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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27
GLOBE SIGHTS.
LFrom the Atchison Glol

[From the Atchison Globe.1
How a woman does admire a man
| who bows low when he meets her!
It takes a lot of time to properly air
grievances. Not one in q hundred is
worth 1t.
A man may not see much economy
in his home but 1T is there all right
at least. he is is always hearing about
it.
There is this about a bachelor. If
he doesn't pay his bills you can put a
brick on his wages, and 1t will stay
there.
When a widow falls in love, she al
ways takes great credit to herself and
to her sex. that she waited until her
husband was dead before she did it.
son has yet had his feelings harrow
ed by receiving one of the new $40
gold pieces from which the words I'm
God We Trust" are emitted.
The prune has advanced so rapidly
in price within the last six months
who is always the First to Take No
tice, yesterday served prunes to Com
pany from New York.
The woman who wears her hair In
curl papsrs eld reads novels in the
morning may not be sble to mix bis
cults but she is a complete encyclO-
pedia when it comes to explaining
what it meant by soul mate"
A tombstone agent drove up to the
house of a widower in the country. The
widower was working about the yard,
and after the two men exchanged the
ordinary talk, the agent asked: You
have no hankering for tombstone
yet?" NO" the bereaved replied. I'm
getting over 1t pretty WELL
There are both single and married
men in the Globes employ, and when
a married man Is called to the tele-
phone by woman his replies indicate
worries: The baby has the Group, or
the coal is out When a single man
is called to the telephone by a woman,
there is great Joy in his tone as he
accepts an invitation to a dinner or
party.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27

has passed from surfeit to hunger.
Such another span promises to carry
! us from hunger to starvation.
And the cause of it all is because the
| bounty Of the federal government had
left holes in its land laws through
| which six logging teams could be
driven abreast, and a very dull specula-
tor 1t would be who would not have
driven his team in. INSCRIPTIONS men
went beyond the law by collecting and
hiring men to use their individual
homestead and other rights on rich
timber already spied out. In earlier
days loggers even went so far as to cut
right and left in government timber
without permission. Doubtless big for
tunes were acquired by these unlawful
means without any retribution. State
lands in Wisconsin and Minnesota were
shamelessly stolen by means of corrupt
legislation. But such undue greed was
not necessary to the easy getting of
great timber fortunes. Men of mod.
crate means, keeping wholly within the
law, disappeared into the woods, kept
quiet as to their operations and came
out millionaires. Twenty-Five years
ago it took no prophet, if he knew any
thing at all about timber, to tell that
the purchase of good pine at going
prices was safe investment. A supply
surely and rapidly diminishing and a
population surely and rapidly increas-
ing gave security to the venture. 1t
was really no venture at all. It was a
certainty. Men who had bought north
ern pine in the Lake states at a few
cents per thousand and had sold or
sawed their holdings till cents turned
to dollars, went to the Gulf states or to
the Pacific coast and with the wisdom
of lumber experience and the dollars of
sugared-off deals, bought heavily into
rich and ridiculously cheap timber. The
sensational timber fortunes have been
made within the past twenty-five years.
and nearly all of these within the past
ten years. -t--
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IFrom the Chicago News.1
Women who own cut glass shouldn't
throw stones.
Some men go about looking for temp
tation to yield to.
Frequently the spirit of anarchy
comes in pocket TASKS.
Part of the fabulous salaries some
actors get is real money.
Every dog has his day--with the ex-
ception of the yellow cur.
1t isn't always easy for a female de-
tective to catch a husband.
Right you are, Alonzo; the fountain
plays because the water works.
When a wise man is too tired to think
his talk is sure to sound foolish
Women with natural curls are apt to
have a few kinks in their dispositions,
In Cincinnati a man recently took II
wives in one day. He's a photographer.
Somehow the average boy lacks a
mania for acquiring good conduct
marks at school
When some men start out to look for
the deserving poor their first stop Is In
front of mirror.
After a man has posed as a cynic
for a short time he begins to think too
little of others and too much of him
self.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27
HUNOR OF THE DRY

There's one great trouble about this
unparalleled prosperity"
whats that? -.
Keeps everybody broke living up to it."
Louisville Courier-JournaL
They say King Edward looks older
ssWeu. who doesn' t?''-Cleveland Plain
Dealer. ssilr
Better have your wife with you than
after you.-Judge.
Minister-so you go to school, do you.
Bobby?
Bobby-Yes. sir.
Minister-Let me hear how you spell
Bonby.'.B-r-e-d-e"
Minister-The dictionary spells 1t with
Bobby-Yes. sir. but you didn't ask me
how the dictionary spells 1t; you asked
me now spell 1t.
1T see Follensby is on his legs again"
a no = ne sell is Ms horse H and carriase.
That's what I mean. Now he walks.
Miss withers (showing photograph OF
herseif)-Tm afraid it's rather faded.
Binks inexperienced, aged nineteen)-
Yes, but it's Just like you.
How did Jones make al his money!
"Judicious speculation.
"DabbIing in stocks ''-Cleveiand Lead
er.
Bertie-Well. mother, don't care what
you say I think she's a regular brick.
Mother-very likely. She certainly
seems to be throwing herself at some
body's head."-Punch.
Gunner-There goes old man Griddle-
stone He has started more feminine Jaws
wagging than any man in this part of the
country. =
Guyer-Great Jupiteri What scandal
was he mixed up in?
Gunner-None! He is a manufacturer OF
chewing gum-Chicago Daily News.
Dresses and hatsi Dresses and hatsr'
exclaimed the philosopher. 1T 10 the eter-
nal feminine"
mo" corrected the practical man. 1T
Is the external feminine"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27
BALLADE OF THE DEFICIT,

Where is the hand overplayed?
Leaving to me of debt share?
Where right now is the stuff I've made
Till sometimes had some to spare?
Inc filled purse leaves one free from
care,
With life all vigor. vim and cheer;
but, after days of wear and tear,
Where is the Dough of Yesteryear?
Bonbons dear for a dearer maid,
Best aisle seats in the parquet's glare.
Roses, too. that so quickly fade
Ana Ana something for the claimants fare
Inc first cost of romance laid bare
men Wfthered to memory dear
AND ieft some haunting doubts of where,
On where's the Dough of Yesteryear?
Much I've forgotten, I'm afraid,
mere was the old vacation snare
with scant return for what was paid.
Al1 unless " at the thing. to swear.
To bring 1t back in Thought all clear
And what's the use? I'll ne'er get
square
Oh, where's the Dough of Yesteryear?
Indianapolis News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
[From the New York Prsss.l

from the New York Press.l
A way to economic is to get no far
in debt your creditors make you.
The most exciting way to hug a girl
is inside Of fur coat she has on
It's very foolish to be such a little
criminal that you deserve to 20 TO fail
A family that is expecting the storl,
had better not lose it's money or 1t viii
be twins.
1t wouldn't be so bad to be an old
maid IL she could tell all the thin1n
she knows the way married women can.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27

western Kansas. Fifteen per cent in
crease will mean about a million acres,
and with fair yield this will make a
considerable increase in the aggregate
wheat yield of the state. One of these
days Kansas is going over the hun
bred million bushel mark
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27

Congressman Fowler complains that
the government issued the new gov
eminent certificates in the same form
as bank notes so that they will pass
as currency. Well, hasn't Mr. Fowler
and his crowd been bowling for more
currency? And can they ask for any
better currency than three per cent
government certificates?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27

II seems likely that some of the big
fnanciers climbed up on the fence be-
fore they unclaimed the panic and
'sicked" it on to the rest of the crowd
At least they are picking up at bargain
prices the stocks they sold some time
ago-and they were careful to run no
risks themselves
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27

A recent writer says that Oklahoma
has seen so many laws invalidated by
the courts on the ground that thew
are unconstitutional, that it made sure
of some laws it wanted by putting them
In its constitution. Those Oklahoma
constitution builders may have been
wise in their day and generation, in
ppite of all the criticism that is d.
rected at their work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27

There has been a great deal more
salary in Mr.. Bryan's job as defeated
candidate than there would have been
had he been elected president of the
United States, and besides that he has
escaped a lot of worry and responsible
fly. Perhaps that explains why he is
willing to try 1t again
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27

Although he is not a newspaper
man. here is a guess that Ed Madison
will make just as good a congressman
as Victor Murdoch or Dan Anthony.
The new generation which Kansas is
sending to congress is among the best
made
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27
sTRINGING THE coNsUMER.

The thread trust announces net
profits of $15,2sO,625 on the business
of the past year. A dividend of 20
per cent with an additional bonus of
10 per cent will be paid to stockholo-
ers. The advance in the price of
thread has made smart increase In
the revenues of the trust at the ex-
pense, in large part, of seamstresses.
-Philadelphia Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27
Doubtless
some OF

Doubtless some of Governor
Hughes admirers do not see why the
Roosevelt supporters do not jump at
the chance of supporting Hughes. 1t
is the suspicious character of some of
his New York support that causes the
rest OF the country to shy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27

It Is said that the prohibitionists
propose to make New York dry. There
certainly ought to be as much hope of
New York as OF Kentucky, especially
since the water has been squeezed out
of the stocks in New York.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27

Mobile threatened to secede from
Alabama If the prohibitory law passed.
But the secession question was settled
for Mobile a good many years ago, as
II will doubtless recall If it thinks
rea1 hard
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27
THE POOR RICH

The New York papers publish full
list of the owners of the boxes in the
charmed horseshoe at the Metro
politan opera house who are expected
to occupy them the coming season.
1t would be interesting to know about
how large a proportion of them feel
the pinch, but have to keep up ap-
pearances.-Boston Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27

There are doubtless some individ-
uals in Oklahoma about this time who
are wondering whether statehood was
worth the price after all. Giving up
the saloons is big sacrifice with some
na0nIa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27

The really safe thing to do is to
blame the panic on to Andrew Jack
son. Andy, you know. had consider
able to do with shaping up our present
banking system
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27

A court has refused to allow the
Hartje case to be reopened at Pitts
burg. Even Pittsburg realizes that
there are limitations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27

Government guarantee Of bank de-
posits appears to be certainly coming.
And when that comes there will be no
excuse for boarding money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27

Secretary Taft had another narrow
escape from a wreck in Siberia. Sec
rotary Taft's press agent evident
" has a keen eye for averted wrecks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27

Among the minor things, it will be
interesting to note whom Mr.. Bryan
picks out to be the successor of Tom
Taggart as chairman of the Demo-
cratic national committee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27

There ought not to be nearly as
many New Years resolutions smashed
as usual this winter, since SO much of
the country has gone dry
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27

Perhaps a cartoonist instead of ar
artist made that picture Of the eagle
on the new coins.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27
FORCE. OF HABIT.

One Kentucky lawyer shot another
Monday. They can still shoot in Ken.
lucky even IL they are quitting drink
.ing.-Ft. Scott Republican. re @
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27

A funny thing about 1t Is that thu
late Mr.. Acsop has not yet been &C
cused of being a nature faker.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27

Only a few more days and the coun'
try will know what President Roose.
welt thinks about 1t all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27
ERON OTHER PENS
A HOME APPLICATION.

corporation which controls more than
SO per cent of the output in any line
of production. But If he accepts three
Democratic party in twelve years he
will himself be guilty of taking more
than a so per cent share in that or
ganization's political operations and
national convention dtvidendS.-NeW
York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27

II is said that the wheat acreage in
Kansas this fall will be fifteen per cent
larger than last year, due chiefly to
the breaking up OF prairie land in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27

If we are to have a new motto for
coins why not this one: Don't hoard
m07"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27
KANSAS cONMENT
"OLD SPECK."

old Speck's was born and brought
up on the farm. She was well be-
naved IN her youth, and Industrious
ana useful all through her busy life.
She was well fed and well housed.
grew rat and trusting and was a gem
erdI IaVorlte of the family. She was
NOT nature fakir. believing it her
e guy TO hustle and multiply and fill
the edrtn with little "SpeckS;'' and
she did 1t. so that the front yard, the
PACK yard. the barn lot and adjoining
neids swarmed with young and old
Specks. The family knew many
OF tnem by name; the dogs and the
cats recognized their right to live and
nourlsh and feed upon the best to be
mad, while old "Brindle Boss and
Seiim offered no protest when one
OF the generation of "Specks'' be-
came familiar. But a sorrowful day
came to "Soeck.'' Winter was COM
ing on and the order came for the
breaking of home ties; and with ach-
ing hearts the mother and children
witnessed the departure of "Old
Speck She and her children's chill
dren were caught and bundled into a
narrow crate and hauled to town.
Speck was sad-eyed and forlorn.
what had she ever done that she
home, crowded into a miserable old
box and jolted along the public high
way In this brutal manner. She was
a proud ."Old Speck,- as she had
been Detted and coddled all her life.
She had lived a life of usefulness,
had filled her mission by adding many
dollars to the family bank account;
had never harmed anybody, had
clucked and sang through all the
years and was counted one of the
most respected members of the flock.
And all this didn't count, so poor old
heart-broken "Speck'' was hauled to
market, chucked in with hundreds of
her tribe. thrown into a railway car
and taken to the. big city in disgrace
and dishonor. Bedraggled and hun
cry, homeless and friendless, her life
was taken from her and she became
food for two-legged beasts.-Bent
Murdoch.
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GOOD FOR EVIL.
After Wall street has all the money
it wants it may consent to send a lit
tie out west. There is some of it
needed here in Kansas but Kansas is
press Wall street too hard. We can
remember the time when the shoe
was on the other foot and Kansas
was in debt to Wall street. And Wall
street were not SO very easy with us, |
either. We might call Wall street a |
lot of names and jump onto her as
she once did with Kansas, but we |
are not going to do it.-Smith County |
GREAT JOKE.
The cover on the Christmas num- |
Der Of Everybody's Magazine springs |
4 great joke. 1t prints a picture of
Hartman leaning on Roosevelt's |
shoulder, while below the picture is
he motto, Peace on Earth, Good |
Will to Men."-Lawrence World.
WHERE MOTHER MISSES.
When mother gets so interested !
that she helps her daughter in her
efforts to land him, he generally es-
Sentinel.
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FULL LEASED WIFE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRIcSS

The State Journal Is s member 1t thc
Associated Press and receives tha fFsil day
telegraph report OF tina: great news or
garizatlon for the exclusive afternoon
publication IN Topeka.
The news Is received I'm The State Jour-
nal BUILDING ever wires for this sole pur-
pose.
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CONTENT!

These are days when the averags
stock market gambler can appreciate
who owns a forty-acre farm in Texas
Dallas News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27
KNocKING THE KAISER.

DIR. Pierkowski Of Berlin asserts that
"virulent bacilli Turk in upcurling
moustaches.'' Sounds suspfciously like
lese majeste.-Omaha Bee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27
THE WRONG TIME

This is really the wrong time for the
heirs of George washington to put In
an appearance. At the most they would
have to be contented with clearing
house Observation-Disclosures Record Her
aid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27
THE rHE0DORE TREE

Our timber VIII De exndusteu IN
twenty-five years, with the possible
exception of one piece of standing
presidential timber.-Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal. !.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27
SANTA CLAUS AIRSHIP.

If Santa Claus Is up to date this
year he Will employ an airshfp in
seeking easy access to chimneys in
stead of the historic sleigh and rein
deer-New York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27
A TR.AINED OCTOPUS.

President Roosevelt seems to have
the octopus so well trained that it goes
around to the White House to eat out
of his hand and waggle its tail.-Chi-
cago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27
MA RRYAN,S POSITION

Mr. Bryan is not seeking the nom
nation, but anybody who objects to
his taking 1t will be no Democrat
ST. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27
The Cloudy Orchestra.

The family were gathered in the
library admiring a splendid thunder
storm when the mother bethought her
self of Dorothy alone in the nursery.
Fearing lest her little daughter should
be awakened and feel afraid, she Slip
ped away to reassure her. Pausing at
the door, however, in a vivid flash of
lightning. which illumined the whole
room, she saw her youngest olive
branch sitting straight up in bed. Her
big brown eyes were glowing with ex-
element and she clapped her chubby
hands, while she shouted encouraging
1y. Bang it again. God! Bang 1t
again!'-Brooklyn Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27
WET CITIES.

Seven cities are competing for tho
honor of the Democratic national
convention-and 1t may be worthy Of
note that none of them is a dry"
town.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-27
NEED RICH HUSBANDS.

1t is hoped, for their own sake, that
the girls who decline either to cook
or to teach school have all arranged
to marry mfllionaires.-Phil
Inquirer.
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A Troop of Witnesses.

"A story is told concerning a captain
OF cavalry in the old army days who
was inclined to gaze too long upon the
moving bowl He finally came to grief
ana was placed under arrest. charged
with drunkenness. The judge-advocate
VINO was sent to conduct the court
martial was fond of the bluff old SOL
der, and in his heart hoped that he
might be able to clear himself
On the day Of the trial the two, de-
fencant and prosecutor were talking.
They have me at last" said the cap
tain. II do not see how I can clear
myself
Have you no witnesses?" asked the
judge advocate.
None replied the respondent Off
Ger.
Suppose we call your first sergeant
and ask him."
The first sergeant was duly called.
Have I any Witnesses asked the
captain. The old Irishman was quite
certain that the captain did have wit
nesses. He was dismissed with orders
to bring the witnesses, equipped with
side arms. to the captains tent In a
half hour. At the time appointed the
sergeant stepped into the room, saluted,
and reported: ''Sor. the troop is ready
to be sworn.''-Los Angeles Times.
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WHERE MOTHER MISSES.

When mother gets so interested
that she helps her daughter in her
efforts to land him. he generally es-
capes.-Greenleaf Sentinel.
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Advice From PIanchette.

David Bispham, the well known
singer, tells the following remarkable
story in this weeks IN. A. p"
lone evening I was quietly sitting
with two friends at a table On which
was the little instrument known as
planchette. One of my friends, a
French gentleman of title, who, please
note, was neither musical nor au fait
in matters pertaining to the operate
stage. manipulated the machine,
which, please note again, I did not
touch in any way during the seance,
If I may SO call it.
'rI asked planchette whether I
should devote my attention to opera
or concerts. The answer, plainly
written, was: Opera. by all means
Then I asked: What operas?' 1t re-
Piled: Those by Verdi and wagner
requested the names of the operas I
should study 1t wrote Immediately:
"Aida," Tristan" Die Meistersing-
err" and ''Tannhauser."
'I was SO deeply impressed by plan
chette's advice that the very next day
engaged an accompanist, and set to
work to study the operas and parts
the oracle had recommended."-L
don Express,
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GOOD FOR EVIL.
GREAT JOKE.

: OREAT JOhE.
The cover on the Christmas num-
Der Of Everybody's Magazine springs
a great joke. 1t prints a picture of
Hartman leaning on Roosevelt's
shoulder, while below the picture is
the motto, Peace on Earth, Good
VIII to Men."-Lawrence World.