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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-13
says UNCLE CAV

Life is a fight, but that doesn't
mean that your hand must be against
every mans. You must climb to the
top alone, but blessed is he who knows
now to take advantage of teamwork.
Il success costs you the friendship and
sympathy of your neighbors, you have
carved out for yourself a hell more
horrible than any poet or seer has
imagined.
Il have no friendships" said an ex-
ceed1ngly clever young man to me.
Il get my heel on the shoulder of the
man next to me and I let it grind his
neck until it is time to grind the neck
of the man above him. That is the
price of success
I have watched that young man.
have seen him grow old and bitter
and disappointed. He has risen rap
idly and fallen back more rapidly. He
is constantly rising and falling.
His system is wrong. 1t might work
if he were the wisest and meanest
man who ever lived and could make
himself an absolute monarch. But,
while it is true that no man can be
elevated to greatness upon the Shout
ders of others, it is equally true that
he cannot rise without the help of
friendly backs. And background
shoulders are not friendly. What
happened to the young man in ques-
ton was that he no sooner attained a
position of prominence than those
under him began to pull him down.
And they always succeeded. 1t is a
superlatively wise man who makes no
error. This young man invariably
transformed his subordinates from
friends to foes. He had always at his
heels a human wolf pack, thirsting
for his blood. His slightest slip was
magnified, and what would have
passed unnoticed in another was
branded incompetence in him.
You cannot depend upon your fell
low workers for success, but you
cannot succeed without them. Few
men are strong enough to vanquish a
score who have good reasons for de-
string the aundoing of a common
enemy. The bond of human sympathy
invariably draws to the aid of the wise
man those who are thrown in daily
contact with him. That sympathy
can be capitalized into an ever-ready
aid to success. Naturally we praise
rather than blame. Even a sense of
envy cannot overcome our sense of
fairness. Moreover, we love nothing
else as we love success. We like to
lend a hand or a shoulder to those
of our company who wish to rise. At
the worst we do nothing to pull them
down. We know that life is a fight,
those with whom we do not live as
neighbors. And he who in pursuing
his am billions does not realize this big,
vital, human fact is a. fool who sooner
or later, in sackcloth and ashes. re-
pents of his folly.
Copyright. 1912, by W. E. Williams.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-13
RY THE WAY
BY HARVEY PARsoNa

OF course Hon. Stubs appointment
of Catholic on the commission was
all right, but it appears to an innocent
bystander that Hon. Stubs greatly
apitalized the political stock he
made out of one mans opposition.
Tod Sloan's actress wife is suing him
Tor divorce on the grounds that Tod's
speed has in no way slackene>- since he
quit riding fast horses.
1t appears that Rev. Norris made a
little mistake in his figures. While
under oath and close inspection he
could remember but one joint. So what
ne meant to say in his interview was
that he took 40 drinks in one joint, in
stead OF taking drinks in 40 joints.
But the mistake was a simple one
and not so reprehensible. re is liable
to give out almost any kind of an in
terview after taking 40 drinks, particu-
larly IT he be weak on arithmetic.
And, while flirting with tn wet sub
Ject: Oklahoma courts have decided
that 1t is no crime to steal booze. In
other words, the courts have the same
opinion of booze that the small boy has
of the watermelon.
In his New York speech Presiden Taft
named no names,-but you will have to
admit that he has a wonderful power of
description.
A man may realize that he is a fall
ure at everything else, but it is hard 10
make him admit that he is a mighty
poor excuse as a husband.
some people are so DANCED generous
that they can't help giving their
friends away.''-Deacon SQUASH
Spring is the time for green things.
Maybe that's the reason the green flies
are first to arrive.
In France they are going to change
the time measurement, anG number the
hours from 1 to "a. And the women
viii have to stop the clocks when they
have party. Just think of a woman
pausing in her conversation long
enough to let the clock strike a couple
dozen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-13

gay encouragement She was stand
ing beside the lone tree the island
boosted. The waters had risen peril
ously far. Ames forced strength into
his waning stroke.
Eager hands met his, and together,
without loss of time or words, they
rushed the canoe to the other shore,
where they would not have to fight
the tide. The tiny tree was all
afoam.
-.SpIendidIy done, Bob!"
Her voice was full of courage. Not
trace of the tears Ames had feared
to see dimmed her eyes.
The next few moments marked des-
perate effort. Some fiend seemed
to be struggling to draw the frail
canoe back to destruction. But it
desire to live. AS the small craft
sped out. beyond the danger line. the
rose glory of dying sun touched
sea and sky.
"Our island! The island we loved! 1t
is gone!"
Ames turned the canoe a trifle and
looked back. Only the tiny tree
showed bravely above the wash OF
water. Then he looked at the girl.
Somehow the fact that her eyes were
shining with tears did not trouble
him now. On both faces was the sol
emn awe of those who have faced
death and live to remember.
He put out his hand. The gesture
held an infinite meaning, beyond all
Loves honeyed phrases.
Trix. you've got to marry me.
After this 1 cannot live without you"
A rainbow smile eclipsed the tears.
With due regard for the dangers they
had passed. she laid small, confident
fingers in his broad palm.
THE difficulty, Bob, oh, Bob. darl-
ing!-the difficulty would be to keep
me from marrying you" she replied.
copyrighted 1912 by Associated
Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-13
THE MOTHER.

She hath such quiet eyes,
That feed on all earth's wonders! She
will sit
Here in the orchard and the bewtidering
beauty
OF blossoming boughs Iulls her as day
grows late
And level sunlight streameth through the
tree-stemS
Lying as pale gold on the green eallows,
and gliding the fleeces
or the slow-feeding sheep in the pastures
While in her there stirs
A dream, a delight, wonder her be1ng
knew not
Yet now remembers. wistfully. as thing
long lost,
Sunken in dim, green. lucid sea-caves;
And her desire goeth out from her,
toward God, through the twilight;
Lost, too, in the waters of His unfathom-
able silence,
While slow tears fill her eyes.
But the child, gazing upward,
Sees the glory of the apple-blossoms sud
denly scattered,
AS a bird flies through the branches:
And he reaches toward the soft, white
fluttering petals
That light upon his face, and laughs;
and she
Stops over him quickly with sudden. hot.
passionate kisses,
Smiling for all her tears.
Frederick Manning, in the Spectator.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-13
QUAKER MEDITATTONS.

rF1rom the Philadelphia Record.I
Many a man makes his mark by MAX
ing others look like 80 cents.
We like best the things we do not have;
that's why misery loves company
Sam-"Charlie is a clever chap, isn't
hep" Ham-'I should say so. He built
one of those 81, 500 bungalows for $1,000
Gink-The paper says your house was
damaged in that tornado" Dink, excited
ly-"You don't say. Does it tell where
they found it?
Mrs. Tellem-''That gentleman over
there just kissed the pretty girl. Tickle
man, he will forget it in an hour. Mrs
Biffen-"Oh, no. he won't. He's my hus-
band.'
Manager think I'll make a star of
MaybeIle." Playwright-"Why she hash t
any talent at ALL Manager-.That
doesn't matter: she has already figured
in three sensational divorce cases"
ulster think that I could write the
stuff them poets sing of baobhn brook
but have given up that dream and sad
Wen there amt no word to rhyme with
sandwich.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-13
Bricks Made OF Paper.

While there is nothing like linen
for paper making, many other things
will serve as substitutes. For instance,
patents have been issued in various
countries for the manufacture of pa
per from barley, oats, rice, Indian
corn, peas, beans, alfalfa, ramie pine
needles, sugar cane refuse, jute. moss,
and bark of trees, beetS, potatoes and
other equally strange things. In most
cases the price of manufacture is eX-
ceSSive when we consider the quality
our paper-not the best, but that
most commonly used-is made, as
most people know. of the wood of Ger
tain coniferous trees, chiefly spruce
and larch.
Paper can be made from nearly
anything, and nearly anything can be
made from paper.
With compressed paper are made
wheels, rails, cannon, horseshoes. pol
ishers for gems, bicycles and asphalt
ed tubes for gas or electric wires.
With wood pulp and zinc sulphate
there has been an attempt, in Berlin,
to make artificial bricks for paving.
After subjecting them to a pressure
of 1000 tons per cubic centimetre,
they are baked for forty eight hours.
In similar fashion are made roofing
tiles and water pipes. Telegraph poles
made of rolled sheets of paper are
hollow, lighter than wood. and resist
weather well.
In Japan they make, of paper, cloth
ing, window frames, lanterns, umbrel-
las handkerchief, artificial leather,
etc. In the United States, and even
in Germany. are made paper cofins.
In Germany they make paper barrels,
vases and milk bottles.
Straw hats may now be bought into
which enters not an atom of straw.
They are made of narrow paper
strips, dyed yellow. Artificial sponees
are made of cellulose, or paper pulp.
One man has taken out a patent for
paper thread to be used in sewing
shoes, and a brand of artificial silk is
made on a basis of paper pulp.
The use of paper in industry may
be indefinitely extended. 1t is EN-
pIoyed to make imitation porcelain,
for bullets. shoes. billiard table cloth,
sails for boats, boards for building
impermeable bags for cement and
powdered substances, boats and yes
sells for water. There has even been
made a paper stove, which is said to
have stood the fire well. Cellulose
may be used to prepare a waterproof
coating that may be applied like
paint. Whole houses have been built
of paper; in Norway there is a.
church, holding 1000 persons, built
entirely of it, even to the belfry.-l
Tit-Bits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-13

What great strides would be made
towards a better feeling and a larger
happiness among people generally, if
every one would make an earnest effort
to follow the advice of the apostle,
James, quoted above, and be slow to
wrath, slow to take offense. James
may properly be characterized as the
second Solomon. His writings consist
in the main of moral precepts of the
highest type. In fact, the book in the
Bible, bearing his name, is frequent
Iy called The Christian Book of Pro-
verbs" But of the many excellent
and forceful maxims given voice to By
James none are any more significant
of the possibility of promoting harmony
among humans than that conveyed in
the words, Let every man be swift tc
hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath"
Not only should there be slowness
to wrath as to the big and important
things of life. There should also be
the same kind of hesitancy, and pos
sibly more of it, in respect to the
little things. After all, it is these
same little things, taken in the aggre-
gate, that make UP the lives of most
persons And it has probably come
within the observation of everybody
that much of the unpleasantness IN
life is due to the haste of many peo-
pla in Incoming angry. Frequently
they do so without good cause They
the words and actions Oh
their friends. They put wrong mean
ing on them. They either fly up In
rage or walk away with a sore spot III
their hearts. Thus are the friendships
blasted which mean so much to lie
and its happiness. Thus are many peo-
pIe made miserable and from no sooo
reason on the face of the earth
ON the other hand people should De
lust as slow to give offense as to take
If The Bible is replete with admoni-
lions to this effect. "Woe unto the
world, spoke Christ, according to St
Matthew. because of offenses! For 1t
must needs be that offenses come; but |
woe to that man by whom offense com
eth" The old prophets, from Moses
down through the list to Solomon, |
preached in the same VEIN The rea-
soma bleness of such doctrines is ap- !
parent There are just as many peo- |
ple quick to give offense, ofttimes I'M |
1t IS true, as IheIo oAo
those who are quick to wrath, quick &c
take offense-
Diligent and unceasing should be |
the effort of every one to overcome |
his or her failing in either of these |
particulars. 1t can be done. And the |
good feeling and happiness which |
would come along in its wake would |
be of Unreasonable value.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-13
TOPEKA WRONGLY ACCUSED.

No criticism of the Rev. Robert
Norris an agent CT the State Temper
ance union, can be too severe NOT
co long ago he stated that there were
no less than forty Joints" in Topeka
which were being conducted unmolest-
ed bv the authorities, and against
which he had obtained evidence. They
were not ordinary Joints" either, &C
cording to Mr.. Norris. He said that
most of them were in private resi-
dences where bottles of booze and
cases of beer were kept and sold by
the drink or bottle to friendly GUS
toners.
This statement from Mr.. Norris was
given wide publicity throughout the
state and beyond its confines Topeka
was held up to view as being a town
which was mailing great professions
about enforcing the prohibitory law
when as a matter of fact there was
big illicit sale of liquor going on in the
CITY all the time, and at which the
CITY police authorities and county
peace officers were winking. At this
time the attorney generals office and
the state executive department were
making vigorous campaigns for the en-
forcement of the prohibitory law IN
sections
strength Of Mr. Norris statement, the
sincerity of these state activities was
attacked because of the alleged open
and general violations of the prohibit
tory law which were countenanced in
Topeka and right under the noses of
the stat officials.
Mr. Norris had an opportunity the
other day to tell under oath the loca-
int G'B hi
perspicacity had discovered The fed
eral grand jury wanted the informa
ton. There was no evidence on the
books of the internal revenue depart
ment that so many Topeka jointists
had federal liquor tax certificates
Hence the federal authorities were
anxious to ascertain just who were
the Topekans that had the temerity to
sell liquor without having paid the
government tax for the privilege.
Did Mr. Norris make good on his
statement about having found forty
Joints" in private houses in Topeka?
He failed miserably. He was able to
locate for the federal grand jury only
one joint. He said that the data con-
corning his Investigations of the forty
joints had been turned over by him to
the county attorney and the governor
and he had forgotten the details. This
was a specious plea. Does anybody
suppose that a man,-especialIy one
who has made it a practice for many
years to ferret cut violators of the
prohibitory law,-who was clever
enough to find forty joints in a town
could not remember the location and
the names of the proprietors of more
than one of them? Not only that, but
wouldn't a man in Mr.. Norris bust
ness be likely to keep duplicate data
of his Investigations? Furthermore,
County Attorney Simon has never
shown any reluctance to prosecute
violators of the liquor law in Topeka.
He would have acted quickly on any
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-13

AS the date for the Baltimore con-
vention approaches closer and closer,
the undercurrent of feeling among
many Democrats seems to BE- getting
stronger and stronger that Mr.. Bryan
will knock down the presidential per-
simmon. He has said that he is not
a candidate foc the presidential nomi-
nation, but, of course, that does not
mean he would not accept the nolni-
nation if it were forced upon him;
If 1t developed that he was the only
man who could break the deadlock
that is almost certain to develop in
the selection of a candidate during
the early stages of the convention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-13
HUNOR OF THE DIP

Bacon-Hear your friend went into IN.
bee business last summer. EEbert-He
did. What luck?" "Oh. just his usual
luck. He got stungr'-Y onkers States
man.
Europe holds lot of our stocks ana
bonds" Invests her cash with US eF -
Not much cash Gets most of 'enn nv
maria &C. Washington Herald.
First Roman Matron-What a funny,
looking costume on that Womant DID Won
notice it. too2 Second Ditto-Yes II
comes from some little barbarian han,lef
out in Gaul that they call Paris.-PucI<
Judge-Your wife complains that for
three years you never spoke to her what
reason can you assign for such conduct7
Defendant didn't want to interrupt her
Satire.
IT call that rank ingratitude." 'sXyrbat
now2' after teach that girl to skate
she goes to another fellow for a most
graduate course.'-Washington Herald
Old Gentleman-Which one Of nv dauxh
tiers do you wish to marry? Young Mar
Oh. just let them fight out among them
selves sir, and I'll take the one that putr
up the poorest fight."-Puck-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-13
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Nobody enjoys joke nearly as much
as the man who springs it.
X n
Successful folk are strong believers
in the Observation-Disclosures theory.
y u
Most people are suspicious that a
quotation in French covers up some
thing naughty.
The only kind of job worth a mans
time and attention is a difficult one.
4 4
It's generally the case that the man
who lays down a rule about anything
thinks he has a perfect right to break
it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-13
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR

IFrom the New York Press.I
A little romance in man goes a heap
further with a woman than much wis
dom
A man feels about being a good exam
pie just the way a boy does about wear
ing curls.
Nobody will listen to advice for which
he doesn't have to pay as professional
opinion.
Nobody forgets to drive a nail in his
own coffin lid ever so often, but nobody
remembers there is only SO much room
for them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-13
FROM OTHER PENS
THE PUBLIC MIST pAHr

Again the public is officially inform
ed that lit must pay"
This time it is President Baer OF
coal strike fame who reiterates what
the cotton mill men said only a short
tine ago He says, In the long run
the pubic must pay"
we have repeatedly called attention
TO this fact of the cost of things ulti-
mately getting back to the public. The
New York World Celebrates the same
text in this fashion:
Who else was expected IN pav7 No
one has supposed that If the miners
wages are raised the higher cost of
mining coal will be borne by the com
panles or that dividends will be reduc-
ed TO offset the difference. The les
son OF the last adjustment of miners
wages in the Pennsylvania anthracite
1leId has not been forgotten. In this
case the public will pay for the higher
wages In dearer coal, Just as il will
pay for the wage advances to textile
operatives in dearer cotton and wool
en- goods. 1t would have paid for the
increase of railway employees wages
If the roads had not been prevented
by the interstate Commerce Commits
sion from making up their loss
through higher freight rates"
To how great a disadvantage the
public is put becomes more and more
evident each day. Its chief trouble is
that it cannot strike. What will han
pen some fine day when the pubIic
the "peepul," decides to strike -
Worcester Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-13

Those weak need gentlemen who OPP
pose womans suffrage on the score
that it would eventually mean the fill
ing of the public offices with members
of the fair sex, should have their eyes
opened by the results of the recent
local elections in California, where the
women voters helped to roll up big ma
jorities against several of their sis
tiers who were candidates for Office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-13
DAFFYDHS
BY U. NoALL.

When the roof gets dirty does the
chimney
(Tie a few knots in his shirt for that.)
If a load is too heavy does the
wagon-tire?
CWhat a pity! He never spoke again.)
If great songs became actors would
the hymn to the Evening Star?
CHATS altogether too classical for
me. Pass out little rag-time, please.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-13
WORTH OF DRAINAGE

The broad claim is made that q
comprehensive national drainage sys-
tenn will add $4,000, 900, 600 a wear
TO the public wealth of the United
states. 1t may fall considerably short
of this and yet prove a beneficence IN
opening up to the industrious new on
portunities for the requirement Of
homesteads and competence. The low
lands generally are rich in produc-
tiveness. Properly drained they would
be almost inviting to the farmer and
the market gardener. They run from
100000 acres in Florida to 25o0
acres in West Virginia, ana while their
redemption from present uselessness
and worse would mean an Immense
addition to the natural resources az
the south, it could not fail to be adj
Vantageous to the whole country
Christian Science Monitor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-13

Instead of staging a political con-
veneion. the Republicans of Michigan
who gathered at Bay City for that
purpose, put on a battle royal And
it's a bit strange that in a rough and
tumble fight the Roosevelt men did
not win a great victory. Honors ap-
pear TO have been about even.
There'd been a different story to tell
though, had the Colonel been on hand
to lead his warriors in the fray in
person.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-13

The height of incongruity has GER
tainly been reached by the Maine Re
publicans in giving an unqualified
endorsement to the Taft administra
ton and then pledging most of their
delegates to the Chicago convention
to vote for the nomination of Colonel
Roosevelt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-13

nomination for a third term. By
this act of self-abnegation he places
his name and fame in the secure
keeping of history by the side of that
of the Immortal Washington A few
words from Senator Lodge, a historian
of considerable reputation, on the
place in history to which Colonel
Roosevelt is now entitled, would be
interesting
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-13

In his speech as chairman of the
Republican national convention of
four years ago, Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge of Massachusetts, paid a tribute
to the then President Roosevelt in
which he said, among other things:
Nothing has added so much to his
just fame as his persistent and ire
socable refusal to break the unwrit-
ten law of the Republic by accepting
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-13

They've been a little dilatory in
making their appearance, but the crop
killers have finally arrived. So SEN
sationally blue are their reports over
the wheat prospect in several states,
that the price of wheat in the grain
rnarts has gone soaring. Activity on
the part of the crop-ki1lers and IN
usually advances in the prices prevail
ing in the wheat pits always go to-
getler. Indeed, the crop-killers would
have no excuse for being were their
services not in demand by the specu-
lators and manipulators in the grain
markets
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-13

Senator Dixon. in charge of the
Roosevelt campaign, is also such a
clever mathematician that he can
turn zeros into numbers having value
when he figures up the Colonefs
numerical strength among the dele
gates so far chosen for the Chicago
convention