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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
Fro ,nthe New York Press.l

IF'ro mthe New York Press.1
A good way to have friends is not to
be related to them.
When a man does you a favor it's a
sign he expects you to do him a bigger
one.
If you tell a girl your favorite color
she makes a declaration of love to you
out of it by putting it on.
A nice thing about fat girl is the
way you can hug her without scraping
yourself on the sharp edges.
If it takes two women three-Quarters
of an hour on the telephone to decide
what time they shall meet for luncheon,
how many seconds will 1t take them to
eat st?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25
TURKISH NERVE.

A Turkish delegate at the internation-
al. Red Cross conference in London
has the nerve to propose that the name
of the organization be changed to the
Red Crescent, as the symbol of the
cross was opposed to the religious be-
lief of the people he represented No
wonder the convention was astounded
by this latter-day attempt to put the
crescent above the cross, till the chair
man came to the rescue by declaring
the gentleman from Turkey out of or
der.-BuffalO Commercial
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25
LEFT BYGONEs BE RYGONEs

The country, we think, will also follow
the president in demanding that there
shall be no more stock watering and no
more railroad capitalization either of
the unearned increment in land values
or of permanent improvements created
from surplus earnings. What has here
tofore been done in this way must be
pretty generally accepted as an estab-
Hshed thing beyond the power of recti-
fication. We should devote our energies
now to the prevention of future opera
tions of this kind.-Springield Republi-
can
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25

gress to live in Washington on his SAL
airy, is to marry a Chicago girl. He
has probably heard that two can live
as cheap1y as one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25

II Texas succeeds in collecting that
R1.6000.0 900 from the oil trust and put
ting it into the state treasury, it will
gor far towards soothing the outraged
feelings Of the Texan over the way the
oil trust acted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25

If Harry Orchard had also confessed
to wife-murder, the women folks
would now probably be flooding him
with flowers. This is another crime
that Orchard apparently overlooked.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25

Pleasure seekers are made to pay
excessive prices at the Jamestown ex-
position. A visitor was recently fined
$50 for kissing a Norfolk girl.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25

There Is disposition in some quar-
tiers to brand as a nature faker or a
member OF the Ananias club the indi-
Vidual who started the story that Pres
ldent Roosevelt's strongest cuss word
Is by Georgel"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25

Notwithstanding the fact that but lit
tie is heard from the vicinity of Oyster
Bay, there is little probability that T.
r. is loafng on his job.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25
A Shame.

In the June weather the automobile
sped through a fair green country that
snelt of turf and flowers
How divine" they sighed, and just
then they ran over a chicken, and a
stern old woman darted out and stopped
the car.
My best hem she said, that wuz.
She's wuth dollar. Pay up, or I'll hev
We pulled
They paid up gladly. They set off
again And at the inn where they stop
ped a little further down the road, the
mistress. hearing Of the slain chicken,
laughed and said:
$50 Mrs Tompkins has worked that
trick o. hern agin, has she? It's real
down shame The old deal, whenever
she wants chicken for dinner, Shoes
lot O. hens out into the road jest when
an automobile is passin' and in nine
times out O. ten a bird or two is kilt.
80 she has her chicken dinner, and
the automobiles pays for it. Oh, what
a shamer-Exchange
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25

President Roosevelt is such an en-
thusiastic advocate of good roads that
he is bent on making all the railroads
good as speedily as possible
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25

Henry James has written new novel
which he calls THE Prevaricator."
There is some curiosity as to which
member of the Ananias Club Mr.. James
has been writing un.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25
Very Manageable.

The commencement exercises were
going off beautifully
ssThat one on the left said Tete de
veau. "tl1e pretty one with the yellow
hair and violet eyes-how young she
is to be a B. A. isn't she %
st bet she'll be an M. A within
year" said 'Oignon.-Exchange.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25

Reports from the jamestown EXPOSE
ton indicate that the Norfolk hotel
keepers are charging all the traffic will
bear and a little more besides.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25

The way the pert paragraDhers are
making light of Colonel Henry Waiter
sons dark horse indicates that they
intend to run him to DEATH
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25

Young Americas preparation for
the Fourth of July indicate that the
crop of mollycoddles will be fully as
short as usual this year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25

The time for harvesting the crop {
June brides is growing short Bette
hurry up If you haven't got yours.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25

An exchange suggests that the band
wagons in the 1908 campaign will be
automobiles. Then perhaps those in
1912 win be airshfps.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25

If we should really have war with
Japan, there is a suspicion that the
Pacific ocean wouldn't live UP to its
name very long.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25
HER PREsENr rAsR

What asks the New York Mail
lis the June bride of last year doing ?''
Chances are that she is taking particul-
ar pains to see that baby gets through
its first summer all right.-Omaha Bee
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25
Origin of Barbed Wire.

"The luckiest invention in history
said a patent official. was that of
barbed wire. 1t came about by acct
dent.
Isaac L. EIIwood was the inventor
of barbed wire. In his youth he lived
in De Kalb, ILL.,, and having neigh
Dor whose pigs trespassed on his gar
den, he put up one day a wire fence of
his own make. This fence had barbs
and points on it; it was queer and
ugly; but it kept out the pigs.
'It was real barbed wire fence, the
first in the world. and there was mil
lions of money in it, but young ELL
wood and his friends laughed at its
freak appearance.
lone day two strangers saw this
fence. perceived how well it kept out
the pigs, realized how cheap it was,
realized, in a word. it's value, and or
dered several tons of 1t from Ellwood.
Furthermore, they contracted to sell
for a term of years all the barbed
wire he could produce.
"Ellwood borrowed $1,000 and set
up a little factory. A few years later
on he had paid back that loan, and
was worth a small matter of $15,O00,-
900 besides. New York Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25

Secretary Taft can not say he came,
he saw. he conquered. as far as Kansas
is concerned. We were his before he
got here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25

At last Mr. Hearst is to have those
mayoralty ballots in the New York
election of 1905 recounted. And like as
not he will prove that Mcclellan was
elected anyway.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25

DR.. Wiley advocates total abstinence
from the use of pie. Will the time
come when the prohibition of the sale
of pie by pie foundries will be a polit-
zeal issue?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25

An ode has been written to the inter-
state commerce commission, but the
railroads did not do It; although the
railroads doubtless have owed a great
deal TO the commission
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25

Mark Twain is evidently determined
to make the best of the advertising OPP
portunities that come his way. Mark
doubtless feels the need of advertis-
ing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25

The young folks will naturally regard
these old fogies. who talk about the
dangers of kissing. as nature fakirs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25

The breaking up of the Russian leg
lislature may have sounded the crack
of duma for the car. .
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25
CAUSE OF TROURL1

Misunderstanding and minding 9TH
er peoples business cause most of the
trouble in this world.-Mancheste
Union.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25

The umpire and the walking dele
gate both call strikes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25
BRING IT HOME

Wheat above the dollars mark
means a smaller loaf for cents during
the next year.-Portland Oregonian.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25

Senator Beverage. who wrote q
magazine article some time ago telling
how difficult it Is for q member of con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25

Incidentally. why not postpone the
celebration of the Fourth of July until
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25
"RAISEn" RIsmr1r

A Vassar girl jumped a fence four
feet ten inches high without touching
her hands to it G Yet the world will
distrust that girls biscuit until it is
shown.-Minneapol Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25
THE DINNER DANGER.

Secretary Taft is human and may
sometimes carry too far his disposition
to be gracious about invitations to dine
but it is distinctly not nice for the
newspapers to say he has collapsed.
After all, the Depew plan of banqueting
is best. Eat your dinner in peace and
quiet at home and then go out to the
function prepared to pass most of it
ACCOMPLISHMENTS Evening News
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25
AVAILARLE FOR MENTIoN oNI.Y

The Detroit Journal is running Mr..
Justice Harlan for president. There is
no finer specimen of the Kentucky gen.
tleman and jurist than John Marshall
Harlan, and, like Mr.. Cannon, of Illi-
nois, he is not the sort of a man to
push a presidential nomination aside,
but neither Mr.. Justice Harlan nor the
speaker will be seriously considered
when the nomination makers get down
to work.-Louisville Courier-JournaI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25
By Airshin to the Pole.

some day In July or August, 1907, as
we nope and believe, a man standing at
the northwestern point of Spitzbergen.
600 miles almost directly north of the
North Cape of Norway, will behold a
strange and wonderful spectacle He
VIII see, rising from a little pocket of
land amidst the snow-capped hills of
Danes Island, an enormous air ship-a
huge mass of hydrogen gas imprisoned
In staunch reservoir of cloth and
rubber, in shape much like a thick cigar
its sharp nose pointed northward. I'm
derneath the mammoth cigar curious,
spfder-webbish structure of steel, en-
closed in tense, smooth silken walls and
roof. From the two sides of this steel
car protrude two steel screws, like the
propellers of a steamship, themselves of
great size, but dwarfed to the eye by
the contrast with the dimensions of the
gas reservoir overhead. The screws re-
driven by a 60-70-horse-power motor,
working in the enclosed engine room
and therefore hidden from the onlooker,
but the Gathering exhaust will be heard
pulling the echoes from the hillside and
frightening the rotches and kittiwakes'
from their nests in the rocky cliffs. At
the bottom of the car, and forming the
very backbone of it, is a long, slender
tank of steel-the bunkers Of this cruis-
er of the air-containing nearly three
and one half gallons of gasoline. Aft
is large rudder for steering the craft
to the right or the left; and here are
also the movable planes for enabling it's
navigators to point its nose upward or
downward at their will.-Walter Well
man, in McClure's Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25
Cairo,s Curse of BIindness.

The first thing that impresses the
stranger in Cairo is the number of
blind-men, women, and children-to
be found everywhere in the shops and
on the streets. Opthalnia is very pre-
valent throughout Egypt. Because of
superstition concerning 1.-The evil eye,"
the native mothers of the middle or
the lower class do not wash the eyes
of their babies at all. Watching the
flies buzzing unheeded around and
upon these blind children, a stranger
hasten to buy a fly whisk. These are
for sale everywhere, and are quite at
tractive with their ornaments of fancy
beads and palm leaf fiber. Blind beg
gars greet one at every corner. Even
in the high-class Egyptian families
there are many blind. The lower
classes of Egyptians are given much
to hasheesh-that is, the lower classes
in the large cities-and, although 1t is
against the law to sell it, one will have
the hasheesh places pointed out, and
the men who smoke the drug are seen
everywhere. They are distinguished
by the peculiar appearance of their
eyes, which become red, swollen, and
baggy underneath, and by the peculiar
color of the skin, which resembles
somewhat the skin Of a Chinese opium
smoker.-Harriet Quimbly in Leslie's
Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-25
MOTIVES
BRIDES AND THE FUTURE.

The usual output of spring brides
will soon tempt the fates, and some
rosebud mouths will retain the pro
verbal silver spoon, while others will
shortly be holding clothespins between
pearly teeth.-BaTtimor American.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-08-08
is Beating the Rate Question.
Daily Industrial News |

How the Norfolk and Western Railway
is Beating the Rate Question.
Daily Industrial News
A party of gentlemen were con-
versing upon matters generally, and
you know men sometimes talk when
a bunch gets together-the ladies
owe the scribe bouquet for saying
this-anyhow, the bunch was doing
some talking, and one asked:
"Have you heard how the Norfolk
and Western folks are getting even
on that 24 cent passenger rate law 2"
mo. How are they managing
it ?"
"They are charging q cents per
mile for babies and all children, as
we'll as for grown people. So, you
see while they lose on grown folks
they make up on babies and other
children. Figure it out yourselves,
gentlemen. They used to get half
fare, or 7-8 cents per mile for chill
dren between the ages Of five and
twelve. Now they get 1t, or gain
of three eighths of cent per mile.
They used to carry children under
five years of age free. Now they
charge q cents, every bit profit
So, you may put it down that the
Norfolk and Western people are
ready to join Presidents 'Non-race
Suicide Society," If they can haul
enough babies they will come out
ahead on the rate proposition"
"Have they a right to charge
children full fare? ?"
"It seems that they have, under
literal construction of the new law
but the general acceptation of what
, has hitherto constituted passenger
may cut some figure in determining
the matter. The railroad people,
understand, say that the law make
Ino provision for half-fares or an!
other fares other than q cent fare
and says nothing about carrying
children below a certain age tree
and that to do otherwise than charg
each passenger q cents per mile, re
gardless of age, would be violation
of the law"
"This isn't The only way the Nor
: folk and Western people are gettin
! even," said another of the party.
"What else are they doing :"
, "Why, they have increased frelgh
r rates in one particular, l know
4 Where they used to charge 500 fc
f a car load of lumber to my place
S they are now charging $3.50, or
e increase of so per cent"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-08-08
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

DIR. Thomas Ruffin, Of the Char
Iotte bar, has been elected a Pro-
fessor Of Law at the State Univer-
sity.
Mr.. Robert Owens, keeper of the
penthouse In Rowan County, vas
killed Thursday by an unknown
person.
"Uncle'' Joe Cannon, Speaker of
the House Of Representatives, has
announced that be will not be In the
presidential race next year.
The annual meeting Of the State
Association Of County Superinten-
dents will be held at Hontreat, n. c.,
4th, 5th and 9th Of September. All
Superintendent are required by law
to attend.
A portion Of Robson County was
visited by disastrous storm Sun
day afternoon, doing much dam age
to crops. The loss on the plantation
Of Mr.. s. NJ. Oliver alone, 1t is said,
will amount to about fifty bales Of
cotton.
The Mecklenburg Ginners Asso-
citation and the Farmers Warehouse
and Holding Company were organ
lied in Charlotte Saturday. The
authorized capital stock of the Ware
house Company will be one hundred
thousand dollars.
After today the Atlantic Coast
Line and the Southern Railway will
sell tickets at q cents per mile, at
least until the Supreme Court Of the
United States passes on the cOnsti-
tutionality of the law. The Seaboard
is already selling tickets at q cents.
There was terrific storm in
Franklin County, just north of Lou-
isburg Friday afternoon. 1t COW
cred a scope of over two miles wide
and destroyed everything in its
path. Mrs. Combs, who lived about
six miles north of Louisburg, was
struck by lightning, killing her in
stantly.
Conover, Catawba County, came
near being the scene of lynching
Tuesday afternoon. The mOb's in
tended victim being negro named
Petree, who had attempted to assault
Mrs. Emma Sigmon, a prominent
white woman of Catawba Springs
The negro was captured by Mr.. Sig
mon and crowd had him in charge
when man arrived in buggy and
persuaded them to let him take the
negro to Newton jail.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-08-08
THE NORTH CAROLINA
State Normal and Industrial College.

bachelor e Pedaxcxy Bachelor OF
OF Bachelor
laundry books $40 year Eos
students, tis5
DKrARr subjects
pedagogical training for sh
of
redao special allied subjects
Typew rtingB ook -keeping andot
DoNEsrc provide
relate directly
family.
catein an instrumental music
To applications should
September Is 1907
Fore atalo esndoth er address
j. |. F0UST, President,
GREENSBORO, N
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-08-08
The UnIoaded Gun.

News has been received that the
oldest son of Alex. Hedrick, liv-
ing near Cid postoffice, in Davidson
County, shot and killed his youngest
brother the other day. The boys
went to an old shop when the older
boy, about ten years old, picked up
An old gun and said, 81 am going to
shoot YOU" and fired away at him,
shooting off one side of his face. The
little fellow is not dead, but is in a
precarious condition. Some Of the
bones of his head and face have been
taken out. The shooting was an &C
cident.-LexingtOn North State.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-08-08
KILLED IN WRECK at suguRs.

nesa-on Collision on Southern Kills
Engineer Parker, His fireman and
Fireman on Passenger Trsin--Msny
Others iniursd--Trsin Crew Forgo;
Their Meet Orders.
There was . head-on collision on
the Southern Railway near Auburn
on Tuesday night In which three
people were killed and many in
jured. The men killed -ere all
train employees and are
W. c. Parker, Of Spencer, white,
engineer on freight. Leaves a wife
and two children.
John Young, Of Greensboro, white,
fireman on freight.
W. J. Bethel, of Greensboro, ne
gro, fireman on passenger train.
The dead bodies Of the white en-
gineer and fireman We're consumed
in the flames Of the wreckage. 1T Is
thought that none of the injured are
seriously hurt.
The wreck was caused by the crew
Of the passenger train overlooking
the orders gwen them at Raleigh TO
meet the freight train at Auburn.
Both engines were derailed together
with several Of the freight cars. The
wrecked freight cars caught On fire
and were burned. The combination
mail and baggage car on the passeD-
ger train was badly broken up but
the mail Clerk escaped with slight
Injuries. This is possible the worst
wreck that has ever occurred on this
branch of the Southern.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-08-08
WAKE COUNTY NEWS.

~. 4. \. Mitchell, father Of
~ G., II. Gattis, of this city, died
-.,nrIav morning in Philadelphia.
rcw tobacco warehouse will be
,ared # Wendell on August 22nd.
rhsra will be three buyers on the
lanr rcpresenting different compa-
Hic-.
Mr.. Margaret Anderson, wife of
4, lose Anderson, Of Wake county,
lied last Thursday. The funeral ser
.;r.- we're conducted from the Wen
He'll Academy.
prof. X. II. Mcintyre, of Troy,
rho wa- principal of Wendell High
,cbooI last year, has been elected
principal of the County High School
Il Holly Springs.
Mr.. Either WhitelaW, of this city,
He'd suddenly Friday night. She
ga the widow of the late John
VbItelaW, who was killed by fall
no engine at the rock quarry about
year ago.
The home of Mr.. G.. &. Mcdonald
ga struck by lightning during the
-pvere storm in Raleigh Saturday
frrnoOn. A hole was torn in the
,oof Of the building, but none OF
me family were injured.
There were just four cases in the
Raleigh Police Court Monday, and
nose four cases were for "drunk on
he street" Mrs. CO8sie Miller, a
.uarried white woman of Raleigh,
vas let off on payment of cost, 81. %.
There was q freight wreck on the
southern Railway at Walnut Creek,
rear Raleigh, Saturday, about noon.
about six of the cars were derailed
and badly torn up and the track was
-eriOusly damaged. None of the
train crew were injured.
Mr.. T. J. Scarlette, of Portsmouth
Va, who had been visiting his sis
.er, Miss Reese, of Raleigh, suffered
: stroke Of paralysis on Fayetteville
trept Saturday morning. He wa
AIKEN to the home of Miss Reese
where he died Saturday evening.
Maggie MCGEE, young woman
from the Caraleigh Mills, near Raj
Ugh, was before Magistrate Robert
saturday charged with inhumar
treatment of a small boy. The boy
name is Fits and is only II year
old. 1t was stated that the boy pu
and down the girls back and sh'
pulled him in On the porch and bea
nim with a small plank and dislo
lated his hip. The case was con
,inued to be heard before anothe
magistrate.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1907-08-08
WatsOu's for August.

The frontispiece of Watson's JET
fersonian for August is portrait OF
Governor Vardaman, of Mississippi.
The opening editorial, "some Politl'
cal History and Comment" from
the pen of the editor, showing as 1.
does, the difference between the Ole
Democrat and Wing parties and the
Democratic party of today. Inere
are some striking cartoons by COR
don Nye. Other contents are: "a
Survey of the World" "On the Trai
of the Settler" by Ernest Cancrott
stirring tale of civilization in tn
making. The Jeffersonian Is puo
lished by Thos. e. Watson, Thom
son, ga, at $3.50 a year.