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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30
AYHAWKE.R JOTS

This tale is vouched for by eye Wit
neSses, says the Wilson County
Citizen: A party of F'redonia's most
conservative and staid business men
was motoring home from a neighboring
town one night recently and overlook
a horse and buggy driven by a young
fellow and his girl. Although the road
was smooth, the swain was busily en-
gagged in holding the young lady in
the vehicle, only one arm being devoted
to driving Dobbin. The banker who
was driving lost all his presence of
mind in giving his attention to the
demonstrate ton. The Interchangeable
tician who was Gharing the front seat
of the car and was supposed to be
watching the road ahead also was cen
tering his attention in wide eyed ad
miration of the youngsters ability. And
as they passed the couple the men
with one accord ''rubbered." They were
rudely awakened when a front fender
squarely hit cow that was trus tiE giy
grazinz along the road side, said DO
vine being catapulted at least twenty
feet. Shame COWS can't be kept off
the public road insist the crowd.
Something in the obituary line Of the
square deal variety was printed ;e-
Gently in the Marquette Tribune as
follows: Frank Waller was a unique
character. An honest comment is diff
ficult to make in a newspaper. We do
not want TO say an uIK1nQ IilInS ABOUT
him. He put nothing into this world
end got nothing out of it. His boarded
wealth brought him an early grave
and he could take none of it with him.
He was honest as he saw honesty,
obeyed the laws of the land when it
cost him nothing, neighbored with no
one, trusted no one, got all he could
and kept all he got. His uppermost
philosophy of life was a false one
that is, that a man with money in his
pocket mu:t of necessity have friends
and happiness. He contracted no debts,
gave nothing to charity or public en-
terprise. knew nothing about the high
cost of living. Travelled none, read little,
never spent a cent "foolishly,' never
invested or gambled. Many a lad of ten
has seen more of life worth living 1han
he. He belonged to no societies, fra
ternal or religious. He enjoyed max
ing good deals in buying and selling.
He was sober, Industrious, independ-
ent stickler for the last pound of
flesh allowed by law. He has passed
to his reward:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30

sacrifice. There is no bargain counter
for soul and body. 1.-The life is more
than meat and the body more than
raiment."
The young man who thinks that the
world owes him a living, that he must
have it regardless of what he gives in
return, makes a fatal mistake.
The young woman who believes that
a pretty face. a graceful figure with
beauty unadorned and the display OF
many jewels, will win her way is fol-
lowing the leadership of the blind She
will pay the price with bitter repent
ance.
Avoid the primrose path of dalliance
Take the beaten way, though it be
straight and narrow, for the end is
peace.
The discoverer must sail over many
troubled seas. He must climb the high
est peaks and break his tortuous way
through many a jungle, but if in the
end he reaches the goal, he will be
satisfied.
There is a goal for you.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30
QUAKER MEDITATTONs,
[From the Philadelphia Record.

[From the Philadelphia Record
It doesn't require horse sense to be a
chauffeur.
Popularity is too often measured by the
pop of the cork.
Virtue and honesty are twins Each is
ITS own reward
No, Maude. dear, you can't kill time by
looking daggers at the clock.
A mans home is his castle but he
needn't get UP in the air about it.
1t is only the married man who is really
familiar with the strenuous life.
--1any a newspaper philosopher thanks
God for the Book of Proverbs.
When a man says the time is ripe for a
reform he really means it's rotten.
Because mermaid can't dance is no
reason why she shouldn't enjov Goldfish
ball.
ne one thing a man is always willing
to share with others is his good opinion
of hfinself-
When a girl refuses a fellow the second
time ii doesn't necessarily imply that two
negatives are equal to an affirmative.
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sat down beside her and pretended to
give her pointers about the various ba-
bies.
Then he whispered to her in i'm
pressive tones: IT have made a great
success and I have you to thank for
it and they-the people who have
charge of the week here-have asked
me to stay and be a part of the whole
thing, to take part as 1 have today
in all the different features
Then the clown hurried back to the
ground and went through his antics,
leaving Mardy impressed with the deep,
cultivated tones his voice, so strange
ly unlike the foolish exterior.
For a week the clown remained in
F'ays Corners, always bringing a laugh
wherever he went.
The last day of the boost week
when the town was strewn with con-
fetti of the final carnival night and
Mardy was sitting alone on her front
porch waiting for her father to come
home and tell her all the events of
the day-a tall, straight, sober-faced.
clean-shaven young man stepped up the
front steps and walked toward her.
Il am going back to the city," he
said, and then Marty knew that it
was her clown. But before I go L
want to thank you. You see 1 am a
poor actor. I have always gone in
for tragic parts. That was my ambi-
ton, but when had a chance to make
a little money being clown 1 didn't
hesitate to do it. Now I have made
a hit in comedy-you showed me how
and before go I want to ask you
The clown hesitated and then went on.
II have been watching you all the
week and I have grown to like you
better each time l looked at you.
feel I need your inspiration. You show
ed me how to be q success. With you
to help me and show me I think
might some day become a great come
dian. Anyway, 1 want you to promise
to give me a chance to win your
love-
And Mardy. because she had always
dreamed in her secluded little corner
in Fays Corners of the glitter of the
footlights, and because from the first
day that she had heard the clowns
voice on the town commons she had
felt drawn to its owner, told the clown
that she would promise.-(Copyright
1913 by the Mcclure Newspaper Syn
dicate.)
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EVENING CHIT
On Stealing Charity.
ny EVTA CANNROE.

To accept charity either from the
individual or the comm unity is no dis
grace whatever, although there are
many people who can never be
brought to believe that.
On the other hand, to accept char
1ty when you are not in need of it is
kind of poor relation of stealing.
AS you read these words, you prob
ably think of the hypocrites who. by
pretending blindness or some other
misfortune, wheedle the money out of
other peoples pockets and pile up
bank accounts with it, or of that class
which makes a science of living on
one charitable organization after an
other
These are indeed miserable Great
ures, but I wasn't thinking of them.
L was thinking of another class which
accepts less obvious but none the
is usually composed of those who have
had better chance to be decent, is
far less excusable in my mind.
A particularly fragrant example of
the type called the matter to my at
tention. young woman who had
worked hard for many years a
houSekeeper went to a hospital. She
had very little money saved. as she
had been obliged to help out at home.
But knowing that the hospital, al
! though partially supported by philan-
thropy, needed every cent for its great
work, she gladly paid the IS a week,
winch was the regular Zee. one Qdy
a woman came to the cot next 6er,
and the first patient heard the nurse
say to the new arrival. Now don't
worry about money. / have told the
doctor all you tell me about your cir
cumstances, and he says it will be all
right. All we ask of you is that you
| shall pray that the money will come
| from somewhere to carry on the great
work at st. -'S."
| This patient stayed Z or weeks on
this basis. Sometime afterward, au-
| thentic information came to the
housekeeper that her cot neighbor
owned two or three houses and was
comfortably well off.
The matron of a working girls
boarding house, in which, by the aid
of philanthropy, room, board and
washing are supplied at SO a week for
! girls earning les than IS, tells me that
again and again girls earning better
money lie about their wages in order
| to take advantage of this help VIII
belongs to the less fortunate, and to
i have larger surplus for luxuries.
| Again. in a town where the district
nurse is supplied free, or for what
| one can afford to pay. many people
who could afford to pay well for this
| convenience accept it free.
These are a few examples of the
| type l condemn. You can proba bly,
| supply more out of your own exper-
| fence. Can you think of anything
| smaller and meaner than such steal
ing of charity? Personally, I cannot
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DAY AND NIGHT.

When the young eyes of the day
Open on the dusk, and see
All the shadows fade away
Till the sun shines merrily,
Then leave my bed and run
Out to frolic in the sun.
Through the sunny hours play
Where the grass is warm and long;
I pluck the daisies, and the gay
Buttercups, or join the song
OF the birds that here and there
Sing upon the sunny air.
But when night comes, cold and slow,
When the sad moon climbs the sky,
When the whispering wind says, Bob
Little boy" and makes me cry,
BY my mother I am led
To my home and to my bed.
james Stephens in Harper's Magazine
for August.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30
FROM OTHER PENS
A QUEER POINT OF VIEW.

A QUEER POINT OF VIEW.
The report that Senator Bacon of
Georgia has just discovered that AM
baSsador Page is the author of a book
called THE Southerner." and says that
if he had known it when Mr.. Pages
nomination was sent to the senate he
would have held it up is so ridicu-
lous that it is difficult to believe Yet
nominations sent to the senate by the
president 2Fsweek ago of ambassadors
to Austria and Germany and ministers
to Norway and Spain have not vet
been acted upon, and it is gravely as
serted that the chairman of the COM
mtttee on foreign relations will not
permit their confirmation until he is
assured that not one of the four gem
tlemen ever wrote anything which re-
Elected unpleasantly on the south or
any other section of the country.
Truly, this is a new kind of statesman
snip which we are getting a taste of
these days. 1t would naturally be
thought that If candidate for the
Austrian embassy had written books
the only literary bar TO his eligibility
would be something in his books Of
fensive to Austria; that If an author
was nominated TO represent this coun-
try in France he might pass muster
with the senators if he had not abused
the French. But the patriotic Bacon,
unless he is misrepresented will not
0iiilt any pooy VINO mas ever written
a harsh word, true or untrue, about
any state of this republic to enter
the diplomatic service. Washington
Irving, James Russell Lowell, and John
hay would have had short shrift from
Bacon AS matter of fact. THE
Southerner," the book accredited to
Mr.. w. H. Page, to which, it is said
Senator Bacon objects. has been high
ly praised by many southerners as a
veracious and. spirited account of de-
velopment in the south after the war
between the states.-New York Times.
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RY THE WAY
BIZ HARVEY PARSONS.

MAYBE THIS WILL THROW
SOME LIGHT ON WHY HERTZ
SHOT HIMSELF:
When on his first honeymoon trip
Hertz came through Lawrence and
was shaved at the Palace barber
shop. paper.
Humorists are trying to white a
Wheeze out of the allegation that
GOV. Hodges wore some kind of
UNIFORM while attending the maneu-
vers at Fort Riley. Mayhap he did,
but it is dollars to pretzels his uni
form was more uniform than the uni
form worn by the late Gov. Stubs at
a similar swaree. We did not view
Gov. Stubs while he was on exhibit
ton, but from reports and kodak pic
lures brought back by friends, we
gathered that the sight was worth
going miles to see. His uniform con-
sisted of military makeup that
SLOUGH hat, and was usually worn
without a coat and with a fragment
of shirt tail peeping coyly over the
belt line. But the uniform answered
the purpose, and it required no effort
to distinguish his Excellency from
the common, or garden variety of
soldier on the job.
Bryan has had to cancel his Chau-
tauqua date at Arkansas City, too.
This Mexican disturbance is costing
Mr.. Bryan a lot of perfectly good
money. He will have to economiae
on grape juice and white radishes or
make some arrangement to do his
chau-talking within street car distance
of his office.
Whereat some boob in the back
row speaks up and says that, for all
he is doing about the Mexican situa-
ton, Mr.. Bryan may as well be in
Arkansas City as Washington. File,
file, tut-tut, ct cetera.
1t is gossipped about that a woman
was seen smoking a cigarette in. To-
peka. If this equal foolishness
doesn't stop somewhere, the women
will be using tobacco next thing we
know.
Lots of men are honest, but it
would be an unfair test to show them
how they could swipe $4,000 from
a millionaire ard get away with it.
What will this here social survey
amount to, anyway" asks Filling
Fuller. "A hundred and twenty five
a week for the specialist" answered
Jack Supp.
A lew manager of the weather bu-
reau has been appointed. Weather
OF IOC lie was CHOSEN wisely may H6
determined by the brand of weather
he furnishes.
You have often heard of the man
who was so generous he would give
the very shirt off his back Well,
he has been located near lola. He
gave his shirt to an escaped convict.
The kaw river is missing, 1t must
have disappeared early last evening,
as its bed doesn't look like it had been
occupied during the night.
The correspondent who has been
sending out the mush about the boob
squabble at lola says, ''he was stung
by her reply" IT is our opinion that
every one, including the chump who
carried her off and the reading public,
has been stung, so the heart-broken
husband is not alone in his stinged
condition.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
lFrom the Chicago News.I

IFrom the Chicago News.]
What one man has done a woman can
undo.
You never have to dun man who owes
You a grudge-
Few men are strong enough to keep
their faces closed.
Many courtship has been converted
into a battleship.
It's easy for the man with candid
opinion to eliminate friends.
Some spinsters advance step by step un-
til they become stepmothers.
Some girls who are anxious to get mar
ried are not so anxious to stay married.
Satan will supply free shoes. but those
who wear them can only travel down hill.
If the late fads had kept up, every
woman would need two heads to pile her
hair on
When a woman rattles the dishes more
than usual while preparing supper it's a
sure sign that her husband Will hear
something drop when he comes home.
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FAKE LOBBYISTS.


From the emphatic denials of even
so much as an acquaintance with him,
which are being made by prominent
members of congress, it appears that
the more or less distinguished Marty
MulhaH is qualifying for a place of
prominence as a lobbyist of the fake
variety; or, in other words, a man
who makes an easy living by impos-
ing on the credulity of others, and
some of whose trade. perhaps, is
closely akin to that of the black
mailer.
Most of MulhaIl's testimony before
the senate lobby investigating com
mittee has consisted of his reading
of letters that he sent to officers and
others connected with the National
Manufacturers association, in which
he reported the progress of his activ
tiles as an influencer of legislation
at Washington. In these letters he
mentioned the names of many mem
bers of the house and senate with
whom he claimed to have held fruit
full confabs concerning pending legis-
lation. He advised where they stood
on this matter and that one. And he
appeared to be on terms of closest
intimacy with them.
But almost as fast as Mr.. Mulhan
has mentioned such names, their
bearers have promptly appeared be
fore the investigators and indignant
ly denied that they ever had dealings
of any kind with him, and several
of them have gone so far as to state
that they don't even know the man,
never, as a matter of fact, having seen
him before.
OF course General Denial is the
first aid to the injured politician, and
particularly to the interruptions one.
But with such men as Senator Cum
minis of Iowa, Senator Lodge ef
Massachusetts, and Representative
Underwood of Alabama, to mention
Just a few of them, flinging the lie
back into MuIhalIS teeth, his testi-
mony becomes discredited, indeed.
In some of the letters more recently
made public by Mulhall, for instance,
he told his employers of numerous
conferences he had held with Mr.. I'm
derwood. And the latter is prompt to
swear that he never saw MulhaH III
his life until he looked him over in
the room where he is disporting as
a star witness. Between Mulhall's
word and that of Mr.. Underwood, or
of Mr.. Cummins, or of Mr.. Lodge. the
average man will not accept Null
halls.
There is no doubt that Mulhall was
as perniciously active in his efforts
to influence legislation before con-
gress as he could be; that he was will
ing to bride members who might be
susceptible, and that the people he
was working for were also willing
that he should use such methods. But
it also appears that Mulha1 created
the impression with his employers
that he had an influence with prom
inent members of congress which he
fell far short of possessing. He claimed
to be on the inside with men with
whom he didn't SO much as have
casual acquaintance. And he prof
tied accordingly.
This type of lobbyist is no stranger
to members of legislative bodies the
country over. nor to newspaper men
who are assigned to report the pro-
ceedings of legislatures. They have
worked out here in Kansas. And
their dupes get no better returns than
thev deserve
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30

Love at first sight is usually the
blind variety.
+ +
Any girl with much money may be
said to have an attractive figure.
(, p =
Some people really act like they are
never contented unless they're I'M
happy.
s. f. j
Another disadvantage of the school
of experience is the lack of desirable
textbooks.
j
1t is also true that the people who
most need vacation trips are seldom
able to take them.
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DO you know anything about machin-
e cry! only enough to ask fool ques-
talls-Detroit Free Press.
Friend Gin 1s25)-,"so next years cars
Agent-"Yes. You see we must have room
for the number on the back."-Puck.
woman. 3 AS to howq S' She re ne%er ean
remember on which end to endorse a
and really the idea works very weIIis@
Washington Herald.
Cant I induce you to join the Society
for the Prevention of Useless Giving?''
asked the social worker. What would
Useful gifts cost just as much as any
others. Buffalo Express.
But didn't evade it. your honor. Here
1 am washington Herald.
Why do you advertise your remedy as
'Brane Fude?' - 81 thought maybe the
odd spelling would attract attention" ''It
is more apt to make some people think
Louisville Courier-Journal.
You made long and able speech on
Sorghum. But my constituents won't
pay much attention to long and able
speeches. What they are waiting for is
Washington Star.
The VI. D.-"For a time it would be
safer to feed the child modified cows
milk The Young Mother-"But I'm
quite sure. doctor. that our miikman
doesn't keep modified cow.-"Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Duer-iSay, old chap, let me have a
FLYER. will you? I'll let you have il back
before the end of February" Dunn
February of what year?''-Boston Tran
script.
ooh, dear" pouted the pretty girl in
irritation, the trolley car came to a
standstill, what is worse than waiting
on a switch?'' Trying to pass on the
same rail- madame" responded a gentle
man beside her.-Judge-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30

Secretary of Labor Wilson must
have a particular family. He thinks
congress should provide his depart
ment with a touring automobile. an
electric runabout and an automobile
truck, the latter presumably for straw
rides and picnic parties.
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HOME NEW WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State journal
away from home during the summer
may have the paper mailed regularly
each day to any address at the rate
Of fen cents a week or thirty cents
a month (by mail only. Address
changed as often as desired. Mh1 Il
out OF town the State journal wsi ne
to Won like a daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30

France has surely gone the United
States one better as the home of pc
culiar organizations. A French
league has just been formed for the
promotion of silence at funerals. 1t
seems that a French funeral is pretty
much given over to gossip.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30

Many foreigners in the revolution
airy zone in China are making fran
tic appeals for protection. And the
European powers are sitting idly by
with their eyes focused on the Mexi-
can situation and Uncle Sans atti-
tude towards it. -fa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30

A Buffalo man shows much wisdom
in looking in Chicago for a missing
brother who recently left Buffalo for
the Pacific coast with $4,000 in his
jeans. To get through Chicago with
that much loose change on ones per-
son borders on the impossible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30

Uncle Sam has rolled some large
distractions on the track that leads
back to the farm with the statistics
he has gathered which purport to
show that the average income of the
agriculturists of the nation is but $640
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30

Truly the aged folk are getting
alarmingly precocious. A New YORK
woman of ninety-four asks for $4,000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30

Following the American victory for
the international polo trophy comes
the success of the United States ten
mis- experts for the Davis cup. But the
Englishmen continue to be the pre-
rniers at cricket.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30

Time has not only mellowed Mr.
Bryan but apparently has thinned his
skin. He complains that he is the
worst-roasted man in the United
States And think of what he got
hack in 1896
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Massachusetts objects to beng
musscd up. Hereafter all aVlatofS
falling anywhere within its boun-
diaries without Il permit Will be ar
rested and fined.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30

A movement has been started in
France to increase the efficiency of
workers by inducing them to sing
while they are at their tasks. And, as
might be expected, financier is be-
hi
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-30

A bull in the courts can cause about
as much havoc as a bull in china
shop. One that is worth $40 has al
ready cost the Oklahoma farmers who
are in litigation over him more than
S1 O00
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FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

me state journal is member OF the
Associated Press and receives the full day
fnieqrarh report of that great news NJ
Ennfzation for the exclusive AFTERNOON
qualification in Topeka
The news is received In The State jour
nal building over wires for this sole puf-
pose. 49,
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What with marrying and giving up
marriage, his descendants manage to
keep General Grants name pretty well
to the fore.