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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-20

Eyes, she always has a lovely COM
plexion,'' said Spike Glover recently.
in discussing a popular girl with the
ever taste it? No?-Well. it's some
thing fierce"
The man who earns his check ana
stops there doesn't last very long these
days. advises the Garden City Teie-
gram. There are too many young bucks
who are willing to go the second mile'
as the Scripture bids.
Mine million acres Of wheat in KAN
sas is going to give chinch bugs
plenty to do next year, says the Will
from business by the very simple ex-
pedient of burning them out OF house
and home right now.
Before you censure the editor for
what he says, suggests the Greeley
County Republican, suppose you stop
and think about what he might have
said and didn't, and see IL you haven't
some reason to thank him for his kind
ly consideration Of your feelings.
Related by the Miami Republican:
Farmer Burns-"Tve bought q barome-
ter, Hannah, to tell when it'A going
to rain. We know" Mrs. Burns To
tell when It's going to rain! Why I
never heard O. such extravaganza.
What do you Spose tn Lord has given
We tn rheumatic fOr?"
There are some things that q level
headed human being should never do.
advises the Kearney County Advocate:
Among them is to kindle a fire with
kerosene oil. to walk on a railroad. to
attempt to get on a moving train, to
point gun or revolver at another. to
put his name on another mans note.
to keep his savings in an old stock
ing under the bed, to play game
OF chance with prepossessing strang-
er, to run for Office when he has a pay
ing position in private life. or to call
a bigger man than himself liar.
Himler Gustafson, Of Page, a few
miles west Of Oakley, snatched the
snake-killing belt and ran away with
1t last week without even apologixing,
reports the Oakley Graphic. He killed
LOG snakes on an acre and half of
land. an old prairie dog town. They
were all rattlers and had fangs and
rattles and ranged in size and age
ma snakes. This fellow Jason who
slew the dragon hasn't anything on the
boy who walks in q den Of los rattle
snakes and mows them down. This il
claimed to be the champion snake story
Of Kansas and we dare anyone to tell
a bigger one and prove It.
Speaking of big potatoes" said
the Trego County Reporter man. II
have raised some big ones myself.
used to farm a little patcl Of creek
bottom land back in Illinois which was
especially adapted to potato culture.
The more MANFRED that land and the
more I worked the soil and cared for
the plants the bigger the potatoes
would grow and it was nothing unusual
to find them which weighed five and
ten pounds and occasionally one which
weighed q pounds. One year decided
to give special care and attention to
just few hills to see what / could do.
could tell from the way the ground
was heaving that there were some po-
tatoes growing in those hills but the re-
suits exceeded my expectations. When
I dug them there were several which
weighed 40 pounds each but the biggest
one in the bunch weighed just s.
| pounds"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-20
HAS DISCOVERY ENDED?

With the finding Of q vast stretch
Of land within the Arctic circle to the
north of Siberia comes the announce
ment that this marks the last great
discovery of new land, writes H. H.
Mechanics.
It Is true that some years ago a
very belligerent gentleman was cred
tied with tears because there were no
more worlds to conquer, and since his
day such incidents as the discovery OF
North and South America, and other
places. have transpired. However. 1t
looks as though the geographera
really were right this time, for how
ever much we explore the little
known wilds Of Africa, South Amer
lea, Asia and Australia. our increas-
ing knowledge Of those places cannot
enlarge the boundary line that sep
arates the land from the sea.
Jules Verne was q scientific man.
and many regard his fiction stories OF
submarine and aerial fiight-which at
the time they were published seemed
wild dreams-as q serious prediction
of what he believed would be accom-
plished. AZ a matter Of fact he did
live to see the submarine an accepted
arm OF two navies. and the Wrights
were well advanced toward success
before he died. There remains his
"Trip to the Moon" which seems alb
solutely impossible of accomplish
ment Nevertheless there are scien-
the men who dare to reach out into
space and chart q pathway to other
worlds. One Of these, NJ. Ernest
IArchdeacon, who ranks among the
foremost authorities in France on avi-
alton. predicts our present aviation
machines, which at best could not en-
circle the earth in les than eight
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-20
[From the CHICAGO Nev..1

lFrom the Chicago News.1
Poets are born, and no law can pre-
vent It
A thorn In the bush II worth two in the
hand.
Every woman thinks she's an right In
her way-if It's her own way.
He gets the leavings who Is satisfied to
take things ~ they come.
Most Of us would feel pretty wen II Il
wasn't tor our imaginary ailments.
You'll always have . dull AZ II you wait
Tor volunteer to turn the grindstone.
We dislike to hear . man who doesn't
know one note from another attempt TO
sang his own praise.
Once In awhile Wo meet . man who -
willing to leave the punishment Of his
enemies to the Lord. :gs1s
At the ago. Of =. or thereabouts, the
average man begins to haunt the bargain
counters In search of spoctacle8.
When = woman haa implicit faith IN
her husband, most Of the ne3ghborD won
DIR how much longer II = going T. talDo
her to get her eyes opon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-20
kAMxlS CeGlGENT
THE CYPRneg suPpIY,

tho federal government has oont -
forest examiner into the squthefn
states to make study OF cypress TIM
Der. 1T = an open question" eafs
WIN pay to maintain the species in
localities whore II now grows. since
much OF the land upon which It is
found 10 capable OF high agricultural
development when drainod.' The ques-
ton OF preserving a supply Of cypress
highly valued wood. one Of the most
serviceable woods to be found In the
country. 1t nourishes to perfection In
swamps and in marshy lands where
many other varieties OF trees win not
grow at all: Cypress il in heavy de-
appearing. At. the same time there 10
demand for new farming lands and the
cypress swamp when cleared and
drained make very rich farms. The
swamps are beginning to be needed
for agricultural purposes. Their soil
of centuries. They are . menace to
health and in many ~instances drainage
Is necessity Of the times. Il will
be many years yet, but ultimately the
swamp area win be enormously re-
duced in every state in the union. The
south probably has enough cypress to
supply the country for long period Of
years. but unless some wisard OF for
estry can md q way Of making tho
swamp cypress grow ON dry or worm
out soil 1t would appear that this val
liable wood Is doomed. The whole
forest service has to say about cypress.
for the use OF the timber 10 universal
and It IL renowned for its lasting quail
Observation-Disclosures Star.
RICH MEN OF TODAY. -s.-
aog A<~<2 a ttz>
government got after him for income
tax, he probably would get out Of 1t
without much trouble. For the days
when riches made q man famous were
also the days when they didn't have
to be very large. AZ compared with
the present time Croesus would be .
piker. financially. At the most he
had q good many thousand dollars
and paid taxes on about q fifth OF
that. But today. in America. fortunes
time they were but thousands There
are hundreds Of men with a million
or more and multimillionaires are not
so uncommon. either. Just a few
days ago Edward Morris, the big
packer. died and left twenty million
big st. Louis brewer, died q few weeks
ago, in Germany. and his fortune il
estimated at more than fifty million
dollars. The levying Of the inheri-
ance tax brings out some figures that
have before not been known. Deaths
every now and then, tell Of enormous
fortunes left to heirs, and then It IL
known how the money made in Amer
lean business enterprises IL SO much
beyond the time when Croesus won the
reputation Of being the richest Of the
rich. Croesus wouldn't get more than
a quarter of q column these days, II
his wealth was all that made him IA
mous.-Hutchinson News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-20
JOURNAL ENTRIES

A red nose isn't the kind Of edvert1s-
ing that pays. s
Excellency is seldom II ever achieved
without real effort.
4
Long stories are usually productive
Of short laughs.
A mans Importance often fails to
coincide with his opinions on that sub
ject.
e. =
Just because g. woman goes shoppinr:
it doesn't necessarily mean that she
makes purchases.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-20
EVENING CHAT
BIZ RUTH CAMERON.


A young girl from q small town.
who had always had q great interest
In Society-the kind yon spell with
q capital S-but who had never come
any closer to 1t than reading news
paper accounts Of tts doings. married
q fashionable hotel at q famous wat
ering place for her honeymoon.
She had chosen that particular ho-
tel becauseA she had been told 1t was
always thronged with the wealthiest
and most fashionable people from all
over the country. And she wanted an
opportunity to zee with her own eyes
some OF these splendid creatures OF
whom she read 10 long.
When she came home all her
shared her avid interest in society
columns, were eager to hear about
her experiences.
And this il what she told them:"The
hotel was magnificent and It was .
very beautiful place. but I must say
had expected to zee such splendid
looking people. and they were really
quite commonplace, Just like the folks
we meet here at home. Were they
splendidly dressed? Yes, q few OF
them. But a great many Of them
even had frumpy things that would
MT want to wear myself"
Her auditors were astounded. Was
she sure Society-with q capital s.
really went to that hotel? they ven-
tured to ask.
Indeed it did, she told them indig-
nantly. Hadn't she read several OF
the most sacred names right in the
hotel register?
Now what do you think of that j?
Real Society-with the biggest kind
of a capital S1actually looking just
1i1xa other naon1A
| It's unbelievable. isn't It? Why I
thought they were wonderful crea-
lures, SO distinguished and beautiful
that they seemed like another race
of beings. Didn't you?
To drop sarcasm, isn't 1t rather
amusing. this notion that we all hold
in some degree that there IL such a
tremendous difference between Society
people and us humble middle-class
folks or, to take another angie ION the
dle-class folks and those at the lower
end of the scale?
Sometimes, in spite OF myself. I will
be snobbish enough to look down on
some other human being; and again,
I will be snobbish enough to crane
acquaintance-after all. there il no
snobbery 30 complete as that Of the
men or women who by their self
abasement make condensation pos
sible. And then like flash OF light
there comes to me the realization that
there il no such vast difference be-
tween human beings AZ we imagine.
II we had minds big enough to see
things in the large, we should see how
short the whole scale Of difference II.
David Graham Phillips. in one of
the most serious and thoughtful of
the works toward which he'was turn
ing when the tragedy came, makes
one Of his characters say the follow
ing in regard to the variations and de-
grees Of human capabi1ity: I think
the same words would apply to all the
variations between human beings:
There was a time (says the Success
full MANI when despised 'incapables:
then pitied them: but latterly have
felt for them the sympathetic sense of
brotherhood. Are we not all incap-
ables? Differing only IN degree. and
how slightly then IL we look at our
selves without vanity; like practice
sketches put upon the slate by ma
lures learning hand and impatiently
sponged away"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-20

This fewer speeches at -banquets
reform that has been inaugurated by
the Kansas Democrats will be Of the
deadly boomerangic variety II it re-
suits in longer speeches.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-20

It's been decided by q New York
court that people can sit at restaurant
tables all night II they want to-
Which IL well, for what does anybody
want to go to New York for unless
he can stay up all night?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-20

An idea of the get-rich-quick ia
cilities OF the laundry business may
be gained from the fact that China
men are willing to pay a bonus of
1900 each for the privilege Of get
ting into this country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-20

Some Of the awards at the New
York horse show indicate that Euro
pean cavalry officers have no better
success in winning prizes in this
country than United States cavalry
officers do abroad
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-20
FROM OTHER PENS
A FORTUNATE .PROvIso.

It is fortunate that the tarim :bSli
itself defeats its own clause granting
preference to American vessels.
The attorney general finds an easy
way out for the administration from
the embarrassment which this ILL
conceived clause would have occa-
stoned. He condemns the plan, not
because 1t would be unconstitutional
nor on any intrinsic ground. but be-
cause it il prescribed by a clause Of
the tariff bill itself. which provides
that nothing in 1t shall be 30 con-
strued as to abrogate. impair or in
any way affect q treaty. He holds
that the preference plan would affect
many treaties and that therefore 1t
must not be applied. We might wish
that a similar proviso had been in
serted in various other Laws the oper-
alton of which has affected treaties.
In some cases the laws have had that
effect Internationally. and such a pro-
viso would thus have averted unde-
sired results. We should dislike to
think that any law had been made
for the purpose of overriding a treaty,
for even II q treaty IL bad and should
be modified or abrogated 1t should be
dealt with decently and in order as .
mutual contract between two powers
and not as something that one OF the
signatories can tear up at will. In
have such q proviso inserted in law
which might otherwise affect a treaty,
in order that the distinction between
domestic and foreign treaties may be
accurately and unfailingly observed.
New York Tribune.
REAssURINa LATIN AMERICA.
Mr.. Roosevelt in a recent address at
Buenos Aires defined again and. in eff
feet, brought down to date the terms
Of the Monroe doctrine as they are un-
derstood by enlightened American
statesmen. A former minister from
the Argentine Republic to the United
States had just declared in Mr.. Roose-
velt's presence that eince his country
had grown rich and powerful It no long,
er needed the protection afforded By
the Monroe doctrine, Mr.. Roosevelt
was prompt to admit the truth Of this
declaration and to set forth Its corol-
larry. Having gone beyond the stage
OF meaningless revolutions and being
capable Of successfully defending itself
against foreign aggressions the Argen-
tine Republic, Mr.. Roosevelt said.
should Join with the United States in
UNFOLDING the Monroe doctrine in the
interest Of the weaker republics of the
ment Of stability. he declared. each
Latin American republic should become
. guarantor with the United States
OF the principle that foreign conquest
cannot be tolerated on American soil.
Obviously there are other American
republics which also should stand with
the United States az guarantors OF
this principle-Braxil and Chile. to
name but two. though they do not ex-
haust the list. MIR. Roosevelt has per-
formed . valuable service In making II
clear to the uroGreanfva 9tAtAnvn>v -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-20

Anyway what a man has to under
go to be elected mayor Of New York
il probably necessary to prepare him
for what he will get while he IL in
office
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-20

Those government investigators
may as well start with the under
standing that the cost Of manufactur-
ing hosiery is nothing compared to
the cost of keeping it occupied.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-20
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT.
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal II . member Of the
eSiesrsnS report o. thst STest s new a =
gAni.at1on Tor the exclusive afternoon
Dublication in Topeka
The news II received In The state Jous-
al building over wires for this sole puf-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-20

Possibly 1t has been noticed that
the men most pessimistic about the
crops are not those who got lame
backs by hoeing corn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-20

That st. Louis woman who doesn't
want her husband to be an "angel."
probably believes in the doctrine Of
following the line Of least resistance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-20

Possibly. in course Of time. a Mex
lean crisis will mean more to Presi-
dent Wilson than being kept up at
night until IL o'clock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-20

A note from Japan is due protest
ing against further Determinations
against its people in California. Los
Angeles has added q Chinaman to it's
police force.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-20

That English suffragist who has
Just been sentenced to eighteen
months in Jail may be expected to be-
gin her American lecture tour shortly,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-20

Servia's order for $4,000 war med
ais may. after all. be only a ruse to
make everybody think the trouble il
over.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-20

A personal representative is a d.
plomat willing to spend his life Civ
ing dictator just twenty-four hours
to quit debating.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-20

One Of the newest Of the telescopes
Is said to bring the moon within
twenty-nine miles of the earth, in the
imagination of the observer. Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-20

News that Anthony Comstock may
have a row with the suffragists must
have startled the many who always
thought Anthony was one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-20

Harry Thaw will soon have been in
New Hampshire long enough to en-
title him to vote there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-20
course.

Old landmarks are gradually dis
appearing. Among the missing is
the old-fashioned lobbyist with the
diamond shirt studs and the heavy
gold chain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-20

tainer. the bureau Of animal industr,
should not overlook the weasel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-20

many? 1t has been three or four
weeks since a Zeppelin was wrecked
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-20

Statistics show that It cost $106
more q year to live in 1912 than in
1896. But 1t was worth 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-20

What aid Jour mother say when You
'.ehe sid that I must take It from iSfh-
er's hlde- Of The house, mat there M
never been any insanity in her family."-
Houston Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-20
ON TIE SPUR
or THE MOMENT
BIZ Roy Z. NoUIITOH.


yank.
I crank,
/ tear my hair
And then swear
BY all that's holy, near and far.
I'll never buy another car.
That's what won't
This cranking stunt
Has got my old Angora goat.
Here, hold my vest, also my coat.
All. ha! At last she seems to feel
The thrill Of life along her keel
She clangs,
She bangs,
She seems to start,
But lacks the heart:
She jumps.
She bumps,
She jolts
And bolts
Fly everywhere.
do declare,
She gives a last expiring ''sput,"
I thought had her going. but
The juice has quit, there il no spark.
The lights go out. We're in the dark.
And then I yank
And then crank
For Just another hour or two:
My language 1t would hardly do
For Sunday school.
Oh, what q fool
To pin faith on a punk machine
That IL propelled by gasoline
What's that explosion. grim and dire7
A tire?
All right,
Good night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-20
Afterthouglats.

A1OcTG0O0Xmt8s
John D. says every man should
save one-fifth Of his salary. Any
man who can do this after spending
seven fifths OF 1t for household ex-
penses Is entitled to one Of Uncle
Andy's medals. The only way to do
it IL via the chautauqua circuit.
We have our moments OF deep.
! dark depression when we don't be-
lieve we will ever be able to have din
ner in the evening. instead Of at noon.
Governor Harrison advises his
Filipino subjects that they must be
good in order to be happy. but what
use has the average Filipino for hap
piness? He wouldn't know what to do
with 1t.
Sir Tummas viii bring two Sham
rocks over to the cup race. one will do
the racing while the other advertisea
the tea.
Julian Hawthorne. late Of Atlanta,
and Thomas Mott Osborne, late Of
Auburn, might get together on q lit
tie prison sketch
Kaiser Wilhelm has gone into the
cafe business. but that Is no place for
a man who recently mounted the wa
ter wagon.
Every newly improved typewriter ID
harder to write on than the one you
owned before.
After all is said and done, Bryan's
, chief fault seems TO be that he IL q
Democrat.
Hfckeyvnle Items.
Rem BinkA the station agent down
| at the railroad depot, says the patent
medicine thermometer in front Of the
depot registered 10 below zero the
other morning and the one he got
| form q soap concern. which hung on
| the back OF the depot registered II
| degrees above. It Ii too bad congress
can't pass . law regulating these ad-
| vertisin' Thermometers 20 . Teller car
tell whether he IL cold or warm. Ren
| register the same, even when they
were. side by side, and q good many
| fights have been started In our midsi
over how cold It was. every fellel
gotn, by his own thermometer.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-21
WINCHESTER
0..|

Especial to The Times Dispatch.1
WINCHESTER Va. SEPTEMBER gdM lna
night Mt a large dance at their handsome
A dance held Tuesday night at the
home OF Mr.; and Mrs. Samuel NJ. chiles on
| the Valley Pike. near Kernstown An old
| time Virginia supper was served during tho
evening. and music was furnished by an
orchestra from the band of the Eleventh
Major James A. Logan. Jr United states
Army. has returned from an official trip to
Miss Ellen McGil Baker. OF Berryyille.
is visiting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Mrs. Henry II. Little has returned to Nor
folk after spending the greater portion OF
Mrs. D. b. Conrad. who accompanied her
to washington.
child and nurse have gone to the Eastern
Shore of Maryland, where they will pass the
Miss Mary Louise Hart has returned to
Clarksburg w. Va. after visiting Mt the
Miss Anne D: Beverley. and Miss WINE
Baltimore as the guests OF the lstter's
brother -in-law and sister. Lieutenant and
Mrs. George V. oyler has returned from
a visit to her son-in-law and daughter. Mr..
and Mrs. B. F. Prince, in Baltimore
Miss Helen Hammeriy. who has been visit
Ing the Misses Faulkner. has returned 70
Mr. and Mrs. A: G. Digger and Mrs w. II.
Clark and sou. w. H. Clark. have gone to
Baltimore after spending the summer mere.
Mrs. Edward Hamiin and her children. OF
Boston. are visiting her parents. Major and
Mrs. Holmes Conrad.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Williams and their
two daughters, of Wilmington, y. c.. who
now the guests Of Mr. and Mrs. c. E. Aulick.
Mrs. Z. V. Weems has been visiting friends
In Baltimore and Washington.
MT. and Mrs Thomas Cover. Jr. of Phil
adelphia. have been visiting relatives in
town this week.
Mrs. Joseph Aiderton and her daughter.
Miss Alderton. of Miami. Fla. have been
tho guests OF Mrs. Elizabeth A. Horsey
Miss cambridge hns returned TO Baltimore
after visiting relatives and friends here.
Rev. Lewis G. NJ. Miller. d. d. has re-
turned to Columbia, S. c.. after spending
the summer here.