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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-30
After a HaIloween supncr.

When the feast was nearly finished
Nefltable witch appeared in the
doorway so suddenly it seemed like
magic, as everybody had been too
busy to notice her light footsteps,
From the big basket on her arm she
lifted piece of bright Bingham and
offered tempting gingerbread for
Two bits, stating there were fortunes
IN 1t for the lucky ones. OF course,
one OF the men promptly handed over
the quarter and passing the loaf to
Mrs. Maurice requested her to be the
arbfter of fate. She Iaughingly de-
cnned the responsibility, but set the
example by breaking off a piece. As
the loaf was passed around (did tell
you it rested on a palm leaf fan and
was lightly cut into squares) each one
broke off portion and there was
great hilarity over the finds. Wrapped
IN paraffin paper and inserted when
the batter was poured into the bak-
lng-pan were several trinkets intend
ed as suggestive of ones fate. Beside
the usual ring, thimble, coin, and pen,
was a little whistle in the shape of a
fish, another whistle that was a tiny
automobile, a dolls mitten, one of the
VICENTE" thumb books Il suppose
since I secured it. it must portend
that may be an author if I keep on
tfying), and I really have forgotten
what the other little things were. I
know, however, that with this sugges-
ton you can think of sufficient that
each one of your company may have
prophecy"
Did 1 tell you how partners were
chosen for supper? Well, across the
double doorway between the library
and sitting room two sheets were
fastened with about an inch space
horizontally between them. Five
females at a time were ranged back of
the sheets with just their noses
showing, and the men, challenged to
prove ''he knows her nose" had as
much fun as the ones on the other
side of the sheets.
One of the stunts that is not so
hackneyed was the reading of
prophecies from apparently blank
strips Of paper. The words had been
written with milk (though I'm told
lemon juice will do equally as good 8,
and when the paper was held near
heat the writing Drowned out very
legible. You are so clever at devising
entertainment. I think I will let
these few hints suffice for this time
and trust you will have as jolly a time
as did Betty.-The Pilgrim for Oc-
tober.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-30

In an editorial discussing the new pO-
liticaI alignments that are now forming.
the Western Kansas Times hits the nail
on the head when it declares that the
Republican party OF Kansas today
needs a strong aggressive leader. The
Times MAJ be a little off in it's views
OF how the different factions>are about
TO line up, but its conclusions are good.
it calls attention to the conflict Of in
terests of the men who have been prom
inent in the party councils in the past,
and it concludes:
What the Republican party in Kan
sas needs today is a leader. Some man
who stands for something. and whose
motives are not pure selfish ones. a
Folk, I4aFollette. Hanly, anyone
would do. so he would lead the people
out of the meshes of political quagmire
into which they have been led by the
political machines now fastened upon
the state. Governor Hoch had the OPP
portunity, but he has hesitated so often
that the people are gradually losing
faith in him. His honesty of purpose IS
not questioned, but he lacks action.
who is it going to beg"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-30

Big and black and curly, Rover trot-
ted after young man crossing the
vacant lot on West Seventh street. be-
tween Broadway and Spring today.
For all the world he reminded the
motherly woman following of a little
chap stealing after his father on his
way down town. There was surrepti-
tious joy in every attitude of Rover.
Quickly turning and perceiving the
dog the young man ordered him off.
Rover halted, hung his head and joy
Gus tail. just as little chap cringes
when he is discovered by his parent.
AS the man continued the dog softly
followed, all his joy Oozing out. Again
was he ordered back, but chung to the
path. The young fellow snatched up
a stick and, advancing swiftly, cruelty
beat Rover.
you brutel'' cried the motherIy
woman.
Brute nothing" was the reply. HE
amt my dog. Los Angeles News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-30

in Egypt. loads of them why the
cat was as common In Pharaoh's day
as the family photograph album with
the green velvet back IS in the modern
rural home.
rBut 1 got out of the cat business
and Went into fruit packing is
our industry on the coast. Cats? Well,
to get back, then, did you ever see one
OF these Chinese cats, with ears that
hop2 Fact. Nobody but a student of
the Tells domestica would suspect a cat
OF having anything but short straight,
up-and-down ears, but Chinese cats
ears hang, and that's what makes 'em
valuable And then there's the ManX
cat, whose only value is that he. hasn't
any tail. He's more ridiculous in that
respect than a rabbit or a guinea pig.
OF course, the fine Angoras and Mall
tese cats and the Chartreuse depend
upon their coats for their rating on
the bench So do the Spanish cats.
with their odd but beautiful fur in
black and yellow splotehes- The cat
is large family, with a lot of
branches, and I'm deeply interested in
the subject, but. excuse me, here's a
man who wants to talk Riverside
oranges. Baltimore News.
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QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

rFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Every maiden effort doesn't result
in matrimony
Autumn leaves demonstrate that one
good turn deserves another.
It doesn't make a fellow any warm
er to be all wrapped UP in himself.
It is the height of poetical license
to contend that Cupid laughs in his
sleeve.
The coal dealer shouldn't expect his
words to carry as much weight as his
wagons.
When a man is out for the dough
it doesn't make him feel good to find
that his cake is all dough.
A girl may admire a man who can
write verses, but she generally mar
ries one who can write checks.
snlicus-"Why do women talk so
much p Simply to conceal
the fact that they have nothing to
say"
Nell-'Jack proposed to me last
night Aren't you surprised % Belle
Not at all. When I refused him
he threatened to do something des-
Derate."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-30
GLOBE SIGHTS.

LFrom the Atchison Globe.1
A really modest man has to ten a
lot of white lies.
Not one man in a hundred ean
quit while his reputation is good.
A man has conducted his business
honOrably all right, if his sons can
take it up when he quits and 20 on
with it,
It has occurred to every girl. no
doubt, that the reason she NAV never.
marry q millionaire is that she never.
meets one.
When a wife tells her mother her
troubles, it signifies nothing, but when
a husband begins to tell his to hiE
mother, divorce lawyers get busy.
A man in Illinois was tried for
breach of promise, and the letters tine
woman exhibited won her the verdict
The lesson led him to adopt this
motto for the rest of his life. Don't
write at all, and seldom speak, Per-
haps that would be a good motto for
you; would it hurt anyone to adopt
it?
A Coolidge woman is made at the
way the Enterprise wrote up a fu-
neral which occurred at her house
lately. She thinks that the reporter
should have said that the affair was
artistic in every detail; that profu-
sion of lovely blossoms decorated the
coffin, and that the heavy mourning
Of the bereaved made a fitting hack
ground for the pure white roses that
were lavishly displayed on the mattel
and table OF the rooms.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-30
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Although Scott Bird is now a railroad
magnate by reason of his job as director
Of the Falls City, Sycamore Springs,
Sabetha & Southwestern. he does not
receive as many requests for passes as
Jim Hurley, who is only a general man.
ager.
Water is twenty cents a bucket in
Moscow. but that is no reason why
some Topeka men should be so shy
about using it.
Secretary Wilson is introducing Malta
goats into this country. They are prob
ably so-called because they are fed on
some of these Malta breakfast foods.
What fine skating those lakes on Kan
sas avenue ought to make before long!
Must be that Secretary Taft had been
reading Link Steffins' piece about Gin
cinnat just before he made that Akron
speech.
1t isn't always the man who is going
the pace who gets killed in these auto
days. 1t is more likely to be the man
who is in the road and gets run over.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-30

During the recent American tour of
Emile Mors. the automobile expert of
France, there was a parade in New
York.
NJ. Mors, at the time of the parade's
passage, was on Fifth avenue. See
ing the great throngs of people, and
hearing the loud, gay music, he de-
cided that he would like to have
look at the procession, and accord
ingly he plunged into the deep crowd,
and tried to work his way to a place
of ivan tagesH4 ST.
The nearer the front he got, the
more evidence he found of the police.
The police indeed, were in great evil
dence, pushing here, showing there.
now uttering loud threats, now max
ing, amid intense excitement, an ar
rest.
Keep back! Keep back!" was the
continuous cry.
NJ Mors could hardly see the parade
for the police, and, on account of the
excitement that they caused, he could
not keep his mind on it at all Turn
ing somewhat impatiently to a man on
his left, he said:
why, sare, is the crowd being kept
back so VARY forcibly?'
so as to give the police full chance
to see the procession" the man an
swered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-30
KANSAS c0AGNENT


What IS the use of filling up papers
about gratis and steals all the time?
Don't everybody know about all this
stealing that is going on among Off
eials. Are the people going to do
about it, Why, no, of course
they are not. They get the satisfaction
of talking about it and that is some
thing, besides they can pass resolu-
tons IN convention assemblies and that
IS something too. Then when election
time comes won't the orators get up
and say the other side is worse and
then wave the flag and call for cheers
and then won't the people cheer? OF
course they Wilt Then they will go
home and earn more money for those
orators and officials to steal. Amt it
all very fine? OF course it is. Who
wants to change such a condition?
Why nobody much. It is all very fine
and why not2-Marion Headlight.
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JANA WKER JOTy

Frank JarreI's Democratic presi-
Dental election now stands as follows:
Bryan PSI, Folk 264, Hearst. 80,
Cleveland &c. Not voting 1.
General Rain was in Kansas this
week, but the general failed to get out
as far as Garden City, although the
people there would have been delight
ed to see him.
Joe Henly tunes his Tyre and sings
thusly in the Clyde Voice: Lives of
senators remind US, they can make
their little pile, if they only can keep
Teddy from observing them awhile
The CLEAN in Tom McNeal's eye is
caused by some thoughtless persons
referring to Jerry Simpson as "the
sage of Medicine Lodge But Tom
shouldn't get wrathy. Medicine Lodge
has grown whole bunch Of sage.
A man was in lola the other day
who said he was walking around the
world and he claimed to have pushed
a wheelbarrow $4,000 miles already.
It is only $4,000 miles around the
world at the equator-in round num-
bers.
Frank farrell thinks that Mr.. W. r.
Stubs will make some changes in that
Roosevelt speech he delivered at the
opening Of the state university before
he gives it again-in view of the re-
marks the president is said to have
made to him relative to federal patron
age.
Holton Recorder: The Kansas City
Times last Sunday published a piece
entitled 1.-THE Morals of Seneca" and
lovers of salacious reading eagerly
tackled it, but were much disappointed
to find that the Seneca referred to was
the ancient philosopher of that name
and not our wicked neighbor north
west of US.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-30

Simeon Ford tells Of a little girl Of
his acquaintance who constantly car
ried about with her a big wax doll that
the hotel man had given her.
Recently there arrived in the house
hold to which the little girl belongs
another youngster. During the afternoon
following this interesting event. Mr..
Ford CHANGED to encounter his little
friend on the street. He at once OBJ
served that she was without her usual
companion, the bio wax doll he had
given her. why, Marie" said he.
where's your nice doll p
Whereupon the little one elevated her
nose to an unwonted angle. Said she:
Il don't have any use for wax dolls
now. We've got a real meat baby at
our house. and that takes up all my
time Collier
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-30

II used to sell CATS said Mr.. James
c. Durbin of san Francisco, at the
Casweu
Profitable ?''
yep. for the fancy kind-not for
rat purposes. It isn't like it used to be
in the old days. when people paid
fabulous prices for cats to chase the
rodent. Now they have traps and pofs-
ons and so many families are SO poor
that the rats won't stay around to
starve. So in these DAYS the only sale
we have is for the fine breed-the blue
ribbon variety I had one cat. a NADIA
gascar- with a tail shaped like a cork
screw that could trace its ancestry
back to the first Pharaoh by trying
hard. What2 Certainly they had cats
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-30
A Man and His Coat.

"The very considerable expense to
the dweller in the city which he does
not have in the country is the need of
always appearing well dressed" said a
young Philadelphia man, who is MAX
ing his way to fortune and probably to
fame. In the little country village
where I come from we only wore good
clothes on certain occasions of cere-
mony, but here one must wear them
all the time. There is no such thing
as a second best suit in the city or,
at least, no chance to wear it. No mat
ter what the days programme is there
is sure to be an occasion in it when
you want to make your very best APP
pearance, and as such occasion comes
at a moments notice the only way you
can be prepared for it is to be we'll
dressed all the time. This costs a lot
of money. It isn't an item to the rich
man, perhaps, but it is to the poor
man. and the curious thing about it
is that the latter has to be more par
ticular as to his appearance than the
former The man of wealth is known
to be all right. The poor man has to
prove it by his appearance. ''-Phila-
delphia Record.
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Originality.

The late General Isaac J. Wistar of
Philadelphia-it was after his family
that the wistaria vine was named
had a multitude of anecdotes that he
could draw on when he desired to
score a point or to illuminate an idea.
General Wistar was for a number of
years the president of the Pennsylvania
Academy of Natural Sciences. At one
of the academy's meetings a rather
old and original method of reaching
the North Pole was suggested. OF this
method the president said, smiling:
Doubtless, in that way the pole
might be achieved, but what an origin
al way of getting there it would be.
ut reminds me of the way two San
Francisco friends of mine once took
to get rid of some guests.
1.-THE guests came to spend the even
ing, and didn't know when to depart
My friends were patient with them,
very patient; but when eleven, twelve,
and finally one O'Clock struck, the
husband realized that something must
now be done.
HE was an original chap, and, in
his original way, he looked over at his
wife and said mildly:
My dear hadn't we better get up
to bed? Our friends may want to be
going Exchange.
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keepers began to watch him. to smile,
and to make low toned remarks
FINALLY / saw a pheasant running
along the ground, and the young
American running after it with his
gun advanced and cooked
"A keeper fastened up to MIN ana
said:
'Oh, sir. you mustn't shoot the
bird a-running
" No. Blake, I'm not going to- said
the young man: can't you see ! N
waiting for it TO stop?
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Sixteen.

She knows what I have never known,
What I shall never know,
Oh, softly autumn winds are blown,
And, swinging. way down lew,
The autumn tinted branches sway,
And Wayside blossoms lean;
A birds song lifts across the way
She's just sixteen,
Sixteen today, sixteen today,
And Henrietta knows
A softer light along 1ifes way,
A richer tinted rose,
Than have known or Ger shall know!
Who lives that would not prize
TO see today's rare blossoms blow
With Henriettas eyes2
Houston Tosf
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OF COURSE.

that newspapers are necessities of life.
D. c. Walcott had his wages garnisheed
there He declared that he needed all
his money to pay for the necessities of
life. Asked what he listed as necessities
he said: Groceries and meat for food,
clothing and shelter and light and fuel
and newspapers The plaintiff tried to
eliminate the newspaper item. but the
court wouldn't stand for it. He said in
these enlightened days a newspaper was
as essential to a mans living as his
breaIfast.-Gaylord Sentinel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-30
worse and Worse

Rear Admiral Higginson, at a din
ner that he recently gave in the navy
yard at Washington, said of a certain
American millionaire:
"Once, in England, he and I were
staying at the same country house. It
was the shooting season, and on the
second morning of our stay we found
ourselves shooting over the same COW
ers side by side.
1.-The morning was cold and gray.
and through the mist I noticed my
compatriot acting strangely. He ran
about oddly. In little while the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-30
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.I


Imagination doth make towards of
us all.
Civilized men make liquor and
liquor makes savages.
Marriage opens a mans eyes and
his pOcketbOok simultaneously.
Anything that is unnecessary is
dear, no matter how cheap it may be.
Cowardice is a nightmare that
troubles some men when they are
awake
No literary critic is justified in abus-
ing a book-until after he has read It.
A dead men is of as much use in the
world as a lazy one-and he takes up
less room.
Some merchants could sell a good
deal more than they dO-by filing up
their measures.
The average woman would rather
have a husband who tells her all he
hears than a house with seventeen
closets.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
Iron the New York Press

It takes more courage to confess
you haven't any than to brag.
The more a man speculates the less
he has to figure on what to do with his
money.
Sometimes a woman is so afraid that
her husband is not sleeping we'll that
she wakes him up to ask him.
A woman could understand a man
paying so much for a box of cigars If
it was to put in the bureau among his
clothes.
A man takes as much pains with
his plans for a fishing trip as his wife
does with those for their daughters
wedding
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-30
THE BUSY RAILROADS.

The busiest bunch of people the
railroads have are those employed in
its literary bureau, who are engaged
in convincing the country that the
general public have the railroads in a
corner and are punching the life out
of them. All the newspapers that will
print their stuff are crowded with it
and the mails are burdened with leaf
let's, pamphlets and bound volumes re-
lating the woes of the railroads. The
Republican is already in receipt of
more of this kind of literature than it
can read all winter, and it has only
begun to come. The railroads are not
going to lose out against President
Roosevelt if literary bombardment
will avail.-Miami Republican.
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They've Deep Mines in Australia.

Gold raised from a depth of a milel
They are gradually approaching the
realization of this feat in Australia. A
beautiful piece of gold bearing quartz
is on view at the mining department
in Melbourne. It was found at a
depth of 1900 feet in the New Chum
mine, Bendigo, the greatest depth on
record at which gold has been obtain
ed. The geological experts say that
this discovery is very interesting as
establishing the fact that the condi-
tions of gold deposition are as favor
able at this immense depth as they are
near the surface.-London Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-30

The sultan OF Turkey has begun to
enlarge his noted collection of ulti-
matums, spurred on doubtless by the
recent activity of the sultan of Mo-
rocco ina that line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-30

Governor Pennypaeker has caught
on to Governor Hoch' S, idea OF endors-
ing candidates "as private citizen
and not as governor Pennypacker is
making speeches for the ring in the
Philadelphia campaign Gas a private
citizen of Pennsylvania and not as its
e5vernor." However. his speeches
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-30

Mr.. Charles Dana Gibson is said to
have been receiving $65.O00 year for
his drawings. and now he has thrown
it an over FOR Arts sake" and will
begin to study the real thing. Talk
q bout heroisn1t
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-30

In spite of all the president has said
i'm his speeches, the country viii await
his message to congress with just as
much interest as ever, just to see how
he breaks the news to the United
sIafes senate.
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MURDOCH AND SIMPSON.

When Jerry Simpson was in politics
the Wichita Eagle and the Hutchinson
News were his special antagonists
Simpson abused both oaDers at every
political gathering. and the papers never
failed to hand it back to Jerry. Simpson
once alluded to Victor Murdoch as a
young apple which was rotten before it
was ripe. Yet at Simpsons funeral
Victor Murdoch pronounced the eulogy,
and the Wichita Eagle said OF him:
Wichita is the center Of the political
field in which Jerry Simpson fought his
greatest political battles and here lived
his strongest political opponents. When
he gave up politics and turned his atten-
ton to business he came to Wichita and
his former political opponents became
his warmest business friends He final
ly went to New Mexico, but he returned
to Wichita to die among his friends.
Kansas will mourn the death of her dis
tinguished former citizen, and all over
this nation former friends will feel that
the death of jerry Simpson was a loss
to the nation. Though born in a for
eign land. he was a model American"
-Salina Journal.
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announced that he viii hereafter ap-
point no man to Office who drinks or
swears. Such an announcement as
that on the part Of Governor Hoch
would cause a strenuous reformation
in Kansas or else a lot of politicians
would be kept far. far away from the
ME counter.
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sIMPI.IcITY ITsELF-

After all. the whole matter is as SIM
pie as it can be. In robbing the city
the gang picks the citizens pocket. The
city is the citizen. And what is done
with a pickpocket? ugged!-Philadel-
phia Record
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-30

If it is true that New York man
succeeded i'm borrowing $22 900 from
Russell SAGE and then going into bank
ruptcv. he certainly accomplished more
than even Mrs. Chadwick could have
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-30

Railroad managers. says the
washington Post. "are getting hot over
icing charges" Wrong. It's the other
fellows who are hot about the icing
charges. The railroad managers are
hot about the charges about icing
charges.