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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-18
BUSINESS CONDITIONS GOOD.

! Confirmatory of some observations in
| this column yesterday that business Is
| improving and that prospects for some
| thing real in the way of prosperity in
| the immediate future are excellent, is
the concluding paragraph in the cur
rent weekly financial review issued by
Henry Clews, the New York banker
| and well-known economist. Mr.. Clews
writes as follows:
General business conditions in the
United States are more satisfactory.
In spite of political agitation there is
a spirit of hopefulness everywhere.
which augurs well for the future. Bank
clearings in the United States in May
showed an increase of 10 per cent over
last year, while for the five months of
the current year they showed a gain
of 8 40 per cent. These figures dispsl
all talk of business curtailment. They
are supported by continued good re-
ports of railroad earnings, which for
the third week of May showed a gain
of more than II per cent over last year.
The steel trade continues active, and
while there may be a slight slackening
i'll new orders the mills have large
enough contracts on hand to keep them
we'll occupied for months to come. All
things considered, +he outlook finan-
cially and commercially is reasonably
satisfactory. Some temporary hesita-
ton may be caused by the drawbacks
referred to above 1.-THE money trust in
vestigation and the developments in
the political arena1 also by the ap-
proach of summer quiet. but the gen.
eral tendency of affairs is progressive.
Much relief to the business community
would be afforded by an early adjourn
ment of congress, but it now looks as
if the session might last we'll into Au-
gust, affording opportunities for all
sorts of harmful political demonstra-
tons. Give us good crops, however,
and much of the present discomfort
will disappear
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-18
NO MATTER.

NO matter whom they nominate,
Inere still are those who'll speculate;
The farmer still will sow and reap,
me millions still will work and sleep;
The word will sorrow and be gay,
And youth will wonder, wish and play:
The sun will shine, the winds will blow
And flowers bloom and rivers flow
Inc game of life will still proceed,
And some will flourish, others need:
No human motive will abate,
No matter whom they nominate.
NO matter whom they may elect
me gaSman meters will inspect:
And creditors will render bills,
And women still be fond of frills;
Babes will be born and people die,
ana clouds Will come and birds will fly;
Some men will win pile of chips,
And some invoke receiverships;
And lawyers men in meshes catch,
While fruit will spoil and some eggs
hatch;
And love and wedlock keep their course,
Spiced by elopement and divorce.
j. A. Waldron, in Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-18

gether. 1 have uncovered. and shall
| foil your plot Why, man, you de-
serve to be hung, and what can say
of the father who is aiding and abet-
| ting!''
Are you a fool, or a lunatic?" de-
manded Davenport after a silence in
which he tried to answer the question
for himself.
81 may be either, but I'm not a
black-hearted Villain
You can be sent to prison for this
assault
But I sha'n't be. You two unmask-
ed Villains will not dare to raise a
hand. That's all. Open your mouth
to the gag"
The butler had remained up for
Mr.. Davenport to come in, so that the
house could be locked up for the
night. After a couple of hours had
passed he aroused the house and a
hunt was begun. Griggs was called
down, but he had seen nothing. The
grounds were gone over, horn
blown and the missing mans name
shouted, but he could not be traced.
When morning came the sheriff was
telephoned to, and he came out with
two constables. There was an all
day search without result. Then the
auto was remem bered and the sheriff
gave it as his opinion that the missing
man had been seized and carried off
for revenge or to be held for ransom
Acting on that theory, he spent most
OI lt1O AI5II lGl0phOA1u6 anu eCAO-
graphing. Griggs had been very Of
ficious in the search, and just at dusk
he came in to find Miss Gertrude alone
on the veranda. 1t was an opportun-
ity and he whispered:
THE villains have been fOiled!"
What do you mean 2"
BE in the arbor at 10 o'clock"
you idiot, what do you meant!
the girl flung at him as she saw the
grin on his face.
ct love youH'
How dare you!''
And that settled Mr.. Griggs. He had
sufficient sense to see that he had
made a mistake, and as he had moth
ing to pack he took the highway at
once.
1t was the girl, at family council
that figured out that Griggs had had
something to do with the strange dis
appearance, and she afterward led the
search of the outbuildings. Mr.. Daven-
port was no more used up than a man
that had been starved and gagged for
"a hours would naturally be, and after
day or two was all right. They did
MT overhaul Griggs, because they did
MT want to, and Mr.. Davenport agreed
with his fianeee when she said:
"Why, 1 think it's positively nice
that we can point to a bit of romance
in our courtship! 1t was getting too
m!"-(Copyrighted 1912, by
Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-18
HUNOR or THE DAY

Mrs. Whilst suppose that in heaven
we will be disappointed in not finding
certain people there. Mrs. Gillis-Yes. But
we'll be more disappointed at finding GER
tain other people there.-Puck.
HAS George ever limited marriage to
your" "Only once. Coming home from
the theater the other night he laughed and
taxicab as cheap as one."-Detroit Free
Press
Teacher (reading aloud)-The weary SEN
tinel leaned on his gun and stole a few
moments sleep. ''I bet know where he
stole it from" "Where, Dot?' From his
.napsack.' "-Tit-Bits.
Harry started to propose to me last
night, but his voice stuck in his throat"
.'Well?'' 'Tt was all right, though; I
could see his lips moving and knew what
he was trying to say.'-Chicago Tribune.
st approach you in a worthy cause. Mr..
Titewad. We want to raise 800, O00-a
prominent phi1anthropist offer to con-
tribute a quarter of It" "Oh, we'll" said
Mr.. Tftewad hastily, 81 don't mind giving
-Housekeeper.
where" asked the female suffrage
orator. would man be today were It not
for woman She paused moment and
looked around the hail. II repeat, she
said 'swhere would man be today II not
for woman?'' He'd be in the Garden OF
Eden eating Strawberries, answered q
voice from the gallery.-Tit-bits
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-18
Real wild Indians.

If you are looking for a real wild
Indian, seek the Jibaro. Perhaps you
| never heard of him, but you should
for he's the widest, most savage and
uncultured type of redskin who thrives
! today. War and the Jibaro are syn
onomous. No other Indian tribe in
history has SO determinedly and sue
. cessfully resisted efforts to conquer
! and Ghristianize it as this tribe of the
Jibarc.
Today the Jibaro, $1,000 strong
rule supreme over the vast forest re-
gions of Ecuador, between the Santa
go and PataSo rivers and southwark
to the Amazon. 1t is one if not the
primitive of all surviving tribes of
redskins. Once, when partly sub
Jugated to Spanish rule, they were
goaded to rebellion by enforced labor
in the mines of their taskmakers and
marched 10000 strong into the strong
hold of their enemy and in one night
completely annihilated the $4,000 in
habitants. AS an example of their
savagery they killed the governor by
pouring molten gold down his throat
in order that he might have his fill
of gold"
Like tactics are still pursued and
the Jibaro is little molested. War is
their normal condition, their favorite
and the blow-gun with poisoned ar
rows, which have served them with
deadly efficiency
A traveller recently returned from
their territory told of walking miles
through a forest and seeing veritab1e
canopy of human heads, blackened
from burns yet wonderfully lifelike.
Some of these heads, he learned, were
almost century old, practically fos-
ilized by unique method of preserva-
ton known only to the Jibaro. These
heads, according to the Catholic En-
cyclopedia, are those taken from the
bodies of their enemies and thus pre-
served as emblems of war by an in
genious method of smoking, which
practically preserves the features.
The Jibaro have ancient and pecu-
liar customs which are observed with
the strictest conformity.
Thousands of small deserted shelter
ed structures which once served for
houses are found everywhere in the
forest. These are tombs for the dead.
1t is the custom among the Indians to
make the spot where one of their
number dies his final resting place.
If Jibaro dies in the open air the
tree nearest the spot is followed and
the body entombed therein.
The houses are from so to 80 feet
long, with door at each end, one
exclusively for men and the other for
women. Disregard for this rule is
and monkeys are idolized as household
gods. The Jibaro are never permitted
to use salt, but has an inherent love
for a certain salpeterouS clay.
The Jibaro is robust, of rotund
body, exceedingly handsome as a
race, although never tall. They live
in luxury, are very immoral and poly
gamy is general. There is no tribal
organization or civil authority, the
only bond between families being
their habitual attendance at common
festivals. Witchcraft flourishes and
every death is attributed to this
cause. Little is known of their relig-
ions or NEUROLOGICAL beliefs. There are
about 400 Jibaros who are Christians
but few of these are of the full
blooded type and are scorned by the
majority of the tribe. Missionaries say
the Jibaros will never break from an
cient customs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-18
Cats Menace to Birds.

Herbert K. Job, the state ornitho1-
ogist, is after the cats. He presents
strong case against them in the
following statement, which he has
given out:
ION a wild tract of land in Con-
necticut used as game preserve,
remote from any town or village,
during the first year and a half of it's
recent operations the keeper in
charge killed 40 rowing cats, and dur
ing the next year two dozen more.
Many of these were evidently home
less, having reIapsed into the condi-
ton of wild animals. Others were
house cats, accustomed to roam,
mostly by night, miles from their
homes. All were preying on birds
and wild game. This is no excep-
tional case, but typical of what goes
on everywhere.
people often wonder why our song
and insectivorous birds which are
protected by law do not increase.
The real wonder is that they have not
long since been exterminated, with
an army of hunting felines, especial
ly in the vicinity of towns, roaming
everywhere in the breeding season,
searching for nests and young birds.
If the nest is on the ground or any
is almost hopeless.
Even if out of reach, the young
when learning to fly are almost sure
to flutter down and get caught. If
one will look around near home, he
will often find empty nests which
have been robbed of eggs or young.
The cat is a born hunter, and nearly
all of them hunt for wild game, even
though their owners do not suspect
it. 1t is very moderate estimate to
assume that the cat, on the average,
Stays one bird week, say so each
year.
"In most parts of Europe birds are
said to be much more abundant
than with us, though they are shot
and trapped much more freely. A
we'll known naturalist, who has trav-
eled much in those countries, con-
siders this due in considerable meas
ure to the comparative absence of
cats. 1t seems to him local Pc
culiarity of the American people to
tolerate in their homes numbers of
these half-wild animals, a queer, alb
normal fad. In Europe the possess
sion of cats is said to be regulated
by law. A common barbarity is the
practice of abandoning cats by peo-
pie changing their residence, leaving
them to suffer and to prey upon So
ciety, In pity 1 have taken these
homeless starving creatures and fed
them. At one shore resort in Con-
necticut have been told that there
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-18
says UNCLE CAV

1t may be sort of consolation tc
elevate your proboseis and inform your
immediate neighborhood that you don
care continental what people think
of you, but he who disdains public
opinion is mad What you do is some
times less important than what your
ne1ghbors believe you do. In priml-
tive society, where every one knows
what the other does, weight OF deeds
is undfminished and undiminishable by
public opinion. But in a complicated
social organization like our own, with
its highly sensitized nerve centers and
nervous system that covers the wide
world, it is quite as important to your
prosperity that you put a reflector be-
hind your light and let it shine as
it is that you ignite it.
The good that men do may not live
after them, but the story of it does,
and there is no name upon the pages
OF history that does not stand for
good advertiser. There was a man once
he who burned the temple of Diana
OF the Ephesians-who overplayed the
advertising end of the game. He
planned to get the publicity without
the goods to back it. And the OUT
ragged Ephesians saw to it that his
name persisted with his infamous bones.
So it is quite as bad to spend your
time chasing the spotlight as it is TIC
ignore the spotlight altogether. Both
courses lead to an unstoried oblivion.
1t is the opinion of your neighbor
that makes or breaks you from a ma
terial standpoint. Without public ap-
prevail present or deferred, there is no
success. The fact that many men have
received recognition only after death
doesn't disprove the principle. 1t only
proves that there is such a thing as
poSthumouS success.
Your own opinion of yourself doesn
count unless it influences the opinions
of others. But when wisely used it is
a great factor in determining publlc
sentiment with regard to yourself.
Your work is valueless-beyond such
reward as the possession of virtue is
per se-unless it obtain recognition
Without recognition there is neither
place nor power for the worlds great
est intellect. And without advertising
there is no recognition. Success is
work plus advertising. Let your Hght
shine, and be sure there's a reflector
behind it.-(Copyright, 1912, by w. E.
Williams.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-18
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATCHIsOR GLOBE.

If sympathy helped much, the rebels
would always win.
A politician is also a man who can say
a lot of meaningless things well.
When people say you didn't have a fair
show they are making an excuse for you.
What a lot of fun a school teacher
would have if she could afford the vaca-
ton thrust upon her.
Some men have nothing to their credit
excepting that they never had photo
graphs taken in a dress suit.
The season has arrived when modest de-
livery boys should knock at the kitchen
door, instead of rushing in.
Until the anti-cigarette law was passed
the game law held the distinction of be-
ing the most ignored statute.
When a womans hair makes a knot
larger than an electric bell the women
look at it suspiciously and ask each other:
us it her Own?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-18
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Strange dreams are the usual kind.
e. n
To get rid of a bore easily, lend
him a small sum.
x =
And the fool who rocks the boat is
generally the only one of the party
saved.
e y
Another advantage of the lessons
taught by experience is that you don't
forget them.
A. u
II a man had the privilege Of pick
ing out his wife's dresses none of
them would fasten in the back
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-18
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
tFrom the Chicago News.1

From the Chicago News1
When in doubt it's good idea to close
your face. -
The first thing many a man with new
automobile runs into is debt
The woman who powders looks with
contempt upon the one who paints.
With the possible exception OF her
tongue, woman can usually hoId her
own. g.. .,-
One way to insult a man who OFFERS you
a lob lot of free advice is not to take II.
n Suggesting either honey or a sting.
Always let your wife buy your ties She
knows lust the kind that will queer you
with other women.
The most important part OF man s
postscript is the letter. with WoIl'in
If 9 the other way round
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-18
DAFFYDHS
BY U. NOALL.

If the rent of a two-story house is
high is that of a bungalow.
(Any actress can paint but few can
draw
If the prisoner lifted the lady's
pocketbook what did the bailiff?
eyes, he's one of III Sc guys with a
weak chin and strong Ereath.)
Via the Pink Rag:
Are fishes crazy when they go in sein :?
Can an old hen sing her lay2
Can you bring relief to a window pane I?
Or mend the break of daY2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-18
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
[From the New York Press.1

TFrom the New York Press
Even if your ship comes in from the
high seas, She wants to anchor off shore.
woman with a hole in her stocking IS
scared almost to death of a car step.
The man who likes to get up early
ought to be able to lie about most any
thing.
Women has such queer ideas they
think man could save money better Dy
not spending it.
What makes a girl afraid of the tamest
COW is for a man to be with her so she
can cling to his arm closely.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-18
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

subsca Jf,ers of the state Journal
away from home during the summer
may have the paper mailed regularly
each day 10 any address at the rate OF
ton cents a week or thirty cents a
month Thy nail only. Address
changed as often as desired. While
out OF town the State journal VIII be
% you like q daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-18

1t is beginning to look as though
the swat-the-f1y campaign has made
much progress in Topeka. Flies seem
to be unusually few and far between.
1t may be, though, that the weather
conditions have been unfavorable to
the peskY critters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-18

There is considerable consolation
for the many who were unable to go
to Chicago for this week. They won't
have to listen to the original songs
and yells put out by the enthusiastic
supporters of the candidates
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-18

Naturally, DR.. Wiley has declined
the position of health officer of Bos-
ton. A man 81 years old who has a
first-born son to look after hasn't any
time to attend to other matters.
Neither has he the inclination.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-18

A tremendous crowd greeted the ar
rival of Colonel Roosevelt at Chicago
and cheered him to the limit. This is
some of the public clamor that Mr..
Roosevelt and his friends so freely
mistake for public opinion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-18

Some Kansas girl farmers have dis
covered that mothballs scattered
around vegetable and fruits plants
will keep the insect pests away. But
wouldn't it be awful if the vegetables
and fruit assimilated the odor !?
Imagine. please, a watermelon with
such a flavor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-18

way clear to provide for a reduction
in city taxes during the coming year.
If this is brought about the city com
missioners are likely to have life
tenure on their jobs if they so desire.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-18

Topekans' interest in the big doings
in the national political arena has
peen superseded by the arrival Of the
big alligators at Gage Park.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-18

Now that Uncle Sam has started a
laundry to wash paper money, it may
be necessary for him to let down the
bars against Chinese immigration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-18

Great, indeed, is the productive
ness of the central west. A second
Drop of cyclones and tornadoes for
this season has put in an appearance.
And it seems to be even more vigor-
Gus than the first one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-18

Colonel Roosevelt appears to have
fallen into a verbal decline. at least.
The speech he delivered in Chicago
last night was only 5000 words long.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-18

Those New York city walters must
be striking for a principle. They
walked out just when dinner was
about to be served and before they
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-18

John Hays Hammond must be
grooming himself for the Republican
vice presidential nomination. He has
just told the newspaper men at Chi
cago that he has been in favor of
woman's suffrage for sixteen years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-18
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member of the
Associated Press and receives the fui DAY
felerraph report of that great news or
sanitation for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka
The news ia received In The State Jour
nal building over wires for this sole puT-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-18

That scientist who has discovered
that man is rs per cent water, surely
did not pursue his Investigations
among KentuckianS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-18

Hammerstein's grand opera VEN
ture in London has taken a place with
most of the chautauqua efforts in
Kansas. 1t was a financial failure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-18

Hanging is too good for the loud
mouthed man in your vicinity at the
ball game who pretends to know per-
sonally all the members of the home
team
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-18

In destroying thousands Of tons
Of sugar cane, the Cuban insurgents
are raising the other kind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-18

Nor will it be necessary for the gov
ernment's weather sharps to make
forecasts for Chicago for the balance
of the week. Much heat and more
wind is certain to prevail there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-18

are from so to 100 homeless cats,
abandoned by summer cottagers, Elk
ing out a wretched existence around
the piers."-Hartford Courant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-18

Tobacco, or its use, is undoubtedly
not immoral, as a New York paper
insists, but some of it is exceedingly
h1A
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-18

Why not the three-cent piece? 1t
can be used to buy the things that
cost one cent a few years ago.