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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-10-09

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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-10-09

IS five times as valuable
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medium IN Hammond.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-13

Some time ago the Olathe Mirror
filed an objection to the state of KAN
sas taking hold of the semicentennial
nronosftion for 1911 until Topeka had
cleaned up her municipal affairs. Now
the Mirror is satisfied that Topeka will
do the proper thing. It has withdrawn
it's objection and now it is pulling for
the semicentenniaI with all its might.
nv the way, the Marion Record and
the Emporia Gazette were two other
papers that joined the Mirror in the de-
rnand that Topeka should clean up
When the State Journal called atten-
ton to the good start that was made
in the Republican county primaries a
few weeks ago and invited them to be-
gin pushing for the exposition, both pa
pers insisted that some practical re-
suits be exhibited. Have the Gazette
and the Record noted the results that
Tim Donovan has been accomplishing
recently? There is something practical
enough. Mr.. Homer Hoch and Mr..
William Allen White are hereby invited
to make a personal inspection of affairs
If they are skepticaI,-and if they find
anything out Of the way just report
it to Chief Tim.
But as to the Mirror: In the course
of its exceedingly sensible and we'll
put remarks concerning the semicen-
tenniai, it says:
The people of this state are deeply
interested in the subject of a proper
celebration Of the fftieth anniversary
of the admission OF this great state of
Kansas to the Union. It is more than
a local affair as some of the papers
in the state have been inclined to re-
gard il 1t is a matter that has a sig
nifcance for the entire state and there
should be no opposition to the holding
Of the celebration, either as TO time or
place. and If it is to be held it should
be prepared for in ample time and the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-13

occasion should be made one that will
show the growth and advancement
made by the state in every department
OF It's life from the beginning Of its
corporate existence as a territory and
then as state. The record of those
years Is one of unparalleled growth In
ali the departments that go to make
up the life of great commonwealth.
The history Of Kansas during these
nifty years is a history Of the evolution
of a nation from what was held by
some to be a mere loosely sjointed cs.l-
federation of the states dissolvable At
the whim of its Individual members.
II IS the history Of the greatest advance
communication thatsthe world has seen
in its centuries OF existence Why Is
It all this2 Because you cannot write
the story Of the growth of the nation In
these fifty years without including Kan
The time has come for all local jeal-
ousies to be dropped and for the people
and press of the state without regard
TO location or personal ambitions to
join in the movement to have the ami
versary fittingly observed at the proper
time and place. and there is no place
so proper for the celebration of the
event as the capitol city of the state.
There is no place that has such an
inherent right because of historical
memories that cluster around it as the
birthplace of the state constitution and
here have the battles of the growing
commonwealth for liberty in more than
one direction been fought out to Alright
eous end in the final outcome.
THE celebration should be made more
than the occasion for the gathering of
a crowd and the hearing of speeches of
mutual admiration by men of the DOM
inant party and their friends at home
and abroad a the time. but it should
be organized along the lines of provid-
ing a permanent museum that shall
preserve ali the records of the fifty
years of statehood IN imperishable form
and show the material growth of the
state in these years OF woodworking
in the building of world-history.
The question of the city and county
government has nothing to do with To-
peka being the logical place for the
holding of the exposition or whatever
form the celebration is to take, and
there should be no niggardly. cheese
pairing policy adopted by the rest of
the state in regard to it. The people of
Topeka and Shawnee county themselves
can be trusted to take proper care of
making the place a safe one on the
score of obedience to the laws Of the
state"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-13

was having more financial difficulties
man It seemed right for~one man to
nave, he had read the marriage service
III one OF the Wealthiest young men IN
ne toWn It was a quiet home we'd
Jung ana the bridegroom had laughing
" presented him with the brides gloves
as a souvenir
Inc rector always had been in the
haolt OF giving all wedding fees to his
VIE Tor her own personal use.
Wnen he, upon his return home, gave
ne ner the gloves, she had tossed them into
ner trunk. wondering in the depth of
nef nearf, what earthly use the bride
groom thought those gloves would do
her financially distressed husband.
she now found them in the very bot
Esther's lap.
After all these years, my dear, may
pc they will be of service. They be-
lonsed to one bride-perhaps they will
prove a talisman to bring happiness
10 girl who is just engaged. .
esther unwrapped one glove from the
other, and commenced smoothing them
out. They were long and soft, Of the
finest suede.
She slipped one of them On to
straighten the fingers, then TUNED
them in establishment
Mamma Blake!" she exclaimed, her
face crimson with excitement. there
IS piece of paper money folded in
glover"
Mrs. Blake turned pale and picked up
the mate that had fallen unheeded 10
the floor.
Call your father. dearie," she sail
IN an awed whisper, there's a ten dob
lar note in each of these fingers-as
badly as We've needed money at times
I've had hundred dollars lying in nnt
trunk for five years
When DR.. Blake came he sat down OF
the edge of the bed and the three stared
helplessly at the long white gloves
TN go this very afternoon had
thank Mr.. Carter" he said, looking
slightly dazed, perhaps he. will over
look the thanks being several years
delayed when I tell him my little girl
IS going to wear these gloves at her
own wedding TX Copyright, 1906. BY
Homer Sprague.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-13
GLOBE SIGHTS.
TFrom the Atchison Globl

From the Atchison Globe.
How tender some women are over the
term, "Old MaidI"
Don't become fond of a certain kind
of dog; it is sure to disgrace you.
There isn't much hope for a curly
haired youth who plays a mandolin.
Get a man interested in a garden, and
you can always tell where to find him
after working hours.
Men often display an undue fondness
for an old hat; another point wherein
they differ from the women.
Life would become unbearably monot-
onous to some women if there were no
sick people for them to sit up with
You have probably observed that the
principal difference between spinach
and dandeiions is in the grocer's bill.
always tells that they cooked mackerel
as long as week ago last Friday.
What has become of the old fashioned
mother who made her children drink
sassafras tea every spring, for their
blood?
When a man is asked what he thinks
of his wife's new hat. he wants to know
the price before he will express an opin-
ion.
The day after a girl leaves is a good
time to chase the POSTWAR rom the
gate: He carries q letter announcing
that company is coming.
There is one humiliation an old maid
without a love affair has never had to
submit to: She has never had some
man around denying that he is engaged
to her
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-13
JAYHAWKER JOTS

VIII Palmer wonders which will be
done first, the Panama canal or the
Concordia newspaper war. On that
proposition odds are in favor of the
canal.
It doesn't take very much alfalfa
seed to make a great deal. That may
sound paradoxical, but Mitchell coun-
ty man who sold one wagon load of 1t
for $3.50 proved the statement true
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles NJ. Harger of
Abilene have gone to New York. where
Mr. Harger will be one of The speakers
at a dinner given by the editorial staff
of the Outlook to a party of writers and
wspaper men.
Here is one of the peculiar things
noticed by the Marysville News: It is
not often an occasion of rejoicing when
the corpse is consigned to the grave
but there was rejoicing at Kiowa the
other day when the minister consigned
Ed Corpse to Nettie Graves-With the
usual marriage ceremony.
Crosby" who has been one of the
faithful country correspondents Of the
Downs Times, made trip to Kansas
City a short time ago, the first time
he has been in city for more than
20 years In that time great changes
have taken place. Now there are troll
ley cars instead of the old horse va
riety. Electric lights blaze eVeryW mere
And the crowds and big buildings seem
ed immense to the man who had spent
20 years on the prafrfes uninterrupted
by q visit to the city In his descrip-
ton of his trip Crosby" says: Being
quite familiar with the ads. in my daily
papers of the celebrated Jones Dry
Goods company, we went through that
immense building from cellar to garnet
and my power of Imagination utterly
fails me to attempt to describe this
palace Of brilliant beauty. The day
was somewhat cloudy and gloomy. We
stepped in at the ground floor, and
there we saw, for almost the first time,
the glare of the now famous electric
lights, which lighted these great rooms
even better than our noon day sun. 1t
was our first visit to the great city,
and as we stood spellbound looking at
these beautiful lights and thousands of
them, we couldn't help but notice little
school children and little kids hurrying
and scurrying by and not one of them
ever looked up to see. what to me. an
old man, was a wonderful great sight.
They are used to 1t and It doesn't inter-
est them no more than it would inter-
est Crosby to see a meadow lark or
jackTabbit in Kansas. We then went
to the Grand, looked ii over and bought
a couple of reserved seat tickets for the
night performance. We were told at
the hotel it was the best theater in
the city. The two tickets cost me
dollar and they were worth the money.
As many of my friends know, dearly
love to look at a well dressed woman
and watch them play, and this show
surely put to shame anything I ever
saw in my life. Don't understand me
It was slangy, vulgar or bum in any
way; it was just the opposite from
on IA beautiful women all Of whom
were superbly dressed. The play was
entitled Down on the Pike, and it was
simply grand at the Grand"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-13

DIR. Sargent of Harvard says the ath.
ietic girl loses much of her feminine
charm, and the opposite type seems Il
exercise greater attraction over men,
Press Dispatch-1
Maiden of the golfing links.
Twenty-three for youI
Not for men a. nuScled MINK
Please. oh, please skiddoo.
Bleach those cheeks. 50 rosy red.
Don't bare those sun-broWned arms
The mopey, dopey girl it's said,
Is welding all the charms.
Maiden Of the auto game
Draw your veil, we pray:
vanished is your swift-won fame
You have had your day
Bright we know your gfances. are
But they wreak no harm;
he Inopey, dopey girls the star
Who's welding all the charm.
Bowling girls. and girls who walk.
Girls OF basket-ball;
Girls who'd rather run than talk
. erthrown are you all;
Cozy-corner maids the mon
View her with alarm
The dopey. mopey girl has won,
And welding all the charm
Denver Republican
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-13

TFrorn the Chicago Newa.1

IFrom the Chicago News.1
The more a man rests the more he
rusts.
Better a homely wife than one who
isn't home much.
Every man knows some other man
whom he would like to kick.
But the prettier a girl is the less
sense other girls say she has.
Girls prefer mixed parties, but max
ried women prefer hen parties.
There would be more wisdom in
many a head il It didn't leak at the
mouth.
Inventors of excuses seldom re-
quire the assistance Of a patent at
tOrney.
A matchmaker's match is worthless
when it comes to lighting a fire on a
cold morning.
Show US a man who can be trusted
and we will show you one that owes Z
lot of other men,
The average woman is unable to I'M
derstand Why her husband doesn't feel
sorry for his bachelor friends.
Boy babies learn to talk sooner than
girl babies, but the latter more than
make up for it IN after years.
Every time a fussy woman let her
husband have his own way she does it
in such 3. manner that It leaves a bad
taste in his mouth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-13

81 remember said john Bur-
roughs to me. recently. that 1 first saw
the English sparrOws in Jersey City
about 1866. They were scratching
around in the streets, and I said to
myself. What in thunder are those
birds?' Soon they were in Washing
ton. where I was then living, and
noticed a boy one day with a sling
shooting them I wanted to call the
police. They'll be exterminated,' 1
thought. and that II be too bad But
I din't know them. A few years ago
friend of mine shot sixty sparrows one
after the other from a single nest, and
the survivor of the pair always found
a mate. AS the shooting continued the
birds got cautious, and would skedad-
die as soon as they saw him; but they
finally raised a brood In the nest"
The sparrows do not now seem as
threatening a nuisance as they did at
first. Nature has furnished checks
and there are proably less of the spar
rows than there were a decade or
two ago. They are essentially a town
bird. The country does not furnish
sufficient food in winter and is too
cold. They are seed eaters, and the
droppings of granted town horses
have been their chief dependence.
With the introduction of electric cars
and automobiles this source of food
has been diminished and has tended
to cut off the sparrows. Then, too, the
hawks have come to understand them
and now often hover around the cities
in winter to pick them up=Clifton
johnson in "Our Imported Pests" in
The Outing Magazine for April.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-13
QUAKER REFLEo1IoNs.
IFrom the Philadelphia Record.

LFrom the Philadelphia Record
Even the critic isn't infallible. A
roast isn't always we'll done.
The easiest way to f1atter a girl is to
talk about the hearts she has broken.
Some people are chronic invalids
from choice, and some from necessity.
There is honor in being a statesman.
but there is more money in being
politician
We can always ind reasons for the
failures of our friends. but it's differ
ent with our own.
Some men never succeed because
they are afraid of doing more than is
required of them.
Every man may have his price, but
a foreign nobleman is seldom worth as
much as a girls father pays for him.
No man can claim to be a brilliant
conversatfonalist unless he can talk on
a subject he doesn't know anything
about.
Author Creading his play)-"Now
we come to the third act, where the
plot thickens-" Manager Well, it's
about time, or the audience Will be
blamed thin"
Blobbs-'When a fellow has been
doesn't hep Slobbs-'' ess indeed.
When Miss Mllyruns rejected me
didn't call on another girl for nearly
two weeks.
What should be done in a case Of
drowning?" asked the timid man who
was learning to swim. We'll" replied
the instructor, II should think the
natural thing would be to have a
funeral
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-13
HUMOR or THE zNY

Washington now2''
I'm not quite sure, but I rathe- think
It IS the Big Stick. Baltimore American.
why does that member Of congress as
sumo sumo to p be e., unfamiliar with the Ihrase
Because he's biuffing.'; answered the
other.-Washington Star.
you mustn't forget that "a little learn
ing is a dangerous thing
fHa, IA! What's your wife been getting
on TO now !"-kansas City World.
Lawyer-Where did he kiss you?
Pretty Plaintin-On the mouth, sir.
LawyerL,No, no!You don't understand
Pretty. Plaintiff Cblushing)-In his arms
sir.-Pick-Me-Up.
law, was horribly disappointed just
How vas that. deah boy?s
thought I was in for a delightful tete-a-
tete. but. deah me, she only wanted to
awsk me if I had a powder rag. Louis
vile Courier-JournaI.
Uncle isn't quite. 50 fast and furious
when auntie's with him
Puck.
Amanda, you are looking pale. You
must not be too ambitious. Tell me the
truth now; haven't you been burning the
midnight oil?
Why, yes. auntie. But-but. not much;
we turned the lamp down very low, in
deed. Detroit News
Professor-W What does Shakespeare mean
when he says. Use every man after his
desert2'
Student-He means if you want 2. man
to do something for you, strike him just
after he has had a good dinner.-Boston
Transcript.
Miss Gaussip-Mrs. Youngbride says her
husband is so indulgent.
Mrs. Weiser-Huh. it's she who is indu1-
gent
Miss Gaussip-Oh. no; he is. She says
he buys her everything she needs.
Mrs. Weiser-Thats just il. Fancy a
woman being satisfied with merely the
things he needs.-Philadelphia Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-13

off,: ELK county's delegates to the
state convention could not do a better
thing than to support Charley Barnes.
He IS an old time Emporia boy. a hard
worker capable. honest and all right
in every way. Some years ago ne ran
on the Howard Branch as express
messenger. He has had newspaper
experience and was reporter for the
Topeka dailies. When Governor Stan
ley made his first campaign through
Kansas after his first nomination,
Charley Barnes accompanied him as
press reporter and his articles on that
campaign were notably fine. able and
reliable. He has been for four years
assistant Insurance commissioner in
the office to which he now aspires to
be the main thing. He runs the Office
now and does it well. The party
could not make a mistake in putting
him in the place. Charley Barnes is
almost one of US, and Elk county's
delegates should support him" Mr.
Barnes for several years handled
politics" on the State Journal and it
was during that time that he accom-
panied Governor Stanley for this
paper,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-13
JOURNAL ENTRIES

A report is in circulation that a
poulterer IN New Jersey has succeeded
in raising a hen that lays eggs with a
handle on one side. But the real need
of the hour is for a hen that Will lay
eggs with a cold storage plant sur
rounding them.
Mrs. Eichberq of Atlanta, may
have found the Carnegie kiss thrilling
and satisfying. as she says; but we
would prefer Carnegie check for ours
If its all the same to Andy.
We learn that Jess w. Smith. who
invented, discovered. or originated
Smiths Bile Beans. died this week in
New York. Perhaps he was jes' w.
Smith, but he succeeded in getting the
Smith family's name into the newspa-
pers to considerable extent in his day.
Speaking of magical cures. has any
body recommended TO Governor Hoch
that he try the boy phenomenon for a
weak backbone?
N BIT isn't against the rules OF
Lent to clean up your yard and plant
something before Easter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-13
How to Catclh NOM

In the small, swift-runnine brooks
that tumble over rocks and sunken tree
trunks, where the water swirls in foamv
circles, the tackle should be of the
highest and daintiest descriptfon-a
four-ounce, eight-foot rod that is not
100 long and getting everIastingly en-
tangled overhead: that is easy To guide
through brambles and laurel bushes
such rod is invaluable Have the line
10 match-the thinnest and highest in
Wesght; also have the reel very small.
with stiff click to retard any rushes
unoer low branches or fallen logs
trout always dart off, if possible, to
hlding places where it is difficult to
dlslodge or get at them. The best lead
er for this fishing should be very fine
lndeed, and only three feet long, as it
oIlen happens that the tip cannot be
raised because of overhangfng branch
es, and long leader cannot be reeIed
IN close enough to get the net under
the hSh. A willow net with rubber
ring to fit on the wrist is advisable;
especially so when the fish run to a
GOOD size. OF from 10 to Is inches, and
1t often happens that when such fish
is hooked there is no place in sight
where one can lead him out of the wa
ter on to the beach,
The hooks cannot be too small, and a
liberal number should be supplied
those tied to fine smell of the same
thickness as the leader. This COM
pletes the outfit It is a great mistake
10 use split shot to sink the worm. The
bait should at all times float on the
surface like fly Trout always rise to
a worm land will never follow 1t to the
bed of the brook. even in deep water),
providing the angler is out of sight
In batting the hook never put on a
great bunch of three or four worms;
1t is not half as effective as a small
single live worm. With a big bunch
some time must elapse before the fish
swallows it, and then if a small fish
is landed he has to be killed to ex-
tract the hook. Large fish will swim
around a bunch of worms as if doubt
full about touching it. because in ma
ture no such thing happens. whereas a
single worm only half impaled on the
hook with the tail wriggling around
arouses an instant desire to seize it
quickly To properly hook a worm it
should be worked right over the hook
until it is entirely covered. That will
nearly insure the barb's piercing the
lips instead of the hook being swal-
lowed.-Louis Rhead in Worm Fish
ing for Brook Trout" in The Outing
Magazine for April.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-13
ExPERT TEsTIMoNY.

Judge John ". Woford OF Kansas
City who has sat as judge of the Grim
inal court of Jackson county for four
teen years, said: 1.-The world is grow
ing better The per cent of criminals
is not increasing but decreasing. The
time will come when there will be no
criminals and no crime. But that is a
long time away" The judge further
says that want of money-and the
greatest cause of want is the immoder-
ate use of intoxicating liquors. the
chief cause of crime. The judge has
sentenced thousands of prisoners to the
jail and penitentfary during his term of
fourteen years-zPhillipsbur Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-13
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

LFrom the New York Press.I
A woman Is hardly ever old enough to
admit it.
A great deal of money is saved by not
having it to spend
A nice thing about being a widow is
her hair never gets gray.
A man can give people a lot Of pleas
gains.
The more kinds of color a woman
wears to her hair in her life the more
natural she thinks 1t is to seem artless
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-13

Occasionally they do something be-
sides talk says the Washington Reg
lister. The legislature in Iowa has
just passed an anti-pass bill and if it
goes through the senate the legislators
viii have to walk back home or pay
their fare" But perhaps they will
postpone the evil day by providing
that the law shall not take effect until
after they get home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-13
SOME FooLIsHNEss.

The telegraph tells Of man VINO
paid $4,000 for an orchid, and of ar
other who paid S15O,OOO for q horse.
The little worms and bugs will eat a
$4,000 plant as readily as a weed, anu
a $50. 600 horse is not abo e the CLAN
ders. In view of these purchases, and
others told every day that are as bad.
the charge that only women are foolish
when they go shopping is proven IN
true.-Atchison Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-13

The ottawa Herald is still keeping
up those embarrassing questions. It
says: THE Topeka Capital is now de
tending Congressman Curtis and say
ing that he is not railroad candidate
for the United States senate. We don't
wish to irritate a great moral organ
like the Capital, but would the Capt.
sal kindly tell us who the railroad
candidate for the United States senate
fs7"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-13

The Lawrence journal sees a sample
of Topeka's disposition to ''nog every
thing in Congressman Curtis claim
that Eugene Ware wrote What's the
Matter With Kansas"