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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18
KANSAS COMAENT
a - TO-.


The Decent Average is the name
of q story by Richard Washburn Child
in Golfers for October 49, and while
Golfers voted the author 81. 600
prize in addition to their usual liberal
price per word, it IS doubtful if it
would win a prize if the reader We're
Judge. The story deals with a man
named Nixon, a mechanic, q maker of
carpet tacks, who, having fallen heir
TO $4,000 most of which he has
squandered on one long continued bat.
shows I'D in a New York bath house
at a. m. anxious to be rid of his re-
1nain11g cash-tO be broke and go
back and make more tacks; that is his
idea OF a good time In telling his
troubles to the other occupants Of the
hot rooms he expressed himself as be-
ing particularly DESTROYS Of returning
to his Wife, a good woman whom he
hasn't seen since the beginning of his
prolonged spree, but he looks upon
this as vain hope. sure that she is
through with him. on this he wagers
his remaining coin with the others
present and smart travelling man
proceeds to unite them at once by
means of the long distance phone. OF
course this leaves our friend Nixon
broke, and presumably happy, since
that was what he wanted. 1.-The De-
cent Average" is the opinion held by
kindly old man, who figured in that
last bet. of humanity as a whole: that
they average I'D well, and are. not
really so bad as the pessimistic tack
maker was inclined to believe That
part is all right. for surely not many
doubt that the average of humanity is
pretty good=at least better than this
gambling. booze-fighting Nixon. and
somewhat wiser than the wife who
took him back after he had deserted
her and souandered a fortune on one
big drunk.--Atchison Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18
A SUGGESTION no CARNEGIE

However. Mr.. Carnegie could do more
for his fellow-men by building and en-
dowing hospitals than by scattering IL
braries and organs as a reveller scat
ters pennies at a fair. If he were to
become the angel of the nti-tubercu-
losis crusade he would find it possible to
expend every dollar he could spare in
a manner that would demoralize no one,
antagonize no established interest, and
confer unquestioned benefit on man
kind.-Milwaukee Wisconsin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

over in Leavenworth county it ap-
pears to be a race to see which side
San make the most promises to the
sofntists that the law won't be en-
forced The Republicans are saying
mat the election OF Harris viii mean
mat the joints win be closed up and
fre city bankrupted. but if Hoch is
elected the Joints win be allowed to
s44n lust as they have been during his
zeressut term. The Democrats, on the
nsher hand, are quietly telling the
fointists that the Democrats don't
really mean It when they talk law en-
eorcenaent and that the joints viii be
esfe. even II Harris is elected. Take
your choice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18
REFLECTIONS OF 4 BACHELOR.


TFr0m the New York Fress-I
Most OF the things we do for fun ara
really only habit
There ought to be some kind OF insur-
ance against relatives.
we shouldn't mind being good 50 much
IL we didn't hate 50 many people Ike
that
Any man can improve his reputation
BY subscribing to 4 fund to convert lhe
heather.
Men write love letters before they ara
married just the way thay. believe fairy
stories when ths1 aFs sn kiltnv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

Between the cruise Of the schooner
Frolic with a cargo of contraband
Cinnamon ana the fight Of a Cuban
banker by sea with 81 600 000 the days
news presses fiction close for honors.-
New York World
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

IT Is barely possible that the name
Of the next president Of the United
states is not now thought of in connec-
tom with the White House. The pro-
aecudon of the Standard oil company
is just commencing. If the case is
vigorously pushed and the guilty are
punished, Attorney General Moody or
whoever accompanies It viii be among
che national heroes. A great deal may
happen in the next eighteen months.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18
DIAMONDS.

The Premier Diamond Mining Com
pany. of johannesburg. has just paid
its annual dividend Of 400 per cent
What we need is municipal ownership
of Observation-Disclosures North Amer
lean.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

some more Finnish investigators are
looking up the success of prohibition
fn Kansas, but instead OF asking the
state Temperance union about It, they
ere going around to the joints and
buying drinks for themselves. Just as
though they could find out that way
now the prohibitory law is being en-
forced That's the way to ind out how
AZ fa violated
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18
WHAT STANDBY THOIJGHT

Ex-Governor Stanley says that, "if
Curtis had made the fight four years
ago he is making now he would have
defeated Long, and probably inciden-
tally would have defeated himself
The ex-governor didn't add that, had
this been the case, Stanley would now
be a United States senator instead of
merely an ex-something- other But
likely he thought 1t mighty hard
Lawrence World
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18
THEODORE. JR

The trouble in which young Theodore
Roosevelt recently found himself seems
to indicate that the young man has
some of the spirits of his ilIustrious
father It seems that some of the Har-
ward boys were out having a rough and
clothes butted into the game and Ted
dy's roommate found it necessary to
trip him up to prevent him cracking the
head Of the scion Of the house of Roose-
welt. Then the offender skidooed and
young Roosevelt was nabbed for the act.
II the president doesn't do something
for that roommate of his son. Shuan
Kelly, by name, when he gets through
college, he viii be a mighty unappre-
ciative father.-Hutchinson News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18
q CHICAGO VIEW.

It seems to be almost impossible to find
labor to dig the Panama canal The
average man hereabouts would rather
pay to be allowed to freeze at cham
piOnship ball game.-Chicago Inter
Ocean
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

Governor Hoch Is not the only popu-
lar idol who has proven a great dis
saroinfment by failing to do what was
s-osctad OK him. There is Jerome IN
sew York. A year ago Mr.. Jerome
go elected district attorney IN New
k city aa an independent candidate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

There will be a great demand for a
patent self-kicker in Topeka on No
MEMBER s. when a lot Of men wake up
to the fact that they want to vote but
are not registered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18
DTSAPPOTNTINC

General Funston has disappointed
big American audience. On his way
to Cuba he was delayed at Tampa by
threat OF bad weather and refused to
swim the straits Of F1orida--St. Louis
Republic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

Pennsylvania four million dollar
state house cost thirteen million dol
lars before it was done. Pennsylvania
had the same experience everyone else
has when he builds hous.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

Secretary Bonaparte declares that bat
tIeships are as essential as universities
to the welfare Of the nation. Still it
would create some excitement If Mr..
Rockefeller or Mr.. Carnegie were to be-
gin endowing battleships in the interest
OF higher educatiOn.-Vy ashington Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

Fred Fairbanks. the Independents
son, eloped to get married. From
which It may be judged that the son
3s a much warmer proposition than his
ulustrious father.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

The announcement is Z made that
sZeiaya the son of the president of
Nicaragua. and his wife will enter
vaudeville Been playing in comic
opera thus far. evidently.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18
DING our on sWTTCHINc

Mr.. Bryan says that partisanship Is
dying out. 1t looks that way. Most of
the Democratic leaders are busy charg-
ing other Democratic leaders of having
abandoned Democratic principses.-In-
dianapolis Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

Senator Long says La Toilette is a
galsir. Must be Senator Long is trying
% make fakirs popular in Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

mr.. Hearst is trying to ride to Al
bany on the back OF the Tammany
Tiger. Mr.. Hearst should remember
.he fata Of the young lady Of Niger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18
EVEN.

We have not sent dollar to the
congressional committee and ". A
Reeder has not subscribed for The
Sentinel which makes it exen.-Lucas.
Sentinel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

Only three weeks now and we will
ae telling how it happened.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

That KentucIian who has formed a
company to import water from the
ER2ver Jordan probably does not expect
to do business at home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

Ohio i9ustice is beginning to suspect
that the oil trust is not an octopus, but
a hydra. An octopus has only one head.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

Among the old-tine warriors who
are taking part in this campaign, the
most prominent is our old friend,
General Apat11y.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

The photograph is liable to become
more unpopular than ever since Mr..
Hearst is promuigating his political
speeches through them. Think Of lis
tening to a political speech by a phon-
nrraphf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

Governor Folk Is billed to speak at
ealina on October 49, and on the same
day the Retail Grocers' association of
the state viii meet there. Salina is wor-
rving for fear it Will not be able to do
Justice to two such attractions at once.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

Tom McNea1 and Albert Reid viii
DO a chalk talk act during the balance
Of the campaign. Perhaps Mr.. Reid
VIII draw a picture Of Governor Hoch
enforcing the prohibitory law in Leav-
ee,~-orf71
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

The New York Republicans are said
to be putting some Roosevelt ginger"
into the campaign. It should be ex-
planned, however, that this is entirely
different from Jamaica ginger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

In the coming election there is less
Sanger that the voters viii vote early
az1d often than that many Of them will
forget to vote at all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

We pause a moment in our work Of
saving the country to ask how the
Russian revolution is coming on.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18
ANOTHER ONE BEATEN.

Curtis says the railroads beat him for
at that time was a railroad man and
his name was Loornis. He was beat by
the railroad or eomebody.-Lucas Senti-
mel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

Mike? I told him to meet me here.
l'rly eT-Ach, It's no use tellin' him any
ear and out at the other, like wather on
a ducks back.-Puneh.
The man. relying on the adaEe. natural
~ supposed he had nothing more 10 fear.
SO you can imagine his CONSERVATION
S wnen Opportunity knocked at his door
second time. Farewell, a long farewell
to my goodness he exclaimed. and then.
without another word, for he was q brave
soul, ne went out, and became rich ana
lived unhappily ever after.-Puck.
They say you are but the servant OF
the Trusts said the reproving friend.
Well. answered Senator Sorghum. THE
position has its advantages. or course
It's more agreeable to be the boss-buf,,
grand jury goes after. w ashington
Umpire Ito part of skeleton armvl-
What do you represent?
Priyate.-.-I dunno, sir. I'm carrying this
-Umplrs- wen. you ought to know
on represent a company in extended or
Private (after deep cogitation)-"And
DO u. draw the beer for a Company when
-. FIa7rmer-Hey, you There amt no shoot
ain t they? Say, you are deaf-Judge.
do you know can talk with a person
- minutes and tell just what he thinks
Don't you often md It unpleasant?',-
Milwaukee Sentinel.
why in the world did sniggsley want
to marry his divorced wife again p
1t seems that she'd saved up all the
aliInony ne paid her during the years they
lived apart. Chicago Record-Herald.
Wealth has to do a heap of expIainin
desc days. said Uncle Eben. but it's
easier to apologize to de public fob bein'
rich dan 1t is to git de lan'lord interested
cause you's poor W ashington Star
7 wonder why Miss Sweet is always
asked to sing Her voice isn't nearly so
well trained as Miss Stickler's fs.'
N O. but her managers are. Miss Sweet
IS always willing to try her luck without
being urged for half an hour. Detroit
Free Press.
Author-This magazine has no reason
Critic-That is the reason it exists
You say you wouldn't like to get out!.'
exclaimed the prison visitor.
..,lEhy, 1 thought you were in for life"
the convict I'm IN for a double p Iife
I've got two wives outside waiting -
Philadelphia Ledger.
Have you made arranpements to nrs-
vent fraud in the election p
no answered senator Sorghum: 7
couldnt quite manage that. But I've done
tne next pest thing to defeat the OppOsi-
TONS iniquity, I've made arrangeT1eTifs
thatN make their fraud so insignifcanf nv
comparison that It won't be noticed -
Washington Star.
"Geordie, what is your fathers occupa-
tion?''
His what, a'am7'
a living7'
DO? Fur Twin. nna'am? Ceef He's
q plain clo'es p'1eeceman wit a pull. -
Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

n 7 a = MOONSdINE JOLNIRY-
corn crop Of 2.7S0, 06s.000 bushels
suggests that the internal revenue offi-
GERS win have to be exceptionally vigil
lanE-sAtlanta Constitution
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18
INSTEAD On W.
~ THE MooNsHINE corNTR

Taft really is secretary Of peace
Pittsburg Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

why In the world did sniggsley want
to marry his divorced wife again ~
1t seems that she'd saved uD all the
alnony ne paid her during the years they
lived apart. Chicago Record Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

Wealth has to do a heap of expIainin'
desc days. said Uncle Eben. but it's
rich dan 1t is to git de lan'1ord Interested
cause you's poor-'-W ashington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

~ DO you know can talk with a person
20 minutes and tell just what he thinks
of me2''
Don't you often ind It unpleasant Pc
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

Il wonder why Miss Sweet is always
asked to sing Her voice isn't nearly so
Wei trained as Miss Suckler's is"
N o, but her managers are. Miss Sweet
Is always willing to try her luck without
being urged for half an hour.'-Detroit
Free Press
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

Farmer-Hey, you! There amt no shoot
in herei
Boy. Trespasser. with gun-They amt.
ain t they? Say, you are deaf-Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

for existence
Critic-That is the reason it exists
Puck
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

They say you are but the servant OF
the trusts said the reproving friend
Wen, answered Senator Sorghum. the
position has its advantages or course
its more agreeable to be the boss-but
grand jury goes after ''-Vyashinefon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

You say YOU wouldn't like to get out,.s
exclaimed the prison visitor
Why, I thought YOU were in for life
Oh. worse than that rna-am. = replied
the convict I'm IN for a double life
I've got two wives outside waiting -
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

FrlYote tafter deep cOgitation1-'sAn
DO I draw the beer for a company when
1 get back to camp Punch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18
HUMOR or THE DAY

Sportsman-I wonder what became Of
Mike? told him to meet me here.
Driver-Aeh, It's no use teilin' him any
thing. Sure, SOFT, ut just goes in at wan
ear and out at the other, like Wather or
a ducks back.-Punch
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

Umpire Ito part OF skeleton army
What do you representa-
Priyate-I dunno. sir. I'm carrying this
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-18

The man, relying on the adage, natural
~ supposed he had nothing more 10 fes7.
SO you can imagine his CONSERVATION
when Opportunity knocked at his door a
second time. Farewell, a long farewell
to my goodness he exclaimed, and then.
without another word, for he was brave
soul, he went out, and became rich, and
lived unhappily ever after.-Puck
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
DRIVES MEN INSANE.
Mysterious Problems in Nature Which
Have Wrecked Many Minds.

A scientist who has been travelling
in Africa in search of an answer 20
some questions concerning rainfall
gives as his opinion that the ex-
preston of imperturbable calm on
the face of the Sphinx arises from the
fact that she has never tried to find
the answers to the riddles of nature.
which have sent many men to their
graves.
What is gravity? is one of them.
Hundreds of men have gone insane
trying to answer it, says the Chicago
Chronicle. Some, in fact. have gone
so far as to try to disprove the theory
entirely. An English naval captain
wrote a book on this subject and sent
it to all the learned societies in Eu-
rope.
Why cannot force be created by hui
man power? Trying to accomplish
this has fastened the end of many
worthy man. Perpetual motion will
be an accomplished fact if we can dis
cover how force Is made. Kelley,
with his motor, who claimed to have
discovered perpetual motion. was a
swindler, whose death revealed his
ingenious counterfeit of perpetual mo-.
ton. If this discovery could be made
it would revolutionlze the world.
What source of heat supply has the
planet Mars: This is another riddle.
Our earth gets much moro heat from
the sun than does Mars, yet that
planet has beautifully mild climate.
Astronomers have watched the ice
cap thawing on Mars, and they have
proved that water flows and clouds
rise. This shows that Mars has heat.
But If not supplied by thu sun, from
what source does 1t Gomez
Where the tide is born is an
other of natures secrets. On the is
land of Papete, in the southern Pa
cifc, there is every day at - midday
and two in the afternoon high tide.
Why, no one is able to explain. a
scientist has been able to turn gold
into silver, but no one so far has
been able to make a magnet which
will attract gold. Could this be ac-
ccmplished its enormous value could
scarcely be realized. for 1t would
make it possible to work rock from
which no known process has been
able to attract gold in paying guam
titles.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14

The last Legislature very wisely
provided for a separation of the Board
of Penitentiary Control from the
Railroad Commission. On account
of this Statute taking effect, it de-
volved upon Gov. Vardaman few
days ago to fill the new portfolios
by appointment. He named as such
Board of Control: J, G. Crousby of
Monroe County, G. C. Smith, Clai-
borne; Howard Jones, Kinds; Charles
Noyland, Wilkinson. The last nam-
cd is designated as chef officer, I'M
der title Of Supervisor. All are said
to be practical and prominently sue
cessful farmers, and this of course
causes it to be augured that they can
successfully administer the State
Farms affairs.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
A Touching Service.

A very feeling sermon was preach
ed at the Methodist Church in
Leakesville Sunday night by Rev.
Dan Scarborough, Pastor, as his
farewell discourse. The subject chos-
en- was Heaven. The Scriptures
expounded and remarks made, very
touchingly appealed to the full con
gregation assembled. So much so
that when at its conclusion, he ex-
pressed IL desire to shake the hand of
every person in the house VINO in
tended to seek the City Celestial
and Eternal and There meet loved
ones gone on before, that there was
hardly dry eye in the house and
nearly every person present pressed
forward to clasp his hand Immedi-
atelJ after this, Hon. E. w. Breland
in few well chosen words presented
on behalf of the Church membership,
as token of their esteem and appre
citation, and as surprise to Bro.
Scarborough a Suit of clothes
and hat. The Pastors acceptance
was indeed grateful, as he caught the
sentiment intended to be convened,
not so much for the intrinsic worth
of the wearing apparel or the givers
presuming any need upon his part,
but to transmit in a material shape
their feeling of love and provider for
him.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14
SEARCHING FOR DIAMONDS.
Early Experiences Of One Man lr
South Africa.


J. D. Robinson, the South African
millionaire. told an interviewer his
early experiences In searching for dia-
moncs. The news spread like wild
fire through the countryside that o
white MAJ was giving away wagons
aad oxen for bits of stone. l set all
the natives who came to work to seek
diamonds on one side of the river,
says Mr.. Robinson, land / fetched up
my own so men to hunt for diamonds
among the bushes and scrub on my
side of the vaal. Next morn
Ing at sunrise was startled by loud
halla-bullooing, AMI, looking ort. /
saw whole gang of my men rushing
toward me in a state Of great excite
ment. One Of them had found dia-
mond of good size; they all had come
to see what would do with it. What
will you give me for it?' says he. I
Will give you ten cows replied. and
sent the MAJ into the herd to take his
pick, and he marked tea of the best
cows as his own. They had never
dreamed of making such a bargain.
Ten cows for a bit of stone; OF they
went again, and found diamonds every
day; they all became rich. and &C
cumulated good store of precious
stones. We made belt full of small
pockets, In each of which we placed
diamond. When the belt was filled
my partner girded 1t about his body
and started for Cape Town. He never
took on his belt until he reached Lon
don. And IL was in this way Mat the
first consignment of African diamonds
reached London"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1906-12-14

We must stop the newspapers from
running whiskey advertisements or
stop them from passing through the
mail. Better have blind tiger in
circulation.
The Dawn begun this work some
time ago and will continue, s-othing
preventing, until whiskey adj can t
be found in a newspaper. All papers
endorsing this move please print the
above and send us marked copy so
we can put you on the list of papers
for The Dawn of Light The Dawn
OF Light.
A short one line sentence in the
heading OF our editori Il page tells the
attitude the HERALD adopted a lite
over a year ago and has never enterta-
ined a thought of recanting from. At
that time we hadn heard that Bro.
Ellis or any other Mississippi journal
ist was championing such a move
ment amongst the papers. A sense
of right prompted by the love of God
ircited us to take that step. We are
glad VIC did it.