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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-21
EVENING CHAT
On Being Friendship-Selfish.
BY RUYA. CAMERON.

1.-THE only way to have a friend is
| to be one
There is hardly anyone outside my
Immediate family whose presence OF
absence means much to me-" 1 heard
a man say the other day. THE people
who want to be friends with me have
to seek me out; L don't bother much
with them"
He said it proudly. H .t1 H+
He evidently thought he was showing
how superior he was.
1 think he should have said 1t sadly,
because he was acknowledging a lack
in himself.
1t is a common idea-this notion that
one is fortunate when one receives
more love than one gives.
great many people seem to take
pride in realizing that this or that
friend cares more for them than
they for him. 1t is the same feeling
that makes a woman proud of having
excited love which she cannot return,
and ashamed of loving when she is not
loved. And it is just as wrong and
cheap a conception Of the great force
of love.
The love a human being can feel is
a far better measure of his character
than the love he can excite.
TT is more blessed to give than to
receive" is as true of love and friend
ship as of any material gift
1t is blessed to have a friend; it is
far more blessed to be one.
Like mercy, friendship is twice
blessed; it blesses him that gives and
him that takes. But contrary to the
common belief, 1t is he that gives who
gets the most of 1t.
1t is, of course, a legitimate reason
for pleasure and pride to know that
enc is the object of another human be-
ing's admiration. respect. affection and
whatever other feelings go to make up
H.so 17,I,f to
But on the other hand it is an even
greater reason for pride to know that
one is sufficiently capable of recogniz-
ing and approaching another human
beings value to feel that wonderful
sentiment of friendship for him.
The fewer people man cares about.
the fewer people there are who can
hurt him, argues the man who is
proud that there are few people who
count with him.
True. And the fewer who can make
him happy, the fewer who can stinu-
help him to expand into his highest
self, as the true friend will
1t is as foolish for a man to rejoice
that he cares for very few people as IT
would be for a tree to be glad that it
had few roots.
sure to be the self-centered man. 1t is |
only through realizing our need of |
others that We understand their need |
of us.
Don't be afraid to love. And by love
Lmean love in the bigger sense in which |
It includes friendship, and all kinds of /
love, as well as the love between the
sexes 1t may bring you some suffering
put it will bring you infinitely more of |
happiness.
Don't be ashamed ito love. He who
owes most has the most reason to
De proud.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-21

brought him here to the old Beton
place-and have been trying for
three years to recreate human
being. He has improved physically.
You will go far to find a man more
perfect. But he has still the mind
of child-a baby indeed. He fears
people piteouSly, so we live alto
gether to ourselves. The doctors say
he has almost no chance of mental
recovery-that is why 1 have taken
such desperate chances"
What chances?' Melville Asked
She looked at the whiriing wheels.
Running this car" she said. IT be-
lieve a shock-only that-will ever
But don't think 1 let him take risks
alone-I am always with him.
You love himi" Melville said. He
he was mad about me-before the
trouble came. We were too close for
that sort of thing. He was like a
ing she stopped looking at him
rather helplessly.
Melville touched her shoulder, say
Ing softly, 60 on"
She shrank from his touch. chok-
ing out, "I-you see-George will see
driving with the head groom. l.
thought-maybe-if you would-seem
affectionate-that sort Of shock
ct understand" Melville said with
a deep breath. The car was slowing
down-in front he caught the burr OF
lighter wheels approaching. AS they
came almost to a stop a light vehicle
drawn by a splendid span came to-
ward them. Mary Beton gave him an
appealing look. Instantly his arms
were around her-he snatched off her
cap, and buried his lips in the soft
hair it had hidden.
From in front there came a wild,
-articulate, half-animal cry;
figure lean and 1.-THE leaped from the
wagonette and launched itself at the
pair in the car. Mary! Nary 1t
painted hoarsely. ''You-you must not
you are mine-only minei'
lean figure reeled. Mary knelt beside
Then, with a great, sobbing cry, the
a minute the eyes opened. No longer
were they vacant, but filed with the
light of reason.
Have we had a spill, Polly?" he
asked, sitting up. Then, at sight OF
Melville things came back to him. He
got unsteadily to his feet, saying with
a fine gentleman's finest voice:
''Since 1 found you kissing my
cousin, you will have to marry her."
with pleasure Melville said, smil-
ing.
Mary gave him a grateful look. She
thought he was but humoring a sick
mans mind. But a year later she
knew he had spoken the truth-for
George Sully himself gave her away,
the happiest and most beautiful bride
ever carried home by a MELVILLE
Copyright, 1913, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-21
says UNCLE CIV

One is inclined to sympathize WITH
| old Doc Houser. who was an an-around
human proposition.
IF that fellow over there ever does
me a favor, I'll bite him. said old
Doc one day. indicating the village
tightwad.
"Why?" asked the new man in town
Because" said the sage of Pucky-
huddle, because just naturally can t
help it. You see, he read some where
in the Good Book that we're supposed
to lend a helping hand to the man in
need, but he's never come across the
passage which says that the Lord loves
a cheerful giver. He's the victim of
an ingrown crouch and he gives vent
to that crouch every time he gives
aims or does anybody a favor. don't
want to be insulted in that way"
There was more than a grain of JUS
tice in Docs viewpoint. l don't believe
the man referred to even patted a dog
on the head without putting the poor
animal in danger of hydrophobia. AS
he hoped for heaven, SO he gave aims
And he did both in a fashion that made
the victim hate him.
His heart wasn't in it. He measured
his spurious good fellowship as he cal
culated his usurious interest He dtdnt
give a flicker of a smile above what
the bond of his creed required. He al
ways did things by the Book, as he
read it. but when he read it there was
something the matter with his spec
tacles.
He brought himself, by dint of long
suffering. to part with a little of his
money from time to time and upon
each occasion he made mental calcu-
lation as to Just how far that dollar
got him towards the gates of Paradise.
He also restrained an ever-recurrent
desire to strange the object of his lar
gesse for creating the need of parting
with his hard-wruHg coins.
He was even more stingy with smiles
than with dollars, for his heart never
warmed to the needs of his neighbors.
He couldn't say good morning" with
out looking as if he begrudged it. He
even hated to part with a handshake.
With it all. he wore an tir of condes-
cending piety that made the ungodly
think murder If murder We're justf-
able the ungodly would have been emf
nently correct in their position.
If you can't give yourself with your
gifts or your favors for the love of suf-
ering humanity. keep both The world
is more in need of warm-hearted men
than open pocketbooks. A smile that is
always on the Job is worth more than
the hand reached out begrudgingly to
the man in the slough of despond. A
good devil, and old Nick will never pro-
duce one better suited for his purpose
Copyright. 1913 by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-21
QUAKER MEDITATTONS.
From the Philadelphia Record.l

LFrom the Philadelphia Record.J
The egotist is always the other fellow
10 flatter a man tell him he's suffering
from brain fag
Few men are willing to attribute their
bad luck to their bad habits.
A woman never quite forgives her hus-
band for not keeping her love letters.
Blessings sometimes come disguised
out troubles are generally labeled.
Few men undervalue themselves espec-
laliy when they are suing for damages.
It's no fun for girl to flirt with a man
unless she knows she is making some
other girl weepy.
The fellow who makes a fool of himself
is seldom satisfied unless he works over
time at the job.
Biobbs-"Hes a charming man to talk
to-. Slobbs-"Yes, he admits he doesn' t
know any funny stories.''
Take care of your friends" says the
Manayunk Philosopher, land your enc
mics Will take care of themselves
Nen-"It was a case of love at first
sight Belle-'And did they get mar
ried? NeH-"Oh, no, they took another
look
Why do you argue with your wife?''
asked the bachelor. Don't you know the
futility of it?" "of course replied the
married man. but have to allow her a
little pleasure once in a while"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-21
KANSAS COAAENT
THE REAL SUFFERER.


In disputes between labor and
capital. especially in such as reach
the striking or lockout point the
greatest sufferer is often neither the
"oFkmen nor the employer but the
pubic. This has been especially true
in cases where great public Service
corporations have been prevented
from carrying on their business
through labor difficulties. The en-
pioyerS have suffered because of the
expense of trying to operate under
circumstances as adverse as the strik-
ing employees have been able to make
them; the strikers have suffered be-
cause OF the lack of wages on which
they had been accustomed to DEPEND:
and too little heed was given to the
pubic that learned to depend on the
institution Tor service, often essen
tal, sometimes vital. Such a condi-
ton was that which recently obtained
in Cincinnati when the ice plants of
the city were tied up by strike. EN-
ployers and employees suffered by the
disturbance but the greatest suffer
ers were the thousands of people swell
tering under a summer sun suddenly
cut off from the ice supply But in.
that case the people We're not allowed
to suffer long, as Mayor Hunt did the
common sense thing and comman-
deered the plants and operated them
Tor the people at large, the ones who
were suffering while the points at is
sue were being disputed. No one lost
Dy this transaction and in the mean
time the public was saved a world OF
inconvenience and misery. Inciden-
tally, the action of the mayor calls
attention to the feasibility of the sug-
gestion of Professor Miller of the Ag-
r1cultural college that cities might
own their own ice plants as we'll as
water and light plants.-Salina Jour
nal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-21
EUROPE AND MEXICO.

| Surely it comes with pretty poor
| grace for the European powers even to
| suggest to Uncle Sam that the time
! has arrived when he should take a
hand in the Mexican situation. Right
| under their own noses in the Balkan
states is a condition of affairs thai
is more horrible in every detail than
anything which has yet developed in
the so-called republic across the Rio
Grande. SolicitouS to a degree for
the protection of foreigners and their
property rights in Mexico the powers
of Europe sit idly by on their launches
and watch the massacre of foreigners
and the destruction of their property
by the cut-throats in the erstwhile
Balkan league. Not even the actual
property of foreign governments. con-
sular buildings and the like, have been
spared from destruction. loot and pill
lage by the Balkan soldiers. And with
this kettle of fish in their own laps.
the European powers have the audacity
to attempt to tell the United States it's
duty in Mexico. Their position, under
the circumstances, is a ridiculous one.
President Wilson and his advisers
may well be pardoned for thinking
that there is a large-sized African in
the woodpile that has been pushed to
the front by the notes of inquiry from
abroad as to what this government
proposes to do in Mexico. And they
are to be congratulated for their de-
termination to investigate the situation
most thoroughly before any new Mex
lean policy is mapped out. The dis
pute in Mexico, disagreeaole and often
dangerous as it has been to foreign
ers, is purely of the internal variety.
I he policy Of this government in keep
ing it's hands off is the only reason
able one that it could have taken.
AS a matter of fact, conditions in
Mexico as far as the safety of for
eigners and the protection of their
property is concerned, is not nearly
as bad just now as it has been at
several periods since the downfall Oh
Porfirio Diaz. The revolutions of to-
day down there are small things when
compared with the ones that have pre-
coded them. And if the Huerta gov
eminent is not competent to control
the insignificant revolutionary out
breaks against st. and bring about
something of a semblance Of peace in
Mexico, it surely is not entitled to
any sort of recognition from this gov
ernment. Until something like a sta
BILE government is established in Mexico
this country is certainly within it's
rights in maintaining the position it
has assumed.
Europe should clean up it's own door
yard before it attempts to interfere
with matters of moment or otherwise
on the western hemisphere.
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the process. The mere turning of the
tide would change the sentiment of
lenders, and they would compete for
investments instead of picking and
choosing among a superabundance of
offerings. Every borrower now sees
that what he wants is money with
out a string to it. All of them are
tired of the short-term expedient with
it's hidden pitfalls. Not in forty years
has the fall in bonds run a longer
time than now. The turn upward is
overdue and will be the first sign of
that enduring prosperity which the
wise desire, instead of a stock market
boom.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-21

As far as secrets go, almost every
woman has telling ways.
+ r +
Having all the brains in their fam
ily isn't very burdensome to some peo-
pie.
+
A man who marrieS a woman for
her money generally earns all of it he
is able to get.
limitations may be f1attery but sure
ly not wi N men are the models and
monkeys the imitators.
T. j. =
Nor is there much of a disposition
these days on the part of most folk to
hide their lights under bushels.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-21
ATCHTSON RONDS.

The holders of the defaulted bonds
of Atchison, Kan, have brought a
novel suit to compel the levying of
a tax for the payment of the in
debtedness, notes the New York
Times. ard it continues: 1t is diff
cult to imagine a defense, for Atchi-
son admitted the debt when it offered
to refund it upon terms not accepted
by it's creditors, upon whom the de-
faulter attempts to assert its will with
out negotiations. A judgment OF that
sort against Atchison is so far from
being a hardship that it is only what
some borrowers are doing of their own
free will, and which all ought to do
for their own welfare as well as for
the security of their creditors. Seat
tie took this course. 1t issued short
term notes. providing that during
their life each year there should be
levied a tax providing the means of
retiring finally a proportional part of
the loan. -''.--
A proposal to pay a bond is a nov
city worth examination, for it ex-
plains much. 1t is hard for many
to grasp the idea that there is any
limitation to available capital, If only
it is paid for. The fact is that capt.
tai can be exhausted as certainly as
a barrel of water can be emptied by
pailfuls. AS the level of water in the
barrel is lowered the remaining guam
tity may be worth more, but raising
the price of the remnant will not fill
the barrel. What the present case
calls for is the filling of the barrel
and that only can be done by putting
more water in the barrel, not by rails
ing the bid for water
The borrower is the servant of the
lender. and the example of Seattle
indicates what borrowers want
Seattle got what it wanted. because
it gave pledge that it would fill the
barrel and stop bailing it out. Japan
takes the same course. From time to
time Japan makes announcements in
the following form:
THE japanese financial commission
er informs Reuters Agency that in
part employment of the 100000 yen
which the Japanese government has
decided to set aside this financial year
for the redemption of debt, the gov
eminent has purchased and will can
eel 100000 of the japanese per
cent. sterling bonds of 1899. The gov
eminent will also cancel 100000 yen
of internal bonds
Canada and the Canadian Pacific
Railway and New York City are other
examples. The reduction of debt is
the best way to reduce interest, or, in
another form of statement, to raise
credit For years it has not occurred
to any city to reduce debt. Hundreds
of millions of capital have been bailed
out each year by cities alone What
the cities took the industries could
not get. What the industries could
the railways could not get. Their
combined takings have amounted to
an exhaustion of capital and to rails
ing the bid for the remnant avail
able. A mere check 10 borrowing
would allow capital to reproduce it
self. A payment of debt would hasten
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-21
ON TIE SPUR
OF THE AOMENT
The Auto Bug.
By ROY X. MOULTON.

He always goes up hill on high"
And never has to stop;
He's going twenty when he starts
And fifty Ger the top.
His lighting tank ne'er bothers him.
One tank lasts him a year:
And SO, you see, he hasn't got
This one expense to fear
He doesn't use much gasoline,
He makes a gallon do
To carry him for twenty miles
And maybe twenty-five.
He is an expert driver and
Just cannot lose his poise.
He never worries when he hears
An unaccustomed noise.
In all the years he owned his car,
He's never bought a tire.
But he's no genius, is this man
He's just a common liar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-21
THE PERIL OF EASE.

THE PERIL OF EASE.
Are you sheltered, curled up and content
by the worlds warm fire?
Then 1 say your soul is in dangeri
The sons of the light, they are down with
God in the mire,
God in the manger.
The old-time heroes you honor, whose
banners you bear,
The whole world no longer prohibits:
But if you peer into the past you will find
them there,
Swinging from gibbets-
So rouse from your perilouS ease: to your
sword and your shield:
Your ease is the ease of the cattle.
Hank, bark, where the bugles are calling!
Out to some field
Out to some battlei
Edwin Markham, in the Nautilus.
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FROM OTHER PENS


The kAISERS OPPORTUNISM.
Truly the Germans have quarrel with
ready to take advantage of an opportun-
lty, put the opportunities never turn out
to Agadir in the hope that he could blur
the French out of their north African em-
pre-, and England called her German
machine in the world could not be
m9bilized, much less sent to war He
cultivated the Turk for a generation for
the sake of the Bagdad railway conces-
son, and Russia and England coolly
made the fruits already garnered bitter.
he stirred up war in the Balkans in the
reasonable hope that Turkish victory
little states, for Austrla's progress to the
c A@gean, and a Servian nation, suddenly
barrier. The powers, fearing general war.
forced Servia to surrender her hard won
quiet to salt water but the great German
thought, can crush the Serb and drive
the Greek from the saloniki. and the way
taking a very pretty beating. Now, de-
spairing of success, disappointed in the
hopes held out to him, Gar Ferdinand
has turned again to Russia And so it
goes. The German dreams of cornering
the trade of the golden east and of not
less golden Africa; and England. France
and Russia, who hem the German nations
IN on either side. seem always blessed by
luck. Bulgaria, consciously proud of her
suddenly proved strength. dallied a while
with dreams of quadruple alliance. and
the territory and twice the potential mill
tary strength she had two years ago. and
the kaiser holds the bag. No doubt,
though, the Germans will say We have
1870 behind us."-CleVeland Plain-Dealer.
SPREADING TRUTH.
The American Bible society reports the
circulation of the Scriptures for the
British and Foreign Bible society for the
last year as reaching the astonishing fig
ures of 7.S99,o0O volumes. The Bible
ciety of Scotland for the last year of rec
ha rPnOTf a
circulation of 2.S59,9S5 volumes. If these
figures are added to the issues of the
American Bible society, which have al
ready been published 4049,610 volumes,
a total of IA, 30S. 595 volumes represents the
missionary circulation of the Scriptures
on the part of the Notwithstanding peo-
pie all over the world To this would
have to be added the commercial circula
ton of the Scriptures by the great Bible
presses, small and large, and the circula-
ton of continental Bible societies the fig
ures for which are not obtainable now. 1t
requires small effort of the imagination to
see the vast significance of this sowing of
the seed of religion in the field OF the
Union.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.J

A woman's will is mostly codicils
He knows most who knows he doesn't
know it all.
A skillfuI girl can shed tears as easily
a fountain pen.
What's the use of trying to fool a man
who has no money?
It takes a lazy man to watch a game of
checkers all day.
Nearly every man and woman you meet
Is looking for sympat thy.
It's difficult for man to mend his
ways so the patches won't show.
The married smoker may secure peace
for his ashes by getting a receiver.
A man who is too lazy to earn a living
may get a marriage license and annex
one.
We believe in giving the babies show
but we don't want to be one of the judges
At a wedding the men nearly always
look cross and laugh. and the women look
happy and cry.
And nearly every woman who has been
a wife for at three years is willing to bet
that the devil is a married man.
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HOME NEW WHILE AWAY.

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away from home during the summer
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of ten cents a week or thirty cents
"A month (by mali only. Address
changed as often as desired. Whne
out of town the State Journal Will De
10 you like a daily letter from nome
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expenses.
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An explosion from the direction of
the Hopi Indian lands is likely to be
heard before long. Some of the let
tiers made public by Lobbyist Mulhall
seem to indicate that Colonel Roose-
welt. when president, catered to big
business
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tary of state. Mr.. Bryan says the
newspaper men should have assumed
that he would not let his lectures in
terfere with his official duties. But
Mr.. Bryan seems to overlook the fact
that no newspaper man is smart
enough to figure how any man can be
in two places ct one and the same
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-21

Senator Simmons announcement
that the tariff bill as reported to the
senate provides an average reduc-
ton of 1854 per cent under the rates
of the Payne-Aldrich law should not
be construed by any one as indicat-
ing that, if the bill in this form be-
comes a law, it will reduce the cost
of living by that percentage. That,
as Mr.. Kipling would say, is another
story
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-21

In all probability, there are any
number of Mr.. Bryan's friends
among the plain pee-pul who would
jump at the chance to live in Wash
ington or any other place ON an in
come of $4,000 a year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-21

Tell a man, says the Cincinnati En-
cuirer. that there are 27o,169, S25, 4S1
stars and he will believe you. But If a
sign says Fresh Paint, he has to make
q personal investigation