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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-25
EVENING CHIT
BY RUTH CAMERON.
A RAINY Day,

Last summer we read a great deal
in the newspapers about the injury to
the crops from lack of rain, but there
was one effect of the drouth which
somehow failed to appear in the head
lines. And that was the mental suf-
fering of humanity for lack of an oc-
casiona1 rainy day.
Is there any more restfu1 and tran
QUILTING experience after a long
stretch of uninterrupted sunshine,
than to awake in the morning to the
music of the steady drip of rain out
side the window and the gratefully
subdued, cheerfully melancholy light
of a rainy morning?
In the first place, there is such a
luxurious sense of indefinite duration
about a rainy day. 1t is difficult to
realize that a rainy day can be only
twenty-four hours long.
1t seems possible in prospect to do
so many things in a rainy day. That
well recommended volume which has
lain so long on the library table await
ing a leisure hour-this very day its
leaves shall be cut. And of course
this is the ideal opportunity to finish
that centerpiece. Then, what better
chance could one have to Danish that
abominably fat packet of letters in
the 'Unanswered'' pigeon-hole. And
SO one goes on and on, planning quite
enough to fill a day of at least forty
eight working hours.
Then there is the rich sense of Sc
cluSiOn which q rainy day begetS. For
my part, L somehow like TINS to be as
pronounced as possible. Even the
visits of the storeman and the milk
man seem unwarrantable intrusions,
and although I thoroughly enjoy a
friend once she is domiciled, I must
say I rather resent her first appear
ance as a kind of cheapening of my
precious SecluSiOn.
OF course, l am not unaware of the
holder joy of getting suitably CARRIED
and sallying defiantly forth in the rain
to smell the growing things and catch
their spirit, and get ones hair wet
and lungs we'll washed, but this is a
cfate the second or third day of a
rainy spell after I have had my fill of
the delights of seclusion
The difference in flavor between the
rainy day and the snowy day is an
interesting psychological distinction.
There is begotten of both a sense of
seclusion, but on the snowy day it is
jolly, hilarious seclusion of the
whole family-"all friends shut out,
the housemates sit around the radiant
fireplace enclosed in a tumultuous
privacy of storm. Whereas, on the
rainy day ones retirement is more in
dividual and has more of a subdued
and dreamy. flavor. On the snowy day
we make nolasses candy, or play
games with the young folks, or pop
corn. On the rainy day we rum
mage around in the garnet, or sort out
old letters, or dream over a book,
preferably an old friend with whom
we have communed many times be-
fore. L know a girl who reads Little
Women" every rainy day and my own
"Cranford is indissolubly associated
with the sound and smell of a rainy
afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-25
HUNOR or THE DRY


''I shall never marry" said the young
man with a pointed beard. Because you
are an artist?' Yes. / painted a pic
ture of the girl to whom I was engaged
She said that If that was the way
thought she looked 1t was better for us to
part."-Wa sIlington Star.
The Youth Gust returned from his holt
dayton, I'm a great believer in holi-
days. One comes back so fit. Brain
clear, appearance improved, and alto
gether more wideawake." The Maid
''And when shall you take your holidays"
Punch.
Have you proceeded automatically in
your negotiations to enlist the support of
Senator Bunk?'' ''Wen, 1 have followed
precedent in presenting two notes. and
both of them were Of big denomination.'-
Buffalo Express.
Brother-"What did you say to that old
chap just now?" Sister-''I only thanked
him for picking UP NV bag" Brother
My dear girl, you must learn not to be
SO beastly grateful It's not done now
s."-Punch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-25
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
TFrom the Chicago News.l

IRON the Chicago News
Many a fellow with a small mouth has
a lot of jaw.
If poor judgment is the blossom, bad
luck is the fruit.
A man never makes a bid for notoriety
when he does his duty.
She is poor hostess who is always en-
tertainfng suspicious.
Any fool can ask questions that will
make wise man back pedal.
It doesn't pay to woTry-unless you are
drawing salary for it
Your opinion is ali right in the estima-
ton of others-if you happen to think as
they do. m
Our idea of trouble maker is any citi-
zen or citizeness with nose for news and
the gift of CAB. .
The love Of money may be the root of
all evil, but the love of baseball produces
a multitude of rooters-
If you would be popular be both cnarlt-
able and stingy-charitable with applause
and stingy with advice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-25
QUAKER MEDITATONS.
[From the Philadelphia Record1
Ill-gotten gains-doctors' fees.


A volume of sound-a book Of speeches.
Don't sheer at the weather man. Re
member Noah.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder,
but not absence of presents.
It's a trifle early for sealskins, but you
can see them out at the Zoo.
A flea bitten dog isn't the only thing
that looks like the old scratch.
Some people are always eager to tell
the truth, especially when it hurts.
Blobbs-'Mrs. Dashaway thinks she is
a great reformer" Slobbs-t'Every mar
ried woman does
Nell-"Hes rather fast, isn't he?" Belle
II guess he has to be to keep ahead of
his creditors"
Time is money" quoted the Wise Guy.
Yes, but you've got to spend one to
make the other" added the Simple Mug.
Wigg-"Old Baldpate claims to be a
close observer of the drama" Wagg-
Yes. I've noticed he always manages to
get seat in the front row"
. Mrs MugginsI,''My husband gave up
Buggins-"But fishing isn't sinful" Mrs.
Muggins-'-No, but lying is.
Hoax-'He's a man of many callings.''
ooax-"Why, 1 thought he had always
worked in a railroad station" Hoax
Yes. as train announcer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-25
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Most of the people who like to sing
can't.
Il = =
Nobody appreciates a joke more
than the man who tells it.
= j.
Most of the fine theories fail to
work out true to form.
Il j. j.
True love would be more satisfac-
tory to those concerned if it ran
smoothly.
+ % =
A wise husband never makes up his
mind to do anything until he talks it
over with his wife.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-25
WORK.

Let me do my work from day to day,
In field or forest, at the desk or loom,
In roaring market-place or tranquil
room;
Let me but find it in my heart to say,
When vagrant wishes beckop me astray,
This is my work; my blessing, not my
DOOM
Of all who live, I am the one by whom
This work can best be done in the right
way
Then shall 1 see it not too great, nor
small,
To suit my spirit and to prove my
powers;
Then shall 1 cheerful greet the laboring
hours,
And cheerful turn, when the long
shadows fall
At eventide, to play and love and rest,
Because l know for me my work is best.
Henry Van Dyke.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-25
FROM OTHER PENS
OIL GAINS A RAGING SEA.


An interesting incident appears in
the rescue of so many of the unfortu-
mates that were caught in a tremen-
dous storm in midocean in a ship
which was so terribly on fire that it
could not be extinguished, while all the
exertions of the officers and crew were
needed to keep the doomed vessel
af1oat. Appeals for help sent out
through the sky by wireless telegraphy
brought a number of ships to succor
the wretched people threatened with
immediate death by the raging sea and
the fierce and constantly advancing
flames. The boats that were launched
from the burning ship were dashed to
fragments by the mountainous waves
and it seemed almost impossible for
the great steamers that had answered
the call to accomplish anything, when
up came the tank steamer Narragan-
sett, bound for Halifax, and loaded
With oil. Moving up on the windward
side of the burning steamer but not
too near, she began to spout oil on
the raging sea. AS the oil spread over
the water the waves went down and
the eleven or twelve ships that had an
swered the call were able to launch
their boats and engage in the work of
saving the greater part of 500 people,
some having been lost in the first at
tempts to launch the boats This event
will make a record in marine history
less telegraphy and by the calming of
the sea by means of oil on the troubled
water 1t was truly a Divine comet
dence.-New Orleans Picayune.
o
JOINT ACTION IN MEXICO.
1t should be understood at once, not
only in this country but throughout the
roe Doctrine forbiddng an international
demonstration in the City of Mexico
representatives at that capital of several
European powers have already Suggested
such movement In the United States
it is mistakenly assumed that Joint action
OF such character would compromise the
historic American policy against mon
archdcal aggression in this hemisphere
An international force in the CITY of
Mexico is precisely what the situation de-
mands- We are under suspicion there and
ever we may do will be misinterpreted
and misrepresented. The Mexicans them
selves are sensitive. All the kindred ma
tons of Central and South America ques-
by forces representing various nations
pending the pacificatfon of Mexico and
the establishment of a lawful govern
nent would be instructive not only to the
people of that country. but to those of
every other Latin-American state in
whose blood the fever of revolution RACES
If the United States were aggressive and
donlineering, cooperation in Mexico
would be impossible. We could do no less
than invade the country and time our de-
parture in accordance with our own tastes
in that direction. joint action
should be encouraged, as much in self
as in furtherance of the well
fare of the Mexicans themselves. To
civilization be devoted than to the sup
preston of savagery, the upbuildfng of
nations and the promotion of peace and
York World
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-25
From the Hiclxeyvine Clarion.

/ Bud Hicks has went over to West
Hickeyville, the county seat, for a
visit last Wednesday and expects to
stay about sixty days. If Bud don't
like the meals there he intends to ask
the court for a change of menu.
Hi Higgins is the champion frog
leg catcher in these parts and he ex-
poets to work his stunt up into a vaude-
vile act in the near future. Hi kin
boiler just like frog and can whin-
ney like a boss and kin bray like a
mewl In fact he kin initiate almost
anything on earth except a man
workin' for a Twin.
There is consid Bile weeping and
wailing and g-nashing of teeth in
our midst at this writing, as the corn
doctor who was advertised to give a
free show on Main street this week
has been arrested over at West Hick-
eyville and will not be able to appear
here. This is a distinct disappoint-
ment to the theatergoers and amuse-
ment lovers of this vicinity
Miss Amy Pringle has got new
net for her hair. Hank Tumms says
he bets Amy will catch a rat in her
new net.
Miss Lutte Bibbins is having her
voice manicured at some musical OBJ
servatory down to the city. Miss Bib
bins has a new musical roll made
out'n real imitation Prussian leather.
1t used to be the dashboard on Grand
pa Bibbin's rud wagon.
t. Egbert Peavey says polka dots is
all the go now down to the city. By
gravy, a Teller that has got the small
pox or measles must be right in
style.
Hank Tumms says he has heard a
good deal about them there cotton
gins in the south, but never drank
any of them kind.
Elmer Jones bought a bottle of vio-
let ink at Tibbitts grucery the other
day All, there, Elmer, what's the
lady's name?
Helpful Household Hints.
How to Sponge Broadcloth Skirt
Become friendly with some woman who
has one and gently hint that you would
like to have her give it to you.
How to Remove Superfluous Hair from
the F'ace-Tie a stout cord to the end
of the hair which you wish to remove
and go to the top of the house. Fasten
the other end of the cord firmly to the
chimney and jump off This operation
can be repeated until all of the super
f1uous hairs have been removed. The same
will never return.
How to Have Red Skirt Gored-Hang
it up clothes line directly in front of
an indignant bull
Cooking School Biscuits-Daughter' s
cooking school biscuits may be made use
full as well as ornamental in various ways.
They may be used for door knobs when
the old ones fall off. and with little effort
they may be chiseled at the village tomb
stone works in attractive designs. a coal
hod full of these biscuits has been known
to keep fire all night in baseburning
stove as we'll as equal amount OF an
thracite- They may also be used as
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-25

More than $4,000, collected from
the state tax on automobiles, will be
available this year for the improve
ment and maintenance of county
roads. And it is to be hoped that it
will be expended intelligently. Enough
money has been dribbled away on
Kansas roads during the past quarter
of a century to have made them the
best of roads of a permanent variety
had it been applied in the right way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-25

In a group of twenty-five boys TAX
ing "part-time" agricultural work in
five agricultural schools in Massachu-
sets last year, two earned more than
$500 each. twelve more than $780,
and only three less than $10O, from
their farm produce.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-25

Comparisons based on a butter
scoring contest so aroused the citizens
of Rome, S. c., that they have erected
a dairy barn and milk room on the
grounds of the local school, in order
that the children may learn dairying
as a regular part of their school work.
Accommodations have been provided
for five cows. Boys and girls of the
seventh and eighth grades are study
ing the best methods of dairying un-
der the direction of an extension
worker from Clemson Agricultural
college.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-25

The Prince of Monaco has entered
himself as candidate in the forth
coming distribution of government
land in Nebraska. As the apportion-
ment is to be made by the drawing
of lots probably he only succumbed to
the force of habit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-25

And the necessity no longer exists
for President Wilson to knock Secre-
tary Bryan into a cooked hat. Mr..
Bryan is doing that for himself.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-25

More judges are recommended by
the president of the Missouri Bar
association as a remedy for the laws
delay How about shorter vacations
for the judges?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-25

Anyway, it was just easy for
Congressman Hobson to declare war
on Chairman Underwood as it was for
him to declare war on Japan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-25

Surely the United States can easily
afford to entertain Mrs. Pankhurst for
a time, if only as an act of friendship
for Great Britain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-25

If Mr.. Su1zer really is idolized by a
large part of New York's people, New
York is not boasting of that particu-
lar part.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-25

Neither is there any noticeable
movement on the part of the Mexi-
cans on this side of the Rio Grande to
go home for the purpose of voting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-25

Hon. Bill Sulzer may still look lik
Henry Clay, but just now he doesn'
feel like him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-25
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 1r-
Ganization for the exclusive AFTERNOON
publication 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, 1913-10-25
ON TIE SPUR
or The AOMEN7'
By ROY K. MOULTON.

An Amateur.
Old Captain Kid was a pirate bold
Who sailed on the raging main.
He made all his victims walk the
plank
And ravaged the sea for gain.
He laid up a store of gold doubloons
And buried it in the sand.
At pirating in that ancient day,
His was the master hand.
Old Captain Kidd had a lot to learn,
An amateur pirate, he,
AS he hoisted his banner and sailed
away,
The scourge of the deep blue sea.
A piker at getting rich was Kidd,
A tyro and ne'er-do-wen.
Throughout his career he never ran
A summer resort hotel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-25

OF course, if Senior Huerta wishes
to leave no room for doubt as to the
nature of that election, he cannot do
better than run it himself.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-25

Telling tales on Tammany has been
for some time now about the same as
trying to blacken the reputation of
Senior Huerta.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-25

In all probability, Connie Mack will
not have to worry this winter abou
where the next months rent is com
ing from.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-25
KANSAS COAAENT
SERVING THE SOCIALISTS.

SERVING THE SOClALI04O.
John HUMPHREYS, who stopped to ex-
IRENE if not illegal measures in his
fight against the Socialists of Seattle.
may feel he is a patriot, and laborlnS
for the Common Good; it sometimes
happens that a fool attaines Juolci2i
honors because he happens to be an
educated fool and good mixer 1t
hasn't been long since another West
Coast judge resigned in the face OF tn,-
parchment following somewhat similar
dealings, and yet there are those VINO
wonder why the Socialist party grows.
Which doesn't indicate a Socialist
leaning here. Quite the reverse, and
believing in the democratic govern
ment which gives the individual a
chance, it is unpleasant to see the
long-haired propaganda encouraged by
bone-headed opposition and Russian
tactics. This government was founded
on basis of tolerance and free speech
and while the latter is sometimes over
done, and cutters up the streets, sup
pressing 1t is less effective than let
ting it run it's way, so long as it con-
Germs itself with theories, and isn't
meant to incite to violence. And
throwing women and children in jail
isn't popular with any party, and in
this particular instance it wasn't even
just, as indicated by the prompt ac-
ton of associate justices who helped
out the contempt victims by habeas
Humphries' court isn't likely to be
limited to it's jurisdiction, nor to the
Socialist party, which has considerable
contempt for everything.
Globe
o.
PARCEL POST BUGABOO.
That bugaboo, the cry that parcel
post would put the small town mer-
chant out of business, has been proven
untrue. 1t was doubtless invented by
enemies of parcel post to prevent the
installation of one of the greatest pub
lie facilities ever adopted in this
country. Parcel post has not only
shown itself to be a success but is
opening up hitherto undreamed re-
sources for the tradesman and farmer.
The local merchant now realizes that
If he operates his business in an up
to date manner parcel post is one of
his aids as a new business getter. The
merchant finds he has nothing to fear
from the mail order house when he
can deliver parcels as quickly and
more cheaply than they. One thing
the small town merchant must bear
in mind, the mail order houses are in
defatigable advertisers. They are at
it all the time every day in the year,
and their bargains are placed before
the public in the most attractive Ian
guage and illustrations that ingenuity
can devise.-Osage Free Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-25

With Uncle Joe Cannon and Will
liam Lorimer both talking of seeking
office, the state of Illinois is again on
the man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-25

Probably, after the next senatorial
election in Alabama, Congressman
Hobson will be able to continue his
war on Japan with augmented
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-25

In little old New York, the lates
idea of luck is to get to see a play be
fore the police stop it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-25

Mrs. Pankhurst must be a brave
woman after all She expects to visit
Washington, where the police were
not able to protect even American
Suffragists
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-25

And to think of the headache that
Is in store for Huerta.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-25

Brazil now occupies a large place
in the limelight. Colonel Roosevelt i.
there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-25

This talk of cutting Mexico in TIVE
should be stopped. One Mexico Il
enough.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-01-03
Her FRIENDS
GOOD ADVICE
The Results Made This Newbur9
Lady Glad She Followed
Suggestion.

Newburg, Ala.-"For more than a
year." writes Myrtle Cothrum, of this
place, Il suffered nth terrible pains in
my back and head. l had a sallow
complexion, and my face was covered
with pimples. Our family doctor only
gave me temporary relief.
A friend of mine advised me to try
Cardui, so l began taking it, at once,
and with the best results, for l was
cured after taking two bottles. My
mother and my aunt have also used
Cardui and were greatly benefited.
shall always praise Cardui to sick
and suffering women"
Cardui is a purely vegetable, per-
fectly harmless, tonic remedy for wo-
men, and will benefit young and old.
Its ingredients are mild herbs, hav-
ing a gentle, tonic effect, on the wo-
manly constitution.
Cardui has helped a million women
back to health and strength.
Have you tried it? If not, please
do. 1t may be just what you need.
N.B.-Write 10. Ladies' Advisory Dept, Chsia-
nooga Medicine Co.. Chattanooga, Tenn. for Special
Tn,fr,ictiOns, and 64-page book. Home Treatment
fpa wesen." sent in PLAIN wrapper. 90 request.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-01-03

phenomena of the age. Then econo
mists eXhorted boys to stay on the
farm; but the eXhortation came too
late. What boy was going to stay
on tn farm when opportunity seemed
to be everywhere else? There wer2
no adequate educational facilitis fer
him in tn country; nothing to guide
him in his desire to get along in the
world; so he went to join the city
throng and help diminish the produc'
ing power of the fundamental els
il society--the agricultuarlisls.
Rural education can not immediate
" and entirely reverse this process
but it is the firse essential step. Bet
ter rural schools will not only tend
to equaliZe the advantages OF cltl
and country in educational opportun
ity; they will meet the greatest econ
cmic need of our time by incredslh2
the efficiency of the coming genera
ton as producers on the and.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-01-03
OIL CITY.

Oil City. Okla, Jan. 2.-The con
troversy between Miss King, primary
teacher, and the school board wi'l
come up before Justice Maddox Tor
settlement Saturday Jan. 4. Miss
King has asked for a months salary
and twenty-five dollars for damages.
The school in the west part of the
county gave a week for Christmas va
cation.
C. B. Steele spent the Christmas
HOLIDAYS at Norman, Okla, visiting old
friends.
Preparations are being made for the
singing convention at Wheeler next
Sunday. Every community will pro
badly have a class.
Mrs. Jo Mills has gone to Texas for
few days visit.
Many Of the farmers are busy get
ting their land in shape for another
year. In almost every field stalk cut
ters and turning plows can be seen.
Some of the farmers are talking pea
nuts ,kaffir corn, and silos. Plans are
icing mode to have Felix West and A
G. Graham visit this part of the coun
try and discuss the matter Of having
the farmers become members of the
tmmercial club and the peanut in
dustry.