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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-09
SAYS UNCLE CIV

The fellow who confuses patience
with inactivity soon becomes of
mighty little use on this earth. Pa
spells victory to the fighting man and
cash to the business man. But there's
a vast difference between being pa
tient enough to hang on without los
ing your head and being lazy enough
to lie down and lose your grip.
The patient plodder gets there.
The patient waiter is never lucky
enough to see anything arrive but dis
aSter. And that always comes to the
bookworm victim in the shape OF
somebody elses luck or IL wouldn't
come at all. In order to be anything
but an abomination, patience has TO
have a bit of bite in It. 1t works best
with push. 1t makes a sad. silent
partner for pull. It's good to be able
to wait--to wait and work until you
attain. It's surrender without a fight
to wait until the turn of events shall
favor you. A mothers Have pa
thence, my SON. has ruined many a
boy. 1t should have been supplement-
ed by Have patience, and work"
There is a senseless proverb which
says. "All things come to him who
waits which should have got its
author hanged It teaches the very
a lively virtue into lethal vice. If
you can't be patient and work-if you
have not the patience that makes for
a sure hand and a clear head. as you
hope to be a man among men, be i'm
patient. They who can be patient only
in idleness go to seed, and only the
contemptuous knows whittier their
profitless ambitions have blown.
Copyright, 1912, by w. f. Will
iams.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-09
A SATURDAY SERMON.
oh yet of little faith! St. Luke XII 2S

Many and heavy are the clouds that
hang over the sea of life Scarcely q
person lives who is not enveloped by
one or more of them every once in a
while. 1t matters not if he is as poor
as a Lazarus or as rich as a Croesus.
Trouble comes to every one. 1t plays
no favorites. More often, it is not due
to strained finances, to a poverty that
pinches- 1t is a condition of mind
brought about by any or many of a va
riety of causes. Perhaps the daily work
has become irksome. Perhaps there is
a consciousness of wrong-doing that
gnaws away at ones soul with an al
most Unsuitable appetite. Perhaps evil
or hurtful habits get the better of one
and drag him down to a level that be-
gins to make him shudder. Perhaps
irascible tempers are given full swing
with resultant disputes and chickering's.
Perhaps there are heartaches due to
the failings of one dear to another. II
to domestic disturbances that threaten
the peace of a home. Innumerable, in
fact, are the causes that may give a
human what is commonly known as IL
fit of the blues" that may sink him
into the abyss where turks that dread
foe, dependency.
Then the world does look dark. The
weak man or woman sometimes swa1-
lows poison or presses a revolver 10
the head and pulls the trigger. And
for the many who are either too brave
to try to lend it all" in such a fashion,
or who lack the physical courage to
do so. it is the time for the fighting Of
FOL
the levels from which even the beasts
shrink. This battle is best fought out
alone, with only such help as God can
give. A mere thought of God and his
powers at such a time is sure to save
the day. 1t is certain to give the strug-
gler a vision of the road, where can be
seen in the distance the shadow of
ray of sunshine, a faint but glorious
beacon of hope.
Trite, but wonderfully true is the
saying that behind the clouds is the sun
still shining. Don't think, though, that
you will be able to see this cheerful
light, if you sit down and NOPE with
your head in your hands. 1t will not
come to you. You must go after IT. !
There is always a way. In a general
sense it is tie same way every time. |
You must fight against the weaknesses, |
nayhap which are dragging you down. |
You must throttle the little demons |
hat are destroying your happiness. !
There is a reason for every attack of |
the blues in addition to those |
from severe bodily sickness
which are excusabIe. And it only takes |
| moments self-examination for any
disposed to be fair with himself, |
% realize the reasons for his despond- !
sncy. Immediately the finger is thus !
aid on the sore spot, there is bound to |
come a realization of the mistakes that |
nave been made, of the offenses that I
nave been committed against self and |
others. There stands the gate which |
opens on the road to a new life, to the
reedom that is born of happiness un-
lIoyed. And God is the gatekeeper.
Remember the words of Christ:
Come unto me, all ye that labor ami
ire heavy laden, and I. will give you
est
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-09

Mrs. Anthony of Muncie, Ind. she
of the slippers with diamond studded
heels, breaks into the newspapers
again with an itemized list pretending
that she spends $4,000 annually on
her clothes and the appurtenances it
takes to dress a woman. And is it i'm
pertinent to inquire where Mrs. An
thony gets the money? Who is Mr..
Anthony and in what business is he
engaged that he can afford to spend
the income of $1.000,0 900 each year
merely for clothes for his wife? Of
course, these things are not of any
particular consequence. The suspi-
cion will not down that Mrs. Anthony
has an unusually clever press agent
and that she is about TO take her place
on the stage in the front row of
chorus.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-09
QUAKER NIEDITATIoNs.
rFrom the Philadelphia Record.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.J
Cardinal principles should be well read.
1t is easier to make excuses than a Hv-
ing.
Persons who go out for a hot time
usually get burnt.
You will never mold public opinion by
breaking faith.
Life doesn't look so clouded if you have
a clear conscience.
Men who embrace the opportunity al
ways have a firm hold on things.
1t often happens that a man keeps his
promises because no one will take them.
Better to have loved and lost than
new began the Simple Mug. Hold on"
the Wise Guy. What's the
Gink-"Young Saphedde fairly effer-
vesces with good humor-" Dink-"That
explains why many of his schemes fig
out"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-09
DAFFYDHS
BY U. NoAL.

If Owen Moran is English is Fred
die Welsh
Gee kid! But haven't you got the
soft handS.)
If judge is crooked is a magis-
trate?
(Say constablel I'd advise you to
have an eye peeled on that Teller with
the plaid hat. He looks like a slick
one.)
If rooster lost his spurs could
they be replaced with a cats purr?
(Uh, Offt Uh, OH! Here comes
that girl with the seal-skin eyes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-09
CHAPTER CT.
Helpfulness and Happiness. ]

[Helpfulness and Happiness.
There is fine vein of optimism
running through President Tafts
| speeches. He is trying to encourage,
to upbuild and to extend and to ere
ate prosperity and happiness. What
is still finer, the president supple
ments his good thoughts and good
words with good deeds.
Friday he said, Prosperity is the
first thing that we should seek be-
cause it means happiness to every
body" That is a sort of keynote to
| his character and his actions.
He realizes that prosperity comes
from conduct and service, and that
service means happiness.
No happiness is possible without
service, which means work for 9th
ers. Many have tried and many are
apparently still trying to reach hap
piness without service, but all such
strife fails
Happiness does not come from what
we do for ourselves, but what we do
for others. Service means industry,
temperance, kindness and, eonsidera-
tion-aH leading to prosperity and
happiness. In other words, selfish
ness and happiness do not travel to-
gether.
The great advantage the president
possesses over his opponents lies in
the fact that he is preaching and
practicing the gospel of confidence,
construction, and content, not the
comfortable content of stagnation, but
the comfortable confidence that we
are on the right road, and that so far
as possible we should be content with
the days work and its promise for
the future.
The presidents opponents are
preaching a gospel of distrust and dis
content. They are active in attack
upon our established Institutions They
would shatter our beliefs in the fun
damentals. The constitution and the
Judiciary have been recognized as bull
warks of our republic. Let US not
slur them, but be guided by them, re-
Numbering that hopefulness means
helpfulness, and helpfuIness means
happiness.
We have the best country in the |
world, the best government in the
world and should be the happiest peo- |
pie in the world. Why do we dis
credit ourselves simply for political
purposes!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-09

Seattle's people not only talk of
progress and development for their
community. They provide the means
to obtain them. At recent municipal
election a bond issue for $s,725. 600 for
additional public improvements was
voted by an overwhelming majority
No less than 100000 of this sum is
to go into the public parks. The peo-
pie of most cities are strong on talking
about the desirability of public i'm
provements, but when a bond issue is
suggested so that such Improvements
may be projected, they get cold feet
and vail that taxes are high enough,
now" You can't feast on angel cake
in the winter time, unless you are will
ing to pay for the high priced eggs it
takes to make it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-09

Colonel Roosevelt doesn't under
stand why anybody should be con-
cerned as to who his callers, George
W. Perkins and others, may be. But
what would the Republican ''insur-
gents have to say If J. Pierpont Nor
gan or one of his representatives call
ed at the White House to have a po-
lltical conference with President Taft?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-09

Even If the predictions of more
cold weather and additional SHOWS,
which are being made by the profess
SIGNALS attached to the government
weather bureau, tend to make you feel
blue and gloomy, be content with
them. Don't look for solace to the
weather representations that are to
be found in the patent medicine al
Inanaes- Not only do they predict all
kinds of cold weather and storms for
the remainder of March. They do the
same TOR good1y portion of April.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-09

Experts of the fire insurance COM
pan1es not so long ago gave the water
service and fire protection system of
Topeka something of razooing. Can
they point to a city of the size of To-
pelza whose total fire loss for the year
1911 was less than $4,000, while the
estimated value of the property en-
dangered by the fires which caused
this loss was as large as s1.6OO.OOO?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-09

Doubt has now sprung up as to
whether Amundsen or Scott reached
the South Pole. Maybe a South Polar
controversy is about to develop of the
proportions of the Cook-Peary affair.
Isn't it gratifying that there are no
East and West Poles to discover?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-09

The interest in and opposition to the
recall of judges ana decisions was
manifest at Toledo last evening when
according to the report:
Practically every person in the az
dience carried an American flag. and
when the president reached his per
grafton against the recall of Judicial
decisions the flags sprang into action
and the crowd applauded and cheered
with enthusiasm. Mr.. Taft's declara-
ton that the recall of decisions was
without merit, reactionary instead of
progressive, revolutionary and unsta-
Bile, met with almost instant approval.
He was compelled to wait for nearly
a minute while the audience express
ed its pleasure with his views Presi-
dent Taft's appearance at the coliseum
was attended by prolonged cheering
and waving of myriads of small flags
held by the seatholders. Crowds of
people were turned away because of
the lack of seats'
The president is surely for the con-
stitution, the Magma Charta of our
liberties, for he said with force:
Il have examined this proposed
method of reversing judicial decisions
On constitutional questions with care.
do not hesitate to say that it lays the
ak at the foot of the tree of well-or-
dered freedom and subjects the guar
antics of life, liberty and property
without remedy to the fitful impulse
of a temporary majority of an cleo
tOrate.
Constitutions ought to be protect
ed by such requirements as to their
amendments, to insure great delibera-
ton by the people in making them
much greater than one vote of a mere
temporary majority. This method of
amending the constitution would give
it no more permanence than that of
an ordinary legislative act and would
give to the inalienable rights of liber-
ty, private property, and the pursuit
of happiness no more sanction than
that of an annual appropriation bill.
Can it be that the power of
temporary majority of the electorate
by a single popular vote to do away
with rights secured to individuals
which have been inviolate for seven
hundred years since the days of
Magma Charta, approves itself to
those who love liberty and who hold
dear its sacred guarantees? Would we
not in giving such powerful effect to
the momentary impulse of a majority
of an electorate prepare the way for
the possible exercise of the grossest
tyranny
Finally. 1 ask what is the necessity
for such crude revolutionary, fitful
and unstable way of reversing judicial
construction of the constitution ?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-09

Betting is at the odds of 100 to 1
that the University of Copenhagen
Will hesitate about taking a stack of
chips in the South Polar game.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-09

What's the use of growing at this
winter weather, anyhow? According
to the official division of the seasons,
spring is not booked to arrive until
March 81. There are no indications,
either, that it will arrive a minute
ahead of its schedule
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-09

Jules Verne's shade is probably
rubbing its eyes. A Frenchman has
Travelled from Paris to London in three
minutes less than three hours, and on
an aeropIane.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-09

Perhaps the assertion is warranted
that the first few days of the month
have been typical March days. No
doubt, though, some of the oldest in
habitants remember ones that were
more Marchlike.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-09

If the London suffragettes keep up
their fnexcusable activities in the win
dow smashing line, it is likely that the
plate glass insurance companies of
Great Britain will be forced into bank
7-yIufrxy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-09

Anarchy, and not Francisco Madero,
Ss reigniHg these days over the destiny
of Mexico.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-09

With his usual forceful language,
Mayor Gaynor says the Republicans
must renomjnate President Taft or 'do
a base thing" That is the whole
truth,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-09
FROM OTHER PENS



The popular feeling of fair play has
zen Tssa outraged over the treatment Of Mr..
tart With no theory of a square deal
r nm tne war upon the president by the
.liah VINO demanded his nomination be
reconciled in the minds OF IMPARTIAL citf-
lens. me sense of treachery deepens.
nnh ls cIearIy apprehended that the Re
puohcan anu-Taft faction has had the
support of Mr.. Roosevelt pprior. 10 this
supreme act Of disloyalty.
,s 80 mas the. the situation visibly cleared. Il
- seen that Mr.. Roosevelt was vastly
more TO be feared as force under cover
INA t1lan ne is when a declared candidate for
tbins, ~ sue I slal nomination. Beyond any
e,iins thAt might have been believed in
ADVANCE, of the uncoverine OF these things
10 I1tt me republicans in this part OF the
United States appear to approve the words
or President Taft when he said 10 "a
ITleno, L know we are right and I am
Sonnqent that we viii VIM There is
pouno TO be an ugly fight, but there is
no stampede in sight such as has besNl
hoped Tor and promised by the anti-Taft
D DoiIitti.ngeht. For the first time in all his
pohtlcal career Mr.. Roosevelt has failed
TO start wave of popular enthusiasm
ana this with his most desperate and
carefully staged appeal. Is not this to
which has always been a reliable quantity
IN the mass Of our American people?
. anSTe IS much OF reinsurance in the spec
tacle.-Springfield Republican.
o
THROTTLING ONES JUDGMENT.
-, = member OF a legislative body of any
KIND or OF constitutional convention who
signs pledge to do any particular things,
Just simply signs away his independence
ana puts his Judgment in cold storage.
An agent of the people has no right to
compromise himself with a pledge that
VIII keep him at the last moment from
doing what he thinks is best for the
people.
This pledge method is one OF the in
strumentalfties political wireworker
uses TO carry his points. They cannot
trust a mans convictions and so bind him
down with pledge. The public bust
ness should not be done that way To
say to man, You cannot do what you
think is right now, because you have
signed pledge to do something else
that is the analysis of this pledge process.
1t is political trick, practiced by time
servers, to hold a public agent to a GER
tain action, whether in conscience he ap-
proves it or not.
There ought to be some legislation to
protect the honest judgment OF men en-
gagged in a legislative capacity against
the designs OF those who would seek 10
throttle them with a pledge We notice
already a member of the Con.-Con. IS
kicking himself for signing pledge. All
that we have to suggest is-kick hard
Ohio State journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-09
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

the state Journal is a member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
R@aegr@ph report OF that great news or
@mniRa&1cn for the exclusive afternoon
solicitation in Topeka
The news as received In The State Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-09

Great reforms are achieved by
thoughtful consideration and not by
Inomentary impulses.
BE a bit slow about schemes to re-
form the world.
"One man does not make multitude.
I'VE have people who know the adj
vantage of self-restraint and who have
provided against actions by themselves
under momentary impulse. That's what
makes this country great
These are gems from President Taft's
speech at Chicago today and are tell
ing arguments against popular recall
of judges or decisions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-09

There can be no doubt that prefer
entail presidential primaries are to be
desired if they are safeguarded by
the law. Gubernatorial primaries
are so protected and made legal; but
a primary without is a straw vote. Peo-
pie ridicule it. There would be nothing
to prevent repeating or fraudulent vot-
ing. Democrats and Republicans alike
could vote alike when only one party
should participate. Let US have presi-
DENTAL primaries when we get law
under which they may be held and
hold them where the law now pro
Vides, but let us make our choice I'M
der the guise and authority of law.
The old time convention should go, but
it should not go till we have an i'm
proved method provided and not i'm
provised. The present method was good
enough for Roosevelt and for Taft
when the former helped nominate him
1t ought to be good enough for another
second term.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-09

Hon Stubs, leader of the Roosevelt
orchestra, has established a precedent;
heretofore it has been customary TIC
get the key-hote from the piano. Hon
Stubbs gets his from the bull fd-
die
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-11-07
THE BARBECUE.

More than a thousand people
were here at the barbecue and
rally Saturday. Hon. Geo. w. Cas-
tie, Of Louisa, was the principle
speaker and the audience was
deeply impressed with his earn
estness and faver., Mr.. Castle is
a democrat of the old school who
believes in making an appeal to
the voters directly and when on
the stump he is so full of his sub
ject that his enthusiasm is con-
tagious and he imbues his hear
erS with a like enthusiasm. We
are not aware that Mr.. Castle has
any political aspirations but if he
should ever make a race for an
office in which the people Of Nor
gan had a vote we feel sure that
he would get the loyal support
of the democrats of this coun-
ty.
There were beefa and bargoo in
plenty and all who so desired ate
their fill and it is generally con
cealed that the final rallyo of the
campaign was an unqualified sue.
cess.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-11-07
-Sothern Agric llturist.

In a bulliten just issued, Sec
rotary Wilson of the department
of Agriculture calls attention to
the fact that the State of Louis
ana, ranking second in its
wealth of timber only to the Pa
cific Coast States, will have cut
all of it's 199billion feet of lumber
in thirty years at the present rate
of conservation unless it be-
gins a plan Of conservation and
re-forestatfon. He SAYS. with
efficient protection of this young
growth, and better utilization Of
the present commercial stands,
the forests ct Louisiana, even in
the face Of a much greater agri.
cultural development than now,
should remain an important source
of wealth.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-11-07
Activity in Oil Stocks.

The activity in oilstocks in the
county grows apace, and there
will bemore before there is less.
We have been informed that a
new company has been formed at
Camel City, financed exclusively
by local people, which will begin
operations at once.
Just as soon as DR., Collier
struck his gusher the price of
crude petroleum went up sc on
the barrel. Surely the Load il
with his people.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-11-07

At meeting OF the Board of Sinking
Fund Commissioners on October 30 in the
executive Office the following program was
adopted for the exercises which will take
place on Arbor Day, November, I3ih, in
connection with the planting of the trees in
the rear OF the Capitol building by tn. coun-
ties.
The exercises will begin at eleven (ID a.
m. sharp andswill be held on the portico in
the rear of the Capitol building.
The program will be as follows:
lnvocation-Rev. Jesse Ziegler.
Welcome to the City-Mayor Polsgroye
Welcome to the Capitol : Governor Nc
Creary.
Antiquity Of the Memorial Tree Planting
and its Beautiful Sentiment Judge James
Garrett.
Arber day and Forestry-Forcstry J. E
Barton. ye,a nSD
Planting Of trees by Public Schools.
President Barker, of State University.
ADDRESS Lieutenant Governor Mcdermott
Forest Planting in the Future-Nlr. II. +.
llillemeyer.
Following these exercises each county
delegation will adjourn to toss a shuvel full
Of earth on the tree which it has sent, with
such other exercises as they may select,
Inthe conspicuous little pot of ground
larmed by the junction Of the existing and
proposed automobile road Governor Nc.
Creary will plant one tree, a burr Oak, for
the Siate-at.large, so that standing alone
in its solitary splcndor it will be memoir
ial of the kindly feeling which has SO long
existed between him aud the people he has
served so well, who holh him in sutn high
regard.
A band will be provided to furnish music
duringg the exercises.