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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-10
By the Way

Roosevelt led Bill White up to the
trough, but it took Evangelist Allen
to make him drink.
Aft.~ ..,,.s 60 o.,,.. .
while. tho city beautifier has decided
that Topeka should have q flower bed
down the middle of tho street. And
We might add to the Identification
by tying bows Of pink ribbon around
said avenoo at frequent intervals. It
pave with cologne or Florida water.
Maybe the Texas rangers didn't
capture the body of Vergara. but
somebody did. so 1t il up to Mr..
Bryan to apologize to Mexico again.
The Democratic job-holder occu-
pies an enviable position. He is sure
Of his meal ticket anyway. for. If Mr..
Capper il elected. his w. k. aversion
to the "spoils system will not permit
him to can any incumbents to make
places for his friends and fellow pa
triots.
Garden Notes.
Plant your garden seeds on or near
the surface: the neighbours hens do
not approve of deep planting. .
Be sure and plant plenty of tomatoes:
otherwise the cut worms might feel
changed. = And don't neglect
to plant q strawberry; no garden ia
complete without a strawberry, and it
il also considered good form to plant
an onion.
Hon. lawn L. Sullivan is now lee
turing upon the evil influence OF
booze. Following. of course, the the
DRY that lecturer should choose a
familiar subject.
With the report that Hon. Dolley
may Return to, His Own, Republican
job holders around the state house
begin hiding their five per cent under
the carpet, or in other secret places. (
In connection with the report that
there Is smallpox at the county Jail,
it Is great temptation to write a
paragraf about the prisoners breaking
out, but we should cultivate self re-
straint.
Mexicans in Mexico suffer some
hardships, but the refugees who are
doing their refugeeing under protec-
ton of the United States army are re-
Quired to take a bath every week.
whether they need it or not.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-10

sf,s -ueer,.ss -, tc> - !. ~ nter.. "a
be taken. 8lse fhefefnfe retnrned "a
Boonville ana Mr.. Ravens.
II had m honea that Won w0uld
succeed. he said sfter heerin~ "a
story. ssTha man % = shyster and =
sharper. It's an outrage. but / doubt
II the law will hold him. Tho only
way can Soc
Is what?'' was asked = ne hesi-
tAted. 49,.
He opened drawer ana n1ted out
loaded revolver. . 80.
minnie. ...~ ,,..,,,
1nanK IL Try olu. Lee I - t@ No.
r spla01. 1000 eti,I u.u 4A - essr
, S1Sn nnoWn 70 Work us
80 ,,,cr> Than
reters W. al anu ..; Mr.,
He had nernetr nne other sWindies ans;
me-. - * 800 g. ~r~ rn,nymunftv.
and rcr .s.,,e~ a.v. ha' had been ar
raneir~ fcr s nniet skin1 he might
have mt - off 5 cc,,nle Il weeks long
er hut for the apnearance OF Grand
mas renresenfafive. He had brietled
up ut her. INIT neyertheless he wa@
afraid If her. He would alkip ut once.
ed to several successive jolts next
day. FIRST. there arrived in . horse
ana buggy. with the horse on the
gallop, young Mr.. Paul Raney. who
let It be known that he had come to
town to horsewhip Lawyer Peters for
trying to extort money from his ia
ther.
secoadly, Miss Minnie Harper again
appeared on the street and making for
the LAWYERS once almost ON . run.
Thirdly. Mr.. Peters dashed down
stairs from his once and leaped into
his waiting buggy and applied tho CAD
to the horse.
Fourthly, Miss Minnie Harper
caught sight of him and yelled. .'Stop
thief!
Filthy. as no one stoppeA the fiee-
ing man. the girl jumped into q We
hicle and started in pursuit.
Stxthly, as the said vehicle be
longed to Mr.. Paul Raney, he ex-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-10
Journal Entries

A mean man seldom misses an OPP
portunity to display his meanness.
Most Of the resolutions made by q
wife are for her husband to follow.
And the mule falls far short Of hav-
ing q mortgage on stubbornness.
The average man can become suf-
ficiently tired without INDUCING in the
tango.
.
A doctor IL likely to worry good
deal over a patient whom he knows
to be slow pay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-10
Euening Chat
BIZ RUTH CAMERON.

Supplying Ones Own Motive Power.
THE attempt to classify ones ac-
Quaintance." says Gelett Burgess, ''is
the common sport of the thinker,
from the fastidious person who says,
there are two kinds OF persons
those who like olives and those who
DON'T to the fatuous immemorial
lover who says, There are two kinds
OF women-Daisy, and the other
kind!''
Classifications are certainly inter-
esting. aren't they? And since have
body likes to make them, will not
apologize for adding one more to
those have already made.
Today's classification is, there are
two kinds OF people-the many who
will run well enough when hitched
up to the motive power supplied by
society: and the few who supply
their own motive power.
For instance. there are many peo-
pie who will do their best work when
they are forced to it by competition
or by the demands of an employer.
There are very few people who have
within themselves the motive power
to make themselves do their best
work whether there is outside COM
pulsion or not.
Again. there are a great many peo-
pie who, hitched up to the motive
power of society, will live up to So
ciety's standards Of honor and hon.
esty. But there are very few people
who think out their own standards
OF honor and honesty and then have
the inward motive power to keep
themselves up to them.
In the matters in .1hich society
has its eyes on him, the average per-
son can be depended upon to show
the proper measure of kindness and
courtesy to his fellow beings. What
society expects is the motive force
which moves and dominates him. On
the whole, it would be rather harder
for him to resist it than to let him.
self be moved by it.
But it is distinctly the extraordi-
nary man who supplies his own mo-
tive power for kindness and courtesy.
who is courteous even when society
does not expect it of him, and kind
in ways in which his kindness does
not show and in a degree which goes
beyond society's standards. but is de-
manded by his own. In the business
world there are a great many men
who are fitted to work under the di-
recti0n Of others There are compar-
energy to profitable use. A large per-
centake OF all the new business con-
Germs which are started are doomed
to failure. And one reason IL that
the men who work successfully in
other mems employ were not capable
Of working for themselves.
AZ 1 said before, the class OF peo.
pie who supply their own motive pow
er il comparatively small. but It ID not
at all exclusive. Any one may Join
1t who will.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-10


There is an apple tree in Virginia
that is 131 years DID, said Frank
Shepherd. OF Richmond, at the Ra-
leigh. "A short time ago w. n. Good
win. of Avon, Nelson county, shipped
to the land and Industrial department
Of the Southern railway, q box OF ap-
pies from this tree. The fruit il OF
the celebrated Albemarle pippin va
riety. Last year this particular tree
bore eight boxes of apples OF CONNER
cial variety.
THE Goodwin orchard il q few
miles west OF North Garden station,
and in the heart of a famous apple
country. Mr.. Goodwin has in his
orchard four other trees of the same
age. They are In good condition. and
the indications are that they will bear
perhaps 100 years more.
The tree Of which speak IL even
older than the famous Handy tree in
Patrick county. which 4 bearing a
the aGe Of 100 years. and has = rec-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-10
SMOKING ON STREET CARS.

Sooner or later, every city large
enough to need street cars has to settle
this question:: Should or should not
smoking be permitted on such cars?
In all cars of the closed type-the most
prevalent kind-when smoking is per-
mitted it is usually limited to the front
or rear platforms. AS passengers need
to use both the rear and front plat
forms in boarding or leaving cars, the
condition of these parts of the car is
matter that directly concerns the
public health. While many cities have
antispitting ordinances, these laws are.
in the majority of Instances, more
honored in the breach than in the
observance. As a result, the street car
platforms where smoking is permitted
become both an offense to the eye and
a menace to health. Where smoking is
allowed on the front platform, and par
ticularly IN that type Of car that has
the front platform enclosed, the motor
man works from morning until night in
a OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES atmos-
phere. while the passengers who leave
! the car by the front platform have
to pass through this expectoration-
decorated 'fume-chamber." When the
question, Shall smoking be abolished on
street cars? comes up for settlement
with any city. there can be only one
answer in the opinion of The journal
of the American Medical Association
From the point Of view of hygiene and
common cleanliness, to say nothing OF
| the comfort OF the majority, smoking
+, on street cars is an indefensible nuis-
ance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-10
Hu'1or Of the Day

rs he . member Of your local cav
airy troop? oh. NO: he's just natur-
ally conceited- "-Bufkalo Express:
along life ~ he goes = s'Is he Z eociai
butterfly Or = mllkmAn Baltimore
American.
What - your objection to slang p.
Cayenne. what most ob1ecf Is Il tl,e
s - 3 10y ssesir.4 q 80 3
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-10

another famous tree II the Hall tree.
In Patrick county. which has pro-
duced ~ many ~ les bushels Of ap-
Piles In one season. These apples have
. commercial value In the markets
that equals the celebrated Hood river
valley fruit Of Oregon. In fact. We
have proved that In Virginia it 10 pos
sibe to produce apples - good a.. II
not superior to, the fruit shipped
across the continent to the eastern
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-10

It is unreasonable. as Mr.. Wicker
sham, the former attorney general,
suggests in a defense of the Sherman
law and the benefits that will follow
from the dissolutions under it, to ex-
pect a monopolistic growth of quar-
ter of a century to be swept aside in
two or three years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-10

Strange things are also ever happen
ing in the political arena. Massachu-
sets governor has told the legislature
of that state that he will refuse an in
crease in his salary from $4,000 to $12.-
600 year. that the legislature has con-
templated providing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-10

That streak of green grass between
the street car tracks on Kansas ave-
nue.. which a city plan expert pro-
poses as one of the ways to make the
city more beautiful. would soon be
likely to take on the semblance of a
smudgy black fringe from the oil and
grease that is scattered around by the
street car wheels.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-10

1t Is now said by Judge Ben Lindsey
Of Denver that 10 per cent. OF the wom-
en- Of this country are engaged directly
or indirectly In white slavery. notes the
New York World. and It forcefully
adds: What q relief 1t would be II
the judge could be persuaded to spend
10 per cent. of his time attending, to HIS
legitimate business. II he has any.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-10

There is this to be said to the credit
of the famous, or rather infamous
Zapata brothers. They are not hypo-
critics. They do not claim to be fight
ing for principles. They are free to ad-
NIT that they are fighting purely for
loot and for the sake of satisfying
their bloodthirsty ambitions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-10

Food chewers may go to heaven,
as one of the physical culture theor-
lists declares. but perhaps they don't
get there as soon as some of those
who swallow their food in chunks, if
there is anything to the opinion of the
same theorist that the food boilers
thereby encourage a premature death.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-10

Another convention of plutocrats is
under way in Topeka. This time it is
. gathering of the master plumbers
Of the state. And it is likely that they
are exchanging condolences over the
open winter which has resulted in a
decided failure of the frozen water
pipes CROP
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-10

Colonel Roosevelt's prolonged stay
in South America suggests the posi-
bility that he is determined to be in a
position to attack Mexico from the
rear in case Uncle Sam should finally
deem it necessary to cross the Rio
Crande
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-10

OF course, the farmers know their
own business, but the prospects of a
bumper wheat crop in the near future
presupposes that the price of wheat
will not be unusually strong, and they
still have in their possession no less
than One-fifth of the last wheat crop.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-10

Champ Clark celebrated the sixty
fourth anniversary of his birth by
branding critics statement as "un-
true, brazen and outrageous" All OF
which indicates that Champ is still in
the vigor of youth in the realm of ver-
hal combat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-10
Kansas Comment
KANSA9 0UNRIeEe.

People who 0poud much time
abroad in Europe. have many talee
to tell OF the GLOWING sunsets ON the
italian coast. These stories have been
told 30 often that an Italian sunset
has rather become the standard for
beautiful views at that time Of day.
But ono can ESQ 4 prairie sunrise.
morning like some recent ONES. but
packs 1t away in his mind as : thing
Of beauty to remember. For ! kan
Gas sunrise, in q clear. cloudleas sly.
In the nearing days Of spriag cannot
be surpassed It d . Collection 81 sky
tiuts that ind NO language to describe
them and to explain their consfantIv
changing, moving. shiffina ahadnw
from darkness to hroad davl,cht
There couh1 be- 1ittle In atr ~, 49, -,
earth that excels the vte- ovsr ~.
edge Of the hori.on vhcr -. s,,ss
lacks q few minutes Of heinr n .,srt
Il Is / fleetine looIr nster rs tH -.
adyances ranidiv - : r., ivr me nens
countrv. h,it = q =. .a.-.e.. PEI. =
trees ana hills thst 1. n,,re ou1u -.
alwayr ciai,ns much "a ~ . .nss.s
desnite the fact that Tta,,, - sst.s
lnnser ola II, sra 49, 100 4s ~ Z
rs~ht ~ tha h.a.'... - Dssne0
80 Up 1uey - tuat Time OF
snrs,, ~, e - -eansas sunsesss ootn IN
1ifa ' s, ~ 49, .a... arc part OF the oay's
hae,tir,,I +h,. woman 70 ENJOY the
Dssu ~ .nlnks OF nature. The hne
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-10

Ty Cobb is likely to develop large
sized crouch. A report has it that
Iris Speakers new contract calls for
the largest salary ever paid base
ball player.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-10
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal II a member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report cx that great news NJ
Ganixat1on for the exclusive afternoon
Dublication in Topeka
The news II received in The State Jour
pal building over wires for this sole pu<-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-10

Maybe President Wilson's annual
visit to his oculist will result in his
seeing some things little differently
including, of course, the Mexican stu
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-10

Another yearly milestone in the
higher educational circles has been
reached. The all-star basketball
teams are being selected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-10

Incidentally. the Texas rangers who
invaded Mexico did so under the cover
Of darkness so it will probably be diff
ficult to prove the goods on them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-10

Surely no one can have much COM
plant over the lamb-lik e gambol that
March continues to indulge in. But
then, no brand of weather is entirely
accountable to everybody.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-10

And the evidence seems to be that
most of the; notes sent to Mexico by
Mr.. Bryan go to protest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-10

AS the Washington Post says: The
latest important addition to the ranks
Of the unemployed IL the dove of
neaco.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-10
On the Spur
of the Moment
AftcrtllOughts.
By ROY K. MOuLTON.


Kansas City council wants to pro-
hibit motion picture shows in the
business district. If motion pictures
interfere with business. the proper
thing to do is to quit business.
Woman in London was sent to jail
chickens she would have got life.
Los Angeles woman is granted a
divorce on evidence secured through
a spyglass, Really up-to-date wives
Our ambassador to Italy cannot
speak Italian, but he can speak the
language OF diplomacy. which sounds
almost like it.
II Abraham Lincoln were alive now,
he probably would sign an emancipa-
ton proclamation for ball players.
Col. LII Russell says beauty Of mind
brings out beauty of body. Lis mind
must be handsome affair.
Prince Murat spends SIS, 900 a year
for food All. then he must have
beefsteak once in q while.
Signs of the Times.
rammany has decided to confine its ac-
tivities to New York affairs. for which the
remainder OF the country should be duly
thankful.
DR.. Henry Tanner, the faster, says he
Maybe he viii i've with his wife's folks '
Chicago claims the longest street car
ride in the world for a nickel. Also the
coolest.
Huerta is still defiant That mans
champagne must be inexhaustible.
However. Providence does not temper
thu wind to the slit skirt.
Chicago walters have gone strike.
This IL the first time in many moons that
the consumer has had any chance to save
money.
The railroad companies say 1t will take
twenty years to get rid of all the wooden
coaches. but il the wrecks continue 1t
| ahnl1ld taxa than
The house has refused to establish q
standing committee on suffrage. The
trou- e seems to be that the members
don't know where they stand.
1t begins to dawn upon the treasury de-
partment that there will not be enough
regional banks to go around.
Washington man has trained bees to
singing remarks, take notice.
Anna Held is true to the old ethics of
the theatrical game. She loses a diamond
necklace every week.
Uncle Ahnef.
Hank Tumms says he has got a good
deal to be thankful fer. He don't have to
worrv about the inkrm tax or the servant
problem.
There amt no Teller in this world who
don't think that he has got sense OF
hJmor and that his wife hasn't
Grandpop Bibbins Is 104 years old and
hain't never rode a railroad train. Per
haps that is one reason why he is 1O4
years old
I see an eastern scientifika1 feller says
that all intellectual men are bald headed.
whictn seems like an awful blow at Ebert
Hubbard and Doc Munyon.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-20
THE NATIONS BATTLE WITH GREED.

The measures taken by the government to restore
commerce the Atlantic and build up an American
merchant marine stimulate the greed of the fore
stalers of the peoples food Threat of prosecution
has no errors them. Europe will high prices
for food supplies from the United States and staple
foodsufs are to be boosted in price in this country
equal to what Europe will pay.
In other words, the American people are to be
starved in the midst of plenty that the conscience
less men who control the food supplies may make
immense profits in Europe We speak of the war
madness in Europe. The greed madness in America
is more ignobe and more detestable. And shall the
government provide the means of transportation to
enable these cormorants to strip the country of its
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-20
THE INDICTMENT OF LoR1MER.

Former United States Senator Lorimer, of Illinois
expelled from the Senate for the purchase of the
votes in the Illinois Legislature that procured his
election. must stand trial under an Indictment
for bank wreckng.
Lorimer was one of the responsible managers OF
the La Sale Bank in Chicago and of string of banks
whose funds were largely used and lost in personal
and political manipulatons In this misuse of trust
funds Lorimer evidently relied upon his once pow
erful political influence in Illinois to protect him from
criminal consequences But his fortunes changed and
so also did the times A grand jury was found to
indict him and the man who began life at the very
foot of the social ladder may fall to an lower
denth
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-20
Treating Hunger Strikers.
From the New York Evening Post.

From the New York Evening Post.
Commissioner Katharine Davis has
shown admirable good sense from the
first in her dealings with a notoriety-
seeking hunger striker, and now puts
the finishing touch to her work by
announcing that no more news is to
be given out concerning Becky Edel-
son. That lady is no longer to have
the satisfaction of lying on her cot
and reading the newspaper accounts
of her heroics. She is to be treated
exactly like any other patient or in
sane person in confinement She will
have all needed medical attention, but
will fatty be refused the privilege of
starving herself to death. This may
seem to her cruel and unusual punish
ment, but far more atrocious, to her
mind, than that of her /. w. w.
friends, will be the denial of the in
alienable rights of agitators to exploit
themselves and make a great sensa-
ton in the press. Miss Davis has d.
agnosed the real disease accurately,
and there can be little doubt that her
remedies viii be efficacious. The only
danger attending her success will be
that, as soon as the English author
tiles hear of it, they will send for her
and make her home secretary. New
York could i'll spare her, but might
take a good deal of satisfaction in
watching Commissioner Davis apply
her methods to the hunger strikers Of
England.