has befallen many OF the sug
gestions contained in the messages or
the president, among them his recent rec
ommendation for the appointment OF "a
commission to make inquiry into present
industrial relations. An inquiry such as
this might not yield campaign material
and so. unless pressure shall be brought
10 bear upon senators and representative
it will not be found In the already long
and still growing program OF congression-
al Investigations.
It is another OF our misfortunes that
labor questions are not commonly dis
cussed except I'm times OF controversy
when passions are aroused and when Inn
partial judgments are difficult to obtain.
The presidents suggestion is for an in
quiry which shall be independent OF the
merits of any pending labor Issue. and
the results OF which cannot be used Tor
partisan overwhelmingly Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23

Lightning flashing. thunder roaring.
snow falling. one and all at the same
time out here in Kansas. Can any
other state say me too about such
an unusual atmospheric mixup2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23

Another New York judge has de-
MED decree of divorce to Upton Sin
clair This will be discouraging news
to those who have divorces in pros
pect For if it is not right that the
Stnclairs be divorced, it will be diff
cult for any one to make out a case
on which a divorce might be obtained.
Presumably the New York courts
have denied the Sinclairs divorces on
purely technical grounds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23

Out of the mouths of babes, etc.
There's nothing in Emporia but Will
liam Allen White and a Teller gets
tired of him when you see him eevry
day" said the twelve-year- spokes-
man of a couple of Emporia boys who
were picked up by the Kansas City
police for running away from home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23

Growls at the sandy water that was
furnished Topekans recently were de-
cidedly out of order. The water de-
partment is authority for the state
ment that the sand in it was perfectly
clean Furthermore, the water de-
partment urges that a little sand and
gravel Is good for the stomach once
in while This wasn't intended for
a joke. either. so laughter is also out
of order
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23

Women are entitled to most of the
medals for generosity. Now comes
Amelie Rives once the wife of John
Armstrong Chaloner. with a deposition
to the effect that she always found
him to be sane while he was her hus-
band No man would be likely to say
such nice thing about a divorced
wife
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23

Bombadier Wells. the English pugf-
list should quit the game before some
opponent fixes him up with a cauIi-
flower ear. This would preclude the
possibility OF Bombadier ever shining
again as an attraction at the pink teas
OF the society folks OF London. And
from all accounts that's Bombadier's
strongest forte.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23

If that Kentucky judge thinks he
has imposed punishment by barring
some recalcitrant jurors from ever
serving on a jury again. he is a poor
judge of human nature as it prevails
among the males of the species. Such
a sentence would tickle most men
nigh unto death.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23

Honesty in advertisements was the
keynote of most of the speeches at the
Ad club convention at Leavenworth
recently. And the wise business man
knows that honest advertising is the
only kind that pays in the long run.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23

With little less than anarchy pre-
vailing in most sections of Mexico,
President Madero probably has some
thing of an idea by this time of the
proposition that ex-President Diaz
was IN AGAINST
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23

After their love feast of last night
the Kansas Democrats will probably
get into a big old fight as to whether
or not they will send a delegation to
Chicago instructed for Champ Clark or
Woodrow Wilson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23

Here's another excellent example Or
the laws delay: In 1905. a Mrs. Leeds
imported 60 pearls into this country.
She paid a duty of $1,000 on them. The
government insisted it was entitled IN
dsr = different classification to a duty
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23

the negotiations Of treaties with France
and Great Britain-the longest step
in the direction OF world peace that
has been taken since the world began
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23

The Kimmel case appears to have
developed the fact that the Turkey
Whites in f,lis country are almost as
numerous as the white turkeys.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRES

Apparently the backbone of the
winter of 1912 must have been made
out of concrete reinforced with steel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-23

1t is time for Bill Sapp to get
another half-tone cut. It has been
used every Washington's birthday for
nap has worn off his plug hat.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-11-28
which her people should return thanks for thanks are surely due.
TOLD IN THE MAIL.

Military experts estimate that it will take two years time and 100000 men to restore order in Mexico. should in- be decided upon.
 Mrs. Kate Sparrow was appointed an election clerk at san Rafael. Cal. She arrived at the polling booth seven minutes late. explaining that she had been delayed in frizzing her hair. But her place on the election had been filled. She protested. cried. went home and frizzed her hair again. Then she felt better.
 Giueppi Annello. Kansas City lab orer. spent sl.2OO on his daughters wedding. The sum was all he had and represented 12 years savings.
 Carl Hessenmeyer. of Sandusky. O. has been declared insane. In his own statement before the probate court carl attributes his insanity to read ing the Congressional Record.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-11-28
FIRST DAWSON QUARTZ BRICK.

DAWSON. oct. 2l.-The first gold
 brick from Klondike gold bearing
 quartz is on display in Sale X Co.'S window in this city. and Is worth go-
 ing good distance to see. lt weighs
 % ounces and is stamped with the words Lone Star" The gold is from the Lone Star quartz properties. iocat- ed on Victoria gulch. at the head of Bonanza creek. Beside the brick in the window is 5 ounces of gold taken from the same properties which has not been run into brick. The dis play has attracted great deal of at tention.
 The Lone Star properties have been held many years. and have been open cd gradually. and now are being work ed with a small stamp mill which is receiving some government aid. voted by the last Yukon council. Dr. William Catto has been the chief spirit in the organization and the development of the property. Manager Sarle. who IS now in charge. has been working in- dcfitgably on the property several seasons. and is much pleased with the outlook.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-11-28
THANK SOWING

The man who Is Hn#hic to see any thing tor which to be- thankful de- serves not blame hut sympathy. some ut the clements of hts composition have been neglected in the moulding and he came unit into the world.
 In this great and broad and free Alaska the healthy man should thank Providence for giving him such a field 1T We are broke We should thank our selves
 The very same quality of soul which makes us blame others for our trou- bles also prompts us to be ungrato- luI for gifts Being uI-humored in one respect makes us ill-humored in all.
 Perhaps one uf the most graceful lcknow Iedgrmcnts for the blessings bestowed on any people is the setting aside of one day by the United States tu be particularly devoted to Thanks riyine There may be some deep philosophcrs whose trausceudlut gen ius can see further than the intui- ton of countless cru,rattons that rec uguized the existence uf a superior being. There may he some who draw the ready laugh bs the cheap method| uf using gutter phrases when sneerinsI at the thuusht at q creator. These are men SD lifJed with an insight intol the future that they alone perceiyel the absudity of the belief that auyl being could be superior tu themselves
 IL hardly requires piety or even re- hgion. in the ordinary application of some scheme in the order cf thinGst universal. We must know that the beautiful things af life are not be- slowed by any other than a benefctn: power. Therefore it would seem that thanks are due.
 The man who can be thankful for the good things has the nature that can bear ills with resignation. Gratl- tude is virtue and to possess virtue soul must be sound.
 The United States. as countries go. Is easily the most blessed on earth. Materially and politically and geo. graphically she has all that a coun- try could require. Her people taken as whole are the most intelligent. Her fields are the most fertile. Her past has been successful, and her flu ture looks brilliant. No wonder that her government appoints a day on
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-11-28

Mrs. Gibson will give private dane ing lessons. All winter four heusss west of telephone office. Masqvsrads suits, donninoss, clown suits, etc. for rent.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-11-28

After the Thanksgiving dinner. What then could be jollier Than the Woman's Auxiliary ball, November 2Sth-A. F. Hall?