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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27
QUAKER MEDITATIONs.

From the Philadelphia Record.l
It's when it is too hot-headed that love
is apt to grow cold.
Time and tide wait for no man. but al
most any man can serve time
Anv preacher can open the eyes of his
congregation when he says Amen
He is, indeed, fortunate aviator who
can continue to keep up appearances
Some people are so cautious that they
neglect to bury their past for fear it
might affect the future
Many a misguided fellow thinks he
could support a wife when he coudn't
even pay fo:, her complexion.
Some of us are SO fond of old-fashioned
things that our craze even extends to
old-fashioned people.
One of the greatest paradoxes of life
lies in the fact that you can make both
ends meet simply by keeping straight.
Mr.. GpaggE"Oh, there are lots of men
in the world worse than I am Mrs.
Gnaggs-'I don't believe the world is as
bad as some people make it out to be-
Harduppe-"What I like about you is
that you always make your money go a
long way Wigwag-'Yes, but the money
I've loaned you never seems to come
back again.
Wigwag-"One doctor tells me 1 should
drink only with my meals, and another
tells me 1 should take a drink only be-
tween meals Now, what is a fellow go
ing to do?" Guzzler-"Follow the advice
of BOTH
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27
EVENING CHAT
Company Manners.
BY RUTH CAMERON.

A young woman who had promised to
meet her mother and younger sister at >
O'Clock one afternoon was twenty-five
minutes late for the appointment
nd this was her excuse, I'm awfully
sorry but just before started from home
Mrs. Rich called me ur on the telephone.
She kept talking and talking and [
She delivered this explanation with an
air of having entirely justified herself
Apparently it never occurred to her that
she had avoided a lesser rudeness by COM
hitting a greater.
Nay more than that: to have told the
wou-A have to CALI her up another time
would not have been a diScourtesy at all
10 ,1n ake Two fo people wait for
absolute necessity was certainly discount
Evidently. she was influenced by that
tenet which so many of US hOld-that
rudencss 70 ones own family it not rude
ness.
The completeness with WHICH many peo-
pie drop all pretenoe of good manners the
families Would be inusp D if II We're Te en not
SO sad. The phrase company manners
rises up out of the language to accuse us.
If we love our own flesh and blood bet
ter than outsiders, as presumably we do.
we ought to be moIe careful in the home
of politeness which nave their foundations
in true courtesy
with any breeding at all would ever think
of entering a friends room without
knocking, out now rare are the 1am1lleS
whose members extend the same courtesy
to each other,
Almost every n1othe- teaches her chill
dren that to interrupt while others are
speaking is one of the cardinal sins
against good manners; and yet how often
do you fird a home dinner table at which
the members do not constantly interrupt
each other.
That one should not contradict is anoth-
er Iule of good manners which is no
empty form but rests on firm basis of
consideration and kindness, but I have
often heard the members of supposedly
well-bred families contradict each other
with absolute freedom and without any
appars mt sense Of discourtesy-
As 1 read t.ais over, it seems to me that
I am writing truisns. And then again,
as 1 think how many people there are
who ignore the self-evident facts, am
not at all sorry to have reminded them
of item.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27
HUAOR or THE DHY


The Doctor-"Every man needs fad.
It's mental safety valve. Better cuIti-
Nate one The Patient-"I have mine -
The Doctor-'What is II % The Patient
COLLECTING unpaid bills. Perhaps you'll
add one?"-Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ma inquired Bobby. hasn't pa a
queer idea of heaven?' 'Why do YOU a SIX
that?" Cause l heard him tell Mr.
Naybor that the week you spent at the
seashore seemed like heaven to him -
Boston Transcript.
Jim Jackson-'No. sah-yo' don't ketch
dis coon wukkin' on rainy day like dis"
squire Hennery (astounded)-"R Rainy"
Jim Jackskon-"Wal, OATS wot de almanac
says, an OATS good 'num fob me-
Puck.
How did Calkins get the right to stick
never was in congress. was he?" NO;
but he once impersonated a member OF
congress over the telephone. Buffalo
Express.
so. Jack Hardness has proposed to
you? Yes. How did you know" MY
fiance told me last night He used Jacks
love for you to give weight to an argu-
ment. AN argument about what?" He
was trying to convince me that love is
should have convinced you of that
Houston Post.
81 don't know what I'll do for an issue"
said the perpetual candidate, when they
settle the tariff and the currency prob
lem Don't Worry" said the early
voter, 1.-THE women will be running for
congress then, and you'll be renting
storm-pits for Mems Rights clubs to
meet DISCRIMINATION Age-HeraId.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27
1912 to s2s.seO, 1ss. including parts and

1917 to $2S,30O, 139, including parts and
tires.
Some of the sources of the imports
and destina tons of the exports are also
Illuminating. During the fiscal year
of 1912 only 1856 cars were imported. OF
these 401 came from France, 1SS from
Great Britain, 131 from Italy, 116 from
Germany, and 127 from all other coun-
tries. In 1906 we sent s., 900, 900 worth
to Great Britain. but in 1911 that coun-
try took American cars to the value of
IS, zoo, 600, besides s. ,o00. 900 worth which
went to Canada and 81, 1862, 902 worth
which went to Australia and other
British colonies. France took 1892, 121
worth.
Indeed, a review of the figures makes
it clear why Great Britain has become
more wrought up over the automobile
situation in it's American aspects than
other countries across the Atlantic, for
there the balance of trade has swung
more heavily than with other nations
from the credit to the debit side of the
ledger. In the fiscal years 1909, 1910
and 1911 Great Britain sent US, respect
lively, SO cars, valued at 1921, 200; 81
cars, valued at s17O. $50; and so cars,
valued at $137, $50. In the same years,
however, Great Britain bought from US
427 cars, valued at $607, 100; 1,101 cars,
valued at s1O76.4S5: and 3,74S cars, val
ued at s2,961, 800, respectively.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27
AN ANGEL.

I know not if an angel walks
Forever by my side,
With shining brow and hair of gold.
And wings SO white and wide;
l only know 1 have friend
With soul so crystal clear,
That where the thought of her abides
No evil can come near.
I know not il an angel guards
The bed wherein L sleep,
Nor if whenever 1 do wrong
He turns aside to weep:
l only know her loving heart
Doth supplication make,
And when I fail her eyes are dimn1ed
With shadows for my sake.
1 know not if when dangers near
He shields NE with his wings.
Nor If through all my falls he keeps
A hope of better things;
1 only know that she has thrown
Her Hearts door open wide,
And taken me with all my faults
And weaknesses inside.
L know not If he ever stoops
To lay his check on mine,
The while he seeks some human word
To tell of love divine;
l only know that when she speaks
Her accents pure and fond
Transport my thoughts into the world
OF heavenly love beyond.
I know not if an angel pleads
For me before the Throne,
Nor if among so many souls
He claims mine for his own;
1 only know whatee r PETALS
NV friend will hold me dear;
In this sweet thought I rest content
/ have an angel here
Katherine Quinn in September Nau
titus.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.I

Isn't it queer how little bigot is?
Nothing prospers like the grafter-for a
time.
The less account a dog is the more a
woman likes it,
Many girl who thinks she is pretty is
1able to prove it.
The more things you attempt to do the
fewer you will accomplish.
Even puny little man has strength
sufficient to raise objections
A woman is awfully disappointed when
her worst suspicious fail to come true
Before giving advice to a woman find
out what brand she wants or a man
either. ''
A girl is never contented until she ac-
quires husband. After that her discon
tent may become chronic
,The young man who makes hay while
the sun shines will have time 10 make
love while the moon shines. mans
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27
vINDIcATING THE POPS.

Great must have been the satisfac-
days over the news from Washington
that the Democratic administration
had decided to incorporate in the pro-
posed currency law provision to put
paper based on agricultural products
on the same basis as commercial pa
per for banking purposes.
This decision means no more nor less
than that another of the politico-
economic proposals of the Pops has
finally had it's merit endorsed in most
convincing fashion, and is almost GER
tain to take its place among the laws
of the land. In effect, it is practically
an adoption of what the Populists
styled their Sub treasury plan. That
called for the establishment of govern
mental sub treasures in various parts
of the country for the purpose of loan
ing national funds on warehouse re-
ceipts for the products of the farms.
The proposition was the one that was
dearest to the Populist heart. But it
was derided and ridiculed with even
more vigor in banking and other po-
litical circles than it was urged by its
prOgenltOrS. II was SIyleQ as TIE DlS-
gest of all the Populistic follies.
1t is only a quarter of a century ago
that the Populist party sprang into life
1t developed like a mushroom, over
night. And a majority of the people
of the country seemed to think it pos
sessed even less stability. Its leaders
were dubbed Missionaries and political
fanatics. Its life as political organ
ization was not long. Its concrete vic
tories were not numerous. But its
platform was of the immortal variety.
To be sure it was laughed to scorn at
the time. But its vitality was not to
be denied.
Most of the important planks for po-
Itical reform that the Pops originated
and made famous are now among the
important laws of the nation and OF
the several states. Indeed, for the past
dozen years both the Republican and
Democratic parties have been vying
with each other to write in their plat
forms as their own the various prin-
ciples of the Populistic propaganda.
One by one they have been framed and
adopted into law. And the last but not
the least of them to be indicated is
the extension of credit to farmers on
the produce of their fields. 1t is true
that the old sub treasury plan has
not been adopted. But the new cur
rency law. whose administration will
be directly in the hands of the gov
eminent, will permit national banks.
backed by the government, be it re-
membered, to loan money on paper
based on agricultural products. And
this is the end that was sought by the
Populists
Some folk are wont to declare that
the arrival of the Populists on the po-
litical horizon was premature. But it
is undoubtedly the fact that if the
Populists had not planted their wise
political germs when they did, the days
of many much-needed political reforms
would be still in the distance and not
now accomplished facts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27
AMERICAN AUTO SUPREMACY.

So successful have Americas scien-
tific. large-scale methods of produce
ton proved that the American automo-
bile is fast sweeping into popularity
and possession of the European mar
ket. says the Worlds Work. 1t is
finding it's way also in ever-increasing
mum bers into the out of the way cor
ners of the world: into the broad
streeted cities of South America into
the teeming principalities of India,
from Calcutta to the Himalayas; into
South Africa and East Africa; the Far
East and the Antipodes-everywhe
that the white man has set his foot
and begun his civilization. Not long
ago a car made in Detroit was driven
from Kalgan, at the end of the Pekin-
Kalgan railway, across the Desert of
Cobb and delivered at Urga in Mon
goIia to the "Tasha Lama or Living
Buddha who. next to the Dalai Lama
of Thibet, takes rank as the great man
of Lamaism. Last year 80 low-priced
American cars of a single make We're
sold in Congoland, two or three of
them going to native chiefs. To May
1. 1912, 743 cars of this make had been
sent to the Straits Settlements. From
that date to the first of May of this
year, 2,093 cars We're shipped to that
section of the world. To British South
Africa 1.O41 went during the same pc
Rod. 1852 going to one dealer. During
the month of May of this year 249 were
shipped. India. during 1918, will get
500 American cars.
The foreign market for American
motor cars is not confined. however, by
any means to the low-priced machines
One we'll known company, whose prod
uct sells for about $1,000. has exported
during the last year 1,611 cars. of a
total retail value of approximately
SO, 300. COO. Nevertheless it is true that
the average price of exported automo-
biles has fallen remarkably year by
year. For the fiscal year 1912 it was
1890; for 1911, $1,100; and for 1910. 1909
and 1908 it was $3.50, S-,70O, and 81 $50.
respectively. During the same period
the average price of the machines i'm
ported by the United States rose all
most as notably. Thus, for 1912 it was
$2,216; 1911, s2.13s; 1910 1885; 1909,
S17SS
Further comparison of the export and
import statistics makes graphically
clear the rapid usurpation by the
United States of Europe's original po-
sition as the producer of motor cars.
Not only does the American export to-
tai expand prodigiously, but the Amer
lean imports from Europe dwindle as
tonishingly. In 1906, which was the
year of greatest imports. automobiles
worth $4,910,20S We're brought here
from overseas. In the fiscal year 1907
the import valuation had dropped to
81, 600. coo; in 1911 imports We're only
s., 446.24S; and in the fiscal year 1912,
s., 10000 600. Very different is the story
when We turn to the export column
Thus in 1906 we exported machines val
ued at 81 1876: in 1911 the figure rose
to 81. $50, 661; and in the fiscal year
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Distance doesn't lend enchantment to
money.
:. {. +
Old Sport Wiseboy insists that this
is free country only in theory.
+ + +
Pessimists are usually without per-
sonal reasons for being that way.
4 E j.
Not so many men outgrow the boy
hood habit of filling their pockets with
trash.
4. + +
Scientists generally explain things so
that nobody but themselves can under
stand them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27
HOME NEWS 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 ten cents a week or thirty cents
a month (by mail Only). Address
changed as often as desired. While
out of town the State Journal Will be
10 YOU like daily letter from nome
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27

Uncle Sam has reached the climax
in his endeavors to popularize the
navy with enlisted men. He uses the
wireless to provide the warships at
sea with the news of each days base
hall scores
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27

Neither can there be any doubt that
Mrs. Pankhurst and her followers are
sorely in need of a rest. And their
decision to take one is probably the
most welcome news that the people of
the British Isles have heard in many
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27

Just to show that they really have
no hard feelings toward st. PauTs
cathedral which they tried to blow
up with dynamite. the London suf-
fragists have been using it to pray in.
for Mrs. PankhurSt-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27
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 Ce that great news D.
ganfzation for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka
The news is received in The State JodE-
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27

More rich fruit for the jokesmiths.
Some of the residents of Hutchinson
have petitioned their city commission
er to sprinkle the bed of the Arkansas
river so that they will not be annoyed
by the sand which blows therefrom.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27

While the members of the Wilson
administration are Teveling in mineral
water buttermilk and grape juice, the
poor Democrat who has rot yet been
permitted to serve his country has to
get along with what he can make out
OF tho lemon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27

y great many members of congress
have ideas about how newspapers
should be edited. says the Washington
Star, but they have never been able
to get together and make the dear old
Record much of q nopular Success
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27
KANSAS COMMENT
LAW BREAKING OFFICERS


The people are anxious that the law Jaw
shall be observed and enforced agalnst
all criminals The legislatures ana tlt9
courts have provided the agencies anu
the powers for the orderly ENFORCE
ment of all the laws. 1t is neNei
either justifable or necessary TO en-
force one law by breaking another;
The constitution of the republic anu
of the various states provide sa1e
guards against unreasonable searches
and seizures and everywhere there
are ways provided for the search OF
houses suspected of harboring law
breakers. The law is strong enough
to secure it's own enforcement with
out resorting to criminal methods. An
officer of the law has no more power
than a private citizen. He cannot
lawfully enter residence even on an
errand of law enforcement unless ne
is armed with proper warrant except
for the purpose of suppressing an OBJ
vious nuisance. Officers of the law
who disregard the laws made to pro-
tect the citizen in his rights inevitably
bring the enforcement of law into con-
tempt and rouse opposition and dis
gust where they would have assistance
and support.-Hiawatha News-Demo-
crat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27

TT is hard to detect ten-dolla
counterfeit bill Sure. Nobody ca
keep one long enough to become ia
miliar with it's features.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27

Buffalo Bills show has gone into
the hands of a receiver. Too much
competition in Washington and the
EmDire state
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27

Pullman Palace Carr, able seaman,
has just been lost to the United States
navy. And, considering his name, it
is not surprising that he was able to
huy his release.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27

Fifty-cent beefsteak is predicted
fer next winter. But who cares?
Everybody was weaned from beef
steak a long time ago
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27

Secretary Bryan and Governor Sui
zer seem to be in accord as to the in
susficiency of public office to provide
maintenance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27

What with Murphy. Sulzer. Glynn
and Harry Thaw. it seems likely that
New York state will soon have to call
in a doctor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27

This trust busting is certainly grea
for business. The Atlantic Refiner,
company is about to cut a 400 per cen
melon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27

Mr.. suffers friends declare that
they have unearthed a conspiracy to
ruin him. But this doesn't obliterate
the fact that Mr.. Sulzer did a mighty
effective job in running himself.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27

Death is merely :. habit says a
member of the National New Thought
Alliance. But. like stopping to look
at the score-board. it seems hard to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27

Nobody will object if congress takes
a vacation next winter in lieu OF the
one it didn't get this summer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27

And the best way TO get Americans
out of Mexico in case more trouble
breaks out is to have the worlds Sc
-ies played in Texas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27

Peace and contentment reigns again
at the city hall. A solution has final
" been forthcoming as to how many
pecks there are in 12O gallons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27

Tt was a milk wagon that helped
Harry Thaw to escape. Perhaps if it
had been a water wagon the desire
to recapture him would not have been
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27

flush. There are burglars in the pam
try eating those pies I made this after
noon!'' t.All right, I'll look after them -
''Oh, George, you are never going to at
tack themi' Certainly not I am going
to take them a bottle of painkiller-"-
Houston Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27

Probably any man. if he had to be
impeached. would prefer it to be
done by the Tammany gang.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27
WHY THIS CHANGE?

A number of years ago if any one
advocated adopting some European
idea or custom in this country he
was hooted down as being up-Ameri-
can. That royalty-rid Europe could
teach this land of the free and home
of the brave anything was deemed pre-
posterous. In the last few years, how
ever the clincher among politicians
and near-statesmen advocating some
new-fangled idea seems to be to say
fthat it has worked successfully in Eur
ope. Not only this, but we are being
told that this country is years behind
European countries, and are being
ding-donged to copy after them. What
does all this mean? Is America slowly
being Europeanized? Must we, in addi-
ton to aping the European in clothes,
also be compelled to ape him in poll
tics and government and laws? As
matter of fact, isn't it about time to
tell the next near statesman who comes
around praising something European
at the expense of this country to go
across the pond and stay there if Eur
ope is such an improvement over the
United States.-Chanute Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-27

Were there many doctors at the con-
sultatOn? 'Oh, not So many-only about
a hundred thousand dollars worth. -