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THE T0P2ICA DAILY STATE JOTTRITAI DECEMBER, 21, 1912
rrprka isolate 31 aura al
By FRANK P. MAC LENNAN.
tEntered July 1. 1875, as econi-cl
matter at the postofflce at Topeka. Kan-,
under the act of congress.
VOLUME XXXIV No. 305
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nal building- over wires (or this sola
Mexico Is said to be praying for
peace. Praying seems to be the only
recourse left in this case.
These days the governor of North
Carolina is saying as little as possible
to the governor of South Carolina.
So far, no Topekans have been
"forced to change their base merely
for the sake of finding weather of the
winter resort variety.
A New Tork clergyman fears that to
have boxing and wrestling bouts in the
church club gymnasiums "might at
tract the town's underworld." Well?
"Man," says a woman writer, "con
tributes nothing to the home but
money." Still, not every wife has the
nerve to send out for a neighbor every
time she wants the back of her gown
hooked up.
That eastern college professor who
has found by Investigation that red
headed men seldom marry women
" with red hair had his labor for noth
ing. The custodian of the seismograph
station in Washington could have
given him that information offhand.
Another exceedingly expensive Are
has occurred in Rossville. Wouldn't
it he a wise investment for all of the
small towns in Kansas to put some
of their funds in a system that will
provide them with some sort of fire
fighting facilities? Only a very few
of them have anything in this line.
Attorney General Dawson has dis
covered that the coal companies pay
no attention to their royalty contracts
with the state. But there is nothing
unusual about such an attitude. Most
men seem to be obsessed with the
notion that it is perfectly legitimate
to beat the state out of its just dues.
Mr. Sartin, the chairman of the
provisional organization of the Pro
gressive party in Kansas, is certain
that there is a strong Progressive
sentiment in most of the counties in
this state. But It failed to manifest
itself at the recent election In the in
terests of many Bull Moose candidates
who were slaughtered In rather un
merciful fashion.
A SATURDAY SERMON.
And suddenly there was with the angel
a multitude of the heavenly host, praising
God, and saying: Glory to God In the
highest, and on earth peace, good will
toward men. St. Luke II : 13-14.
This is a report of one of the Inci
dents when an angel of the Lord came
upon the shepherds in the fields around
Bethlehem and announced to them the
birth of a Saviour, the Christ child. It
is the anniversary of that birth which
will be celebrated within the next few
days. And on that occasion there will
be a multitude of men and women, in
the East, in the South, In the North
and in the West, who will be praising
God, glorifying him in the highest, and
pouring out torrents of thankfulness"
that he sent Jesus of Nazareth Into this
world to show the way to a better life.
Even the agnostic, or the atheist, if he
be an honest student of history, cannot
fail to concede that the world and its
people have improved in countless ways
because of the life and the teachings of
the son of Mary. Throw out all Ideas
of his divine origin; dismiss, if you will,
as being improbable or impossible the
many marvelous miracles that he Is
credited with having performed: and he
yet looms up as the most remarkable
personality in the history of all time.
His simple, but nonetheless profound
pronouncements present the perfect
code of life for the individual and there
fore for the nation. For no nation can
hope to be any better or more advanced
than is the average of its individual
citizenship. Jesus of Nazareth was the
greatest of reformers. And simply be
cause he laid down no rule for his fel
lows that he was not-willing to prac
tice himself. i-ls doctrine of the
brotherhood of man and his promulga
tion of the golden - have been more
largely responsible for the progress of
all people to a more righteous clviliza
tion, than any other agency or dogma.
But clothe Jesus with the garb of the
son of God; accept the authenticity of
the reports of his acts that were even
more wonderful than his words, and his
person assumes such enormous and ma
jestic proportions, that It is almost im
possible for the average mind to grasp
its significance. Millions and millions
of men and women, from one end of the
earth to the other, do this very thing.
Their numbers are being added to
daily. And it is not too much to say
that they comprise the backbone of the
human race.
There is no reason, though, why all
men, whether they profess to be Chris
tians or not, cannot join in the general
acclaim at the Christmas season and
sing the hosannas of praise that are
due to the greatest preacher that the
world has ever known. Every man can
profit by his teachings and his ex
amples. And as more men do, and to
the extent that they do so, just so much
quicker and greater will be the pro
gress of humans to a plane where a
larger justice in all things will prevail.
1
RY IHE WAY
BT HARVEY PARSONS.
When one has
cold
the
A SMAIili ORDER.
This is all that I expect
Santa Claus to bring to me:
One large boat-my old one's wrecked;
One large, lovely Christmas tree;
i Sen I need a larger drum.
That says "boom" Instead of turn";
want a nice long whip
Ibution for luxuries of 250 million dol-
lars a year of American money. Of
the art works Imported, of course the
bulk come from Europe, most of them
the product of labor performed many
years ago, since a very large propor-
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v,. luo n. l v . " -. - o . . , . . . . -. v ..v tnat will make our tomcat irin
ported are twenty years old or ovsr ' set any satisfaction out of the report Then I hope to get a ball
and a considerable share 100 years old J' V., 7P iY"uro 1 1' v int. thfHardest wall,
and over. The forty-odd million dol-
lars' worth of diamonds and other "This thing called filial love. Is pe
precious stones imported, though culiar, isn't it?" asks an Atchison re-
rhioflv iinum from Kurooe. are in i Porter in closine the account of a worn- That win ,.o.. .i",r
most cases the product of Sooth j to J fd Blj. . to jf '
Africa; and this is true also of the batH 7. i. RTh ,nS '""-spr. "f9"
poker. But there are still other locall- ' "d. 1 need a brand-new "bike'
ties where $2.15 words are used with
er ; due regard for the rules laid down
by the late Mr. Webster. .
And a bat that will not split
jr Limw mat it is nit;
Next I'd choose a pair of skates
Just as nice as sister TTnte-a
And a bright large monoplane
several million dollars' worth of os
trich feathers Imported. Of the forty
odd million dollars' worth of tobacco,
cigars, and cigarettes Imported, the
largest single contributor is Cuba,
though probably 10 million dollars'
worth of the total originates in the
If you really want to, you can think
of a number of good things about
Christmas. Of course, among the "good
Dutch East Indies, half way round the ! things, the simp who is trying to make
globe, and considerable Quantities in J!" If
L 1 1 1 itar V ' t 1 ' 1 1 L , l. lilt 1 1 .V m 1U1U1Q,
Asia and Africa.
million dollars' worth of laoes and
embroideries imported, a very large
proportion is from Europe.
tunity offered rjoor but honest mer
Of the forty-odd ; chants to unload cigars, neckties and
JOURNAL entries
Any number of people need things
that they don't want.
With most folk, happiness is a
synonym for prosperity.
An honest confession is also some
times good for a few years in the pen
or a heavy fine.
Legislation should also be enacted
declaring an open season all the year
'round on practical jokers.
j
It isn't right to Judge everybody by
the company he keeps. Sometimes it's , '
w ith a coaster-brake that will
.lane worn easy down a hill.
There! that's all I asked him for.
Still, I'm hoping (since he's Dutch)
That he'll bring a few things more
As I have not asked for much!
, St. Nicholas Magazine.
THE EVENING STORY
slippers that would remain in stock in
definitely before the ultimate consumer
would fall for them.
It Is reported that Chicago will be
"open" until 3 o'clock New Tear's
morning. No one who has been in
Chicago will doubt it. In fact, it will
be a surprise to many to learn that
Chicago has ever been closed since the
big fire.
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AAiisoo uiiiuiaia, ivi un if, limn , v....... , , . , . ,
., wnnf tn knnw hnw In stnn Hip1 r3' Carlson, head buyer, and silent
report, want to know now to stop tne Brett advertising muanr rn, hh ,
-i io warns.
The Lady of the Revels,
(By Louise Merrlfield.)
"You're sure, perfectly sure, Joe, that
he won t be back?"
Nell leaned forward eagerly, her elbows
on her desk. Behind her in his glass cage
little Marcus the cashier, worked ovu
his books. Old Wayman was still In his
office, and she knew he would Join in
with the rest. Had she not dropped a
sprig of holly on his desk that noon, and
caught his answering grin of holiday ap
preciation? And that left the two office
epidemic of crime. Why not pardon or
parole a few more horse thieves and
murderers?
Continuing the subject of crime, there
Is a crime wave" in Kansas City. A
crime wave In Kansas City consists of
about a dozen stick-ups or murders In
one evening. In a tank town, the thert
of one antique chicken constitutes a
JA YHA WKER JOTS
Speaking of plutocrats, John Gary, of
Haddam, marketed 108 fat hens there
recently.
It is eas.' to do your Christmas shop
ping early if you have the price, points
out the Alma Signal.'
Some saying of Uncle Si, in the
Ottawa Republic: A liar is a feller ac
complished in th" -art of dodgin' facts..
T tooth-puller, same as th' grocer.
sells extracts Sometimes th' girl
with a rosebud mouth eats onions. An"
then you don't think of the roses.
A writer In the current issue of a
popular magazine gives as a reason for
the decline of the old-fashioned sing
ing school, that there are not enough
e wave." From which it may "be
gathered that some definitions depend
largely upon location.
It Is alleged that Charles Seacat, of
Cherryvale, has joined the navy. He
should make a brave sailor. It re
quires nerve for one of that name to
voluntarily seek the society of a lot of
old seadogs.
There should be no misunderstand
ing In the Pip Daniels family after
his approaching marriage. Pip has
notified Gwendolyn that he spent too
much time and effort In learning how
to smoke to quit Just yet.
In "Passin' On Party," Effie Graham
has proven that there is still some
original story material. Hundreds have
written neerro sti--s. but she is the
first to take a slant at the transplanted
variety. The "Uncle Tom" brand of
cullud folks" have figured m song ana
She had been with the firm three
months, as secretary and stenographer.!
At least that was what she had been en-
gaged as. But Joe expressed the gen
eral sentiments of the office when he said
she was the "whole bolt of goods."
"And it's a good thing for us fellers
that Wayman picked her, too," he added.
"Remember the last live wire Ruddy
took? Harvest moon, red hair, red face,
red dress, just as soon hand a feller a
crack as breathe. I tell you it takes tem
perament to be a sten. and manage an of
fice bunch. Ruddy hasn't the taste in
girls of a giraffe.
"He doesn't know yet that Nell Austin's
in the office. She's a pencil support,
that's all, to him. And me and Wayman's
ready with the four-room honeymoon
first installment any time she says."
"Because, listen, Joe," she went on. "I
want you to go out and smuggle in a tree.
Not too big, you know, I'll put it on my
desk. Get a stand for It, too. sure, and
candles and ornaments, and things. I've
got the presents in my bottom drawer."
"Aw, now, say, you didn't go and spend
a lot on us fellers, did you. Miss Austin?"
Joe stumbled over the words. "You're
too good to be true, know it? Now 1 1!
of the parcels, a littlr, bronze paperweight
ox a uninese mandarin.
"He thanks you," oaid Rudd at her ol
Dow, bowing low. ihis Is Indeed a sur
prise. Boys, you will find Santa Claus
haaleft parcels In on my desk for you
Joe tumbled first, and led the way, un
til only Rudd and Nell were left in the
outer room, lacing each other across the
aesk with the lighted tree between. t
" x have something to put on your tree
If you don't mind," he said after a pause.
Nell thought of the letter. He would
probably try to give her a consolation
prize before discharging her. ,
"You may do quite as you like, Mr.
Rudd," she said, clearly, "in your own of
fice. I am sorry I have done this."
He did not seem to hear her. so busy
was hie in hanging a very small parcel to
a branch of the fragrant spruce. Then h
took the little bronze image from her, and
held it in his hand.
"Do you mind opening It now, before
the boys return?"
She reached for It In silence. The outer
paper slipped from her hands. Within
was a small dark green leather case, and
she opened that, too, with cold littlo
fingers. Then she looked up at him fror.i
the ring that lay there, a circlet of nar
row gold set with one diamond, not too
large, just an Imprisoned bit of sunlight
like the high light in her eyes now.
Kudd watched her. The lines of the
fight softened in his lean, vounar face. He
looked hungry and yearning. Against the
dark, rich background of the spruce, with
its gleaming candlo Doints of lieht. she
seemed illusive, like some spirit of the
hour almost in her light-fitting gown of
dark red, with narrow bands of fur at
sleeves and throat. He had never seen
her "dressed up" before. She always
wore black, he knew, but this was Christ
mas eve, and she was the lady of the
revels.
"Will you wear it. Nell?" he asked un
der his breath.
"Why?" her dark eyes sent a signal of
distress toward the closed door where Joe
and the rest were. "I can't: don't you
see that I can't, Mr. Rudd? It's good ot
you, too good, but truly I don't want it. I
don't mind your sending me away. I was
filing your letters, and saw what had
been said about another secretary "
"Did you?" His eyes held a glint of
quick amusement in their depths. "I am
getting another secretary. Nell, to fill
your place, dear."
"Don't you dare to call me that," flash
ed Nell suddenly. He caught her hands
before she could get away.
"Nell," he pleaded. "Can't we be mar
ried right away, and go home for the
nolidays? Don't answer if you're going
to say no. I've been trying to tell you for
a month, every time you came near me.
I've written to your mother and good old
Bob, and they're with me. It's Just up to
you, sweetheart. I can't put it the right
wav but, Nell, I want you: I want you
for comrade and sweetheart and wife, do
you understand? How eould I talk to
you the past three months when every
time I opened my lips they tried to say
mat
Joe's head appeared at the door of the
inner office. Nell could not see him from
where she stood. Somehow her head lay
back on Rudd's shoulder, and he motion
ed to Joe to go away. The lady of the
KANSAS COMMENT
have to go buy you a box of holiday J revels was busy. (Copyrighted, 1914 by
mixture, won't I?" I the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)
eyes shining with happiness. "Don't you
"There could be no money trust," Is
the opinion of J. Pierpont Morgan,
Maybe so. But there seems to be
something that makes a good strong
noise like one. Perhaps it is merely a
combination of the money Interests.
Mr. Morgan declares that he believes
In combinations, rather than competi
tion. And there doesn't seem to be
any particular reason why the men
who have their paws. on the bulk of
the money in the nation could not
effect a combination if they so desired.
Then, too, there appears to be some
power that fixes the rate of interest
daily, or as often as is necessary for
all sorts of loans that are made in the
big financial centers, just the same as
the quotations ommittee of the Elgin
board of trade used to fix the price of
butter daily.
Probate Judge Schoch has begun
another wise reform in Kansas by call
ing a halt on the marriages of infants.
TTe started the ball a-rolling by refus
ing to issue a license for the wedding
of a girl of 13 years to a man of 25.
Judge Schoch will refuse in the future
to issue marriage licenses to any
couple where the girl in the case hap
pens to be under 15 years of age. Even
such an age Is altogether too prema
ture. All the probate judges in the
state should follow the example of the
Shawnee count- jurist until the legis
lature gets wise enough to pass a
stringent law fixing a decent and rea
sonable age limit in this particular.
Scarcely had the announcement of
the government's suit against the But
ter trust had timeto circulate around
the country before the news came
from Elgin that the board of trade
' there had abolished its butter quota
tion committee which has been arbi
trarily fixing the price of butter each
day for the past 17 years. This was
followed by news from Chicago and
other big centers that many men
prominent in the butter trade were of
IMPORTATION OF LUXURIES,
Importation of luxuries Into the
United States Is now running at the
rate of $1,000,000 a day. This Is more
pretty excellent evidence that old
General Prosperity is as busy as a
bug in this land, and that the slumps
In Wall street are merely trifling
sores exclusive with that locality. Of
course the term "luxuries" is an elastic
one and its applicability determined,
to some extent, by the viewpoint from
which used; but it is at least a fact
that during the month of October,
1912, the Imports Included 14 million
dollars' worth of art works; S million
dollars' worth of tobacco, cigars, and
other smokers' materials; 4 million
dollars' worth of diamonds and other
precious stones; 4 million dollars'
worth of laces and embroideries; over
a million dollars' worth of feathers,
natural and artificial; more than a
million dollars' worth of decorated
china; over a million dollars' worth
of toys; nearly a million dollars'
worth of champagne, cordials, liqueurs
and other articles of this class; near
ly a million dollars worth of cabinet
woods, of which mahogany formed the
principal part; and sundry other ar
ticles usually considered as luxuries,
bringing the total imports of this class
of materials for the month of Octo
ber up to 32 million dollars.
While the heavy Importation of ar
ticles of this character naturally oc
curs during the closing months of
the year, th figures of October are
exceptionally high, probably the high
est on record as regards Importations
of luxuries, this being due in a con
siderable degree to the unprecedented
importation of art works, this single
item having amounted to practically
14 million dollars in the month of
October, against 4 million dollars In
October of last year; while for the 10
months ended with October the total
importation of art works was 4 9 mil
lion dollars, against 18 million In the
corresponding months of 1911 and 14
million in the corresponding months
of 1910.
These high figures for October and
the accumulated months ended with
October suggest that the imports of
articles which may fairly be classed
as luxuries will probably aggregate
250 million dollars In the calendar
year 1912. Of this sum art works
will, according to the latest estimate
of the statistical division of the bu
reau of foreign and domestic com
merce, approximate 70 million dol
lars; precious stones, between 40 and
SO million dollars; laces and embroid
eries, between 40 and 50 million; ci
gars, cigarettes, and other articles for
use of smokers, between 40 and 50
million; and numerous other articles
tenors to take the altos and sopranos story for many moons, but it remained
home. This reminds "Marguerite," the j for a Topeka school teacher to dis-
Bodarc correspondent of the Douglass 1 cover the best side of the Kansas type.
Tribune, that that community s supply
of bass slng-rs has been overlooked
again
"Last year the packers charged us
high prices for meat, charging the
shortage of reed as an excuse, re
marked an Alma butcher to the Alma
Signal recently, ' and he continued:
"Now, with feed plentiful, they are
charging about the same prices and
claiming a shortage of cattle. 'Buy
from whatever packer we may, we find
the price exactly the same. No com
bine, perhaps, but a mighty good un
derstanding." The other day a man went Into a
Marion store and bought a small ar
ticle and told the proprietor to charge
it. "The charge is ten cents," said
the proprietor. "Why, how is that,"
said the man, "I have been paying
only five cents." "Well," replied the
proprietor "five cents is for the article
and five cents is for booking and col
lecting.' The man paid the five cents.
This is a very little Incident but there
is considerable in it to think about if
you want to take the trouble. Marion
Record.
When Jim Simpson and Cy Leland
tried to snake D. O. McCray Into the
Bull party, Mac pulled back on the
halter.
"I Joined one of those things 20 years
ago," he objected, "and I won't go
into another until I have lived down
that record."
love Christmas eve yourself? Don't you
always want to do something dirrerent
from any day In the whole year? Wouldn't
you, if you could, start or! this very
night, and cross the desert on a camel if
you rould find a star big enough to lead
you?"
"Lead me where?" grinned Joe, toler
antly. "Over In the sand flats around
EVENING CHAT
bt sura cAimnox.
44
What Nobody Wants to Do,
"Thinking is Just what nobody wants
Amityville. L. I. Shall I get these here IO ao- Bala Arnola Bennett once on a
glass tningB or paper angels? ' j wine, lu my mma e ueruwiuy
"Joe, haven't you any sentiment?" se- I struck twelve with that sentiment if
' J ' 11C C CI U1U,
joe lost his balance at the swift upward
SAYS UNCLE GAV
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATCHISON GLOBE.
No thoughtful man ever complains
that he fails for lack of moral en
couragement. There are more boos
ters than knockers on earth and we
have inherited the habit of hero wor
ship from hundreds of generations of
ancestors. If there is one universal.
ineradicable instinct in the heart of
humanity it is that one.
We literally adore success. To pay
homage to strength Is as natural as
sunshine. To ascribe to others even
greater merit than they possess Is no
less natural. The whole world is a
great mutual admiration society, with
an occasional discordant note repre
senting some one's personal interest.
Those who make good even in a small
way, we delight to honor.
Even the street sweeper has his ad
mirers who will pause to remark that
he's "the best in his business." The
policeman on the corner Is something
like a hero to half the people who
pass. The small merchant Is a mar
vel of business acumen to most of his
neighbors, and the banker who is
gradually getting a grip is hailed as a
captain of finance. The poor pest who
pounds a piano in Tin Pan alley num
lift of her lashes. He forgot Wayman
and Marcus and the advertising man and
tne rest. He even forgot he was onlv
twenty, and that Just eight dollars
weighted his Saturday envelope.
nave I any sentiment? Say, listen a
How few people really do think about
the little matters of everyday life!
Last summer I frequently had oeca'
sion to make a short trip during which
I changed from one train to another.
The second t. Jn always stood on a
Did anybody ever collect punitive dam
ages
You may feel sure of a good deal that
isn t true.
An assistant may not do most of the
work; he may only think so.
When the styles In men's hats get as
bad as possible, they may begin to Improve.
There are times when one should take
life easy, like an agent takes your money.
We also reioice in the fact that this
world seems better to us than it does to
an evangelist.
Unless you get the postofflce. or some
thing just as good, politics won't help you
much.
If your health Is good you can't main
tain a grouch steadily. Or, play it the
other way across.
A snob Is the guy who devotes a lot of
time to show the superiority he doesn't
possess.
Most other crops axe sometimes short,
but the supply of blotters is usually up to
the demand.
If you buy a railroad ticket you pay for
it now, but if by any chance you shouldn't
use it, you wait till next year to get your
money back
QUAKER MEDITATIONS.
From the Philadelphia Record.
The level-headed man is not apt to
be a rounder.
One half the world doesn't care how i anvil chorus was never yet able to
the other half lives. drown the deeptohed diapason of the
The watchmaker's advertising should er'? deum. (Copyright 1912
Few men travel on the road to Suc-
minute, Nell. If you'd give me a ghost of siding waiting for the passengers,
a chance " I n-t... i, i .j
Better bring the elass ones Joe." . "
smiled Nell, coloring as Brett's head tnal au coura no1 set seats, un leav
turned toward them. "And hurry." nS the first train this crowd divided
But Joe took his time. She went on lntj I itself Into two groups. the hoi polloi
the private office and Brett asked Joe of those who were not in the habit of
where he was going. So did Wayman. So thinking about little things, and those
ri nT'nf iLiT o.ioe1Kle5thcar: few who were. The first group rushed
beedn entirely coSuted9 V MiAustm1 over to the train, jumped on the near-
When she came out of Rudd' room t,i e"t car and scrambled for seats. The
tree stood on her desk, a chunky, weil- second class walked rapidly along the
spread spruce, and Joe was trimming it. outside of the train to the front cars
Not a head was raised from ftTlV Of tflfl I tirrinT-o tViara Tiro nn stl-siur? 4-Vi IaIhiixa
desks. Nell hardly noticed, anyway. Her jv spipcted comfortable seats Bv the
cheeks were flushed, and she carried htr 1L. ?Z. .ffj ' "
nttie rounded chin a bit higher than , V V , s p
usual. She had been clearine- off th had managed to make a difficult way
large flat-topped desk and filing the last down the crowded aisles of the rear
pile of personal letters, and a couple of cars, they fount the front cars fully
lines in one had caught her eye. It was tenanted by the people who were in the
from a business friend of Rudrt'a ani l-l,. n i .u. -
read' imuit ul tuning iuuu,,n l huuui tne uttie
'I shall be mia-htv .rlarf tn ,. , matters or everyaay me.
take Miss Ives as secretary. She has I Occasionally I used to look about at
been with us fourteen years, and Is the I the faces of the people in the front
best I have found to handle central fr- I na rt and Jtlmnst without t'-rrtrt ! im
respondence. She Isn't much on the looks they were intelligent faces, thoughtful
l ? eJ-peTLen5e,' 1 tnlnk " J faces, the faces of men and women
"icuuo iu itute care or i j , , , . .
you." I w no were unuuuuieuiy ma King tneir
So he had discussed hr with k,o way in tne woria Decause tney naa
friends. learned to do something besides fol-
Sho was his "last pvnprioni " A nf1 I low th Ipnritar in thfi trn mt rf 1if
nere for three mnntha nht hari Via r-oir mat 1 rruaH i n haD tr n an
Mmeyeiheadh,d,oSn "ttJ2 ahES5L,'i?1i2 I thing, whether It be washing dishes, or
straight from the little college town tr to a at ln ? fain, or
where her people lived. Her father had writing a letter. There is also a routine
been a professor at the university Rudd way of doing every little thing,
claimed as his alma mater. Even Nell Occasionally these two ways are one;
TOUR TOWN.
People do not usually treat their
possessions with indifference. The
town you live in is your town. If
you reside on a farm, the town near
est to you is your town. It be
longs to you Just as much as It does
to anyone. The existence of that town
is a blessing to you and you are a
benefit to it whether you want to be
or not. Your town oilers you and
yours many, advantages. Be loyal to
your. town. Civic pride and loyalty to
your town makes for your happiness
and financial prosperity. Never knock
your town. . If you cannot see any
thing about your town worth boosting,
move keep on moving, until you find
the town you can enthusiastically
boost. Be a booster.' Boosters are
the stuff good towns are made of. Tour
schools, churches, society, and your
merchants are always just what you
make them. Di your duty to your
town, and that example will be the
best argument you can make lo oth
ers that community loyalty pays. Pat
ronize the merchants of your town.
If they should not have ln stock what
you want have them order it for you
on approval. The mall order house
will make you put up your cash be
fore you even see the article and the
city merchant will treat you with but
littlo consideration. Who contribute
to your churches, street or park Im
provements school, library or to the
sick and distressed of your town? Not
the mail order house or the city mer
chant, no, indeed, they would be
mighty peeved if you should ask them
to. You must depend upon the busi
ness men of your town tor this help.
A wise merchant will not turn a
booster down on any reasonable re
quest- Let your motto be: "My Town,
First, Last and Always." Boost,
boost, everlastingly boost. That is the
only fuel that will get up a head of
steam sufficient to make the wheels
go around fast enough to get you and
your town anywhere. Resolve to say
something good about your town every
day during 1913. Be It ever so little
say something complimentary of your
town every day. Remember this reso
lution and at the dawn of 1914 you
and the town will be enjoying prosper
ity unparalleled in its history. Your
property will be worth more, your
trade will be Increased, your job will
be more certain and there will be gen
eral prosperity. Make this resolution
and stick to it and these conditions
will surely exist within twelve months.
It is so easy. to do, it is Christian-like,
it is conducive to sound sleep and
good health. The only good men ln
your town that could possibly suffer
because of your keeping such a reso
lution are the physicians. Marysville
News.
SKUNKS CAN NOW BE KILLED.
The skunk season opened recently.
This Isn't a Joke. There Is really a .
fool law on the statute books of the
state which prohibits the killing of
skunks between March 15 and Novem
ber 15. During that period no matter
how heavily laden the breezes are in
your neighborhood with the delicate
fragrance of sweet scented mephitis,
you can be'jerked into court and fined
for killing one of them. You still think
you are being trifled with, don't you?
But the Tribune crosses Its heart and
hopes to die if it isn't telling the truth,
as you can find it by searching the
pages of the great and mighty law
books of Kansas. An open season for
skunks, wouldn't that make a corpse
laugh at the funeral? Chanute Tribune.
FROM OTHER PENS
bers of his followers by the tens of I iZ,ten.ye?rs. Pak when she more often they are not
j, i. jii,v.i 1 wen a nine snort-sKlrted kiddle ot I k a .i .n....ri m - - j
mousanus aim tne v mci m ui muio eleven taken tn koh h " -"' wuncu
nn wnn nff I : . -taKen to see the great rowing d,... ua tlmir h;nbin- ,
and drivel is no worse off.
No encouragement. No lovesick,
little wisp of a school girl ever paid
greater homage to a handsome stran
ger than the mass of humanity pays
to him that does the least useful thing.
We have the habit of boosting and we
must find our heroes and demigods.
The fact that we waste our worship
upon some mighty poor material is
only another evidence that we're hun-
ITiatOh Un A Now T .rn .1 V. V. a . 1.
er had pointed out to 'her Rudd, the f chnes ln deciding whether the routine
mighty "stroke" ln the home crew. Often I way is the best way, and do not accept
now. wnen he was not lnokinar. she had It unless It Is.
caught nerseit eyeing him appraislngly as It Is easy to do things In the routine
he crossed the lone office. He w thdrt
five now. His head was lowered like a I
t-narging duu at the world ln general, his
lips rarely opened except to give an or-
oer, nis eyes were steel gray and she did
not iiKe tne- lines of his mouth.
gry to honor some one. It's a fact i 2 "w" ' 1"? " " wnlle- "e au ooa "aD"s. 't ceases to
fraught with extreme significance to
the man who is capable of making
good.
Even if you don t eaten the eye ana
the ear of the world at large the "I-
Knew-Him-When ' club will see that
you are not overlooked. Next to pay
ing disinterested homage, we love to
bask In reflected light. It is true that
some members of this particular or-
anization are moved, through envy,
to say all manner of evil, but the
the opinion that butter would be much i of lef v:aluf ,', af to. approxi
cheaper in the near future than it had
been for years. A variety of technical
reasons are put out for this change In
prices. But it will be difficult to con
vince most folk that the action of the
government :n proceeding against the
butter combination was not the con
trolling factor. President Taffs ad
ministration is ending 'in a blaze of
arlory.
mately 9 million dollars; champagne,
about 5 million dollars; feathers, nat
ural and artificial chiefly ostrigh,
feathers), about 10 million dollars;
beads and bead ornaments, a couple
of million dollars; automobiles, a cou
ple of million dollars; and perfum
eries and cosmetics, nearly 2 million
dollars.
All the world profits by this dlstrl-
cess without an occasional puncture.
Don't always judge by appearances.
Many a temperance woman wears
corkscrew curls.
Blobbs "Do you believe the office
ever seeks the man?" Slobbs "The
tax office always does."
The man who Is his own best friend
must be satisfied to have few others.
You can't say of a girl named Rose,
or Violet, or Lily, that she hasn't a
scent to her name.
When a bachelor gets tired giving
wedding presents he can console him
self with the thought that it is better
to give than to receive.
Wigg "I never saw any one so ex
ceedingly modest as that girl from
Boston," Wagg "That's right. She
won't even take off her glasses when
there are men around."
Polite Percival had been caught in
the act of stealing eggs. "I've been
layin' fer you," announced Farmer
Meddergrass. "That is very, kind of
you, sir," replied Polite Percival. "but
really, I have been laboring under a
misapprehension. I actually thought
the hens laid them." 1
REFLECTIONS OP A BACHELOR.
From th New York Press.
Happy - family life is insured in the
pantry.
When marriage Is a failure, there art
no assets left.
A woman brags about her family; a
man about himself.
A big bunch of violets from him could
make a pretty smart girl think a canni
bal was a missionary.
When a man gets a cable dispatch, he
wants to pull it out of his pocket with
ehowy carelessness like a 1,000 bill.
'e enven hi.r v. t
... r. i . , . . . , . i ur i 1 1 ruui i-
cwni nniiiiK iiittL lie was lOOKing lor
sprung suddenly on one like that Christ- habit of thinking about little things are
mas eve somehow Jarred the dellcat: I ne men and women who can think to
nerves that send their messages of peace I some purpose about bigger things. In
and Joy to the brain. Her hands were ice business they are the people whose sal-
J.V" " JiT " "Ji'lJ"" neipeo. jo-; aries rise as Inevitably as the rivers in
kTitT Perhaps the teaVi thiVS to "Pf1" tln "J? !lome thf th6 fIkS
eyes blurred the number of packages that who astonish their neighbors because
jue was niiigenuy tucKing away ln the t tney aui-uii i unrn aw muai so easily,
WHEN WOMAN MARRIES.
Discussing the conditions under which
women have to work. Miss Ida
Tarbell Is quoted as saying: "Another
factor similar to the erirl that works for
less than a living wage la the woman that
marries and continues to work. She is
the most vicious element in the workaday
world." This statement, following upon
the advice given to working girls by Mir.
Belmont that everv married woman
should continue her business and have a
career of her own, will be apt to confuse
those whose opinions are derived from
authorities. Both Miss Tarbell and Mrs.
Belmont are experts ln the matter, but
neither has had a rounded experience.
The one has worked but was never mar
ried. The other has been married but has
never been a worker. It is a question
which of the two Is the more expert "
the whole issue. In the end the smoke will
go up the chimney In the old way. Wom
en who can marry and quit waste-working
will do it. Those who cannot will do th
other thing. Life is never lived to match
the counsel of experts. New York World.
TEMPERANCE AND"" TENDING EAR.
It Is an Ingenious comment upon the cus
tom of barroom drinking that several bar
tenders are advocating the formation of a
"water wagon" association for their fra
ternity. One loop veteran Is quoted aa
saying that he has not touched liquor In
seventeen years except with his hands.
During that time ln his positions of au
thority he has had to discharge many
bartenders for drunkenness. He is an in-
dorser of the prohihltlon suggestion made
by the secretary of the union. The bar
tender, naturally, has a good chance lo
make an exhaustive study of mankind,
either mildly inspired or riotously In
clined. That s-ome of them come to fel
an at'M-iInn tnr tnA mnn whn nnnnt
The men and women who get the "handle" liquor is logical, but if all tbe
way.
It requires eifort to think.
That is why "thinking is Just what
nobody wants to do." at first, at least.
After you have made the effort a little
spruce boughs
l think we might light It now." she
whispered at last. "You may tell tf.e
rest. joe. ir you win."
But Joe did it In his own peculiar wav.
Mounting ughtsomely on the nearest
desk, he proclaimed the glad tidings, and
did a sidestep to rouse the proper spirit
in the bidden guests. They roused well.
Nell laucrhed and half anolosrtned htit Jfw.
silenced her. He went into Ruddv's sane-
Do you think? Not Just when you
are up against It, and have to put
your rusty machinery into ineffectual
motion, but every day, every minute,
about every thing?.
It pays.
Must Walk Chalk Llne.
Anrlicants for a nicht's lodsrintr must
hereafter be able to walk a literal chalk
turn ana came rortn roDoea in the green line a white streak across an 18-foot
conch cover with a wreath of evergreen room before there Is any shelter for them
DAFfYDILS
BY TJ. NOALL.
Can a xylophone?
(Stand back, men. The colonel was
never known to show fear.)
Can a catfish?
(Drop that oyster and leave the
wharf!)
Does it do any good for a man to
inquire where has his coal-bin?
(Aw, take a tot. Take two.)
a-tilt on his head, and Ruddy's own an
tique Drass paper cutter for scepter.
"Oh, but Joe. what if he should come
back?" faltered Noll. "You know ycu
shouldn't "
Joe capered merrily as master of cert-monies.
'Shouldn't I? If the old man hlrmw'f
at the Wayfarers' Lodge of the Ass"
elated Chanties here.
Superintendent Howell Wright, of the
Associated Charities, instituted the cus
tom Iaat nierht when he refused lodging
to a tramo from Philadelphia because no
wavered from the narrow path.
wngnt said he Believes the custom
bartenders went on the wagon would they
not become so alert physically as to in
crease the activities of service? Or would
they become missionaries by example? 12
the heavy drinker finds a lesson on bota
sides of the bar, he may not have to pro
reed any farther for conversion. Chicago
Evening Post. ,
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
was to open that door and walk ln I'd should become general, and that appli-
say " He paused. Nell was standing cants who are unable to negotiate the
on top the desk, reaching down the pres- feat In proof of their sobrietv will be
entx. Old Wayman was balancing him- turned out in the cold. The more serious
self on a cnair to neip tier. Brett had a eases win ne given to tne police. Cleve-
string of pink popcorn, munching it, ani I land dispatch to w ashmgton Post.
Carlson and Marcus were popping car.
nival caps out of Christmas crackers. But
Joe's round, black eyes were fixed on t'e
door of the private office. Framed ln It
Btood Rudd. his heavy overcoat sprinkled
with snow. He had entered through the
out- door unseen.
"What would you say, Joe?" asked
Nell, curiously. "I know what I'd say."
She paused, and held a lighted pink can
dle up in one hand. "I'd say, 'Even If
you are the crosses, grumpiest, old plot
ter in the world. I'm going to hand you
down a Christmas angel just the same.
and a string of popcorn, and a candy
turkey, and and. let's see? We'll give
him this.' Her hand reached up for one
The Creation of New Worlds.
People ask: "How was the universe
created ?"
: The fact Is the universe was never
"created." It Is in a process of perpetual
creation. Tt is being made, destroyed, and
re-made, all the time. The telescope and
the spectroscope bring down to us pic
tures of parts of it in all the stages of
growth and decay. The most fascinating
problem of modem astronomers is tne
searching out of that great process; the
discovery of the method of the world ma
chine. It is a question not of what hap
pened once ages ago, but of what is all
the time happening. World's Work.
From the Chicago News.
Free food for thought may be had at
anv public library.
There are more little big men on earth
than big little men.
Some people find pleasure but a step
ping stone to misery.
In some communities the heaviest de
mand is for light literature.
Platonic friendship Is seldom practiced
on a girl who has n.oney.
Fortune may be fickle, but misfortune
can always be depended upon.
It's easy to get a man to agree with you
If he wants to borrow money.
Some of the charity that besrlns at home
is too feeble to cross the road.
There are a lot of dead ones that are of
no benefit to the undertaker.
A short prayer from the heart is more
t-ffectlve than a long one from the llpa.
Many a woman is blind to a man's
faults because he threw gold dust in her
eyes.
After a jealous man gets married to a
Jealous woman there is something doing
every little minute.
A loyal wife is one who has Impllot
confidence ln her husband, even when
he's running for office.
No, Cordelia, the bride never marries
the best man at her wedding, but sue
probably thinks she does.
Ever netice that all old fashioned photo
graphs of a bride and groom look aa if
they were standing up to be shot?
It ten't very consoling to a homely girl
to b told that a beautiful disposition la
more rdmirable than a beautiful face.