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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-19
TO THE NIGHT.


Go back, Q vision of tomorrow's Sun
come not, o day, that has not yet begun.
Ano leave me inger mid nights melodies,
Ndio vino soft voice and stars pure
symphonies;
Unless / live tonight I live in vain
tomorrow means the days cruel grind
BY day, I travel with the worlds tide,
BY night, on oceans of my own ride;
by DAY, my course is with the world s
bent,
by night 1 am within myself content.
Each morn see the Sun rise with regret,
Each night 1 joy when Sun and Earth
have met
And cooling zephyrs fan into dull black
The red hot trail the Sun leaves in his
And watts throughout the night each
nfmble fay
To wipe the discords of the world away.
Twas such a night as this, when noon
beams streamed,
That Venus of her fair Adonis dreamed,
ct, on the morrow did she wake to find
Adonis dead-O, fate thou are unkind
To let us dream at night, then make US
stay
To face the coming of another day.
Ii 1 could make the world for my delight,
I'd have no day but make the whole thing
night
And who can tell, perhaps, when this is
done,
Wen have a world of our own to run.
H MADELINE WARDEN.
Topeka, Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-19
a FRIEND IN NEED.

Under the caption "a Friend of the
District" the Washington Star pays
tribute to Senator Curtis of Kansas in
connection with his report on the Dis
trict of Columbia appropriation bill.
The Star says:
The district is under obligation to
Senator Curtis for the vigorous man
ner in which he has presented its case
in the course of the report of the COM
mittee on the district appropriation
bill, presented to the senate. Showing
a keen appreciation of the equities
underlying the organic act of 1873,
and the necessity of a stalwart de-
Tense of the half-and-half principle
in making annual provision for the
maintenance of the National Capital
municipality, Senator Curtis wrote a
report which the committee adopted,
which should serve as justification
for unyielding resistance in conference
to the innovations undertaken by the
house in the matter of both the fund
ed debt and the street improvements.
In this situation everything depends
upon the persistence of the senate
conferees when the bill has been pass
ed and referred to representatives of
the two houses for final adjustment
In the light of the senate committee S
report, so strongly put by Mr.. Curtis
in his draft, it is to be hoped that
there will be no yielding from the
principle that the government is under
a continuous obligation to pay half
the cost of the district upkeep.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-19
DEBTS AND DEBTORS.

The bill introduced in the senate by
Senator Davis providing for a small
debtors court, with the purpose of en-
abling poor people to collect, by law,
what is due them without expense ap-
pears to be a good one. But why limit
it to poor persons?
If the policy, which dates back from
time immemorial. of setting the whole
machinery of government in motion to
enforce a private contract is to continue,
why limit the :.pplication of the new
law.
Every suit for the collection of debt
grows out of a deal between two par
ties. with which the public has no concern
whatever, yet in many cases the tax
payer must pay the cost of the itlga-
ton. When he does not, it comes out
of one or the other of the parties to the
suit. If the plaintiff win it takes a
considerable part of the claim provided
he collects it to pay a lawyer. While
the defendant must not only pay the
debt but costs and lawyers fees be-
sides.
Many times creditors do not prose-
cute claims because they fear the ex-
pense attending collection will be
greater than the amount they can re-
cover.
A debtors court which would "l1m1-
nate lawyers and costs might be fine
thing for both debtor and creditor and
the taxpaying public we'll.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-19

tives in the advanced stages of the
disease who must be segregated il
tuberculo is to be kept from spread
ing. Another 100000 beds in sanatoria
for tuberculosis patients, who are in
the early or durable stages of the dis
ease, are needed. In addition to this
large bed provision, the national as
ISOLATION affirms that visiting nurses,
tuberculosis clinics and open air
schools should be established in almost
every -ty and town of the United
States. Furthermore. the present cam
paign contemplates the continuous ed
ucation of practically the entire popu-
lation of the United States amounting
to 100000 people, and the extension
of the campaign of organization al
ready in effect to take in every state,
city and town of the country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-19

you don't" he said. But listen-there
is going to be a cotillion at the last
We want your help to make the last
inquire an immense, a surprising sue
cess
The cotillion was very gay. Andre
led, Dtkane having mysteriously van
1shed. He came back before the end,
bringing with him a mysterious tan
parcel swathed in black, a heavy par
ceEthe walters who bore it were red
In the face as they set it close TO
the middle of the side lines. Then some
BODY whispered to the band-instantiy
IL crashed out a medley, the maddest
and merriest of the seasons favorite
dance music
1t got into the heads. the hearts. the
feet the blood of the dancers. They
rioted through the figures, laughing,
painting. And then all in a wink the
music changed-to a wedding march,
IulI OF heartSome accords. Bewilder-
eo couples paused where they stood.
Through the hushing stir the parcel
clicked apart-out from it stepped a
curate in robe and bands. He turned
about to face Milicent and Dekane.
Dekane cried loudly trying to hold his
voice steady:
"A partner for Miss Ledwith-the
queen of the ball!''
Almost before anybody knew it
Andre was beside her, but not yet
touching her hand. Dazed, the merry
makers listened to a brief wedding
ceremony-noting that Dekane got
very white when it reached until
death us do part"
But he did not balk at kissing the
bride nor blink congratulations to the
groom, who was radiantIy explaining
the last figure: Now, we shall ask
Aunt Maria's consent. She is invinci-
bly, prejudiced-but still amenaIble to
the logic of accomplished facts
Possibly Dekane also became amen
able-certainly he made it up with his
wife inside six months.-(Copyright
1913, by the Mcclure Newspaper Syn
dicate.O
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-19
TAXATION.

Every legislative session is prollhc
of measures designed to increase the
effectiveness of the tax laws. Bills
dealing with the levying and collec-
ton of taxes are hardly exceeded in
number and variety by those providing
for the regulation of railroads.
The question of taxation is as old
as civilization and seems no nearer
satisfactory solution than in the De
ginning. No system has yet been de-
vised that is proof against the tax
dodgers. This is due to the attempt
to levy on unseen wealth or wealth
which it is possible to conceal
The tax laws place before the indi-
vidual both the means and the temp
tation to evade them and many there
are that fall therefor.
Taxes on visible property are paid
with a degree of cheerfulness be-
cause they cannot be shifted. The
landlord takes the amount which he
is compelled to pay to the state out of
the tenant and the merchant out OF
his customers. The man owning
money and securities has no such re-
course.
While many objections have been Of
fered to the Henry George plan of tax
ing land and nothing else, it at least
possesses one merit. 1t cannot be
evaded.
Ownership of land in which so many
seem to feel a degree of pride, is at
ter all mythical. The state holds
superior claim and exacts an annual
rental from the occupant in the form
of taxes. If he does not pay, he is
dispossessed regardless of his financial
ownership.
So much money must be raised each
year for the conduct of public business
and it does seem that there should be
some means of distributing the burden
fairly, but it las not been put into
pra ctice so far as known, in any
country in the world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-19
WHIT EPLAGUE FIGHT.

Some comparisons showing the prog
ress of the anti-tuberculosis campaign
in the last eight years and the present
needs of this movement are made by
The National Association for the Study
and Prevention of tuberculosis in a
brief report of its work issued in con-
nection with an appeal for further sup
port The report shows that during the
eight years of its work. the national
association has assisted in the organi-
cation of over 500 state and local anti
tuberculosis societies located in almost
every state and territory of the Union.
Over 500 hospitals and S-natoria have
been established with more than 80, 600
beds for consumptives. About 400 dis
pensaries with more than 1000 physf-
clans in attendance and at least $50
open air schools for tuberculous anu
anaemic children have also been pro-
vided. Laws dealing with tuberculosis
have been passed in As states and or
dinances on this subject have been
adopted in over 200 cities and towns.
AN active field campaign of education
against tuberculosis has been carried
on in 40 states and territories by means
of lectures, exhibits, the press, and the
distribution of over 100, Or, 900 pampl,-
lets on this disease.
Contrasted with this rapid progress
which the anti-tuberculosis campaign
has madc, the national association
points out that at She present time
hospital beds for INDECENT consump-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-19
QUAKER MEDITATIoNs.

IFrom the. Philadelphia Record1
Lots of people repent at leisure who
didn't marry in haste
Many a 3o-cent man has had a 5000
portrait of himself painted
Virtue is it's own reward and honesty
is one of the greatest of virtues.
Never preach the doctrine of the sur
vival of the fittest to those who don't
fit.
Do the people who believe that charity
begins at home ever go to the Charity
Ball?
Ever notice that the fellow who despises
wealth generally wants to borrow a quar-
ter?
A pessimist is a man who is so fond Of
pets that he would welcome the wolf al
the door.
Life seems to be a game of hide and
seek between the right opportunity and
the right man.
A floating debt is a poor Iife-preaer,-o,
for the fellow who is trying to keen HE
head above water. no
BIobbs-"Harduppe is always ta,tx.
about his family tree SIobbs-..f.ii LIE IL
he would trade ii for a load of ffreuooS -
Man is made of dust" auoted ~,
Wise Guy. Then how did dust ever ha
come synonym for money!" asked tbe
Simple Mug.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-19
AXHAWKER .JOTS

Now that the Gas company has been
found to be a trust the people will
try to make it hotter for the trust
than the trust did for them.
A Wichita man says he wouldn't
trade his seven girls for twenty-one
boys. And on the strength that it was
unusual the Wichita Eagle carried Il
picture of the girls.
The two Sterling men who shot at
each other over a widow, call to the
mind of the Kinsley Graphic. a para
phrase of an old saying, 1.-TWO fools
without single thought"
Only a few weeks now until there
VIII De no more news in the Kansas
papers. All will be filled with praise
OF the candidate for mayor who has
promised them the city printing.
Is he bound to he a trader, or is it
just boy fashion? wonders the Basil
correspondent of the Kingman Leader
courier, and he explains: Little Rob-
ert Grice sold a pup for 5 cents, and
bought cents worth of candy.
Inasmuch as Editor McCulloch of
the Anthony Bulletin, is a lawyer as
Well as a newspaper man, the follow
ing statement by him may be taken
as authoritative: Even in the courts
the onion made out a strong case.
Pip Daniels takes out a few chips
IN the medical game with this interest
ing dissertation: OF what earthly use
.
your nose starts off on a trot, and
your pipes get stopped up; then you
grab the quinine bottle. You put your
faith in quinine, and what do you get
A dizzy feeling in your head, creepy
lassitude over your whole system
and a strong distaste for anything to
eat or drink, and bellicose attitude
toward the human race in general
You stop the quinine, and sober up.
What have you left? Your cold.
Clay Center woman, relates the
Clay Center Times, has an old style
medicine book, one of the old, old
fashioned kind, about as big as a
Standard dictionary, telling all about
every kind of sickness and how to
keep well under all circumstances.
The other day this woman caught a
severe sore throat so she went to her
medicine book which had been hand
ed down to her from previous genera
tons, to see what to do. She looked
up sore throats." finding that the
printed matter to the subject For
two hours she read the fine type about
sore Threats. how they were caused, |
what they might lead into and a reg
ular treatise on the physiology of the |
throat And at the bottom, when she |
expected to get at the meat of the |
m after she found this sage advice: |
1.-The best thing for sore Threats is to !
raise a beard She went to doctor. |
Miss Helen loot left her home in
Clyde recently for a visit in Kansas
City, but there is not the slightest |
reason in the world to believe that she |
went on one. Boys, not girls, are Civ |
en- to that sort of thing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-19

Chicago is DESTROYS of doing Il num-
Der of things for the betterment of the
city but can do none of them until il
has obtained permission from the state
legislature through special act
covering each want. Chica COS position
is the same as that of other cities in
other states. 1t gives rise to the ques-
ton, why should lot of farmers and
residents of small towns legislate for a
big city? What can they know of its
needs? They know little and as rule
care less. Home rule for cities may be
long time on the road but 1t seems
IS though it must arrive in time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-19
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATCHISON GLOBE.

There should be some way of cooking
kraut without advertising it.
"Of course you won't" said Link Pres
ton this morning, but don't"
Obituary poetry makes an editor feel
worse than the bereaved relatives.
Shoes to fit the feet are mostly old
shoes. if we may judge by our own limit
ed experience.
After a youth gets out of college, he
ceases to care much for glory that
doesn't pay dividends.
While the cost of living goes higher
you haven't noticed the undertakers offer
ing any real bargains.
Although of a helpful disposition, we
hope never to do anything to relieve the
shortage of harvest hands.
81 want something for fleas,' Jude
Johnson said at the durg store. why
not get dog?" replied the Clever Clerk.
We once knew naughty brakeman who
said he works in the transportation de-
partment of a great railroad.
Every man should arrange to sign the
pledge before he becomes a good judge
of whisky; tuition in that school is too
high.
Baseball isn't the only place where they
don't last long in the big league, as every
man who gets a good job should remem-
Der.
1t is sometimes more of an honor to be
second choice than first. The second one
to be chosen very often possesses the fine
qualities which were looked for in the
first and found lacking.
This is a funny world in which a girl
is likely to cover her shell-like ears with
gobs of store hair, while a boy gets his
locks clipped to give added advertising
to his prominent hearing protuberances.
las one looks backward one sees many
opportunities he overlooked; 1 recall that
1 once had a chance to learn the banking
business, when a boy, but refused because
ground floor and sweep it out.''-Rufe
Hoskins.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-19
1r hunting for something moro 70

Ir hunting for something more to
tax, Senator Bowman has alighted
upon the FRAT houses Why they
should be levied upon and the schools
With which they are connected be ex-
empted is not apparent. They are as
much part of the college or univer-
sity as are the dormitory and the
presidents residence. AS long as some
classes of property are exempt from
taxation. there seems to be no good
reason for beginning a reform with
the frat house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-19
KANSAS COAAENT
THE GAS WAR CONTINUES.

THE GAS WAR CONTINUES.
II you are a good chess or checker
player, apply your reasoning power to
the present situation of the Kansas
Natural gas business and see If you
can work out any solution that will
be of apparent benefit to the consum-
ers of natural gas in Ottawa and the
other Kansas towns along the line of
the gas corporation-or trust-as Judge
Flannelly calls it,
You will probably have a pretty
hard time coming to any conclusion
that will be interesting and at the
same time resen bling something posi-
tive. When a company, be it trust or
legitimate corporation, is placed in the
hands of two separate and distinct
bodies of receivers with neither set OF
receivers knowing whether it is entl-
tied to take charge, there is apt to be
business-like condition. But when
there is added to this uncertainty, the
fact that the Kansas utilities commits
sion and the mayors and citizens or
about 30 Kansas cities are UP in arms
against the attempted action of the
trust" there is certain to be much
uncertainty and it is uncertain that
there will be any certainty in connec-
ton with the situation.
The consumers of gas, in the mean
time, will be the ones who will do the
worrying. So long as the price re-
mains the same and the supply holds
out there is no complaint coming from
them. But against the attempted raise
in price to almost double that at pres
ent, the gas trust need expect moth
ing but warm war all along the line
from the gas well to the jet.-Ottawa
Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-19
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHE1o.
[From the NewsYork d.

IF'rom the NewsYork Press1
A man can get so excited o,,a, -.
being ciogged up that If the house stsrts
to burn down he won't know IT. '"i -
The trouble with carrying your rnopav
1t viii be in somebody else's. '"
The later a man goes home tn he'd -.
earlier his wife seems to expect bi-,, ' n.
get up In the morning to explain about IL
woman never has to waste any more
money on photographs after she gets one
a princey WINS Ike
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-19

There is a bill pending in the Maine
legislature which if enacted would
compel everything on wheels to carry
light at night. After all. why should
automobiles and motorcycles be dis
eliminated against? 1t would be
great relief to the minds of the driv-
ers of these vehicles if carriages and
wagons also carried lamps. Many ac-
cidents might thereby be prevented.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-19

Those newspapers which printed
editorials on the resignation of Madero
should keep the type in the galIeys.
They may need it almost any day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-19

Vincent Astor is said to have decided
to become a farmer. 1t would be worth
going some distance to see Mr.. Astor
standing around on the street trying to
sell a load of hay
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-19

The Buffalo News offers a number
of arguments to prove that the bank
guaranty law where it has been ,ried
has failed but it does not cite any in
stance in which the depositors have
lost their money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-19

The breaking of the armistice ar
ranged between the opposing forces in
Mexico is not surprising. When was
Spaniard ever known to keep his
word in political matters?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-19

To the high cost of living it is now
proposed by the legislature to add an
increased expense for marrying. Now
If the cost of funerals be increased.
what can a poor man do?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-19

There is an adage to the effect that
money is the root of all evil" but the
lack of it and not the possession
seems to be generally to blame.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-19

There is a proposition in some quar-
tiers to tax theater tickets. 1t would
be hard to find a brand of assessors
that could agree on their value.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-19

There were 1894 graduates of law
schools last year but the legislatures
and congress appear to be amply able
to keep pace with the output
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-19
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State journal is a member of the
Associated Press and receives the run DAY
teIegraph report of that great news or
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, 1913-02-19

Andrew Carnegie believes that
schools and colleges should be man
aged like machine shops. Apparently
some of the public schools are man.
aged like machines if not like shops.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-19

Two thousand, five hundred persons
were charged last year with cruelty to
animals in st. Louis. 1t would be in
teresting to know how many were
guilty of cruelty to human beings
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-19

Senator Milton has undertaken a big
job as indicated by his bill to prevent
miscarriage and delay in the admin
iStration of Justice
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-19

The Bull loose is again believing
for more hay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-19

The recent activity of the dicta-
graph may force the crooks to learn
the deaf and dumb language.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-19
CoFFINs FOR THE POOR.

Representative Ostlind, of McPher-
son, wants the state to make collins
to be used for the burial for the poor.
Don't laugh at the idea. The state
makes binding Irvine and sells it to
the farmers of the state at a profit.
From all reports, there is as wide
margin of profit in collins as any other
one necessity. True, man has to die
but once, but is that any particular
reason why the state should not make
caskets for the burial of it's own
wards? The state is keeping thou
sands of patients, who, when the time
comes to lay them away, will be bur-
led at the expense Of the state, also.
The counties are called upon to pro-
vide for poor people, and occasionally
are under the necessity of providing
suitable burial. These bills are not
usually high or oppressive, but a good
round profit has to be paid. Why
should not the state make 9 sufficient
number of caskets for the burial of its
own wards and patients. The idea is
not a joke, and penitentiary prisoners
had just as well be making collins as
shoes Or other necessaries of life.-New-
ton Observation-Disclosures.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-19

An exchange carries the headline;
"Mexico in search of president.
Well, there's Castro.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-19

Will Vice President Marshall fol-
low the example of his chief and drop
the Thomas from his name?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-19

Isn't it about time for the Napoleon
of Mexico to return from Elba?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-19

There should be some way of cooking
kraut without advertising it.