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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-12
A CHURCH EVERY DAY.

The serious illness of the people which
has been announced in recent dis
patches from Rome, probably interests
more people than would that of any
other living man. AS the head of an
organization that extends into every
nook and corner of the world he oc-
cupies position that has no parallel.
Wherever there are any consider
able number of people there is the
church of Rome.
The annual statistics of the Catholic
church from Catholic sources are now
available from the annual official di-
rectory. That volume is so far ad-
vanced toward publication that Cath
Ole journals are able to present from
it figures of general interest and inn
portance. There are, according to these
authorities, 5,154 ,15S Catholics in the
United States alone, while in the out
side possessions there are 7,131 1883 in
the Philippines, a million or more in
Porto Rico. II, $40 in Alaska, 42,10S in
the Hawaiian Islands, and 900 in the
Canal Zone. In all, there are %, 329, 047
Catholics under the Stars and Stripes.
The issue of the directory for 1918 in
forms us that a new church is built
every day in the year.
A table has been prepared showing
the distribution of the Catholic popula-
ton in twenty-five states having the
largest numberof Catholics.
During the year 1912 Michigan has
forged ahead of Wisconsin and Kansas
has advanced over New Hampshire,
Maine, and Nebraska. The table fol-
lows:
New York, 2,79O, 629; Pennsylvania, l.
6S3, 1858; Illinois, 1,4609S7; Massachusetts,,
1 ,2S3, ABS; Ohio, 743, O65; Louisiana, 5S4,-
600; Michigan 56S sos; Wisconsin. $751;
476 New Jersey, 100000; Missouri. 49,
600; Minnesota, 54.797; Connecticut,
423, 900; California, $500; Texas. 3O6.
400; Iowa, 266, 735; Maryland, 100000;
Island, $50, 900; Indiana, ,764;
Kentucky, 163,22S; New Mexico. 14O,-
573; Kansas, 131, 900; Maine. $4,000; Ne
braska, 1920; Colorado, 100000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-12
THE STUDY OF CIVICs.

1t was the customary thought, not so
many years ago, that the youth coulo
not "be a man" until he had cast his
first vote. Conversely, it was true that
a mans civic interest did not begin
until that time. Citizenship was, in
most cases, a duty which was not &C
cepted until the voting age had been
reached 1t was not strange, there
fore, that it should come to be recog-
nized also as a duty worthy of seri-
Gus attention only at campaign times.
At present, the privilege of voting in
most states is still a mans work
But it is more and more desirable
that man shall be fully qualified for
the task when it is legally thrust upon
him. To this end civics is finding its
place in the schools. 1t is being taught,
either as part of the course or Incl
dentaIly, and students are encouraged
to inquire into the methods of govern
ment and the practical results there
Of
This need of intelligent equipment
for the duties of citizenship is clearly
recognized by the National Municipal
League, one of the foremost agencies
for civic progress. In order to encour-
age the interest of undergraduates and
high school students in the various
phases of government, the league con-
duets two essay contests yearly. Sub
stantial prizes are offered for the best
essays on some subject intimately con-
nected with local government.
For the William H. Baldwin prize,
consisting of two parallel prizes of $50
each, college and university students
are invited to compete. The subject
suggested is, 1.-The Best Sources of
City Revenue High school students
of either sex are entitled to take part
in the other essay contest, for which
one prize of $50 and another of $40
are offered. These essayists will dis
cuss THE Milk Supply in My City,
Obviously, the essayists will find it
essential to successful writing to know
their subject. This will lead them
naturally into research of the most
practical kind. and in many instances
it will stimulate an interest in gov
eminent that could not be gained 9TH
erwise.
These contests deserve the attention
of all school authorities. and it is de-
sired to emphasize the very practical
object which the National Municip;
League has in view in fostering. a
study of some phase of
the question of practical civics.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-12

or his percolator and good old Sarah wait
ing upon them. When Madge looked up
and met his expression she glanced
swiftly away. After a moment she said:
Il am not engaged. 1 put that adver-
tsement in the paper just to get story
She was speaking hurriedly. There was
something new in her smile. and the big
man standing beside her seemed to have
taken quick possession of the situation
II write fiction and the idea of seeing
what would happen after that advertise
ment made me-
Not engaged-hurrah.' cried Roger
Lewis, forgetting that ten minutes before
he had not so much as seen Madge carr
Sarah will be delighted" he added I'M
der his breath.
you see often do foolish things like
that-juSt to see what will happen ana
get little excitement" Madge was tell
ing him as he made his way toward the
door which now seemed the gate OF hap
piness. II hope you will find the owner
soon. Whoever lost that one must sure
~ be weeping
Roger turned suddenly and stood very
near the girl with the golden ringle1s
and slim fingers.
81 bought that ring and had your IN
itials put into it just before coming up
here Yours is the first finger 1T has been
on, and it is never going to be on any
other" His tone was bantering, put
Madge Carr recognized something in IL
that made her catch a swift breath
Truth is sometimes stranger than nc
ton" was all she thought OF to say
Copyright 1913 by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-12
QUAKER .iEDITATIONs.
[From the PhiladeIphia Reeord.l

IF'rom the Philadelphia Record.1
Poverty is no disgrace, but wealth can
always say as much.
Even when man has pull he some
times has to be pushed.
1t doesn't do much good to offer a re-
ward for lost opportunities.
1t sometimes requires buoyant nature
to keep up appearances.
We are never too old to learn the things
that are of no use to us.
1t is never too late to mend, but it's
just as well if you don't have to.
When man jumps at conclusions the
rest of can generally see his finish.
No man has such an impeachment in his
speech that he can't say good word for
himself.
Hoax-"I wonder why a genius alwa (
wears long hair JoaX-"Give it up. It's
the bald-headed man who comes out on
top
Mrs. Hibbubs-'I feel all run down"
Mrs. Subbubs-"Of9 any woman is apt TO
feel that way after her neighbors get
through discussing her"
Mrs Gnaggs-"You have no magma
tom Mr.. Gnaggs-''Oh. yes, have
Didn't 1 used to tell you you were the
sweetest little woman in the world?"
''I believe that a man should follow his
own inclinations,'' remarked the Wise
Guy Yes, if they are going in the right
direction added the Simple Mug.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-12
SAYS UNCLE CAV

If you really wish to do a little
good in this more or less mixed-up
world of ours, eschew the lust of fame
and don't banker for what is popu-
larly called leadership" The world
seldom knows it's leaders. They are
dead and gone these many years be-
fore the rest of us get an idea as to
what the obscure struggle, the freak
ideas and the martyrdom were all
about. They do their work and die
with the blessed knowledge of having
planted seed that shall bloom
and come to fruit in years to
doubt as to whether it was
worth while. A decade. a century or
a millennium later there comes along
a flamboyant person with the plum
age of peacock and the voice OF
chanticleer, who modestly asserts that
the sun can't get to work until he
himself delivers the matutinal cock-a-
doodle-do. And this man we worship
and call a leader"
Now. as most of us know, the sun
is going to rise whether the cock
crows thrice or has a cold and keeps
silent under the orders of a throat
specialist. Some of us are beginning
to learn that a leader" is one who
does not lead. but reaps where he
hath not sown.
The popular leader never directs the
procession-he is pushed. He is a sort
of a human cowcatcher, who accord
ing to the Kansas poet, thought it
pulled the train. The procession itself
is the engine, baggage car and pas
senger coaches. The man who piled
the coal into the firebox, started the
fire under the boiler and made the
thing go is little in the thought of the
passengers and less in the ken of the
cowcatcher. Fame may have alighted
upon him accidentally after he was
dead too long to convert it into legal
tender for the payment of grocery
bills, but the chances are that even
this posthumous mockery passed him
by. He lives in his work, nameless.
perhaps. but an undying force. And
this is the greatest human service.
Leaders strut a little while and
presently are brought into collisions
make room for newer cowcatchers.
servant occupy no conspicuous place,
but their deeds are immortal, though
the memory of them is lost even as
their names. For a good deed or
great idea is as indestructible as mat
ter-it lives and changes and takes
itself form again, and through the end
less processes of evolution is a posi-
tive force for progress and regenera-
ton. 1t matters not that in after
years and later centuries gnat-like men
may bask in the growing light of these
works of the departed-that is the last
sincere tribute that mediocrity pays
to consecrated genius.-(Copyright
1913, by the Mcclure Newspaper Syn
dicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-12
WHY WoNDER AT Ir2

Why wonder about the causes of the
high cost of living says the Philadel-
phia Record, when news items are
constantly appearing similar to one
from Trenton, which announces that
the structural iron workers there are
preparing to demand els cents an
hour, assistant foremen II cents an
hour, foremen 81 a day, apprentices
35 cents an hour and rapid promotion.
When foremen are paid 81 a day and
journeymen $4.92 for eight hours of
labor which, while involving some
risk, does not call for a high degree
of skill or long experience, the burden
falls upon the whole community
When this process is repeated in 9TH
er lines of industry it is no wonder
tLat prices are high.
The structural workers are simply
mentioned here as examples of a gem
eral tendency. Perhaps there is JUS
tice in their claim, but obviously it
cannot be granted without increasing
the cost of building construction,
which in turn means higher rent, that
again higher prices for articles sold by
the lessee, etc. Everybody wants
higher wages, but if all secure them
there is bound to be a corresponding
advance in the cost of the necessities
of life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-12
EVENING CHAT
Negatives and Positives.
~ EurA CAAEERoN.

Are you a negative or positive!
The other day 1 went into DOCK
shop to buy a birthday present Tor 2
small nephew. After some difficulty
I corralled a clerk from behind some
bookshelves and stated my Grand
what have you in books about am
mails, for very small children Inc
clerk turned a cold and injurious eye
upon me. I'VE haven't anything at
ALL" she said. She added nothing fur
ther and there was fnality in her
manner which made me feel as IL
had run up against a blank wall.
I went to another shop. A pleasant
faced clerk came forward to greet me-
7 asked the same question. she SEEM
ed much interested, as if 1 had pro-
pounded a most absorbing problem to
her well, let me see," she SAID.
don't know that we have anything IN
stock Just appropriate, but L sure
we can order something. Or perhaps
can find something else that Will 40
Let me bring you catalogue In
few minutes that clerk had deftly per-
suAded me that a book of fairy tales
would do quite as well as the other
book, and had sold me an expensive
copy.
Now the first clerk was negative;
her suggestion was entirely negative.
She told me what she d1dn nave puI
not what she did have.
The second clerk was a positive. she
passed lightly over the negative ana
at once began to radiate positive sug-
eestions And she got the sale which
the other clerk might have just as We'll
had.
The shops are an excellent place to
study the positive and negative types.
but clerks are by no means the only
people who attract success by their
positive suggestions or repel it by neg
alive That is what we are all doing
each day.
For instance, two boys go hunting for
a position. One of them approaches
the prospective employer by saying,
II don't suppose you want boy to
do office work?'' The other says, Can
your place? I'm sure I could make
good You can ina gine which gets
a position first.
The mother who is a negative is al
ways telling her children what not to
do. Don't do this and Don't do
that" she cries from morning until
night. Like Dorothy DON'T" her chill
dren almost wonder if that dread word
isn't part of. their names.
On the other hand, the mother who
is a positive uses the negative as lit
tie as possible Instead she is full of
positive suggestions. She knows that
it is far better to distract the baby's
attention by q harmless toy than to
snatch the harmful one away from
him. better to suggest a desirable play
to the older children than the ban of
the undesirable one.
In any club or society, it is the posi-
tives who scheme and plan and con-
struct and create, and the negatives
who simply exist.
Which are you, a negative or a posi-
tive?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-12
Fortified Cataract.

With all the beauty of a cataract of
living water, there is in Algiers a remark
able petrified waterfall which recently
has been engaging the attention of sci
entiSts.
This is the Hammam- MeSkhutin which
means 1.-The Bath of the Damned and is
located sixty-two miles from Constantine,
on the site of the ancient town of Cirta-
This solidified cascade is the production
of calcareous deposits from sulphurous
and ferruginous mineral springs, issuing
from the depths of the earth at temper
allure of 50 degrees centigrade.
THE Bath of the Damned even from
a near viewpoint. looks for all the world
like a great wall of water dashing into
a swirling pool at it's foot, yet its gleam-
ing graceful curves and the apparently
swirling eddies at its base are as fixed
and immovable as if carved from the face
of a granite cliff.
Many centuries have, of course, gone
to the making of the deposits, and the
springs were well known to the ancient
Romans The name Hammam- Meskhutin
was given to the stone cataract in an
allusion to a legend that the waterfall
was petriffed by Allah Furnishing the
inpiety of unbelievers by turning all the
members of tribe into stone. AT night,
so the story runs, it's stone jewellers of
the remote past are freed from their
strange letters, come to life and resume
their normal shapes.-London News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-12
Many Kinds of Sugar.

There's lots of ignorance floating
around about the things We eat, es-
pecially the sweet thing called sugar,
for there is not one, but many sugars
varying one from the other in certain
qualities. There is sugar from the
cane, from the beet and the maple.
There is a sugar called glucose and
another called fructose, which when
combined are invert sugar. One or
both of these sugars are universally
distributed. They are to be found in
all fruits. When cane sugar has been
boiled with an acid or cream of tar
tar in the making of candy it is
changed into glucose. In the human
system all starch is digested into this
glucose Also this is the starch which
gives the sweetness to commercial
glucose which, when made from the
starch of the corn, is known as corn
syrup, and when made from the starch
of the potato has been called potato
syrup. Then there is the sugar of
milk-LeSlie's.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-12
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATCHTsON GLOBE.

How convicted man must hate law
yers!
A campaign issue usually gets over it
shortly after election.
No boy evangelist can convince US he
knows much about sin.
No, Hortense, the tariff reductions are
not expected to extend to waist lines.
In this country Prince is the party
prepared to pay for getting the gang
tight.
Alb. Adkins confesses he would like to
be as much of flirt as his wife thinks
he is.
A poor and downtrodden citizen feels he
would enjoy worrying over the income
tax.
If country dog comes to town Often
enough it becomes bold and chases
town dog.
mean man feels he is gifted diplo-
mat after demonstrating his ability to lie
out of it.
While the art of oratory may be wan
ing, intimated, there is still too
blamed much talking.
While the Demon Rum may not be as
bad temperance lecturer lets on, ex-
perimenting to find out is poor business.
After man has shaved himself awhile
he is less disposed to find fault with
barber, even if hot towels did drive him
to the safety razor.
LAS 1 grow older, am brave enough to
admit that I don't care much for music;
still, 1 prefer it to popular songs. RUFF
Hoskins.
An Atchison woman will accept a posi-
ton in a millinery store for only one rea-
son: 1t will be the only way she can
look over the stock to her satisfaction.
She will resign as soon as she picks out
her spring hat.
In a small town the first families usually
hate each other, and head opposing
armies. The privates in the army are
members of other families, who neglect
their own interests to fight the battles of
friends. The town is the battle ground,
and every one knows how battle ground
looks after two armies have fought there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-12
.AYHAWKER JOTy

Two OIathe girls have inherited $780,
900 through the will of deceased I'M
Gle.
Leavenworth and Hutchinson are to
hear the Minneapolis Symphony orches-
ira this spring.
The spring elections having passed.
the next important thing in most Kan
sas towns is the chautauqua.
Henry Allen must be preparing to
run for governor. He announces that
he will cut out all questionable adver-
Using matter from the Beacon's COL
umns.
The people of Independence were up
against cold proposition with County
Attorney Ise refusing to allow the ice
company to increase the price of ice
Parsons Sun.
We are informed that John Alexan-
der, present deputy county clerk, will
be a candidate for that office next
year, says the Marion Record. Do they
elect the deputies out in Marion.
The new mayor of Wichita is about
az years of age. He has appointed as
chief of police a man go. Evidently,
says the Eagle, the kids have been
running this country long enough.
Ten and twenty dollar bills have been
found lying around loose on the streets
of Leavenworth and the Lawrence
Gazette says nothing like that ever
hdppSI1So DeIOTe except at election
time.
Concordia is trying to get into the
metropolitan class and is demanding a
union depot since the Missouri Pacific
station was burned. What the town
appears to need most is a fire depart
ment.
The Kansas board of health has dis
covered that the water on trains is
not fit to drink. Considering the fact
that all other beverages are absolutely
prohibited, says the Wellington Jour
nal, the traveller must find himself in
a horrible predicament.
Calling attention to the fact that the
last legislature passed 343 new laws,
Anna Carlson suggests that it may
become necessary to establish night
schools at which the busy citizens of
the state can get some information as
to what a lawabiding man is expect
ed to do to keep from breaking some
law every time he turns around.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-12
MOTHER oEHvE.

She mothered five,
Night after night she watched a little bed.
Night after night she cooled fevered
head.
Day after day she guarded little feet.
Taught little minds the dangers of the
Taught little lips to utter simple prayers.
Whispered of strength that some day
And trained them all to use it as they
should.
She gave her babies to the Nations good.
She mothered five,
She gave her beauty; from her cheeks let
fade
The roses bushes: to her mother trade.
She saw the wrinkles furrowing her brow,
Yet smiling said, My boy grows stronger
When pleasures called she turned away
and said:
'I dare not leave my babies to be fed
By strangers hands; besides they are so
small
I must be near to answer when they call. :
She mothered five,
Night after night they sat about her
And heard her tell of what some day
would be-
From her they learned that in the world
outside
Are cruelty and vice and selfishness and
pride;
From her they learned the wrongs they
ought to shun,
What things to love. what work must
SUN De done
She led them through the labyrinth of
youth
And brought five men and women up to
Truth.
She mothered five!
Her name may be unknown save to the
few,
Of her the outside world but little knew.
But somewhere five are treading Virtues
ways,
Serving the world and frightening its
days
Somewhere are five, who, tempted, stand
upright.
Clinging to honor, keeping her memory
bright
Somewhere this mother tolls and is alive
No more one but in the breasts of five.
Edgar A. Guest, in Detroit Free Press
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
TFrom the Chicago News.l


The man of few words is usually mar
ried.
When a fellow owns a smart dog he
does lot of barking
Does his satanic majesty look like his
pictures the billboards?
Being a fast young man enables one to
run through a fortune in record time.
Talking about it later is the bait that
lures many a woman into having a good
time.
The most expensive thing in the world
is getting even and it is hardly ever worth
the price.
And a woman can put up harder fight
with her tongue and her tears than q
man can with his fists.
When a woman is no longer able to de-
tect paint on another woman's face the
time has come to consult oculist.
A wise wife is one who pretends to be
asleep when hubby comes in at ? o'clock
in the morning and knocks over the fur
niture- Two o'clock is poor time for e.
fective argument.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-12

The seventeenth amendment TO tho
federal constitution has been adopted
and henceforth United States senators
viii be elected by popular vote instead
of by the legislatures of the several
states. While the personnel of the sem
ate may not be greatly improved, the
bribery and scandal which frequently
have attended upon elections by the old
method will be eliminated and the op-
portunities for control of members by
special interests will be greatly les
Sened.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-12

a majority of 147 in the house of repre-
sentatives. and a majority of six in
the senate and the White House is
Democratic unanimously. There is
Democratic vice president in the chair
of the senate for the first time in 16
years and a Democratic majority in
the senate for the first time in Is
years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-12

was generally forgotten He minated
that it may become a habit with him
and If it does we may safely look for
a continuance of that brevity which
characterized his first communication.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-12

President Wilson has broken two
more precedents, both in one day. He
not only read his message to congress
in person but he confined it to about
1900 words. True, he is not the first
president to appear personally in con-
gress, but it has been so long since
anybody did it that the circumstance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-12

In a recent election in Los Angeles
1t is reported that less than 80 per
cent of the male voters went to the
polls. Perhaps the time is coming
when the women will be permitted to
do all the voting
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-12

St Louis has abolished free lunches
in her saloons and a Kalamazoo
preacher has established them in con-
nection with his church. Much de-
ponds upon location and point of view.