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La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1906-06-30

The composition Of tobacco smoke
IL complex. Analysis gives nicotine.
pyridic bases. formic aideliyde. ammo
mia. methy lamin. pyrrol. sulphUrefted
hydrogen. prussic acid. butyric acid.
cartonic acid. oxide OF carbon. the
steam Of water. an etherizei EN-
pyr~umatic oil. aud tarry or resin
ou- products. among which we de
fect small quantities OF phenol. or
all the pro<iucfs Of tobacco the most
venomous are nicotine. pyridic and
methyIamin bases. prussic acid. sui
phurrited hydrogen. oxide Of carbon
and empyreun.atie oil. and all that We
draw into our lungs with more or less
satlsfaetion.-IiarIer Weekly.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1906-06-30
BACKBONE.
TIE self A~bsass Mss IL the One WAs
Is In n~0a ad-


Haven't YOU depended uron clothes
upon appearances. nlon introductlons.
upon recommendations about long
enourhi Haven't you leaned about
long enough on other things? Isn't IL
about time for you to call a halt. To
tear on all masks. TO discard every
thing you have l~en leaning ON outside
Of yourself. aud si~i~nd upon your own
WORTH
Haven't you b<~n in doubt about
yourself long enough: Haven't you
had enough unfortunate experiences
depending upon superficial, artificial.
outside things to drive you home TO the
real power In yourselff Aren't you
tired Of leaning and borrowing and
depending upon this thing and that
thing which have failed yea;
The man who learns To seek power
within himself. who learns to rely
upon himself. il never disappointed.
but he always viii te disappointed
when he depends upon any outside
help. There is one person In the world
that will never fail You II you depend
iron him and are honest with him.
aud that Is yourself II Is the self re-
liant man that IL In demand every
wherc.-O. =. Mardeu in Success Maya
zine
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1906-06-30

when Lord Chesterfield wae in hie
last Illness and his death vas only .
natter of a fee weets, his phyrjrtan
advieed him 70 ~ fer IN e.ny drive N
~ c.rriace al - vent 80 AZ -
equipaee vas psUreps1ing elvwiy aDpag
il was ~ ~ . ~. 49, renaoke6
poeusantiy - - GBgnt nvaEA eAh.
~ DsrA ! a. - - - 30 aboR -
6Ffve Ose- = - - avavinr -
0nana- aonUesU1 CAuuaug0naA 4
- eeopey s0oenssong - HunGUA~
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1906-06-30

One strange feature i'm the advance
- civilization has t<~n the decline Of
~ bath Washing In the eoIien age
a Gseece and Rome was n hne art.
and baths were built with as much
care ~ temples There has been a ~
vivaI - this ceutury - public baths.
but from an aesthetic point Of view
ft<y easnof compare with tboee of .
bartarvsn aee- This il not an age II
vasben.-Lcnsbsa Lady.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1906-06-30

Orsa. in Sweden. has in the course of
n generation sold s5.ss1OO worth %
trees and by mean. of Jutiicious re-
planting has provided for . similar in
come every thirty ar forty year.. In
consequence of the developDent Of this
comm~rcial wealth there sFe no taxes.
Railways and telephones are free and
50 are the .tbs-,ibouse~. teaching and
many other thing.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1906-06-30

Hieks-Whaf do you think of that
university making Duml<y q doctor of
hwsl Wicke-Ob. we'll the ubiversi-
ties do very crazy things esDetimee-
Hicks-He-- and yet they ere always
euppe~ed 10 t< in Vosre~~isa Of their
facuIsiep- Catholic stanaard and
Tina
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1906-06-30

Sensible iocking girl across the
aisle.-
Yes. Like 20 know herr
NO. thank you. Handsome hat she's
wearing
YES. She made IL herself
~Eh. Introduce ne. piease.--Cleve-
land rlain Ipaler
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1906-06-30

-Ni~ Bscki.y' said Mr.. OBuIl. who
Aad heen sfr~iIing ah.ae the cesntry
rad Win tA< ls>ly frysn Boston 4
Gppc-e your feet ar~ very dusty. Fer
MI me-
-9sr- cris~7 tie pres-ire young wo-
nan wifhsrineiy. How dare you--
RAi1.deipAta Pr~-e.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1906-06-30
TRICKS Of ORATORY
DEVICES USED ev NOTED sPeAHEnG
TO GAIN A POINT
The Eoees D~ .asssh~.es Atasts~a ~
Nispr~aess~tsg Ms Wards - y -
Trsp I.ss which the Eis~a~st G-s-
ran Drew . Nisaees.

ran Dse~ . Witness
One wonders Of Demosthenes Nhelh-
.r he ever in after years resumed Of
set purpose that habit of stammsriIis
which be had taken such heroic means
To eradieate. 4 stammer Is a most ef-
fecilve trick sometimes. and We know
that -Alcibiades found his lisp by no
means the least useful OF his many
winning ways. The trick in orators
combines both the conventional mean
ings of the word. II Is sometimes a
habit. sometimes will. sometimes
both
Addison tells a capital story Of "a
trick in forensic oratory. AT We>tinlp-
ster hall there was counselor WI"
never pleaded without piece of pack
thread in his hand. which he used to
twist about IA thumb or finger all the
while he was speaking. The wars OF
those days called IL the thread of his
discourse for he was not able TO u'iey
q word without it," as n foolish client
proved once To his own cost. for he
stole the thread and his advocate
came 10 utter grief.
Another clever sort Of trick. the tai
In. dodge" To borrow phrase from
the vernacul.ir. is the more generally
Interesting. The classic instance which
naturally occurs to every one ~
Burke's famous dagger scene IN the
house OF commons when he empha-
sized his peroration regarding the
reign Of terror Ia France by dramatic
ally throwing dagger on the floor o'
the house as an example Of the meth
ods Of the apostles Of liberty, equality
ana fraternity.
One of the tricks credited to Sheri-
dan was very much on the lines OF
famous score Of classic times 4
memicr whose admiration for the bril-
liant statesman was not tempered win
discretion greatly annoyed Sheridan
10y continually circulating. Hear.
hear without rhyme or reason Sber-
idan determined TO give him lesson.
At the close of one of his speeches. de
nunciatory Of some Individual. he u-.-'t
the words. Where shall We mud
more foolish knave or a more knavish
fool than hsf''
Hear hear came usual from
the troublesome enthusiast. sheridan
bowed. thanked him for SO obIigingly
supplying the required Information
and resumed his seat.
And long centuries before Demos
themes. invciching against an opponcnt
who was suspected Of receiving suirs.-
dies from tn. court Of Per~in. passion
ately asked the crowded audience. -Is
he not Nisfhotos-a blreIinr:'' Hut A..
though inadvertently be mispronounerd
the words 50 obviously that the audi.
ence shouted ont corrections from al.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., NIstbotos.- III, ef.
feet of which vas 10 make the citizens
themselves apuIv the opprobrlous ..pi-
,l,ct
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-07
WALL Street. NOT KANSAS.

Mr.. James J. HILL than whom Amer
lea has no greater hnancier, comes to
the front with a warning. He says the
country is living on it's capital and un-
less it faces about quits being ex-
travagant, and begins to save its PEN
MES it will wake up one of these fine
mornings in the vicinity of the poor
house.
To which sentiment MI. Joseph L.
Bristow files a demurrer on the part of
Kansas Kansas, Mr.. BristOw says,
needs no warning to be economical
and saving. She has been through ex-
tremely distressing financial conditions
and has no desire for their repetition.
Not that Kansas was ever extravagant
she simply did not have anything to
begin with. and it was during the years
that she was waiting for her crops to
grow that she learned to ecOnOmize.
For fear M Hill is not a regular
subscriber nor constant reader of the
Salina Journal this paper will repro
duce some OF Mr.. Bristow's apppro-
pirate remarks. mr.. HILL" he says.
''sees a cloud on the horizon about the
size of a mans hand. but he detects
therein a twisting tail and a funnel
shape. portending a tornado that seems
destined to sweep the country from
California to the Atlantic coast. Being
a financial man of course it is a finan-
cial cloud which Mr.. Hill is gazing
upon, and the approaching storm is a
financial storm. He says that the peo-
pie of the United States are living on
their capital, and that soon their bank
accounts will be overdrawn and they
will find a little note from the cashier
of the Bank of Fate. asking them to
please call and get on the right side of
the ledger. and there VIII be nothing
with which to ray
Mr.. Hill speaks from the Wall
street side of the proposition. His
warning does not touch the people of
Kansas. There was a time when they
lived on their capital stock, but that
was because there was nothing but the
capital stock left after the interest
was paid. But today Kansas is living
on the dividends of its investments and
the capital stock is increasing The
worry Of Kansas has been to properly
handle its surplus for the past five
years.
kansas would regret of course, to
have a financial storm sweep over
the country, because Kansas knows
what storm of that description
means. It swept Kansas once, taking
with it houses. live stock, comfortable
homes and even lands The Kansas
pioneer saw his old homestead carried
away by the relentless financial maeI-
strom, and after the clouds had rolled
by the capital stock consisted o. s
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-07

morous about her except her bonnet
and our $40 doubtless went for that
'creation. If that be creation give me
chaost"
I was a little lower than the jani-
tor" he continued gloomfly- And the
worst is yet to come A sweet young
freshman from Yale, addressing me as
In your day (Why is that innocuous
observation so unfailingly exasperat-
ing2) said he supposed I was acQuaint-
ed with all the leading lights OF the
early nineteenth century, effaced my
self before he could ask about WASH
ington and Lafayette, and did 1 sign the
Declaration of Independence. 1t was
blood-curdlingi The speaker mopped
his brow in fevered retrospect But the
limit was reached this morning, when
some youngster offered to read me the
war headlines in the morning papers
made up my mind then that ! was
considered in the advanced stages OF
paresis."
IT'S fearfully aging. I think, to meet
such things" sighed the little lady pa
thetically. And then-some of the
old ways I simply cannot get over-I
don't want to try! The old HYMNS 1
lived by, and shall die by-that have
brought me through SO much sorrow
and loss; there have been crises never
could have survived without the help
of those old tunes she WAS weeping
softly into a delicate film Of a handker-
chief.
nobody can take them away. His
voice was full of sturdy optimism and
sympathy, but 1t was very gentle, and
bit unsteady. too.
ting up straight as though struck by q
joyful inspiration. Cheer up! can
see where we get ahead of the new dis
pensation of things, after all! law.
Haw! I Just happened to bsthlnik my
self of some old wine inches deep in
cobwebs, that these internal young
kets would give half their possessions
to attaini The spoiis are not always
to the young-ha! ha! great joke isn't
it, er, my dear ~
Milady dried her eyes and smiled
family at his new-found exubcrance OF
spirits.
Il have some almost priceless old
laces and some china such as those
rosy naidens have never even dreamed
of in their philosophy she affirmed
and a high-bOy and S1deDOaFQ lnaL
are worth their weight in gold, and
some andirons-you remember those
andirOns of mothers, don't you, Ste
phen?" She blushed slightly as she
Spoke-it had been a quarter OF CEN
fury since she had called him stephen
And possibly you forget the waff1es
I made you one day
''Waff1esi say no mOrei / may be a
past, a pluperfect, but there are some
memories that tell me I have not lived
in vaini"
THAT soup tonight" he Interrupted,
Dtedthlessly, MIS- merry utiW Anna
didn't it seem to you that i. lacked a
] faint touch of something -Something
impalpable. inexpressible. soul satisfy
| ing-almOst psychoIogical--
1T did. indeed; also the steak and
the crOquettes! AS you say, some
/ thing"
"Onionsi"
'fOnionsi"
The word burst from both stimuli
| taneously-they gazed at one another
/ in speechless ecstasy. q,
Il just love them in everything she
faltered. in sweet confession.
| Everything everything Mrs. Mer-
/ rydew-Annai Dearest
The Yale "fedgeling" who was just
! entering the door closed it softly again,
and reflected that there are some
/ things that youth does not monopolize,
after all.-BostOn Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-07
More victims Of DfonopoIv.

There is a little horse car that runs
through lower East side street. Up
to few days ago it has carried, be-
sides passengers, baskets, boxes and
numerous other things that took up so
much room as to be in the way of
people getting on and off the car. An
inspector noticed this and reported it
to the office of the car company. The
following day the conductors were no
tined that no person was to be per-
mitted to ride upon the car with a
package too large to be held upon
the lap. As a result a great deal of
trouble to the conductors ensued.
The climax was reached when two
Italians attempted to board a car with
q huge oblong box about six feet high.
They had almost succeeded in getting
1t on the back platform when the con-
ductOr, who at the time was collect
ing a fare in the front of the car, no
tIced them. Running back, he ordered
the Italians to remove the bOx-that
II was against the rules of the COM
pany and they could not ride on the
car with it. The Italians demonstrated
and said they would pay an extra fare
Tor the box. The conductor refused.
The Italians insisted and quite an
argument started Finally amid the
loud curses of the Italians and the
cheers of a crowd that had gathered
the conductor succeeded in getting the
dark skinned fellows and the bog off
the platform and rang his bell twice.
AS the car drew rapidly away one
OF the Italians exclaimed in disgust.
You Gala dis a free country free
country and dey wont even let a dead
man ride on da car."-New York
Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-07
QUAKER REFLEcTToNs.


LF'rom the Philadelphia Record.
A lovers knot doesn't always. result
in the marriage tie.
There is nothing new under the sun,
especially in profanity
Never put off till this afternoon what
you can do this morning.
The fellow who catches the biggest
fish realizes the haul of fame.
In the pursuit of wealth wealth gen
orally manages to get its second wind.
Many a man who really doesn' I
know gets the reputation of being
ncn-cOmmittal.
When in Paris the average American
speaks just enough French to make
himself misunderstood.
Wigg-''What do you consider the
first essential step toward a. hanp1J
home? Wagg-%To teach your neiel1-
bors to mind their own business
Some men are born great" re-
marked the Wise Guy. yes. moor
devils" added the Simple Mug. HTnqt
think what they miss in not being abis
to tell how they did it,
Iheres one expression eschew-
AS white as driven snow
Where IS the snow all driven TOP
Ihat s what / want to know.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-07
JANA WKEg JOZg

The school children Of Ottawa have
contributed ], 1913 pennies towards the
fund to be used for marking the Santa
Fe trail.
Minneapolis Better Way: Because
the Savior said. Love your enemies it
does not necessarily follow that you
must make enemies in order to have
somebody to love. Try loving your
wife and family.
An AtchisOn thief thought he would
get even with the Standard Oil com
pany, so he broke into its Atchison of
fee; but the only thing he found worth
stealing was a package of envelopes
John D. doesn't leave things lying
around loose.
Due allowance should be made for
this stOry-it comes from Junction
City. The Union tells it, - little
snake crawled out of its hole in front
of the court house yesterday It was
seen by two men and was killed We
VIII refrain from telling who saw the
snake for it might give rise to some
doubt as to the authenticity Of this
snake story"
viii written on a piece of brown
wrapping paper, three feet long and
eighteen inches wide, was filed in the
probate court of Leavenworth county
few days ago. It was the will of
George A. S. Hovey Among the be-
quests is a collection of Indian relics
valued at several thousand dollars
museum or society to be designated by
the executors.
A janitor in one Of the schools in a
neighboring town, says the Council
Grove Guard. relinquished his job last
Thursday without giving due notice to
the school board. When asked what
the trouble was he said: I'm honest,
and I won't stand being slurred. If I
find a pencil or handkerchief about the
school when I'm sweeping, [ hang or
put it up. Every little while the teach
err, or some one that is too cowardly to
face me will give me a slur. Why a
little while ago I seen wrote on the
board, Find the least common multi
ple.' Wen I looked from cellar to
garnet for that nultipIier but I
wouldn't have known the thing if
met it on the street. Last night in big
writin' on the blackboard it said; Find
the greatest common divisor.' Well
says to myself, both of them things
swiping 'em so I'll quit 3"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-07

Il once attended some legal proceed
lngs in Nevada" says a Philadelphia
lawyer, which were unconventional. to
say the least. The judge presiding made
up what he lacked in legal lore by
certain entertaining jOviality. The case
before him was windy and long drawn
out, and it was plainly to be seen that
he was tired and uninterested. To one
of his decisions counsel for the defend
ant promptly took exception and his
honor nodded careIessly and settled
down in his ample chair. For a moment
or two he quietly dropped off to sleep,
his chair tilted back against the wall
Suddenly he fell over backward, and.
scrambhng TO his dignity and his seat
he sought to cloak his nishap by ex-
claiming abruptly and irrelevantly. No,
counsellor, I must adhere to my decis-
ion of q moment ago.
Counsel for the defense arose, and
with serious bow, said. All but your
honor has just reversed himself most
conclusively. 'i-Harper's Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-07

few court judgments and a lot of
mortgages that We're never touched
by the storm.
since that time Kansas has been
greatly favored. The sun has been
shining in Kansas just right since the
storm. and the rain and the snow has
brought moisture Just the same as
though it had been ordered especially
for Kansas. In one respect it was
good for Kansas that she was chasten-
ed by the rod With the beloved king
of old, Kansas can truthfully say:
It was good for me that I have been
afflicted. for before was afflicted I
Went astray.' Kansas learned the
lesson of adversely. and she learned it
Well She now has plenty, but she
knows how to care for it. Her store
houses are filed. but they are careful
" guarded. The recollection of the
past holds Kansas in check from
wanton waste. and against that cloud
which Mr.. Hill sees approaching, Kan
sas discerns a rainbow of promise for
the future"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-07
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago News.l

A busy man has but little time in
which to act mean.
Success never comes to a man who
is afraid to risk failure.
A man has to work if he has a job
unless it's a political job.
An old man has as much use for adj
vice as a young man hasn't.
It isn't necessary to be a trained
nurse in order to nurse a grievance.
A wise man is known by the insur-
ance company he has nothing to do
with.
What viii the life insurance graf
tiers do in heaven-if they ever get
there2
From the viewpoint of the hat deal
er two heads are always better than
one.
It is universally conceded that if a
man has money to burn it's because
he was too wise to burn il.
If a girl is unable to secure a mans
wages IN an Office she might succeed
in getting them by marrying him.
If you are unable to break into the
Hall Of Fame you can at least take a
few bottles of patent medicine and get
your picture in the papers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-07
JOURNAL ENTRIES

The water wagon is one vehicle that
is never overcrowded.
The dispatches from Washington fail
TO say anything about the senior sena-
tor from Kansas receiving an invita-
ton to the Roosevelt-Longwort we'd
ding.
Count Boni's real name is Count
Paul Ernest Boniface de Castellane.
Anna Gould might have known that
he couldn't carry that name and walk
IN the straight and narrow path
Isn't it about time for some indi-
yldual to bob up with the information
that the peach crop is killed?
We judge that Alice is taking pre-
cautions against a cold on her wedding
trip: She has laid in $500 worth of
handkerchfefs.
Talk about the influence of the
press The State Journal yesterday
served notice on Uncle Joe Cannon
lhat Kansas wanted him to give Vic
Murdoch chance to make that red
hot railroad rate speech he has had in
ms system for several weeks, and the
nrst edition had not been off the press
nan an hour before Uncle Joe had
recognized the red-headed congress
man from Wichita and congress was
nearing few things. How is that for
quick newspaper results?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-07

General Frederick D. Grant was prais-
ing the intelligence of a certain colonel
He it is he said, ''of whom fhev
tell the church parade story.
HIS men were drawn up for church
parade one Sunday morning, but the
church was undergoing reapirs. and
church was undergoing repairs and
Sergeant major said the colonel.
tell all the men who don't want to go
to church fall out on the reverse flank
About so per cent of the men quickly
and gladly fell out
" Now, sergeant major said the col
onel. dismiss the men who didn't fail
out, and march the others in to church.
They need it most. Los Angeles
Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-07
GLOBE SIGHTS.
TFrom the Atchison GIobe.l

FROM JnG ALCllSOn GLOBE.
A widow smiles sweetly enough when
she forgets.
AS a rule the longer the letter, the
less there is in it.
As a rule. the longer the letter, the
those we hear the least about.
The man who is in the penitentiary
quits a whole lot of bad habits.
A man who is perfectly satisfactory
10 himself, never suits other people.
A woman Lovely Character is bad
enough, but a man Lovely Character
exceeds the speed limit
When old folks admit that they are
done with a garment, there can be no
doubt that it is worn out
The winter can never be so long that
we will be able to see any delights in
dried lemon peel and citron.
A man may think he is boss of his
own home, but after his wife has been
sick once or twice he finds it is the
doctor.
There are a great many ways of be-
coming unpopular, but one of the surest
is to rush in where angels fear to tread
Put your fathers boot in a glass case.
The boot is going to be a familiar relic
in a few years, IS shOemakers are no
longer making them.
If you want to be an acceptable guest
to the children, never discourage your
hostess in her efforts to provide the ia
Bile with cakes and pies.
When the average man scratches his
finger. imagination is appalled, and I'M
equal to the task of picturing how he
would groan if he had broken it.
Every woman is saying Of some other
woman. Il wouldn't stand it if I were
She but in the eyes of the others she
is standing something just as bad.
IT is possible for a woman to answer
L.
but a man at the telephone viii arouse
a whole family in a house two blocks
away
The meekest woman in the world one
who speaks Of her husband as he p
and who almost crawls when he is
around, becomes a roaring tyrant when
the doctor has told her to give him a
sgss 1f usdieiug