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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-13
says UNCLE CAV

u The man who has the habit of
having it out" with himself lodges
lot of trouble. When affairs get to
going crosswise and every jerk at the
tangled skefn of things balls up the
yarn worse than the last one, there's
nothing like going out and sitting
down on the woodpile and asking
yourself what is the matter with you.
A good many of our troubles arise
from putting the blame for our diff
ficulties upon the wrong pair of
shoulders. The surest road to failure
is the practice of making a scapegoat
for whatever happens to you-get
that idea and don't forget it. 1t is
useless to argue that you have met
insurm difficulties. Perhaps
you have, but you should have been
strong enough to overcome them. You
may plead that circumstances have
combined to defeat you. That may
be true, but you should have been big
enough to make circumstances your
friend.
Circumstance is that king that can
do no wrong. It is your business to
be able to cope with whatsoever con-
dition you meet. That obligation was
imposed upon you at your birth. You
like a man, make the best of your lot
and be as cheerful as possible. And
1t will surprise you to find how
smoothly affairs go and how good a
If you keep your head about you.
Hence the advisability of seeking the
woodpile or some other secluded spot
and having it out with yourself.
The man who is out of tune with the
world is he who never stops to take
stock of himself and the things
around him to discover whence the
discord springs. Most of US keep on
humping our heads into the stone wall
of things as they are, while striving to
reach the things that are not and can
not be. He who succeeds is he who
turns to advantage existing things.
Men and things are so many instru-
ments for the wise man, so many enc
mics for the fool. The mark of the
fool is the scalp wound that he gets
humping his head against the stone
wall that serves the man who knows
how to make use of it. Also, the fool
never sits on the woodpile. He's too
busy battering himself into insanity
to stop long enough to find out that it
is he who is in the wrong and not cir
ces.-(Copyright, 1912, by w.
n
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-13
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATCHIsON GLOBE.

A thermometer has hard time coming
up to expectations.
An Atchison man is 10 stingy he saves
match stubs for kindling.
What has become of the old-fashioned
boy who collected birds eggs?
You are no longer of a tender age when
a picnic becomes a punishment.
What has become of the old-fashioned
woman whose skirt did not "hang?'
And it is to be hoped there won't be
more than a dozen compromise candi-
dates.
An Atchison man wears such loud
clothes he is frequently mistaken for a
fire alarm.
A diploma is no longer accepted as
prima facie evidence that one knows it
all, or very much.
An Indians oratory consists mainly of
grunts, regardless of what the Wild West
writers say about 1t.
A henpecked man likes to tell how he
fools his wife, and he should be given
credit for it If he can furnish an affidavit
A woman always kicks and screams and
holds her breath over the amount of
goods a dressmaker requires in making
her a dress.
Most of US are inclined to forego the
honor of being the first to ride in new
automobile if the inexperienced owner Is
running the machine himself
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-13
EVENING CHIT
A Motto for You.
BY RUTH CAMERON.

HE who gives quickly gives twice"
That sentiment was the motto of
one of the finest men in this country.
He says that he read it somewhere
when he was a child, was immensely
impressed by it's meaning, promptly
adopted it as his motto, and has prov
ed the truth of it over and over again.
When 1 frat read the sentiment,
failed to appreciate its full force, and
wondered why he cared for it SO much,
but somehow the words stayed in my
subconscious mind, and the other day
they came to the surface again with
a new richness of meaning. And the
circumstances which brought them
there and illumined them were these:
A nice little shop girl went out of her
way to do me favor. She held out
a coat for me during a special sale
until I could find out if it would har-
monte with my dress with which l
expected to wear it; and when found
out that it most emphatically would
not, she was just as kind and eourte-
Gus as if 1 had bought it. 1 thanked
her as cordially as 1 knew how, and
then found her number from one Of
the other girls, with the intention OF
sending her a box of candy to prove
my gratitude. When 1 left the shop
my first impulse was to go straight to
the candy store, but unfortunately
something distracted me, and I went
home that day without carrying out
nv intention. The rest you must
know from experiences of your own;
the errand not tbeing absolutely i'm
perative, has been put off again and
again. L have forgotten the girls
number, and 1 imagine that by this
time she has quite forgotten the whole
incident And all because / did not
give quickly. If had gone that mo-
ment and bought the candy on the
strength of my first impulse, could
now be turning my energy and my
money towards some other giving.
You see-"he who gives quickly
gives twice."
And even more true is the converse,
"he who gives slowly gives not at all.
Surely you rem ember that kind note
of appreciation which you meant to
write You had especially enjoyed
some club or church entertainment,
and you thought it would be kind to
write and congratulate the committee;
Won had been wonderfully impressed
bv some speaker or writer, and you
said, ST will tell him so. 1t may help
But instead of sitting down while you
were hot with your kind impulse. and
carrying it out at once, you thought, |
I'll do it tomorrow. And OF course, |
tomorrow never came.
'EDo 1t now" is a more important !
motto for kind impulses than for any
other business There is seldom to- |
morrow for kind impulses. They are
creatures of a day; they are like flow
ers. as fragile as they are beautiful.
HE who gives quickly gives twice."
Will you not make that one or your
m notices?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-13
THE LAST GUEST.


The elms are leafless 'gainst the sky. the
oaks are almost bare,
The breathless sQuirrel-harvesters are
storing winter fare,
The tawny needles of the larch drift down
from golden spires,
But the beech-hedge rings the woodland
round with sunsets ling ring fires.
Each night the frost a silver veil alonG
the landscape filings,
To change at morn the wispy mistS like
fairies filny wings;
Each night the elfin spinnerS weave their
webs o. silken sheen,
Their goSSamerS that wind o. dawn sets
sailing Der the green.
The swallows left us long ago, but from
the Northlands white
The fieldfares and the redwings come like
pilgrims through the night;
The lapWingS leave the lonely fellS TO
roam the plough'd land nigh,
And wildly sweet the storm-cock sings OF
springtime by and by.
White hoods the far-off hills ppt on, tho
winds more coldly blow;
The shepherd downward brings his flocks
against first fall of snow,
The robin preens his russell wing the
sheltring homestead near,
And autumn wistful-eyed but waits the
last guest of the year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-13
KANSAS COMAENT
UNCLE sAM,s- PRnrrcr1nnI-

UNCLE SANS PROTECTION.
Parents, who are inclined to feel
heavyhearted when their sons enlist
| in the navy for fear they will lose
! their lives on the sea or in some en-
gagement can find considerable COM
fort in the thought that barring the
possibility of war, their sons in the
navy are far safer than some other
member of the family who may take
| summer trip to Europe on one of
the modern liners. Following the de-
structlon OF the Titanic with its great
toll of human life, the precaution
shown by the United States govern
ment in caring for the lives of its sail
ors was brought out in striking con-
trast to the lack of precaution shown
by the big passenger steamship COM
panies. Secretary Meyer of the navy
department, in an article on this SUBJ
ject in the North American Review,
tells of the finely equipped wireless
attachments in each vessel, of the
number of watertight compartments
in each of Uncle Sans ships making
IL extremely difficult to sink, of the
searchlights, of the various skins" OF
the hull that protect the interior, and
finally of the rule to run on slow
speed in dangerous waters and the
general order to change the course
If advisable to do SO for safety. Com
menting on the failure of steamship
companies to provide this equipment
and observe these rules. the secretary
makes the suggestion that the surest
method of protecting the lives of pas
sengers would be for the Insurance.
companies to refuse to insure vessels
not properly equipped with the latest
life saving apparatus.-Salina Journal.
CONGRESSMAN IN SUSPENDERS.
The thermometer is accomplishing
more than public sentiment ever can
in bringing to a close the sessions OF
congress. The report is finding It's
way into the newspapers that con-
gressmen are removing their coats, Leg
islating in their shirt sleeves, even
with suspenders displayed to the
bride in the gallery.
One may sympathize with the suf-
ferings of legislators who reach the
climax of their work in a hot city.
One may deplore the tendency of over
fcrmality, by which our Smart Sets
impose uncomfortable restrictions.
Yet if the visible suspender habit Is
permissible in congress, why not in
the pulpit? Shall the man of God re-
move the funereal Jim swinger coat
which custom has placed upon his
back, and permit the congregation to
be distracted by the lack of harmony
between his red and green suspenders
and his blue negligee shirt?
1t may be remarked that if the con-
gresham had pushed the lawmaking
machine as you would run a factory,
a sessions work WOULD have already
been ground out so that they could 20
home. Furthermore, how long will it
be, in these days of unrest. before our
congressman will be satisfied with any
such comparatively stand pat position
as removing only their coats and
waist coats.-Winf1eld Courier.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-13

1 NS1I IS loo ValuaDl6 TO De dl
large. He ought to be in a side show
cage.
The job of smoking cigars on K. c.
street cars, seems to be more danger
Gus than hunting trouble in Mexico.
A 5000 bullet may miss one, but
when smoker is grabbed by the neck
and bosom of his pants, shaken brisk
ly and then tossed from street car,
the chances are at least 80 to 1 that
the pavement will hit him.
At rare intervals, this department
prints dispatches which same fail to
get in the regular news columns:
F'rintance:
Chicago, June 10, Ringside-All is
in readiness for the big scrap. The
ring has been carpeted with sawdust.
Rusty Stubs, towel-fopper for Teddy
felt. commonly known as the Grizzly
Bear" says his man is in fine condition
and good voice. Followers of the
camp of Butch Taft, the heavyweight
slugger, assert that their man will win
in the first round. HE will break
every pane of glass in the Bears
face" says Manager Root in a private
interview.
Hon. Sharp, the Pittsburg, Kansas,
victim of circumstances and newspaper
notoriety, now stands some chance of
dying in peace. One wife has left
him, and the other may.
The big gloom fears that he may go
stale, but he should remember that
experts hold that staleness improves a
cheese.
Some of the people who raise the
long holler about boys who go in
swimming, remind one of the moss
grown civil war story, towit: Certain
troops were encamped near the home
OF a nonsympathizer who kept fine
view of the river, also three daughters.
Soldiers felt need of a bath, and took
it. Householder raised some smoke,
and commanding officer assured him
that it wouldn't happen again. To
that end he ordered bathing soldiers to
did. And again the busy householder
approached the commanding officer
and yelped: my daughters are sim
naked soldiers in swimming"
But they are mile away" said the
officer.
yes" said the parent, "but they
daughters have a fine telescope
One of the T. r. Boosters is Ormsby
McHarg. But after you take two or
three slants at that name you will
realize that no man with a name like
that could expect to be on the win
ming side.
Every man who tries to tell an Irish
story, tries to initiate the Irish brogue.
But attempting the impossible is a ma
tional trait.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-13
HU1AOR or TIE DAY

Observation-Disclosures Chauffeur Ito
deaf farmer on main road)-Can you tell
me, sare, we're l get some of re gazzoline?
Farmer with his hand to his ear)-Hey?
French Chaufeur-Non, non, noni Not
re hay-ze gasoline. Kiss eez motor car,
not a horse.-Harper's Weekly.
docs your boy Josh know how to run
your automobile?" II think So" repIied
Farmer Corntossel. His work on the
farm appears to have helped him; his per-
sonal vocabulary bein' about the same as
he uses on a mule.-Washington Star
ct see where President Taft has been
asked to appoint woman to the supreme
court vacancy" Nonsensei Do you sup
pose any normal woman Is going to take
place where she has to sit still and let
other people do all the arguing ?"-Balti-
more American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-13
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Too many of the orators have moth
ing to say that is worth while.
X x -
Many letters are not as important
as the writers think them to be.
y X X
A few humans are like some dogs.
The worse they're treated the closer
they'll stick.
Men who have to strive hard tc
put on a good front generally haven't
much behind it.
K y
Maybe lovers quarrels wouldn't be
so frequent were it not for the de-
lights of kissing and making up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-13

And the attention of The Outlook is
respectfully called to an interview with
Morton Albaugh, which was printed in
a recent issue of this newspaper. 1t
recalls some Kansas political history
and shows that Governor Stubs arbi-
trarily unseated a sufficient number of
regularly elected delegates to the Re
publican state convention of 1904 to
give him absolute control of it. And it
seems to make Governor Stubs par
ticularly sore that the Republican ma
tional committee won't do likewise. He
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-13
UP TO THE CUBANS.

The most hopeful news which has
come from Cuba since the rebellion be-
gan in that island is the apparently
authentic statement that many citi-
zens are arming themselves and enlist
ing in the service of the government as
volunteers. If there is enough of that
sort of active patriotism in the country
the Cuban republic will easily overcome
its present dangers and difficulties.
In not a few Latin-American states
is the inability of whatever faction or
personal following may hold office to
count upon general and earnest popular
support. The friends of the ms are
never as ready to take up arms as the
adherents of the outs who are actua-
ted by the hope of personal gain. The
administration usually has to depend
almost wholly upon the regular army
such as it may be, and on dubious re-
cruits often consisting largely of pris-
oners released from the jaiIs for mill
tary service.
In Cuba there are signs of sounder
conditions. 1t appears that many citi.
zens are willing to fight for the sup
preston of the rebellion and the re-
storation of order and security in all
parts of the island. With such help
President Gomez ought to have little
difficulty in breaking down all organic
ed resistance to the lawful authorities
Then the brigands who may continua
their depredations after the collapse of
the revolt can be hunted down gradu-
ally and punished as common crimi-
nails
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-13
QUAKER fluctuations.
IRON the Philadelphia Record.l


A blazed trail-The downward path.
Even the lightning calculator can't al
ways predict a thunder storm
Intuition Is merely remarkable faculty
possessed by a good guesser.
The carpenter at least is one man who
hasn't time to have his nails manicured
SeIf-assurance is not bad asset. 1t is
better to be too fresh than to be a bad
egg.
Don't fIatter yourself because you hap
pen to start right. The world is full or
good starters.
Don't give up till the last count. Many
a fellow who has failed at everything else
has succeeded in marrying well.
wigwag-"Hellol Grouchleigh- How are
you?" Grouchleigh-''I can't complain.
Wigwag-''Your wife says you can"
NelI-Miss Antique is taking course in
memory culture" Belief wonder If 1t
will enable her to remember how old she
is
'-Ohi I just love animals" exclaimed tie
girl Perhaps you have
noticed that am little hoarse," ins1n-
uated the young man who had cold.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-13
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

[From the Chicago News.1
womans real secrets never show up
in her diary.
The average married man doesn't feel
sorry for bachelor.
The perils of trying to get rich quick
are still in evidence.
Some women delight in showing how
agreeable they can be-to strangers.
A wise man listens when his wife talks
at least, he listens for the last word.
Many a good woman prays for her nus
band, but she keeps an eye on him Just
the same.
He's the meanest kind of a thief WHO
will rob his own family to pay for an
other mans drink.
If, during courtship. a young man tells
a girl that he's unworthy of her she
doesn't believe it any more than he means
it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-13
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

IFrom the New York Press.I
A mans money is mostly useful to those
he spends it with
It's very bad luck to try your luck at
anything involving money.
When a man surprises a girl with
proposal It's a sign she knew 1T first
Knowing that she's in society doesn't
count so much with a woman as knowing
that others are out.
1t must be fearful disappointment to
get rich and then find your feet can hurt
you as much as ever.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-13
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

subsca ,I1ers of the state Journal
away from home during the summer
may have the paper mailed regularly
each day to any address at the rate Oh
month (by nail only Address
changed as often as desired. While
out of town the State Journal VIII be
10 YOU like a iuily letter from nome
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-13

When Governor Stubs returns to
Kansas after the Republican frolic at
Chicago, the logical time will be at
hand for him to go on a summer va
cation of a month or six weeks dura-
tion. Everybody needs as long a va
cation as he can possibly take. This
is especially true of public servants in
high authority whose necessarily close
application to the multitudinous af-
fairs of state is exceedingly trying and
wearing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-13

Railroad officials. who are familiar
with the conditions along their lines in
the west and southwest are so optim-
istic over crop conditions that they
are beginning to express fears of a
car shortage within the next few
months. A car shortage is inconveni-
ent to the railroads, and all classes of
shippers. but it spells prosperity with
capital letters. So let's have a car
shortage by all means
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-13

Colonel Roosevelt is now accusing
President Taft of being guilty of little
less than treason because of the action
of the Republican national committee
in the contests over delegates; and
this, notwithstanding the fact that the
bulk of these contests are being de-
cided in Mr.. Taft's favor by an unani-
NOUS vote of the committee, which in
Sludes. of course, the Roosevelt en-
thusiasts on it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-13

Peter Sharpe's first wife has said a
final goodbye to Peter and his second
wife, and it is presumed that tranquil
lily will again reign in the Sharpe home
at Pittsburg. But this parting doesn't
make Peter any less of a bigamist. 1t
Is to be hoped that the public will hear
no more of him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-13
DAFFYDUS
BY U. NOALL.

OF the burdens of the Arctic re-
gions, which does the polar bear?
(Hey, there, Doc Cook Pass those
gumdrops again.)
When he heard of Alice's death did
Ben Bolt?
again.)
When small boy is around the
house where is the marmalade?
(Do you get me, Horace?)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-13

Bank Commissioner Dolley's sugges-
tion that the state employ detectives to
run down murderers is excellent. Kan
sas has practically been cleaned of
bank robbers by just such an activity.
But for some reason or other neither
Kansas nor any other state has seen
fit to give as much protection to
human life as to the measly dollars in
the bankers strong-boxes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-13

Uncle Ike Stephenson's antithesis
is to be found in that candidate for
an Ohio office whose campaign ex-
penses amounted to only rs cents.
This sum was expended for beer. And
naturally, the four or five votes that
it made certain were far from being
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-13

If those Baltimore boarding house
widows are all that they are repre-
scented to be by the gallant newspa-
pers of that city, some of the dele
gates to the Democratic national con-
vention will probably not go home
a1nnc
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-13

Nor will there be much kicking
around these Kansas diggings if the
temperature remains below normal
for the entire summer season. Most
Kansans haven't entirely recovered as
yet from the continued and unusually
warm summer of a year ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-13
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal il a member of the
Associated Press and receives the fun day
telegraph report of that great news Or
Eanization 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, 1912-06-13

John D. Rockefeller's declaration
that he's a has been" doesn't seem to
jibe well with the way he is continually
adding to his millions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-13

Of what force or value is a recent
court decision that it is not unlawful
for a nan to play poker in his own
house-if his wife objects?