davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-06

sion. There's a mix got to be straight.
ened UP, folks. he said, catching tight
hold of Loufza's hand Were goin' to
marry next weeh-if we have to run
away. I've been Waitin and waitin' till
she said might tell the old folks; they
don't like me. but they'll have to lump
me-"
SANDY. I beg your Dardoni Shake!
I thought you were after-somebod
to Sally's side. I'm goin' to speak out
too" ne said. eff Sally won't have me
I'll stay a lone widower till the end o.
my days. How is 1t. little gal?"
'Humph. Look at her face. She's
been lovin' you since she saw you cry
so at your wffe's buryin'," Mary-Bet
Junior, the irrepresslble, broke in.
And I amt ashamed to say I've loved
Henry Just as long. He-he's just now
found it out. But it's all comm
right
Except for me- John Trotter in
terrupted. crestfallen.
John was thirty-seven, If he did ad-
nit to only thirty-three. He had more
why Louiza had been set down SO
much his special benefaction- He
looked speculatively at Miss Mary-Bet
after all she didn't show the i've
years between them.
Il wonder If you'd look at a fellow
my size and shape he murmured
under breath.
Miss 1Tary-Bet shook her head at
him. but said. in his own key: 1t
must be Margin is catchin'-same as
measles. Come. and let's talk IL over
some other time. - Copyright, 1905,
by c. H. Sutcliffe.9
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-06
PoINTED PARAGRAPHs.
IFrom the Chicago News.l

II
A chronic borrower is naturally a
trihe touchy.
Don't be a dog in the manger. A
manger is no place for dogs.
A hero is all right as long as he
lasts, but he seldom lasts long
People who promise you big things
usually spoil it by inserting a big IF"
The majority of women do not seem
to realize that pretty women are in the
minority
Some men would be happy if they
possessed the ability to do others as
others do them.
Experience is one Of the few things
that never find their way to the bar
gain counter
A man has reached the limit of self
importance when he is satisfied with
his own society.
Too many men make strenuous eff
forts to get a liberal share of some
thing thai doesn't belong to them.
That workman who takes a real in
terest in his work doesn't have to
spend much time looking for job.
When you encounter man who tells
you that the world is growing worse
give him the sorrowful look and pass
on.
Although the law holds a man inno-
cent until he has been proved guilty,
ones wife is apt to hold him guilty un-
til he has proved his innocence
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-06
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Many a man puts up a bluff only to
fall over it.
Too many people mistake polite ap-
pIause for an encore
It's all right to aim high, but don't
stub your toe doing it.
Two disagreeable old ladies are
Dame Rumor and Misfortune.
OF two evils some people are never
satisfied until they choose both
The summer resort sea serpent is
only seen by those who linger over the
bar.
Nell-Don't you detest a man who
hatters? Belle-Yes; almost as much
as one who doesn't.
A fellows musical education isn't
necessarily neglected just because he
doesn't play the races.
A good bit Of charity is wasted on
the Fiji islanders that might better be
expended on our next-door neighbors.
After two weeks spent in a country
farmhouse one is apt to wonder II the
man who never takes a vacation isn't
right after all.
Tommy-Pop! Tommy's Pop
Well. what is it now2 TOMMY
suppose perspiration Is a thing that
never rains but it pours.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-06

victory. and he found a boar frost on
the ceiling of the room in two minutes
after he landed. and he never had the
courage to tell anyone but the Janitor
what he came for. As soon as we have
done our part in landing some friend
into the inner circles Of men who DO
things at Topeka, we now count we
have parted with friend-he's lost to
US common, plug people forever. We
never expect to see him again, except
by the grace Of his doorkeeper at the
Copeland. It must be nice job, to run
the politics of a state through a speak
ing tube of a parlor bed room IN the
Copeland
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-06
GLOBE SIGHTS.
rFron the Atchigon GIobe.1


When a boy torments his sisters and
the cat almost to death, his mother ex-
cuses II by saying, THE dear child
can't help it; he is so full of life"
Subject of discussion at tonight's
meeting of the Lancaster literary so
ciety: Which makes a man more IN
popular, to be against union labor, or
an inhdel?
There isn't any feeling of superiority
that is quite equal to that man en-
tertains when he is awake and dressed
and hears how much calling it takes. to
awaken others.
Be patient with the girl between IL
and 20; She is at that romantic age
when she longs for something heroic
to do, and when she wishes she were
dead when a pin sticks her
We wonder that the parents of large
families don't combine in raising the
wages of professional caller to get
their children out of bed in the morn
ing It would mean a vast saving of
time to the mother.
Ever think what little sense a rab-
bit has? If a team approaches in the
road it will sit in plain view, taking a
few steps and turning for another look
until the murderer in the wagon has
had time to shoot ten times If he hap
pens to have his gun. Rabbits are Of
such a trusting nature that the man
who kills them can't boast of being a
good shot.
An Atchison man says that he never
knew what Jealousy was until his chill
dren married of. He thought he had
met it as young man but it was
adulterated compared. with the real
thing he encountered when he gave
one married child more than he gave
another. Children. living at home do
not always agree, but they are a peace
able lot compared with their. feelings
toward each other after they are mar
ried ana one gets something from
home that another doesn't get
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-06

1t is announced that the japanese VIII
have shown their admiration for Amer
lean methods in many ways will no.
adopt our language also.J
We gotten comm rightalong.
No matter where ut is,
You bet theysee ut goodanstrongs
They gotta stick TO biz.
They gotta have the dope to hand
The same as yoursanmine-
Inc kind at folks commensurate;
they gottagittinline-
No usatallxin'l It's the stuff
Some langWidges may he
FTamedup tub rattle plain enough
But not fer youanme
They gotrahaVe our telegraph,
Our can goods an machines,
An talk that cuts the time in half
But tells just whattitmeans.
Well, wotchago' n'todo? These days
You gotta. Watchyer curves,
Drrelse some feller's foxyWays
Ii gittonto yer nerves.
Those JapS is Johnnyonthespot;
An theyc'n use th'r eyes
An learn the game. I tellyuwot,
Those Japs is gittinWise,
You betchuhl 'Sposen you er me
Has got some speech tub shed
Wy wennysezzit. can't yuh see
Yuh know just Wotty said2
Those Japs is next tub Wottisright,
They gottit doped out fine;
They gotta talk as well as fight
They gottagitinline-
Chicago Tribune
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-06
JOURNAL ENTRIES

There IS some curiosity to know
what happened to the name Of Mr..
PatejdI of Salina.
Since disclosures have been made
concerning the way Pennsylvania rail-
road officials were tipped with coal
stock, this department proposes to be
more careful how it tips Pullman por-
ters- No telling how far some Of these
Investigations may go.
It helps some to note that the
White Sox are long enough to stu
reach up to the top of the list.
Only a month from today little
Johnnie viii once more be looking for
ward to the time when he can take
his hands out of the sings and burn
some more patches on his epidermis.
We Judge that this is a good time
for the packing houses to put out a
line of homemade sausage" to take
the place Of the brands they were
selling before the packing house. re-
port came out.
Now that the .Longworths have
started for Europe. very likely the
crowned heads over there are scurry-
ing around getting the parlor busted
and the silverware polished.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-06
THE LESSON OF Discomfort.

The editor Of the Concordia Kansan,
who has had considerable political ex-
perience in various capacities in the
past two decades. is apparently not
pleased about something. What that
something may be is not apparent-pos-
sibly he does not know himself-but it
exists. The editor of the Kansan, how
ever, represents the rank and file of the
Republican party in Kansas today.
Neither the rank nor the file is satisfied.
The rank feels like slashing in one di-
reetion and the file in the other Neither
may be able to place its finger on The
cause of the trouble. but it feels that
the trouble is there.
Here is one evidence Of the discomfort
that is swelling up in the bosom of Edi-
tor Davies of Coneordia:
lone OF the funny things about Kan
sas politics is the way US country fell
lows are led about by the nose by the
Topeka politicians. 1t is a charming
delusion We enjoy. once in awhiIe-the
delusion that we believe we have a hand
in shaping the destiny Of the party, if
not of the state. While we are in sort
of trance, we see the glories of
the real politicians. we get a
sniff OF the nectar on which
they feed. and a dream of the
pleasures of power and authority-but
it's a nightmare. One little bunch Of
fellows who herd at the Copeland shut
fie the cards-and even they have the
cold deck from which they deal supplied
them by someone else. We rise in our
great might and drive one little bunch
Of fellows o5It of the parlor floor bed
rooms at the Copeland, and another
bunch takes their places and bosses US
Bent Murdoch. Bill White and Ewing
Herbert and a few other hell-raising
newspaper men we know. get it into
their heads that they should slosh
around in directing the ship Of state,
and sometimes imagine they have real
~ done something-they haven't. They
don't count. When the thing is over
they are stopped at the inner door Of
the throne room of the party, by some
ward heller who does not even know
their name. Why, when the boss bus
ter campaign was over. the editor OF
this dinky daily paper went down to
Topeka to join in the loud acclaim of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-06
KANSAS COMMENT
NOT a OTJEsTION OF SEX.

NOT A QUESTION OF SEX
A Kansas City woman let her para
rnour into the house during the night
and helped him murder her husband,
holding her husabnd while the other
man cut his throat. The courts SEN
fenced her to be hanged. Now a lot
Of Missouri women want her sentence
communted on the ground that she is
woman. OF course people differ as
to whether anybody should be hanged
on any account whatever; but if a man
deserves hanging for such a deed as
Aggie Myers committed, why shouldn't
Aggie Myers be hanged? If we believe
the evidence in both cases, Kate Ben
der was less cruel, less hendish. than
Aggie Myers. Neither one of them is
entitled to any more compassion than
a man is entitled to under the same
circumstances. If we were governor of
missouri a woman who could deliber-
ately plan murder and kill man in
cold blood would get no consideration
on the ground that she belonged to the
'gentler sex. 1t isn't the sex that is
to be hanged It is the murderer
Jewell Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-06
ERON OTTER PENS
STANDARD OIL AT BAY.

giving for the sake of unlawful favors
from railroad employees. It is nauseat-
ing to contemplate so vast a corpora
ton fighting so foul a battle against
comparatively insignificant refiners of
petroleum There is no grand stately
of trade, no bold leadership in indus
try. The Standard does not. appear =
a giant in enterprise and Initiative but
as careful and INSCRIPTIONS reaper
where others have sown the seed of
Industrial and commercial success. 1t
is a pitiful picture of smalIness in
great power and meanness in immense
weaIth.-Cleveland Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-06
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR.

LFrom the New York Press.1
It seems, to some of US that reform
is mighty bilious.
It would be awful easy to get money
II 1t was like the smallpox.
Either times are good and a man
is worked to death, or they are hard
and he starves 10 death.
1t takes half dozen different
quallles 70 MAKE money; it takes only
sense 60 keep It. out that is the one
woman IS awful clever to make
ner husband want her to buy lots Of
clolnes because she. fools him into be-
lieving he has such good taste thar ne
appreciates them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-06

A member of the faculty of the Uni
versfty of Wisconsin tells of some
amusing replies made by pupil IN
dergoing an examination in English.
The candidate had been instructed to
write out examples of the indicative,
the subjunctive, the potential, and the
explanatory moods. His effort result
ed as follows:
IT am endeavoring to pass an Eng
lish examination. If 1 answer twenty
questions I shall pass. If I answer
twelve questions I may pass. God help
me!'t-Harper's Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-06
Save the GoIden Trout.

The golden trout is found in but one
place in the world, in Volcano Creek,
california. Immense numbers are
Killed off each year by ruthless camp
ers An instance is on record of
game warden finding a heap of these
fish stacked up to dry and decay; on
the heap was a card stating that 1--WE
caught over 900 golden trout here, :"
and the heap contained pretty nearly
that number. If this sort of thing
continues it will be but a short time
before the golden trout will be prac-
tically exterminated.-Coun Life in
America.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-06
DEODORIzED GASOIINE.

In denaturizing alcohol in Germany
several Ingredients are used, among
them oil of lavender or rosemary It
might be well to denaturize gasoline in
this country by the Introduction of some
such agreeable fluid. What boon it
would it would be if in the wake Of
every touring car should arise the
grateful scent of violet water or eau de
eolognei-Providenc Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-06

HezI do not believe in kissing. She
Why not? He-I am convinced that
act. She-Oh, but there are 50 many
excellent germicides, you know.-San
Francisco Call.
PA asked the small boy at the
classic recital, lis that man playin' the
pianner while that woman sings her
accompanies p - mo. my SON re-
piled the father. in whose unrespon-
sive plebeian soul the soprano had
found no sympathetic answering chord.
That man is her accomplish. Ma
con Telegraph.
There's one thing I like about that
boy of yours. He seems to be one OF
the get-up-and-get kind
You wouldn't think so If you had to
call him to breakfast. -Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Rich Young simpleton-oh. Gwendolyn
I love you more than tongue can ever
Fl Foxy Young widow-welI. then. why
don't you write it to me some day?-Som-
erville Journal.
Kniclxer = Primitive men ploughed the
earth with a sharpened stick.
dated back that farS-New York Sun S0''
Put more ginger in this story said the
city editor, handing. back the copy.
described cayenne
case, thus winning instant promotion
Philadelphia Ledger.
Tess-Young stilliman tells me his hrst
name is Noah. What do you think Of
Jess-Old fashioned, isn't it2
Tess-Old fashioned? It's positively RI
diculous Noah had sense enough to go in
when II Observation-Disclosures Press.
Watch wheels are like great men in
some respects.
when they 90 around to pass time. in
their own way. they generally travel IN
og.''-Philadelphia Press.
I know I'm late, dear" he apologized.
" on see, was detained half hour
to town after long absence. had to
tell him al knew"
Indeed she snapped. Il don't see
why that should have kept you so long. =
Cleveland Leader.
Il called on four ladies last night" said
the tickle beau. boastfuliy.
Gee whizz.' exclaimed Jack Potts, you
must be a gutter. I'd keep on raising all
night If had hand like that. -Phila-
delphia Catholic Standard
See, here. Madigan!'' exclaimed Lush
man, Z saw one of your bartenders put
ting water in the whisky yesterday
..Well, sor, replied Madigan, -shure, We
know, we how TO make some concessions
Leader
why is it." she whispered at the close
of the ceremony. that the bridegroom al
ways looks as if he couldn't call his soul
his OWN
Probably replied the brother, Its be
cause from that moment he really can't
Catholic Standard.
The old man came into the parlor just
in time to catch the young man kissing
his daughter.
"Siri' said the stern parent, what do
you mean by that kind OF business7"
Pardon me- rejoined the young man,
calmly. but It isn't business at all: It's
the pleasantest kind of pleasure. Co
lumbus Dispatch.
Burke-Yes, Kirke and I had terrible
quarrel. He called me a liar and called
him another. and
Turke-That's funny; it's the first time
ever knew either of you to tell the truth
Familie Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-06

The Salina Journal thinks that a
packing house investigation in Corinth
may have led the Apostle Paul to ex-
claim; ''If meat maketh my brother
70 offend. will eat no meat while the
world etandethn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-06

The G. A. r. encampment at Salina
this week Is a reminder that a G. A. R.
reunion was held there something like
twelve or fourteen years ago. at which
John J. ingalls, was the chief attraction.
and at which he made a speech favor
ing ''bimetallisn.7' Ever hear that
Tvord2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-06

Japan is now for an open door in
Manchuria. but the other nations will
probably discover when they get in
side that Japan came in the back way
and has got all the available shelves
filed with her goods. The open door
IS FOR the other fellows to come in
and buy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-06

Among those who we're greatly
pleased with the appointment Of sena-
tor Coburn was Charles Curtis Mr.
Curtis did not wish the appointment
himself. but he did not exactly relish
the idea that either Bristow or Bailey
should get it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-06

Among those mentioned for the
Democratic nomination for congress-
man against Charles F. Scott is Mr.
Goshorn Of lola. observation-disclosures.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-06

ment. The editor OF the. Bee is a can
didate for United States senator from
Nebraska and he is doubtless re5oiced
to note that he win have good COM
pany when he gets to Washington.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-06

The Hon. John Sharp Williams seems
to be conducting a fiIibuster in the
house of representatives on the theory
that otherwise the country would be in
danger Of forgetting that the Demo-
cratic minority is still there.-New
York Tribune
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-06

An Usage county man got behind with
his farm work because his daughter had
been seriously I'll. His neighbors got
together with nine listers and three
planters and put in his entire corn crop
for him Then they went over to the
farm OF another man who had been sick
and did the same for him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-06

The packers say it isn't true. but
dispatches from Chicago state that as
a result of the disclosures they are
making haste to improve sanitary con-
s5itions IN the packing plants.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-06

Let us hope that Mr.. Rockefeller
viii not take a notion to buy the
United Kingdom while he is over there
and bring it home with him. It isn't
very big, but still we haven't any room
20 store it Just now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-06
THE DECREE HABIT.

The degree factories are getting ready
for the annual output of tributes to the
moderately famous. 1t is an interest
ing season of the year-Rochester
Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-06

OF course Mr.. Rockefeller is of
forgiving disposition. but il he were
in the meat packing business he would
probably have some difficulty in doing
up a nice package Of forgiveness for
Union Sinclair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-06
A New Tsthrnian RAILROAD.

Mexico is about to take a twelve
hundred mile "kinl'' out of the line of
international commerce which has
been using the Panama route, says the
June Worlds work. At the same time
it will give the American transcon-
tinental railroads a tremendous shock
by opening a new short route from the
Atlantic to the Pacific, which they can
not control. By the end of the year
the new railroad across the IsthmuS of
Tehuantepec is to be opened to inter
oceanic traffic on a large scale. The
railroad has been completed for some
time and is in operation for local
traffic. 1t is only awaiting the COM
pletion of its terminal ports to begin
handling ocean freight. These ports,
though they will not be fully COM
pleted in less than two or three years.
will soon be sufficiently advanced to
be used by vessels of any size.
The railroad, being 500 miles north
Of the Panama railroad, is that dis
lance nearer the natural line of the
worlds east and west commerce. It
will bring New York and North At
lantic ports 1900 miles, and New Or
leans and Gulf ports I 400 miles, near
er to San Francisco, Japan and China.
The sailing time from New York to
Coatzac oaIcos, the Atlantic terminal
port, will be six or seven days, two
days less than to Colon, the Atlantic
port of the Panama railroad. Cargo
from a vessel landing at Coatzacoalcos,
say CT 10000 tons. can be aboard an
other vessel in the harbor of Salina
Cruz in four or five days. In an
emergency the transshipment could
be accomplish in thirty-six hours.
The same freight could not be trans
ferred across the Isthmus of Panama
in less than three weeks, possibly
longer. At Salina Cruz, the Pacific
port the vessel is two days nearer
San Francisco than it would be at
Panama. This serves to illustrate
what the new route means in saving
time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-06

There is some comfort in being an
Igorrote after all. They can be sure
that their meat wasn't handled by a
Chicago packing house
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-06
HIS HALO ON STRAIGHT.

Cities railways may be guilty of do
ing unseemly things. but Mr.. Baer's is
a good little railway, with certificate
to that effect from its Sunday school
teacher.-Chicag Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-06

Mr.. Burton addressed HIS resigna
ton to Governor Hook He evi
IDENTIFY felt that was where he wa
putting it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-06

A Berlin newspaper complains that
President Roosevelt acts as If he is as
great man as the German kaiser.
Some of the American papers would
be satisfied if he would hold himself
down to Ihat.-W ashington rost.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-06

An appropriation to pay the Dresi-
dents railway fares would more than
pay for itself in the saving OF national
dignity. Chicago News
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-06

According to reports President Cas-
fro has saved I'D a few millions from
his salary as president of Venezuela.
That Is a job that must pay fairly good
divldends
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-06

eff Kansas has any more at home
like Burton" says the Chicago News.
will it please keep them there" Well
we are doing our best.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-06

What the president ought to have
said is that conditions in the packing
houses are rotten as well as revolt
ing" But of course that is what he
10 1T