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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-03
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATCHIsON GLOBE.

Generally speaking. people do what
can't be postponed.
An Atchison man Is SO conceited he will
try to out-talk q woman.
About the only necessity coming down
these days is the window screen.
This braciDg autumn weather doesn't
give the flies great deal Of the old pep.
Occasionally there Is q crouch in the
game who hates to see his friends win IL
he can't.
An old maid finally reaches the place
where she stops struggling but a widow
never does.
It may be said further that the gent
who takes it as a medicine Is quite sus-
ceptlble to colds and fevers.
Sometimes a man makes such q loud
noise he can't hear anything else, and
figures he Is a Leader of Men.
If heaven is clean enough to satisfy q
nasty-nice woman, 1t is going to be q sad
place for her slouchy husband.
A poor man who is also sick can't be
blamed II he feels that q good deal Of the
luck goes to those who don't need it.
Trying to be cheerful when one doesn't
feel nat way shoui. be listed with the
other hard work which isn't very well
done.
Although a weather prophets use of the
word ''changea LEI becoLEes monotonous
one hardly blames him for playing safe
when In doubt.
The man who started the theory that
tobacco smoke is beneficial to q woman'e
house plants would be successful as am
bassador to an unfriendly country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-03
FOLSOM PROTECTON.

Another man has arisen In the
middle Of the night. stumbled into the
bathroom, reached into the medicine
cabinet and taken bichloride Of mer-
curry instead Of the headache remedy
he sought. His ending came in the
manner usual under the ctrcum-
stances.
Undoubtedly the box bore In large
letters the warning. poison" and the
imprint Of q skull and cross-bones.
But he was suffering eacutely and
probably was in the half-dazed condi-
ton that comes Of tantalizing hours
on the verge Of sleep. And he did not
turn ON the light.
Druggists are careful in complying
with all the safeguards provided by
the law for the sale of poisons. But
the suggestion has more than once
been made that poisons, especially the
kind likely to be included among the
drugs kept on hand in households. be
fashioned or put up in packages Of
unusual shape SO that they can in
stantly be identified by the sense of
touch.
This is q protection which may not
be needed II ordinary caution is OBJ
served, but 1t seems one that 1t would
be wise to provide.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-03

THE DAY THAT SUN1GEER DIED.
The DAY that summer died We saw =
crsep slowly o'sr the sunshins q her
fsetinx beauty. dim and wholly
Unlike the brightness Of her earlier
We felt chin In every breese that blew
Aad saw across the meadows green and
A veil OF frost that silvseed an the dow
The day that summer died.
The day that summer died = red leaf fen
From out the naples green ana stately
Crest,
And al the slender fern leaves in the den
In robes Of white and palest gold were
A late rose shed its petals one by ons,
Tho poplar stirred tt1 trembling leaves
and sighed:
A glowing dahlis blosoomed In the sun
The day that summer died.
The day that summer died the forest
stream :.
Crept forth to catch the blusnsss Of the
The hills grew dim and haxy a. . dream.
Or like q vision viewed by fearful eyes.
drear.
Swept DER the landscape like a rising
And winters footsteps sounded an too
The day that summer died.
Mrs. Robert Focht, in the Eureka Mes
Senger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-03
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

[From the Philadelphia Record-1
It's an i'll wind that blows nobody good.
not even the doctor.
No man Is so quickly worn out as he
who Is tired doing nothing.
The crazy quilt is almost as easily
patched up as the lovers quarrel
Blessings often come disguised, which
IL why we don't recognize them.
Many a woman thinks hat becoming
to her that won't be coming to her.
Peace hath her victories, when the
peacemakers fight to see who will get the
credit.
woman can't run up a hill without
getting tired. but running up a bill is
different.
Second thoughts are best. but that II
seldom what influences a woman to
cnange her mind.
Blobbs-"Hes an artist in words -
Slobbs-'.Ah! a poet. eh?" Blobbs-"No. a
sign painter"
If the people who are blind to their ow"
faults only realized It. what business
the oculist would do.
"A bad penny always turns up" quoted
the Wise Guy. yes. but 1t keeps Us
guessing to know whether Il is going to
turn heads or tails" added the Simple
Mug.
IT wish my corn was shocked re-
marked the farmer. ripping out q few
choice oaths. .'It probably will be II you
use that sort Of language In its presence,
replied his wife.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-03
HV40Q or Tm DIP

Were you glad to get back to school
and see your dear teacher? WELL" re-
piled the very observant boy, IT guess
was just shout a. glad as dear teacher
was to get back and see me."-Washins-
ton Star.
TT has been . long time since have
read any contemporaneous poetry that
moved me to tears" ssOnly the other day
I read q poem that moved me to tears"
"sHow did It move you so?" II wept be-
cause 1 couldn't get at the author."-Bir-
mingham Age-Herald.
It's . foolish man what sits down ter
count his troubles, ka4e dat only gives EN-
another chance ter swat him.-Atlanta
Constitution
0eorge-"CynthiA, rather than remain
single. would you marry the biggest TOOL
on earthr Cynfl1a-''Oh, George. This
IL 20 suddeh-"eJudge.
my life II an open book" declared the
candidate. well. IL needs Q lot OF edit
Ing before Il 10 offered to readers" shout
ed the man In the rear Of the crowd
Bu@A1o Expsu
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-03

Some parAgrafeFB show . tendency
to make sport Of the union Of the So
year-old Widder and the 17-yeAr-
young boob. But We hold that It 10 q
serious matter-for both of them.
Furthermore. we suspect that 1t was
real love match; that said boob was
deeply enamoured OF the shape-of
said widder's roll.
WHAT il YOUR idea Of ssro in
something to burgle?
Parties broke into the Schilt1
daughter house Monday night.
Several hides were stolen.-ClAy
Center Times.
The pussy cat, rather than the Bull
Moose. should be the emblem Of the
Progressive party. The pussy cat
takes the leavin's. The Progressives
took Hon Bill Finn Of Pennsylvanta,
and Hon. Bill Sulzer OF New York.
Theosophists claim that = soul
weighs four and seven-sixteenths
ounces. The sample soul secured by
tho theosophists for the Investigation.
may have been the soul Of beef trust,
AMI the weight given q Islander on the
general soul average.
Whenever Filling Fuller's wife COM
plains that she has nothing fit to
WOeAAs AAO ORA1C6 tua~ 8AA0 OO8AS W w
right in style.
Jack Supp has discovered that. after
gold fish has been taught to eat
patent fish food, he will eat q cigarette
fhns th 5as ne. Of
the fish can be- fooled into eating
patented breakfast foods.
Same class to being president in
NO HAt~ d. >ke>S1
to kiss all the girls when he visits a
seminary. In this country q politician
has to kiss the babies.
1t is up to our village to get busy
The school ma'ams who will arrive
this week have been led to think that
this is a Wicked City. Rather than
disappoint them. the Commercial club,
| or some other civic organization.
should hire some actress to wear q
split skirt down Kansas avenoo, giving
the hour and line Of march full pub
licity.
Or. they might arrange for a show
same Cabaret" and import q vaude-
Vile team to dance TOO Many Horse
radishes,"-or what ever that tango
| thing may be.
I'VE have in our midst" says Hondc
Murphy, "a person who il afflicted
| with exaggerated auricle. You CAM
spring a subject that he hasn't heard
I all about. He has heard that the cal
Of Dionysius was q tin ear, although
he never read mythology or q pony
classic; he has heard that John Brown
Of Osawatomie smoked cigarettes and
read the problem novels Of Hall
Game; he has heard-on good author
| tty-that Henneasy's goat, and no,
Mrs. Leary's COW. started the Chicago
fire. His pose il that of q village
authority; his reputation Is that Of 9
| town pest"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-03
.kl1kxAy CQp1lGEHT
sIMPERINQ CRITICS.


There IL q brand -of simpering critic
who howls his little head or but never
has any good reasons for taking the
stand he processes to be taking. He
takes the stand that he can criticise
because he has right to. Now, man
has legal right to cultivate the spirit
Of faultnnding II he wants to do that
sort Of thing. There IL no law against
1t. He il not in danger of being put
in Jail for continuous faultnnding.
great many things that could be mem
toned: q man can be q fool and mot
get into jail for 1t; and he can peddle
gossip and be q Crouch, ana refuse 10
wash his face and comb his hair II he
wants to do these sorts Of things. There
are no laws against these things. and
yet not many folks want to do them.
When the simpering critic claims the
legal right to crtticise, he hasn't alb
solved himself from all responsibility
In the matter. He may have q legal
right to do the thing but that doesn't
argue that it Is the thing to do. The
only man who has a moral right to
criticise is the one who has something
to offer in the place of the thing he
critfcises which he thinks IN better. II
he criticises he must offer the better
thing or way. and must DO ready to
stand by it through thick and thin. To
find fault without having anything bet
ter to offer In good faith II the worst
kind Of simpering criticism. and the
critic of this kind ought not to be al
lowed to hide behind the weak pretensa
that he has q legal right to do it,
Arkansas City News.
JUST BEING A GOOD CITIZEN.
ST never could understand how some
men can call themselves good citizens
and continue to do the things they
do" said Jonathan Whang today. "Of
course everybody's idea Of good citi-
xenship differs but 1t strikes me that
q man must give his next door neigh
boz and his best friend and the tram
silent stranger a square deal every
sent of his conscience to style him.
self good citizen. We have a habit
Of referring to all the prominent men
in town as good citizens when the
chances are that many OF the most
modest and obscure persons are in
reality our very best citizens. Tho
man who goes along in a quiet. unas-
Stunning way. doing the daily tasks
which confront him. treating his fell
low men as he himself would be treat
ed, providing for and enjoying his
family. standing for right and de-
cency and clean living-this Is the
while. He is worth forty dozen OF
the fireworks variety who only wear
their good citizenship on Fourth OF
Julys and at special public. celebra-
tons. Give me the man every time
who is content with just being a good
citizen day in and day out without
advertising his virtues through q
megaphone or a newspaper."-Atchi-
son Champion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-03

man"
II remember her motner.' Ma Cooke
hastened to say. ''Sho was hero every
dime came to oe0 my Tiny son. I am
sorry abe u not here
she thought was % silly to come"
laughed virginia
Sometimes it's Fats that leads m Into
adventure that seems strange to any ono
but ourselves." remarked the surgeon so
berly.
And Virginia ana George Cooke looked
at each other Tor q second.
AZ they turned away together, having
promised to Join their elders for tea later
In the afternoon. the young man looked
down ut the girl at his side. WAS Il .
kindly Fate, wonder?''
Fate II always kind Virginia answer
ed. lis 1t not?'A(Copyright. 1878. by
the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-03

President Wilson II reported to be
10 aroused over the tinkering with the
currency bill by two or three Demo-
cratic members Of the senate bank
ing committee who are apparently
working with the Republicans on the
committee. that he is thinking seri-
ously Of sending 1t to the Democratic
caucus, where he will be able easily
TO jam its way through the senate as
q purely party measure. Evidently
the utility of old King Caucus has
overcome the erstwhile repugnance Of
President Wilson to such a question:
able method Of political procedure
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-03
Wanted to BE There.

Tony came over from the old coun-
try and obtained employment in
America as a section hand. Some time
afterward he went to his foreman and
said: BOSS. I like hat vacation
cation" answered the boss.
Eyes. boss. like hat vacation" re
peated Tony.
What do you want with a vaca-
ton? If give it to you. Tony. you
will go over to the old country, blow
all your money. and then come back
broke. You had better stay here"
II like hat vacation, boss" stolialv
repeated Tony. I'm going to get
married. and I'd kinda like to be
there."-Everybody's MAGAZINE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-03
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Love-making is romance: marriage
is reality.
=
A Just man IL often likely to get
the worst Of 1t.
Dishonesty frequently pays well
until it's discovered.
Untold wealth includes much Of the
personal property that escapes tax
alton.
A man gets elected to public office
on his promises. and reelected, or
not, on his performances.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-03

DR.. Wilbur. chief statistician of the
census bureau. emphatically protests
against the theory that man is past
his prime at 40 years Of age. But
this is one of those things that de-
ponds a good deal on the individual.
Some men are away past their prime
at forty, while others at that age
haven't begun to reach 1t. After all.
there is good deal of fact and wis
dom in the old saw that a man is as
old as he feels.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-03

choice. unless by some peculiar hap
enstance the list Of candidates contains
no ono upon whom q majority. in q
free field and after fun opportunity
can unite. This is clearly not q fault
Of the system. But even in the face
of this unusual combination OF cir
cumstances the voters get the next
best thing-the election of the only
possible candidate in the list Of con-
testants-certainly a legitimate piur-
atty choice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-03
Disciple Of Old I.aak.

A good angling story comes from
Cheshire. A correspondent says: IT
came upon a small boy not long ago
who was moodily fishing with an I'M
provised rod and hook in the muddy
waters of the canal cannot but
believe that he will make a great fish-
erman some day. for he seemed to
have the logged perseverance, nee
essary Tor the craft. But he was clear
~ Tar from happy. He paid no at
tentton to me at all, but mournfuIlv
pursued the matter in hand. what
are you doing? asked him at Iast.
.Ffshin' for snigs.' he replied in a NE
less voice What are snigs?' I in
quired. 7 don't know he replied
-Cardin Western Mail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-03

Evidence is accommodating daily
that it would be absolutely impos-
sible to draft a currency law that
would be entirely acceptable to all
of the bankers of the country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-03

Bavaria's king wants an increase in
salary. Which goes to show that
kings of Bavaria and kings of the
diamond have some things in COM
mon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-03
IRON OTHER PENS
THE CASE OF CORK.

Nothing that Maxim Cork ever
wrote conveyed q stronger moral les
SON than the story of the way he was
deserted. in his hour Of affliction. by
the actress for whom he had, in his
hour OF triumph. deserted his wife
and children. The law OF compensa-
ton worked relentlessly in Gorkis
case, as 1t does in most others. He
defied the conventions OF society, and
his genius was eclipsed by his heart
lessness in leaving his wife and child
and living openly with the actress. In
the hour of his need, when he was
actress left him. All Europe now
knows the story Of how, when he was
left alone. his wife returned to his
side and nursed him to convalescence.
The nobility Of such women as Nine.
Cork, described SO brilliantly and SO
often by Balzac. redeemed the latter's
novels from sordidness. Cork him.
self. in his literature, has no such
character, but what has happened to
him personally should inspire him to
will live forever. The love of q good
woman, Cork now knows, is q treas
ure to be valued beyond all else. 1t
lives through triumph and disaster.
through happiness and misery, and
when it is cast aside, the day inevita-
bly, comes when the full measure Of
loss IL realized. The other woman.
who took Cork from his wife's side,
AAANA ely ASSROAOCu 10 n natural Instinct
when she left him in his plight. She
had not promised to love him for bet
ter or for worse. That was the wffe's
part. Cork has frequently argued
against society's conventions, but his
own case proves their value not only
to the race. but to ndividuals.-Wash-
ington Post.
AN ITEM AS TO IMMIGRANTS.
1t appears that the government of
|Austria-Hungary has been arrestin9 with
In that empire agents Of the Canadian
Faciiic railroad on charge Of enticing
enlisted men In the Austrian army to be-
come deserters and go to Canada to take
up Farms In the western region Of the
country. offered on easy terms. The agi-
tation for general check on emigration
to be directed against Canada and not
against the United States, for the alleged
reason that Austrians come to this coun-
try. stay here without surrendering allie
glance to Franz Josef and take savings
back with them, while Canada, which Of
fers them farms and homes Of their own,
holds them. The Hungarfans. who are
subjects Of the Austrian Hungarian en-
pire. and the immigrants from the other
southern countries Of Europe seldom go
to the farming districts Of the United
| In mines and on public works They do
| not acquire homes, but in many cases
save their money and return to their ma
tive lands, but in Canada there is nothing
left for such people but to 90 to the agr1-
cultural regions In our country they can
find other employment and will not go to
the farms.-New Orleans Picayune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-03

In deciding to issue one-cent
stamps in book form. the postofice
department takes cognizance of the
existence of picture postcards.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-03

That theory of safety in numbers
is rudely jolted by the fate of the
West Virginian who was killed by
his seventh wife in the presence OF
his eighth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-03

The Modern AlOnzO and 1mOgcue.
A warrior bold and a maiden SO bright.
They gazed on each other with tender
Aloaso: the Brave. was the name of the
The maiden's the Fair Imogene.
what wouldst for thy birthday" was
Alonzo's request
Caressing the rnaideri's soft hand,
Whatever thou wishest and will suit
Thou shalt have though I cover the
There is nothing too good. understand .
IT really don't want much" said FAN
But somehow cannot but feel.
''rhe gift that would suit me the incest.
lis a limousine automobile"
Alas. oh. alas, for Alonxo. the Brave.
In panic he fled from the scene. -.
His much Wanted courage deserted tne
She nevermore saw him this side Of th<
Alas for the Fair Imogene.
The Diary of . Bonehead.
I invited two Of my friends in te
spend the evening and to meet my
cousin Elihu from Burnfp's Corners
| i never ukCO WY WS4A ~seA~~
considered this q good chance to gel
even. Early in the evening some
body suggested q little game OF dol
lar limit.
Elihu wasn't anxious but he wal
willing and the four OF us sQuaf0e
away around the dining room table
I almost felt sorry for Elihu for WhA'
we citv gentlemen were going to dc
to him.
Elihu lost steadily for half hour
but didn't complain About mia.
night he boosted the pot hve times
before the draw. There was q nusn
a straight and q full house aga1ns'
Elihu. Elihu coughed apologetically
and showed four mines. raking In al
that he had lost and SIT besides.
AT O'Clock Elihu had held thos<
four mines three times, had beatef
two full houses with four deuce'
had bluffed US all out twice with
pair of fours and had held four acea
He could fill any straight in tn.
middle or any flush at both ends ant
he never dealt anybody better tina,
| a pair of sevens excepting once wheI
he dealt me full house ana oear
Elihu won ali Of the chips, all O.
our wearing apparel and my Gala
bash pipe.
Moral: Draw poker was invented
in a livery stable Office In a small
county village.
According to Uncle Abner.
Almost anybody kin buy an oatmo
bile, but it takes darned re
sourceful Teller to live up to one aftel
| he has bought It.
| Grandpa Bibbins must be an OLD Tel
Ter. all right he says he kin remem
Der back to the time when the doctor
| all wore silk hats and side whiskers.
| Hank Peters got back from his va
| cation along In August and hopes tina
| he will be rested up sufficient by NO
vember to go back to work.
It il gettin' harder and harder to &c
| q free lunch 1t q grocery store. Ev
erything comes in packages-
The psychological time for Womal
| to strike her husband for new win
ter coat II after dinner, not before.
I often wonder how children used &
| get along before 1t was discovered tina
they had Aden0ids which had to be ne
m0VA6
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-03

Surely the Mexican voters were con-
fronted with a real dilemma. They
had to cast their ballots for Huerta
or run the chances of getting hurt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-03

After his experience in the Rocky
mountains, home will probably seem
just a trifle small to the prince of
Monaco.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-03

Human life is no longer held
cheaply in Kentucky. A murderer
there, on his second trial. has been
convicted and fined one cent and costs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-03

Once more the United States gov
eminent has emphasized its unalter-
able opposition to all lotteries except
Its own.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-03
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The state Journal Is q member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
0ole9raph report of that great news NJ
sanitation for the exclusive afternoon
Dublication in Topeka
The news IL received In The State jour
nal building over wires for this sole pux-
pose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-03

A free hand is desired by the
United States in dealing with Mexico.
And it's the one ordinarily used for
solar plexus purposes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-03

Congressman Hobson's militancy
seems not to have been an insuper-
able obstacle to his admission into
the w. C. r. U.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-03

One queer thing about it Is that no.
body can tell when Senior Huerta him.
self will be seeking safety on. a gun
boat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-03

The fruit of John Lind's specia
mission to Mexico Is a lemon of larg'
and juicy proportions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-03

You never can tell what a jury will
do. Twelve good men and true II
Minneapolis have acquitted a st. Pau
man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-03

At least Mrs. Pankhurst's coming
has afforded a new light upon the
real nature of moral turpitude.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-03

Drastic methods to suppress crime
are being taken in Chicago. No
woman is permitted on it's police
force who will not acknowledge that
she is at least thirty years old.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-03

There can be no gainsaNng Gen
eral Diaz's wisdom in acting on tn
law of flight before 1t got action o.
him