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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-24
AXHAWKER JOTS

Grown-ups are about as selfish as
children, but they conceal it better,
points out the Frankfort Index.
At a dental convention in north
Missouri last week man. used for
demonstration purposes went crazy,
notes the Toronto Republican, and it
adds: Usually man does not go
hog-w wild until the dentist presents bis
bill.
Prosperity item in the Harper Sen
tinel: Despite the drouth and excess
sive closeness of money, the trustees
of the Methodist church this week
paid up in full the amount of the an
nuaI payment, one thousand dollars,
due on the church building.
A few gems in Will Palmer's Jewell
County Republican,: People who are
most suspicious of home business folks
are the easiest gulled by strangers.
Superstition cannot really
flourish without ignorance. y
fpall big enough and black enough to
cover the entire universe is sometimes
caused by too much grease in the
doughnuts.
Some of Tom Thompson's potpourri
in his Howard Courant: Few houses
are just right. The one that isn't too
small is apt to be too large. :.
Promotion is not likely to find the man
who brags how little he does and holds
his job. Don't expect much of
a pup. You will be disappointed if you
do. The jokes man tells on
himself don't amount to much.
A woman, reports the Abilene Re
Hector, walked into Judge Happens
office at the courthouse. It want a
marriage license she announced. "An
right the judge said But this is
unusual. The men usually come and
get them. Well" the woman replied,
this time the man had to stay home
and cook. But We wanted to get mar
ried and so 1 came down to get the
license" They live at Harrington and
they are Minnie K. Menden and Lewis
A. Sparks Mr.. Sparks is a cook in a
hotel there and was unable to leave his
work.
Kansas has been before the foot
lights for many, many moons, re-
marks the Greeley County RepuDli-
can. 1t has been discovered by a
very wise man at Lawrence that the
farmers of Kansas raised bananas
only 100000 years ago. We are
not going to advise any of our read
ers to plant any but the seedless va
riety for some time yet, but it might
be well to keep in mind what Kan
sas has done in the past as an indi-
cation of what may be possible in
the future-say in about 100000
years. We would like to eat some
fine Kansas bananas, but we may ret
be here that long.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-24
ON TIE SPUR
OF The PIGMENT
To the PugS.
BY ROY X. MOULToN.

l g 10 the rugs.
The typewriterS are working fast,
There's trouble in the air.
Fake challenges are bobbing up
Here, there and everywhere.
The haS-beenS are all coming back
And gather up the dough,
And every pug who ever fought,
Is looking for a go.
The hot air artists fan the breeze
And write their yards of dope,
For general consumption from
New England to the slope.
Each one has got all figured out
The status of the game,
The trouble is no two of them
20 Can figure it the same.
The country's full of champions, but
For some mysterious cause
The most of them elect to do
Their fighting with their jaws.
They simply stand and argue as
To which one is the best.
For mercy's sake, boys, cut it out
And give us folks a rest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-24
odorless Onion Is Here,

Eat your onion soup, MUNICH your
scallions without stint, dash oil and
vinegar on your Bermudas and go right
ahead. After which you need not fear
call on your best girl; receive your
best fellow. You're safe. The odorless
onion has been found
Former County Commissioner w. N.
Miller, of this place, declares he has in
a triumph of horticultural hybridizing
achieved an onion that needs no cloves
for a chaser. It's a combination, he as
serts, of the Bermuda and the Golden
yellow, having the flavor of the first,
the hardness of the second and the
combined color of both.-St. Clairsville
(Ohio) Cor. New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-24
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.J

IFrom the Chicago News.I
Many husband is sorry ex-bachelor.
And many a true word is spoken with
lying intent.
Frequently man strains his intellect
by trying to butt in.
A girl doesn't mind being called peach,
but she'll balk at crabapple.
Some folks never settle down until af-
ter the earth is sodded above them.
No wonder so many girls are giddy, if
love really makes the world go round.
Fortunately for the style factories, wo-
men have no annoying sense of humor.
The average man expects a pound of
gratitude in exchange for ounce of
charity.
During the courtship a girl does a lot of
day dreaming, but after marriage she
cuts it out.
The man who's is anxious to start an
argument can always find another mis-
guided person willing to help him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-24
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Neither do so many people follow
the advice they give to others.
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A husband usually pays his wife as
much attention as she encourages.
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And the man who gets a reputation
for being a humorist has a hard time
sustaining it.
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If woman, lovely woman, votes as
she talks it will take her long. time
to mark her ballot.
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1t is mighty difficult for healtny
bow to refuse a second piece of cake
out of politeness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-24
FROM OTHER PENS
A NEW EDUCATIONAL IDEA.

A NEW EDUCATIONAL IDEA.
A visitor to a great university is
shown the principal buildings and ath-
letes. The buildings identify them
selves. But not so the athletes.
Therefore, to distinguish the men of
Drawn and speed from the ordinary
student body, they are uniformed.
man who has made the varsity" is
exclusively permitted to wear a sweat
err, Jersey or a coat adorned with the
university letter. A custom that draws
a distinction between the athletic sheep
and the unathletic goats has a ten
dency, it is said, to glorify the body
above the brain. Princeton has set
about to remedy this condition. Ac-
cording to an announcement by Presi-
dent Hibben, honor men at the New
Jersey university will hereafter be diff
ferentiated from the merely pass
men, The student of mental achieve
ments is to be lugged from academic
shades into the spotlight. Just how
this is to be accomplished we are not
told. Perhaps the lamp or the key of
knowledge embroidered on the lucky
fellows sweater would be sufficient
Identification. Permission to wear a.
mortar-board at all times would be
an undoubted honor, but of doubtful
comfort. But whatever the means.
President Hibben is determined to di-
vert the cheers of the student body
from the mere athlete to the man of in
tellectual attachments. We await du-
biously the vindication of his Judgment
of human nature.-Cincinnati Times
Star.
WHAT DOES MARS WANT?
Ii the inhabitants of the planet
Mars are really signaling the earth
with blue lights, as Professor lie
Coutre, the Percival Lowell of Switzer-
land, insists, what can they expect to
learn from this unenlightened globe?
or course the Martians know we can
give them only advice while inter-
planetary communication is in its
present undeveloped state We might
conceivably, rig up a signaling ma
chine at enormous expense and ac-
qu1re the knack, in time of answer
ing few simple questions But in
regard to governing ourselves intel
igently. regulating our lives in ac-
cordance with well-established facts
obey1ng natural laws, settling trivial
disputes without bloodshed we can
tell them nothing that a people so old
and wise as the Martians must be do
not know already. In fact this state
ment that Mars is looking to us for
help or some kind would be saddenine
IL 1t came from a more authoritative
source. We are confident however,
that II the Martians really want 10
talk to the earth they will call nm pro-
fessor Percival Lowell who is their
best friend in this part of the solar
system. 1t is hazardous to assume
tnat the Martans are anxious to talk
TO us just because they look a trifIe
blue. We have been pretty blue our
serves iateiy.-New York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-24
HVNOR or THE DRY

The Farmer-'I hear there's a fine 20.
pig TOT sale here Can see it ?'' The Roy
eyltther! Some one wants to see yer.S
you say her love affairs have pro-
she Tilted a title-guarantee man 70 ta1,a e Ns,
builder. Judge. oii
Employer-.What? You want n ra,so,
Why, when 1 was an office nov 7 10 e.
@ @Teks1 I'VE years before got one Boy
those fat-headed kids that afn't Worth q
raise. Boston Transcript
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-24

New Workers seem to be more SEN
sible than they are generally credited
with being. Mrs Pankhurst's first adj
dress there was delivered in Madison
Square Garden, which has seating
capacity of 1900. And arrange
ments were made for an overflow
meeting. BUT less than a quarter of
the seats in the garden were occupied.
In other words, New Workers are most
discriminating in the matter of pat
ronizing freaks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-24

Exempting deputy United States
marshals and deputy collectors of in
ternal revenue from the civil service
method of appointment with his right
hand, President Wilson emphasizes
with his left an announcement that he
is q warm advocate and supporter
both OF the principle and of the bona
fide practice of civil service reform.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-24
MoTHER-oF.PEARI.,

Cast from the infinite swell
Caught from the foam and the swirl
This is the heart of the shell,
Mother-of-pearl.
Nacre, irradiant, blent,
Hidden away from the sight;
Tender the sp1endor that meant
Pearls should be white.
So in my heart would I store
Beauty of sky and of sea,
All heaven gives me and more
All is for thee.
Mary Eleanor Roberts in Lippincott's
Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-24

OF a truth. man is a difficult ami
NAL to satisfy. Not content with his
1aurels as a star pitcher, Christy
Mathewson claims the baseball play
ers' checker championship. But this
is sure to enhance his popularity in the
backwoods' grocery stores and barber
ShnnS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-24

President Ripley of the Santa Fe
has faith in Kansas. And so have all
true Kansans. 1t is their undying
faith in the state and it's possibilities
that has made it so great.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-24

1t is the idea of the Boston Tran
script that a good way to solve two
of our modern problems would be to
take all prisons out of politics and put
some of the politicians in prison.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-24

Now come the jingoes with the sug-
gestion that an embodiment between
England and the United States is
seriously threatened over the Mexico
situation. What rOti
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-24

Neither will the coming winter be
as interesting many that have gone
before. Medicine Hat continues it's
absence from the weather map.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-24

Belgium seems to be equipped with
plenty of good sense. 1t has counter
manded an order for military diri-
gible of the German rigid" type.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-24

At the manless dances to be given
by the girls at Washburn college, It
is reasonable to assume that there
won't be any bunny hugging.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-24

Nobody is sorry for the acquisition
of more land in the Arctic circle by
Russia If it's dominion is to be ex-
tended, the closer it, sticks to the
North Pole the better
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-24

It's good bet that Mr.. Carnegie's
reference to Emperor Williams atti-
tude toward Scotch whisky was not
quoted in the Ishpeming Iron Ore.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-24

Anyway, in case we have to invade
Mexico, Colonel Roosevelt will be il
a position to advance upon the enemy
from the rear
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-24

In case the special session merges
into the regular session, what about
all that congressional mileage? Prob
ably it won't be lost.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-24

General Felix Diaz must regret that
he did not continue to conduct his
campaign for the presidency of Mexi-
co from London
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-24

gone forth that the co-eds at the
state university must learn to swim.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-24
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is member of the
associated Press and receives the 1uIl DAY
ganization for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka
The news is received in The State Jour
nal building over wires for tslis sole puI-
pose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-24

At any rate Sulzer knew all alon
what was coming to him and that h
would surely get it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-24

My dear" said Mr.. Bickers to his wife.
81 saw in the papers today a decision of
a Virginia court that the wife may, in
some cases, be the head of the family -
John Henry replied Mrs. Bfckers. 1.-The
courts sometimes very slow in finding
out things!'-Puck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-24

Possibly, Suffers friends had in
mind the breach of promise suit
against him when they presented him
with a loving cup.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-24

A rather peculiar feature of a
speed war between competing rail-
roads is the fact all of them cover the
distance between the objective points
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-24

Perhaps it has been noticed by {
few discriminating newspaper reader!
that Harry Thaw is not back in Mat
teaWan vet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-24

Jack Frost has lambasted most of
the flies. but the few that have man
aged to linger on are perfect demons
at their appointed task of annoying
humans
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-24

And Huerta is not, by any means,
the first man who started something
he could not finish.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-24
KANSAS COMAENT
A FAIR COMPLAINT.

Henry j. Allen, whose genius -
government has made bump on the
side of his head that looks like nest
egg complains because Professor
Dyehe, state fish and game warden,
didn't raise dried herring-raislng the
fish last winter and drying the saHle
this summer. With all due respect
to Henry's genius, the Gazette desires
to protest. The condiments ana III
gradients that by statute are made ana
provided to go with dried herring are
under the ban of another statute IN
Kansas, and however, successful the
professor might have been, ne Woulo
have to sell his dried herring to MIS-
souri,. What the state fish ana game
warden should raise is canned lobster.
The state house is full of Holsters, ana
all good citizens know. they would pc
better canned than they are running
loose. There is just complaint against
Dyche that he hasn't used the pussy
willows to produce angora catflsh; OF
that he has not used the maltese cross
to stock our irrigated streams TO pro-
duce maltese catfish. But the KICK
about the dried herrings is not worthy
of Mr. Aliens we'll known ability as a
constructive statesman. - Emporia
Gazette.
o.
UNSELFISH TRAITS.
People who read the newspapers
these strenuous days find many in
stances daily to cause the streak OF
pessimism in their nature to come TO
the surface. Accounts Of crime of eV-
cry conceivable variety chase each 9TH
er in the mad race up and down the
columns until the reader joins the
prophets of old in deploring the evil
of the generation and hotes that the
heart of man is inclined to evil, as
the sparks fly upward. Yet the same
news columns carry scores of stories
in which the good in human nature
stands forth in bold relief and the
pess;mism of the moment is forgotten
For instance this last week, the same
papers that carried accounts of muir
der and theft and other crimes that
show the pitiable weakness of man.
also told of the efforts of corpora
ton and a community to relieve the
suffering of miner who had been I'M
prisoned in a mine disaster. The work
done to save the life of one man was
heroic; yet those who engaged in it
had no such thought about it. They
saw a need which they could relieve,
friend whom they could restore to
his family; and they gave their best
efforts to those ends, without thought
of remuneration or praise. Nor is the
unselfish spirit of sacrifice manifest by
the Pennsylvania miners an isolated
case. In every city and village and
community of this land. incidents oc-
cur in which the same trait is pre-
dominant. Man may appear utterly
selfish at times. Criminal traits may
spring out and moralists may speak or
the utter depravity of the world. Then
some incident like that which occurred
at Collinsville stands out little more
prominent than the thousands of I'M
heralded daily deeds of unselfshpess
and the world is apprised of the real
goodness to be found in the heart OF
every man.-Salina Journal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-12
TULANE FOOTBALL
CAMP IN DESPAIR
Student Body Is DOwncast
Over Crushing Defeat.
Sustained Saturday

New Orleans, November 1l.-Not even
the announcement that Gillis will be in
uniform this week, and the possibility
thai Arrende1l may join the gridiron
squad, can allay the despair of Tulane
supporters following the crushing defeat
of the Olive and Blue team at the hands
OF the Mississippi Aggies Saturday. That
game gave an opportunity for comparing
the relative strengths of Tulane and
Louisiana State, with the balance far
on the side of the Tigers.
Mississippi A and NJ. lost to Auburn SO
to 0, and L. S. u. was defeated by Au-
burn Z to 0. II one let's those scores
influence him he will figure the Baton
Rouge team about four touchdowns bet
ter than the Aggies.. and as the Aggies
defeated the locals by five touchdowns,
the dope has 1t that Louisiana will win
over Tulane by a score of about 40 TO 0"
Unless Tulane can show reversal or
form in the game with Southwestern or
Texas here on November Is, she viii sure
ly go Baton Rouge doomed to defeat.
Saturdays game we'll illustrates the
great Tulane weakness, which, 1t was
thought was somewhat overcome at st.
Louis vs., inability to play the same
quality OF ball throughout the contest
At the end OF the first nal1 the score was
II to 0, and yet before the final whistle
blew 1t had been increased by four tallies.
The game with L. S. u. last year was sim
liar; the locals played fine for while
but 1t couldn't last.
A big factor that is lacking Is pep
fighting spirit-as was pointed out in
these columns after the first game with
Jefferson. It is true that the men are
light, but that is all the more reason for
them to fight all the time. 1t has been
Coach Hoffman's complaint that he had
to work with green material. At the
present time an eleven has been praeticai-
Iiv settled upon. and the same men work
ing together for several weeks, and yet
they have not the get-together spirit and
the stick-to-it-ive-ness that characterizes
a Sewanee team, for instance, and the
total number of students at the latter IN
stitution is 90.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-12
.LOOKOUTS RELEASE
JOHNSON TO TEXAS
Galveston Acquires Outfield-
er-McCOrmick Attend
ing Conference

Chattanooga, November 11.-Manager
Moose Mccormick. the jovial com
mander of the Lookouts, is in Columbus
TO-DAY mingling with minor and major
league maSnates, and before the session
concludes on Thursday Will more than
likely have some interesting deals to an
nounce. President Andrews stated last
night that Mccormick had several pur-
ehases In contemplation an dthat at least
one OF them should be completed be-
fore the session of the minor league mo-
guls is over. Immediately after the finish
OF the meeting Mccormick will leave for
Chattanooga and probably will arrive here
Saturday or Sunday.
1t was with a considerable pang that
President Andrews abandoned his pro
Jected trip to Columbus The Chatta-
nooga magnate has not missed a minor as
soclation meeting since he entered base
ball and says he never intends to miss
another one. He had even arranged hotel
accommodations in Columbus. but bust
ness that piled upon him in the last week
compelled him to forego the trip. HIS
rooms were turned over to Bill Schwartz
OF Nashville, and Bill will bunk with Nc
cormiek during the session of the moguls.
The local magnate was not in a position
to state last night just who the new
Lookouts would be, but it is a cinch
that one OF them will be a third base
man. and one that Chattanooga fans know
well.
Negotiations were completed Yesterday
whereby outfielder VIII johnson goes to
the Galveston club of the Texas league.
where he will pasttime under the care
of Paul Sentell; the former Lookout. The
deal has been under way for more than
two weeks, but Galveston demurred on
the method of making the payment for
the player.
johnson should make star In the Texas
league He was a reliable player for
Chattanooga and it's wonder that some
or the clubs In this league waived on
him. But for few known weaknesses,
johnson would have been one Of the best
outfielders in. the Southern league, and
there is no doubt that he would have
been retained had not the acquisition of
Jack Johnson and Manager Mccormick
given the Lookouts with King, an all
star, .300-hitting outfield.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-12
MINOR LEAGUE CONFERENCE
CONVENES AT COLUMBUS

one or more delegates present from the
following leagues:
American association, International
Pacific Coast, Western. Southern asso-
citation, Texas, Central. New England
New York State, Three-I, Northwest
ern, South Atlantic, Virginia, wiscon-
sim Illinois, Southern Michigan, Centra'
association, Ohio State, Ilinois-Mis-
souri,, North Carolina, Michigan State
X. l. T., Nebraska State, New York
New Jersey and California state.
Sessions of the national board, which
has 1877 cases to hear, were commenced
this morning soon after the arrival OF
Chairman Farrell and 1t is thought the
docket can be cleared by Thursday
night.
Forty-three baseball league organiza-
tions embraced in the national asso-
citation agreement last year drafted 1s9
players according to the secretary's re-
port. The National league drafted As
players from minor league and the
American league 43.
A total of s227,250 was received for
drafted players in connection with
money on drafts disallowed on play
ers. A grand total received through
Secretary FarrelPs office for drafted
players, optional contract players and
released by purchase players was s4Sl,-
500
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-12
MANY COLLEGES IN
CROSS COUNTRY RUN
Teams Representing Thir-
teen Universities Will
Compete

New York, november 11.-Teams OF
long distance runners representing IL
of the larger eastern universities and
colleges, with the University of Mich
igan, have been entered to compete in
the sixth annual cross-country cham
pionship race of the intercollegiate As
soeiation of Amateur Athletes of Amer
lea, to he held over the Van Cortlandt
park course in this city on saturday,
November %. The list includes the
teams of Harvard, Cornell, Yale, Prince
ton Pennsylvania, Dartmouth. Michigan,
Syracuse. Brown, Colgate. Penn state,
Columbia, Massachusetts Technology
and college of the City of New York.
The race over circuit approximate
ly six miles in length will be severe
test. Three miles will be run over turf.
one-half mile over dirt roads, one mile
over soft macadam and the remainder
over hard macadam and rough road or
trails
Harvard. Cornell. Yale and Prince
ton appear to- be the more formidable
contenders.