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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08

doubts had receded to the back of
his mind He wondered If he had
really had them. You see,'' he said,
81 didn't have chance to get word
to you, for I was picked up by a boat
that was carrying arms to the rebels
in South America, and they didn't
want any one to know. And they
took me with them to the Andes, and
kept me until they dared to send me
back. But I'm here now, and we're
going to live happy ever after,
Sarah"
Sarah. came around and kissed him.
Then she set the little ivory box con-
spicuously in the middle of the man
tel shelf, thanked by two tall brass
candlesticks.
"IH make you a bag for your to-
bacco tomorrow, Caleb she said,
but that box is going to stay up
there to the end of our days SOS we
shan't ever forget what we have to
be thankful for, dearest DEAR
Copyrighted, 1912, by Associated Lit
erary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08
"SYNDICAIISMn

In America the specter of Syndical-
ism first appeared in the Lawrence
strike. The American Syndicalists, the
Industrial Workers of the World, who
directed the strike in Lawrence, have
been attracting more and more atten-
ton since and have been trying to
make Syndicalism a factor in Ameri-
can life, writes Louis Levine in the
July number of the North American
Review. American Syndicalism should
not be regarded as an importation
from France. OF course, American
Syndicalists have been more or less in
contact with French Syndicalists, but
the movement has grown up on Amer
lean soil and can be traced back to the
Knights of Labor. The latter had al
ready formed a vague idea of indus
trial organization which is so actively
propagated by the Industrial Workers
of the World. Craft Unionism, how
evers carried the day in America after
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08
HUMOR or THE DAY

Not Reliably Informed.-The gentleman
who wore evening clothes and the rem
nants of a jag at o'clock in the morning
was clinging to the footboard of a crowd
ed surface car in Chicago. As the car
rounded sharp curve with jerk the
person in the incongruous apparel fell
quickly and heavily to the cobbIestones
He was picked up by the strong hands
Of the conductor and about twenty pas
nified tone o. voice sss ssid ~ ths o,g
ductor. ION the track?' further cues
toned the victim of the accident. No"
of the jag, 'If had known that I
wouldn't have gotten of."-Popular mag
azine.
Archfe Finds Sacrilege.-The last time
President Taft was in Chicago he was in
vited to the inevitable banquet. Accom-
Iiilles. and his military aid. Major Arch.
bald Butt In the course OF the dinner
n! !T,~, chicago E',tt men enc sang ans. parody OF
had His whole evening spoiled right there
Somebody, noticing his panied expression,
that song!" he exclaimed sadly you
might as well parody the Lords Prayer"
Popular Magazine.
Truthful Story TeIler-wiIlian, had
been west with HIS mother ana had en-
1oyed the trip in the glass-bottom boat.
yes. Edgar. we could see the fish laying
on the bottom of the oceanl'' Lying
DEAR, put In his mother. NO I'm not,
mother" he replied stoutly.-Judge.
In Days of Old.-aitching her dinosaur
to projecting rock Miss Storage ex-
claimed: "Graciousi Is that another
pyramid?' NO. indeedI' replied Mr..
Btgspear. Miss Bearskin is suing old
that pile is his love letters."-Judge's L.
bra-y.
An oversight.-Judge-You are charged
with breaking a chair over this man'9
head. Prisoner-I didn't mean to break
the chair, yer worship.-Judze.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATcHIsOHI GLOBE

Man is such contrary creature that
the one with red whiskers is most likely
to let them grow.
When a man is elected without oppost-
ton he either can't be beaten or hasn
much of job in view.
Probably the pineapple derived its name
from the fact that 1t isn't anything like
either of the commodities it is named for.
If you want to make the average wom-
an a present at this season of the year
that will be appreciated, give box of
foot ease.
Most every farmer knows some other
country where he could make moro
money, with less work. And good many
go there-and back.
1t may finally become necessary to en-
ploy Detective Burns to locate the ham
in restaurant sandwich.
If a dressmaker has Pronounced Opin-
ions she is apt to forget how much Of the
seam is to be let out.
Our notion of sincerity isn't exempliftad
by the curly-headed youth expressing a
wish that his hair was straight.
. A daffydill day. for thirty days is like
a quail a day for that period. Along -
ward the end they become rather hard
to swallow.
As long as a college glee club can travel
and make expenses, there doesn't seem
to be much excuse for anyone else stay
ing at home.
Getting. acquainted with a bath tub is a
stepping stone some could use to improve
their social standing, If they are inter-
ested in that sort of thing.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
rFrom the Chicago News.1

A thing of duty is a job forever.
1t is usually safe to judge a man by his
manners.
Jumping at conclusions is woman's
idea of physical exercise.
Taking a vacation usually means get
ting bored at exorbitant rates.
You never see girl hike for the kitchen
when she wants to kill time
It's awfully hard to quarrel with people
who won't pay any attention to you
Would you say of a respondent colored
woman that she feels black and blue?
The popularity of a homely girl may de-
pend on the sum her father can write a
check for.
Don't get yourself into a hole unless
you are prepared to have people look
down on you.
And lots of men are standing around
wa,I.lng for some one to come along and
drive them to drink.
The man who is always harping about
every man having his price Is usually
willing to sell out cheap.
No, Cordelia, going up in an airshir
isn't dangerous. It's the coming down
that is apt to give the undertaken job.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08
TMNTTNE.

IMMUNE.
He laughed with glee, and said, said he,
II care not; no, not I.
The price of beef brings me no grief;
Let it go to the sky;
And butter may go all the way
To sixty cents a pound,
While folk may beg to get an egg,
Serene shall be found.
Were folk like me you'd quickly see,
Food prices take a. fall,
For trusts so bold, with goods unsold,
Would soon begin to crawl.
They'd make a flop ana rates would drop
Be cheap cheap could be;
The way to bust each wicked trust
Is to become like me.
''I do not care for food that's rare,
Care not for food that's plain;
Why, its mere sight upsets me quite,
To taste 1t gives me pain.
What do eat? simply heat
Some water in pan
And melt in 1t a gluten grit;
I've got dyspepsia, man"
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QUAKER fluctuations.
From the Philadelphia Record

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Pugilists. when they meet, seldom strike
each other favorably.
Many a man Will make an affidavit to a
thing he wouldn't bet on.
Some people give themselves away and
others are constantly being sold.
The things that are pretty sure to hap
pen in this life are the uncertainties.
The man who is too proud to beg and
too honest to steal shouldn't aspire to a
political job.
Nell-"Gertie Gotrox is a goose to marry
that fellow Harduppe.' BELIEVES, the
goose that lays the golden egg
Wigg-"Guzzler says his boy is the per-
feet image Of him. Wagg-'Nonsensc +!
The kid Is only 4 years old. He couIdn' I
have acquired nose like Guzzlers in
four years.
Blobbs-'.Ail women try to make them
selves beautiful" Slobbs-'T suppo se
that's why they are misunderstood -
Blobbs-"How do you mean2'' Slobbs-
well. they never try TO make themselves
plain
at f1atter myself that was rather an ex-
haustive sermon preached this morning %
remarked the youthful Clergyman. Yes
I noticed ii seemed to have that effect
upon the congregation replied the senior
warden YEARLY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Every human is likely to be disagree
able at times.
\
A conscientious individual usually has
a pretty hard time of 1t.
Some people only show up to ad-
vantage when they put on parade.
q =
What has become Of the old-fashion-
ed men who tried to knock each 9TH
er's hats off?
If it were not for the refreshments
usually taken along, there wouldn't be
so many fishing excursions.
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british Paseans.

The English like their patriotism
good and thick cas- I suppose we like
ours) and a main business OF the
pageants, which have covered a large
part of their country in these last
years, has been to datter their local
and national pride. OF course they
have a good deal to be proud of AS
well as sorry for in their country. and
their history has touched significantly
most every place in the country. At
Chester, as 1 need not tell the we'll
guide-booked American. history has
touched insignificantly very often and
even made important pauses. 1t was
to these touches and pauSeS that the
beautiful pagent was now devoted. .
There was that opening allegory and
the assertion OF British manhood and
sanctity of the British home in that
passage with Agricola at no exact date,
and then there was King Edgar re-
ceiving in 973 the homage of tributary
princes, which as the princes were
Welsh and of my own blood, went
somewhat against my grain; then in
1893 there was Hugh Lupus (whose
lineage still survives at Chester in the
reigning nobleman, the Duke of West
minster) helping st. Anselm found the
Abbey of st. Warburg, then, century
later. that delightful author, Giraldus
Cambrensis, helping Archbishop Bald
win preach the Crusade at Chester;
then, another century later Prince
Edward, the first royal earl. visiting
the city; in yet another poor Richard
II. brought captive there by proud
Bolingbroke, then after a great jump
OF three centuries, James 1 visiting
Chester, and presently his son Charles
I besieged there by Cromwell in 1645
and driven out of the place, which sur
rendered itself to parliament.
1 will not be sure which of the last
two events was graced by the morris
dancing of the little girls and the young
girls. with their mates, or in which the
clowns capered about and wrestled and
threw somersaults; but we will say the
merrymen helped receive James I Che
was something of a buffoon HIMSELF,
and that 1T was the prettier revels
which the Roundheads broke up when
they rushed upon the scene after much
musketry in the distance and the flight
of Charles I. To end all. there was u
resume Of the events in a tableau be-
fore the grandstand.-(W. D. Howeils,
in the North American Review.)
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IG9
From his occasional efforts to breal
into the front page, one might gather
that T. RS hat is still in the ring
and from other sources it may be gath
rim.
Some Kansas editors are still using
the title Progressive party" Bill
White and Stubbs are well known
nut the progressive editors should be
required to name the other member
of the party.
The womaa,s Federation of clubs. in
session at San Francisco, have endorsed
number of movements, but up to a
late hour this afternoon have not in
GUIDED the G. Bear or the T. Trot.
A vacation would be all right if there
Were some way to spend the vacation
without also spending months wages.
A Junction City woman tried to cut
her husbands acquaintance with pair
of scissors. She was unsuccessful, but
managed to convey a hint that she
didn't want him hanging around.
Reading the report of the opening of
the Olympics at Stockholm, is a re-
minder that all athletes are ''stal-
Wart- Some boob correspondent sent
that word by cable.
Dodd CASTOR has a rubber-stamped
alibi for at least one of the serious
charges that have been made against
him. He is NOT an editor of the Morn
ing Squash.
Two Topeka boys who went to the
harvest field, boast that they rode in
side the cars instead of outside. And
they showed rare judgment for town
boys. Although 1t is hotter inside,
there is less chance of being 6litched
by low-browed "shacks'' or brakes.
The Camorra trial, at Viterbo Italy,
is just closing after a two-year ses-
sion. If they just had a supreme
court and supreme supreme court, it
would be equivalent to a life sentence
for the defendants.
It is just about as hard to pick the
best advice from the mess of it that is
offered, as it is to think 1t out and
decide for yourself.
1t should make no difference-but it
does; If the girl with the panatella
form has pretty face on top of it, she
is called "willowy.Y Otherwise she is
liable to be called skinny"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08
EVENING CHAT
q RUTN CAAGMRoN.

! Have you an open mind?
| Or do you shut up your convictions
and your opinions in strong box OF
prejudice in the very center of your
being where they will not be subject
to any danger of change or modifica
ton?
| At an interesting lecture at which
two speakers discussed the opposite
sides of a question of the day, one of
the speakers began: when your chair
man asked me to speak to you on this
matter said to her: is it one O.
those gatherings where everyone comes
with his mind made up on the opposite
side? Or will there be some open
minded people there who will be in
terested in what 1 say for what it 6
worth and not merely for the purpose
of confuting it? Because, unless there
are, I don't see any real sense in my
coming"
After the lecture one of the women
in the audience stepped up to this
speaker and said: You have con-
WINGED me. I've heard several discus
sions on that subject, but l had my
mind all made up before heard them
and listened in that mood. What you
said about being open-minded woke me
up. I tried to be and I saw you
side"
1t seems to me that a good many
people go through life with their minds
maze up. InSy Will ASlSA IL a. 81
ments, but never with any intention
of being convinced simply for
the sake of refusing them. For some
unknown reason, they seem to think
it would be disgrace to change their
mind.
What a queer point Of view!
AS a matter of fact, change of opin-
ion is a sign of growth. Someone has
wisely said, HE who has never chang
ed his opinion is a fool The man
who is thinking, reading, studying, Hv-
ing and growing the most is likely to
be the man who changes his opinion
the most often.
do 1 contradict myself?'' says Walt
Whitman serenely, in answer to a
charge that he changed his opinion on
something, well, then. contradict
myself
Consistently is not a Jewel at all
1t is only the bit of paste that the
fool takes for a precious stone.
If you care more for your preJudices
and opinions than you do for the truth
you'll do well to go about with your
mind made up. Otherwise not.
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HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08
DAFFYDHS
BY U. NoALL.

When you go after a chicken with
an axe does that make the bird
quail?
eyes, sir. You'll have to take out
hunters license.)
If a man is blind can his insurance
policy?
(PIease don't feed the animals,l
If a carpenter is wrong is the wheel
wright?
(Cheer up, pal. You might be car
rying two black eyes instead Of one.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

LFrom the New York Press.1
The reason a woman can understand a
man is he can't her.
Neither side to an argument ever gets
convinced, and everybody else gets dis
gusted.
A woman's mission in life is to try to
make man happy because he doesn't
deserve it.
The most enjoyable thing to a woman
about a vacation is If she has a fine
place at home to hide the silver.
A man seems to think the way to catch
an early train is for everybody else in
the family to get started about it earlier
than he does.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08

cratic party to free trade, is one OF
the weak spots in the Democratic ma
tionaI platform. Too many of the
voters are old enough to remember
what kind of times prevailed during
the Cleveland reign. when tariff law
of practically this purport. was en-
acted. And besides the Democrats of
the South are not very strong for the
free trade propaganda. None of the
many tariff bills. that have been
passed recently by the Democratic
house of representatives, has been
of the free trade variety.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08

The platforms Of both the Repub-
iican and Democratic parties call for
rigid enforcement of the antitrust
law. They are wrong" Naturally,
This statement comes from Colonel
Roosevelt whose latest political en-
deavors have been partially financed
by George w. Perkins and his friends.
Mr.. Perkins promoted the Harvester
trust He is a director in the steel
trust, and was lately a member of the
house of ]. Pierpont Morgan & Co.,
the sponsor of most of the trusts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08

What effrontery! Some of the lead
ers Of the progressive party in Penn
sylvania declare that now is the time
for Colonel Roosevelt to eliminate
himself from the presidential race and
show his unselfish devotion to the
principles of progressivism by sup
porting woodrow Wilson,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08

Holders of Standard Oil stock are
probably hoping that the government
will again dissolve the concern. The
stock is now selling at $940 a share.
This is $40 a share more than the
highest price at which this stock had
previously sold.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08

In keeping with the chief character
istic OF the birds for which it is nam
ed, Oyster Bay is silent, indeed, on the
challenge of La Toilette for the pub
lication of Colonel Roosevelt's ex-
pense account during his recent cam
paign for a third-term Republican
presidential nomination,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08

Senator Jonathan Bourne, jr., from
Oregon. is circulating proposed plat
form for Popular Government party,
~ one be formed" Evidently, some
or the prominent Republican 'Insur-
gents" are not so sanguine over the
creation of the new party as are Col
onel Roosevelt and Governor Stubs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08

Chicago is, indeed. difficult to
please. It is registering a kick be-
cause the American grand circuit
aeroplane race may be for only 1000
miles instead of 1910, a distance
more acceptable to the Windy City.
Surely a thousand-mile race is suffi-
GENTLY long to permit each of the
contestants to fall often enough to
vuit the most fastidious.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08

That Jarndyce VS.. Jarndyce- suit,
around which Dickens wove his won
derful BLEAK House." has been
pressed closely for the longevity rec
ord by the suit which has been
brought to a conclusion in the New
York courts just ninety years after it's
fncanfi0n
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08

Definite reports come from Mexico
that the backbone of the revolution
has finally been broken. The chances
are, though, that backbone of the
Mexican revolution is like the myth
cal snake, which, when cut in two, will
speedily grow together again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08

At the congressional investigation
of Judge Hanford. the question has
arisen as to whether he was drunk
or merely tired on several occasions.
1t is quite possible for a man to be
both at one and the same time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08

Great news for the spinsters. An
investigation at London has resulted
in the conclusion that in the present
era more or less advanced age in
sreases a girls opportunities to marry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08

Senator Cummins. from Iowa, is an
other of the powerful leaders in the
progressive movement in the Republi-
can party, who is strenuously opposed
to the organization of a third party.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08

II you can't hear the growing corn
a-popping in Kansas these days. there
is something the matter with your
ears and you should consult a spe-
cialfst
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08

Some Of the chronic kickers on the
high cost of living seem to overlook
the fact that cut-gIass is not nearly as
expensive as it was some twenty years
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal Is q member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
gnn1zSSion for the exclusive afternoon
publication In Topeka
The news is received In The state jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08

That ff-for-revenue-only plank,
which virtually commits the Demo-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-08
KANSAS cOAMENT
THE CASE on opozco

General Orozco failed in his purnosa
~ IAeAtco because he sought to follow
P.eceoent- Inc original case he neant
% % initiate had been along the same
ines anu carrying it out had proven
successful, but Orozco failed where q
other had won. Former Presilar,t NJ H.
went into office as a military dictator
ne mad whipped the government Ha
round lot of highway men ana roh-
oers IN the mountains, levying tribute
III eVery person who passed their way.
1hey were the law even if Diaz hsd
won and was enforcing the proviSions
- the real law as much as he couid
Dlaz made a great move to perpetuato
ms administration in an agreernert
s mltn the highwaymen to quit their ls-
ar .r,ous work and hire out to the gov
eihInent as Rurales. The deal was
made and the former robbers and ba19
uits became the mounted policemen Of
Ine Republic. And it worked oIIt firo
Lney were getting paid for inst the
eilinS Iney loved to do. They knew. sII
AZ tne other fellows and their work i'm
n1e1lco was one OF the things which
maze that country come ont 80 a.
Ainks' more than a quarter of a cent,,r,,
ago Orozco tried the same tbinS ~
organized all sorts of raids and HE oiar1
lorsot the law in making rules of ire
-. 111S can was set of train rob
Ders and holdup men on the roonntst,,
ana desert highways of Mexfco a,,d -
lux eo 1t up with Madero. when tba 49,
Tnt president was bushwhac Ixino tha
Diaz government. Orozco got IN Will
WIN ndaoero. But his ambition m ha
tLS,.ssJ ss oanoit and the boldest brfgand
.nousn drawing government nae 49,
~ Drought his career to an en6 o.
eco is now looking for a cbarca -.
s9uare tnings with the government ana
k ht. out OF Jail, on his promise to omit
y . 'ii0ae e'-Hutchinson News.
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by TIE WAY

Pip! Explanation satisfactory. APP
ply for critic job in person. COR send
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KEEP COOI

81 ana now comes the open season for
i iaeat proStrat1ons and nervous coll
refSss me man who keeps cool, who
d7l nuses 10 become irritated, who en-
oures the most suffocating dav -vitb
8ulet resignation. who goes about MS
business cheerfully believing thai az
cannon can last always" is the man who
TIT iti emerge from the summer months
NE Keep cool OF course it's a
nard tnlng to do when the thermome-
Ter insists on keeping Company with
tne !OO degrees mark. but do your
pest Tor ITS time when tits better
Champion. '0'iiSoH