davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Delta independent., 1906-02-02
Showing That the paonia District Recieved
63 per cent More Money of 1905 noad
Fund than Was Her Due Actually.
Entire road fund :
Paonia district had
County valuation .
Paonia valuation
$16,669.4 9.43
$4,6O1.06
$2,71O,OOO.OO
$466,O00.o 90

PAONIA PAYS II PER CENT OF THE TAXES oF CoUNTV
PAexIA PAPERS "R0AR" BECAUSE THEY ARE MnTREAT.
pAox1A RECEIVED ~ PEn CENT OF THE ROAD FusD
DURING
PAONIA EDITORS DELlDERATLY CLAIM THAT PA0NIA
DISTRICT 1 sLIGHrED.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-20
GLOBE SIGHTS.
TFrom the Atchison Globe

[From the Atchison Globe.1
If you can't have your way, be sat-
isfied with the next best thing.
Ever notice that when people owe
you they quit speaking to you?
Speaking of old fashioned things,
what has become OF corn pone?
Most Of the people are playing
'pOssum more or less all the time
A buggy horse is like a boy: Always
wants to stop for a drink OF water.
sHow will you have your eggs?'' a
waiter inquired OF a spiritualist Me
dium," he replied.
A boy and his mother never agree
as to the age when a boy should
change from short to long pants.
Its about time to begin on your
New Year resolutions. One of them
should be: 81 will visit less, and pay
board more"
The wicked are punished, there is
no doubt, but it is the opinion of the
professionally good that punishment
is long time getting around to them.
The married woman is rare who
doesn't have the secret opinion that
she would have been famous If she
hadn't married and tiled herself
down.
Another thing that should be left
unsaid: When d man is saying I'M
pleasant things, he should forget to
add that he is saying them FOR your
own good"
A woman was on the streets to-
day with holes in her stockings
'sThese stockings the woman said to
friend, ARE on their last legs: I'll
throw them away tomorrow
A four-legged hog is bad enough.
but at least people profit by his
death, as he furnishes them with ham,
bacon, etc. while when a two-legged
hog dies he has to be given a funeral.
The weather has disappointed an
Atchison man so often that every time
he sees a certain mean, snealxy look
ing Atchison man, he imagines that
is the way the weather clerk looks.
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.srIIE POWER OF THE PRESS >

In the October number of the Amer
lean Magazine Mr.. Dooley'' speaks a
few thoughts on the power Of the
press. This, by the way. is the publ
cation which has been recently pur-
chased by John s. Phillips. Lincoln
Stenens, Miss Tarbell. and other
writer's formerly with McCIure's. and
in which William Allen White is in
terested. The October number is the
first Issue published by the new editors.
But as to Mr.. Dooley' and the
press. After showing what 9TH press
can do f'r thin 1t loves" and what it
can hand to thin it don't love" after
amusing references to his colleagues,
Mr.. Steffens and Mr.. Baker and Miss
Tarbeu and to Winston Churchill and
Roosevelt and others, Mr.. Dooley's
says:
mo, sir, as Hogan says, care not
who makes tn laws or tn money " a
country SO long as run tn presses.
Father Kelly was talkin' about it tn
other day. There amt anything like
1t an there niver was, says he. All tn
priests IN this diocese together preach
to about hundherd thousand people
wanct week an he says, all tn
papers preach to three millyon wanet
day, aye, tTlnty times a day he saws
We give ye hell on SUNDAYS an they
give We hell all tn time, he says. IT'S a
wonderful thing, he says. ] see a
bari iv printers ink goin' into news
paper Office an it looks common
enough. A bari iv printers ink. a
bar'l " linsee lie an lampbIack, with a
smell to it that's half stink an half
perfume. But I tell We If all tn dinny-
mite lyddites cOrdite an gun cotton in
tn wurruId wuz hid behind thin hoops
there wudden't be as much disturbance
in that bari as there is IN tn messy
So r-r.1- L.
says. Printers ink A dhrop " it on
wan little Wurrud in type, he says
will blaeken tn fairest name in chris
tendon or he says, make a star to
shine on tn lOwliest brow, he saws
It Will ind its way into millions "
homes an hearts an. memories. It VII
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-20
THE CTMARRON WRECK.

While it is still a horrible calamity,
it is gratifying that the Rock Island
wreck at the Cimarron crossing near
Dover, Okla, is not as bad as first re-
ports indicated. wreck in which
human lives are suddenly dashed into
eternity is bad at its best but calan-
ity such as early reports indicated the
Cimarron wreck to be would have been
horrible in the suDerlative.
With wires down as the result of
the storm and a great river, swollen to
mighty flood, hiding the extent Of
the wreck, the country was horrif1ed
at the early statements that from $50
to 225 human beings might have per-
ished If this had been true it would
have been one of the worst railroad
wrecks of history, and its possibility
was recognized by those who remem-
bered the terrible calamity on the Den
yer & Rio Grande near Pueblo two or
three years ago when upwards of a
hundred passengers were drowned in
a train that went through a bridge
over what was usually a dry gulch
The report that nearly the entire train
had gone into the treacherous Cimar-
ron lent a semblance of truth to the
early report.
AS a rule great calamities are ex-
aggerated in the beginning The rea-
son for this is easily recognized, be-
cause the eye-witnesses are usually
greatly excited at the time and are I'M
able properly to estimate the unusual
sights they see. The reverse has
proven true in a number of recent dis
asters however. IN the cases of the
Jroquois fire. the Slocum disaster. and
the san Francisco earthquake, the
early reports did not begin to give the
full extent Of the calamity. Thus it
was easy to be misled by the first re-
ports from the Cimarron wreck.
It IS doubtless true that many rail-
road wrecks are avoidable. but from
reports thus far received it appears
that the Cfmarron disaster, like that
on the y. & r. G. near Pueblo, was
one of the unavoidable kind. There
was no disobedience of orders, nor
overworked employees, nor misplaced
signals in this case. A terrific force Of
nature wrought the havoc.
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.g6YHA NZKER JOTS

Speaking of jokes. there was that
Atchison bank run last week.
It is stated that political speaker
was "cheered to the echo" in Clay
Center last week. How far is that?
Speaking of gold mines, the Douglass
Tribune tells of a Butler county man
who bought a three months old mule
for SOS and sold it shortly afterwards
for SS5.
Gently sold four mules for $1,700, Char
lie Blakesley suggests that Secretary
Coburn's next report should deal with
MAUD and Her Brother"
Fred Trigg is guilty again. Here is
his latest offense: General Orloff sue
the royal palace guards. If the terror
lists get after him it will be orloff with
Trepoff's successor.
Down at Pratt a tramp or some other
person broke into a church and stole
the missionary offering the children Of
the Sunday school had given to. send
to the heather. It fell into the hands
Of the heather all right
The Soldier Clipper correspondent
comes forward with a corn story
in which the stalk is only If
teen feet high and the frst ear
Is nine feet from the ground. but the
remarkable thing about it is that it
wasn't planted until June 6. It had
attained that height and matured in 90
days from planting.
In Cowley county a reform move
ment has been started that is likely to
reform. The girls are being urged to
withhold kisses until boy tobacco
chewsers give pledges to quit If the
cutters are sure of being rewarded
Walter johnson thinks it would be fun
to begin to chew, just to get the re-
ward for quitting.
Circumstances alter cases item in the
Atchison Globe: Drake Watson was
walking up street this morning, and
everybody joshed him about the bad
weather. Mr.. Watson made up his mind
to hit the next man who joshed him.
The next man who mentioned the bad
weather was Hugo Billmek. who weighs
900 pounds. 20. WE'LL Mr. Watson
said to himself, ut is better to be good
natured about it."
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go through iron dures an stone walls
an VIII carry some message that may
turn tn current II iEry life it meets
firm tn imperor " Chiny to tn baby
in tn cradle in Hannigan's fat he
says. Tt may undo a thousand prayers
or start a millyon. It can't be escaped
It could dhrag me out " me parish
house tomcrrah an make me as well
known In Pekin as am in Halstead
sthreet, an not as fav' rably. Today
III pope may give me no more thought
thin he gives Kelly tn Rowlin' MIL
Man. Tomorrah he may be readin'
about how great or bad I am in tn
PopylO Romano. It's got Death beat
mile in Ievelin' ranks.
es sir, says he. TIL hand that
rocks tn fountain pens is tn hand that
rules tn wurruld. TIL press Is FIR tn
whole univarse what Mulligan was FIR
his beat. He was tn best polishman
an tn worst I iver knew. He was
terror to evil doors whin he was sober
an a terror to Everybody whin he was
dhrunk. Martin. dhrink to tn la-ads
all over tn wurFuld who use tn print
er's ink. May they not put too much
iv tn r-red stuff in it an may 1t niver
go to their heads.
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why, you see. said a1r. waters t
his sister after tie oflceFs had gons
with their prisoner. II have knosvE
Tom Belden for years. he used to be
our Boston -corresp ondent-
Then he turned to Tom.
Come on, my boy, let's 60 down e
the dining room and see If that draf'
ted thief left any cigars on the side.
board I'll keep you with me until :
think 1t safe to let you out. You
might have further trouble dnding the
right 100"
7 say. Mr.. Waters . responded Tom
III you'll promise not to give this yarn
away to the boys. III sign an agree
ment to stop at a hotel whenever z
visit New York again and give you
key to my room. Copyright 1906
by H. Sprague.9
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-20
QUAKER REFLECTIoNa
fFrom the Philadelphia Record.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record
Neil-"They say he is rather fast.
Believes. 1 guess she has him fast
enough"
When a fellow first becomes engag-
ed he feels like an immigrant. At any
rate. he's just landed.
Love is a lottery" says the Cyni-
cal Bachelor, 'tand the dice are gen
orally loaded at that
Wigg-'Has he any business inter
ests ?" Wagg-tOh, yes; he seems in
terested in everybody"
Casey="Ye gave me the whisky ali
roight, but phwhare's the chaser ~
Barten der Here comes your Wife
When fortune knocks at the door Of
the faint-hearted man he is afraid to
answer for fear It may be the wolf
He-"But don't you think you could
learn to love me7" She@'I'n afraid
not. The doctor told me to do moth
ing that would tire me"
Cynicus (reading paper)-'Here's
another automobile horror Sillicus
Anybody killed % Cynicus-ss1Eas
couple got married IL one"
Polly Pinktights='I met young Mr..
Erontrow on the street today, and he
actually didn't recognize me at first
Fanny Footiighrs-ssDid he give any
excuse 2" Polly inktights-"Ye he
said it was because had on so many
clothes. -
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The damage wrought by the San
Francisco disaster is nov reaching To-
peka. In the removal Of Rev. DR.. W. G.
Evans to California to aid IN the rebuild
ing Of the Methodist churches destroyed
i'll the earthquake region, not only To-
peka, but also Kansas, and Methodism
in the Middle West, has suffered a loss
A man Of unusually strong PERSONAL
ity. of fine ability. tact. courage and de-
Votion to the right. DR.. Evans could nor
fail to be leader not only in his church,
but also in tie life Of any community
In large sense-in which he is placed.
It is with great regret not only by the
membership Of his church, bur by the
citizens Of Topeka as a whole. that the
announcement Of the change in DR..
Evans work is received.
It is not surprising. however. that DR..
Evans undertakes this new labor IN
California. Not only is he well fitted for
it as an organizer, but his heart viii be
in the work. For years he was intimate
ly associated with that stricken people
on The Pacific coast. Warm friendships
and fond associations linked him to
them When the news of the great
earthquake flashed over the wires MS
first impulse was TO hurry to California
to offer his services to aid the unfor-
tunate- It was a source of regret to
him that his work here at the moment
seemed to demand his time and duty
alone kept him in Topeka.
Perhaps no one understands conditions
in the earthquake region better than DR..
Evans Not only are the church build
ings destroyed, but many Of their men,
bers have been reduced from compare
tive wealth to poverty. In some in
stances the membership Of individual
churches has been widely scattered.
Now comes the task Of gathering these
fragments and rebuilding the edifces.
And adding to the difficulty Of this task
is the high price Of material and labor,
and the fact that in San Francisco, at
least. public buildings of this character
must conform to the general plan of re-
building the city on lines Of architec-
tural beauty.
It will be a difficult task. but if any
one can accomplish it. William Cope
land Evans can.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
IFrom the New York e.

A girl knows an awful lot to be able
to make men think that her knowing
nothing is better than II she did.
neck gowns it's like finding money to
bet she doesn't have to take anti-fat
remedies.
If a man ever got up early enough to
eat his breakfast without swallowing 1t
all at once. he might think the cook
earned her wages
No woman Is ever 50 sympathetic
with a widow over her loss as to forget
to examine carefully the kind Of mourn
ing she IS wearing.
There's hardly anything makes g. hui
morist madden than to read joke
somewhere and have you get It Off on
him before he can On you.
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HUMAN NATURE.

lis easy to be brave and good.
W lille riches on you wait
Or else to show the martyrs stuff
beneath the blows OF Fate;
Against the little pricks Of life
us harder TO be great.
I m sure if some catastrophe
should wipe my fortune out,
O. make some more right on, and hear
Inc world applauding shout;
BUT when my stocks go down a point,
1 only funk and pout
n. certain if an earthquake came
My courage would be high,
q meet II with resourceful plans
And with a steadfast eye
But when I find I have TO move.
merely want to die.
m certain If starvation came
MY bearing would be glad,
ana would give my final crust
10 some more hungry lad;
But when I md the steak is burned
II simply makes me mad.
And so hint to Providence,
While sadly I deplore
10 make a hero out of me
Regarding earthly store.
1 either need a little less
Or else little more
McLandburgh Wilson in n. Z. Sun
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-20
JOURNAL ENTRIES

There is a strong demand for buggy
horses. but the supply Of buggy men
far exceeds the demand.
The discovery of the name of Mr..
Ohel in the Chicago directory reveals
the location of the man so many peo-
pie address when they are Disguised
for some cause
=.
Fred Funston will have something
of a job if he holds up his end in Cuba
with Taft, but this department is bet
ting he can do it.
It is alleged in Russia that General
Trepoff died from natural causes. Ter
rorists are a natural cause in Russia.
Also bombs.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
iron the chicago Newal

From the Chicago New&1
A close-fisted man isn't necessarily q
pugilist
Adams first fall occurred when he
fell in love with Eve
A friend IN need is a friend IN deed.
rather than in words
An actress says the best part she
ever had was her own divorce.
If a woman can't convince man
without an argument the case Is h0ps-
less.
Some dogs are wiser than some men:
they bury the bones left from thAif
dinner.
A woman usually has a rug IN front
Of her mirror 20 cover the hole in the
carpet.
Every dog has his day and every cat
has his night, but man isn't satisfied
unless he has both.
Marriage IS g serious step and man
can never be certain whether he Il
stepping UP o. down
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1t is in the development of suburban
territory adjacent to the great cities
that the results Of trolley pioneering are
most apparent A suburb is not suffi-
Gent unto itself, There must be not
only good communication facilities to the
and ready communication between diff
terent houses and different suburbs.
The old-time suburb meant a sort of
social isolation with which the trolley
has completely done. away.
Boston, Chicago, Indianapolis, Phil
adelphia and Washington are all mark
ed examples Of trolley development; but
nowhere are the results more evident
and characteristic than in the outlying
portions of the greater city of New York
and the adjacent tributary territory.
But the most remarkable results of troll
ley pioneering, unparalleled even in
massachusetts,, a state famous for Its
trolley lines, have been obtained in New
Jersey, particularly in the northern part
Of the state. The five counties in which
trolley development has been principal
ly carried on-Bergen, Essex, Passaic,
Hudson and Union-have increased in
population from 80 to 100 per cent since
the first trolley line was built, and now
contains almost so per cent of the total
population of the state
There are now more than $50 miles
of trolley lines in North Jersey, and
ABOUT 3Uu,uOU persons WHO are NEW OAh-
ers. as far as business interests ana as
sociations are concerned, have their
homes in New Jersey. From the city
of Newark as center, itself within the
circle which bounds the greater city OF
New York on the north and east, the
trolley lines radiate in all directions like
the spokes of a wheel, linking together
the smaller cities and towns and con-
Meeting them with the railroads, until
in many directions the country is settled
so solidly along the trolley lines that one
is unable to tell where one town ends
and. another begins. When the present
rate of growth in population is consider
ed. it is not an impossible dream of the
future that the entire northern part OF
the state, nearly all Of which IS well
within a reasonable committing distance
Of New York, Will become an unbroken
suburban residence section tributary TO
the metropolis, with its present cities
and towns forming the local market
centers. Franklin Wood in Moody's
MAGAZINE
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TEACHER AND PARENTS.

Now is the time when the new teacher
gets her impression of the parents. whom
she does not know, from the child whom
she teaches each day. Her impression
will doubtless be correct If she is a
thoughtful teacher. Now is the time
when the parents form their impression
of the teacher, whom they have never
seen, from the stray remarks OF their
children. The impression will doubtless
be correct if the children have had pro-
per home training and the parents are
fair minded.-Marion Record.
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According to the admissions Of H.
Clay Pierce. millionaire tool of the
Standard Oil company, when cornered
by Attorney General Hadley, it is made
clear that oil and gasoline could have
been sold for the past 80 years for eight
cents a gallon. and still have yielded
large business profits. At the present
prices. even a branch of the Standard
paid 800 per cent per annum on the
money invested. This was made posi-
BILE by compelling the railroads to kill
all opposition to the trust.-JewelI Re
publican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-20
HUM0R OF TIE DAY

-, Senator. gontieai Job Is pretty hard
Not very replied Senator Badger.
But getting It IS ''-Azilwaukee Sentinel.
Tomson-rd give anything to break
myself Of walking n my sleep
Johnson-Why don't you have your vile
'iS Suing T9 g s3qa q q STE got in the
habit of It she'd want 70 keep it Up IN
the daytime-Detroit Free Press
Il want to complain Of the flour you
sent me the other day, said Mrs New
What's the matter with ii, ma'amg''
m was Tough. Ny husband simply
wouldn eat the biscuits made with IL
-Philadelphia Ledger
wife-;weren,t you awfully frightesaasd,
speech the other nfeht7
Candidate-Yes; but got through safe
Wife-safely9
Candidates.. before anybody yelled
for me to sit down---Detroit Free Press.
like this ring It has no sndInT.'s
And my love for you. raurnured the
An, darling. he began, but she I'm
1shed her sentence.
with 9 cry Of anguish he ned into the
night--Cleveland Leader.
IAN flesh is grass" quoted the moral
Il wonder re5oined the demoralizer,
III those meat packers think they are
handing the public q vegetable diets''-
1Taid-What's your opinion OF the type
of girl who never wants to get married.
Bachelor-Ira not qualified to express
an opinion on the subject.
M4aida ~. are you prejudiced2
a type.-Cleveland Leader.
Watt smatter-How does your wife ike
Heezan Wright-she is delighted with
it. She could be perfectly happy il it we're
not for tho fact that there's a lot OF fam
lilies occupying the other apartments in
the building.-Chicago Tribune
20. I've got a dead sure thing for this
race" said Dudley at the race track;
,v .yO {bs don't IT,, say 2 put in Wise 'wast
pocket? Your rabbits foot2''
w hy-er.-no, that was nickel for car
These arc hot old times for the auto
rnobilists, aren't they7''
ing roasted by the press and the public
they are getting in stews with the police
they are scorehing. Philadelphia PRESS.
Il think these moonlight nights at the
resorts where You ind SO many bridal
couples arc simply unendurable''
Why do you think SOP
Because to poetic ternperaments like
my own, the silent watches OF the night
are spoiled by the audible Luna-ticks. p
Baltimore American
She-Why did Prof. Schnicker stop play
ing at Mrs. Lard's musicale
ae-He said he had to- because the con
verSation was not pitched in the same
key as his music.-Harper Weekly.
80 you are one Of the men who went
west to grow up with the countryz''
No. answered the prosperous and Sc
rene citizen 7 an one of the men who
went west to show the country how to
grow up properly. w ashington Star.
Here Is a magazine writer who asks
does it pay to be beautifuT2'
Evidently he hasn't the face to answer
the question himself Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Miss Flirt (sweetIy)-Indeed you must
pardon me- I know the face, but I can't
place you
place. but you can't face me.-Baltimore
American.
Baxter-That dog of yours is not a full
blooded Boston terrier, is heE
Bixley-Hush, old chap, don't let him
hear you He thinks he is.-Woman's
Home Companion.
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EROM OTHER PENS
FIRE INSURANCE. MELONS

In a recent publication it is shown
that fourteen New York fire insurance
companies have been declaring divi-
dends from 10 per cent to As per cent
There was but one earning the larger
amount, but there were three dividing
80 per cent and two dividing 20, per
cent. The earnings of the larger COM
panies elsewhere are in similar pro-
portion. These are large returns in
business that is perpetually demanding
that the public shall give UP more, and
which quite regularly puts up rates
when there are anything like excep-
tiona1 losses. These large dividends
have given an enormous value to the
stock in the companies, some of which
is held at many times the par value.
These facts, and not the complaints of
the underwriters, enable the public to
get a true gauge of the business
Philadelphia Press
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President Palma declared a cessa-
ton of hostilities when the United
States began to intervene. But as we
understand it, it was the revolutionists
who We're running the hostilities.