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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21
HUMOR or THE DAY

After all, the old saying. There's ~
E sy. room at the top doesn't mean any
Unless. replied the travelling man, cit
means that the lower berths in the sleep
er are usually taken before you get
there. hiladelphia Press,
Don't you want me to bestow a little
money here and there. said the trusty
as phiant5P p II ger you 4 Feou'asi0h
Don't think Of it." answered Senator
how much money you store away. It's
only when you try to be generous with
It that they begin to criticise. w ash
Papa. what is a gentleman OF the old
One, my son. who insists on having
Bright's disease. when he can abundantly
afford appendicitis. Puck
Tommy wish our school was gov
eminent office IN Washington.
M Mta1 nm on earth do you wish
TomTny-Recause then Us feIlers could
spell any old way.-Baltin.9re American.
win you marry me?" he asked. blunt
NO replied the Boston maiden. but.
she added coyly, Il am not endowed with
saeredotal power. Put your question pro
perry Ask me if viii become your wife.
Philadelphia Press
caller-Miss Millicent plays wonderful
esrandfafher Greevius-yes: it sort o
runs in the family BY Jueks. you'd ort
to ave heerd me play s0ie Dan fucker
an ole Bob Ridley on a jewsharp
when I was boy--Chicago Tribune.
But, she said with SIGH. my daugh-
ter was never intended to be a poor
No her neighhor answered. that's
plain enough But. of course It had como
to point IN her case where she couldn't
afford to- sit around any longer and take
chances on Fate's Intentions. Chicago
Record Herald.
They say that a man never reaches his
highest mental power until he is about IS
years old
s'Oh. pshaw. I don't believe it. Ny hus-
about the time We were married. sss-Chica-
go Record Herald.
Mrs Hix-When John was counting me
he called me his little duck.
Mrs Dix-Indeedi
Mrs Hix-Yes: and we hadn't been mar
Tied month before he called me an old
Mrs Dix-WelI. only a goose would live
with man who called her such fowl
names.-Brooklyn- Citizen.
Teacher 6aternIyl - What were you
laughing at Robert7
Bobby wasn't laughin', ma am my
complexion puckered. that's ail.-Vyoni-
ans Home Companion.
Bring me plain peaches" the cynic
said But the waiter paused and bobbed
beg pardon" he cried. and bobbed
again. Peaches, you know. sir. can new
er be plain. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Bacon-A mosquitoes buzzing apparatus
is delicate piece of machinery.
7 don't Ike to hear hum ''-Y oDkers
Statesman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21
When Warield Forgot His Part.

David Warfield was telling of his
first appearance upon any stage.
After some time" said he, in an
interview with J. Herbert WEIGH in
Success Magazine 81 persuaded the
manager of The WigWarn,' a vaude-
vile house in San Francisco, to al
low me to give an audience an EXIT
bition of my powers. It was an exhibit
ton, all right. shall never forget
that night.
Feeling that my whole future de-
pended upon the outcome of this first
real appearance, Z grew more and
more frightened as the hour ap-
preached. AS I stood in the wings,
waiting for my time to go out and en-
terrain that big crowd with stories
and limitations, my legs felt so Wabbly
that I was actually afraid that would
sway and fall down on my way to the
man just ahead of me seemed very
long, and yet I wished that he would
never stop. At last the comedian
came rushing off, flushed and exultant,
amid applause and laughter. The or
chestra swung into the music for my
entrance. I cleared my throat, threw
back my shoulders, and tried to walk
out briskly, with an air of smiling
confidence. But it was weak smile,
and when I tried to speak discovered
that there was something the matter
with my voice 1t sounded strange and
husky. started to tell a lively story;
but, in my efforts to keep my knees
from shaking. I lost the thread of it.
The people out in front began to turn
toward each other with grins. Try q
song called a shrill voice from the
gallery. This was followed by other
jeering remarks. I commenced my
story ali over again.
Forget it, shouted somebody
He has, answered somebody else
Then I heard singing Kisses. Glanc-
fv1c Y@f7 Of OF
saw the manager reckoning. I bowed
tried to smile. and walked off,,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21

such work as Foundations. piers fae-
tories, storehouses. stables. retadoing
walls. casemates. tunnels and subway
The sudden lifting OF raw and clumsy
aliens to the grade of skilled mechanics
with a wage of $3.50 a day. or the
equally startling RELOCATION of me-
chanics. earning that wage. to the job
of pushing wheelbarroyvs up a plank, is
something new IN unionisn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21
TIE WAVE.

The wave of political reform that has
been sweeping over the country is now
working a mighty revolution among the
voters of the great state of Kansas The
contest is not a partisan one and polit-
cal affiliations will cut but very small
figure. It is an effort on the part OF the
people to once more secure the reins Of
state government and elect officers who
viii do the will of the peopIe-Coffeyvil
Record
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21
a LEAvE1lwoRTH VIEW.

Colonel Harris DECLARATION Tor the
uniform enforcement of all laws
should receive careful inspection. II
the measure of success he would have
in enforcing the prohibitory law
would be that of the effectiveness of
the remaining Kansas laws, should
Harris be elected governor, the stu
alton in Kansas would be but d lit
tie short of anarchy worth
Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21

lieutenant Governor Hanna of Hill
City IS a fine example of what a pro
gressive young man can do in western
Kansas. He refused to leave when 9th
ers got faint hearted and is mott not
only well to do but one Of the wealthy
young men Of the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21

Somebody has proposed to send a
peoples lobby to congress. But would
its members do any better than these
who have been drawing pay for looking
after the pubHess interest?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21

And now the shah Of Persia wants 9
national assembly. probably to see how
much longer he can stand it than the
czar did.-Atlanta Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21

We are now hearing of the ''irre-
vocable refusal in connection with the
presidents declination to run again. Is
that any relation TO the irreducible
T7fufr,f447,7
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21

A school Of cookery has been started
in Vienna. The product can hardly
hope to become as popular as the sau-
sage which takes its name from the
Austrian capital.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21

"Tohim that hath shall be given" says
Holy Writ. Perhaps that explains why
both gas ana oil are reported to have
been struck under the new Rockefeller
building at Cleveland.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21

When Secretary TAFT has hnisheH
with Cuba perhaps he viii turn his at
tention to the warning Indian tribes in
southeln California.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21

Being a candidate for the presidency.
Secretary Taft may be making a seri-
Gus mistake in calling Funston to Cuba.
The fighting men nearly always pos
aess an advantage over the other kind
ia political contests.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21

The Union Labor party of California
has endorsed the Democrat nominee for
governor The members of labor unions
out there appear to be different from
others in the respect that they often
vote as they talk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21

The baseball season is about over and
the small boy and a good many of the
grown ups viii have to hunt up some
thing else to worry over.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21

zhe fact that Cashier stollard of Sc
dan was known as a model citizen and
was an active church member is no
reason Why he went wrong. Evidently
he strayed from the straight and mar
row path IN spite Of his associations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21

Every time the weather turns cool
Hartman buys another railroad. As
soon as winter sets in he may conclude
70 take IN the whole bunch
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21

The Montreal Star is responsible for
the following: THE reformed spelling
which Mr.. Roosevelt stands for elm
mates the e from whiskey. but lots OF
people will go right along drinking 1t
with ease
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21

The sugar trust has not yet been
heard from. publicly. on the subject es
the possible annexation Of Cuba, but
It's position on the matter can be sur
missed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21

On September Is, under the primary
law. all the nominees for state office
IN wisconsin, Including candidates for
the legislature, win meet. consult on
state questions and formulate a party
platform. Under this plaa the candi-
dates viii have no one to blame II the
platform does not suit them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21

General Funston may ind in Cuba the
activity that he requires He has had
nothing to do since the San Francisco
earfhauaEe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21

The balloonist who dropped bags Q
sand In Wall street recently probabl.
knew how badly it was needed Their
Just now.-New York Mail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21

Another state has demanded that
Roosevelt again enter the race for presi-
dent VIII he prove a second Caesars
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21
ERON OTHER PENS
NEw 4oRKs sroRY.

During 1905 New Yorlz's police records
show that 1873, 356 persons were arrested.
New Workers viii tell you that a large
proportion of these were outsiders, and
that some individual New Workers are
arrested many times.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21

The question Of what office Gen. Jim
Weaver. of Iowa VIII run for this year
is settled. He has been nominated for
congress.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21

for Indignation first by retirementfr from
politics. thereby causing hard times
among Montana politicians.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21

Senator Young may think he has dis
posed Of his opposition in Mitchell eoun-
ty bur he may md that most politicians
have as many lives as a cat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21

In PhiladeIphIa It has been proved
again that merely because you give a.
man as much as 81 .o00. 900 it is not
therefore unnecessary to watch him.
Brooklyn Standard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21

They killed a policenan IN st. Pc
tersburg yesterday, and the fact was
considered of sufficient Importance to
be cabled IN this country.-Chattanoo
News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21
e ouIcK GU.

Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholafevitch
has added his testimony that nothing
Will take the conceit ont Of a man so
quickly as to be shot at.-Detroft Free
Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21

Taft can hold down the lid in Cuba
but he may need Funston to put it on.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21
ANOTHER COMBINATION.

Thirty boats, motors, canoes, ETC.,
met on a recent Sunday for the usual
service held on Highland lake by St.
James parish, Winsted, Conn.-The
Churchnn an.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21
PITTsBIIRc's OUTPUT.

Pittsburg leads the country N the
output of iron, steel and perjury. Her
rolling mills and divorce mills are alike
uniaue.-P Philadelphia Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21

Gen. Liarliarsli's name suggests an
explanation Of a good deal of the news
that gets out Of Russia. It may be
member of his family who edits the Of
fetal Philadelphia Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21

The result In Georgia has AFFORDED
Tom Watson a novel and pleasing SEN
sation. He now knows how it feels to
be on the winning side.-New Orleans
Times Democrat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21
Full LEASED WIRE REPORT
or THE ASSOCIATED eRHsSS,

me very weather carries with it a
premise % football
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21

Unless railroad building be given an
added impetus it is not likely to keep
up with the Hartman demand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21

sscab" may be d very naughty word
brt 1t is hardly worth 80 except in th'
Topeka police court
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21

The New York man whose wife pre-
scented him with AZ ounces of triplets is
evidently in for a peck Of trouble
Washington Post
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21
IN WHOSE RATMENT7

If Mr. Roosevelt stole Mr.. Bryan's
clothes Mr.. Bryan. in turn, seems to
have stolen Mr.. Hearst's clothes-and
Solomon in all his glory was not array
ed like one of sthese.-New York World
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21
HARD TINEs

Headlines worry Rockefeller and pipe'
lines agitate the rest Of the country
Philadelphia Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21

The attention Of those girls whose
fathers struggle along under a small
salary and q big load of household ex-
penses is. called to the two Krupp girls,
Of Berlin. Their wedding outfits cost
just $3.50 each, and they are the wealth
ton might be raised, and we raise it
quickly to beat the woman to it:
Wouldn't the richest girls in the world
be doing more for the Industrial classes
If they spent more than $3.50 each on
their weddings? Which hurts the world
the more: The misery rich or the ex-
travagant poor ?-Atchison Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21

Cuba may offer amnesty to the rebels.
hut so far as appears. this Is not what
this rebels are afters-Fh iladelphia Pub
lie Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21
BENT MURDOCK's OPINION.

Senator G. Isaac Long and his ma
chine. which is badly shot to pieces:
the Curtis crowd; backed by some
of the corporations; Hoch and his
scattering gang are all falling over
each other to get next to Senator Ben
son. Curtis is no longer in the sena-
torial race and in order to head off
the square deal movement, all these
various political interests have con-
Guided to line up for Benson. But
when the legislature meets it will be
found that one-third of the senate and
two-thirds Of the house are for the
square deal. And there you are.-El
Dorado Republican
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21

After all, The old saying. There's az
ways room at the top doesn mean AMI
thing,
Unless replied the travelling man. cit
means that the lower berths in the sleep
er are usually taken before you get
there. p Philadelphia Press
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21

Papa, what is a gentleman OF the old
school p?
One, my son. who insists on having
Bright's disease when he can abundantly
afford appendicitis. Puck
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-21

They say that a man never reaches his
highest mental power until he is about IS
years old"
s'Oh, pshaw. don't believe it. NY hus-
bands mental power was highest Just
about the time we were married. 'ss-Chica-
go Record Herald
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-21

is worth just much another mans twenty
shillings, neither nor less and your thoughts
and opinions when condensed into language will do
more harm and good than his mine
anybody's else. Therefore, do not keep your
golden sovereign intact: change it, and let yourself
and others get the benefit of it AS | say, in all
probability it is the same as any other sovereign,
neither better worse. But if by any chance
you right, and your ideas and opinions and con-
victions of a higher value than those of the
common herd" then still less have you any right
to keep them to yourself. Remember the story of
the man who having talent went and hid it
in napkin and received therefore his lords con-
demnatlon: for thou art that man.
Then second there is the Silence of Deceit; that
silence which, by Withholding the truth, loveth and
maketh lie There are certain occasions when
it impossible to be neutral when by saying nothing
we tacitly give the impression that agree with
what others saying occasions when silence
actually gives consent. And on such occasions
silence becomes a sin. We have no right to hold
peace when the slanderous word is spoken
which we able to contradict, when the
blasphemous thought is uttered which we are bound
not to tolerate-our duty to God and to neghbor
constrains us to speak, whether would or no
The silence which conveys wrong impression is as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-21

intelligence shown, and even as late the middle
of the eighteenth century earthquakes thought
by comparatively intelligent people to be produced
by the accumulated sins of mankind Later cleo
trcity and chemical action were adduced as their
cause, and soon after, volcanic action was again
brought forward as the universal explanation
That many earthquakes have a volcanic origin
there is not the slightest doubt. This is evidenced
by their frequency in the vicinity of active volcanoes
Moreover, earthquakes usually precede and often
accompany volcanic eruptions The shocks in these
their origin to explosions of steam, which
crack the subterranean strata of the rocks in their
attempt to find outlet for escape. Such earth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-21

plane This is called horizontal pendulum, and is
one of the best and sensitive varieties of the
instrument.
From the earliest times the of earthquakes
has been subject of speculation. Aristotle, Phny
and others of the Greek philosophers held the
to be wind vapors buried in the earth and strug
Cling to escape. This view undoubtedly owed its
origin to studies of the Mediterranean volcanoes
and the experience of earthquakes in connection
with them, Less intelligent views were held in
atel times when in various places the shocks have
been attributed to the struggles of some subterra
and even a spider. In the Middle Ages still less
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-21

quakes, however, even when they accompany the
most violent eruptons extremely local in their
character, rarely covering of more than a.
few thousand square miles.
The great earthquakes of the world, those whose
extent covers not thousands, but millions of square
miles, on the other hand, usually originate in
volcanic regions Thus of ten thousand earthquakes
observed in Japan only a small proportion had
their source in the vicinity of the volcanoes. Most
of them originated beneath the waters of the Pacific
to the east of the islands Thence they travelled
inland, often completely vanishing before the
volcanic region reached. Few earthquakes are
Continued page II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-21

By Mary T. Waggaman
Tho one by one my fair dream castles fall,
reck not when they topple now at all
Forth from the ruins soon know will rise
New palaces outtowering the skies
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-21

much lie as the spoken word
which has the same effect.
And third, there is the Silence
of Idleness; that silence which will
not take the trouble to speak
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-21
Ellen

By Ellen Th0rmeycroft Fowler
Author of "conoernng Isabel Carnaby."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-21

A MONG the many proverbs
II invented for misleading
4 mankind there is perhaps
none more calculated to promul-
gate error than the popular saw
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-07-11
Notice of Special City
Election.

In pursuance to a resolution duly
passed by the city council of the city
of Miller, Hand county, South Dakota,
it was ordered that a special election
be held in said city for the purpose
Of submitting to the voters of Miller
the question of voting an %appropria-
tion Of tifty-seyen hundred dollars to
be levied upon the taxable properly in
and for the said city of Miller, as fol-
lows: Nineteen hundred dollars ON
September 1, 1905, nineteen hundred
dollars September /, 1907, nineteen
hundred September |, 1908, which APP
preparation is TO be used for the pur-
pose OF contracting a main tile drain
as follows. Beginning at the man
hole at the intersection of Broadway
and Second streets, thence running
east n block, thence north one
block, thence east one block, thence
north two blocks, thence west two
blocks, thence north two blocks,
OiiNttSC WESb OllS DNOCA, uliCLlCc IlOIlIl
to the center of Tenth street, thence
west on Tenth street to empty into
the creek. Now, therefore,
Notice is hereby given that a special
election viii be held in the city of
Miller, Hand county, South Dakota,
on Friday, the 9th day Of July, 1906,
for the purpose above named, which
election viii be held in the following
places:
First ward, Halloween s. Waite's
implement store.
Second ward, city hall.
Third ward, Dawson's carpenter
shop.
The polls OF said election will he
open at nine o'clock i'm the forenoon
and continue open until four o'clock
IN the afternoon of said day.
Dated this I'D day of July, 1906.
v. B. Lehman,
City Auditor.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-07-11
Locals.

Henry Erb was in from
the south on business.
States Attorney j. Ell. Cole
has returned from his Iowa
visit.
Mr.. +. +. Kolda died at
his home in Lesterville. He
was a respected pioneer Of
northwest Hand county.
One Of his daughters, Mrs.
Wilbur Burke, went to at
tend the funeral. The rel
atives have the sympathy Of
the people in their bereavc-
ment.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-07-11
Rec Heights and Vicinity.

The Ft. Thompson party
returned Saturday night
safe and sound.
A. Bawdon and sons are
hauling wheat to John
Ralaey, four loads a day.
Mrs. Everett Leyson re-
turned Friday noon from an
extended visit in Wiscon-
sin.
Frank Elfrink and Dolf
Meehan returned a few days
ago from a trip to the Black
Hills.
George Price is slowly
recovering from a serious
injury received in falling
from a horse.
Gardner Bros. have re-
ceived a car Of machinery
and are now ready to sup
ply anyone with anything
in the harvesting line.
La a rather one sided con-
test Saturday afternoon
the Wildcats were defeated
by Rec Heights q to 4. A
return game will probably
be played some time soon.