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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-29
KANSAS COMHENT
NEWSPAPER CONGRATULATIONS.

NEWSPAPER CONSOLIDATION.
Everything SENS to be consolidation
in the newspaper business these days.
Recently at Beloit one paper stopped
it's daily and the other stopped its
weekly, so there is now one daily and
one weekly. At Belleville the Tele-
scope bought the other Republican pa
per and now has also bought the Cuba
paper. The Clifton paper has bought
the Linn paper. About a year ago
there were four dailies at Lawrence,
now there are but two. At Horton
one man owns both papers and pub
Ilshes them under an hypenated name
Last week one man bought both pa
pers at Usage City and Will issue one
paper on Thursday. A paper at Chap
man quit last week. At Lawrence last
week a newspaper man told the writer
he expected to buy both papers in his
town, run the Republican paper him
self and hire some young Democrat
to run the Democratic paper, thereby
giving his readers what they want and
serving the town. Thus all along the
line newspapers are stopping or COM
btning. The reason for this is that
newspaper men have discovered that
no money can be made where there are
too many papers. They have failed to
make anything and are willing to sell
out and combine. Merchants have
also gotten tired of supporting so
many papers and have insisted on com
binations and eliminations. Its a move
in the right direction and shows that
more sense is being displayed in the
newspaper fiel. than formerly. Clay
Center Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-29

The good sense of the soft coal
miners and operators in the great cen
trail west is shown in the anicable adj
justment of their differences and their
signing of contracts that will make for
Industrial peace In these coal regions
during the next two yearr- Tt would be
possible to settle all labor disputes in
this fashion if the right spirit were
shown on the part of both sides of
them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-29

Aldrich tariff bill. Isn't Mr.. Roosevelt
on record as having said that in many
of its provisions the Payne-Aldrich
tariff law is the best tariff law that has
been placed to date on the federal
statute books? But then, Of course.
anything that the Colonel may have
said or any stand that he may have
taken on any question is not considered
as binding on him over night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-29

Mrs. o. H. P. Belmont's efforts to
widen woman's sphere by demonstrat-
ing the possibility Of the development
of the fair sex into farmers have ended
in a failure Presumably she did not
have the right kind of material to work
with. There are plenty of successful
women farmers in this neck OF the
runnds-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-29

In holding a state convention of their
own in Missouri. the supporters there
of President Taft are merely doing
what the Roosevelt forces in other
states have done whenever it has suited
their convenience. Therefore any
criticism of the action of the Taft men
in Missouri that comes from Roosevelt
enthusiasts will be decidedly out of
Mace
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-29
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
EFrom the New York Press.J

EFrom the New York Press.1
When a man wins his spurs, he digs
them into people who haven't won theirs.
The reason a man likes to dance is, il
he says he does with his wife, he's the
biggest liar of all.
A boy begins by falling in love with his
school teacher, so it won't be any warn
ing to him for the future.
1t seems as If a woman could wear Slip
pers and openwork stockings with COM
fort in an ice cream freezer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-29

By far the busiest man in Topeka
these days is the traffic squad of the
police force who is stationed at the
corners OF Eighth and Kansas avenues.
Until this strong arm Of the law got
busy in this excellent direction, no one
probably had any idea that there was
so much 'jay-driving' going on in To-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-29

Colonel Roosevelt defines the political
BOSS as 1.-THE man responsible for the
alliances between crooked politice and
crooked business Such were the poll
teal ebosses" who picked him out as
their candidate for governor of New
York state. and thereby started him on
his major political career Such were
the bosses that nominated him for the
vice-presidency and put him, through
a cruel trick of fate, in the only line
that would have led him to the presi-
dency.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-29
DAFFYDHS
BY U. NoALL.

If Denver is high is Pueblo?
(John Henryi Cast your vote for
woman's suffrage.)
Would the Alpine tourist hear the
yodeI if the goat-herd?
CATER you, my dear Alphonse. La
dies first, you know.)
BY putting a straw in it, does that
give the 1emonade2
Hit him on the back with a sledge.
He's choking.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-29

Isn't it a great thing for the politi-
clans that talk costs nothing? If 1t did
and even if they had the war-chests of
all the trusts at their disposal they
could not begin to supply their needs in
the way of ammunition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-29

If those sailors who refused to put
out with the Olympic because she was
not equipped with a sufficient number
of stable lifeboats are convicted in En-
glish courts on the charge of mutiny
on which they have been arrested the
fine reputation of British Justice will
be considerably soiled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-29

Matthewson. who was reported by
the wise ones to have shot his bolt as
a premier baseball pitcher, during the
championship series of last season,
seems to be taking his turn in the
Giants box with regularity even this
early in the season. And he is winning
as many games as any of the other
pitchers in the big leagues.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-29

That the cable-ship, Mackay-B Bennett,
has brought home more than two
hundred bodies of the dead only en-
phasizes and prolongs the general
agony incident to the laundering of the
Titanic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-29

If the Englishmen are getting peeved
over the United States investigation
into the wreck of the Titanic, they are
not upholding to any extent their repu-
tations as being the original opponents
of the doctrine of fair PLAY"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-29

Present indications are that the tor
nado and cyclone crops for 1912 are
going to be of the bumper variety, and
not exclusively in Kansas by any man
ner OF means
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-29

Out at WelIsford, Kan, a farmer
potted hired man who had become
too we'll acquainted with the farmers
wife. Such extraVaga should be
frowned upon in rural communities.
Hired men are awfully scarce this sea-
son.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-29
Reciprocity NEEDED at Home.

Trade at home with the home man.
the man that resides at home. lives IN
your town, spends all his money at
home, and see how much better you
and he feel about 1t. Your money Will
stay at home then-ten to one he
comes In in a few days and spends
more money in your house than you
did in his. Don't let q man trade with
you a hundred years and not buy any
thing Of him. If you don't reciprocate
some time, when he needs something
in your line, he is liable to get mad
and walk clear to New Orleans after
it. Reciprocity is a good thing even
in small country town.-Oattawa
County Democrat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-29

There seems to be as many different
stories OF the details Of the sinking of
the Titanic as there are survivors of
the disaster.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-29
FROM OTHER PENS
THE "UPLIF'r" THAT FAILED.

THE 'UPLIFvr' THAT FAILED
One of the humorous phases of the
campaign is the sudden discovery that
Taft has been unfaithful to his trust
because, as Roosevelt asserts, the pres
ident is not helping the betterment
of country life" Several papers that
follow the Roosevelt lead have taken
UP the cry that Taft is not the friend
of the farmer.
1t will be recalled that during his
second term Roosevelt appointed n
commission to go about farms all over
the country to ascertain what could be
done for the moral, social and physical
"uplift'' of the farmer. The latter
however, resented the idea of being
made the subject Of an Investigation
of much the same sort that might be
applied to the denizens or a city tene-
ment house district. The American
farmer has been enjoying great pros
perity-under the "robber tarifs'-for
advantage Of his opportunities to do
his own uplifting" So the farmer
only laughed at Roosevelt's Country
life commission" However the mem
bers of that body roamed and quizzed,
and got together mass of data. But
by that time the presidential ''uplift'
of the farmer had become a Joke.
Congress refused to vote money to pay
for printing the data, and the existence
Of the commission gradually faded
1IOLu TIE PUBIC And now ROOCe-
welt is scolding Taft for not keeping
the thing alive 1t is to taught
San Diego Union
THE CARNEGIE PENSION FUND.
The public notice is attracted occas-
ionally to the Carnegie Foundation for
the Advancement Of Teaching as
when some institution seeks a DO
sition on the accepted list or when
woodrow Wilson is reuorted as having
made application for a pension. The
Foundation has been the subject OF
controversy on the part of some who
have seemed to imagine that accept
ance of its benefits implies a faint Of
some kind The people in general have
not realized the work that Is being ac-
complished. The sixth annual report
shows that the trustees distributed
$526,000 in pensions last year. That
sum went to 373 professors and widows,
the average annual allowance being
81. 631. There is in the endowment fund
$12,123,OOO yielding an income of $780,
O0O
The report shows that there ara
seventy-two universities and colleges
on the accepted lists; that there were
thirty-one new retiring allowances and
seventeen widows pensions granted
during the last year. The Foundatfor
is expanding half a million q year to
provide retirement funds for those AZ
only seventy-two of the 494 institutions
in this country. The conditions at the
seventy-two probably are typical Of
those existing at the other 422 uni
versities and colleges. College nor.
fessors as a class are able to save III
tie for old age. They are not OF the
kind to take advantage of a pension
offer If they have funds of their our,
The Carnegie Foundation. therefore,
not only is helping out 373 deserving
benefciaries but it is emphasizfne
that there are several times as nan2
in institutions not on it's list who need
help.-St. Paul Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-29
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

II present weather conditions keep up
the various Queens of the May will
have to put on their stunt in fur coats
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-29

Most of the concrete dams Of any
size seem to be so constructed as to
fall away and cause 6. food soon after
their completion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-29

Man named Carr arrested out in
Oregon for having four assorted wives
at one time, so of course paragraphers
will just have to say something about
him having a Carr load.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-29

Colonel Roosevelt new insists that
ar Taft convicted himself of insin-
-.-stv when he signed the Payne
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-29

Leap Year.-She-Win you marry me?
He-You will have-to ask father first. She
Il did; but he refused me.--Judge-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-29

In purchasing the spring supply of
garden tools, one should remember to
purchase, in addition to the customary
hoes, rakes and spades, one perfectly
good air rife, guaranteed to kill stray
hen at a range of 20 yards. No town
gardener is fully equipped without this
important implement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-29
BY THE WAY
By HARVEY PARSONS.

Popular spring fiction:
Apple of discord;
T. RS campaign dope;
THAT lines busy now"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-29

Dandelion farmers should not de
spair if their crops are a little sho1
prepared to furnish seed to the Who'll
dad-binged town.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-31

good water colors, as they dry mos5 quickly. If the egg is to be filled with candy one hole may be made big enough to hold tiny candied drops, When the shell is filled paste the hole with thin paper.
 Any one can paint some sort of face on an egg shell, and if further decorations in the way Of hat, hair, or stock are added great delight will be given.
 A girl with artistic ability can make fascinating place cards from egg shells in the forms of rabbits, owls, pigs, cupid heads, old ladies, or gay bolles. These are pasted to fiat cards on which 9 name or Easter greeting is written in gilt letters.
 When the egg represents all entire figure the feet are painted on the card; when only the head, it can be set on a short tube to represent neck, and this can be draped with stock or collar.
 Use a good glue in pasting the eggs to the card, as paste or mucilage will not hold well.
 Great fun for an Easter party is to supply the blank cards, blown egg shells, scissors, paints, and colored pa- pers and set the guests to evolving their own egg ornaments. Prizes can be offered for the most successful.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-31

The old-fashloned calico egg will be pleasing to this generation Of young sters. Tie each egg in a piece of cheap figured chintz of high color and it will leave it's design on the ege when put in boiling water.
 If you have nothing else for color ing boil the egg after tying up in the red skins of onions.
 Quaint designs can be boiled into the egg by tracing figures on the shell of the raw egg with a hard tallow cann dle to make white surface, then col or the rest of the egg in dyed water.
 When eggs are to be painted for place cards or caricatures, they need moro careful treatment. Wipe the washed egg in powdered pumiee to re- move gloss of shell and make painting take better
 The blowing must be carefully done or the shell will crack. Prick both ends with a coarse needle. The hole should be just large enough to per init the contents being expelled. Too large an opening is disfiguring, besides making crack more probable.
 Put the egg to the mouth and blow gently at first, then hard and steadily until nothing more comes. Rinse with warm water and blow out several imes again. Dry carefully so all wa ter will run out.
 To paint the egg trace the outlines with a hard pencil, then cclor with
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-31
The Delinquent
 Rabbit
By Ulil6u, D. NesbH

yWT HEY said last year when Easter H was, an me an brother John A Got lots O eggs with names ar n lots O little pictures on,
 That rabbits laid the Easter eggs
 an pa he showed me where Th' paper had picture of tn rabbit nes an there
 Was colored eggs all roundabout, an' rab bits hoppin' round
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-31

"An' Pa, He Showed Me Where tn Paper Had a Picture of th' Rabbit Mest.'' As if they's glad, their Easter eggs by
 little boys was found. An' so I got a bunny now; had it for a
 week, An it ain't cacl1led none at all, although
 I so an peek Inside its littlo house an lool, if I Gan
 find some eggs-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-31
m've Showed 1t Pictures Like Want
 Put or My Easter Eggs.

But it just sits up when I come, an begs
 an begs an' begs For lettuce leaf an cabbage leaf, an
 shivers with it's nose I wonder if a rabbit flaps it's wings some
 when 1t croWs I'm tryin' to encur-ridge it; I've give it
 lots O straw But it don't build @ nest at all, it wants
 to sit an gnaw Tn cabbage leaves, an hop around an
 scare at dogs an cats, An turn an jump a foot or two when
 look through tn slats. An when it's night tn rabbit won't get
 up tlgere on tn roost, An doesn't like it when try to help it
 with 8 boost. I've showed 1t pictures like I want put
 on my Easter eggs- 1 guess it understands me, cause it took
 them with it's legs
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-31
Prepdring the Eggs for
 EQster
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GJs-777T=57l OME-MADE Easter eggs fre- llE'aSS$$S@s5A quently fail in effect be- HlEG&:A9 cause they are not properly NNs27@E1II prepared.
 HlAAIS7zAll Look over each egg care
 fully to see that it is not cracked or all work is wasted, then wash off with warm water to remove soil. Put aside such eggs as are to be boiled hard and eolored and in separate mound put those with most perfect surface for painting or other decorations. Make very sure there is no mixing, as broken raw egg is not pleasing
 Colored eggs can be made any tint with special dyes, or if these are un- obtainable cheap ribbon can be boiled in little water and the boiled egg submerged in it until the right tone is acquired
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-31

.tJust sits-an' Bess an Bess.'  Tn fr10e an held them up, an tried to
 eat them, too; Then let them drop an looked at me as
 if 10 say it knew Just what l meant-but still it's mighty
 queer; It hasn't laid an egg at all, an Easter'a
 nearly here.
 wriggel-in' it's ears An junpin' sideWise, 'fraidlke, at each
 little sound it hears. got some corn an stuff like chickens
 eat, an throwed it. in, An told my rabbit that it's time egg
 layin' should begin; I got a nice big nest egg an I've put it
 in tn nest An told my rabbit to sail in an do it's level best.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-31
Newspaper advertising

Newspaper advertising is the cheapest advertising known. That is to say it reaches more reopie in proportion to the money expended than any other kind of advertising. What is really needed is concentration of support on one section of the country at a time. This con- centration can only be obtained by use Of locality mediums, and of these the daily newspaper is far and away the best."-From Newspapers as Advertising Me diuns, by F. J. Gibson.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-31

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-27
WANTED--MALE HELP.

1 MADE $4,000 in five years WIFI a s,,,,,
mail order business; began with IS send
Tor free booklet Tells how. Heacock
51S Lockport, N. Y
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-27

beth Guy. has postponed the meeting
on account of illness in the Guy fam
lily.
Miss Ida Hestis of Hutchinson, &
w. G 7. U. lecturer, will speak be-
fore a meeting of the w. c. T. U. at 3
o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Y
w. c. A.
Mr.. Charles Clark Bradley of La
Mars, Iowa, is visiting his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Bradley. DIR. E. J.
Whitaker of Brazil, who is spending
the holidays in the states, is a guest
at the Bradley home few days. He
and Mr.. Charles Bradley We're class
mates at the Iowa university.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Reed and their
children of Abilene are visiting Mr..
Reeds parents, Colonel and Mrs. Geo.
W. Reed, 1913 Harrison street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Porter entertain
ed at dinner Christmas day at their
home, 90 West Fifth street, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Shoemaker and their
children, Vera and Everett, and Mr..
and Mrs. T. E. Porter and their sons,
Paul and Vernon.
Miss Grace Wieland of Ozawkie is
spending the week with Miss nellie
Warwick.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. r. Harries gave a
dinner party last night at o'clock
at their home, 1912 Lane street for
Mr.. and Mrs. o. A. Bishop of Marshall
town. Iowa. Covers were laid for Mr.,
and Mrs. Bishop, Mrs. E. Mcdowell,
Miss Blanche Mcdowell and Mr.. and
Mrs. Harries.
Those who enjoyed Christmas din
ner at the Boggs home, 2127 Topeka
avenue, were Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Boggs
and daughters Burneice, Mildred,
Margaret and Helen, Mrs. Kathryn
Boggs, Miss limo Chandler, Mr.. Frank
Boggs, Mr.. Kenneth Boggs, Mr.. Ebert
Boggs, Mr.. Ralph Bacon, Master David
Boggs. Monday at 1880 Mrs. Boggs
will serve vegetarian luncheon to
her friends and mem bers of the New
Thought classes. Toasts on reminis-
cences of the old year will follow the
luncheon Mrs. LYDIA Hardy toast
mistress.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugo Heine and their
family of Des Moines, Iowa, are guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Parr.
Mr.. Fred Jones is a guest at the
L. G. Hammond home, 407 Madison
street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-27

WANTED-GirI with high school educa-
tIon Tor clerical work. Address Nam
ager, ga Kansas ave, City
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-27

WANTED-Experfenc cook, in family.
Mrs. D: w. Mulvaae, 1865 Van Buren,
Phone 408.
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Ihe Store of Dependable Merchandise

and he and Mrs. Barrows VIII llve al
321O Warwick boulevard Mrs Bar
rows before her marriage was Miss
FLOYD Robenson of Topeka.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Rhodes and DR..
and Mrs z. A. Ryder are guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. C. c. Rhodes of Kansas
City.
DR.. ard Mrs. Robert Stewart have
returned from their trip east and iefl
TODAY for MuIvane, Kan, to attend the
funeral of Mrs Stewards grandmoth-
err. Mrs. ]. \. Hostetter, who died
Thursday night. and who viii! be DUR
led Sunday. Mrs. W. r. Stubbs Weht
to Mulvane Wednesday to be with her
mother. and Mrs. George Medley was
called from Washington. d. C. me
Stubbs family went to Mulvane To-Day
from Lawrence.
The c. G. BIakely family have
moved from Topeka avenue to 14S4
Polk street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Platt and their
son Lawrence. of Junction City, are
visiting Mrs. Platt's mother, Mrs. u.
o. Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Newman will leave
Monday for Kansas City where they
will make their future home, having
taker apartments at the Knickerbock-
er Place Mr.. Newman was recently
elected vice president of the DroVerS
National bank, Kansas City, and takes
his rev position the first of the year.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. Scott Lorimer of
Olathe are spending the holidays with
Mrs. Lorimer's parents. Mr.. and Mrs
w II. Rockefeller, 1878 College ave-
nue.
Miss Fay Standard, Miss Stella
Grafton and Miss Mary Chase of EN-
poria will be guests tonight at the
Lambda Alpha Lambda dance.
Mr.. Paul W. Pugh of Culver Mill
tary academy, Culver. Ind, is spending
his Xmas vacation with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs p. H. Pugh at Sanford,
Fla.
Mr. James Green, is in Wichita Wis
iting Mr.. Paul Cox of Riverside. Mr.
Green and Mr. Cox are roommates in
Kemper Military academy, and are
spending the holidays in Kansas.
Mr. Samuel Blower of AtchiSon is
visiting his aunt Mrs. \. B. Patten.
The Cosmos club. which was to
have met Saturday with Mrs. Eliza
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-27

near Atlantic City in d snow storm early
Tuesday morning, pulled off into
deep water by wTecking tugs today The
tugs took her under tow for New York.
where she will be locked for repairs Her
fifty-SeVen passengers were taken oil
Christmas day. The crew is still Oh
board.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-27

Chicago Dec. 21.-Burglars caught try
ng to dynamite the safe of the Moray
Construction company early today twice
shot Charles Hines, a Waterman in ma.
ing their escape. Both bullets lodged In
Hines arm. He returned the fire aud
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WANTED-AGENTS.

GOOD commission paid industrious agents
to sell hosiery and underwear Per
manent employment. Write for our
terms and free samples Worlds Star
knitting Co, Bay City Michigan.