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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11
GLOBE SIGHTS.

[From the Atchison Globe.1
1t is unfortunate when a busy man
has loafer for a friend.
Most people will make any sacrifice
to crafty their fool streak.
1t seems perfectly natural to some
peopfe to abuse a newspaper.
What a lot of rot there is in the
newspapers! And this is some more
of it.
What has become of the old-fash-
Toned man whose breath smelt of
garlic?
1t is surprising that a mean woman
and very good woman can belong to
the same sex.
Go to an oldfashioned person for
comfort and you will learn that you
are seeing your best days.
When a man makes serious mis-
take. 1t weakens his nerve. and less
ems his confidence in himself.
If you really want people to dis
like your enemy, praise him. 1t is
pitiful but true that people do not
like a person who is praised.
Every time a man makes a talk
showing why his favorite doctrine is
right. he quotes George Washington
or Abe Lincoln as favOring what he
says.
We have just read in Harper's Ba-
Ear that nothing will be worn by the
fair sex this summer except longi-
tudinal striped hose" Goodbye,
Atchison! We will take to the woods
A gushing reporter, in writing an
account of an excursion, says: etc
say that we had a good time would
be drawing it mildly; we had a de-
1ightful time" Well, why didn't he
say so in the first place?
An Atchison woman was on the
street this morning looking like a sill
yer cloud with a black lining: She
wore a white dress, white shoes, white
hat. white gloves. and carried white
parasol. but as she tripped along the
street her black petticoat showed.
When we contemplate the wonder
full capabilities of man-his powers
for good or evil-we are filled with
profound awe. owe take a just pride
in the above effort. 1t reads so
smoothly and elegantly. Not a word
too many, but brief and to the point.
We think We'll have it stuffed.)
We wonder that in all the notices
framed and hanging on the walls.
many of which are expressed so beau
tifully that the reader can't remem-
Der them, this one doesn't appear:
keep me well till 1 drop dead" Not
exactly elegant, but everyone wishes
it.
An Atchison man whose work de-
ponds largely upon night telephone
calls, found that the telephone failed
to awaken him. So he had the baby's
crib put near the telephone; the ring
ing wakens the baby, and the baby
cries and wakens its mother. and its
mother then wakens the father.
This is the season of the year when
the women get together and agree
that they are getting rusty on Shakes
peare. Lets organize Shakespeare
club for the winter" they say, and
this is done. At the second meeting
a deck of cards is introduced. at the
fpd
fourth Old Bill Shakespeare is COM
pletely forgotten, and a card club.
with angel cake. prizes, fines, etc. is
in full swing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11
MYHAWKER JOTy

That Jesse James show that is trying
to work its way through the Arkansas
valley, is liable to be held up
A snake was killed in Leavenworth
recently. and as Leavenworth is sup
posed to be a dry town, the Post thinks
it is no joke.
Victor Murdoch notes that the ending
of vacations JOS are not the only sor-
row that comes to a boy when school
begins: There are the new shoes.
Nearly every boy" remarks Mack
Gretchen, who has been one himseH,
has three well defined ambitions: To
be an Indian fighter, to go with a circus
and to whip the school teacher"
Speaking of the rumor that President
Roosevelt will become an editor when
his term expires, the Wichita Eagle is
mean enough to say that is what ]. r.
Burton did when his term expired.
MINNEAPOLIS Messenger: The little
town of Hope is feeling more hopeful
than ever since it has been found that
every firm in town has done larger
business since the joints were closed
All prophecies beforehand were to the
contrary.
Pleasantly from the Atchison Globe:
In Topeka, the whisky drug stores EN-
ploy barkeepers instead of drug clerks.
It is reported that man went into
Topeka drug store lately, and asked for
a seidlitz powder. The clerk looked ev-
erywhere, and finally said: THE best l
can do is talcum powder. VIII that an
swer your purpose?
Troy Chief: Thank God, some of US
have, and others have had, an old
fashioned mother. Not a woman of the
period, enameled and painted, with her
great chizon, her curls and hustle;
whose white, jeweled hands never nave
felt the clasp of baby fingers; but
dear d-fashioned, sweet-voiced moth-
er, with eyes in which the love hghl
shone, and brown hair threaded with
silver, lying smooth upon her 1aded
cheek Those dear hands worn with
toll, gently guided our tottering steps
in childhood, and smoothed our pillow
in sickness: ever reaching out to US In
warming tenderness, when her sweet
shirt was baptized in the pearly spray
of the river. Blessed is the memory OF
an old-fashioned mother. 1t noats TO
co,,oa woodland blossoms. The music of
otbar voices may be lost but the en-
trancing memory OF hers VIII echo IN
orr souls forever. Other places will
fade away and be forg got l;u but hers hers
Haaven's portals shall glorify our own.
Wien in the htful pauses of busy life
o,,r feet wander back to the old home
stead and crossing the well-Worn
threshold, standing once more in the
low quaint room, as hallowed by her
rraeance. how the feeling of childish
innocence and dependence comes over
ms and we kneel in the motion sun
shine streaming through the western
we knelt by our mothers knee. lisping
| ssC1ur Father" How many times when
the tempter lured us on has the mem
| ory of those sacred hours that MOTH
us from sin. Years have filled great
drifts over between her and US. put
they have not hidden from our slgnt
the glory of her pure. unselfish love.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11

crowd over here. You have swallow
ed up Mrs. Bryan's party with your
counter attractions. I guess I've kept
my promise, haven't I?''
Mrs. Paulding patted the curly
head. you have kept your promise"
she agreed. You have shaken us all
to our very foundations" then, put
ting on her best smile. she led the
way to the piazza to meet Mrs. BRYAN
at the head OF her guests.-(Copy-
righted, 1897, by c. II. Sutcline.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11
Teaching Larks to Sing.

Strange as it may appear, there are
men who make a living by teaching
larks to sing. 1t might be imagined
that this is much the same as painting
the lily, but it is a fact that the ordi-
nary cage lark requires a considerable,
amount of training before it can sing
well.
The unframed cage lark will initiate
sounds in the same manner as a par
rot, even such sounds as the creaking
of a gate. When these birds are neg
lected, sometimes the only sound they
will give is an imitation of the twit-
tering of the common sparrow.
The man who undertakes the edu-
cation of larks has to be UP long be-
fore daybreak. In the spring before
the break of day he goes out into the
country. taking a great number of
cage birds with him. Reaching a strip
of meadow he places his burdens on
the ground and patiently waits for the
coming dawn. About half an hour
after the first light appears the wild
larks begin to sing.
The wild lark always sings its best
song after dawn; later on in the day
its song cannot compare for beauty
with it's earlier efforts. The birds first
begin to sing as they run about the
long grass, but they sing their very
finest lays a little later, when they
mount high into the sky. AS they
soar until they appear to vanish into
the azure, their song becomes more
and more beautiful.
1t is very strange fact that the inn
prisoned bird hears only one of the
free birds; though there may be doz-
ems singing, it has ears for that one
only. Every note of that song it re-
members, and when it is home in it's
cage next day it will render the iden-
teal song with remarkable fidelity, en-
tirely from memory.
Lark owners in the north are espe-
cially proud of the singing capacity of
their birds, and various lark-singing
competitions are held. Thus at Hud-
dersfeld there is very vigorous as
ISOLATION for the promotion of lark
singing, which has been in existence
over a quarter of a century. The as
ISOLATION awards prizes at the various
contests, or "sings" which 1t holds.
Before the 'sing" the birds are kept
in the dark for a considerable time.
One of the imprisoned songsters is
brought into the "sing" room and
placed before a mirror. He mistakes
his image for that of a rival and after
he has viewed himself for about half
a minute he is placed in front of the
window.
Then, in an ecstacy of rivalry, he
begins to sing his marvellous song,
spreading his wings and pouring out a
passionate paean of praise to the light.
Champion birds will sing for probably
ten minutes, pouring out floods of I'M
surpassa BILE melody during the whole
time.-London Tit Bits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11
HARMONY.

Estimated by reports from all sec
tons of the United States there are
ffty-seven varieties of Democrats, and
not one that is wholly satisfactory to
even a large faction of the party. Yet
there are some who confidently assert
that the utmost harmony Will prevail
in the next national convention. Per-
haps they mean fifty-seven kinds OF
Observation-Disclosures Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11
FRON OTHER PENS

AND-PATISM"f COMPOUNDED.
Trade between the United States
and Cuba continues to show a growth
which utterly confutes the stand
pat' arguments of those who opposed
the ratification of the Bliss-Zaldo
reciprocity treaty and who now OPP
pose the reduction of the oppressive
tariff duties laid on Philippine pro-
ducts. Reciprocity with Cuba was
condemned in advance by the ..stand-
patters," first, because it was bound to
prove failure in stimulating our ex-
port trade with the new republic, and,
second, because, even if it did happen
to increase our exports, it would do so
only at the expense of American in
dustries competing with the Cuban
sugar and tobacco. grower. The Tri-
bune argued, with, other advocates of
reciprocity, that mutual concessions
in tariff rates would work to the adj
vantage of the United States in open
ing a larger market for our manufac-
tured exports while in no way i'm
periling domestic Interestingly
York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11
All With Ham.

John Sharp Williams, at the end of
his recent debate with Governor Var
daman, at Meriden, Miss, talked about
pride. There is a decent and noble
PRIDE said Mr.. Williams, land there
is pride that is mean and ludicrous.
An aged citizen of Yazoo tells of an
old woman whose pride was of the lat
ter sort. This old woman lived in
Yorkshire. There was a funeral one
day in the next village She did not
attend it, but a neighbor of hers was
there. That night she called on the
neighbor and said:
"'Well, Nancy. hear you wor at t.
funeral
Eyes, wor,' Nancy replied
"'What kind of a funeral wor it?'
Nancy shifted, Why it wor a very
mean affair she said. There wor mob
but a few biscuit an SIGH.
"'Ah,' said the other old woman,
'them's the sort of ways I don't hold
to. I've lost five, but, thank 'Evins,
I've buried 'em all with am -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11

Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson
asserts that the petty Japanese trou-
bles at San Francisco were welcomed
by Japan to pick a quarrel with this
country. Does the captain think the
troubles at Vancouver are sought in
order to pick a quarrel with Great
Rritain2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11
eEET.EcrIoNs OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press
There's no idiot like the one that
believes a girl loves him because she
says so.
Rather than use his mouth for pub
lie oratory man would be more use
full chewing gum
A woman is satisfied to smile over
news unless it is SO good she has to cry
really to enjoy It,
A girl never dares to climb a ladder
unless. she knew beforehand she was
going to do It so she could dress Tor 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11
THE CALIFORNIA GIRL.

A New York woman was driving an
automobile the other day when
snake fell from a tree into the ma
chine. The fair chauffeur promptly
tainted and a collision with farmers
wagon followed. If that misguided
serpent had fallen in a California
girls gasoline gig its skin would now
be adjoining her sombrere as hat
band.-Los Angeles Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11

There is some criticism because
liquor is shipped into Georgia labeled
Paint But why is not this label
correct? Does not liquor give that
beautiful carmine color to many a
mans nose, to say nothing of supply
ing the material with which a whole
town is sometimes painted red?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11

where is the most awkward place
TO have a boil?" asks an exchange in
quest of Information. Opinions may
differ regarding the correct answer,
but we unhesitatingly say the most
convenient place to have one is on
someone else.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11

If Governor Hoch is paying cash for
railroad fare nowadays, this Hutchin-
son reformatory investigation has
been an expensive proceeding for him.
He has gone over the ground between
Topeka and Hutchinson six times re-
Gently.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11

J. W. Moore. who has recently pur-
chased the Marion Headlight, says:
''That the trend is towards Mr. Stubbs
for governor is very gratifying to
those who desire to see the govern
ment of Kansas in the hands of the
people once more" Still, since the
people secured that two-cent fare or
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11

IT is announced that President
Roosevelt will not take part in the
Cleveland mayoralty fight by making
a speech for Theodore S. Burton. 1t
is suspected, however, that Cleveland
will find out where his sympathies lie.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11

mo one" comments the Washing
ton Post. lever heard of a baseball
fan getting excited enough to throw a
bottle at an umpire before it was
empty" This is probably one of
natures precautions for the preserva-
ton OF the umpire. After emptying
The bottle the fan cannot throw
straight enough to hurt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11

Secretary Taft was entertained
Monday at a breakfast and reception.
at a luncheon. and at a dinner. We
trust somebody is along to step on his
toes when it is time to quit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11

der from the railroad board, it really
looks as though the government is in
the hands of the people right now All
the people have to do is to exercise
their authority and they get what they
want
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11
KANSAS CONNENT
THE TowN.s CATALoGUE.

= IIJW N . 49, Ut :,
I When the merchants of town ran
to advertise in their home paper the
editor loses of course, but not as much
as the merchants The loss is general
and will in time affect every interest
we'll printed descriptive catalogue adds
much to the interest or an art gallery
The newspaper is the towns catalogue.
and if it poorly pictures its advantages,
fers A good naner is an absolute ne
cessity nowadays. If publisher is
incompetent or fails in his duty the
merchants and citizens should demand
a last resort. and then support it. Many
good editors are poor hustlers for bust
ness who make grand papers, of which
their patrons would be proud, were
stances, the editor is not to blame, but
a hearty. support always stimulates
them to greater efforts.-Pointers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11

Secretary Wilson says the west does
not know Wall street. And so far as
the west is concerned. it is not hank
ering for an introduction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11
HARMONY.

1t is true that the railroads and the
people must work in harmony, and
they will and on fair terms. The
railroads must do some harmonizing
as well as the people. If the present
owners do not, the people will find
other owners who wfil.-Memphis
NaWS-Scimitar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11

Naturally Congressman Longworth
ought to be for Taft. 1t was Secre-
tary Taft's personally conducted trip
to the Philippines that gave Mr..
Longworth his job as son-in-law to
tho president
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11

The Standard does not propose to
pay that fine until it has TO. The in
terest on s29,OOO,OOO is a pretty fair
income in itself.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11

perity should be distributed, no matter
whether it goes to the manufacturer or
producer, the jobber, the railroad, the
merchant, or the consumer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11

One Alton B. Parker has again been
suggested in connection with the
Democratic presidential nomination.
but 1t will take more than a mere sug-
gestion to bring Esopus into promi-
nence again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11
MILKING THE PUBLIC.

BY raising the price of coal % cents
a ton the barons have again shown
their willingness to share in the uni
versa1 prosperity to as great degree
as the conditions will Baer--Newark
News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11

Our old friend, the car shortage. is
coming this way again. The broom
corn raisers out in Rice county are
having trouble getting cars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11

Those Moors appear to be like Cen
eral Grant in one respect: They don t
know when they are whipped
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11
MEXICO is IN DOUBT.

With a s5O,OOO,00O competitor to
the Standard Oil company, Mexico,
naturally. doesn't know whether to
cheer or call out the police.-Detroit
Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11
ODE TO THE PRUNE.

A Tennessee poet, with Tyre in tune
now chants an ode to our own stewed
prune, the fruit of him who, short OF
cash, must live on it and-corned beef
hash--New York Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11

Somebody has started a boom for
Lewis Stuyvesant Chandler for the
Democratic nomination for president.
OF course you do not know who Lewis
In, but 1t is said that a tracer will dis
rover him in the lieutenant governors
office at Albany. Just why there
should be a boom for Mr.. Chandler
Is not clear. unless it is that nearly
every body else in the Democratic par
" has been mentioned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11
sTIRs UP THE ANIMALS.

Mr.. Hughes will lose some OF his
optimism when he sees what stir ne
has made by demanding honesty IN
public office.-Washingto Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11

The Los Angeles Express has been
boycotted by the local theater COM
bine, which has withdrawn its adver-
Using from the columns of the Ex-
press because that paper advocated
Sunday closing for theaters. The
feelings of the Express are so injured
by the boycott that it plays it up in a
display "story" on the first page in a
joyful tone of voice. Financially, a
boycott like that is an excellent thing
for any newspaper.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11
YES! AFTER THE ELECTION.

The chorus is swelling. The Ma
tional Harness Makers association
has denounced our high tariff on
hides We wonder if the members of
the association are ready to vote as
they talk.-Rochester Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11

Goodby. Straw Hat, take keer o
Yerselfi
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11
WHEN LIMIT. IS REACHED.

You can lead a Pennsylvania ma
chine Republican up to graft evil
dence, but you can't make him prose-
cute.-Pittsbursy Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11

HOME RULE FOR IRELAND.
home rule must come, and we are
inclined to think that the sooner 1t
comes the better it would be. at least
for Great Britain.-Vanity Fair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11
KILL THE cATERPILLARs.

Caterpillars were discovered IN great
numbers upon the walnut, elm and
blackberry trees in the yards of Dr.
MeIlhenny and j. M. Harper the hrst
of the week and they proceeded TO
gather them in and burn them immed-
lately. Watch your shade and fruit
trees and act promptly when you see
any signs of caterpillars. In some towns
of the state many trees have been al
most ruined before anything was Done
to destroy them. Most of the damage
was done during the night when the
worms cannot be destroyed by the birds
which reminds us. again that no birds
of any kind should ever be killed mere
Some people seem to think it is no harm
to kill blue Jay, but the blue Jays
are among the most valuable insect
destroyers we have. Do not Kill any
kind of a bird or allow it to be done
anywhere if you can prevent 1t-Con-
way Springs STAR
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11
AN EXPLANATION.

In reply to the statement that he had
removed the banner For President In
1908, Theodore Roosevelt from the top
of his editorial column and the question
what is the significance of this
changer Bent Murdoch says: 1T sig
nified that We needed every inch of
space for advertisements and we had to
sidetrack the banner, but it is back in
the same old place. AS Roosevelt will
be elected president, and as Stubs will
be our next governor, we have put the
name of the Quaker statesman on our
banner to make it look more banner
fied.''-Wichita Beacon. 80
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-11
AT SALIVA.

I y
There is widespread discussion in
London over what Is termed the phe-
nomena of a girl with ten separate and
distinct personalities. London better
rub its eyes and wake up. That's q
very ordinary matter.-Salina Union
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-08-12
Henry 70 LOOK AFTER
ESTATE Of SUICIDE

William Henry was this morning
appointed by Judge De Bolt admins
traitor of the estate of James H.
Clarkin, on petition of J. ]. Williams,
man who committed suicide recently
on the steamer bound for Honolulu.
Williams holds a bill against Clark
ms estate, having taken some photo
graphs of the dead, for identification.
Clarkin's estate consists of cash
amounting to about $500, of which
something over hundred will have
to go for funeral expenses. The bal
ance will go to the heirs If they eau
be found.