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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-11
.AYHAWKER JOTS

On the theory that things go by
contraries, Miss Yelley, the school
teacher at Pleasant Valley, Butler
county, presumably addresses her pu-
pills in soft and dulcet tones.
A suggestion from the Lincoln News
Before you speak harshly to your
friend retire to your private study ana
write the words you wish to speak
four times on a sheet of paper.
AS the peach crop situation is sized
ND by Fritz the Numa correspondent
of the Douglass Tribune: The peach
crop is killed. If there are peaches
this year, it will be light crop.
An up-to-date birth notice in the
Blue Rapids Times: The stork visit
Doc Green's home last Saturday, leav-
ing a future voter of the Suffragette
party. Mother and daughter doing
fine, and Doc is some better.
Editor Joslyn, of the Carbonate
Post, advises: Don't soak your over
coat too qui ky, even if G. Hog has
announced spring for next week ana
summer for the week after Remember,
we are living under Democratic dis
pensation.
Related by the Lansing News: A
teacher asked her pupils what was the
matter with this sentences: THE horse
and the COW is in the Pc ture." No one
replied for a minute, and then small
boy timidly spoke up: shouldn't the
lady be first?'
A righteous protest from Polk Dan
iels, of the Howard Courant: Ewing
Herbert, of the Hiawatha World, was
at the editorial association at Topeka
last week, and had his new wife along
"a very pretty, attractive and stylish
young woman But Ewing is not dis
posed to do the right thing-for he
utterly failed to introduce her to any
of the gang, and the newspaper boys
are all sore on him. I kept edging
up and making myself pleasant when
ever could, and she really looked like
she was interested in me, but her
husband-the old long haired aborigine
never introduced her to me at all.
The other fellows all tell the same
story, and there is talk of firing Mr..
Ewing Herbert, of the Hiawatha
Daily and Weekly World out of the
Kansas State Editorial association for
cause. And it would serve him right.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-11
CAUSED RUNAWAY.
Motor Truck Frightened a Horse
Four Hurt in Collision.

A motor truck belonging to some
Topeka grocery store caused two runa-
Always this morning, injured four per-
sons, and unwittingly left a trail of
disaster behind it.
The truck was trundling amiably
along near Fifteenth and Mulvane
streets, when it passed a nervous
horse driven by Fred Ginter of Dover
Vinzant. The horse SHE'D and tore
ma dly down the road, the rig rocking
behind him. The carriage collided
with a second buggy, driven by Mr..
and Mrs. G. F. Steffe, also of Dover.
The result was immediate disaster.
The occupants of each buggy were
thrown violently to the ground.
Vinzant was unconscious and was
carried to the home of I. N. Shirley,
1926 West Fifteenth street DIR. A F.
Harrison was summoned Immediately,
and said that no serious injuries had
taken place.
Fred Ginter also collapsed, and was
carried to Stormont hospital, where
he underwent a thorough examination.
1t was ascertained that his right ankle
was fractured, but his condition was
not adjudged dangerous at all.
Mrs. Steffe was hurled to the
ground, and struck resoundingly on
her elbow. She was stunned for the
moment, but was taken to the Bert
Whittlesay home, 1923 West street,
and carefully cared for. Mr.. Steffe,
the only member of the quartet not
seriously hurt, was considerably
shaken up
Spectators of the four-part catas-
trophe were rather incensed that the
driver of the truck didn't wait to in
vestigate damages, but drove serenely
away.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-11
WAYS OF THE WORKING GLASS


The psychology of the working class
is different from that of the other
classes, writes Randolph S. Bourne in
the February Atlantic. The prevail
ing tone is apathy. There is no dis
content or envy of the well-to-do, but
neither is there that restless eagerness
to better their position, and confidence
in their ultimate prosperity, which the
American spirit is supposed to instill
into a man. Men in the trades seem
to have this spirit, but it is noticeably
absent from the factory class. Even
the immigrants seem quickly to lose
that flush of hope and ambition with
which they arrive in this country. The
factory routine seems to get into their
very souls, so that their whole life set
ties down to a monotonous drudgery
without a look forward or backward.
They are chiefly concerned in holding
their jobs, and escaping the horrors of
unemployment-in making both ends
meet Beyond this there is little hori-
zon for day-drean1ing and ambition.
Life to them is a constant facing of
naked realities, and an actual "econo-
my" or management. of resources. not
an. effort to impress themselves on
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-11

Those prophets. who predicted that
the year 1913. merely because of the
"13'' in it. would be one of great strife
in and between nations, must be in
a merry mood real revolution of
some proportions appears to nave de-
veloped again in Mexico. Trouble
seems to be so imminent in Central
American states that the United States
has five warships doing police duty
along their coasts. The Turko-Balkan
war has been renewed with increased
fury, and may yet involve some of the
major powers of Europe in a bloody
conflict. Indeed, the dove of peace ap-
parently jumped her job as soon as
Andy Carnegie shelled out some &c.
600 900 for her welfare. But that's a
human frailty. Many persons, who
have fortunes unexpectedly dropped in
their laps, Immediately become worth
less.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-11
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Most of the good songs are too often
spoiled in the singing.
+ 90 !
Many smart man isn't clever
enough to take the proper care of him.
self.
4 4. j.
While the rewards of virtue are de-
sirable their cash value is seldom large.
= + =
A girl is likely to agree to her suit
ors insistence that he is unworthy or
her.
j. j. j.
Presumably, the most numerous or
the debts humanity owes to meolcai
science are unpaid doctors bills.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-11
DAFFYDHS
BY U. NoALL.

If the gorilla was blind could the
chimpanzee?
easy boysl That was Darwin's pet
If a man has an apiary and all his
bees died, would it be a case of dia-
betes?
(Stung againiiD
If you wanted ten copies of this pa
per, how much would you have to pay
per paper?
Get him uplt He's considerably
lacerated-)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-11
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press.1

A woman is so innocent she can tell the
truth in a way to fool people.
voman's idea IF perfect figure is IL
hers We're only fitted by tailors that know
how to do it.
What makes a very thin girl so lucky
is very little of it, has to show on the
outside.
What makes a woman suspicious that
pearls aren't genuine is for some other
woman to have them.
Some men haven't any more caution
when they happen to get little none
than to show it to the family.
The great beauty about not having
money is that you don't have to bother
about saving any of it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-11

ways of those about them. This deep
seated divergence in standards and in
terests from the rest of American life
may or may not be important, for the
factory class is thus far politically
negligible; but it is interesting. and
well calculated to suggest. many un-
pleasant things to American minds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-11

Washington and Albany both threat
en- to take hand in lawmaking CAL
culated to dye Wall streets blues a
deeper indigo. This is one reason whv
New York Stock Exchange seats are
about the weakest things in the rnarlat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-11

Nor is this in the nature of desirable
advertising for the American people. A
fully equipped emergency hospital is to
be established at Washington for the
Inauguration festivities to care for in
ebriates
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-11

Governor Blease, of South Carolina.
is probably just as well pleased that
the real fighting in that section of the
country between state authorities and
helligerent miners is in West Virginia.
Blease only fights with his mouth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-11
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 or
ganfzation for the exclusive afternoon
publica .ion 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, 1913-02-11

There must be gloom among the
lawyers who were interested. The liti-
cation over the 100000 estate left by
Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy has been
finally settled already
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-11

II that operation of putting part of
a dogs brain into the head of a living
man proves a success, domestic ami
mails may become more useful than
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-11
FROM OTHER PENS
SOME NEW TENDENCIES.

A tendency of the time is illustra ted
in some figures from Wisconsin. The
number Of high school students in that
state who take Latin decreased twelve
per cent last year, while the number
of those taking German increased ten
per cent. Another tendency is illus
trated in both Michigan and Kansas;
in those states vocational work in
high schools is allowed to count among
the subjects required for admission to
the state universities. In Kansas three
of the fifteen units required may be
in manual training, domestic science,
stenography, bookkeeping, agriculture
or commercial law. Each year sees
progress in the. direction of what is
called the practical educa tion." The
movement away from, the ancient Ian
guageS and that to give greater i'm
portance to. vocational training are
both in this direction. Recent statistics
in regard to education illustrate also
the growing attention paid to agricul-
ture. When work was begun at the
Oregon Agricultural college six years
ago, there were Sc students. This year
LAS farmers attended the short
course in this same institution. To be
sure, Oregon farmers are exceptionally
progressive and understand the value
of modern methods of agriculture. Not
many states could report as many
students in a short course of agricul-
ture. But the figures show the in
crease of students in the last six years
and what is true of Oregon in this
respect is probably more or less true
of other states. 1t is certein that the
Importance of the scientific study of
farming is understood now as it never
was before. The person of old or mid
die age is apt to declare that the boy
of today is not trained as thoroughly
in certain things as he himself was.
But It is certain that the boy of today
has :. Better chance to get a training
in practical things-in vocations-than
his father had.-Buffalo Express.
A PINCH FELT BY ALL.
woman speaker, addressing the
New York Club for Political Study,
dropped the hint that the cost of fool
ishness may be a greater item than
the cost of living within the expendi-
ture of the average income. Her view
is that a large part of almost every
fami1y's resources is frittered away on
things that are soon forgotten, and
which could be dispensed with. AL
though this is true of many families,
and it is always well to warn against
extrava gance, it does not make the in
crease in the cost of the neceSsaries
OF life any less of problem. There
are hundreds of thousands of Ameri-
cans who not only do not waste their
means, but can scarcely make both
ends meet in an era of advancing
prices. Investigation of the high cost
of living is for the benefit of all, but
especially those who feel its pinch
most acute1y.-Baltimore News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-11

Presumably, no one has suggested
the famous Jim Thorpe as a possible
white hope for the very good reason
that he happens to be a red man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-11

A suffragist now accuses a parcel
post carrier of eating part of a cake
entrusted to him. But he wouldn't
have done it if she had stamped it with
the seal of the English militant sister
hood
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-11

Without doubt Turkey is wishing
hard that it had been forehanded
enough to provide itself with a navy
of some proportions. A few Turkish
battleships and cruisers would help
out a whole lot just now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-11

Another advantage of the parcel
post is that it enables the rube who
wants a gold brick to save railroad
fare.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-11

Woman has always been mans
companion, ready to espouse his cause
and buckle his armor," declares a lady
orator. But now she is getting even
by wearing dresses that hook up in the
back
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-11

1t is said that a change in the Japan
csc Diet is inevitable. This means
government and statecraft, but be-r is
also gaining there at the expense of
sake, and flour is crowding rice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-11

Old Porfirio Diaz must be happy that
he has lived to see what a mess his
enemies make of running things in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-11

Who is there now to say that talk is
cheap7 1t will cost s1s a minute to
telephone from New York to San Fran
cisco
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-11

George Washington never told a lie
1t does not seem possible" HE knew II
WouIo De OF no USE How so.' He
widow and get away with it."-Houston
Post.
Never mind" said the ready-made NH
losopher, experience is the best teacher
Yes" replied the man who is constantly
in trouble, but person ought not to be
expected to stay in school all his life -
washington Star.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-03-20
Cheapest Hams Ever Sold.

Sometimes an error creeps into the
published announcement of big store.
due to the negligence Of the proofreader
or to the co.npositor in the printing Of
fee Of the paper. 1t is rarely funny In
its results. although it may make no
morous reading when first issued. One
day department store in New York
advertised Sugar Cured Hams at 4c a
lb." Rather cheap. you say? Well. 100
odd persons thought so too. for that
was the number that asked for the ham
at this ridiculously low price the morn
ing the ad appeared. 1t TRANSFERRED
that the printed proof 0. I'D by the
grocery buyer and sent down to the
newspaper office for insertion in the
days issue read "14c a h." The first
mineral had simply dropped out of
sight; 1875 sales were made at loss OF
10 cents per pound.-Woman's Home
Companion.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-03-20
Poetry and the Child.

Read poetry to the child. Read easy.
simple verse. read nonsense verse.
read real poems. read sometimes such
poems as "Thanatopsis" and bits OF
paradise Lost" Of course the child
will not understand the thought. but
he will enjoy the sound. and he will
unconsciously learn the words. Poetry
was never meant to he read to oneself.
but always to be read aloud or reCited
1t is harder than prose. The order OF
the words is often like our everyday
speech. and the words themselves are
frequently different. Here especially
children need help. If they find it
they learn to love poetry. and there
are few things that so sweeten life as
a genuine love for poetry for its beau
ties and for the helpful lines that come
to ones mind in hard places.-Home
Progress Magazine.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-03-20
Scotsmen and Funerals.

Englishmen. says Ian Maclaren In
Books. and Bookmen," bear, them
selves well. at marriages, where Scots
men are. at a, disadvantage because
the cautious Scotch eye is focused
upon an. uncertain future. But the
Scotsman shines at funeral as one
of the luxuries of life:
Peter" says one mourner to. his
neighbor at the tail Of a walking flu
neral, ''div We see jamie Thompson
walking in the front side by. side WI
the chief mourner and him no drop
o. blood to the corpseT, - ~
"Fine l see him. a forward, upset
tin, ambeetious body. He would be
inside the hearse If he could"-the
most awful and therefore most envia-
BILE position for sober minded Scot.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-03-20
LURE OF THE MISTS.
Curious Experience In the Clouds In
an Heroplane.

Curious Experience In the Clouds In
an Aeropane.
It was at Manchester. Aeroplanes
were sweeping the skies in the circuit
of Britain race. Vedrines had landed,
and impatient 1T the rules that made
him wait ten minutes before taking up
the race, went about jabbering In
French. One Of the officials asked him
what kind of trip he had had We'd
rines answer was to hold up his hands
expressively
He was quiet for many seconds. then
he said:
81 was blanketed In clouds so that
could not see ten meters before me.
Below me was nothing but rolling mist
that gradually took on all fanciful
shapes and colors. caught myself
wanting to descend, to drop suddenly
into it and see what 1t was like. To
escape this feeling | flew higher and
higher, untiI. venturing to look down
again, l saw wonderful lights and
shadows that never before had been re-
vealed to me from the sky. | saw Q
dreamy city. wonderful mirage. anC
| believe | would have forgotten every
thing but those exquisite colorings. re
leased my levers. and (He laughed.
+ But ] was fortunate, for l became
sick-as sick as a dog-away up in thu
clouds."- Edward Lyell Fox in Har
per's Weekly
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-03-20
The House of Romanoff.

The house of Romanoff passed out OF
existence with the death Of its last
survivor Empress Elizabeth. daughter
of Peter the Great. who was succeed
ed as ruler of Russia by her nephew,
Peter Of Oldenburg. duke of Holstein-
Gottorp, son of her younger sister,
Grand Duchess Ann. 1t is from this
ear who reigned as Peter Ill. that
the whole of the reigning house of Rus.
STA are descended, and they are. there
fore, not Romanoffs, but Oldepburgs.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-03-20

During Mr.. Tyler's incumbency Of
the presidential Office he arranged to
make an excursion in some direction
and sent his son Bob to arrange for a
special train. 1t happened that the
railroad superintendent was a strong
Wing. AS such he had no favors to
bestow on the president and Informed
Bob that his road did not run any
special trains for the president.
''Whatr' said Bob. did you not fur
nish a special train for the funeral
of President Harrison?" Yes" said
the superintendent. land If you'll
bring your father in that condition you
shall have the best train on the road. ="
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-03-20
A MEETING WITH TURNER.
The Artist Simply Enraged the Man
Who Longod to See Him.

Who Longed to See Him.
A printshop in London. kept by
man who thoroughly understood and
appreciated the wares in which he
dealt. once displayed in its window
n fine but much stained and damaged
engraving-one Of a set from Turner's
pictures. Turner CHANGED to pass and
notice it and promptly bounced into
the shop and began to abuse the dealer.
ITS q COMPOUNDED shame to treat an
engraving like .thatp he clustered.
what can you be thinking about to go
and destroy a good thing? For 1t is a
good thing, mind your
81 destroy ttv'' responded the dealer
holly. What do you mean by saying
1 destroyed it? And who the mischief
are you, l should like to know? You
don't look as if you could understand
a good print when you see one. de-
stroy 1t! Bless my heart, | bought 1t
just as it is, and I would rather keep
it till doomsday than sell it to you!
And why you should put yourself out
about it can't thinkv'
"Why, I did it," said Turner.
/ "Did what? Did you spoil it? If
you did you deserve"-
mo, no, man; my names Turner, and
I did the drawing and engraved the
plate from it."
"Bless my hearth calculated the
print seller In changed tone. rs II
possible you are the great Turner?
Then his temper rose again. "Well
sir" he added, II have long desired tx
see you, and now that have seen you
hope shall never see you again, To-
a more disagreeable person have sci
dom met"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-03-20
A BIT of Kitooheher,s Tact.

The Egyptian Bedouin is not COM
PEELED to pay taxes or to render the
ordinary obligations Of citizenship.
which in Egypt includes military serv-
Ice. Soon after the outbreak OF the
war between Turkey and Italy a dele
cation of Bedouins approached Gen.
eral Kitchener and told him that they
wanted to go across the border to the
assistance of their hard pressed fell
lows in Tripoli. The English general
admitted with unexpected readiness
that their request was reasonable, but
he reminded them that by granting 1t
he would be creating a precedent
which would make them liable for
military service with the Egyptian
army. ~
The delegation withdrew, and Kitch-
ener was not troubled any more with
requests for leave to cross the border
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-03-20
4 HINDU IDOL.
It's Strange History Caused Nine. Car
not to Order II Destroyed.

When Nine. Carpot, widow Of Sadi
Carnot, died and her will was read
clause in it caused considerable COM
ment. This was to the effect that a
certain small Hindu idol carved from
hard stone which would be found
among her property must be taken out
and crushed until completely destroyed.
Many marveled at this apparently sim
gular request, for the idol seemed
harmless, ugly little thing, but her in
structions were carried out to the let
ter.
The idol had been presented to Sadi
Carnot years before be had ever
thought of the presidency Of France by
friend who had brought it from In
dia. Later he learned that there was
! legend attached to it which asserted
that whatsoever would retain it In bis
possession would rise to the fullest
height of power in his chosen profess
sion, but die of a stab wound when at
the zenith Of his career.
M. Carnot traced the history Of the
idol and found that for 500 years the
rulers who had possessed 1t had al
died either in battle or by assassination
from stab wounds. Yet he laughed al
the story, called the facts adduced by
his search mere chain of condolences
and retained the idol. He died by &
dagger in the bands of an assassin
hence Nine CARROTS strange request.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-03-20
ODD USES OF WHALEBONE.
Wigs Arc Made of n. and It stiffens
Huh Grade Silks,

The notion is popul lrly held that
whalebone is derived from whales
ribs, although many persons believe
that it comes from the tail Of the big
mammal. Both notions arr incorrect. ,
The function Of whalebtne in the
life of the whale is Of the utmost i'm
portance. The inner edges Of the
whalebone plates are frayed INTO In
Vulnerable hairlike processes, and the
whole forms a sort Of sieve whereby
the whale may sift out its food from
the sea water. 1t must be remembered
that the food Of this gigantic CT ca
ture consists chiefly of minute organ
isms, crustacea, mollusca, etc., floating
near the surface.
When the whale opens its mouth and
moves along great multitude Of these
minute forms Of life find their way In
Then the whale closes its mouth, and
the water is strained out through the
whalebone sieve, and the food Is re
tanned.
The common uses Of whalebone are
known to everybody. 1t is, however
put to two uses not generally known
even in England, where the fine inter
nal fringes mentioned are employed II
nal making of barristers' wigs. By rea
son of their lightness they retain thu
curl better than does ordinary hair
Fine whalebone threads are also some
times employed to stiffen the tissue Il
high grade silks.-Harper's Weekly.