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The Coconino sun., 1905-07-29

G. N. Baty has disposed of his residence property to Everett Hanna, and will move inlp the c. A. Bush residence propertt Fin the near future.
The Coconino sun., 1905-07-29

The Black Cattle company of Flag staff has filed its articles of incorpo
 ration with the county recorder. The capital stock is S50,OJ0 The incorpo- rators are George w. Black Jr., Har- rison Conrard and Eugene A. Sliker.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-30
JAXHA WKER J0LS

Coneyville has set her figure for 25,OOO
population in 1910.
George Peace, of Independence,
doesn't seem to be that way. At any
rate he whipped his wife and got ar
rested for it.
Abilene Reflector: A curious ending
came to the gift of a piano by the
Chapman Lookout this week. The vote
of the two leading contestants was:
Miss Eunice King 1000; Miss JOSIE
Lyon IS OOO Some OF the patrons OF
the paper kicked on the vote and MISS
King resigned, Miss Lyon getting the
piano.
when we were a kid at work on a
Missouri farm" says Conner Dawes
working a year for our board ana
keep and three months schoolin', we
used to wish we could afford to puy
all the writing paper we wanted 10
use-now we wish the foreman OF TINS
shack wouldn't shove SO much IN ITolis
of US, with the demand for more copy
Tom Charles, of the Belleville Free
man, sees the hand of Tom Kelly IN
that Oregon scheme to raise money LoI
a popular present for Alice Roosevelt
the money to be paid to the state treas
urers' of the various states. he says
tToday's papers announce mat a plst ~
has originated in Oregon (Oh, Tom Is
smoothly to start a public bridal gitI
for Miss Roosevelt. The scheme IS 10
send the subscription to the state treas
urers and they in turn TO seno the
money to the United States treasury.
You can't keep a good man down.
At the little town Of jamestown. up
in Cloud county there is a newspaper
called the Optimist. It's present editor,
Robert Good. has worked I hard ID, curing ing
the past year to build up the town anu an
its interests. To show their apprecid-
ton of his work the. citizens Of James s..
town inveigIed Mr.. Good Away from ms
office last Saturday evening, ana our
ing his absence installed a gasoline en-
CINE. complete with all the equipment
necessary to run his plant. just as a
Christmas present. The Concordia Blade
in telling about it says: w hen BOP
got back to the shop he found buneh
Of business men present and John kei-
" made the presentatioE9 speech n t e11rt
,,rised that he was speeches. and had
to pump up the engine in o order to g be
60 IlcC1fed to pIav santa Claus that
evening at the Methodist church he
could hardly be coaxed away from ON
the engine long enough to put on ms
fur coat and WhiSkers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-30
GLOBE SIGHTS.

rFrom the Atchison Globe.1
As we grow older, we become more ap-
preciative of good weather
When your crouch won't wear on II 10
a sign YOU are getting old-
The higher a girls ambition IN Ire, the
longer her father has to support heI'
IF Won think your kin are good looking,
is it because you are gooo' OF eilSS a
The name of the latest song is Nothing 1g
from Nothing Leaves Nothing ana 1ElaI
Means You -.
If YOU can't have your way. take con
ISOLATION from the fact that every man
encounters his stone wall
Tell us the size of a. town, and we can
tell if a woman takes her guest 10 the
theater or to prayer meeting
You can't tell anything about man 4- py
his looks: Like mince pies, some OF them
can look very innocent
we wonder, in the genius exhibited IN
giving nisfit Christmas gifts, that the
men didn't receive hair receivers
A girl guest isn't entirely satisfactory
to her girl hostess unless she Is or the
same size and willing to lend her clothes.
Time travels so fast with man as he
gets older that if he has sausage ar MS
breakfast he thinks he is having sausage
When the papers relate that a man has
found long lost kin. everyone wonders that
he didn't know better than to look for
Before a couple is married they occupy
81 so seats at the theater, but atterWardS,
when the wife buys the uchebss llS odi-
cony is good enough
We do not know what lovers whisper
to their sweethearts, but when a married
coupIe is down town anyone can hear
what the man says to his wife: Come
on"
If your Christmas turkey was as long
as three days in reaching the soup, 1t
means that you didn't do the right thing
BY inviting in friends the first day to
help eat it.
It is not very creditable to those who
live to grow up, but in a pitffully large
number of cases the mother of a family
thinks that the one who would have been
kind to her, was the little baby that died.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-30
Pelican Island.

In that long. narrow lagoon on the east
coast of Florida known as Indian river,
there is a muddy inlet three or four acres
in extent. Originally it doubtless did
not differ from hundreds of similar neigh
boring islets; but, for some reason past
finding out this islet, and this alone,
forms the nesting resort. the home, of all
the pelicans of the Indian river. if not, in
deed. of the east coast of Florida. The
brown pelican, unlike its white cousin,
nests normally in low trees and bushes;
and there is evidence that when the orig
inal pelican colonists landed on the islet
which now bears their name, it was well
grown with black and red mangroves in
which the birds placed their scaffolding
of sticks. Exceptionally low temperature
and high water-perhaps also excessive
use by the birds. which sometimes build
as many as seven nests in single man
grove-have killed tree after tree, until
at present only three serviceable trees re-
main. Still the birds come back, the i'm
pelling motive which prompts them to
return to this particular spot being evil
IDENTIFY stronger than that which induced
them to nest in trees.-From Frank NJ.
Chapman's AN Intimate Study of the
Pelican in the December Century.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-30
JOURNAL ENTRIES

DON'T be too Joyous about this fine
weather. You don't know what sort of
a dose Medicine Hat is fixing up for US.
The Loeb family in Washington has
just been visited by the stork. It is
very evident that those close to the
president, even Secretary Loeb, take his
policies in earnest.
We wonder il the neighbors around
the White House say when Mr.. Long
worth comes TO call, There comes that
Roosevelt girls fellow again"
It is remarkable how many people the
railroads are going to forget to send
passes to next week
It is expected that there will be a
marked falling off in the attendance at
the Sunday schools tomorrow. Tomor-
row viii be the Sunday after Christmas.
1t is time you were getting hold of
the corner of that new leaf, preparatory
to turning it over.
You needn't be afraid of crowding the
water wagon next week. A seat will be
reserved for you.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-30

other. Ghostlike masqueraders don't
demand formal presentation, Denni-
son whispered back, as he shot out to
intercept the whirIing vision. In a wink
he had his chosen one fast and Hart
Wen perforce took the other. To-
gether they made the round Of the
long hall, not once but many times,
the ghost dancers moving so lightly
they did not even breathe more quick
", although their mortal partners at
last were painting"
How did you think Of It? How
dared you 90 it?'' HartWeI asked az
he whirled and wheeled. The wrath
in his arms answered evenly: We've
been doing It this long time-it was e
sort of outlet. Selma first thought OF
1t, after we had found the lost KEY to
the big gate, but she never would have
had the courage to do it il I had not
egged her on. She wouldn't dare be
here tonight if had let her think.
We have always gone home before 9
o'clock and climbed in by the library
window. This time we shall have to
be whosts until morning-we can get
in on the heels OF the milknan. And
Of course We shall run away before
unmasking time. What would Aunt
Wilton say if anybody told her we had
been here %
Probably disinherit you. should
like that" HartweI returned. Then
you wouldn't think. you couldn't
am fortune hunting when I say I love
you
W nat more ne might nave Sd1u no
body knows-just then there came
wild cries of fire and after them gem
eral panic. Despite the pouring rains
helped by a raging wind, the old house
burned like finder. HartweH had for
a moment left. When he looked for
her he saw two vapory creatures fee
4 ing up the stairway
! Bess and Selma, madly bent on
avoiding discovery. meant to vanish
that way and escape up the back stairs
by which they had come. A wall OF
fame blocked them. AS they ran back
from it they heard a shout, "Stand
still! We are comingi" Then up the
long main stair came Hartwell and
Dennison-to rush down half a minute
later, through licking flames, each
with a girls inanimate figure crushed
against his breast.
Right there was settled the question
of double wedding. Even Aunt VIII
! ton insisted on it-her nfeces she said
needed stronger guardians. Both
matches have turned out to be ideal
so much so that Hartwel1 and Denni-
son say they shudder to think they
gained such happiness by barely the
ghost of a Copyright, 1905,
by P. G. Eastment.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-30
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
t-rrom the Philadelphia Record.l

A quick lunch maketh a slow liver.
The best people Of a town are generally
to be found in the cemetery.
Many a man has lost his teeth from
biting OF more than he could chew.
The woman who values a mans friend
ship never asks him to guess her age
No, Maude, dear; it doesn't take a base
ball player to sing second base in a glee
club
Some. men are. so mean says the Gym
fcal Bachelor. t'that they won't even give
their wives grounds for divorce
What's the use of a fellow getting into
trouble by marrying two wives when he
can get all he wants by simply marrying
one?
Hoax-"The dentist is responsible for
an awful lot of profanity" Joax-'FYes
especially when he puts a dam in your
mouth"
Wigg-s'I always think of a girl as a
sort OF theory Wagg-''WeI1, after you
marry her you'll find that it's a condition
and not a theory that confronts you
De Tanque-'+You would be surprised to
know how much water is wasted in the
big cities. O'Soaque--I suppose 50.
Lots of people drink 1t. you know
Our esteemed fellow-citIzen. Jack
O'Brien, who recently walloped the for
merly-esteemed Robert Fitzsimmons says
ne isn't going on the stage. Jack always
was a queer cuss.
Although our opportunities
May come 70 bright array,
They always make us think of ash
The biggest get away.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-30
Robinson Crusoe, Economist.

When the average boy spends the
aellghted hours of imaginative youth
n deVouring the pages of Robinson
Crusoe' he has. ike most people of
more mature years, no idea that is
perusing work of profound phiIoso-
phy written by one of the greatest
political thinkers of the English
speaking race.
Taken with a knowledge of the
iacts OF the career Of De Foe, Rob
inson Crusoe" can properIv he consid-
cred story intended to illustrate the
heavy burden of trouble placed upon
any single individual isolated from his
1elioWs and compelled to maintain his
existence without their aid. The tale
shows IN an inimitable way how all
civilized men are interdependent Re
garded from this point Of view, the
author of the most widely read work
OF fiction ever written becomes an
object of particular interest to all
thinkers upon politics.-William n.
Hill, NJ D., in December Tom Wat
sons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-30
PRINGLEIsNI IN NEW YORK.

Almost any day now you can look
for declaration of war by the Topeka
Capital, the Kansas City Journal, the
Lawrence Journal, and some other pa
pers against President Roosevelt and
Governor Higgins of New York be-
cause Of ''Pringleism.'
Don't you remember how the papers
mentioned abused Governor Bailey be-
cause of "Pringleism' three years
ago? Bailey desired the legislature
organized with a view to carrying out
his recommendations. The Burton
faction, which had fought Bailey from
start to finish, expected to elect George
J. Barker, the colleague of w. R.
Stubs, as speaker. Had Barker been
elected he would have been against
Baileys administration and he would
also have been against both Chester L
Long and Governor Stanley as sena-
torial candidates. Long brought out
s. S. kirkpatrick as his candidate for
speaker, and then Bailey took a hand
in the matter. He conferred with
Governor Stanley and the two recon-
mended J. T. Pringle for the speaker
ship and asked their friends to support
him. Long was shrewd enough to get
into line for Pringle as soon as he
could fix things UP with Kirkpatrick.
but the old Burton machine was so
anxious to control the house. as it al
ready controlled the hold-over senate,
that it made a big fight for Barker, but
was beaten.
That was when the old Burton pa
pers began to fight Bailey with the cry
of "Pringleism." That was when W.
R. Stubbs first thought he ''was not
treated right" Mr.. PringIe made an
excellent speaker, but the Capital the
Kansas CITY Journal, and the other old
Burton papers abused both Mr..
Pringle and Governor Bailey shame
fully, simple because Bailey had had
a hand in bringing out Pringle as a
candidate. They yelled "bossism" for
months without ceasing.
! Now for the parallel: In New York
/ the Oden machine expected to name the
/ speaker Of the New York legislature
/ Just as the Burton machine expected to
name the speaker in Kansas in 1903.
/ Odeu had his candidate picked out and
! announced. The arrangement did not
suit Governor Higgins, who wishes to
have a speaker friendly to him. He
consulted with President Roosevelt. and
they decided on another candidate
! against OOeL S man. ne 4tluQ6nCe OF
both the president and the governor is
being used to elect their candidate, and
it win be successful of course.
Now. the Capital and the Kansas City
/ Journal certainly will not allow this
great crime to go unrebukedl Those
great champions OF the peoples right
to rule must speak out in denunciation
Of this fragrant abuse of official infiu-
ence on the part Of the president and
governori Surely they will not keep
silent in the face of such brazen bos-
1 sism!
Think of all those columns of burn
ing editorials against ''Pringleism'
which ''set the prairies on fre!" Must
they go for naught? Is the New York
legislature to be Pringleized2 Down
y with the bosses! Br-r-r-r!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-30
Advice to Evan.

The combination of pen, ink and pa
per has caused more trouble than all
the spoken words of mankind since the
beginning of the world They tell it on
Thomas Fortune Ryan: When he first
begon to exhibit his remarkable skill in
monopoly the family preacher, meeting
him on a visit to his Virginia home,
said: Young man. 1 want to give you
a bit of fatherly advice" "I know what
it is, pastor" returned the rising mas
ter of finance. 1.-The same old song you
preached so often when I was a boy
DO right and fear nothing" mo no.
Not at all, Thomas; know more of the
world than I did in those days. What
I intended to say was: Don't write and
fear nothing" Ryan never forgot that
Injunction. They say he wears it in
his hat and lives up to it.-New York
Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-30
Appreciation.

In the novel the end was at hand.
The heroine, indeed, was about to
after.
zone word said she. before I go.
[ cannot let the opportunity pass
without expressing, albeit feebly, my
appreciation of the unfailing courtesy
of the publishers of this book Not
only have they illustrated, and in
many colors, all the things have
done, but they have arranged with the
printers to have me do them in the
pages opposite the pictures. thus en-
aiding me to see how to do them right
Gentlemen, I thank you"
Hear, heart" cried the hero, with
the utmost cordiality
There were shouts of william! VIII
lain!" and the villain, after some
hesitation, came forward and bowed.
but begged to be excused from MAX
ing any extended remarks, on the plea
that he had carelessly permitted him
self to be foiled in a draft and taken
cOId.-Puck
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-30
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

TFron the Chicago News.1
Consideration for others is a good brand
of charity
with the exception OF humoriHts nearly
all men are funny
Even bald headed BARRIERS insist on tell
ing hair-raising stories
The more money you have the easier
it is to practice economy
Many man has been made by his snaa
mics and unmade by his friends.
A widow should be satisfied with a con-
ISOLATION prize in the matrimonial lottery.
Never judge a woman's aim IN life BY
her inability to hit the things she throws
at.
We blame our faults on our ancestors
just as they blamed their faults on their
ancestors
"Rumors of Another War was the can
ton under which the Ohio editor publish
ed a local wedding announcement.
In We olden times the latchstrlng was
always hanging out. Nowadays the cleo
trio doorbel is nearly always out-of or
der.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-30
Drink BIN of Manhattan.

The borough of Manhattan annually
consumes about one hundred thou
sand barrels of whisky, which cost
the consumers $2.500,OOO. To this
item must be added thirty thousand
barrels of other spirits, sold for $780,
600; two hundred thousand cases of
champagne, for which $5,500,000 is
paid; four million gallons of other
wines and brandies, costing $4,000
600, and last, but not least important,
five million barrels of beer. selling
for 100.0OO.O0O.
This makes a total of $135, 50O,0 900
"a sum sufficient to create and main
tain forever a great university like
Yale or Harvard.
It is a fact rather interesting to
consider that if all this beer and
liquor were put into a tank and were
allowed to run through an ordinary
water tap at the rate of a gallon q
minute the receptacle would require
ninety years and thirty-six days to
empty itself.-Pearson' for January.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-30
WHY wAGsTAFF DECLINED.

If Thomas E. Wagstaff, the young
county attorney OF Montgomery
county, had allowed himself to be
tempted by the boom for attorney
general which some Of his admirers
over the state started for him. it
would doubtless have seriously inter
fered with the candidacy Of Mark
Tully, of the same county, for state
treasurer. Mr.. WagstaR's loyalty to
Tully therefore caused him to prompt
" turn down his own boom. other
wise it would doubtless have attained
considerable dimensions, for Mr..
Wagstam's course in efectually en-
forcing the law in Montgomery
county has made him many admirers
all over the state.
Under the heading. Loyal to His
Friend, the Cofreyville Record
speaks of Mr.. Wagstaff's action in
turning down his boom for state
office. as follows:
Thomas E. Wagstan, county attor-
ney of Montgomery county, may not
be perfect-none of US possess that
quality-but aside from his bold and
successful efforts at enforcing the law
just as it found it on the statute
books regardless of consequences or
whom it might strike. he has also
demonstrated that he holds friend
ship and party fidelity above hFs own
personal ambitions. Wagstaff is today
probably the strongest man in the
county politically, and also has
large district and state following. Re
Gently he has received much favorable
comment at the hands of the press
and individuals throughout the state
in connection with the attorney gen
erals Office, and it is safe in stating
that should he offer himself as a can
didate before the next Republican
state convention for that Office he
would make a formidable showing.
But so far he has scorned the idea
and discouraged his friends from fur
Their agitating the matter on all occa-
sions, saying that he will be content
ed with another nomination for the
Office that he is now holding.
I'm declining this honor at the hands
of his friends. it is not because of a
lack of ambition or OF a proper APP
probation of their efforts in his be-
half, but because of his friendship
for the Hon. Mark Tully. Mr.. Tully's
name viii be presented to the conven-
ton as a candidate for state treas
urer, and knowing as Mr.. Wagstan
does that Montgomery county is not
entitled to two places on the state
ticket he refuses in any way to Jeop-
ardize the interests of Mr. TulIy by
boosting himself Such a sacrifice
on the part Of the valiant county at
torney is commendable to say the
least, and while not so intended is
bound to result advantageously to
him in the future. Tom Wagstaff is
a young man, but he has made good
in his present capacity and his
friends will see that he receives new
and greater honors. Devotion to duty
and loyalty to friends are two great
traits that viii never go unrewarded."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-30
A Standing order.

Newlin Haines of the Atlantic City
Hotel Mems association was talking
about the odd rules that prevail in
many of the cheaper restaurants and
cafes.
For instance he said. 81 go in and
order oysters, salad, and dessert, and
get a napkin; but the man next to me,
because he has only ordered pie and
milk. can't have a napkin on any ac-
count.
"A guest here last summer gave me
the best example of these absurd rul-
ings and differentiations that 1 have
heard yet.
''The man said that he entered a
lunch cafe in London an ornate place
with a counter where some of the
patrons stood, and with a number of
little tables where others sat
THE man gave a small order, and
took a seat at one of the tables.
''Thereupon a waiter hurried to
him.
Beg pardon, sir he said. but
buns can't sit. Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-30

I am feelin' sad and lonely
While reflectin' on the past,
1t ain about the roses
That have Wathered in the blast;
II amt about the summer Skies
Nor blossoms sWeetIy frail.
m thinkin. sadly thinkin',
Bout the folks that's gone to fail.
And even more depressin'
Are the thoughts that still arise,
" nile tears of hot resentment
Come unbidden to my eyes.
Each haunting recollection
sun more bitter leaves my woe;
am thinkin', sadly thinkin',
" the folks that ought to go.
Unidentified
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-30
snun Box in Her STOCKING.

It was a sunny day and several pas
sengersf on the ferryboat were sitting
on the outside benches. One middle
aged, quietly dressed and obviously re-
spectacle woman sat alone. Presently
she reached down, pulled up her
skirts and drew a small box from out
of her stocking. She opened the box
and took therefrom q pinch of snuff.
This done, she replaced the box in her
stocking and fastened her garter. The
pungent odor OF snuff pervaded the
air but the woman appeared uncOn-
cerned to the point of defiance.
tsWeH!'' exclaimed one man to him
self or anybody who chanced 10 near
him II wouldn't have believed it If
hadn't seen it."-CIeveland Plain
Dealer.