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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-20
RY THE WAY
By HARVEY PARSONS.

Worry is the principal food sport
and recreation of some people, ana
lest they run out OF something TO
| worry about, we hasten to call atten-
ton to the astronomers report that
the Great Dipper will be totally rusted
out in 100000 years. Worriers, well
come! Grab a fork and go to it,
"During the mast week." says Hon.
Filling Fuller, IT have received eight
invitations to buy winter suit from
as many dealers-local and mail or
der. The prices seem reasonable, out,
considering the fact that if suits were
five beans per / couldn't purchase the
lining for a watch pocket, l gather
that clothes dealers use more zeal
than Judgment in the distribution of
their literature
The surgical diagram in yesterday
paper proves that, while Schmidt may
have been guilty of all other crimes
and miSdemeanors, he cannot De
charged with being an artist
There are many difficulties con-
fronting u.s. says Hondo Murphy,
who has been figuring on his winter
expenses, but there are few dlfflcul-
ties that cannot be surmounted. L
never knew a hare-lipped boy who
couldn't whistle through his teeth.
Nix, Adeline we are not posted on
the game, but we have read some OF
the bushwa concerning same, and we
do not understand that a mashie IS
intended for MASKING the caddie. You
seem to have been misinformed as To
the nature of the caddie, which is not
a tin can to keep the "tee" in, but a
kind of insect that infests the campus
where the game is played
Mr.. H. Ira Hall, the eminent au-
thority on political economy, says
that instead of wasting his time, Hon.
Bryan is doing a Great Work. BE
cause" says H. Ira Hall, The is get
ting his views before that class of
people who believe everything they
pay money to hear.
The one-man railroad out of Jet
more has this advantage over its
larger brethren: state officials can't
ride over it on anything but bicycles,
so they have no excuse for demanding
an increase in train service.
A meeting of the American Assocla-
ton of Cemetery superintendent at
Buffalo is touted as the first conven-
ton ever held in a cemetery, but ac-
cording to the Bull organs, it will no.
be the last. The Moosers intend to
hold one next year.
1t is now rumored that political
activities in Dublin point to a new
Irish party. Probably be known as
the Irish Bu1I'' party.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-20
HUAOR or THE DAY

Has Harris confirmed his suspicions?"
No; but he has affirmed them, which is
the same thing. Express
The stranger yonder looks like a man
OF decision He has to be. That is a
baseball umpire. Baltimore American
THE Styx ferry beusiness was fine
said one manager. How sop asked An
other. Its ferTyman had a way of max
Baltimore American.
"Dobbs says he prides himself on his
sound Common-sense." "Pshawr He's Ali
swelled up because he waited until the
middle of August to buy a straw hat -
Birmingham Age-Herald
..,-DLos, you want job as farm hand?
NO, replied Flooding Pete You have
been kind to me in the past, and T Mn
too much of you to make Won an Object
bors. "-Washington Star -
Does your boy Josh take any interest
in the farm? II should saw So - renlied
farmer CorntosseL IT'S tie only place
on earth where he can get three meals a
ton Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-20
EVENING CHIT
Tennis, a Character Test.
BY RUTH CAMERON

Did you ever notice how much of
a mans character he will show in
playing a game?
Watch any group of people a half
hour at a game of skill or chance
and you will find out as much in half
their characters as you would In half
a day of that guarded, beSt-foot-for-
ward conversation which is the ordi-
nary intercourse between human be-
ings.
There is the man who plays
splendid game when he finds himself
on the food tide of success but be-
gins to lose heart and skill if the
tide turns against him; and, on the
other hand, there is the man who
plays like fury when he is getting
beaten but softens when he has be-
gun to prosper. Can't you imagine
just how these two people Will act
in the face of failure or prosperity
in the game of life?
Then there is the man who only
tries to beat his opponent; and the
man who also tries to beat his own
game. There is the man who begins
brilliantly but never advances far;
and there is the man who starts
slowly and even deliberately Sacri-
fees his first games to making ex-
perrin ents and learning how to do the
thing just right. 1t takes him a longer
time to come, but when he comes he
comes fast.
ably grumpy if he loses, and the man
who IS unbearably puffed up when
he wins.
And then there is the man who al
ways fas an excuse. In watching a
game of tennis, did you ever notice
that a game is seldom lost because it's
loser is admittedly inferior to the
winner. With nine out of ten people
it is This racquet is miserable" II
don't know what is the matter with
me today" and SO on, ad infinitum
and al nauseum. The man who can
lose a game without single excuse
is a rare but delightful mortal.
Games are a great test of the sense
OF honor. There is nothing | love
more than to see a player with SO
fine sense of honor that when a
point is doubtful he would rather
concede it to his opponent than keep
it himself. He is the man l would
trust to the very last ditch in bust
ness.
L can still remern Der the thrill that
went through me years ago when |
read how May Sutton, one of the in
ternatlonal players, deliberately
served two balls into the net when the
umpire had decided point in her
favor which she felt belonged to her
opponent. To my mind, the glory of
that play was worth the glory of the
championship.
1t seems to me that if l were Sc
Letting husband L would like to see
him play a game of tennis If he
played heartily, square1y and gener-
ously, I'd know he was a pretty safe
man to marry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-20
Test of Real Diamonds.

How to tell real from false diamonds is
briefly explained by a contributor to a
Vienna journal. In the first place he
says, real brilliants may be recognized bv
their great hardness and high retroactive
mex. which are not found together In
any mutation stone The diamond stays
brilliant because it is hard, while other
stones and limitations become scratched
and dulled by friction.
For an experienced eye il is not difficult
to decide from the appearance of the
facets whether q stone is genuine or not,
regular as those of fine limitations. With
the latter the greatest care is taken, IN
g siI fl to smooth and polish not only
sucn a shape as to avoid differences in
the reflection, refracuon, and scattering
In the grinding and polishing of real
brilliants., on the other hand, effort is
possible, and some little irregularities
in the facets and angles are preferred to
any diminution in weight. In the imita-
tons the superfluity of cheap material,
which may be wasted without making any
difference, enables perfect counterfeit
A necessary tool for testing is the file
which is not able to injure or scratch a
quickly makes its mark Better than the
file is fragment of sapphire, because the
sapphire is the next hardest stone to the
diamond Any stone that can be scratch
ed with a sapphire is surely no diamond.
If a small drop of water is placed on --.e
with a pointed pencil, the drop will keep
its rounded form, while the stone remains
clean and dry. If the same thing is done
to a glass imitation, the drop spreads out
at once. diamond plunged into water
will be plainly visible and will glitter
through the liquid, while an imitation
stone is amost invisible.
If person looks through diamond as
through bit of glass, at a black dot on
will be seen clearly. If several points ap-
pear, or a blur is seen, it is an Imitation
The white sapphire, the white topaz
and rock crystal are commonly sold as
diamonds, but more often limitations are
made of glass. To recognize these glass
limitations, treatment with acids is also
recommended, which removes the polish
on the facets, while it does not AFFECT the
diamond ruby, sapphire, or emerald
However, an imitation mace of glass
yields to the hardness test, so that a
chemical test is superfluous.-Was
Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-20
THE TOPEKA FAIR.

To see ourselves as others see us al
ways is advantageous, even If the proc
ess is likely to be unpleasant at times.
But the latter doesn't happen to be the
case in this particular instance. B. l..
Nickel, of Soldier, Jackson county, the
editor and publisher of the Soldier
Clipper, was a Topeka fair visitor.
This is what he had to say about his
visit and the fair in this weeks issue
of the Clipper:
Like several other Soldier people
we had a curiosity to see the fair at
Topeka this year. Not that we had
not seen fine horses, and cattle, and
hogs, and sheep. ETC., but we wanted to
know if a respectable display of farm
products could be gathered together.
Much to our delight it rained Thurs
day morning, and we thought it would
lay the dust, and it did, and it put the
fiXings to the fair for that day SO far
as a big crowd, races and street shows
were concerned, but it did not keep one
from looking at the splendid display of
horses, cattle, hogs, sheep. poultry, a
nice display of corn, wheat, potatoes,
alfalfa, clover, vegetables of all kinds,
and We We're delighted to see that part
of the show. And this after three
months of the hottest, driest and most
disagreeable and discouraging season
in the last twenty-five years.
On every hand you would hear the
remark: How fine. Where could they
have secured it?' Many of the coun-
ties had good displays. Leavenworth
and Jefferson had especially fine ex-
hibits''
Such voluntary and disinterested
testimony of the proportions and ex-
celIence of the fair is surely of the
convincing variety. 1t is of the kind
that should satisfy even the few skep-
ties in this city of the worth of the
fair 1t is convincing evidence, too,
that substantial people from out of
town are now interested in the fair.
The fact is that, Notwithstanding the
bad weather, there were more fair Wis
itors in Topeka last week from out of
town than ever before, and they came
from longer distances.
This is a matter of large Importance.
Now that the tide of fair visitors has
turned Topekaward, the success of fu-
ture fairs here is assured. And an at
traction that will draw many outsiders
to Topeka annually is an advertise
ment for the city, the value of which
is immea sura BILE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-20
IKE NATION.

When old Ike Walton wrote his book
About the rod and line,
There was a fish for every hook,
And angling then was fine:
But If Ike Walton lived today
He d hear, past any doubt:
This stream was once a peach, they say,
But now it's all fished out
When old Ike Walton grabbed his pen
And wrote, by reams and reams,
1t seemed he had no bum luck when
He whipped old England's streams;
He tells about the lures that won,
And all the kinds he tried;
But when that wondrous book is done
One thinks: ''Old Ike has lied
When old Ike Walton lured men out
To wade the babbling stream,
He was inspired. past all doubt,
BY many a wondrouS dream;
But If the fish he caught We're dumped
Upon an honest scale.
We'd find Ike Walton's stock had
Slumped-
Which is idle tale.
Denver Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-20

W. c. Austin predicts free text books
for the school children of KarRas be-
fore long. And the day of their ad-
vent should be FASTENED as much as
possible. A text book holds the same
relation to the equipment of school
children as does desk or a black
board. The children have always been
provided with the latter free And
there is no good reason why the same
course should not be pursued with text
books
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-20
FROM OTHER PENS
MAKING THE EARTH RTGGER

MAKING THE EARTH BIGGER.
When the French queen was told that
her starving subjects had no bread, she
answered. why don't they eat cake?''
Better advice than that is open to the
world, apropos of Prof. Dickson's alarm
ing discovery that the earths supply of
wheat will soon be exhausted. If the world
has no more wheat, it can eat Indian corn
That can be produced to infinity Maize
Yields more units of energy to the acre. a
less cost to cultivate, than wheat and 1t
does not exhaust the soil. Fifty grains,
at least, there are which are a more
economical food for men than wheat
Some of them are very humble and I'M
regarded grains indeed, but amazingly
rich in energy. The sorghum plant pro-
duces head of grain which abounds in
protein, besides being very palatable. At
the same time the stalk of the plant
yields sugar, and the coarser parts of it
can be converted into paper. The humble
sunflower seed is produced, under skilful
cultivation, in vastly higher ratio to
the acre than wheat. rye, oats or barley
beginning of the earth's food resources
Rood by rood, the land on the earth's
surface can be made to feed ten humans
and more. where it now feeds one Prof
Dickson says are outgrowing this
earth. 1t will be too little for us by and
by. If that is true, We have only to re-
organize life and production on new
bases Brains. science, cooperation. the
viii to live wisely, stimulated by the grow
ing need, will magnify this earth into a
planet as big Jupiter so far as pro-
duction is concerned. We should worry =
New York Mail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-20

Chief of Police Hughes has started
Go hoe a hard row in his efforts to
break up the practice of carrying con-
cealed weapons on the part of the Mex
leans in the city. 1t is national habit
of long standing among Mexicans TO be
prepared at all times for any old kind
of a revolution. And teaching an old
dog new tricks is an acknowledged diff
ficulty of considerab BILE proportions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-20
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report OF that great news IL
ganization for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news is received in The State Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-20
WOMAN'S IMPRESSIVE wAy

A mere woman holds the position of SUI
per1Htendent of the Kansas City hospital.
She perceived not long ago a new task
That task was to prevent any of the forty
odd nurses-including the green proba-
toners-from making fatal mistakes in
administering medicine to the patients
especially at night. She solved if simply
She tied a little tinkling bell to every bot
tie containing poison any dangerous
medicine. She "belled'' the bottle, in 9th
err words. 1t is interesting to reflect how
very differently man would have gone
at that. He would have been satisfied
with a formal safeguard rather than a
real one. He would have placed the
poison bottle on one side of the shelf and
some one raised the objection that they
might, in the future. be misplaced he
would argue that no one but fool would
place the bottle on the wrong side. Which
Is theoretically right and, practically in
adequate. But the woman, with her dis
turbing directness. her impatience with
formal distinctions ''bells'' the bottle.
Nobody, now. can make mistake. That
is just the way Mrs. Paul attacked the
problem of cleaning the streets of the
Nineteenth ward. No frils, no furbelows
nothing but that awful going to the point.
Those who enjoy this 'man-made" world
of ours, with everything convenient and
dfsordeTly, may well shudder a shudder
or two as they reflect upon what things
will be like when Woman, with her in
stinct for directness, puts the house to
Fights and protects us from ourselves
Chicago Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-20

Huerta. it is said, intends to resign
on account of failing eyesight. And
keenness of vision is not necessary to
perceive that that is the best thing
he can do
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-20

Darwin has finally been relegated to
q seat in the rear. Before the recent
convention of British scientists. a DR..
Campbell declared that but for the
polygamous habits of the anthropoid
ape man could never have become
strong and beautiful"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-20

mindedness is masked in our villages
because the conditions of life are sim
pie and humane enough, to maintain
and protect the feeble-minded. We may
rejoice that it is SO; but We must rec
ognize the very narrow factor of safe
ty so far as the race is concerned"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-20

DR.. Cook having struck the chautau-
qua circuit, Mr.. Bryan can now attend
to his official duties in peace. The
public will be properly instructed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-20

September seems bent on developing
into the cloudiest Kansas month on
record. And cloudy weather only helps
along the crop of blues.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-20

This Hans Schmidt, the New York
counterfeiter and murderer, seems to
have been about everything that Ro-
man Catholic priest isn't.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-20

In the days of ancient Rome, the pop
ulace was contented with bread and
circuses. Now it demands peanuts and
moving picture shows.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-20

1t would be interesting to know how
many deadheads have surrendered
their passes on the New Haven rail-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-20

AS the Christian Science Monitor
points out: Expense of maintaining a
navy should not be complained of until
the business of maintaining a navy
shall be discontinued
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-20

Probably it will not be found neces-
sary to warn his royal highness, the
Prince of Monaco, to keep away from
Wall street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-20

IT begins to look as if that new four
teen-foot fence at Matteawan would
be finished in time for the old home
coming celebration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-20

There are still golden opportunities
for young men in New York-providing
they can win the friendship of Mr..
Murphy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-20

Now that the tariff law is about to
be enacted, there won't be any excuse
for failing to do your Christmas shop
ming early
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-20

Now that the tariff is settled, re-
marks the Atlanta Constitution, some
people will expect it to pay the butcher
and the baker. set the table, ring the
dinner bell and say grace.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-20

"Thaw's in Charge of United States"
saws a headline. And as the court
crier says, "God save the United
StateS'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-20

Canada has plenty of red tape, but
Canada seems to know what to do to it
in case of an emergency.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-20

A scientist declares that germs can
get into fresh eggs. The obvious rem
edy is to boil the eggs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-20

No matter how elastic the Glass bill
may make the currency, it will con-
tinue to depend upon the individual as
to the extent to which a dollar can be
stretched
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-20

A Baltimore man has been operated
upon two hundred times. But the las
time an undertaken did it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-20

Have you asked your fathers consent
to marry that young MANI More than
that. Mother and have dared him to re-
fuse.'-Detroit Free Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-20
KANSAS COlAMENT
THE RIGHTS OF CHILDHOOD.

How easy. natural, almost Inevitable it
is for the weak to tyrannize over the
strong even when the tyrant, down in
his heart, loves the one over whom he
tyrannizes. Haven't you often seen an
example like this? Pa, ma and baby were
out for a little trip-pa husky worker
ripe for (and entitled TOD a holiday; ma
a little woman just entering middle age,
of the million obscure heroines of poverty
who form the salt of the earth; and baby
a bright-eyed chap going on three. 1t
crowded. the trip hot and dusty, the
nerves of most folks weren't standing the
restless and fretful ct wanna go home"
he whimpered. Shut up!" said pa Silence
for while, then: I'm thursty; wanna
drink" Whereat, instead of remembering
that baby was only very little child, for
whose presence in the world he was re-
sponsibIe, pa, himself cross and peevish
into a holiday, seized the little fellow,
shook him roughly and yelled: See here,
ing Iil lay you across my knee right here
before all the people and give you a whal-
ing you'll remember till your dying day!"
And all that poor, tired ma could do was
to gather the scared yOungster into her
loving arms, kiss him eagerly and,
through his sobs. try to whisper the prom
Uses that would make for peace. We've
no doubt that pa didn't realize how
brutally he was behaving. We dare say
If another hulk of a man had treated a
little boy that way pa would have felt
like landing one on his jaw. But pa
had become tyrant without knowing it.
He had become the meanest kind of a man
there is earth, a bully, bullying those
who daren't answer back. The rights or
childhood, how often we forget themi The
rights of the young to liberty and happi-
ness, Pray God for pardon if you've be-
come a tyrant in your home.-Wichita
Beacon.
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SCHOOL PARTIES.
We would like to see some high and
mighty authority established or discov-
cred this year that could regulate
school parties and limit them to once
a month or once in two weeks at most,
in each grade. When boys and girls
are out until midnight two or three
nights a week it's a cinch that they can
make no Roadway in their studies; and
there are other objections to the party
business. especially when long late
trips are made into the country. There
are usually two or three girls in each
grade who are party crazy. These are
the organizers and the ones who start
things and keep them going. Parents
might squelch such girls by refusing
to open our doors to any party, if an
other has been held in that grade dur
ing the month. or by refusing their
children permission to attend if place
is hired for holding it. Well conducted
parties at rea sonable intervals are all
right, but the party business can be
overdone to the injury of the young
people and the schools.-Jeweu Repub-
lican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-20

New York never runs out of graft
ers." And grafters never run out of
New York.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-20
ON TIE SPUR
OF THE MOMENT
Signs of the Times.
BY ROY K. MOULTON.

The Mexican border is an mag
mary line and some of the CORES
pondents camped along that line have
imaginations which are keyed UP to
the last notch.
The New York BARRIERS are on strike
but there are other ways to have close
Shaves in that city.
A Chicago man fed his wife laughing
gas to make her stop talging and he
will probably have to feed her talking
gas to make her stop talking and he
1t might be well to close the An
anias club for repairs and overhaul
ing while T. r. is on that long trip
through South America.
One of the hardest features of the
Job as secretary of state for Mr..
Bryan is to keep his foot on the soft
pedal.