The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26

The ship of state is pitching some
With Teddy at the helm.
And spiiling whitewash all along
Its wake; but never fuss,
We've got the eyes of all the world,
OF all the world on us.
Houston Post.
The Spirit of the Northwest
Joseph Blethen tells in the August
Worlds Work What the Northwest
Is" His conception of it may be
briefly told in this quotation:
There has been a similar transition
In character from weSterner to Amer
ican. The horseback era followed the
navigation of the streams, and then
the railroad came to hang the great
spaces of the west with cities like long
circuits of electric lights waving along
a boulevard. With the railroad the
westerner passed away, leaving the
American citizen proud of his section.
| With the railroad came the period of
town building and town booming
| wherein the men from the east, trav-
| cling westward in a Pullman en-
| deavored to make fortunes over night
| in real estate gambling. 1t took the
collapse of the boom and the awful
| years that made Kansas bleed and
| Populism prosper to teach them that
| they had found new empire. In
| these men are now blended the traits
man, of the vigilante and the student
of law; but added to all these is the
| conservation of the capitalist and the
responsibilities of success. They
more to risk; they fight harder now,
since they have more to protect. But
| they are the same adaptable, energetic,
| optimistic spirits who pushed the pio-
selves great wealth where only oppor-
| tunity awaited their coming. They
are still pushing. These are the men
who have made that three -fifths of the
nation which lies west of Chicago sc
i safe that the cliff dwellers of Manhat-
tan have grown richer by selling them
their wares-from steel bridges tC
magazines, from life insurance &c
Massachusetts state bonds. Their one
care is a constant watch for OppOr'
tunity and their rule of honor is re
lspect for every other mans right tc
try. They laugh when they win, be-
cause success in a successful country
need not be taken too seriously. They
laugh also when they fail, because
failure amid so many opportunities l;
ludicrous. They are crude and they
meet their social problems in theil
wives names. Their optimism is th'
optimism of plenty; their concei
grows out of their achievements. The
New Yorker scornfully says: 'Whl
should / go west? I have everything
that is worth seeing right here in New
York To this the American replies
Eyes, everything except the United
States of America
You think you are the whole ma
tion," says the New Yorker.
mo- says the American. I'm only
a part owner. But know my country
and my partners You don't.S
;. He Couldn't Be Seen.
James w. Webb. one of the few mel
in Brooklyn who are the owners of G
4 A. r. medals of honor. was a UnioI
scout and a soldier of fortune in gen
eral. He is of impressive presence
standing six feet three inches in hi
stockings. Mr.. Webb is pretty wei
identified with working politics. il
Brooklyn, and recently had occasion t,
call on one of the big men of tn
borough big man in his own esti
nation, and by the accident of a po
litical overturn. Now, Mr.. Webb ha
his estimate of the true worth of tn
person in question, and it is not of al
altogether hattering nature. Conse
quently, when the big man made al
engagement at his office with the oil
soldier, and then refused to see him
, on the ground that he was busy
Webb's characteristic frankness foun
vent.
''Tell Mr.. -,'' said he to the offic
boy, ''that I have wasted an hour o.
him already, and must insist on hi
keeping his engagement with me-"
The Office boy disappeared into tn
interior sanctum and presently reap
peared.
''Mr. says he can't be seen,
. he said.
he was pretty small. but didn't kno1
he was as small as that. .-Succes
Magazine.
A Poor Writing Brought Fortune.
/ At the time the elder James Gordo
> Bennett was the editor of the Ne1
York Herald, Robert Bonner, publishe
S of the Ledger, was struggling to bull
up the Ledger's circulation, and he de
cided to try a little advertising. He &C
cordingly wrote an advertisement con
! sisting of eight words: Read Mr..
2 Southworth's new story in the Ledger.
2 and sent it to the Herald marked fc
lone line" Mr. Bonner's handwritin
was so bad that the words were read i
the Herald office as zone page. Ao
cording1y, the line was set up and re
V Mr.. Bonner was thunderstruck the mex
morning He had not to his nam
money enough in the bank to pay tn
bill He rushed excitedly over to tn
: Herald office, but was too late to d
f any good.
E In a short time the results of the pag
= announcement began to be felt. Order
Y | for the Ledger poured in until the en-
tire edition was exhausted and anothe
e one was printed. The succ ess of tn
e Ledger was then establish ,d.- Far1
/ and F'ireside.
The Future Bargains.
'sYes," said the dry goods merchan
r 'it is true that we propose to establis
r hospital as an adjunct to our store.
ITO treat the victims of bargain rush
t esp was asked.
4 srYes, but that is merely a beginning
s Later on I expect to see the bushes