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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-31
AYHAWKER JOT:y

Any book that is full of sadness and
tears can make a hit with the woman,
thinks the Harrington Sun.
Some plum tree is owned by the edi-
tor of the Halstead Independent. 1t
is seven years old and the yield on
it this year amounted to six bushels.
1t isn't the fellow who has the
most money who always makes the
best husband, remarks Deacon Walker
in the Osborne Farmer, but he is the
fellow who has the most chances to
try.
A man may be engaged to a wom-
an for ten years, says the GrainfieId
Cap Sheaf, but he will never hear
that she has duties she owes to her
relatives until after he has married
her.
If it were not for the diIigent work
of Satan, remarks the Pratt Union,
there would be a lot of people who
would not have a thing to do be-
cause there would be nobody needing
regulating.
Attention is called by the yelling
ton Monitor-Press to the fact that the
murder of Rosentha1 and the dis
closures of police grating in New
York City are about the only things
that have not been charged up to the
Republicans recently.
You have perhaps noticed, said
Hum Dinger to the Newton Kansan-
Republican recently, that some people
will always try to get just a little
more than is rightfully coming to
them. They usually get it, too, be-
cause the rest of humanity have none
of the traits of the Poland China
Overheard on the street, by the
Atchison Globe: He owes you an
apology or else he has one coming to
him" "I hope the next time 7
come to town with a lot of children
sticking to me someone will lock me
up; Minnie, keep up with me or I'll
whip you" "I saws to him. IFS
Just this way; hain't got the
and he says, That's all right,
but GIT it " Seems like my chill
dren when they're little they're on
my skirts, and when they're grown
they're on my heart"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-31
SAYS UNCLE CAV

when he stopped working, he died"
thew said of a hale and hearty old man,
whose death was caused by no apparent
disease srlsss tss
That's about the size of it," said the
physician. He died because he stop
ped working Had he continued, he
might have lived five, ten or fifteen
years longer"
Let's get the whole truth into these
ohservations-when you stop working
you are, to all intents and purposes,
dead. You don't really have to die
to be dead; simply cease to be of use
and you are depriving the cemetery of
a. rightful tenant.
Nature makes no distinction between
the idle rich and idle poor. She knows
no artificial bounds of class and caste.
Those of us who are so lazy that we
take advantage of wealth or laxity m
enforcing the old common law relating
tc Migrants to eschew labor become
physical and mental degenerates. We
may be to all outward appearances,
sane, sound and moral, but we are
neither.
Nature has no place in her scheme
of things for human parasites. She
made her world for the use of men
who toll with hand, or with brain and
hand and there is none who may with
impunity violate ker commandment,
which is: By toll shall We eat bread.
King and commoner, prince and pau
per, capitalist and coal HEAVIER, are
alike subject to this law; and from It
there is no appeal He who does not
make use of his brain or his Drawn
he who does not know the quickening
impulse of labor in his veins dies He
dies by inches, it is true; sometimes
half of him lives and half of him dies"
but he dies. The human machine in
disuse rusts out atrophies, or falls to
pieces. The shell of the man may
wander about for years, fat, fabby,
useless, diseased, complaining. But
the man never really lives, for life pro-
duces. He is like the fig tree, cursed
and blasted for its barrenness. No la
Dor for the lettering of the world
comes from his hand; no idea for the
quickening of the nations. The spring
OF creation has died UP within him.
His thoughts are all for the faced
frame that was once the dwelling
place of manhood his hands serve
only to bring food to a body that no
longer serves its purpose. And pre-
sently, clogged by it's own poisons,
which the sloth-enfeebled heart can
not drive from the system, this use
less body stops breathing and the man
that long since died is buried.-(Copy- |
right, 1912, by Mcclure Newspaper Syn
dicate.)
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HUNOR or THE DRY

Cliy-Isn't it beautiful All nature 4.
S ibiilhs today! Countryside amt srniIInsI
2ne laughin, laughin' at you easv MARE
VINO are out here buying lotsl-p1cI
W nat is your objection 70 Dr roos
7 lam m His unreasonabIeness; he toId ,,,o
l shouId nave to take more norrfsbnoent
ahu tnen charged me so much fba+
Souluh AFFORD to take any.'-Satire
ny is she so angry with him -. en-.
Sause ne agreed with her" You NO.,
olsagreed- Il mean what I said ST.
remarked that of course she was NOT ,son
Post. r1ouston
Joakley-Now. there's a fellow -.
doesn't do anything but pick up nine no no
the time. Coakley-Well Well tbafss -
queer superstition. JoakIey-Oh no. az
not a superstition, but an occunst,o,,
he employed in a bowling allev -Ssatt--
lie Standard and Times. eiiO-
breakfast Food Literature -E.-,.
There is lots Of foo for thought ~ tt1-
magazine story. Greene-Ft1li ~ us
Ell! Browne-No. It's a serial TO- :
How'll you get off for the o,o-.-.
game? You killed your grandrnotb,s e. p 3 3
last season. TN ask to get - III ~
grandfather's wedding. Wbaf's +,se Lor
ter with the old gentleman eefttnsS -rat-
rted again?''-Louisvflle Cso,irTer Is, .-.sr-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-31
FROM OTHER PENS

STRENGTHEN THE INDIVIDUAL.
Inc New Orleans Picayune notes
that as a nation We are beginning to
live more and more in the open and
physicians are of the opinion that the
OUTDOOR life will work wonders for the
people of America. I'VE are rediscov-
erlns our inherent physical and spirit
ual need of fresh air and sunlight dur
ing the day and outdoor sleep during
me hlght, thinks cur contemporarv
Homes are now being planned or re-
modeied so as to provide more porches
balconies, pergolas or other ARCHITECT
turaI features which will serve as a
close connection between house and
garden, linking the indoor to the out
door life, giving at the same time pri-
Vacy, shelter and wholesome pleasure
and stimulation. The American leader
and newspaper should ever be con-
scious of the incontrovertible fact that
II We would remain u virlIe and power-
ful nation, we first must make the in
c1Vldual strong. He must be strong
physically; he must be strong mental
ly and likewise morally. He must be
taught to eschew that which wrecks
him and to cultivate that which
strengthens him in each particular.
There is no cutting through the field
ana making an early arrival at power
and wealth and character. We must 20
slowly, cautiously and wisely No al
truistic scheme which does not COM
prehenc the meaning and value of in
dividual training and care will stand.
Advertiser
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EVENING CHAT
An Experiment.
BIZ RUTH CAMERON.

you may paddle all day long; but
it is when you come back at nightfall
and look in at the familiar room that
you find love or death awaiting you
beside the stove; and the most beau
tiful adventures are not those we so
| to eek."-Stevenson
What canst thou see anywhere that
thou seest not here? Behold the
heavens and the earth and all the ele-
ments, for out of these are all things
made Thomas a Kempis.
Did you ever try to look at your
home town and the country round
about it as if you had come from a
distance to see it?
Truly that is a most interesting ex-
pertinent.
On a glorious summer evening just
at the witching hour of sunset, three
of US were drifting about in a canoe
on a body of water near our home.
Said one of the three, How lovely
the water looks tonight"
Said another, Really, 1 don't know
as saw anything any prettier on my
vacation, though Travelled two thou
sand miles,"
At that the third member of the
party sat up in the canoe and look
ing around as if he had suddenly seen
something new and strange inquired,
do you folks realize that if we had
travelled two thousand miles to see this
we would say it was one of the most
beautiful places we ever saw"
Whereupon we all sat up, and, look
ing out over the water through eyes
from which the scales of habit had
been removed for a moment, suddenly
realized that what he said was true.
Is it not strange how firmly we all
cling to the idea that beauty is
thing which must be hunted and jour
neyed after, and may never by any
chance be found at home?
Next summer when we go on our va
cation, some happy day when our
ship comes in, and we sail away in
it for a voyage around the world.
then, we tell ourselves, we shall really
see something very beautiful.
And all the time we look with dull
eyes at the beauty which lies just
outside our own door. We wonder at
the peasants who live in the most
beautiful part of the Alps in the won
derful places that voyagers cross the
world to see, and who do not realize
that there is anything beautiful in
the surroundings, or even trouble to
lift up their eyes to the hills.
If we fail to recognize that meas
ure of beauty, however humble, which
lies without our own doorsills, are we
any less stupid than these peasants?
arrangements of objects. 1t is also IN
an open eye and an eager heart.
Though we travel the world over to
find the beautiful, says Emerson,
I'VE must carry it with US or we find
it not
Are you discontinued because you
can not travel? Are you fretful be-
cause there are so many beautiful
things in the world that you will never
see? That is hard, my friend, 1 adj
NIT. But hadn't you better make
sure that none of those beautiful
things which you will never see are
Just beyond your own doorsiII2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-31

These words of the gifted st. Paul
to the Romans present an admonition
that all men should delight to heed.
They suggest a condition of affairs
among folk that would approach the
ideal; when petty chickering's and
wranglings over the most trivial sort
of things to violent quarrels about
more serious matters would be of the
past; when all persons would dwell in
harmony and tranquility, one with the
other.
1t will probably be the opinion of
many that such a situation will never
prevail on this earth unless that Chi
mericaI period, styled the millennium,
arrives. Perhaps this is true. The
ideal in anything is mighty difficult of
attainment. And few things could be
more difficult than the bringing about
of a universal reign of personal peace
among the members of the human
family. Even Paul. to whom nothing,
almost, seemed impossible, and from
whom few secrets were hid, appre-
ciated this fact. He was particular to
say in urging his friends to live at
peace with each other that they do so
eff it be possible
Occasions arise once in a while
where it does not seem possible that
quarrels of greater or less import can
be avoided. A man would certainly
lose his own self-esteem-and certain
ly the respect of his friends and ac-
quaintances"if he failed at times to
stand up for himself with his tongue
or his fists. But the times in the aver
age mans life when it is actually
necessary for him to fight in defense
of his name or the honor of those who
are dear to him. are really few and far
between Many of the quarrels, there
fore, which most people indulge in are
wholly unnecessary. 1t would seem
that they could be easily avoided, and
by people of education and
Certainly it is possible
for almost every one to avoid associa- |
ton with persons of quarrclsome lis
positions, for they almost always wear
the badge of this failing on their sour
faces.
Above all, though, the best way to
avert disputes and quarrels is to so |
conduct yourself that you will not be
likely to have exceptions taken to any |
of the attitudes you assume. Be care
full not to offend in any way the men
in contact. They, in turn will be more
than apt to treat you in this respect as
you treat them.
As it should be with all persons in /
this particular, so should it be among |
nations. There is plenty of room on |
the surface of the earth for all peoples /
and all nations to spread out and de-
velop themselves to the highest pos
sible standards; and to acquire as
much of the worlds goods as is suffi-
cient for their wants, without en-
on the rights of others. And
the energies of kings, potentates and |
plebeians, of emperors and peasants, OF
presidents and free peoples, cannot be
better expended than in efforts to live
at peace with each other. The victor
les of peace are no less renowned than
are those of war. They are far more
too. And this is just rs
true for individuals in their private
life, as it is for empires, Kingdoms and
republics in their worldwide spheres.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-31
DAFFYDHS
BY U. NoALL.

If Roman punch caused Caesars
death can any one deny that Iodide Of
potassium?
Can examination of the viscera VIII
now be made by the experts.)
If the Pacific ocean was blind
could Yellow Sea?
(Stand back, boys! /! Give h.n
air! >
Because John happens to be thirty
does that make Harold?
(HenryI Shut that screen door
What do you mean by letting that ny
get in this house?)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-31
KANSAS COAMENT
CRIME AND THE RACES.


There is quite fuss in Gotham town
because the Mayor is said to have
commented invidiously upon the fact
tEat Jews are so numerous in the
Rosenthal murder case. The Mayor
denies that he did such a thing. Still
il Jews would claim the cSedit due
their distinguished brethren they might
well bear with their discreditable folk.
They should accept Ismay as a matter
OF course as they accepted Isador
Strauss and his wife in the story Of
the shame and glory of the Titantic.
There are bad Jews, of course. Con-
steering the handicap the race has been
under for centuries, the wonder -
that the bad Jews are so few, not that
there are so many. The Jews in the
Rcsenthal murder are not there be-
cause they are Jews, but because Of
bad American environment. Besides
there are Italians and Americans mix
ed up in the case. And one Jew mas
dragging in the Irish unjustif1ably- IL
the degenerate Jews continue to take
IRISH names under which to perpetrate
their villainy we may have a race war.
No one believes that the Rosenthal muir
deI has anything to do with Judaism
1t sprang out of graft, and graft
KNOWS no distinctions of nationality Sr
politics. There was a time in this
country when the Irish had an evil
pre-em1nence of names in the stories
VI u iHieS- mat was Wnen the irish
immigrants were the submerged ele-
ment, the poor They were driven to
crime by poverty and bad SURROUNDINGS.
NOW the Irish have moved up. The
Jews have taken their place as the
poor. The Jews are moving up and
their places are being taken by the
Italians, Greeks, and Syrians It is
not race that makes criminals; but
poverty and ignorance breed GRIM
mas In every race. As the races get
their chance here, as the immigration
OF each race decreases and the pressure
upon 1t in the big cities lessons. the
people of the race tend to disappear
from the criminal statistics. The for
elsn criminal element is criminal only
because 1t is the submerged element.
When the foreigners of whatever land
emerge from their submergence they
arc as good as the Americans: thew
cease to contribute their undue quota to
the criminal classes. The thing TO con-
uemn is not race, but poverty Tho
people of any race are all right wh.-n
they have fair chance under our insti-
Iutlons. II we can give all peopIe a
iairer chance we shall thereby diminish
al Kinds of vice and crime.-JeweII
County Monitor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-31
A LITTLE LOBBYIST

The other day New York newspaper
had an item, sent out from Atlanta
telling how Rachel Idelson, aged g. was
lobbying with the Georgia legisla ttIre
for the creation of a new county. IT lie
SAID that every day the little efrf
mingled with the lawmakers and that
n ier arguments were punctuated with
kisses, the latter proving of erect
weight. Huh! Bet the newspaper man.
who wrote that out was a crusty old
bachelor. Why. that kiss game is the
oldest lobby trick in the world! Every
tlme our red-headed, freckled-faced kid
wants us to approve an anpror,.is &C..
Tor a new doll. or an expense account
Tor an outing to one of the parks. or TO
allow her to have Nellie and Annie ovsr
Tor a little party. the program is some.
thlng IKE this: Persuasion Argument
tion--Pueblo Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-31

Apparently, all sections of the coun-
try are not going wild" over the Bull
Moose and his promises of Staging the
millennium in the immediate future. At
the recent primaries in Michigan, the
new third party there polled only about
{ per cent of the Republican vote.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-31
THE STUDENT.

He used to study politics
And subjects economical;
He Stunned the story authors tricks,
Likewise productions comical.
The books he read were of the law
Or of deductions mystical;
But little chance of good he saw
In matters not statistical
But now he views with some dismay
The impulse categorical
Which bids the candidates display
These figures allegorfcal.
The elephant, the mule, the moose,
Loom up in sociology,
And now once more, a sad recluSe,
He studies the zoology.
Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-31
JOURNAL ENTRIES

A victory that's easily won seld om
amounts to much.
q x
Success for one man usually means
misfortune for another.
Few are the women who think they
have anything fit to wear
Too many men think honesty is the
best policy for the other fellows.
Among the wise young folk who get
terribly fooled are those who insist
that two can live as cheaply as one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-31

soiled Panama made in East or
ange).
For twelve reasons; the first being
tnat IL is too hot to wear a hard
poled derby; the second being that a
derby is one of the poorest excuses
Tor head covering ever invented, and
the other ten reasons being that one
VINO wears extended ears should not
wear a derby.
woman is going to tour the state
IN the interest of equal suffrage, and
sne is going to tour said state in an
automobile. By the time she covers
seven of the los counties, and en-
counters all the tire and carburetter
troubles incident to the trip, she will
pc able to talk mans talk to coal
miners and teamsters
The Hutchinson w. c. T. U. is
against tight, Thin skirts. The Hutch
lnson w. c. T. U. may not be prune-
full in other respects.
Every woman's organization must
include some thinnish old maids, but
the organization should include a suf-
hclent number of young live ones to
vote down a.. resolution calling for
quilted petticoats and hoopskirts.
NEWS: There. is a tennis tourra-
ment in full swing at st. Joe. The an
swer to this item is, that anything goes
on dull. hot day.
And anything outside of politics
should be welcomed by the reader
who is looking for a funny paragraph.
Kansas sportsmen, who have in
vested nearly a million dollars in
guns, equipment and bird dogs are
just arriving at the conclusion that
their money has been expended in
politics and carp. Buying fish for
game wardens to fry is one of the fa-
vorite outdoor sports of Kansas hunt
ers, and has been for some time.
Oklahoma is suffering with a fear
that Kansas will get some Oklahoma
grown gas this winter. The fear is
proof that no Oklahoman tried to live,
and keep warm, in Topeka last winter.
The fear that Kansas will get gas from
any source is unfounded.
A Kansas co1ored girl has been left
$4,000 Since the will was made, she
has married. Another Kansas colored
gentleman will be added to the roster
of colored gentlemen who wear SIX
hats and Prince Alberts.
You can't tell by the box score. 1t
is said, on good authority, that Paul
Mulvane, whose shotgun record is
$3.50. can miss a train seven out OF
ten.
Queer isn't it, but just as soon as
YOU can get a CRATER on the stand,
you have him on the run.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
[From the New York Press.1

CF'rom the New York Press.J
A woman's tongue has only to be sharp
enough to cut both ways.
A politician is known by the company
ne can't keep when it has any selfrespect
1t seems as If a man could never be con-
tented with plain rheumatism till he got
the govt.
What the world really loves about lovers
is how crazy they are to keep out "a
everybody's way.
A man acts about getting his hand
scratched the way his wife would about
getting both legs cut OF.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-31

Governor Wilson is, indeed, most
peculiar presidential candidate. He is
free to assert that the Democratic party
is not perfect and that in divers places
it has been under corrupt influences.
Nor is Governor Wilson likely to lose
many votes among the independently
inclined throughout the country be-
cause he is disposed to be fair in all
things
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FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

SnSscl beers of tho state Journal
away Irom home during the summer
may have the paper mailed regularly
each dag to any address at the rate OF
ten cents a week or thirty cents a
month Thy nail only. Address
charged as often as desired. While
out OF town the State Journal VIII be
IN YOU like a 1aiIy letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions, TO savo
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-31

One motorcycle girl was nearly
burned to death at Gary, Ind, when her
clothing caught fire from the gasoline
tank This will probably not serve as
a warning to the other maidens who
seem to get delight from a bouncing
ride on a front or rear seat, with
drapery and wells trailing all around
the machinery
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-31

Washington, according to the dairy
OF John Quincy Adams, said on one oc-
casion when leaving the United States
serate chamber: I'll be damned if I'll
ever go there again. This should en-
shrine him anew in the hearts of his
cOunfrv1nen
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-31

If there is anything to the prediction
OF the Minneapolis clergyman that
there will be return of the ''fig-leaf''
skirt for women, most of the ladies will
keep pretty close to the house and the
heaters when the cold weather puts IN
an appearance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-31

are reported to be few and far between
on the North Pacific coast. And al
though whales and their products are
not in general demand on the part Of
the general public this shortage may
increase the cost of living to some ex-
tent by boosting the price of whale
bone corsets.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-31

There seems to be plenty of other
reasons for staying away from Nj
caragua besides the one that summer
o. the present Kansas variety prevails
there all the year around.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-31

Most of the Newport set must have
been sick after the party that was
given for them by Mrs. o. H. P. Bel
mont The pieces de resistance in the
supper she served them were sausage
and mashed potatoes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-31

Caring for hernits will become more
popular with women who have the OPP
pcrtunity and time. A New Jersey
woman just received $65, 900 bequest
from a hermit to whom she was kind
during his last illness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-31

A commission of alienists will prob
ably be convened to examine into the
sanity of that English earl who is adj
vertising in the New York ,apers for
an American job instead of an Ameri-
can heiresS.