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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22
PENNY POSTAGE.

Every time the postal service ap-
proaches the point of becoming self
sustaining the talk about penny post
age is revived. Yet there has never
been manifested by the general public
any desire for one cent postage. While
the cutting in two of the present letter
rate would make a vast reduction in
the income of the department, its saw
ing to the average Individual would not
be noticeable.
Who is it that keeps up the agita ton
for lower letter postage? It must be
big business. 1t certainly is not The
masses.
If the department become too pros
porous it might We'll expend it's sur
plus earnings in paying better wages
to it's employees or in providing a
pension fund.
There are many more effective ways
of saving money for the people than
that of carrying the few letters they
write for one cent less, each.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22
KANSAS COlAAENT
WHAT WILL IT PAY2

About the first thing a young man
will ask you if YOU offer him a job
is what will the pay be. That is the
! trouble with young men of today, they
I want to start at the top and as there
is no such a thing as standing still
they naturally must go down after they
make their start, because they start
at the wrong end. If you wish to
get to the top and are offered a job,
be left to the boss, he will pay you
all you are worth and if he cannot af-
ford to pay you all you are worth
he will see to it that you will not
waste your time with him but will get
you job that will pay you your value.
No man was ever fired because he
was worth more than his boss was
able to pay him, but many a young
fellow fell down because he wanted to
start with the man at the top of the
ladder. You no doubt know several
young men who are wasting their time
knocking on their hard luck who would
not work if they had chance. Their
hardest time is to dodge work. You
probably also remember that these
fellows refused jobs because there was
not enough money in it for them and
they have been looking for the right
kind of job ever since.-Lincoln
THE LEAVENWORTH HOME VOTE.
This paper is not opposed to the old
soldier voting, but it must commend
Ed CARROTS bill repeating the law
which permits him to vote at the Leav-
enworth Home. The bill provides that
he may send his vote home the same
as travelling men do now and have it
counted. The law was enacted after
the Republicans came into power fol-
lowing the Populist regime and was
enacted for the sole purpose of taking
Leavenworth county away from the
Democrats. Now see what happens
when it is proposed to repeal the law.
In the house it was stated that less
than so of the more than 1000 in
rest would be disfranchised if the bill
passed. If these 1000 men do not live
in Kansas. what right had a Republi-
ture, to give them the right to vote
in Kansas? Why should they be per-
mitted to vote for county officers in
Leavenworth county and perhaps null
lily the votes Of 1000 voters who do
live, work, do business and are vitality
interested in the affairs of that coun-
ty? 1t may be unfortunate for these
old veterans that they are deprived of
their votes when they become wards
of the nation, but voting is not a right
in a republic-it is a privilege, and
one that is hedged in by all sorts of
local laws governing the exercise of
the franchise. The law should be re-
pealed in simple fairness to Leaven-
worth county and the state.-Washing-
ton Palladium.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22
QUAKER MI!DTTATTONS

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Talk is cheap-until you have to take it
back.
1t takes a paradoxical critic to deliver
a roast that is well done.
You can't insult woman more than by
casually guessing at her age
The efficacy of prayer depends on the
amount of hustle that is back of it.
1t takes an optimist to laugh in his
sleeve when he knocks his funny-bone
The world is full of people who keep
insisting that something ought to be done.
Forty is the age at which the average
man gets rid of his conceit or doubles it.
Many a man takes an hour to tell his
troubles that he could get rio of in ten
minutes.
1t is possible for a man to have too
many friends, but it takes him a long
time to realize it.
Don't place too much faith in the old
saws. The man who says nothing doesn' t
always saw wood.
The deffirence between racounteur and
a bore is that one has money enough to
buy the drinks, and the other hasn't.
Being the under dog may have its draw :
backs, but at any rate the loser is never
accused Of cheating.
TIE trouble with good resolutions is
that they are SO hard to raise. They are
so apt to die of malnutrition.
pesaimist." cynie1s-"Why should q he bea
He has never been married"
Tommy-"Pcp, what is the difference
between a reason and an excuse?' Tom
my's Pop-''Wait until you grow up and
get married, my son; then you'H know"
Scotch mixtures seem to De very pop
ular this winter" remarked the dressy
person. ITO wear or to drink?' demanded
the man with the impressionistic nose.
Marriage is a lottery quoted the Wise
Guy. YES" agreed the Simple Mug;
'.and some men are never satisfied with
their luck until they have tried it five or
six times"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22

seldom or never does anything well
Usually, he is more less like Lincoln >
steamboat-he cannot make steam enoGe n
to move and blow his whistle, too. Hence,
he has to stop every time he whistles. IN
the hope of making an impression, n
spends most of his time blowing mas
whistle.
purpose in life cut out the high tension
nonsense. Its only use is to make an mn :
preston upon the thoughtless, and the
thoughtless won't remember you long
anyway. Presently they'll find another
diverting spectacle What you want are
permanent results, and the attainment OF
permanent results is a slow, sane, calm,
steady, painstakfng process.-Copyrfgh MT
1913. by the Mcclure Newspaper Syndi-
cate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News,

LFrom the Chicago News.1
Usually a man is what he suspects 9TH
erS of being.
The best of men are sometimes worsted
and that's no yarn.
Silly people are usually happy, but not
all happy people are silly.
No inventor has been able to produce
a noise1ess flat wheel as yet.
It's the easiest thing in the world to in
struct another how to do things.
Many a slow man develops into sprin-
ter when he has a chance to run into
debt.
While the seasons always open for for
tune hunting, few of the hunters are good
shots.
Anyway, the man who follows your adj
vice always has some one to blame If he
fails.
When a pretty widow begins to hand
baby talk to bachelor he might as well
surrender.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22
IRON OTHER PENS
MOST QUESTIONS ARE Two-s1DED.

MOST QUESTIONS ARE TWO-SIDED.
The proposal to pension mothers has
just been the subject of an interest
ing discussion in Pittsburg. Those who
favor the proposition to pay a stipend
to mothers of the poor say that it
would eliminate many chronic charity
seekers, that it would result in better
nurtured children, less discomfort in
the homes of the poor and less wife
desertion by fathers unable to enoure
longer the grind of trying to rear a
large family on ordinary wages. Those
who oppose the idea retort that the
pension is only a charity under an
other name, that there is no guaran-
tee that it would produce thrift where
none existed before, and hence that
the assertion that children would be
better nurtured is a pure assumption;
that fathers, no longer sufficiently
heavily obligated to devote their earn
ings to their families, would give them
less of those earnings and would de-
sert them oftener and with far less
compunction than nowadays. OF course,
all this, on both sides, is purely aca-
demic. Nobody can determine how a
given plan will work by arguing in
advance of its trial.-Detroit Free
Press.
SOME VANITY STATISTICS.
A self-appointed actuary who had moth
ing else to do has just figured out that
the average woman spends more than Z42
days of her life before the looking glass.
He starts her before the mirror at the
age of six, has her appear before it regu-
larly up to the age of 20, and adds to-
gether the minutes, which amount to
349,575, or more than 242 days.
Let MS assume that the statistics are
right. What of it? Does 1t prove that
woman is vain or useless? If the actuary
had spent little more time and develop
ed his scheme along human interest house
hold lines he might have secured data
on the average woman's activities which
would read something like this:
9,S1 days, spent cooking over hot
stove.
1,043 days, sweeping and scrubbing.
9S7 days, darning clothes and stockings.
AS days, picking up things men have
dropped.
S22 days. washing and ironing.
And SO on infinitun.
This actuary is not full-Tounded man
He is a cynic. He disregarded these al
together practical possibilities and insted
loitered in the vanity department for the
purpose of presenting unfair con-
clusion- He deserved to have his bluff
called, and we call it.-Boston Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22
SAYS UNCLE CIV

The thigh tension man is pretty good
entertainment for his neighbors, being
one of the best grandstanders In Tie
word but he doesn't get permanent re-
suits Not that it isn't necessary to work
under full steam once in a while. 1t is.
There come to every man crises In which
he must work fast and work accurately
SeIf-preservation occasionally depends
upon ones ability to squirt. But he who
is constantly travelling with the speef
clutch over in the high is due for a smash
up, In the very nature of things, he can't
stand the strain. Moreover ne VINO
to the galleries-he has his eyes open for
giances of admiration and his ears cooked
for the sound of applause He hasn't got
exhibition of himself, but he isn't making
good.
Everybody knows that frantic speed
makes for inaccuracy, and the high
tension man starts with that handicap.
He is in constant danger of making an
error that will nullify his spectacular Ell
forts In getting up speed, which he uses
mostly for exhibition purposes. he is
normally supply. The time quickly cones
when he operates upon has nerves." and
when that moment arrives he is all but
ready for the sanitarium- He has wasted
his working force to the point of exhaus-
tion. and there is nothing for him except
an enforced rest, which is mighty un-
satisfactory substitute for physical sol
Too many of us don't know what
physical solvency" is. To maintain 1t We
spend no more of our resources in our
wor,lng hours than can be restored IN
our hours of rest Failure to recognize
This necessity is one of the many faults Oh
the ahigh tension man, and is the one
that sends him sooner or later to the
boneyard.
Nature is never in hurry She is al
WAYS thorough. The high tension
grandstander is always in a hurry and he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

IFrom the New York Press.l
Being fair in business is a very expen-
sive way of running it.
What makes a woman so loyal to her
husband is he isn't to her.
The further a girl will run from a man
the faster she can make him run after
her.
The earlier a girl learns about things
the more she will wish some time it had
been later.
The more a man hates to get up prompt
ly in the morning the more he will lie
about how he does IL.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22
CLOUDY NIGHT.

Driving clouds and a moon that wanes:
Golden light through your window panes
Q my heart, what an endless sorrowl
Only by night I creep to see
Your easement shining goldenly,
o my heart, what an endless sorrow,
Tears by night and hopeless morrow.
Dora Owen, In Westminster Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22

The hilarity displayed by some
newspapers over the passing out of
Jail sentences to the cash register
men, might we'll be reserved until
those persons are locked up They
seem to have forgotten the 20 million
dollar fine imposed on the Standard
Oil company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22

The suffragette army of thirteen
members marching to Washington ac-
companied by fifty war correspondents
recalls Brick Pomeroy's description of
the Boston Jubilee gotten up b.. Pat
Gilmore. Pomeroy wrote to his paper
that he found 10000 musicians playing
TO an audience of 1000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22

That public sentiment is stronger
than any law was recognized by the
eastern railroads when they declared
that 1.-THE public will not tolerate a
strike" The firemen had a legal
right to quit and their employers had
a legal right to hire men in their
places or stop their trains but there is
to be no strike.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22

The s1.oo0.0o0 included in the $25 ,00O,-
600 public buildings appropriation bill,
for postoffice at Birmingham, Ala,
looks like giving Mr.. Underwood the
lions share of the pork"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22

A wealthy New York woman is
about to quit the country because, she
says, she is annoyed by men who want
to marry her. If she really has the
money, she is not likely to fare any
better where she is going
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22

Is that Showmen's League organized
in Chicago and headed by Buffalo Bill,
a circus trust? If not, why did the pro-
moters wait until Wickersham is
about TO retire?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22

Somebody has invented an automo-
bile fender that will pick up a pedes-
trian and carry him along. But who
wants to be picked up in that WaY2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22

One of Governor MarshalPs claims
to distinction is that he is a golf play
err But that will not get him anywhere
in Washington. The lead has been
worked out
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22

The effort to limit hotel charges at
Washington during the Inauguration is
a cruel blow at the landlords. They
get an opportunity of that kind only
once in four years. And after all few
people are compelled to go there
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22

At last the reason for Castro's visit
has been discovered. He just ran over
to see the inauguration and says
he will leave us when that is over.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State journal is a member OF tne
Associated Press and receives the run uay
Telegraph report of that great news or
eanization for the exclusive AFTERNOON
publication in Topeka
The news is received in The state Jou--
nal brilding over wires for this sole puT-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22

The refusal of congress to pass the
single presidential term bill probably
is due to the fact that everybody wants
the colonel to run again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22

A Harvard professor wants the size
of the gold dollar increased and in
stead of that the government is
about to reduce the size of the paper
dollar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22

The destruction of a valuable COL
lection of ivory by fire in Chicago
leads the Detroit Free Press to re-
mark that perhaps some of the citi-
zens lost their heads.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22

When Mr.. Wickersham goes out of
office possibly he can get a job in
Canada. They have organized a coffin
trust in Ontario.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22

The tub trust has been put out OF
business, but any old vessel Will DO
for an immunity bath.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22

One effect of the proposed new
liquor law would be to minimize the
difficulty for his friends of locating
the man receiving a jug.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22

Evidently the Gideons do not believe
the statement frequently heard. that
Democrats can't read. They are placing
5000 Bibles in the hotels at Washington
for the benefit of the inauguration
visitors
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22

Among other signs of spring, the
birds are coming north and the pase-
bali players are going south.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22

1t looks as though this would be
hard year on lame ducks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22

Mexico has a way of recalling presi-
dents, which is quick and effective.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22

The Chicago aeroplane factory has
burst The machines did not go up
but the concern did.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22
ON TIE SPUR
or The MOMENT
Twas ALWAYS Thus,
BY ROY X. MOULTON.

Twas Always Thus.
l dwelt within a palace grand
With hired help on every hand,
l ran the place at large expense;
The luxury was just immense.
1 lived on porterhouse and quail;
Ny chef knew no such word as fail
I had a splendid limousine,
A seven-passenger machine;
1 also owned a racing car
And there was not a thing to mar
My peace of mind. knew no toll;
I didn't have to do thing
From spring to fall and fall to spring.
I had no worry on my mind,
Or vail regret of any kind.
My castle was a sight to see;
I had ten men to wait on me,
And when got bill, by heck,
My secretary wrote a check,
I lolled about and took my ease,
With bank notes piled up to my knees.
Then something happened suddenly,
My wife came In the room and she
Said as she gave my hair jerk:
Wake up, you chump, and go to
work"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22

The Mexicans can now turn from
fighting one another to fighting bulls
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22
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Contributed.

Contributed.
A very small youth was struggling
down the street with a very large load
Of newspapers. A kind-hearted old
gentleman saw him and said:
Little boy, don't those papers
make you tired?'
NO. replied the youth, 81 don't
read 'em, just sell en-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22


And when 1 got a bill, by heck.
My secretary wrote check,
lolled about and took my ease,
With bank notes piled up to my knees.
Then something happened suddenly.
My wife came In the room and she
Said as she gave my hair a jerk:
Wake up, you chump, and go to
work"
Contributed.
A very small youth was struggling
down the street with a very large load
gentleman saw him and said:
Little boy, don't those papers
make you tired?"
NO. replied the youth, 81 don't
read 'em, just sell EN-"
'"That Blinlks woman is the meanest
woman in this town." said Mrs. Jones
to her husband as they sat at dinner.
How sop
well, we were coming out in the car
this afternoon and I reached in my
bag as though I intended to pay our
fares and what do you think the mean
little cat did? She let me go on and
do it."
A Mean Woman.
'1 think that Mrs. oJnes is the
marked Mrs. Piety Hill to her hus-
band.
How is that, m'dear?' asked Mr..
Hill.
well, had fixed up something real
sarcastic to say to her about her new
hat, and che said the same thing about
mine and said it first
A Coward.
my husband is the worst coward
I ever saw said the stout lady in
the street car. He even says he is
afraid to climb a stepladder to hang
a picture for me-"
what is your husbands occupa-
tion?'
ooh. he is just an aviator. That's
all. He has broken the altitude rec
ord three times
Do 1t Early.
Do your Christmas shopping early,
Do it early, father dear,
For the frost is on the pumpkin
And the the time is drawing near.
Get the sealskin coat for Maggie
And the camera for Lii,
And the limousine for mother,
And the runabout for Bill.
Get the new dress suit for Henry
And the leather bag for ole.
And the photograph for Agnes,
And the party gown for Flo.
Get move on and get busy,
Spend all of your hard earned rocks.
In return you're almost certain,
To get fifteen pair of socks.
From the Hickeyville Clarion.
There is several kinds of mollycod-
dies but they all wear passionate
socks and smoke cigarettes.
If Andrew Carnegie really wants to
die poor, he might tiT writing for the
magazines.
business who couldn't make more mon
ey selling patent medicine.
The difference between a statesman
and a demagogu is that the states
man has got the job.
IT rained cats and dogs the other day
and they had veal stew for dinner at
the huttel.
If there is any job more ticklish than
cIimbin' through barb wire fence, 1t
is that of expressin' your honest opin-
ion of your wife's folks.
1t is getting SO nowadays you can't
tell from a feller's clothes and hair
cut whether he is rube or genius.
There amt any style about some
fellers. Abner Hanks of our town
drives around in his spring wagon I'M
til way late in the fall.
You kin tell a carpenter by his chips,
and, by gravy, you kin tell a poker
player the same way.
If they ever adopt that elastic cur
rency in this country 1 suppose a Teller
will have plenty of money to buy sus-
penders.
A one-armed man selling lead pen
ellis was in our midst Wednesday
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22
TERMS OF sIJRscRIPTIoN

Daily edition. delivered by carrier. 10
suburbs. or at the same price in any Kan
sas town where the paper has carrier
system.
BY mail one year. % %
BY mall 100 days. trial order. ..-...... -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22

Getting On--.Has Maud succeeded in
getting into society yet?'' mo. buf sta..
rising in the social scale. She's beins
snubbed by better class of peon,a this
year than last-"-Boston Transcript
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22

Mrs Muggins-I'm 50 worried about NV
Buggins-What are the symptoms? Mrs
Muggins-He hasn't complained about a
single thing for nearly a week-Phil-
adelphia Record
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-22

Tom-You spend altogether too much
money on that girl. Don't you know girls
always accept everything a man gives
saves his money? Jack-Sure / do. That
the reason I'm blowing in mine.-Boston
Transcript.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-03

The latest health fad of English
women is to wear their hair uncon-
fined.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-04-03
Baptist Church Notes.

The results of last Sundays SER
vices show that the Baptist people
are well satisfied with their new pas
tor. The church auditorium was full
both morning and evening. Among
the congregation we're number OF
Ashland's young folks.
Rev. MacCullough is a strong and
instructive speaker. He pleases his
audiences, not so iuuch with stories
and anecdotes, but with the gospel
of Christ in pure and simple man
ner. Next Sunday will be the young
pastors first services as permanent
pastor, his call going into effect at
that time.
The choir was reorganized last
Sunday and will give special music
at both services next Lords day. Mr.
Earl Razor, the former leader, is
back and has taken charge of the
choir.