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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-20
EVENING CHAT
BIZ Ruth CAAFHRON.

There are many well-to-do and
wealthy people in this country who
don't bother much with the ordinary
ten commandments but appear to take
a certain sentence in the Bible fol-
| their special command. and that SEN
tence is, ITO him that hath shall be
given
One of the families in our neighbor-
hood is very well-to-do and owns a
beautiful touring car. Their neigh
bors on one side are also well-to-do
and certainly could own an automo bile
if they wished. Their neighbors on
the other side are lovely people but
not at all well off. The people with
the touring car appear to be on equal
ly friendly terms with both families
and yet five times out of six if they
take anyone with them in the car it is
the people who can afford to own or
hire a machine for themselves.
Isn't, it queer? And yet you will see
this same tendency repeated again and
again.
Really we haven't taken out our
car for a week. I heard a wealthy
woman say the other day. "Oh yes,
1 know its lovely weather, it isn't that,
but the Crowell's insisted that we come
in their car SO we didn't use our own"
ITO him that hath shall be given"
Think how much it would have
meant to some of the automobiles
friends of both of these families to
have been taken out into the country
in these lovely autumn days.
Again some rich people who were
going to an athletic event proudly dis
played passes some influential friend
had given them. It is a queer little
quirk in human nature by the by that
the average man is crazy about pass
of any kind. 1t doesn't matter if he
is a millionaire and the pass is worth
only a quarter, he is elated as a child
to obtain it suppose because rich
or poor we all feel that we have fool
ed the fates when we get something
for nothing. But to return to my
theme, I happen to know that the in
fluentfal friend knew half a dozen
people Il wasn't one of them) who
were wild to attend that event and
couldn't afford to buy tickets.
A rich old woman whose only rela-
tiveS were two families of cousins died
the other day. One of the families
was already wealthy, the other poor.
OF course you know what happened.
She left the bulk of her wealth to the
family that was already wealthy, and
bequeathed a few keep-sakes to those
to whom little of her money would
have meant so much. And yet she
had been on equally friendly terms
with both families.
It's very queer old world, isn't it?
I don't think if we were wealthy
we'd do the same, do you?
Still you never can tell till you try.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-20

Have you associated the word
"knocker'' with the wonders and the
marvellous growth of New York city?
Neither have we From this editorial
in the New York Evening Mail, it is
apparent, however, that the hammers
are ringing there just as they do in the
little cities in the West. Read this en-
Iightenment from the Mail:
There are more knockers than
boosters in New York city. The sound
of the hammers of the knockers is in
cessant. There is a wonderful assort-
ment of them, ranging from the little
tack-hammer of Mr.. Nobody to the
forty-ton pile driver operated by Mr..
Somebody, and their combined clamor
and cIatter is prodigious. And the sum
total of all the pounding is mighty
hindrance to the progress of the great
metropolis. The marked Roadway that
the city does make is in spite of all this
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-20
warshin Declxs Renamed.

No longer will hardy old seamen IN
the navy refer to the "gun and berth"
decks, for, by order of Acting Secre-
tary Winthrop, these time-honored
names yesterday were stricken from
the navy nomenclature.
During frigate days the terms We're
appropriate. for the gun deck bristled
with cannon, and the berth deck was
entirely given up to mems quarters.
On new battleships there are no guns
on the gun deck, nor berths on the
berth deck.
Hereafter the decks will be called
main, second, third, and so on, until
the platform deck is reached. The
raised deck forward will still be call
ed the forecastle, and the correspond
ing deck aft the Wash
ington Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-20

Someone has invented an anti
kicking device for the COW. The poor
cow! First mechanical mixer. Now
an anti-kicker. Already she is eX-
amined and analyzed every few
months for tubercular signs. She lives
in enameled, cement floored stables
and eats only so much of this and so
much of that Soon she will be
wearing spectacles, throat protectors
and living on a diet of pressed food
pills. And there is danger that she
might be asked to vote.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-20
FROM OTHER PENS
SUBMITTING BALANCE sHEEr

SUBMITTING BALANCE SHEET.
1t is great pleasure to a party
ABOUT to retire from power Temporal
ny TO be able to show that every
thlng Is in fine working order and.
indeed, better than ever before.
business firm that changes its man
agement is fortunate to be thus SIT
uated' and if the change is due to
FACTION anxiety for the future must
be coupled with satisfaction as TO the
past. A look over the expansion of
the last ten years is timely Popula-
ton has increased 20 per cent. Money
IN circulation has gained As per cent.
in the decade, and savings bank de-
positS so per cent. Loans and dis
counts of national banks are IS per
cent. ahead of 1902. Imports of arti-
Giles used in manufacturing have dou-
pIeo' ana exports of manufactures
more than doubled. Beet sugar pro-
auction is three times as large as in
ISO2, and that of coal, petroleum and
t1nplate has doubled. Pig iron has
gained over so per cent. Corn and
cOtton are making new records. In
1887 the Republicans resumed control
OF the country under decidedly differ
ent conditions. The treasury deficits
mad been heavy during the years OF
Democratic control. A surplus has
marked the present administration
Interest on the public debt is 100000
600 year less than in 1900 Half
the cost of the Panama canal thus far
mas peen paid from money on hand.
Inc canal will soon be open. Irriga-
ton in it's present shape is less than
ten years old. Hawaii, the Philip-
pines and Porto Rico have been added
to the national domain since the DEM
ocratS were last in power. The navy
has been reconstructed on much more
powerful lines and the army on peace
footing was never more efficient. The
Republican party will soon be out.
but not down. Its latest period is the
country's best. A fair minded citizen
VIII be glad if the Democratic party
can do better, or as we'll Many will
be pleased if there is no serious back-
set no instance of political history re-
peating iself. AT all events the party
that does Things is not far away, and it
embraces a large majority of voters
when united.-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-20
BY TIE WY
By HARVEY PARSoN2

Latin scholars may get Wheeze
out OF the fact that the little Kansas
City boy who went with his father to
a joint, and then bawled out the keep
er thereof, was named George Mecufn
instead Of Wade Mecum.
One of the easiest things to do is to
raise bond for preacher. So, as one
may readily see, being a preacher has
its advantages.
In Chicago the question of whether
or not a. musician will be permitted 10
toot horn unless said instrument was
made by a union blacksmith, has tax
en- the place of the question of wheth-
er or not a political party can hold
convention without union door keep
ers.
We do not question the report that
bandits held up train in Iowa, but
we suspect the truth of the statement
that they found but $3.50 in frlsk1ng
the porter.
However. the evidence is not all in.
1t may develop that the porter went
on the job at the last preceding sta
ton.
Experts are trying out the silent
prisoner" at the California pen1ten-
tiary, to see whether or not he is
dumb. He has not spoken for three
years, and all their tests, up to date,
have failed to get a word of out him.
But the test is not complete. They
should take him to baseball game
when the home team is getting the
worst of the umpires decisions.
Old geek in Washington who says
he lived 102 years without taking a
doctors prescription, may have uncon-
sciously answered the question of why
some people live so long.
Constantinople: Especially Gen.
Mahmoud Mukhtar was shot in a sup
erf1uoos consonant today. Wound not
serious.
The alleged book is now on the job.
1t doesn't amount to much, but maybe
it is worth the price-six bits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-20
HUNOR or THE Dry

DO you believe any man really taII. ~
Wlfe all about hds past?" "Oh YES So
how many divorces there are ''EChics &c
Record-Herald. iicdso
mrs Pussy Con her first visit to Niagar.
F'alls)-"Oh, Harry. That Reminds IS, -
forgot to turn off the water in the kitcben
we've had some fine weather this faI, >.
wen pay Tor 1t later on wen we
can't KICK II we do. We had oeiiverv ;e
advance '-Washington Star. IN
~ "a, what does It mean when you sav
tnat man hasn't the courage of HE 10y Ss.y
vlcuons? That he has Opinions III
1 Bn willng to bet money on them 80
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-20
SUICIDES IN FRANCE

The number of suicides in France,
WnIch IN 1901 was s,S1S (6.SO9 men
and 2,O09 women), has been fncreas-
ing, especially since 1905, until in 1910
IL was 1919. The Journal of the
American Medical association saws that
this number is evidently less than the
total number of suicides, for without
doubt many suicides are never noted
by the authorities. The suicide rate
is 70 to 100000. This is three times
what IL was seventy years ago. Widows
to suicide, but to a less degree than
WldoWers and divorced men. Among
9,zS2 suicides whose home was
known, 1868, or "a per cent, lived in
the country, and 4.314. or As per
cent, IN the city. Physical suffering
accounted for 81 per cent of the suit
cides, mental diseases for IS per cent.
unhapp1ness and ill fortune for Ia per
cent. drunkenness for IL per cent, do
mestic misfortune for per cent, dis
appointment in love for per cent
misconduct for per cent. and other
motives Tor "a per cent.-New Orleans
Picayune. Us
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-20

Topeka is behind the Scottish Rite
Masons in their campaign for a Ma
sonic Temple in this city. With a
temple here the city would be the nat
ural home of the members of this
body in Kansas. Already the state Of
fices of Masonic bodies are situated in
Topeka. A temple, plans for which
call for an expenditure of a half mil
lion dollars, will be the pride of The
cit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-20

The Rev. Bruce Kinney, superinten-
dent of the southwestern division of
the Baptist Home Missionary society,
says that Mormonism has no legitimate
claims as a religion. eft is a delusion,
a disgrace, a danger he claims. There
is little danger of Kansans deserving
their fertile and contented state for
Utah
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-20
DAFFYDMS
By u. NOALL.

If a rich old lady tainted, would
her heir restorer?
CAV. go on didn't do nuthin'.)
If the baseball writer wrote the
body of the article about two ball
games, would the double-header?
(Spare my life, Captain Kiddo, Pm
the boob that put the trees in coun-
tries.)
If Mills took sick with indigestion,
would Crosby?)
Don't laugh at my pugnose-you
can't tell what may turn up.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-20
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
[From the New York Press.l

TFrom the New York Press.1
Fun that you buy is soon spent
The difference between a shape and a
figure is the business of the dressmaker.
Nothing puzzles a woman more than
way men think they are so smart.
About three times a day boiled potatoes,
or something like that, help a man a |, t
more than fine p-ecepts.
Some men are so crafty they carry two
pocketboolxs, one to hold their money and
the other to show their poor relations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-20

The government is putting into small
packages 600 tons of seed. is the news
from the national capital. Apparently
the Democrats are going to follow in
the footsteps of their predecessors and
distribute congressional favors in the
form of back yard gardens.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-20

Harvey Parsons latest book, by The
Way is out. 1t is a collection of para
graphs, poems, rhymes written by the
editor of the by The Way depart
ment on this page. The book is Illus
trated by the author. Here is a chance
for the admirers of the Parsons jingles
to preserve some of his best for enter
tainment at the family f1reside.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-20

Mrs. c. A. Hoffman of Enterprise
is one of the original leaders of the
suffragists in Kansas. At the last
election Enterprise went against the
amendment. Apparently Stubs and
Thompson were not the only heroes
who were without honor in their own
country
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-20

The handsomest man in Nebraska,
according to popular vote, has been
sued for divorce. This goes to prove
that women do not fall in love with
looks only.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-20

Now the New York Tribune enters
this cat discussion in Kansas: "If
Kansas succeeds in protecting birds at
the expense of the family cat, who is
to protect the family against rats and
MICE it says That's easy. Buy traps.
They cost less and do more than cats
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-20

Out of every hundred students in
the state university, eighty-seven be-
long to churches. Educators probably
will say that the remaining thirteen
out of every hundred belong to fra
ternitias
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-20

The Concordia fremen who have re-
signed because they didn't think it fair
that they should pay poll tax, probably
figured that they should pay ladder
tax If any at all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-20

Motorists are hunting for cheaper
fuel for their automobiles. They
should spend their energies on cam
paigns for cheaper tires.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-20
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

me State Journal IL 3 member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
sanitation for the exclusive afternoon
publication In Topeka
The news Is received In The state Jour
nal building over wires tor this sole puT-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-20

Princeton is not worrying about the
football game last Saturday when it
failed to defeat Yale. Instead, Prince
ton is Growing because she beat Yale,
November g.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-20
SAYS UNCLE CIV

If you would live long and be hap
by, live in the red. That vice has no
| reference to the wrong side of the
ledger and isn't intended to encour-
age bankruptcy. But existence is
pitched to color tones, and there is a
plane of life for every hue in the
! prism.
To live in the red is to live joy
ously. The note is struck by the
crimson corpuscle laden with oxygen
and life, journeying gladsomely
through the veins. 1t is sounded by
the blush of health in the cheeks, and
the glad desire of love, laughter and
high colors in the brain. 1t is the
natural note of them that go blithely
through life, finding everything good
Red marks the pitch of that healthy
exhilaration which comes from good
feeding, just enough work and the
proper amount of thinking upon the
proper subjects.
1t is no accident that the dawn
heralds his approach in crimson or
that the glories of sunset are lined
in red. 9h5-Gc'~
For the same reason the people of
the free, sane and untrammeIed west
paint their barns red, the unspoiled
found only upon houses occupied by
full-blooded, deep-breathing, keenly
alive people. For red spells at once
depth and exuberance-a combination
LndI mas WTlCIen All the history IN
the world that has been worth writ
ing.
amy color so long as it's red
Is the color I like the best
sang the merry Gene Field who
couldn't imagine any better heaven
than one on top of a carmine hill
where the happy workers of earth
should have permission to paint
things red to their hearts content.
The poet doubtless exaggerated the
case, but he had the right idea. There
never was man who loved red who
hadn't sympathy, ambition and a heart
given betimes to joy. And these are
the salt of the earth.-(Copyrigh
1912, by the Mcclure Newspaper Syn
dicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-20

One of the easiest things to do is to
raise bond for a preacher. So, as one
may readily see, being a preacher has
its advantages
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-01-26
WAR TIME COFFEE

This was the formula of a coffee
mixture that sold freely in the
days of gross adulteration during
and Immediately subsequent 10 the
Civil war. before matters began
to right themselves, as TREY did
without the help of food laws:
Best Java coffee. one pound:
rye, three pounds. Carefully
clean the rye from all bad grains,
wash to remove dust, drain off the
water and put the grain into the
roastsr, carefully stirring to
brown ii evenly. Roast the coffee
separately. Grind the mixtrue
and pack in alright containers.
An essence OF coffee was prepared
by boiling down molasses until
hard and then grinding it to a
powder and mixing il with hall
pound of good ground Java coffee
using four pounds of the powdered
molasses. - From the Ideal Grocer.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-01-26
AND AGAIN MY BRETHREN"

A certain small girl. YEARLY
listening to a long sermon by a
renowned cleric who had an odd
habit of drawing in his breath
with a curious whistle, whispered
to her mother that she wanted to
go home. The mother, expecting
the discourse to end momentarily
refused permission. The third time
this happened the mother MUIR
mered in the child's ear that the
preacher would soon stop now.
But the child, nervous and despair-
ing answered her in high
falsotto:
mo mother, he is not going to
stop. | thought so now for three
times, but he has gone and blowed
himself up again!"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-01-26
WAS HISTORIC OLD BUILDING

IN removing the foundations of
the coinage building of the old
mint, at Nos. 81 and 80 North
Seventh street, some quaint speci-
mems Of old time building con-
struction, including several
curious vaults, were uncovered.
The cellar in which the vaults
were located was reached by heavy
stone steps, supported by brick
or stone arches, a method handed
down from medieval times. Ono of
the vaults in which bullion was
stored consisted of a vault within
vault. and was designed, it is
said, at the time of the war Of
1912 to conceal materials which
could not be readily transported
to other hiding places. Several
small windows in the cellar were
protected by heavy hand-wroueht
iron bars. These have been pre-
served, and will be added, along
with other relics, such as locks and
hinges, to the collection in Inde-
pendence hall. In digging out an
old well in the yard a number of
copper coins, bearing the dates
1916 and 1918, were found, as
well as a quantity of scrap copper
from which the coins had been
cut. From old papers relating to
lawsuit, found by Frank II.
Stewart president of the company
which owns the property il was
ascertained that five buildings
were Originally included in the old
mint, all Of them grouped around
the coinage building. # is an
historic fact that this old struc-
ture which was the last of these
buildings to be ra1ed, was the first
building of any description
erected by authority Of the United
States congress. philadelphia
Record.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-01-26
DUELING LAW STOPS
PRIZE FIGHTS

The new Crimes and Punishment
act, passed by the last Legislator G
contains provision which makes
unlawful the fights taking place in
this state under the title of glove
contests, even here the license of
$1,000 is paid. This is Section Isl
Of the law and reads as follows:
If any person or persons, WITH
or WITHOUT deadly weapons upon
previous concert and agreement,
fight ere with The other. or give
or send, or authorize any other
person to give or send a challenge,
verbally or in writing, to fight any
other person, the person or persons
giving, sending or accepting a chal-
lenge to fight any other person,
WITH or WITHOUT weapons
upon conviction thereof shall be
punished by imprisonment in the
state prison for not less than two
years or more than five years;
and every person who shall act for
another in giving, sending or ac-
cepting, either verbally or in writ
ing. a challenge, to fight any
other person, upon conviction
thereof they. or either or, any of
them shall be punished by i'm
prisonment in the same prison no
less than two years or more than
five years. Should death ensue to
any person in such fight, or should
any person die from any injuries
received in such fights within one
year and one day, the person or
persons causing or having any
agency causing such death, either
by fighting or by giving or send
ing for himself, or for any other,
challenge to fight, shall be deemed
gui! ty of ma nslaughter, and pun
ished accordingly.
This law, if lived up to, will do
away with all the ping pong and
so-called boxing matches which
take place in the state and will
do much for the welfare of the
state. Carson News.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-01-26
THROWING STONES

The great mystery Of how the
sufrragettcs Of England in their
last demonstration" managed to
break so many windows is at last
explained by one Of their number
now in this country. No two arti-
clrs Of popular faith are more
firmly held than that women can
not throw stones and that they
cannot hit anything when they do
throw them. Writers on physi-
ology have fostcred this delusion
by explaining why il is anatomically
impossible for women to throw
anything. in any proper sense Of
the word as il is commonly under
stood by the hitherto superior
or throwing sex. And young girls
have prottily illustrated the
alleged difficulty, doubtless as a
ruse to impress the throwing
male with his wondrous superiority
Of construction.
But this is a long distance from
those broken windows. They are
accounted for in this way: When
the demonstration" was ap-
preached the sufrragcttcs went to
the seashorc and practiced with
the abundant missiles there until
they could hit what they aimed at
took a sort of training trip.
like that of the Giants in the
spring. When they returned TO
town every stone found window.
Wondrous are the errors in what
is universally believed. In the
face Cf the demonstrated falschood
Of the firmly held and scientifically
sponsored belief that women cannot
throw stones. what becomes of
the belief that they are not fitted
to govern the world? What de.
molishes an opinion like stone
that reaches it's mark? N CIV York
Tribune.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1912-01-26
BIG SUM FOR DAMAGE

Last Wednesay the Tonopah G.
Goldfeld railroad company paid
to the clerk of the district court
in this city the sum Of S26, ,S66.S6.
The amount rendered by a jury
in the district court before Judge
J. p. O'Brien in 1907, when r. NJ.
Henningsen contracted with
General Manager AlonzC Tripp OF
the railroad company for all the
narrow guage ties Of the railroad
company taken out Of the rosdbed
at the time the road was broad
guaged. The amount of damage,
sued for was S20,5SS with court
costs of Sll9.45 and with interest
to date of S5S6l:Ii brought th,
amount up to the sum paid intc
the court Bonanza.