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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24
Testing Mental Deficiency.

If you are able to judge accurately
which of two weights is the heavier,
YOU are mentally deficient, according
to DR.. Demmor. a Belgian physician
and scientist. DR.. Demoor doesn't go
quite as far as to declare this is an
infallible rule, and you may possess
this ability without being, perforce,
weak minded, but in a series of expert
ments made by this doctor, those who
guessed correctly which of two objects
was heavier were known to be weak
minded, while those who made errors
in their guesses were all normal.
One experiment along this line of
considerable interest was carried on by
DR.. Demoor among $50 children whose
ages varied from to 15 years. For
this the doctor prepared two bottles by
covering them with black paper. These
bottles were of different size, which
could be told at a glance, but in each
bottle the doctor put a heavy mineral
until both the large and the small bot
tie had exactly the same weight. The
black covering prevented the children
from seeing the equal amount OF
mineral in each bottle.
These two bottles were handed to
each of the $50 children and they were
asked to judge which was the heavier.
They balanced them in their hands and
many said the larger one was heavier,
many others said the smaller bottle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24
HUAOR OF THE DRY

THAT boat embraces many points in its
stops" That's why then, it is always
hugging the shore."-Baltimore American
Fools rush in where angels fear to
tread" II know. What place have You
been kicked out of now?"-Detroit Free
Press.
Lawyer-"Do you mean to tell me the
plaintiff was drunk?" Witness-"well, no:
but you couldn't call him ostentatiousIy
sober."-Judge.
THAT man over there made S. on a sin
gle pair last evening" He doesn't look
like poker player" "He isn't. He's a
clergyman. Transcript.
deal of money on that decline in stocks''
Mrs. Jones-"I am so sorry. Whenever
hear of those declines in stocks / think
wouldn't 1t have been good thing IL
everyb ody had sold out before the market
began to go down."-Puck.
Owner-"what'll it cost to repair this
ails it?" Owner-'I don't know" Garage
Proprietor-''Thirty-fou dollars and sfrtIr
five cents. Puck.
Differs is the slowest pay in town >, .Ts
he?" Yep. If he owed a man an apol-
ogy he'd pay 1t by nts."-C.Ieye
land Plain Dealer.
'You prefer parades to speeches in i'm
pressing your vfews?'' Yes IFS n,,ch
more interesting to see how long IL talSes
a procession to pass some point than 10
see how long it takes a speech to do the
same thing. Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24
THOMPSON AND SUGAR

The appointment of Capt. John h.
Shields as postmaster at Wichita is a
victory for Senator Thompson, won, 1T
is said at the price of his vote for free
sugar However this may be, the ap-
pointment is a good one and well de-
served.
In bringing it about the Kansas sena-
tor has played politics. He has estao-
lished a claim to party regularity and
has not injured his standing at home
except possibly, temporarily.
The sugar tariff is something which
is of slight concern to the general
public (sugar has advanced the least
of all the food commodities) and free
sugar probably will mean very little to
the people one way or another the
fight over the sugar tariff is fight
between trusts The effort to maintain
the tariff is made by the beet sugar
men with the design of putting the
cane sugar men out of business. With
the cane sugar refiners, 1t is a struggle
for continued existence. But sugar
needs no refining.
Before Senator Thompson's term OF
office expires, his friends at Garden
City will have forgotten his vote on
the sugar schedule of the tariff bill,
that is those who are not in the sugar
h1,SipeGS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24

He'll have to be shot," called the
owner.
But I shan't let you," replied Miss
Dora.
But something must be DONE"
Hes such a good bear that I'm not
going to see him shot. I'll take him
home with me and chain him up
But, tell you he'll kill somebody
"Oh, no, he won't. You see, you
don't know much about bears. You've
picked on this one till you've got him
mad. I'll take him to the house, and
when he gets good natured you can
come and get him.
And it looked like a miracle to the
men when the girl walked away and
the bear ambled along beside her.
After they had stared for a minute
with open mouths one of the posse
approached Mr.. Wilders and said:
Young man, can I take it that you
are single?"
You can"
"And, young man, can take it that
you know what an opportunity 2"
ct think I do"
eff you don't you ought to be hit
with a club. The bear has made an
opportunity that an earthquake could
MT. You go to it, and by thunder, if
you don't use that animal right all
the rest of his days may your wife
elope with tin peddler!"-(Copy-
right, 1913, by the Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24
THE WORLDS PROGRESS.

The Panama canal will shorten the
water route between Liverpool and
Vancouver by $3.50 miles; distance by
water between Montreal and Vancou-
yer by 1871 miles. The cost of send
ing a car of freight by rail across Can
ada is $40 ton and upward; by
Panama canal it will be Sc to SO.
At first glance this looks like putting
the railroads out of business. But the
history of all modern improvements
has been that instead of in1uring any
interest they only create more business
for all.
When the modern harvesting ma
chine was invented a cry went up that
wages would decrease and many men
would be thrown out of employment.
The reverse has been true. Farmers
have raised more wheat, thus giving
work to more people, to say nothing
of the large number of men required
to make the machinery.
Another instance is that of the type
setting machine which does the work
of several men. Printers were not
thrown out of employment by its in
PRODUCTION, but are scarcer now than
during the days of hand printing and
raceive better and steadier wages.
The reason for this is that with the
cheaper methods in use more ana Dig
ger newspapers are printed. The same
is true of books
The automobile which was going TO
displace the horse apparently has not
done so. At any rate horses bring
higher price than they did before the
gasoline wagon was invented. The liv-
ery stable has in cases given place TO
the garage, but those hverymen VINO
have continued in business say that
there has been no diminution in their
trade.
The world seems to adjust itself to
its own needs and always seems TO
do it at just about the right time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24
KANSAS c0lHAENT
THE MILLENNIUM GUILD.


From Boston comes news of new
religion which is likely to gain fol-
lowers among those whose favorfte
| INDOOR amusement is chasing New
Thoughts of one kind or another.
This new sect which is neglecting its
regular chores to play for the mill
lennium, pledges it's members not to
wear or eat anything produced by
death or torture This places them
| on vegetable diet and bars kid
gloves and leather shoes from their
| wardrobes, and can't expect many re-
cru1ts from the packing house district.
1t is also their object to spread the
principle of universal love, and if they
can avoid church quarrels some head
| way may be made in that direction.
But for all the beautiful uplift
thoughts advanced by these seekers
Tor the light, there isn't a great deal
in name; in other words the mil
| Iennfum will not be greatly fastened
because Boston has a new religion, as
Boston frequently has.
Possibly it is true that all efforts to
make the world better are commend
| aple TO degree, inasmuch as even a
good resolution does good as long as
1t lasts, but a fad doesn't usually last
long enough to help much, even II it
Is the. right sort, and the difficulties
OF working a pleasant dream over into
| reality are so great that they should
not be tackled lightly as they are.
l
ter, but without violating speed limits
IN that direction. And those who are
CHASING every fool fad are not the
ones who are making it better. More
people are learning that good behavior
means better time than can be had
along the winding primrose path.
More are learning that the good jobs
are most likely to go to those who
do their best, and keep themselves
in coSdition to do their best e
| wise teaching, of course, helps in
! that direction, but at the showdown
1t is really up to the individual And
IL ne makes himself better. in some
measures he improves his associates
and the world. On the other hand
the New Thought faddist is likely to
run largely to beautiful words and
tommyrot, while neglecting the tiIling
ana tofling and other useful occupa-
lions which might help some in gen.
eraI results.-Atchison Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
From the Chicago News

TF'rom the Chicago News.1
Matchmakers never set the world on
fire.
If man is handsome he exaggerates
to himself.
AS for trouble-the supply always ex-
ceeds the demand.
Tt takes working theory to pull off
a practical stunt.
The man who has no price is the only
one really worth purchasing.
Young women, big feet in white boots
can be seen a block away!
Alas, when the microbe of love sue
cumbs to the germ of suspicion
Perhaps there is nothing in a name,
but it helps on a bank check
Charity may cover a multitude of
sins, but all the big ones show through.
Paint and powder have even been
known to alter the complexion of a
woman's thoughts.
A man just can't help feeling foolish
every time he hears of a baby being
named after him.
1t takes fussy woman to believe
that neighborhood gossip is true when
she knows it isn't.
Never forget that your neighbors
have an eye on you, even if they are
looking in another direction.
Why is it that a man who is always
helping his wife at home during his
spare time is regarded by his fool
friends as being in the henpecked
class?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24

Trolley freight is to be a big factor
in improving condition for both city
and country declares a writer in the
Aera for June. The development of
trolley freight in many sections would
mean that the gates in each and every
farm would then not only swing out
ward to send an increasing volume
of products to the city consumer. but
they would swing inward to allow the
entrance of goods made or sold in the
nearby city. The result would be a
closer Intervening of the agricultural,
economic and social interests of coun-
try and city to the end that confidence
would supplant distrust and co-opera-
ton, Indifference; thus both the city's
position as an urban center and the
value of the outlying farm would be
greatly enhanced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24
THE SPIRIT OF TO-DAY.

This is how President Hibben OF
Princeton defined the spirit of today
in his baccalaureate sermon at the
university commencement:
Man has no rights which others
are bound TO respect if he can not
defend them by his own might or
his own craft. Let the strong use
their strength for their own gain.
Let them have more brute courage.
more scorn for the weakness of
others more reliance upon self and
a firmer belief in the call of a self
realizing destiny. Life is game;
human pieces are on the board; we
must move to our advantage; and
shall we not sacrifice a pawn to
capture a. castle or to checkmate a
king?''
1t was we'll for DR.. Hibben to point
out to this years graduates of Prince
ton the narrowness, selfishness and de-
structiveness of this scheme of life.
But he was wrong in saying it was
the spirit of today. 1t is not the
spirit of today, but that of yesterday.
The ruthlessness of the mighty
has been checked in this country.
Everywhere there are evidences of it
in the antitrust laws, the regulation
of the railroads, the demand for a
downward revision of the tariff, the
pension systems being established by
many of the big corporations and the
public recreation grounds, tubercu-
losis sanitariums and fresh air camps.
The dedication of political candidates
to the interests of the greater number
is no longer buncombe, but means
something.
Human rights are fast transcending
property rights and the best feature
of this silent, benign revolution is
that the rich man as we'll as the poor
man is enlisting under its white ban
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24
says UNCLE CAV

If you are unhappy it is pretty much
your own fault. If you are the Virlle
character you should be and can be, you
once remarked that the earth carried
around an atmosphere to keep from get
ting shot with rock. Which was his
way of callins; attention to the beautiful
arrangement of nature by which the en-
velope of air prevents the earth peins
logged out of her orbit by meteoT1te.
When the shooting star" encounters the
air the friction begins to burn 1t up.
Usually it does a very complete JOB or II.
Similarly your own mental atmosphere
should destroy the oslings and arrows OF
outrageous fortune
Happiness is the, chief end and aim or
man. although most of us seem bent upon
lodging the beatific duty. Few of us are
even approximately happy at all times
but most of us can muster enough ceru-
lean atmosphere to answer all pracCcai
purposes if we only try. The buffets OF
fate have little effect upon him who Is
guarded by an envelope OF healtny sen
assurance reinforced by clean con-
science. Neither can it down the man who
persists in taking the troubles OF life as
part of the game and refuses to get angry
with the force of circumstances.
Most of the harm and all of the unhap-
piness that comes to US comes from with
in. If you can keep on good terms with nth
the man under your own hat you'll get
along all right and won't die early OF
worry. His mistakes, his bullheaded blum
ders, his attacks are the ones that you
must look out for. Moreover, his DISPOSE
ton to become peevish and to look at the
world as through blue spectacles darlxly
are responsible for nine-tenths of your
woes The rest of them are chargeable TO
his more overt shortcomings.
Most of us lose happiness In spending
too much time in pursuit of that abstract
treasure. 1t manifests itself usually IN
concrete form and is invariably associated
with the proper use of those forms.
Hence to be useful and busy is to be
happy. To worry over the lack of happt-
ness and to pursue it in the abstract is to
be miserable for no reason whatsoever
lake life as good game The defeat of
today will only sweeten the victory or to-
morrow. Everyday, as saith the sage, is
a new life, and you've got a good deal bet
ter business than helping the dead past
bury the dead. Old Rule Five, which ad-
monishes us to live every day so that we
can look any burned man in the race ana
tell him the goose hangs high. is good
one to remember. 1t creates the atm nos.
phere that keeps you from getting shot
by the rock of past and future troubles.
For the only way to create that atmos-
phere is to keep SO busily engaged in use
full employment that nothing else can
make an impression upon you That's the
big secret of happiness--(Copyrigh 1913,
by the Mcclure Newspaper Synd1cate-)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24
Sad Fate of Smart Eel.

you take it from me, SIR said the
| old Snowman, that the higher edu-
cation of animals is a mistake.
II have trained all sorts of beasts
| from f1eas to elephants. I've taught
| horses to dance on their hind legs
dogs to act music hall sketches, ele-
plants to play the barrel organ and dc
all sorts of tricks; but not one of them
showed such intelligence as my edu-
| Gated eel.
"I picked him out of the water one
day, and was attracted by his cute,
| brown orbs. He looked at me in a
sort of friendly, KNOWN way, as if 10
say: Let's be friends, Guv'nor-real
pals
so picked him up and put him in
my pocket. Then a bright idea struck
me- 1 would train him with the other
animals and let him take part in my
show.
Talk of the intelligence of animals,
That eel simply beat the bunch. He
guessed what 1 wanted him to do be-
fore I'd thought it out myself. He had
the true spirit of the artist, too, he
had He performed because he loved
to act.
'"The first tricks I taught him he took
to as mere child's play. In a few days
he could put his tail into his mouth
and roll around the room, pretending
to be a hoop. He would smile when
I said Smile in the cutest way and,
what is more, he would often smile on
his own account without being told,
as if tickled at the humors of this
funny world
Then I taught him to wiggle him
self into the shape of letters. Soon he
could twist himself into every letter Of
the alphabet and spell words as easy
as you please. This beats science,
thought I, when one day he actually
spelled my name; SO I formed the idea
of inviting some of the greatest
scientists in the country to witness the
feats of my marvellous eel.
LAS the day of the private view drew
near L put him regularly through his
seemed to guess exactly what was in
and vain. too. If he had been a peacock
can just imagine him spreading his
tail B he merely blinked his eyes in
the cutest, knoWin'est way.
Then all of a sudden the excitement
began to tell upon him, and he showed
signs of nervous breakdown. He took
trembling fits, which nigh scared me 70
death / dosed him with spirit which
seemed to do him good for a time, but
he got weaker an weaker until at last
one morning I found him stretched out
stiff and stark upon the floor.
IF ever a human died of brain fever,
that poor beast did never trained
another eel again. He died about this
time last year, and 1 would give any
thing to have him by me now, with his
cute little smile and his 'We're-pais-
Guv'nor' look-"-Tit-Bits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24
FLOWER AND THORN.

FLOWER AND THORN.
Black the storm wind rides the sky, all
the leaves are torn,
Br1ers upon the common stand stripped
to stick and thorn;
Thorny is the brier, thorny is the brier,
Mother Mary keep me safe. give me my
desired
Now the winter rain is gone, Heavens
washed and clean;
All the brooks are laughing sweet, all the
hills are green;
Leafy is the brier leafy is the brier,
Mother Mary in the sky, send me my
desire!
Summers yellow on the land. throbbing
warm and live,
Hear her million voices hum like lucky
hive;
Blossom O. the brier, blossom o. the brier,
Mother Mary in the summer time, send
me my desire!
All the talking winds are stilled in the
autumn pause,
Redder far than blood or fire blaze the
hips and haws;
Berries o. the brier, berries o. the brier
Mother Mary, must I die starved Of my
desire?
-Dorothea Mackellar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24

A Joker in the most recent rate de-
cision of the supreme court has been
discovered by the Atchison Globe.
which says: 1.-The United States SUI
preme court will allow the Chicago
Great Western to charge more than
two cents a mile for the present. as a
two cent rate would be confiscatory in
it's case. Surprising the c. & G. W.
charges three cents a mile, and the
Burlington will be compelled to charge
only two cents who would pay a pre-
MUM of a cent mile to ride on the
c. & G. w? The help the supreme
court offers will kill it's business where
it has competition. Big railroads have
always let roads like the c. G. w.
charge a little less to get business
the Nickel Plate, for instance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24
EVENING CHAT
Forgetting to Be Happy.
EYRUTA CAMERON


eff I have faltered more or less
In my great task of happiness;
If have moved among my race
And shown no glorious morning face;
If beams from happy human eyes
Have moved me not; if morning skies,
Books, and my food, and summer rain
Knocked on my sullen heart in vain:-
Lord, Thy most pointed pleasure take
And stab my spirit broad awake"
Stevenson.
A thoroughly good memory for
things in general is a rarity.
But infinitely rarer is a memory for
certain things in particular, people $
names, for example, benefits conferred
for another, and happiness for an
other.
Especially the latter.
How very easily and quickly most OF
us forget to be happy.
Suppose you should have an auto
mobile given you tomorrow (and per-
haps we'd better say, the wherewithal
to run IT'D; suppose your husband
should get big raise in salary; sup
pose the very biggest annoyance of
your life were to be forever removed
suppose some rich relative whom you
do not even know and hence could not
grieve for, should leave you a hun
bred thousand dollars tomorrow. Don't
you think you would be happy for a
very long time?
You wouldn't.
OF course you would be very happy
for a while, but it's astonishing how
short that while would be.
Somehow it doesn't take any par
ticular effort to remember to be I'M
happy over the tangles that won't
come straight, and the conditions in
our lives that aren't pleasing, and the
luxurieS we cannot have But when
the tangle is Strengthened, the disa-
greeable condition disappears, or we
gain the coveted possession, how hard
it is to remember to be happy over our
blessings more than a day or two.
The duty of happiness is one of the
most sadly neglected duties in the
world. Indeed there are still many
people who do not even recognize "the
great task of happiness
The old idea that one must neces-
sarily be sour and miserable in order
to be good is slowly disappearing, but
it's positive, the idea that goodness
and happiness are more or less synon-
ymous, still smells of birthstone to
many folks.
know a woman whose morning
prayer is MAY I be happy today and
make others so'' Do you think she
can wander very far from the right
path If that prayer is granted?
Is there not some blessing in your
life today that you were once sure
would make you very happy? And
have you forgotten to be so? Then
begin again today. It's never too late
to remember to be happy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-24


clouds, but up to date there is no
case on record where one failed to find
his way back to earth.
Billy Morgan is going to view the
Bulgarian on his native heath, and
also observe the Turk turkey trotting
in Constantinople. And Furthermore,
at the special request of this depart
ment, he will look into the matter and
see whether the Turks wear loose
trousers because they afford freer leg
action while running from Bulgarians,
or because they think them stylish.
An hour after a Belleville, Ill,
congregation prayed for rain, they got
a gullywasher with a hailstorm chas-
er. 1t may not break them of pray
ing for rain, but the next time they
will not pray SO loud.
And the offense of the Cairo man
who ate 81 eggs at one sitting, was not
so much that he destroyed the makingS
of number of breakfasts, but that he
is Growing about it.
The mystery of his achievement is
not in the number he devoured but
where he got the price.
Rev. Corwine, the new reform school
officer. is the handsome dominic who
supplicated three dollars worth each
brought that senate through without
serious accident is a testimonial in his
favor.
The Lunnon Times says that it is
suspected the he-suff. who interfered
with a horse race, was feeble minded.
The Lunnon Times is not unnaturally
suspicious, at that.
Farmers in need of harvest hands
should bait their advertisements with
halftones of pretty girls of the neigh
borhood. If they would do that,
"Hop" would not have to lift his voice
to such high level when he issues
a "call.''
Chief Brigadier General j. W.Frier-
son Hughes is not the only military
celebrity in town. Gen. Humidity is
with US this week.
If they need any more harvest hands
out there. Topeka might loan its just
ly celebrated ball team.
One of a woman'S ambitions is to
teach the family cat to distinguish a
difference between sparrows and young
robins.