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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-06
D SIGHTS
By THE ATCHIsON GLOBE.

1t is not sufficient to have worth; you
must prove it.
Some men begin at the bottom and dig
a hole instead of climbing upward.
When a man doesn't smoke. he is fire.
gently able to win a pipe in a rattle.
A Big Stick isn't much of a weapon for
a man who isn't in a position to swing it.
Ever know anyone so optimistic he
could find a useful purpose for the potato
bug.
We are all actors when you come right
down to cold facts, and most of us are
transformers.
A smart man can make politics pay. but
there are many more lucrative fields of
employment.
Fortunately for the dairy industry, no
one expects the automobiles to take the
place of the COW.
Every once in awhile something unusual
happens, like an automobile race that
doesn't kill anyone.
And the -peacemakers are also blessed
because there is little danger of them
running out of work. ;
Lafe Dolittle says he once got one straw
vote for president, and there is a sus-
picion he cast it himself.
One great trouble with the laws lately
is that laymen and not lawyers are max
ing too many of them.
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says UNCLE CAV

1 am no pessimist. do not see
"gouts. dropsies, fevers and lethar-
gies" in we'll set tables. Neither do
I see anything criminal in business
enterprises. 1 do not believe that peo-
pie who laugh are in danger of hell
fire or that to smile is to imperil the
soul.
Yet there is much meat in simple
life and that luxury which conduces
to physical, mental and moral fab
biness is an abomipation. The ambi-
ton which is set upon ease calls itself
out of name, for 1t is more lust than
ambition. h legitimate goal of am
bition is human service. power or
place. The desire to wallow in waste
as a swine in its fat is an uglier
thing.
The desire to attain luxury has
never moved men 20 deeds either good
Or great. The stalwart figures of his
tory have now or again found them
selves in the midst of possessions
greater than their needs, but the most
stalwart of these lived to the end as
things apart from the flabby tissues of
magnificence hat surrounded them.
The greatest of the Caesars lived an
almost ascetic lie in the midst of the
Splendor of Belshazzar. So with Ma
poleon at times; so with Charlemagne,
so with William the Conqueror, so
with Mohammed, SO with most of the
men who a written their names
deep IN the record of the race. So,
IOO, Will OuI IdllSI Qdy captains OI|
industry, SO with your builders of rail-
roads, your builders of ships and your
builders of modern empires.
The luxury that fattens sinew and
brain, the ease that looks at labor
and grows afraid--these things are
friends neither of heroism nor prog
ress.
He who works a life away to gain
ease and white meats and fine linen
in his age. has wasted his substance
upOn that which shall eVentuallyl
destroy.-(Copyright, 1912, by w. E.
Williams
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-06

that of sight. When the smell of a but
terfly, then, is ~perceptible even to US,
the presumption is tina It is of large
Importance to the life of the insect
Mr.. Longstaff has experimental on a
vast number of insects; add the variety
of scent which he ascribes to various
species ranges all the way from such
agreeable perfumes as those of hell
otrope, syringa, vanilla, sweet choco-
late, and sassafras. to suggestions IF
acetyIene bats, and old cigar boxes
Curiously enough. there is a suspicion
that the scents which strike human
senses as agreeable are of attractive
value to the insects, while those which
are unpleasant to Us are repulsive or
protective also to their owners. But
in dealing with the senses of insects
We are working 81 m in the dark
that no conclusion can be other than
tentative.-London Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-06
.AYHAWKER JOTS

The fellow who is cornered, says the
independence Star, doesn't think he is
getting a square deal.
Commenting on the remark of Sena-
toy Stone hat the language of the
presidential candidates is like the YER
nacular of the fish market, the Smith
County Pioneer SayS: This is necessary
while the voters are having the scales
removed from their eye
This IS credited by the Abilene Re
Hector to "a modest printer in an ex-
change: The stationery printed IN
this office is giving h best of salts
faction. Last week we printed 100
statements for a man and by their aid
he collected a small fortune Two
months age a man bought of us some
note paper and envelopes, and now lie
is married. Another young man stole
some of our paper to make cigarettes
and now he is dead. A young lady
got some of our paper to curl her hair
on and now she has a beau. We have
only a few packages of this kind in
stock. By using u stationery every
person can collect old accounts, tell
futures, make rain, change the color
of your hair, extract teeth without
pain; if you are married keep tab on
your husband. find. out if he is really
detained from home or business; If
you are unmarried find out the name
of your future husband or wife, be
successful in business, be elected to Of
flee. Give us a call"
. There is a large colored woman in
this city who works hard every day of
the week, washing, relates the Fort
Scott ibu All days long she tolls
and then is up early the next day and
the same thing is repeated. h got
married some time g and the wash
ing continued, only she had to get new
customers as her husband cost her a
little more. One day an insurance man
got after her husband and he took out
a policy. Of course he could not pay
the dues Sc his wife was forced to
carry it for him. Her man went out
of town and in some way was killed.
The woman went to the insurance
and collected the money
which amounted to about $50. AS soon
as she got the one she went 10
and was gone several days. f!
When she came back a friend asked
her about it and she exclaimed: 'Oh,
child, 1 sure did have.a fine time and
let me tell o dat Niger got the finest
burial he ever had in his life. Why,
you know, it cost me nearly a hun
dred dollars Umh-huh, tina was some
swell funeral"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-06
PEEK-A-BOO WAISTS. ETC.

Most men affect a superior, conde-
scending and amused attitude toward
the ''gewgaws" and "fripperies'' OF
woman's attire. They pretend to them
selves that they are above taking any
interest in such things. Yet they are
continually fussing about them.
For instance, here are the New York
managers of the. great corporation
which controls the telegraph compan-
les of the country. They have issued
an edict forbidding 1o~w-necked anG
short-sleeved costumes to the women
who work in their offices. Hereafter.
they insist. only waists with long
sleeves and high necks shall be worn
during business hours. Their conten-
ton is that summer waists of the peek
a-boo and similar styles are immodest.
Coming from New York, the home of
the great white way and the chief habi-
tat of the show girl, this is enough t.
make a United States senator laugh.
Why DOM these pillars of moral recti-
tude carry their course to it's logical
conclusion by compelling their women.
employees either to blacken their faces
or wear masks and then lock them in
iron cages?- The harem. business is
going out of fashion in Turkey; why
not import a few of the guardians Of
those ancient institutions who are out
of Jobs?
Maybe, by the middle of the summer,
these New York managers will awaken
to the fact that they have succeeded
only in being funny and h all the
country is laughing at them. For if
the women workers under their direc,
ton do not succeed in evading their
order in any and all way that COM
port with their sweet wills, then has
woman ceased to be woman Man never
yet succeeded in regulating women's
attire. though he is constantly tryin.
to do so, and what is more, he never
z,i1J
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

AS a general thing. people have high
ideals for others to live up to.
x
Wealth is one Of those burdens that
almost everybody is willing to Shout
der.
y x
Another boy that has a particularly
hard time of it with his playmates is
the teachers pet"
\ < \
Nor i. it always Just to Judge a man
by the he keeps. Sometimes
he really cannot help it.
4 r.
The man who goes around with Il
chip on his shoulder sooner or later
up with someon who is perfectly
competent to knock it off. .--
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by THE WY
By HARVEY PARsONal

S and B; vurry good, boys-best
thing in the drug store racks. Go to it.
A Chicago holder of a Carnegie hero
medal has been insulted. The Hero
commission should AXE it up and slap
someone on the wrist. The hero wanted
to throw his old mother out of the
house. n low proved officers of the
laf wouldn't let him.
Sartorical: The office boys have
blosSomed out in long pants. hey COW
e. their patellas just when the weather
makes other members of the office
force wish they could expose theirs.
It is a cinch that ~23o-pound Repre-
sentative Thomas, of Kentucky, didn't
have his bluegrass argument" with
HIM, or the. 9%0-pound reporter would
not have whipped him.
(For the First-reader class: "a
Bluegrass Argument" is a pocket size,
49,
We hold that the washburn law stu
dents who refused to wear black night
gowns are justified. The black night
gown should be worn only by justices
of the supreme court and yama-yama
chorus girls.
T. r. has captured another state
the state of billiards. anr brain storms
And his majority was not blown in by
a blizzard.
The effort of a certain morning
to vacate the city offices
would indicate that said paper wishes
to corner not only the state, but all the
subdivisions thereof. The M. P. no
doubt has made up its slate, composed
of NJ. P employees, to TAX the places
of tho 1ifxy 0fffaJoIC IL RnnOi6nrc nm
ming.
Judge Thompson wants to hear from
Stubs, but he is using the wrong sys-
TEN to attain that end. The way 10
from Stubs is not to ask him
hard questions, but to stick around
among the ruralists and listen.
A close observer has no trouble in
telling the difference between a native
and an imported article. When you
go into a cattle country and hear one
speak of a 'lasso,' or '1arry-yet" you
may know that he is imported. The
native refers to it as 'muh throw
%
Some. advice is good-but none of it
IS good to eat. A hungry man may
be filled with advice and still be hum
cry r..
1t would be a dangsight harder TO
school teachers If their meagre pay
was called by the right lame, out the
word, salary" is a bait that will catch
more suckers than the plain unvar-
nished wages"
Trust-busting has been the favorite
sport of politicians for several years
IN fact-ever since Hoch busted the oil
trust-but about the only trust that
went to the WALL" was the VAIL |
trust. |
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The Scent of insects.

The fact that many butterflies pos
sess any scent at all has until recently
hardly been recognized. except in con-
spicuOus instances, even by entomolo-
gists; and the human sense of smell is
probably grossly dull, as compared
with that of insects themselves. We
that the males oe some species
are attracted to the females from al
most incredible distances, SO that a
moth will come from somewhere in the
open country to its mate in the heart
of a town, undistracted by all the con-
flicting odors of the city, the reek and
fumes of human h~abitations. Evident
~. also, insects must often find their
food plants by a sense which is not
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-06

ing2 Was it the Storm" She could
not speak, but began crying again, I'M
able to resist the dear familiar sense
of his pl etfon. He refined in the
horse and went on in a stern, half
choked voice:
Il wasn't able to find a thing against
Harry Stevens, and tried to, too.
II he makes you unhappy, he'll have
to reckon with me, Emmie. l o you
Whether you love me or not! You know
hat. 1t nearly killed me when l saw
you cared more for him-but he has
SO much more to give you. And he's
all right-perfectly square. Tell me
why you are crying?"
"You-must be wild, Elmer! I don't
care about him. 1 never did,! h
made you think so? 1 got rid of him
as soon as 1 ould.
But the young fellow was leaning
close to her, the wet yellow slicker
slicker, and the storm and the muddy
road-yes, even the thunder which
crashed at the moment.
"Emmie," he said. "Emmie, do voc
still love me? Are you going to marry
me?'
She nodded, her face dirty and wet
and shiny with happiness, and for a
the man managed to spa
an arm from his irving.
Why were you crying?" he persist
ed.
Her ans-er was simple and direct.
Because I thought you were going
to marry Rose Greene. 1 saw her
wedding dress at Miss stills
He interrupted, laughing.
"I'm still in my senses" he declar-
&c ungallantly. ITS 10 wortley who
has lost his! He told me as a secret
you silly little girl!'-(Copyright,
ed, 1912 by Associated Literary Press.)
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HUNOR or THE DAY

Misstress-"Jane, I rang for you to
tell you that, if 1 catch my husband
Kissing you again, one of you will have
10 go!"-London Opinion.
z Leap Year. Too.-Miss A-You say every
man has a mission. What's yours? par
Son-To save young men. Miss A-Gooa
L wish you'd save one for
knicker-What sort of a reformer ;s
he? Bocker-He wants other fellows to
abstain from food to make the price 90
down while he eats ft.-New York Sun.
She-The Rev. Mr.. wilkins is sometb,ne
of a faith leader, you know, and I'm
thinking of attending his church for nv
rheumatism. Hell can him
for insomnia--Sydney Bulletin.
"Tribbles said he felt like a millionaire
last night" did he imbibe freeIy?' mo.
He stood in front of a theater and inhaled
the fumes from sixty automobiles.-Bfr-
mingham Age-Herald.
a candidate and some say you WON'T"
We'll" replied the wary statesman.
do you expect me to do at this
stage of the game? Break in and try to
be umpire ?"-Washington Star.
Pat-McGuire is dead. Jim-Dead? Was
insured? Pat-No; he's a total loss
Life.
He-Does she speak French at all? She
yes; but only enough to make her
self NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Marie-Is your husband considerable?
much so he doesn't come home
at light for fear he'll wake me up.-The
Sphynx.
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LOVERS.

LIZ Its.
A cry on the moor, a dead-limbed tree,
A moon IN a shaggy mist,
A sobson the wind for one who is gone,
A lad for the last time kissed.
A cry on the moor, a rasping bough,
A rope h~alf-snagged on a limb,
A mutter of hoof-beats dying away
An ache in my heart for him..
"A cry on the moor, a frightened wind,
A moaning out in the night,
And nothing I see but a sagging shade
High in the ghostly light.
A cry on the moor, an echo low,
A wall in the shadows dim,
L watch at the window alone in the dusk,
But never again for him.
A cry on the moor, a creaking limb,
A grave with the white dew wet
They worked their will on the lad 1 loved,
But the Christ will not forget!
Arthur Wallace Peach in Boston
Transcript.
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ruE KANSAS COURT.

Under the above caption the Salina
Journal, Senator ]. L.. Bristow's
paper. presents some observations
that should appeal strongly to the bulk
of the people of Kansas irrespective of
| their allegiance to this or that political
faction or party. They follow;
In recent years the Kansas supreme
! ecu has been on the nations judicial
map. It's decisions have attracted
attention throughout the country be-
cause of their fundamental s~oundness
and common sense character. h
court tries to get at the heart of the
controversy and decide the case on
its merits. Although handicapped by
many a~ntiquated statutes which law
yer legislatures have made no effort
to repeal, the court has done a great
deal to eliminate useless form and
worse than useless technicality from
criminal procedure, the weakest spot in
our judicial establishment; and in
those fields of the law where social
progress is to be recognized and the
actual conditions of the modern world
dealt with, the court has shown itself
abreast of the best thought of the
times. The rights of labor have not
merely been perceived and protected,
but such rights have been made to
stand out in the opinions of the court
with such vividness that ameliorating
legislation has Immediately followed.
Powerful lawbreakers like the
les, the harvester trust, and the Stand
ard OIL company have oeen nab to
escape, receiving their just deserts.
The power of the various state boards
created to regulate public service cor
porations, and to regulate various 9TH
or matters connected with the public
welfare, has been sustained and their
acts in the interest of the people have
been upheld. In fact, the Kansas court,
doubtless it makes mistakes
now and then as any purely human in
will do, is serving the state
conscientiously and c~reditably.
1t is not in the class which just now
occasions so much criticism of the jul
dietary.
The people of the state understand
they have a good supreme court,
but the individual judges have little
opportunity to meet the people gener-
ally. 1t is no disparagement to the
other able men who comprise the court
w say IIo ooNO
Burch have done at least their full
share in maintaining tn high standard
which the court sets for the courts of
sister states. They are candidates for
the nomination on the Republican tick
at the ensuing primaries to succeed
themselves.
Judge Johnston has been a member
the court for a quarter of a century
and is familiar with all it's policies and
traditions. If all the law books were+
he could go on deciding. cases
according to the rules.
Judge Burch is next oldest in length
service, but is the youngest member
If the court in years. He contributes
% the work of the court an erudition,
| culture, an originality, and a force
vigor which are invaluable and his
decisions on many important cases
attracted favorable comment
rom some of the most prominent
Crists of the country.
The state needs the services Of such
men on the bench.
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POINTED
From the Chicago News.l

IFIUIH lNt OHICdSO ANOWS.I
Failure is always spoiled by success.
A loafer is an animal that feeds on a
rke time.
The finger of destiny is undoubtedly on
the hand of fate.
A third party is usually undesirable in
courtship and politics.
Talk is so cheap thai BARRIERS are now
giving it free with each shave.
If a man has common sense he seldom
makes use of it in a love affair.
And some people never forgive as Ions
as their memories are in working order.
When birds of a feather flock together
it is a pretty safe bet they'll try to pluck
each other.
The young man who tells a girl she is a
dream is likely to bump. up against a
rude awakening shortly after marriage.
Most summer matrimonial engagements
are the result of an effort on the part of
silly young men and women to kill time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-06
DAFFYDLLS
BY U. NOAL1L.

If a gas range cooks does a clam
bake?
CA cook! A cook!! My kingdom for
a good cre!)
If a wcman got in its way would the
call the prosecutors
CWilliei Don't you know it's wrong
to put your hands il a nut sundae?)
If a woman got in its wau would the
lawn-muyer?
(John Henry. After you get through
cutting the grass I wish you would
spade w the chicken penn
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A Grave for Robbers.

Behind the temple sacred to the
Nameless Dead and close to the wres-
Ting a~mphitheater in Toxic there is
to be found the grave of the celebrate
ed robber, Nezumi Kozo, who stole
from the daimyos long ago IN the old
Yedo days that he might relieve the
sunerings of the poor. There is a SUI
perstitfon connected with this grave
which has made it a much Tue
spot. If a portion of. the headstone
is carried ava 1t acts as a lucky tails
man, particularly to those who specu-
late or are otherwise engaged IN
games of chance. 1t is usual for a
breaking a piece from the
stone to make a vow that in case he
is successful he will buy a new head
stone to replace the one he has mul
tilated. Many prayers must have been
answered, for the stones are piled
high OF either side and only waftine
the name of the donor to be engraved
and then set up. A shelter has been
placed over the spot, and from The
roof hang gay lanterns and pilgrims
A large money box catches
all the stray sen which go for the up
keeping of h grave. Gamblers and
geisha are often visitors; students be-
their examinations feel more as
sured of success If they have a chin
of Nezumi Kozo's maidstone in the
sleeve Of their kimono.-The ArKo-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-06

Frances birth-rate is decreasing
more and more with each succeeding
year.. But the French government is
evidently determined to keep track of
all the births under it's jurisdiction so
that as good a showing as possible
can be made in the birth-rate. NJ
latest apparent move in this direction
is the adoption of regulations making
provision for the registration of all
births occurring on air craft.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-06

Uncle Sam is sending to President
Gomez. Of Cuba, 5000 rifles and l.
600, 900 round of ammunition to be
used to arm the volunteers and guards
organized by plantation owners to
protect their property from the insur-
rectos. Gomez and the plantation
owners would probably have been
much better pleased if Uncle Sam had
also forwarded that many of his SOL
diers to handle these arms and am
munitiOu.
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HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subsc1 fbers Of the state Journal
AWAY from home during the summer
may have the paper mailed regularly
each day to any address at the rate OF
ten cents a week or thirty cents a
month Thy nail only. Address
changed as often as desired. While
out OF town the State Journal Will be
to you like a daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
~hOOkkeeping exDenseS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-06

Rumor now has it that the Roose-
welt forces will drop the proposed
fight against the naming of Senator
o as temporary chairman of the
Chicago convention. They fear thai
a defeat on this issue might. spoil the
c%olonel's chances of obtaining the
nomination. This doesn't look very
much as though Colonel Roosevelts
friends are absolutely sure of enough
delegates to contr the convention.
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at full speed during a portion of her
maiden voyage. And under the cir
cumstances he considered the captain
justified in going at full speed through
the ice fields. This eXonerates Cap
tain Smith. The general opinion Is
that it would have been more Xix Is
may had he endeavored to blame n
disaster on a dead man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-06

In addition to receiving medals and
memorials, Captain Rostron of the
Carpath-a has just been presented
with a purse of $4,000 subscribed by
survivors of the Titanic disaster and
their friends. On the other hand, one
Ismay's portion has comprised only a
varied assortment of brick-bats.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-06

Strawberry enthusiasts have GER
tainly had things to their liking his
spring. As a matter of fact, though,
the opinion of others is p~ardonabIe
that too many of the strawberries
taste too much like the first part of
their name. The fellow who named
them knew his business all right.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-06

Bomb-throwing has become such a
popular sport in New York city that
no less than 125 of these missiles have
been used in the past two years for
the destruction of property. The
bomb-throwers in Chicago must needs
bestir themselves or New York will
soon win another record from the
Windy Cftv.