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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-24
WOULD END TT ALL.

At last the opponents of the traffic
in Intoxicating liquor, under the lead
ership of Congressman Hobson of
Alabama, have attacked it in its
stronghold. A blow has been aimed
at it's very foundation. In the house
of representatives on April z, Mr..
Hobson introduced a joint resolution
which with the preamble reads as fol-
lows:
Whereas exact scientific research
has demonstrated that alcohol is a
narcotic poison, destructive and de-
generating to the human organism,
and that its distribution as beverage
lays a staggering economic burden
upon the shoulders of the people, low
ers to an appalling degree their aver
age standard or character, thereby
undermining the public morals and
the foundation of free institutions, in
flicts disease and untimely death upon
hundreds of thousands of citizens and
blights with degeneracy their children
unborn, threatening the future in
tegrity and the very life of the nation:
Therefore, be it
Resolved, by the senate and the
house of representatives of the United
States of America in congress assem-
bled (two-thirdS of each house con-
curring), That the following be pro-
posed as an amendment to the consti-
tuition, which shall be valid to all in
tents and purposes saS part OF the
constitution when ratified by the legis-
latures of three-fourths of the states:
After the last article add new arti-
Gle, as follows:
Section 1. The sale, manufacture
for sale and Importation for sale of
beverages containing alcohol is for
ever prohibited in the United States
and in all territory under their juris-
diction.
s'Sec. 2. The congress shall have
power to enforce by appropriate leg1s-
lation the provisions of this article"
1t must be plain to those who have
been engaged in the warfare against
alcohol after more than half CEN
fury of effort, that what has been ac-
complished is far from satisfactory,
and must continue to be so as long as
the making and enforcement of laws
on the subject are left to the states.
If Hobson can obtain a sufficient fol-
lowing the liquor business can be
stopped and forever: also the constant
turmoil and litigation attendant upon
all attempts in that direction up to
this time.
When the federal government I'M
dertakes to do a thing it is done.
1t may take some time to bring
about the ratification of such an
amendment by the required number of
states, but the workers in the cause
of prohibition could spend their time
and money. in no more effective way
than in bringing this about.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-24
says UNCLE CAV

He wastes his time who is constant
~ looking for gratitude. Worse still
ne Furnishes himself increasingly for
a grievous error. The highest privi-
lege in life is not to win applause or
fame or the thanks of those whom we
have helped along the way. 1t is rath-
er to be strong men among men, to do
our work WITHOUT regard to reward
or other compensation than the knowl-
edge that we have done Well
The measure of your greatness lies
within yourself. not in what others
think or say of you. Reputation is
valuable merely as an advertising me-
dium-there is nothing really sacred
about it. Most of US worry too much
about our good names and do too lit
tie to win them. Others give them
too little thought. The latter are to
be criticized mainly as poor business
men who do not know the value of
the right kind of publicity. What you
in the final accounting. 1t makes not
whit of difference whether you are
famous or obscure, beloved or hated,
if you be hated through misunder-
Standing-the real test of your worth
is what you have done rather than the
praise and gratitude that men bestow
upon you.
Gratitude counts for but little. The
world means well, but in the long run
it worships the unworthy quite as Of
ten as those that deserve.
In the mass, humanity is not far
sighted. 1t moves slowly and more
or less blindly. IN its anxiety to rec
ognize those to whom it is indebted,
it too often exalts its debtors and OPP
pressors. Thus fame becomes a bau-
BILE and gratitude. individual or gem
eral, thing of small worth to those
solid men who live to achieve.
If you are working for fame or graf
1tude, quit now. The game isn't worth
the candle. They may come to you
will come to you if you strive hard
enough, long enough and intelligently
enough; for you can win anything that
you set your heart upon. But when
you have. won these, you will doubt
less find them of little account and will
discover that int the pursuit of them
you have neglected precious opportuni-
ties for human service. Greatness lies
within-it is what you are rather than
what men say of you. Deeds live.
words pass away, and the gratitude
that you desire is thing forgotten
while the world is still getting ready to
enjoy what you have done for it in
the mere pleasure of doing.-(Copy-
right, 1913, by the Mcclure Newspa-
nor Syndicate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-24
GLOBE SIGHTS
BIZ THE ATCHsoN GLOBE.

1t frequently happens that the first
violet gets frostbitten.
In the spring a young mans fancy light
ly turns just as it does in the fall.
AS a man grows older he is more in
clIned to regard company as calamity.
AS a rule, people don't care much for
sympathy that isn't accompanied by as
sistance.
You may have observed how anxious a
boy is to do work until he gets large
enough to handle it.
No wise will try to convince his
wife that the burden of business is as
heavy as household cares.
A resident of a small town wants to see
it grow, but he is convinced just the same
that the cities are too blamed big.
1t is this time of the year when more
than one man regrets that Adam and Eve
closed up the garden. 1t was bad move.
Preaching punctuality doesn't do much
good, which may be just as well; lot of
time is wasted waiting for the other fell
low TO get there.
We have often wondered if Rockefeller
appreciates how much of his inflated
fortune is due to the farmers habit of
getting up too early?
Although L have tried hard to live it
down, l still meet some one occasionally
who knew when 1 took lessons on a
guitar.-Rufe Hoskins.
When Link Preston runs for the legis-
lature he should have the support of all
into that sort of work by his wife he is
favorins a law to make pillow slips larger
and pillows smaller so they will slip on
more easily.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-24
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

GF'rorn the Philadelphia Record.1
Trouble never lodges the fellow who is
looking for it.
Every time a woman changes her mind
she also airs her views.
Experience teaches us the paradox
that the easy job is hard to get.
Suspicion always finds what it is looking
for if 1t looks long enough.
The fellow who makes light of every
thing will never set the world on fire.
Loss of appetite sometimes comes from
being forced to eat our own words.
Success is merely a matter of selling
your experience for more than you paid
for it.
1t isn't until they fall off that some peo-
pie known which side of the fence they
are
1t is sometimes said of a man that he
has outlived his usefulness when in real
ity he has never had any.
Wigg-."Henpekke doesn't agree that
second thoughts are best" Wagg-"'No
wonder. Henpekke has been married
twice"
Borrowell-"I suppose you proposed to
Gertie Gotrox on your knees" Harduppe
Not exactly. l was on my uppers,
though"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-24
Open House to Cyclone.

Telling people how to meet a cyclone
is a thankless task and as fruitless as
thankless. People will continue meet
ing cyclones, or trying to run away
from them, in their own ways The
rush for the cellar, when there is one,
seems to be enough of an instinct to
command our respect. Dwellers in
houses without cellars, which are null
titude for number should, however,
make such advance study of the ma
ture and movement of these disastrous
storms as is possible and aim at hav-
ing sometime like a comprehensive
plan of action decided upon in advance.
To aid them, science has lately made
or has seemed to make, one important
addition to the sum of our knowledge
of cyclones.
Thinking people. with or without a
personal experience, must have doubt
ed the wisdom of closing all the doors
and windows of a house when a cy-
clone is seen approaching Tightly
closed houses are but toy houses when
standing directly in the path of a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-24

Prosperity item from Tom Morgan
paper: 1.-THE people are too busy to
write lmericks.''
The women are to have charge of
the natatorium in independence. Make
your own comment.
Down at Wellington the spoilers
are on a strike and refuse to testify
unless paid in full, in advance.
The ways of getting into print con-
tinue to multiply. A Fort Scott man
claims to have the arrow that killed
General Custer.
A recall movement against all four
of the city commissioners has been
started in Leavenworth, and less than
month after their election, too.
The Coffeyville Journal mentions the
fact that a man was found dead in
bed at Moline. Why will people con-
tinue to go to bed when it so often
proves fatal??
Having admitted that he is not able
to drive the dandelions from the state
house lawn. won't that weaken the
candidacy of Charley Sessions for gov
ernor?-Parsons Sun.
1t is spring cleaning time in Cherry
vale. Having applied the referendum
successfully for removing the pool
halls from the city, a petition is now
being circulated for the removal of the
picture shows.
Joke from the Kansas Industrialist:
Charles Wallace of Mulberry went to
sleep on the Frisco track last Sunday
night, and eventually train hit him.
Doubtless he supposed the Missouri
Pacific owned the track.
The following from the Emporia
Gazette indicates a sore spot some
where: Atchison fans are exultant
because the town is going to have
league baseball. They'll be enthu-
siaStic until the home team loses a
couple of games hand-running and
then they'll remember that the fish
ing is good. Professional baseball
never SENS to be a success in a town
of less than 10000
Anna Carlson hands this one to Ida
Tarbell: Ida Tarbell takes sides with
the men against the women. She says
that it is mighty seldom that a man
makes first advances to woman OF
course We can readily see where man
would hesitate to approach a dignified,
brilliant, icicle sort of a woman like
Miss Tarbell, but with her wide range
of observation and knowledge of hu-
man nature she ought to know that
there are any number of women who
do not possess an armor like that.
Come to think of it the world would
be a mighty cold dismal place if they
did.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-24
THE BULL MOOSE PROGRAMME.

At their recent conference in New
| York the bull moore leaders decided tc
form an organization in every county
in the United States. They are deter
mined to continue in business.
They again denounce the two old
parties. Neither possesses the ele-
ments of true progress. In the bull
moose party alone are those elements
to be found. The doors are open for
recruits and everybody is invited.
Undoubtedly there are men in the
| bull moose party, says the Washington
Star, who are much in earnest in an
unselfish way, and have capacity as
agitators and organizers. They made
remarkable showing last year in a
short time, and succeeded in their
main purpose-the defeat of Mr.. Taft
and that result is at the base of
their present program. They believe
that with a longer effort and thorough
organization they can control the
country. Their calculations include
two important propositions: First as
they read the times, the fighting spirit
of the Repu blicans is hopelessly brok-
en-, and second the Democratic party
will fail in office.
They may be wrong about both.
The Republicans here and there are
growing a little perky. They have not
gone to pieces anywhere. Although
very much disfigured, they are still in
the ring In congress they are well
led.
The Democrats are making heroic
effort to hold together, and redeem
their campaign promises. In the
house they are strong in leadership.
Both the speaker and Mr.. Underwood
are working together for a definite
purpose, and are veteran legislators.
At present Mr. Wilson is advising
with them about the matters in hand.
The bull moosers are hoping for and
banking on disaster. If everything
goes to pieces, they have in mind
building a raft out of two wrecks, and
finding office in that way.
But they are facing a money prob
lem of large dimensions. They were
not paupers last year, but it is prob
ably true that at times they were a
little skimped. Now their needs are,
and for four years will continue, very
great. Political organizations in a
country of this size call for a heavy
outlay in an entirely legitimate way.
Club work, literature, hall rents, trav
cling expenses, all mount up to a big
figure.
Where is the money to come from?
Angels today are not as numerous as
last year, and some of those still on
the wing may tire as the fight length
ems. Small subscriptions from aver
age members of the flock will not
answer. 1t is the arch-angels who
must shake large subscriptions out of
their brilliant plumage. Will they do
it? And how many are listed for SER
vice2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-24
Arm in Arm? Wen. Perhaps.

For better, Tor worse, Tor richer Tor
poorer, the female of a bygone cen
fury who fluttered on a strong mans
arm is very nearly extinct in America.
The male of today is lucky if he is not
walloped on the tennis court, out
swum, outgolfed and outwaIked. On
that most crucial of all occasions when
old fashions come most to the fore, a
bride sometimes succeeds in trem bling
like a leaf or looking faint or suggest
ing by some ingenious manner a pos
ture or speech that she is a poor, weak,
defenseless thing. But the attitude
seldom lasts beyond the church door.
So the current pow-woW in Paris and
London over the rules for arm-in-arm
walking will have only an academic
interest on this side of the ocean Side
by side, yes. But perish the thought
of a strong woman clinging to any
thing save her own sure self con-
fidencei-New York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-24
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IFrOm the Chicago News.
, Few people can be really good on the
installment plan.
Today's failure may mean tomorrow's
success.
An ounce of silence is worth ton of
senSeless talk.
In after years a man strikes many a
trail that looks familiar.
You cannot always flatter a man by
telling him that his baby looks like him
Every time the temperance question
comes up politicians rush for the fence.
Some stenographers marry their en-
ployers because they are tired of being
dictated to.
With every dime they hand out some
charitable people throw in q dollar s
worth of sympathy.
A man may think he has extraordinary
business ability if he succeeds in acquir-
ing a rich son-in-law.
A tonsorial parlor in which only dumb
BARRIERS were employed would nrobably do
an immense business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-24
HVN0R OF THE DIP

rs your husband easy to get along
within Easy? Why he doesn't even OBJ
1ect to going to church suppers.
Free Press.
First Girl-"Do you like Mascagni?"
Second Girl-"1 adore himl Isn't his
Cafeteria Rusticana just the sweetest
thingT-Boston Transcript.
Did your daughters marry rich menu
Not exactly. One married farmer, and
another married ultimate consumer.
But the third may make up for all that"
How SOP She's engaged to a middle
man."-Louisville Courier-Journal.
Father, my watch is mentally de-
ranged" why. my son, a watch can't
be mentally derangedr' Mine is. The
jeweller told me today it had lost its bal
ance."-Judge.
IT don't like that disagreeable Mrs.
Parker" 81 thought she was very pleasant.
What's happenedY' I'VE Iunched to-
gether downtown today. She said she'd
pay, and Of course. mumbled, Let me-
and she said Very we'll "-Cleveland
Plain-Dealer.
Medical Officer Cat ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS hat.
did you do first of ALP Ambulance Man
-"Gaye i'm some brandy, sir Medical
Officer-"Quite right; but what would you
have done II you hadn't had any brandy?''
Ambulance Man (promptly)-"Promise
i'm Some."-Punch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-24
EVENING CHAT
One Thing After Another.
sY RUTA CAMERON

When the babies get the chicken
pox and you break your very best cloi-
some vase, and your least beloved
aunt writes that she is going to make
Won visit, and your maid threatens
to leave if you have any more com
pany. and someone spills a dish of
SOUP on your best gown at the church
supper, and to cap it all, that terrible
neuralgia, which you dread more
than anything on earth, pays you a
visit, you are sure to sigh deeply and
saw. well, it's one thing after an
other"
But when your children miracu-
lousy escape the whooping cough de-
spite the fact that they were repeat
edly exposed to it, When you replace
the disagreeable maid by one so per-
feet that you are almost afraid of
your good fortune. when your aunt
writes that she is sorry to break the
news, but she will have to postpone
her visit indefinitely, and your
wealthy cousin brings you half
dozen pairs of Paris gloves on her re-
turn from a trip abroad, when your
new evening gown which you de-
signed yourself turns out such sue
cess that everyone compliments you
upon it, and the fashion leader of
your coterie asks If it is Paquin,
when to cap it all, your husband gets
a substantial raise and celebrates by
giving YOU the set of mink furs you
have so long hopelessly desired, do
YOU then remember to say IT'S one
thing after another" meaning one
pleasant thing after another?
Probably not.
And yet, on the whole, don't the
pleasant little things follow one an
other just about as persistently as
the troubles? Isn't it one pleasant
thing after another, just about as
much as one disagreeable thing?
I think it is. Only sometimes we
seem to take the pleasant things for
granted, while we resent the unpleas-
ant happenings as something unfairly
and unjustly foisted upon us. The
confident belief which we all seem to
have that happiness is the divine right
of mankind and that anything else is
an injustice is almost amusing. eff
angels have any sense of humor how
we must divert Them" Horace Wal
pole once said. 1 wonder whether
they laugh or weep at the way in
which we forget our blessings and
resent our misfortunes.
unhappiness. There are times in all
lives when the misfortunes seem to
preponderate, and other times when
happiness seems to tip the beam. OF
course we can't help regretting our
mishaps. but let's try to appreciate
our blessings at least as much If not
more. and when ever happiness does
tip the beam let's not forget to say
Life is one good thing after an
other"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-24

twister- And now science has told us
why. The funnel-shaped cloud, suck
ing up all the air it comes in contact
with, will, when it envelops such a
house, create a complete vacuum
around it. Then, the air inside of the
closed house seeking an outlet, viii
burst all of its walls, whether or not
the house is set strongly enough on its
foundations to resist the impact of the
wind. The moral is: don't close your
houses against a cyclone. The theory
is reasonable, but it is to be expected
that this season, as in all past ones,
the impulse to shut out the approach
ing danger cannot be overcome.-St
Louis Globe Democrat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-24
OUR ROBIN.


The CHEEKY note of the robin
Is heard in the early morn,
When, like watchfu1 sentinel
He stands on the grassy lawn.
Again he calls from the fence top,
Then out of the maple tree;
A clever sort of musician,
Alert and happy is he.
A spirit of proud contentment
Seems part of this robin dear;
His voice and form encourage us
Whenever he may appear.
His joyous "Cheerup'' when we wake,
His Goodnight at close OF day,
Inspire us to hopefulness
In a most delightful way.
Be ne robin of the springtime
Or sweet robin of the fall,
We love his form, his red-tinged breast,
His heartily-rendered call.
Mary c. Burke.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-24
FROM OTHER PENS
RECALL AT ITS WORST.

l.
The law department of the state of
Missouri ousted the Standard Oil
company from the state. 1t won not
able victories in state and federal
courts. 1t was unsparing of time, la
Dor and money. 1t was inspired by
the idea that in banishing a great Of
fender from the state in obedience to
law it was performing a public SER.
vice.
Yet, when Judgment had been pass
ed and it was represented that the
monopoly's discontinue would inflict
a hardship upon a few of it's en-
p1oyees, the legislature was persuaded
to pass law multiplying the action of
the courts and extending to the oil
company once more the freedom of
the state. By Gov. Majors most
righteous veto the enactment has been
defeated.
dicial DEGREES this performance should
have a conspicuous place. If the peo-
pie or their representatives are so an
xious to upset the courts that they
Standard Oil, what may be looked for
next New York World.
A REPUTATION FOR ONE DOLLAR.
One of the beauties of the proposed
income tax has not yet dawned upon
that part of the public which likes. as
the vernacular has it, ito put up a
'front.'. Here is the opportunity at
trifling cost to impress-nay, to con-
and friends that one
is person of means. The bill agreed
upon imposes a tax of per cent upon
that part of an income which is over
81, 600 yearly. The individual who earns
100 would pay a yearly tax of 81.
All that is necessary, therefore, is to
give Uncle Sam each year one cold
iron man." get his receipt therefor
and appear on the lists as an income
taxpayer. Whit climber or poser
gladly pay a miserable dollar
for such reputation? For ten dol
lar bill one can be assured of unirn-
peachable standing as a member of the
lordly $1,000 year income class. Clear
y the trainers of the law have un-
derestimated the amount that the in
come tax will produce.-St. Louis POST
Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-24

If the bill pending in the Massa-
chusetts legislature permitting such
things pass, Boston probably will
undertake to supply it's citizens
with ice and coal as a starter. In
Australia the government has brick
works, a quarry for sandstone, metal
quarries. timber yards, joinery works.
motor repairing works. lime and ce-
ment works, a clothing factory and a
school furniture factory The minister
for works is selling bricks to small
buyers, and a start is to be made SELL
ing lime to the public also. Treat
ment works are to be established at
the aDattoirs, and the state proposes to
enter into competition with exporters
of meat, and all Strengthening of stock
is to pass from private enterprise to
tho Stata-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-24
Attend $40 Births.

Dr. R. G. johnson, physician at
Laurel, Miss, probably holds the
worlds record for officiating at child
births. While testifying in a civil &C
ton in the Jones county circuit court
DR.. johnson said he had been practic-
ing for 40 years, and that he had Kept
a record which showed that he mad
been the attending physician at 6.24o
births.
This is an average of IS births a
month for the 20 years.-New YORK
Times.