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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-26

I Coffeyville boasts that it has spent
100000 in paving g miles of streets
in the last three years.
The Wichita Street Railway COM
pany will give turkey to each of its
employees for Thanksgiving.
A frost put the Arkansas water
wagon out of business a few nights
ago, by freezing the water crane. 1t
is feared such a frost will occur all
over the country about January 5.
A new cement dam across the
Smoky has just been completed at
Abilene, and it is estimated that 1t
will last something like $500 years.
1t wears an apron, but whether of the
kitchen variety Is not stated.
Tom Keats of AtchiSon wants to bet
$500 that he can husk $50 bushels of
corn in twelve hours, another man to
haul the corn out of the field. He
claims that ten years ago he husked
40 bushels in eleven hours, and says he
can prove 1t.
There are a great many turnip
stories in the Kansas papers this fall.
AS a rule nobody pays any attention
to turnips. The Phillipsburg News
tells of two that weigh 13 pounds
together and are each more than two
feet in circumference.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Sweet of Con-
cordia are home after % months
absence in taking trip around the
world. Kansans are getting to be
such gadders that trip like that does
not attract as much attention as a run
across to Europe once did.
Little River claims to be the only
town in central Kansas with an agri-
cultural department in its high school.
Prof. Meyer, of that place, teaches the
boys and girls to select corn, to test
butter, to feed hogs, to hoe the gar
den to milk the cows, and to do these
things scientifically and practically.
Currency shortage story from the
LaHarpe Journal: While a number
of small checks have been written
since the recent financial furry the
smallest yet to come to our notice was
one written by J. R. Smith to his five |
year-old son, Master Howard. How |
ard came to the store Tuesday morn |
ing and asked for his daily candy al |
cent. J. r. did not |
deem it wise to pay out the ready |
cash, so wrote the boy check, and |
sent him to Parman's bakery for his |
candy. Mr.. Parman gave him the |
candy, but refused to cash the check, |
Howard crossed the street |
to Heimer's restaurant where he made !
another purchase with his check. Mr.. |
Heimer, in the course of the day |
needed a dozen eggs, SO gave the |
check and 81 cents to Mr.. Smith in |
payment for them. Mr.. Smith refused |
to honor the check because it had not |
been endorsed by Howard. After a |
half days search Howard was found |
and brought forth to put his signature |
on the back, which he did with some |
assistance. The check Is still going |
the rounds and causing great deal Of |
comment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-26
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

GFrom the Philadelphia Record.l
Lots of girls go to church because of
the hymns.
1t is better to swallow your pride
than to chew the rag.
The trouble with the dead beat is
that he never says die.
It's when money Is tight, that the
fellow who hasn't any shouldn't be.
When a fellow Is dead broke ana a
footpad holds him up he is apt to be
struck centless.
1t doesn't always pay to ten a man
just what you think of him, unless you
are bigger than he Is.
Some young men are only Willing to
begin at the foot of the ladder when it
is turned upside down.
The victims of a get-rich-ouicJx
scheme are those who try to sprinlie
salt on the tail of wealth.
It is sometimes dif1cult To teII
whether girl is playing classical mus
ic or whether the plano is merely ont
of tune.
Consistency is a jewel" quoted the
Wise Guy. Did you ever try to raise
anything on it at a pawnbroker's p.
asked the Simple Mug.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-26
JOURNAL ENTRIES

This department will continue to
go out to Vinewood and pay rs cents
an hour when it wishes to go boat
ing instead of hiring the Lusitania.
The men who own the Lusitania
get a profit of $66, 900 from each trip
it makes, over and above a few thou
sand in expenses. 1t is doubtful if
they would loan the boat for an eve
ning's pleasure on Deer Creek.
y y
We trust no Topeka woman will get
jealous just because her husband car
ries around a picture of Mary Cham
berlain treasured up in his pocket.
Mary, you know, is the pretty Irish
girl who furnished the Indian maids
picture that is on the new gold pieces.
n !. n
Although the Vinland Vine and the
Coolidge Enterprise are two of the
most widely quoted papers in the
state, you never see their editors at
state editorial association.
Just now the women folks are ex-
changing recipes for cooking the tur-
key, but they should remember that
first rule of all: First, catch your tur-
key.
49,,
1t is quite evident that Brown also
wasted a lot of good postage stamps
on Mrs Bradley.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-26
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFrom the Atchison Globe

[From the Atchison Globe.1
A husband made good by nagging
is a slave, and liable to run off.
Some dogs are as cross as some
men; whistle to some dogs, and they
pay no attention to you.
Occasionally a man gets a little
sympathy from his wife, but it al
ways has a cranberry dressing.
When the world never hears how
mean a. husband a man is, it praises
his wife "for keeping her troubles to
herself"
What has become of the old-fash-
toned woman who always got batter
on her thumb when she turned a
buckwheat cake in the griddle?
The term, Call Loan. is misnomer
during the financial furry. Many a
man has called his loans until ,hoarse
without getting any of his money In
Let an unmarried man tell a widow
had he met a woman like her earlier
In life, and she will do the rest, II she
wants him.
An Atchison old girl who has been
engaged three times, says she has
noticed that when a man begins talk
ing about his steady's age, that set
ties it; he is arranging to get away.
"Pa," a farmers wife said to her
husband today, Come on; We must
get started home. It's getting late.
But pa was DuSy QlSCuSslHS ttlo i
FURRY. and talked, and talk
ed, and talked.
George Irwin is probably the
smartest man in Atchison. When
"story'' is started on him, he never
denies it.; he knows the people will
quit talking about him in seven days,
and begin on somebody else. He
knows that If he denies the STORY"
it will live longer. and. in addition,
probably the people will prove 1t.
An Atchison mother who was on
street with her baby this
morning, cried all the way home be-
cause no one told her she had the
baby In the world. 1t is
true one friend said she had the pref
test baby in town, but what Of that?
There aren't more than 400 or 500
babies in the town.
A man who lectures occasionally
tells about a man who lately intro
duced him. The man who delivered
the Introductory speech was some
what ratified" and, when he began,
raised his right hand as a signal for
the audience to come to order. Be-
Ing ratified he forgot to take his
hand down, and kept it in the air un-l
I'll he concluded his Introductory
speech.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-26
THE SITUATION.

|
conditions. Henry Clews, the New York
banker whose views are usually sane
and command consideration, says that
| somewhat improved conditions prevail
| in the financial district
| "Hysteria," he says, has at last dis
| appeared and is now giving way to a
sober recognition of the fact that con-
| dftions have radically changed, and
that the sooner business begins to re-
adjust itself to these new conditions the
sooner will it be started on the road to
real recovery. OF course the abnormal
str1ngency in money is still the chief
source of difficulty. Until that abates
1t is idle to look for any change for
the better. Credit is badly disorgan-
lied and unable to take part in the ma
TONS transactions. Consequently there
is an abnormal demand for currency
just when the prevailing distrust keeps
alive the tendency to hoard. Not until
the premium on currency begins to dis
appear; not until clearing certificates
begin to be withdrawn, and not until
bank reserves begin to rise can any
genuine improvement be looked for
1T is quite evident, now that the
situation has passed beyond the posi-
bility of relief by artificial measures,
own solution. Events must take their
natural course. There is already a very
large increase in currency supply, and
we possess an enormous stock of gold, |
which promises to be still further in
creased by importations from abroad. |
AS soon as business returns to the nor
NAL or settles down to the lower level |
we will surely be confronted with an |
excessive imitation of currency and all |
the unpleasant consequences which |
that may involve. This, however, is a |
contingency somewhat remote and can |
be best dealt with when 1T arrives, |
which may not be until the end of win
ter or the arrival of spring. During
the interim we shall probably be fully
occupied with the inevitable process of |
into which we have plung-
ed with unexpected force and sudden
ness.
wall street at present is in a fit of
the blues of the deepest shade. It's
chief consolation is in the fact that
there is plenty of company and that
losses are being taken more and more
philosophically. The necessity for re-
is now fully admitted, the
chief question being how best to meet
the crisis. Happily the process of re- |
covery has already begun and easier
conditions are already in sight. Mean
while the only solution appears to be
that of allowing events to take their
natural course with as little artificial
as necessary. That is GER
-ainly the best method for the elimina-
ton Of weak spots as we'll as for the
aging of safe foundations on which to
base a new forward movement when
he time is ripe"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-26
WORRYING HIM.

Oh, papa.
The octopus!
The creature
WritheS in pain.
The folks
Are so
Unkind, fear
He will not stand the strain.
The government
Is after him
With vengeance
In its eye,
Is very rough indeed
So frail
and shy.
His tentacles
That used to wrap
Almost
Around the world
Are now
Drawn in
Quite modestly,
And most of them are furled.
And since
He isn't
Bad at heart
I'd really
Like to know
Why any
Cruel government
Should treat
The darling
So,
/ fear
That they
Will break his heart
If out they do not look.
But he'll
Survive,
Because
No fine
Can break
His pocketbook.
Nashville American,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-26
KANSAS COMNENT
CELEBRATING

n.
Last Saturday at 8 o'clock the peo-
PIE or the city of Kingman and vicin-
] lty were startled at hearing the big
| inlil Whlstle commence to blow loud
~ IolIoWed instantly by the whistle at
| the creamery and ice plant and all the
| other bells and whistles in the vicin-
lty, the big fire bell joining the Choir
US. Feople were seen running to ana
Iro and the fire company made a has
| " run TO the fire station to assist in
subduing the supposed fire, while hum
ureds ran down the street fnquiring
WHAT'S the matter?" and bewilder-
ment and curiosity combining put a
sudden stop to all kinds of business for
a efw moments, or until the word was
passed around that oklahoma is
state. Then everybody Joined in the
laugh. The two or three Democrats
in Kfngman that have endeavored to
keep the altar fires burning and that
have not wandered off after strange
gods were the most jubilant at the ad-
mission of the new state and were
considerably sweIied up over the occa-
sion, claiming it was the day for 81
mon pure Democrats to jollify. If
John Bromley is on earth he doubt
less jollified, also as did J. e. Lydeck-
er, no doubt, who is now at Tulsa. Ok.
Notwithstanding the state went DEM
ocratic there are lots of good people
living in our neighbor on the south
Of us.-Kingman Courier.
The reactionaries who are trying to
make Hughes president are not very
enthusiastic over their candidate
They complain that he is cold and I'M
responsive. The governor is a little
cold to the politicians, it is true, and
he is not very responsive to the
schemes which the New York ma
chine submits to him. He is not a
of his own. 1t is doubtless very diff
ficult for Hartman and the Odell
crowd in New York to warm up to
the governor.-Salina Journal.
TOO FAR BACK. ~
In inquiring in the course of his in
vestigation in court, What are you
going to do about ft?'' Mr.. E. H. Har-
riman undoubtedly turned back too far
in the book, by mistake. What are you
going to do about it?" is written on
the same page with Hon. Mr.. Wander
bits, The public be damned'-and
several leaves have been turned over
since then.-Ottawa Herald.
A HINT.
Considering that American girls
have invested nine hundred million
dollars in titled foreign husbands. the |
return flow OF gold from Europe is
comparatively small. Why not take a |
hint from the Bank of England and |
mark up the American girls on the
market for titled nus
bands seven per cept?-Parsons sun
OPPOSE ASSET CURRENCY.
The bankers of Leavenworth to
man are opposed to the asset currency
plan proposed and supported by the
stock gam bling banks of Wall street.
The government itself is the only
proper authority to issue money and
his power should never be delegated
% any man or set of men.-Jeffer-
son County Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-26

How do you suppose the Mahans, for
merly of Wichita, feel now. The Ma
hans. you will remember, hurried a
hundred thousand dollar stock of
liquors out of Wichita into Oklahoma
between two days to keep the supreme
court from catching them. And now
they are banished from Oklahoma also.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-26

FROM OTHER PENS
GREAT cANALacoNFERENCE.

The most comprehensive and appar-
emily the most earnest efforts which
have ever been made in the direction
of a suitable system of internal water
ways for this country are crys tallizfng
in demands which will be generally
brought before the national and state
LEGISLATURES next winter. The great
Mississippi valley projects is being fol-
lowed by the Philadelphia conference,
which is to include excursions over
parts of the proposed route along the
coast. extending from Boston to Beau
fort. S. c. The undertaking is of grand
proportions, yet many will be surprised
to learn how few gaps are to be filled
in and how comparatively small ar:
the passage of small merchant vessels
and gunboats by this inside waterway.
-Phila delphia Ledger.
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expression ''reckoned without his host.
mer hotel guest who tried to figure out
for himself what his bill was going to be.
Philadelphia Press.
| Stella-Did the Count propose?
| Bella-No; he said with the present in
can saecurities.NNew York Sun.
Mr.; Jawback-Lets celebrate our golden
Mrs. Jawback-How sillyl We've only
Mr.. Jawback-That air Howell get 1t
into my head 1t was 6o?-Cleveland
Leader.
Mrs. Krossway's next door neighbor had
wen. III say this for her," said Mrs:
borrower. "-Chicago Tribune.
The explorers found sections of verte-
brae more massive than any they had
ever seen. There is only one expiana-
O'Saur. These are fragments OF the
backbone of the winter of 1eoe-0. Pitts
It," II knew you were fool before mar
II presume my proposing to you salts
fled you on that point."-Houston Post.
I'VE may each contribute to the city
each add little to the adjoining Of, the
ct will volunteer" said one of the hear
ers t,n Ito t Tear my new hat d0wn to the
iehi EeTp TedSer the sun
Husband-I wish lad some of those
good. old fashioned biscuits like mother
used to make for me.
Wife-And I wish had some Of them
nice new-fashioned clothes like father
use to buy for me-Chicago News
yes. SIR said the man in Cell III.
time was when I was admitted to the
very best houses"
And what brought you here?''
They caught me coming out."-Phila-
delphia Inquirer.
ct guess they've caught that wife MUIR
Anything in the papers about it7'
mo, but saw several women with big
jail little While sso.chioas S" Reeo 1de
Herald.
MY wife doesn't say boo when come
Neither does mine, but she says nearly
everything else in the Electromagnetic
New Irish Constabie-They call this
toimepiece a shtop-watch, do they. Bo-
fRots passed io an 0 tn 'Vd AVN m@m sx
thim's aven luked at me.
aw-give me something to-aw-bwighten,
me up. doncher known
DruggfSt-Yo cure IN the wrong place,
young man. This is a drug store not a
night school-Chicago Daily News.
m Mercy; yhere does all that profanity
From Bingley's garage. He's in there
trying to tinker up, his car in time to get
to church.'-Brooklyn Eagle
How on earth did you ever get in this
awful slater"
Don't tell the railroad authorities
ma am. but came on freight train
Judge.
Johnny" said Johnny's little brother
"a fly is a fly because he flies, isn't
hep"
Eyes, that's IT."
And a flea is a flea because he flees,
ism. it?''
Shouldn't wonder"
Then why are bees beesT'
because they be-" said Johnny.-Seat-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-26

cit is freely predicted" says an ex-
change, that Missouri will have
closed saloons in a few years" 1t is
all right. of course. to have closed
saloons in preference to the open va
riety, but what Missouri really needs
Is to have no saloons at all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-26

Pedestrian Weston. who is an old
man. complains that he cannot walk
more than fifty or sixty miles day
on account of bad roads. Yet the
ordinary individual makes a fuss if he
has to walk five or six miles a day on
GOOD walks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-26

You will notice that even Mr.. Har-
riman does not allow himself to be
held up by a trust when he can make
money by doing otherwise. He can
buy steel rails in Russia and ship
them over here for less money
than he can buy them here of the
steel trust. Consequently he is buying
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-26
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
lFrom the New York Press1

A man can almost afford to have an
automobile by giving it up.
A woman can always find some ex-
cuse for a man, specially If there isn't
any.
One of the greatest joys a woman
experiences Is matching some color in
the shops for a friend.
Most of US would rather be thought
rich and stand the expense of living
up to it without the means.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-26

Mr.. Bryan complains that Roose-
welt steals all his ideas. but thus far
Mr. Roosevelt has studiously re-
Trained from adopting Mr.. Bryan's
idea Of offering himself again as a
presidential candidate should his
party desire it. This is one of Bryan's
ideas which a great many people wish
Roosevelt would steal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-26

You will note that little is said about
a turkey trust" this year, although the
price offered the famer's wife for her
gobblers and the price paid by the con-
sumner are quite a distance apart.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-26

Still, those men who set saloon on
fire in New York because their friends
were caught while trying to rob it, can
scarcely be received into full fellowship
by the prohibitionists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-26

Although the wheat crop wasn't extra
good in Jewell county this year, and
the corn crop was worse. the Jewell Re-
publican can find plenty to be thankful
fcr. H says: Everybody in Jewell
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-26

Congressman Fowler doesn't like the
idea Of a government bond and certif-
cate issue. 1t may stop the financial
troubles before Mr.. Fowler has a chance
to work his asset currency scheme
through congress
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-26

Is it absolutely certain that we need
more currency? If people take cur
rency and hide it away, there will be a
shortage no matter how much is issued.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-26

Mr. Bryan had a pretty good idea
what his party would say when he Of
fered to be It-providing his party
wished IL.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-26

by the way says the Chicago
News. what is the inscription on the
gold coins we have now? Reach into
your pocket and see.'' But how, we
ask, can we see by reaching into our
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-26

The yellow peril doesn't scare us par
ticularly if it is in round chunks about
the size of a quarter with Mary Cham
berlain's picture engraved on it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-26

1t is now proposed to dig ship canal
along the Atlantic coast from Boston
to Brownsville. Such a canal would be
useful, also. in irrigating the oyster
beds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-26

Funny, isn't it, that an issue of Unit
ed States bonds helps the financial
shortage. while an issue of New York
City bonds some time ago only empha-
sized it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-26

EAST Lynne" is about to break out
in Emporia and the lovers of the
drama" in that town will have some
thing to weep over.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-26

The thread trust has just declared
g. twenty per cent dividend-and the
money was made before the price was
advanced from twenty to forty per
cant too
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-26
WIND POWER.

The man who puts in most of his
time blowing his own horn is seldom
heard complaining of overwork.-
Washington Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-26
TAX ON MONDES.

Blondes are expensive enough al
ready without the druggist putting up
the price of peroxide of hydrogen
Baltimore Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-26
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRBcSS.

And don't forget: Buy your
Christmas presents early.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-26

Let US hope that the Bradley case
will not break out in the moving pic
ture shows.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-26

It will soon be time for Medicine
Hat to be heard from again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-26
WOES OF WALL STREET.

Pity poor WaII stTeeI! CHaDIe 10
trust any longer in stocks, bonds.
banks or trust companies. a wicked
president declines to let 1t trust in
God.-New York Evening Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-26
PA SSING CRISES.

Another evidence that things are go
ing some is the way crises continue to
be passed daily in various cities in the
east.-Indianapolis News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-26

The Demon Rum is seeing things
now, and 1t isn't having the d. It's,
At
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-26
Changing Times.

There's a Wall street man out in
'front.'" announced the shop boy.
you wait on him. said the jewel
err I'm busy with this farmer gen.
tleman. That Wall street Teller does
MT want anything more than a collar
button, judge" Her.
aid.
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TOM TAGGART.

The reappearance Of the Hon. Tom
Taggart of Indiana, full of political
wisdom and prophecies. will recall to
students and survivors of the early
Parker era Of national affairs that MI.
Taggart is the chairman OF the
Democratic national committee. That
fact, for the historical accuracy OF
which all the ANIMALS and almanacs
youch, may have escaped the public
memory-New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-26

The choicest cut of meat will be q
slice off the price.-Chicago Evening
Post.
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THE MUM.

Just now the national flower is the
chrysanthemum, and it is getting all
kinds of a show.-Baltimor Ameri-
can.