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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
TFrom the New YorJx preasI1

A man always has leisure enough TO
stop AND tell you how busy he is.
It's an awful bad habit to get caught
flirting with a girl by your wife.
There would be big demand for SER
mons If it was wicked to listen to them.
The incest thing about a summer va
cation IS the way you enjoy being back
from It.
Hot weather is very convenient 10
give a woman an excuse to o1er for heP
husband being 50 cross.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15
me Wonders oil Concrete.

Here are some concrete possibilities
You can build concrete foundations,
sidewalks, fences. water troughs, els
terms. water tanks, shelves, cesspoo DIS,
cutters, floors Of all kinds in the cellar,
barn and stable, steps and stairs, we'll
curbs, horse blocks. stalls, hop pens
kroughs, chicken houses, corn cribs, ice
houses, incubator cellars mushroom
cellars, hotbed frames. bridge ah,t-
ments. chimneys, ventilators. dams,
windmill foundations, fence posts,
clothes posts, and hitching posts. There
IS one farm where the post and rail
fences, and the feed bins are concrete,
and in another even the lattice under
the house piazza and the laundry stove
are made OF It. Cases of this kind are
extreme and impra however,
Farming.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15
MIR MILLER?

The "standpatters" got theirs in Iowa
last week, and Secretary Shaw has gone
to the scrap pile. Wonder If any of our
enthusiastic Standpat candidates for
congress in Kansas will take the
hint2-Beloit Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15
THE NINETY AND NINE.

Our experience as a newspaper
writer is this: Only one person in 100
will express appreciation of the pleas
ant things said about them, while SO
out of every 100 will make a fuss
about the things that don't suit them.
-Holton Signal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15
one Blessing of Poverty.

Poverty has one blessing concealed
in it, anyway" said man now enjoy
ing a fortune he made himself; lit
gives man a proper appetite for the
enjoyment of wealth when he does get
it. Only man that has once been ac-
customed to corned beef and cabbage
can really know the delights of turkey.
The man who has all his life eaten
only fine food cant find any particular
enjoyment in it, he's always been used
to it; and it always tastes the same; all
he can do for variety is to spice things
up man must have lived on chuck
steak to appreciate the tenderloin.
Its just the same with everything
else A man must have hung on the
IooIboard of a crowded trolley car to
be able to appreciate a carriage.
Speaking of contrasts, 1 never when
I was poor envied the rich; never,
never thought of such a thing; and
you can take my word for it that the
average American feels just the same
way. Envy the rich? Why, he d
laugh al you if you said such thing
to him. He thinks he's as good as any
body; and he expects to be rich HIM
self some day. Envy the rich? Why,
that's a comic idea; and the only rich
man that disturbs him at all is the man
who accumulated his wealth not by
fair means but by milking the public;
much as he ought to; he's so busy get
ting rich himself.
Really, now that I've got money,
the only thing that worries me is
about my children. We were poor
when they came along, but rich before
they came to understand. and they
have never wanted for anything; al
ways had everything they wanted; and
they don't know what it is to lack, and
they can't find the enjoyment in being
rich that I do.
Il shall hope that they turn out to
have sense and be willing to work;
and if they do turn out so, why then
we shall be able to put their feet down
on to the ground and bring them to
know the world with knowledge and
understanding; and what 1 hope most
of all is that they will come to love
work for works sake, and then they
may be happy. For. after all. I tell
you, the most enduring pleasure that
life affords is that to be found in Ia
Dor. New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15
THUMB EXPERTs.

A Chicago woman is to have the Sc
cret service Of the government literally
under her thumb. She has been en-
gagged to teach the secret service men
the mysteries of thumb-print identifi-
cation, an art in which she is an ex-
ltimore American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15

All the heroes and heroines are not
IN the story books. They happen in
everyday life. but many a time they
are never heard OF. A recent instance
occurred in northern Kansas and is
recorded by the Jewell Republican.
sFor many months" It says, Mrs. s.
r. Worick has been slowly dying Of
zancse During all that time she
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15

In a few years from now we will be
hearing of reunions of people who
once were incubator babies.-Chfcago
Record Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15

Speaking Of asking questions, the
Mankato Advocate comes forward with
this one: why should you expect the
Republican nominees over the state to
stand on platform made up of planks
rejected by their own state conven-
tion?" If the Advocate is really look
ing for an answer, we might suggest
this: It might help some of them to
get elected-whieh is a splendid reason
with many of1ce-seekers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15
A PRECEDENT.

Members of the Thaw family have
at last agreed to agree, thereby estab-
pin and Car Nick.-Los Angeles Ex-
press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15

There is a farmer up at Baileyville,
who, as he looks across his wheat stub
Bile. from which he has just harvested
40 bushels of 60-pound wheat per acre,
and over his 200 acres of corn that
promises a splendid crop, doesn't worry
a bit even if he isn't living in the kan
sas gubernatorial mansion, surrounded
by a host Of petty political troubles. HIS
name viii be furnished on application.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15
A KANsAN ARRoAD.

The whirligig of time does not often
bring about stranger facts than the
career of Henry Heitfeld. referred to
in the "Dreamland" story printed on
our first page In 1871 in Seneca
hauling rock for building wells; later
married and away to the west for his
fortune; a successful farmer in Idaho,
and in 1894 elected to the United
States senate and afterwards re-elect-
ed. which places he filed with credit
His career in congress was watched
with interest by his many old Seneca
friends. who always recall his name
and associations with those early times
in Seneca, when he drove the Muller
stone wagon sixteen hours day. He
always made good, wherever his lot
Seneca Tribune
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15
The Russian Peasant Leader in Dunla

The Russian Peasant Leader in Duma.
Aladyin's spirit through all his vicissi-
Sudes remained indomitable. AS he took
to medicine that he might help people,
SO he never forgot in his days of strug-
gle that others there were who were
fighting just as hard as he. Nay, some
harder-for theirs, perchance, was a los
of marching on. However stif the way
Aladyin always had a spare hour now
and again for others. The settlement
movement was in its prime then, and
TOynbee Hall, the Oldest of social CEN
ters was attracting crowds of working
men. Aladyin felt his element. To
Toynbee Hall he went, in the heart of
Whitechapel Here he gave three lee
lures week in natural science, and
sometimes fourth on a social economic
or historical subject. All this time
though he knew it not, he was fitting
himself for the real service of his life
In Russia. One cannot live long in Rus
STA without coming to have great faith
in the mighty hidden forces which sweep
on the destinies of life-forces incompre-
hensible in their workings, unfathom-
able in their depth, and leading one
knows not whittier And not merely the
elementary streams which are so ap-
parent in the country itself, but also
the tributaries which, flowing into the
main stream, carry with them contrib
utory forces in the forms of individuals
Aladyin is one such. Looking at his life
from earliest childhood, and especially
his life abroad, one is almost startled
to find how largely even the seemingly
wasted years have all been preparatory
for the great work which may make or
wreck an empire.-F'rom 'tAladyin,
Russia's First Walking Delegate . by
Kellogg Durland, in the American
Monthly Review of Reviews.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15
VIC GETs THE CRoWDs?

You can get some idea of the senti-
ment of the people this year by the
crowds at the Chautauqua gatherings.
Folk. La Toilette, Lindsey Bristow
and Harris are the men who get the
crowds; they are all reform ers, for the
people and against corporations and
corruption and it seems as though the
Last Monday La Toilette spoke in Clay
Center. He started at 2:15 and was to
leave at 4:25, but when the time came,
after speaking two hours. the people
just rose in a mass and objected to
his going and insisted on his staying
and talking. He talked till a quarter
of six. This is not newspaper reports,
it is the word of the Belleville men
who We're there. Folk, Bristow,
Lindsey and the others are accorded
the same greetings. Do you ever hear
of any such demonstrations for Hoch
or Curtis or any Of the other corpora
ton Belleville Freeman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15
EXCEPT. GROVER

When it comes to Democratic Bryan
enthusiasm, everybody roots but
Portland Telegram.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15

Police ODserVatIon TENDS TO the con-
clusion that Harry Thaw is sane when
sober.-Philadelph Inquirer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15

It is a great pity that Mrs. Thaw
did not treat her son Harry as insane
long go.-PhiladeIphia Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15


phrases 1t, Senator La Toilette is in
continuous session.-Newark News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15

.If you want to make & hit you must
strike out for yourself, my son.
You're mixed IN your DaseoaH TAX,
pa: IL vou strike out you can't make
hit.'-Wonan's Home Companion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15

Nravrne-Rut vhy did you encourage
young Greene II you intended to reject
hi1n2
Edyth-Why, I had to encourage him IN
order TO enable me to carry out my in
tentions.-Chicago News
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15

First Tramp t'ink I'll 90 inter de in
surance business, Bill. -.
Second Tramp-Huh! Dere muffin CON
in dat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15

Aunt-I1itty. II you don't behave your
self properly I'll tell your mamma WheE
I was Your age I was a good girl
Kitty-And are you very wicked, now
aunt punch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15

Senator Beveridge has had a good deal
of legitimate fun poked at him as the
boy orator." but no one could charge
that Beveridge Is anything else than scru-
pulouslv honest. which is more than could
be said for some other members Of the
senate. Several years ago after he had
made a visit to Arizona and New Mexico
he was sent 5000 worth of stock in a
mine in that section. The senator prompt
ly returned the certificates, stating that
he felt it would be improper for him to
accept anything of the sort. That 5000
worth of stock Is now said to be valued at
$500. 900.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15

Mr. Flannigan-Oi hear thot sthrappin'
Mrs. O'Rourke rules her husband wild
rod av iron.
Mrs. Finnegan-she does not; she towld
me herself thot all she ever uses on him
is a rolin' -pin.-Town and Country
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15

rs that actress so devoted to her art
as to be capable of great seif-sacri-
fice?"
Sure she is answered the manager:
There's scarcely any chance she would
not take for the sake Of advertise
ment. w ashington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15

They say the theosophists out in Cali
fornia worship a dog
many women who aren't theosophists &c
hat."-Detroit Free Press
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15

Actress Ellen Terry is getting ready
for her first farewell tour Of America. =
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15

ct hate man who thinks he knows it
all and wants to run everything"
We'll" answered the placid person,
there is usually one way to get even
with him"
What Is that?''
Put him next to a sai1boat. Washing
ton Star
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15

What makes you walk SO lame, Hi
MY business keeps me on my feet 50
much OF the time"
YES saw you yesterday-In front OF
no baseball score board. "-Cleyeland
Plain Dealer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15

mr.. Jones'" said the ofTfce boy, Il
got ter get off dis afternoon Ne gran
mother IS dvin'."
1--WE something for you to do today.
Johnnie" said Mr.. Jones, but you may
go at 4 o'clock
Jaw! Wot good is O'Clock 2''-Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15

'Loeffer tells me that he actually goes
out every day now to see If he can find
work"
THAT isn't exactly true. He goes out
every day to see If he can't find work.
and he succeeds at that."-Philadelph
Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15

''Why are the best instrumental rnusi-
clans unable to play by carp
7 suppose" answered Miss Cayenne. ct
must be because no one with q really sen
sitive ear could endure the terrific din Of
constant practice washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15

You think you will have a cook next
week. sure?'' asked the caller after pro-
longed discussion of the servant problem
Il shall II the girl has any regard what
ever for the amenities Of Hfe.' replied the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15
HUMOR OF THE DAY

@.'You say congressman are at 2 oisaa 9.
vantage in dealing with the railways
asked the Indignant citizen ,.1,-
Yes answered Senator Sorghum they
are at a certain disadvantage.
For what reason2
well, you see. congress can lssue
passes that will get you anywhere
Washington Star
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15

WHAT do yOu mean
I'm order to be Of her favor I
have o-ra nced little 5frTe-- IN t,e~ honor
the first evening she Is with US. Can't
you come fudge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-15

I'm kind O discouraged bout that new
boarder'' said Mrs. Corntosse1.
"Cheer up, answered the farmer
There amt no use O. tryin' to suit him
He's one O. those fellows that write poIit-
zeal articles for the magazines. wash
ington Star.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-09
niue "a Thunder.

"The sky certainly is cheerful to
day
TT surely is. and that's rather
strange too
"Why?'
Because it's so blue. Philadelphia
Press.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-09
MODES OF THE MOMENT.


Raised ribbon embroidery gives a
touch % supreme elegance on silk or
cloth Ern or empire jackets.
Gowns Of silk gauze striped with
satin are often accompanied BY little
embroidered boIcros Of taffeta the color
Cf the satin stripe
Innumerable princess or one piece
frocks in figured organdie and other
forms of muslin appear, lace trimmed
and showing insertions.
Quite the newest thing In colored
muslins is the gown Of plain tint with
a lowered border Very quaint and
charming effects may be produced in
these softly colored fabrics.
Bright colofed silk jackets are a
strong fancy OF the season. with white
cotton or linen gowns They are ae-
companied by hats, parasols, Girdles or
sashes and often shoes and stockings
of the same order.
1t looks now as if skirts might be-
come as fussifed as waists are at pres
ent before many months Long lines
have had strenuous use, and the
vogue Of the tunic is increasing, not
decreasing. 0verskirt semblances are
very plentiful among smart summer
walking skirts New York sun.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-09
SHORT STORIES.

Gold can be drawn into wire so fine
that $50 feet will only weigh one
grain.
The worlds largest prune orchard
ia Los Gatos. Cal contains 10000
trees and yields an annual profit or
$4,000.
A new slang phrase Of Automobiles.
used to call a halt on one who is being
too talkative, Is, Hey, throw in your
reverse therer'
Asbestus is flexible. noncombustible
and nonconductor Of heat and cleo
tricity, and on these properties its in
creasIug use depends.
A rich deposit Of pure sea green slate
has been discovered On d farm In
Poultney. VT This is the second dis
covery OF this kind of slate 10 the vi
cinity 1t is proposed 20 open quarry
at once
The highest known velocity Of move
ment for water underground not flow
ing In subtcrranean stream, but per
colating through the soil Is IA feet ID
twenty four hours 1t has passed
through gravel at that rate near Tue
son, Ariz.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-09
PLAYS AND PLAYERS.

Charles A. Stevenson, who for eight
years has been Mrs. Leslie Carriers
leading man. recently resigned that
position
Charles A, Bigelow has been signed
by f. Ziegfeld, Jr., 10 be the principal
comedian with Anna Held in the new
musical play Ia which she will be seen
in New York Sept. 10.
Viola Allen Is TO play an engagement
at Wagenhals & Kemper's new thea
ter, the Astor. In Times square. New
York. during October. presenting an
elaborate production Of "Cymbeline.H
Klaw & Erlanger viii present The
Prince Of India in the Broadway the
alter, New York, on Oct 1. This Is a
dramatic version by ]. /. G. Clarke Of
General Lew Wallace's romantic novel,
Everything Iii London nowadays
seems to he musical comedy" says
Charles Klein. THE only legitimate
play that has been doing anything at
all Is Pinero's His House In Order,
which is a big success"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-09

This Space is Controlled BY Central
Labor Union Of Barre and Vicinity
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-09

Chappy-I tell you when read about
some Of Edisons wonderful inventions
1t makes me think little
Miss Cutlery Yes; isn't It remarka-
BILE what electricity can doI--New York
Life.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-09
a FIen rran-

A flea infested house WAS once rene
died in the following manner; The man
Of the house took fresh, sticky fly paper,
wrapped sheets Of II around each leg
from ankle to knee. with the sticky
side out, and slowly walked around the
rooms, which we're all darkened a lit
tie. The fleas invariably Jump on any
thing white. and the fly paper caught
them in great numbers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-09
Smile.

Smile.
Smile awhile
While SOU smile
Another smiles.
And soon there's miles
And miles
OF smiles,
And lies worth while
IL you but smile.
Chicago Record Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-09
Little Old New York.

Church, see a man has Just broken
q record in walking from Philadelphia
TO New York.
Gotham Well, there was every ineen-
tive To make good time in walking
away from Philadelphia. lonkers
Statesman.
Johnny on His Travels.
His mother tucked 4year-old Johnny
away in the top berth OF the sleeping
car, says a writer in Youth Hearing
him stirring III the middle Of the night,
she called softly.
Johnny, do you know where you
areE
"fourse ! de-" lie returned st,mdily
TN in the top drawer Youths Com
piot.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-09

A meteorological has undertaken the
laborious task of measuring the dimen-
Rions of raindrops He finds that the
largest are about oqe-sixth Of an inch
and the smallest one seyen-hundreth Of
an inch in diameter. They are larger
I'm summer than in winter and larger in
hot than in cold climates The size of
the drop when It reaches the earth de.
Ponds on the height from which it has
fallen.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-09
Attention, Union Men |

The continued demand for Union
Label on all products is essential in
promoting the interests Of organized
labor
Therefore il is the duty Of the
members Of Trades Unions to pro-
mote the use Of Union Labels on
all purchases they make, whether
they be Tobacco, Cigars, Bread,
Clothes, Shoes, or any other com
modify.
Demand the Union label.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-09
All Round Benevolence.

Benevolent Old Gentleman {reseuing
one small boy from the pummelling Of
two others. What are you hurting Ibis
boy forg
Because he made SO many mistakes
III his arithmetic this morning"
But what business was that 81
yours?"
"Why he let US copy our answcps from
his. Translated for Tales, from File
gende Batter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-09
our Oideat cloclr Factory.

The oldest clock factory In the coun.
try Is at Greystone, Conn. 1t was built
In 1906 and still stands on pictur-
esaue site BY the falls Of Hancock
brook. Eli Terry, who established the
factory, was the FIRST one to make
American clocks In large quantities.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-09
NapoIeon,s Hands.

Napoleon had beautiful hands and
WAS very proud Of them, often contem-
plating them with self satisfied air,
He never, however. save when mill
harry etiquette required IT, wore gloves.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-09
windmilis and lightning.

Out Of 10000 wlndmills and church
spires, 5000 OF each, fifty-two of the
wlndmills will be struck by lightning
to only thirty-nine OF the church tow
prg
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-09
A Al 50
copies, the largest paid circulation Of
my daily paper in this section.


Oysters cannot live In the Baltic sen,
the reason being that it Is not salt
enough They can only live in water
that contains at least 81 parts Of salt to
every 1000 parts of water
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-09
llNGLEs AND JESTs.

Tive Miles a Minute,
TwemIleeamiHute!
Geehowwefly!
Swiftasametcor
streakingthesky,
Whatisthatblur?
Onlythetrces.
Lool1a tthemwuve--
My ,whatabreezei
Ahonkandarush.
Aiiasliandasmell--
Whatdidwehit?
Dldsomebodyyell7
Ajarandascream-
Observation-Disclosures;
N0tellingnow
Keeptothecourse.
outoftheroadl
Giveusashowi
Twomiiesaminute--
Geehowwego!
Newark News.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-03-20
HOuaea of HOLLOW Tile.

The Architectural Record describes q
novel freproOf house Both the par
titions and outer walls are built of
hollow tile, which are locked together
by modern Inventions so that they are
more solid and substantial than the
wooden frames of houses. The latter
will warp and shrink, but the former
do neither The floors are also built
Of hollow tile, supported on the par
titons Of the same material and joined
together at the ends, corners and sides
by steel interlocking ii, entiOns which
make a perfectly indestructible joint.
With the floors forming solid block
of hollow tiling that Is absolutely fire
proof, dust proof, sound PROOF and
vermln proof, the home becomes a
permanent structure that may well be
termed indestructible and imperisha-
BILE. From the roof to the basement
the building is built of f1reDroof tiling.