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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-03

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
When the ghost walks 1t naturally puts
more spirit into a. show.
fellow may be bent on matrimony and
still be perfectly straight.
It's all right to borrow from Peter to
pay Paul, II Peter will stand for it.
Perhaps the pen Is mightier than the
sword because 1t gets 50 much more ex-
ercise.
It's a good plan to forgive and forget.
but some people won't let you forget
them.
1t isn't SO bad to take things aa they
come, II you only know what to do with
them.
Many q Teller never realizes that all 10
not gold that glitters until he invests in
mining stocks.
'''He called me a fiddler exclaimed the
violinist. What q viol-insult," cried the
sympathetic friend.
Many q man marries q woman, expect
ing her not only TO look up to him. but
to put up for him.
1t does a man good to get out and rub
against the world, II the world doesn't
rub him the wrong way.
Silticus-''rhe trouble with women II
that they exaggerate everything 3d.
Cynicus-'Everything? Did You ever
hear q woman exaggerate her age?
NelH"Maude is always talking about
her charity. Does che really do much p
Belle-"Well. she once heard Of 4 starving
family, ana sent them . book called n
Ways to Cock TeE11D1n.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-03
From Other Pens
THE 1Nou1R1No MIND.

To find that the earth itself is but .
queer little appanage OF a rather second
rate star; to know by actual vision that
We are all plunging through space per>
chance during the period Of known his
tory, having accomplished q small arc
OF some immense orbit whose magnificent
center burns beyond the farthest nebulae:
to feel that stars have famed and died
whose light has never reached us-is not
all this knowledge fierce Indictment to
our desire? Whittier are we bound, and
why? What fate awaits US At the end Of
the awful journey? Are we pierced
among this mighty universe for a purpose
to watch. to wonder, to worship? Il the
whole scheme built around US, so that,
though We are not its physical center we
may be its spiritual center. and for US
all Its tremendous operations are carried
on. for us its profoundest mysteries shall
some day be disclosed? Or are we the
subject of a triflinz experiment by great
unknown gods, who, curious in their turn
spy at US for their diversion, and win in
moment destroy It all. as q child wipes
out drawing on his slate? We say UNI
thinkfngly that we wish we knew the an
swers to these questions. But II we did.
the keen SAVIOR Of life would vanish: cur
iosity killed. we should become utter
fatahsts. and that would be the end Of US
For the thought that by increased knowl-
edge comes access Of power, and that we
can. even to ever SO slight an extent.
shape the future to our will and thus
bear our part In the destiny Of humanity.
Is the inspiration OF all thinkers, the bur.
den Of all philosophers, and the belief Of
all the great dreamers who have moved
the world.-London Academy.
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Journal Entries

A woman's reason il always sum-
cient unto herself. And 30 il q mans
Few men are seldom any better
than their circumstances compel them
to be.
No matter how gently man
strikes another for a loan, the party
Of the second part Is certain to con-
slider 1t q hard blow
If poverty is blessing in dis
guise, there Is likely to be a general
agreement that the disguise is most
effective.
Ignorance Of the law may not be q
valid excuse, but 1t surely is q rea-
sonable one considering their number
and variety.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-03

mighty sudden. I. believe. II found
ono that way today. ana OF cournes Il
has changed things about You must
admit air. that you are NO at mate
for an heiress.'
How do you know IT'S = dia-
hoe?''
Lets zee IT.
mo one gets . sight Of 1t unlsss
he has money to buy"
Jim got up and left the house.
Outside he found Celia waiting for
him. and his perturbed soul was soon
in calmer mood. He was assured
that IL her father went ahead and
found three more diamonds, each one
az big a. . goose egg. it would not
cause her to break her promise.
Him." she said. s'old Mr.. Winters
is what they call geologist. He can
crystal or = real diamond. Take II
over there
but where - itr'
When I saw Dad 60 to the barn today
crack. He hid 1t IN the oat bin Get II
morning in the or.!aard."
The old geolog1Bt was about ten seconds
settling the fate Of that treasure trove
1t was q crystal and not q first-clasa
one at that. The jewelar would hsve
S8lO 30 n30 IL OSoU 80CWn MIN.
The stone was replaced among the oats
ana there was y meeting In the orchord
In the morning. Jhe-s was also laughing
ana planning. By 10 o'clock about flfty
persons had c3me cut rom t.wn to rec
that big diamond It was MT to lse seen
Farmer Parsons was willing to point out
the exact spot whore the find had been
made. but wouii so nc further unit. Z
buyer came with a barrel OF hundred
dollar bills.
The. crowd was standing around the
with awe. when Jim and Celia. accom-.
panied by a minister, advanced. Jim had
visited tho oat hin again and had the
diamond in his hand.
This IL its' he shouted. as he held Il
up TT 10 simply bit of crystal:''
1t was passed from hand to hand. and
general laugh went up and everybody
hooted boot at the farmer.
He didn't want a hired man for :
to take an ass for a father-in-law, and
I'm going to do It right here and nowi'
father.
John. don't find another big diamond! 70
whispered Mrs. Parsons.
The minister got his pose, the CROWD
closed In. and there was q marriage and
q departure on a brief bridal tour. whel
all nad gone. the farmer couple sat down
on the kitchen step, ana. after a ion1
silence, the wife said:
wei. John. we hain't rich.''
MOAB. he replied: but thar's one goot
thing about 1T. That pesky Jim Rathbons
won't have any thousand dollar oil paint
ing to spit his plug tobacco Juice on!'-
Copyright. 1914. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
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nouncement 10 not = solution unless
Huerta ''will ,ohlies'' By resigning: and
meanwhile our nation stands alone
exciting the resentment Of those pow
ers having great interests at stake In
the troubled land. Other nations have
failed to cooperate. ana instead Of be-
ing predominating influence the UNI
ted States stands isolated.
The relief expedition to Picking gives
us a recent and clear precedent for
the proper action.
AS the United States participated
then. why cannot leading European
nations participate now In the Mexi-
can anarchy? This would diminish
Mexican Jealousy Of our interference
and make for permanent settlement
rather than for an inconclusive
guerilla warfare. and would secure
Mexico's integrity.
Probably the mere threat Of such
international force would cause Huer-
ta's downfall-and It Is the only
practical solution. without such OUT
side pressure no mere change Of lead
ers In Mexico can clarity the situA-
ton. What Mexico needs IL guaran-
teed order and peace-not q new lead
er representing any faction.
In this work the United States
should be spokesman and leader, and
no impracticable sontimentalism should
stand in. the way Of this Increasingly
necessary step.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-03
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
TFrom the CHICAGO Nevs.1

CFrom the Chicago News1
The weigh Of the transgressor II short.
A man who is good chiefly, on the sur
face II no good.
woman seldom accepts her husbands
excuses at par.
The deeper a man II In debt the less he
cares for expenses-
Many girl pretends to be just a. proud
Of her big brother!
Let's not waste our sympathy ON the
under dog II he started the scrap.
Ever notice how much easier II IL to buy
experience than II IL to sell It?
The woman with beef trust ankles migl,t
at least omit the noisy hosiery.
Some men are up with the lark and
some others prefer . swallow before
breakfast.
Col. Barley Corn says he can't UNDER
stand why some men want the earth if
it's two-thirds water.
A woman IL apt to get an Impression
wrong end dFst-if she steps on . moving
street car that way.
When girl Hits . young man she may
do him Z great ktndness-buts he doe1n't
realize II until later.
We knew Z young man who conssders
himself . warm Eaamboe more1y bocauno
ho bu118 h19 candle q boGh ou41.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-03
.arHE MEXICAN MENACE"

That Is the title OF an article that
was written in December last by W.
Morgan Shuster, who not so long ago
was the storm center Of Persian and
European politics. and which was
printed in thu February Century. He
then stated that in the Mexican stu
alton the United States faces one Of the
most delicate and complex information
al problems OF its existence. What
was true then is doubly true today. as
the Century says. And it has prepared
q summary Of Mr.. Shuster's most in
teresting and suggestive article, az fol-
lows:
The consequences of mistaken ac-
ton will be extremely grave and every
citizen should do nothing to embarrass
the government, but on the contrary
should contribute to right public
opinion.
Mexicans believe they should be al
lowed to settle their own differences.
whatever be the cost in blood or treas
ure. Outsiders feel that Interference
is becoming inevitable. and the feeling
has grown as Huerta has employed or
connived at the assassination Of enc
mics. President Taft RETAINED from
committing his successor to a definite
policy.
President Wilson has decided Huerta
should not be recognised. though other
nations give him recognition. Huerta.
despite our disapproval, has dispensed
with our good will, and defies moral
suasion." while the position Of the
United States becomes even more criti-
cal.
1t seems that Wilson's mere pro-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-03
Hur,,or of the Day

Mrs. Newriche-'T believe our next-door
neighbors on the right are a. poor az
church mice. Hiram" Mr.. Newriche-
Newriche-."'Why. they can't AFFORD one
OF them mechanical piano-players: the
daughter 10 taking lessons by hand
Puck.
sense Of humor7" yea" REPLIED the s
frank visitor from abroad; ''otherwise YOU
wouldn't find 90 many. people Weighing
tango."-Washington Star.
Wife-"Oh. saw the dearest little hat
today" Hub-.''Thats just like you'll
the moderately priced."-Boston Trans
cr1pt-
.'of course you have made some prom
isss you s didn't ks:P s;n* Yes: replied
broke promise to man without sivins
him Q better one In fts stoad."-Washing-
do You like your new mamma, Harry9'
Eyes. I like her awful much!' That 10
nice. Do you Ike her because she IN
pretty?" mo. like her cause I broker
n on tho maid-"-Judgs.
Then. said the man Who vas prepsr.
s =. u: in shs nttis vill.s 1s' q a' BACK s.
woodsvil1e- NO." said llr. 0eIfmado.
II was born there. but didn't sec any
ME till came to New York-"-Puck.
why do they hate each other SOP.
They ara rivals" 'tOh, both trying to
marry the same GIRL. en-. That sort 81
pessions:. I'm this cess Il l. worse t ti.ss
sh.s; s Tsey e: sss. ssyt,s e nsa1y -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-03

M8[Gu 0lOu Z -C0m0 IN AAk0 = k81uO
Nike q lion: more like lamb
stow.
Which probably means that it win
90 out when the proper date arrives.
cop. writes feehngly of the time when
Jim Orr, during the 1905 legislature.
said the only women in Atchison who
wanted to vote were q pair OF Old
maids with warts ON their noses.
Wherefore, she calls upon all good
women and true to swat Mr.. Orr. AS
a literary effort. Mrs. Arthur's report
of the incident Is a pip: the color
scheme and stage settings are perfect.
1t was some Scather.
And. outside of the fact that Jim
Orr didn't say anything about the two
old maids or remark their facial deco
rations. didn't say that they were the
only SUITS in Atchison and wasn't a
member Of the 1905 Legislature. the
story was remarkable for its accuracy.
According to reports. Hutchinson
has reformed. The only danger lies
In the height Of the Hutchinson re-
form wave. It Il 10 high that the in
eyitable backslide win make some
splash.
The report that Philadelphia "arose
early to find the city in the grip OF q
blizzard" should be amended by strik-
ing out arose early Sleep is the
favortte indoor sport in Philadelphia.
Months ago this department warned
Henderson Martin to have a new pho
tograph taken. He spurned the adj
vice, and when he left for Manila, he
thought he was escaping the cOnse-
Quences Of his refusal. But q mans
poor pictures pursue him to the bitter
end. The picture printed in connec-
ton with the story of his arrival at
Manila was taken in the old days
when being Democrat was a sad
job. Hence the sad expression
It now appears that Murphy Of Chi
cago used bicycle pump on the price
he got for his baseball interests, be-
fore exhibiting said price to the re-
porters. But 1t is the consensus of
opinion that whatever he got was too
much.
Harry Lauder found Lawrence
worth a matinee. but Mr.. Capper can
celIed his date with that village.
Whether the cancellation was the re-
suit of temperamental indisposition or
box office receipts has not been dis
covered by Editor Brady, who is con-
Quoting the investigation.
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Jayhawker Jots

Editor Weaver Of the Sedgwick
Paragraph tells Of collar button
found recently in a cows st0m-
ach, and he wonders how the COW got
under the bureau.
The man who can raise 50 bushels Of
corn where only 20 grew the year be-
fore, need not worry about who Is rum
ming the government. suggests the
Eureka Herald. A little less worry
about the government and q little more
about the corn might be q good thing.
One Of the Lawrence society reporters
defines debutante as a girl who sleeps
till noon. drinks tea all afternoon and
walks backwards all night.
Musings Of the Village Deacon. by
b. r. Walker, in the Kansas CITY Star,
as reprinted In HIS .Osbor1D County
Farmer: You can't cut ice with q ham,
mer. 1t il all right to reform US.
but they charge too much for It. {.
charity may not get to Heaven. but
he's started. :. Advice 10 the stun
they give you at the bank when you
ask them to extend your note. =.
Old Bill Shiftless always manages to
be around at tho right time to help pull
the hose cart to a fire.
Told by the Syracuse Republican:
Mumbling something about economy"
he gingerly dug up a nickel and bought
a cent package OF crackerjack for
her and the kids" This she shared
with her brood OF three hungry chill
dren. When he called for that plug Of
Battle Axe at the cigar case he man
aged to fish up 10 cents for that, shar-
ing 1t with no one but himself. AS they
drove along home I'm the wagon. he
said. MARY. KANT you be little more
eekonomick1er, we are spending too
dad-gasted much money since the first
OF the year.
Observations, by Mrs. Tom Thomp-
son, In the Howard Courant: II none
but prudent marriages were made 1t
would prove rather an effective check
to population. Like the show
that IL 20 bad it IL good. there are peo-
pie 30 depraved they appear innocent.
|. TO great army Of people Sum
day means nothing more but the day
feminine attire seems scanty the price
is still opulent. Boys who claim
that the pipe is q cheap smoke can't
fool their mothers. Too often, she pays
for the matches.
We saw a lady picking her teeth with
a hair pin the other day. This reminds
us that there Is scarcely q thing q
woman cannot do with hair pin. They
not only use 1t to pick their teeth but
to button their shoes. clean their finger
nails. punch bed bugs out Of cracks,
fasten up stray bangs, clean out the
stems Of their husbands' pipes, scratch
their heads. trim lamp wicks, run into
cake to see II 1t il sufficiently done, and
about a million other things that the
poor deluded men know nothing about
and they do it all with the same hair
lpin.-Solomon Tribune
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-03
Euenine Chat
How to Receive Compliments,
By RUTH CAMERON.

How to Receive Compliments.
II almost hate to have anyone give
me compliment" q reader friend
writes me. because 1t is 30 hard to re-
ceive compliments gracefully
I fancy there are a good many peo-
pie who know just how this woman
feels. For unless one 10 naturally
skillful in the social amenities, a conn
pliment. no matter how pleased one IL
to receive 1t. Is often embarrassing. We
sometimes 6nd ourselves answertux in
a manner that makes us SOUND 6fl6earS
ably vain and self satisfied even to our
own startled ears. 800,
Again. in our anxiety to avoid this,
We rush to the other extreme and speak
SO brusquely that we make the friend
who tried to please us feel awkward
and uncomfortable.
And in either case our pleasant menu
DRY OF the communication In tainted
and spoiled by the uncomfortable recol-
lection. which always accompanies that
memory. of our own banality OF rude
ness in responding to the compliment
Il 40 20 enjoy your singing. You
certainly have beautiful voice." nice
old lady stod to q young tenor after q
concert in which he had sung.
Yes. I like my voice." he answered,
to the disgust OF all about him. That
IL. all except the two or three who hap
pened to know that that fiat response
was the result Of shyness and embar-
rassment rather than OF overween:rx
self-satisfaction as one would naturally
think.
On the other had 1 had known an
artist who received the compliments of
a sincere admirer with such brusuue-
ness that he drove away q much needed
patron. And yet he was only trying not
to sound fatuously self-satisfied.
%
receive q compliment which one knows
has been given in good faith. 10 as
simply and gratefully as possible. Say
Thank you, 1t is good Of you to say
that" or. DO you really think so? How
kind Of you to tell me-"
I For it is kind. you know. We think
SO many nice things that we don't
bother to say. When anyone takes the
trouble to put his approval into
gracious words. he deserves to be
You notice I say above when a conn
pliment has been given in good faith"
Or course a good many complim ants
are merely intended as banter. or at
least as but half serious. To take :henl
too seriously is awkward and inept
You say that very prettily. evidently
1t is q case Of practice makes perfect
with you." or some similar answer f.
the proper way to meet such comp'i-
ments.
But don't make the mistake Of Dis
creditin9 q serious compliment by TAX
Ing 1t as banter. That IL ungracious.
1t Is as II someone were Offering you
a beautiful Jewel and you insisted ON
thinking 1t was paste.
A good rule for all difficult situati tons
1e do not concentrate your mind on
yourself. think Of the other fellow" To
anyone who nnds the receiving Of conn
pliments difficult and embarassinr
recommend this rule
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-03

Apparently no stone IL to be left un-
turned by the national administration
SO to placate Joseph w. Folk Of Mis-
souri, with q sufficiently fat job that
he will have no inclination to mix in
the contest for the next Democratic
presidential nomination. Word comes
from Washington that he is to be
transferred from the position of So
Mcitor OF the state department to the
new post of chief counsel for the in
terstate commerce commission at a
salary Of $4,000 a year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-03
Baseball stands little chance of

Baseball stands little chance of be-
coming popular with the youngsters
Of France as long as the custom Of
that country continues which will
prevent the boys of one class Of society
from INDUCING in sports and games
with the boys Of another class. Inn
agine q healthy American boy having
20 submit a list of names OF prospective
baseball pals to his parents so that they
could decide if the members on his
nine were suitable companions for
him. Shucks. The American boy often
doesn't even know any more than the
nicknames Of the boys he plays ball
with. If skinny and shorty" and
Eat and the rest of them can play
ball, and are willing to let him in on
the game, that's all he cares about.
And that's the elementary basis Of the
eoly kind Of . democracy worth
while.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-03

Doc Wiley's expected explosion over
the recent decision of the supreme
court respecting the pure food law was
q little slow in coming. But 1t arrived
all right. And 1t served to get the
Doctors picture in the newspapers
once more. So everything Is lovely
ana the goose is hanging high again
In the Wiley household.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-03

Travelling statesmen are having a diff
ficult time in locating this prosperity
that Secretary Redfie1d and other
hired-hands of President Wilson are
telling about. Many of them report
that business is slow and collections
are worse.
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FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The state Journal IL q member Of the
Associated Press and receives the fuli DAY
telegraph report OF that great news NJ
ennization for the exclusive AFTERNOON
Dublication in Topeka
The news II received in The State Joof-
nal building over wires for this sole pus-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-03

People who are expressing surprise
because one Of California's female
cops has gone after a criminal carry
ing nothing in the weapon line except
a pair Of handouts, apparently over
look the fact that she il armed with
her tongue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-03

Because of the way they have flip
Topped around in the political puddle.
not a few Kansas males Of the species
will ever again be in a position to
make light Of the activities of the fair
sex in changing their minds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-03

II understand" writes a friend,
s'that the Progressive party has AL
most decided to head its national
ticket in 1915 with Theodore Roose-
welt of New York for president and
Caleb Powers of Kentucky for vice
president Now, in the event of the
success of that ticket. do you think
that there would be any likelihood Of
the portfolio Of state being rendered
to either Harry Orchard or Ortie Nc
Manigal?" Well, stranger things than
that are likely to happen in the BUSH
ness of political uplifting.