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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-03
ERON OTHER PENS


The Associated Press is the regular
army of newspaper work, and the
transfer of its men from point to
point, along the line of the worlds
great interests, makes it peculiarly like
the detail of captains in the military
establishment to scenes of strife. The
dictatorship of the London bureau of
the Associated Press, long held by Mr..
Martin Egan, who served the same
association in the Philippines and
later in the Russo-Japanese war, has
just become vacant by Mr.. Egan's re-
turn to this country to take up another
branch Of newspaper work in Wash
ington Mr.. Charles T. Thompson,
who had for some years been in
charge of the Paris bureau, has been
transferred to London, to take the
place, While Howard n. Thompson,
who has been the Associated Press
correspondent at St. Petersburg during
the stirring times Of the last few
years has been promoted to Paris.
The new head Of the London bureau,
Charles r Thompson, was long con
nected with the Washington bureau Of
the Associated Press, where he was
chiefly assigned to the state depart
inent and the diplomatic corps. He
the time Of the death Of President Nc
kinley, one of the most critical assign
ments that he ever handled. Arrange
ments had been made with Mr.. Cortel-
YOU IOE immediately hOtlINllB the
representative OF the Associated Press
whom Mr.. Thompson stationed at the
house in constant readiness to convey
that message to the telegra piers, who
were sitting in 4 tent nearby with
through wires to New York city,
standing attention. In spite of this
elaborate chain Mr.. Thompson con-
stantly received messages from New
York and elsewhere to the effect that
the presidents death was already re
ported from one source or another;
every investigation showed these re-
ports to be premature. At the mo-
ment when the end came Mr.. Cortel-
YOU, true to his agreement. Informed
the representative of the Associated
Press and the sad message went on
its way, but only after scores of denials
had preceded it. Mr.. Martin Egan,
who returns to this country came
originally from san Francisco, but he
has served the Associated Press in
nearly al continents and ATTITUDES, and
was probably never happier than
when. in a little two-wheeled covered
vehicle drawn by a Filipino pony, he
drove around among the government
bureaus in the walled city of Manila
to gather the information for the daily
report on the happenings in our great
/ est colonial possessions-a report read
by a thousand persons TO every one
who could take time to look at the Of
fetal statements of civil governors OF
major generals in command. Every
/ Associated Press correspondent could
write a book" Of personal experiences
of more than ordinary INTEREST," 90
/ ton Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-03
.ITow I FOOLED My Boss

On a street car recently I overheard a
fine looking man of about p, telling Two
companions how he managed to cheat his
employer out of an hour and halt s
time every day for over a year. This IS
the substan what he said:
lie was out great deal with the boys
and got, on an average, only about I'VE
and a half hours sleep a night. This not
being sufficient, he managed to sleep an
hour and a half each day during business
hours
He went on to describe a large door sit
uated just back of the private office in
the store, which. when open, cut OFF quite
a little corner Of space in such a way he
could seclude himself there without dan
ger of being seen In this secluded corner.
seated in chair, he took nap an hour
and half each day.
Several of the other clerks knew about
this retreat and they took turns during
the day. so that some of them were rest
ing or sleeping there most of the day.
One of his companions asked the young
man now he managed to avoid detection
He replied that the door opened into a
PassageWaE' ahd was never cloSeo N tle
DAYTIME; that the boss never had occa-
sion to look behind it. and that he would
not be likely to miss one clerk among 50
many; and that even il he did, there was
always someone who would give the sig
nal. So together the young men managed
to cheat their employer out OF the equiv
alent of one mans entire time.
I had been admiring this young man s
striking appearance before he told his
story. He had y splendid head. and q
very strong face; and had said to my
self: How / wish ] could tell that young
man what great possibilities are before
him if he is only equal to his opportuni-
tv." Yet. on the very threshold of his
career he was systematically cheating his
employer, and glorying in his cleverness
in doing Il.
There are tens Of thousands OF men il
I the great failure army today, who thought
| they were getting the best of their EN-
! ployer in. their younger days because they
J clipped their hours, shirked their work
/ They thought they were going to get OF
/ in the world just as you do; but, before
! they realized 1t, they had fastened upor
! themselves the habit of cheating, of de
ceiving until they gradually became So
dishonest that they not only We're no
rs well, or when they started in business
4 for themselves. lost their credit. theii
/ standing the confidence of others and
/ gradually went to the wall. or landed il
1 the penitentisry.-O. S. Marden in Success:
/ Magazine.
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ouAKEI, REFIECTIoNa.

rFrom the Philadelphia Record
rrhs fs+ woman may lack poise, but not
avoirdupois. .. ~.
Is man unbalanced just because ne
overdraws his accounts -
fsafora a fellow can blow himself ne
must be able to raise the wind
The victim Of q lynching pee is apl 10
be nervous and high-strung-
Butter and eggs are not always as Tres"
as the dealer who says they are
II sometimes happens that the Things
that are given to Us cost Us more tneH
the things we buy
Blobbs--"Ars ScribbIer's poems widely
read7'' slobbs--"ohs yes y every eoi-
tor in the country.
Jrhe average woman expects you TO re-
member her birthday, but she also eS-
pects you to forget her age.
Judging from those balloon shaped
coats. the fashionable girl VIII again have
an OPPORTUNITY to laugh in her sleeve
Wig aphedde gives that girl Of his
such idIotic presents The last thing she
accepted was a monkey. WaEE-SO no
has proposed at last, ehs
Aerial navigation is one OF the eonl-
ing professions, remarked the Wise
Guy. yes, there ought 70 be plenty Of
~oor1 At the top added the Simple Mug
'srhe automobile must go!" exclaimed
the man who bed Just missed being run
over Sure st uust, agreed the reck-
iess chauffsur An automobile that does
not 20 ism worth its weight in junk
Hobbs W gwag owed me twelve dol
lars and by mistake he paid me thirteen
Slobhs-.soid you keep IT. Blobbs-'' sure
I'm not sfDersfifious
I'VE were SLOWLY starving to death. re-
marked she famous explorer at the board
fnw-house table. but we cut Zip our boots
ana made soup OF them. and thus sus-
dyspepsfc scardsrs -ths landlady might
nnET IsG4s-s
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-03
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Congressman Calderhead says he can
see nothing wrong in public Official
using railroad passes But then Mr..
Calderhead has reached an age when
he can expect his eyesight to get dim
so that it is difficult for him to see
things that are plain TO other people.
Here is another reason why this de-
partment will be glad when the cleo
ton is over. Billy Morgan win then
be able to write some more bright stun
in the Hutchinson News for the rest OF
US to swipe.
= y y
The cross that is used on election day
erucifies the candidates that don't get
it.
The bettors a = g have thought
better OF it and quit betting.
y
Speaking of Insurance. ever notice
that some men are able to insure their
lives for more than their lives are
worth in the open market?
r. X
This department does not propose to
warn you to beware Of roorbacks. eth
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so you break our engagement. Gwen
doleni" he exclaimed bitterly Then in
your presence let me end the life which
you have blghted."
Drawing forth a vial marked poison. -
he put it to his lips. and drained it to
the last drop. AS he sank back uncon-
scious, did the beautiful girl fling herself
upon his breast in an agony of remorse
and burst forth into frenzied sobs ?
Scarcely
Hastily quitting the room, she returned
presently, her lovely face tragic. yet COM
posed. Kneeling beside the young man
She forced between his lips the following
% One cup Of turpentine; % one pint
of milk: 81 q bowl of warm soapsuds
"a small bottle. of aromatic ammonia
f5) cup of black coffee; 90 a glass of
mustard water: "a a gin Of vinegar; as
juice OF a lemon: go the beaten whites
Of six eggs; t10 one cup of -four and
water.
9sAIgernen.'s she observed coldIy. as he
began to revive, 1T is evident you did
not know that / am a graduate OF a cor
respondence course in first aid to the in
jured. Ny one regret is that since 1t wa
impossible for me to ascertain whether
the poison you took was an acid or an
aIkali I was compelled to administer ali
the antidotes Of which we had learned -
Woman's Home Companion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-03
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFrom the Atohison Globe.I

TFrom the Atchison GlobeI
The old-fashioned cook stove looks bet
ter to a real hungry man than chafing
dish
The autumn leaves are beginning to
look something like woman who is
searching for an enectual hair dye.
When a man is dead. or is a candidate
for office his friends should say the best
things possible about him.
1t is not recorded that any financial
genius ever got his start by purchasing
diamonds on the installneat plan.
In some families there IS strong cp-
position between the princess and the dog
as to which does the least for the great
est returns.
We heard a mother say, recently. Of
her thirteen-y eaT-old daughter. She IS
the best child in the world. That is the
finest compliment that Will ever be paid
4 man shot at rabbit, but the shot
apparently only served to increase the
rabbits speed You didn't get him." a
piled. IF / didn get him. certainly
helped him along considerably.
Come down and see me- Jim North
of Oklahoma. said to an AtchisOn man
today, land I'll show YOU good coun-
try. good people and good time. To
care anything about seeing your good
country. or your good people, for we have
both here. but I might make use of a
good time.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES are in bloom. and the
prettiest Of the family are the little but
ton variety that grow out Of doors and
snap their leaves (having no fingers to
snap at greenhouses. The great big cur
" cabbage variety that costs 80 and Is
cents a blossom, is affected and overdone.
So much has been done by the florists in
cultivating this variety that it is the only
flower growing that could wear hairpins.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-03
FOUL.

You curly-headed baby.
They nothin' you kin do
But blink I'D at your daddy.
An kick an holler. "GOoi'
An straighten out an wriggles
An twist around an crow;
don't know, II you'd asst me,
Just why love you SO.
You're so derned. pink an helpless
An little, but, somehow
You think you're here to boss things
An kick an raise q row
When you don't git attention.;
Yes, mann, that's what you do!
An you keep up your rowin
Until you git it. tool
You fer a baby-walzer2
You fer p high-chRir? Nit!
Dad puts you down a minute
You simply have a fit
An when I've run an grabbed you
You kick an' gurgle. Cool"
I've got q sort o. s'Dicion
Your mothers spoilln you.
Your strength is In your weakness,
You pink an toOthless mite
But you don't know its weakness,
You'd up an pick a fight
With Jeffrles in a minute
II he was cross to you;
Yes, nam! an I'm a-thinlxin'
You'd have him goin too.
I wouldn't dast to strike you:
Not cause you'd raise q howl
But + I did I'd sort O.
Feel like Id landed foul;
An when a sport does that way
I'll papers git his pelt;
There amt no place to hit you
But just below the belt,
Houston Post
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LAYHA WKER JOTS

Mr.. Cheatum is a candidate for sher-
if down in Kingman county, but his
neighbOrs say he isn't a bit like his
name sounds.
Nit White. of Emporia. has got
some more advertising by buying 10000
cigars in one installment. He doesn't
expect to smoke them all himself, how
ever.
The old lady who, when she runs
Short of needles, opens her pin-cushion
for them, lives at Pratt. She emptied
a sawdust cushion the other day and
got 81 needles.
The first man to pay taxes in Allen
county this year happened to be wo-
man. Mrs Augustus Rivers, of Hum
boldt Mrs Rivers makes a specially
Of being first every year.
Women who have trouble keeping a
hired girl more than two weeks VIII
probably be mad when they read this:
Mrs. A. H. Harvey, of Museotah, holds
the record for keeping girl Aman-
da Morgan has worked for her for %
continuous years.
]. S. Barnes, representative from
Pratt county, owns 5000 acres OF land
in Pratt county, he IS interested in a
mill at Pratt and elevators at Pratt,
Cullison, Natrona, Preston and other
points, he has lumber yards at Pratt
and Coats, besides residence properties
in Pratt. Looks like Mr.. Barnes Will
be able to worry through the winter,
even If he isn't reelected TO the legis-
lature next Tuesday.
Probate Judge Miller of Winfield.
made new record in Kansas when he
married a couple in two minutes. The
bride and groom were from Cambridge
and they decided to wed five minutes
before the train left for home. 1t took
just five minutes TO get to the court
house and back and they reached the
station just in time. The Courier states
that there is only one known case that
beats this. An Iowa squire took the
| job Of marrying a closely pursued elop-
ing couple He said: stand up Jine
hands. Hitched. Five dollars"
Correction by the lola Record: The
story is told that an old time New York
newspaper which prided itself on the
enormously reported the death of a
citizen. The editor firmly declined to
state in his columns that the error had
| occurred and informed the indignant
man who called to protest that he was
dead so far as that paper was con-
/ eerned. The man pointed out the harm
fitness of the false report, but the only
comfort the editor would vOuchsafe him
was promise to include his name in
the list Of births the next day. The
/ Record dislikes TO make mistakes. but
never refuses to make every amend pos
sible. Such a mistake occurred in the
news item about the Twentieth Kansas
1 boys who will share in the government
money soon to be disbursed. It was
stated that Roy GTiswold is dead Mr.
| Griswold is very much alive and is en-
I ployed at the Missouri Pacific yards as
/ a switchman. The Record believes thai
it is better than merely to say Born
Thursday. November l, Roy Griswold
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Gibson.s Dehnition OF Lady,

'I dined with Charles Dana Gibson
at Princess restaurant in London dur
ing the season. said a Chicagoan.
THE lofty, spacious dining room was
filed with women in pale gowns, their
hair uncovered and their arms and
necks bare. and though these women
wree fashionable, aristocratic, they
smoked cigarettes with their coffee as
htey watched the biscope pictures that
went on at one end OF the big room.
and as they listened to the singing that
went on at the other.
Amid all this feminine smoking we
Americans began to discuss and to de-
fine the word lady Was it 1ady-like
to smoker we asked. Would lady
ever smokea What was a LADY,
Il think Mr.. Gibson's dehnitiou OF a
lady was the best that was given
"A lady. he said. ignoring the
smoke question altogether, is a woman
who always remembers others and
never fofgets herself. ~ hiladelphia
Bulletin.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

TFrom the Chicago News.1
All crooks should be dressed in straight
jackets
MANY a. marked man has the tattoo ar
list to thank for It.
Expert photographers understand the
art Of taking things easy.
sTis better to have killed amiss than
never to have kissed a miss.
only the man who is never III can won
der how doctors manage to make a ny-
ing.
Begin with an umbrella when you begin
to lar up something for q rainy day.
A woman is ready to give a man advice
on any subiect-exeept the art OF shaving.
After man has passed the chIoroform
age he begins TO lean toward the simple
life.
It's the easiest thing in the world TO
the toothache.
After a bachelor passes the age of % its
up to him to nafrE e widow & he nlarries
at all He needs a wife who knows BE-
forehand how cranky meE are.
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governor. And let us hope that the
laws win be enforced and civic right
eousness move forward, that graft win be
eliminated and the corporations made
to behave. and that we may become a
better people, no matter who holds the
jobs and gets on the payroll.
It's UP to the people.
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REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR.
IFrom the New york Press.1

IFrom the New York Press1
Sometimes man cusses just to keep
from forgetting how
What A woman likes about being mar
RED Is thinking how much better she
could have done
In politics either you get rid Of all your
money or the public gets rid Of some OF
theirs
Generally you can tell what a woman
means by guessing the opposite OF what
she says
There may be no marriages IN heaven.
but there have got 70 be dyessraakeTs OF
1hers Gslu ha rcuh1a-
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people. and we wonder why those New
workers. are not more conservative in
their claims. But when we reflect that
in the last election 100000 votes We're
cast In the state OF New York. a hun
dred thousand one way or the other is
not so many after all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-03

The estimates oG pluralites in New
york on both sides deal with the hum
dreds Of thousands. One side claims
It VIII be a hundred thousand plural
nv for Hearst, and their opponents as
sert that Hughes viii have over a
hundred thousand plurality. These
sstiuates sound extravegant to western
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-03
WHAT MONEY WON.T 10.

The Slydcr family in Kansas City,
possessed of wealth amounting to mil
lions IS an Inflated one. nevertheless.
The son was under a narole from a
court when he met a horrible death in
Oregon, and the father was under in
dictment for a crime when he was
killed in an accident last Saturday
night Money can buy a good many
things. but it cannot purchased a good
character or the happiness that fol-
lows honest living.@Salina Journal.
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Here is another question that haunts
the man who believes in law enforce
ment: If Governor Hoch is reelected
viii it be Interpreted BY Atchison.
I.eavenworths Wichita and other
towns as an endorsement Of present
conditions and in favor Of their con-
tinuance, and viii public officials so
ronetrue it?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-03
A POINTER ron GIRLs.

Every girl Should remember that while
a piece of Battenberg lace and daisy
painted on a DOYLE are a pride and joy
forever. they donl1 take the edge off Il
as a plate OF 10 observation-disclosures
Farmer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-03

The party emblem Of the Prohibition
party Is a sun shining across body Of
water, and the inscription. 1.-THE Day
Is Dawning,' beneath it. But that sun
hasn't moved a particle, nor has the
dsqsn grown any brighter in the last
sis yea re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-03

A writer IN the New York Herald
makes a plea for the utility of whis-
kefs. declaring that they are sanitary
and a natural protection for the throat
and face against dangerous diseases.
He cannot claim that they ever warded
off the disease Of zPopuiisTn. Houston
Post.
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WARNING 70 DEMocRATs-

The Republicans are putting up an
other job on the Democrats. They will
ride the prosperity wave to the crest
and then let the Democrats take charge
The plunge into hard times will keep
the Democrats in bad repute for anoth-
er ten years-JeWen Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-03

chicago hears that King Edward is
Interested in a syndicate that is trying
TO get hold Of some OF its public SER
vice corporations. Chicago hopes the
report is true because then it will
know where to address its kicks when
the service is bad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-03

In speaking of a county attorney
Down in southwestern Kansas, a news
paper in that locality says The has
made whisky so hard to get that the
poor bUoze-dghter has had to fan back
on meat and malt That's a pretty
good recommendation for the county
attorney
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Der poor reporter ISIS being cussed all
der dime fer a hot-air merchandt. py
folks vot tink he spreads ID Ter anloos-
Toendt. Der dubs wien ISIS cussing US
would cuss us more harder uf We folier-
ed der various sysdems dey mar. fer
us oudt ger instance, do dey tnk "a
vas easy chob fer der poor Moo york.
reporters to cook COP tree coiunlps ohos
A bunch Ut reporters held import
andt interfew nit Mrs Mary Eddy TO-
day. She said, Indeed am und no,
certainly
Der kickers may safely gamble dc;
dose reporters would RAIDER hat Wroien
ii dot way. und Id ISIS also a skinch DOT
ii would nod hat occupied tree columps
unless der reading poblic wanted Id
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VENGEANCE

1t Is said that former Senator Bur
ton viii write q book during his prison
term. The man is certainly YindictAve
and that viii be terrible vengeance
to take against the helpless public
Houston Post.
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Corn huskers are badly needed, but
there IS consolation in the thought that
a good many will be available after the
country has been saved Tuesday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-03

1t is reported that the Standard Oil
company is against Phil Campbell be-
cause he IS the man who "sicked"
Commissioner Garfield on to the
STANDARD. If this is true it ought to
help Mr.. Campbell.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-03

It is not a pleasing prospect to have
one man telling the public that Col.
Harris does not mean what he says
about the enforcement of the prohibi-
tory law and a paper printing that Gov
ernor Hoch is liberal, has let the sa-
looms alone and viii let them alone It
is despicable catering to the lawless
element 1t is not creditable to either
side Kansas cannot stand for that sort
Of thing and both candidates ought to
lose no time in repudiating such asser-
tiOns.-Lawrence Journal
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Here is another argument against
enforcing prohibition: Kansas city,
kan. never gained in population so
rapidly before in its history as it has
since c. w. Trickett closed the open
saloons down there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-03

The different tickets in New York
are having trouble over their party
emblems. If they are short of en-
blems we would suggest that the
lobster might I'LL the bill for some Of
4l7ar,7
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Like as not those British women who
are mobbing parliament 10 make it
give them the right of suffrage would
BE grievously disappointed after they
get it. At least few people who have
st value it highly annarently.
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1t is said that Richard Croker in
tends to return to New York soon after
election. If Hearst is elected Mr..
croker may change his mind, in view
OF recent cablegrams he has been
sending to his old friend, Pat NcCar-
--nu