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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-04
KANSAS COMNENT
ON SAYING KIND THINGS.

Don't be ashamed or afraid to say
kind things. There are some people
who look as though they had been
caught sheep stealing after they give
way to an impulse to be pleasant
Kindness is not a weakness. There is
no danger of overproduction along
this line There is a market for all
the bright looks and good wholesome
pleasantries that can be handed out
People go to bed hungry every night
Tor a gentle touch or helpful word.
Men and women are laid to rest in the
cemeteries every day, who would a
thousand times rather have had a few
thoughtful tokens of good will when
living than all the flowers that have
been heaped upon the caskets. Hand
out kindness and see the joy it will
bring you as well as those at the other
end of the transaction. Get away
from the idea that pleasant words
should only now and then be thrown
out like a bone to dog.-Hiawatha
World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-04
THE sALEsI.AnY.

say. Mayme! Last night went ter see
we mad orchestrer seats-the second row.
An honest. Mamiei Who dyer think /
A-settin' in a box but that there Gladys
Green?
remember how she useter holler Cash.
Acrost the aisle before she made mash
On tnat ole guy from Pittsburg ?Well now,
She's got a notorcar an drives around all
wonder how my hair would look all
frizzy
An marcelled same as hers-I guess I'll
try It,
An change it's shade-Of course. wouldn't
dye it,
But bleach it just a bit-My styles too
quiet
What's that you say? Show YOU some
handkerchiefs? Say, Lizziei
You wait on this here lady, I'm too busy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-04

moon was high, but at last he hae
to CO.
1T want to say goodbye to you here
under the trees" he said. as he rose
to his feet After I have harnessed
up the whole family will come out
am sorry you could not say ayes.' dear,
but 1 do not blame you, and 1 shall
always love you and cherish the mem
DRY of this summer"
He bent over her and lightly brush
ed her forehead with his lips. Then
he strobe or toward the barn and
presently she heard the grating of
the buggy wheels upon the graveled
walk. There was the sound of voices
as he took farewell of the group on
the back porch, and then the carriage
came down the drive and turned into
the road.
For a moment the world seemed to
stand still for Ruby, then she leaped
from the hammock and went flying
Peter! Peter!' she called softly.
Come back. 1t was all a mistake
do love you. and I will marry you, no
matter what mother says"
In an instant he had sprung from
the buggy and had left her IN his arms
Dabney came running up.
81 want to be the first to congratu-
late you, old man." he said, as he
grasped Peters hand. II knew you'd
win. even if sis does hate all the men
1 know
'AIl the men you know" gasped
Ruby.
This is Pennington. Pete Penning-
ton" he explained. my roommate at
college. He took the job to meet you
without the disadvantage of my in
dorsement."
ST would have loved him anyhow"
declared Ruby stoutly. millionaire
or R. F. D. clerk, as you like
Copyrighted, 1907. by c. H. Sutcliffe)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-04
Made 1t Quits

II was plain, everyday case OF
mutual admiration. He admired the
girl and she admired him. It was
much more than admiration-they
| were in love with each other OF
course, one was more so than the
other, for 1T cannot be otherwise, see
ing that Cupid is born with one leg
shorter than the other; but that is not
an insuperable obstacle to matrimony.
II 1t We're, the marriage license clerk
would be compelled to retire from
business. So it came to pass that he
proposed to her. That seemed natural
enough, but when she burst into tears.
he was greatly disturbed.
My darling" he exclaimed, as she
came to his arms. what is the mat
ter?'
am so superstitious," she sobbed.
What has that got to do with your
loving me, as 1 love your" he asked,
wonderingly.
Nothing dear" she went.
And you do love me. don't YOU ?''
More than all the world; but 1
cannot marry you; at least, not now"
why can't you?" he asked, very
tenderly.
'Oh, can't tell you,'' and she burst
into fresh flood of tears.
For long time he coaxed and urged
her to impart her fatal secret and for
long time she resisted all his impor-
tunities. At last she yielded
You Will not put me out of your
heart entirely If I tell you, will you?"
she pleaded.
Certainly not. my darling" was his
brave reply, for men under such cir
cumstances are not always in a hurry
TO take risks, even if they do love"
1T is this darling" she said, hiding
her face on his manly bosom; you are
the thirteenth man who has proposed
to me, and I'm afraid to accept you
with that unlucky numbers baleful in
f1uence hanging over u.s.
With a ringing laugh, in which there
was only sunshine and joy and happi-
ness, he kissed her eighteen times and
folded her in his strong arms That's
all right, my own" he almost shouted;
you are the thirteenth girl 1 have
proposed to. and that makes it quits
And they lived happily ever after
Tit-Rits
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-04

We had a ship called the Muriel.
says the New York Press. and the sail
ors promptly dubbed her the Merry
Hell. The Georgia, as every one
knows. is the Jaw-Jaw. The Kear-
sarge is the Cuss-Age. The Washing
ton is Papa George. and, singularly
enough, is commanded by John
Adams. The Indiana is Red Annie.
The Terror is the Tear Her. The
Cleveland is Grover. The Des Moines
is The Mine. The Galveston is Shirt
Waist-a clever hit. The Amphitrite
Is the Ample Tight. The Solace is One
Ace
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-04

The prohibitionists are not alone in
their belief that the prohibition wave
that is sweeping over the south has
only started. Listen to these remarks
by the editor of Beverage" published
at New York, the official organ of the
National Liquor League of America:
might as we'll try to keep out the Hud-
son river with whisk-broom, as to stay
the south by the means the liquor in
berests have been employing. The re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-04

Somebody Is conducting a propa-
ganda to get congress to take the tar
If off of works of art. AS we people
of the west are not nearly as much
oppressed by the art trust as we are
by the steel trust and a few other
robber industries. we find 1t difficult
to enthuse over the subject of free art
and overlook the possibilities of free
steel and wood pulp
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-04
It Had Been a Rough Passage.
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
IFrom the New Ynrk Press !

IFrom the New York Press
If a girls father doesn't trust vo,,
it's a sign she does.
Women on the stage seem to he
awful natural compared to those ofr If
If the average mans ship were to
come in he would have gone out the
day before.
One of the best times a girl ever
has is thinking how she would act il
she were an heiress.
man thinks he is economiziue
when he cuts himself down from i've
1O-cent cigars a day to four at two for
q quarter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-04

For several years Thomas Benton
Murdoch has carried this at the top
of the editorial column of the Edo
RADIO Republican: For president,
Theodore Roosevelt of New York"
Now he has added this: For Gov
ernor Walter Roscoe Stubs of Doug
las countv'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-04

The assertion that Taft leans"
towards tariff revision may be some
what misleading. Taft doesn't do much
'leaning''-he isn't built on the lean
plan, If he should only "lean," how
ever, he would have more weight than
most men would by standing on a
propositiOn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-04

Why should Mr.. J. Pierpont Nor
gan hesitate about paying the gov
eminent a few hundred thousand dol
lars in duties on art treasures? He
can easily make it out of the public
by Juggling some railroad stock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-04

Garden City does not care for any
rain this month, thank you-not while
the sugar beets are storing up their
sweetness. However, there are other
parts of the state that are willing to
take Garden City's share.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-04

Now that Secretary Root has been
taking a gymnasium course, perhaps
he thinks he knows of man who
ought to make a pretty good showing
in the presidential race.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-04

Some people apparently never learn
anything. Eliot F. Shepard, one of
New York's rich men who has accum-
ulatad more or less fame of various
kinds. has already killed two people
with his automobile, and a few days
ago he came very near being victim
OF his own machine while speeding in
italy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-04

Still, a good many Of US are from
Missouri when it comes to this talk OF
the government sending Messrs. Rookie
Teller, Rogers. ct al, to Jail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-04

Now that Secretary Taft has deliv-
cred himself of a few thoughts. Mr..
Bryan can be expected to turn loose
a key note or two-possibly a whole
flock of key notes. Look out for dis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-04

This nice little bundle of summer re-
sort weather that Mr.. Jennings has
handed out to Kansas is greatly ap-
preciated, II nothing else.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-04

John D. Rockefel1er's mileage and
witness fee was upwards of SIS, but it
was worth the money to the public to
see John D on the witness stand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-04

Judging from the rumors of the
deaths of various important person.
ages in Morocco, that locality must
be somewhat unhealthy at present.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-04

Thus far we have heard no violent
demand from Roger Sullivan that Mr.
Bryan accept the Democratic nominal
ton for president next year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-04
UNCLE SAM A SPONGE.

Uncle Sam has become a confirmed
sponge when it comes to newspaper
advertising, and every month or so
sends to the country newspapers long
articles to be published, free, adver-
Using civil service examinations. ETC.,
and at the same time throws away
good money on posters and bill boards
advertising the same thing Uncle
Sam pays a big price for every service
he gets except from the country news
papers, and Theses he tries to work for
free advertising besides running a
printing Office in competition with
them and selling work at an actual
Burlington Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-04

A stay of three weeks has been
granted in the Alton prosecution
Therefore the Alton has the assurance
that 1t can run around loose for at
least three weeks longer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-04
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
~ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Perhaps this Hutchinson reformatory
investigation will not use up all the
whitewash supply after all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-04

sides Congressman Reeder Is supposed
to control the committee, and he has
declared for a primary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-04
WHAT PEoPLE WANT.

Last week we chronicled the birth
OF a new paperain Atchison-the Star,
by Walt Mason This week it is our
painful duty to announce that the Star
has set" if Stars "set." Fewer peo-
pie should start newspapers, and more
should start truck farms. People buy
newspapers for the news. If they
can't get the news. they won't take
the paper. Politics cut no figure
whatever. An editor is like a grocer:
he must furnish what the people
want, or they will go elsewhere. The
grocer who insists that his customers
shall take potatoes when they want
tomatoes goes broke" in a season.
The editor who has nothing for read
ers but his own little old ideas can
not survive.-Holton Signal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-04
A REsoURCEFUL MAN.

Mr.. Cortelyou is a resourceful man.
undeterred by any too delicate regard
for precedent. In the present case he
seems to have devised simple scheme
to avoid "stringency'' which hitherto
has been regarded as unavoidable.-Bos-
ton Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-04

A large chimpanzee which is per-
forming at a fair in Montmartre es-
capped yesterday, and created a panic
| in the district.
The animal gives his performance
under the direction of La Goulue,"
the Moulin Rouge dancer who took
to lion tanning and went through her
marriage ceremony in a lions den.
Zizi. as he is called, escaped while his
keepers attention was momentarily at
tracted elsewhere, and made straight
for tho Metropolitan railway station
at the Boulevard Barbes.
Entering the booking office, he
nearly frightened the woman booking
clerk out of her wits. He seized bum
dies of tickets, and amused himself
by fiinging them into the air and
watching their descent in a shower
When he had thus made an end of
several hundreds of packages he ran
into the station, creating a panic
among the waiting passengers They
fed across the line and down the
stairs into the street, and two police
men and six Dorters were summoned
to try and capture Zizi.
As soon as Zizi saw them coming,
he bo1ted down the line. and was so
anxious to escape his pursuers that
he did not notice an approaching train.
The driver pulled up in time to avoid
killing the animal, and Zizi then ca
pered off on another line, and stopped
a second train in the same way.
After much chasing and lodging,
Zizi was eventually caught in a sack,
put into a straight waistcoat, and
taken to the police station, where La
Goulue" appeared and bailed him out
early this morring.-Paris Correspon-
dence London Express.
1t Is Said.
Ivory doubles in price every few
years.
Ten men to one woman carry life
A fourth of venice's population are
paupers.
= Cremation costs but so cents body
in France.
A grasshopper can hop 200 times
its own length.
Nearly 3S per cent more women
than men wear false teeth.
Belgium's navy-one vessels the
smallest in the world.
1t takes 100000 of the largest
sized microbes to make an ounce.
In India the people consume an
nually only one ounce of soap per
head.
In medieval times chimneys were
permitted only to the nobility and
one to each castle or hall The poor's
chimney was the door or window.
1t Had Been a Rough Passage.
Jacob Hope, the head of Philadel-
phia's famous photograph school for
parrots, said the other day:
There are worse things than a
swearing parrot, and one was brought
over on German boat last month His
owner. sailor, swore that this trav-
eled bird knew no profanity, and a lady
bought him.
But she had to bring him to me.
The parrot, though he didn't swear,
had evidently spent most of his time
on shipboard in the ladies' saloon. for
what he would do was this:
For hours at a time he would
choke and gasp and hiccough as If he'd
never stop, and then he'd sing out
feebly: Steward-bucket'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-04
BAN on CHRIsTIAN NAMES.

What would "Old Abe" have thought
OF the order of the public printer in
washington that familiar nfcknames
must be no more used in his ofdce?-
New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-04
A Def.

The Wall street crowd who are
threatening a panic if they are not
let alone are getting no consolation
out of the speeches of President
Roosevelt or his probable successor,
Secretary Taft Their bluff has been
called. President Roosevelt's answer
is that instead of filming those who
violate the antitrust and interstate
commerce laws. they should be treat
ed as criminals and sent to Jail as we'll
as being fined. He says further, mo
individual, no corporation obeying the
law has anything to fear from this adj
ministration.'' Mr.. Rockefeller and
other undesirable citizens of this
kind can start their panic whenever
they feel like it.-Paola Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-04

IF the transatlantic steamship rate
fight will just keep up until the two
cent fare is esta bIished in Kansas, and
if another rain will fall in the mean
time to insure the late corn, a great
many people in this part of the state
can spend their vacation in Europe in
stead of at Excelsior Springs.-Salina
Journal 4s
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-27

car ride when they passed tidy
apartment house in course of construc-
ton and nearly completed
Saw the plans of those flats few
days ago. he said to her nonchalantly.
They're daisies-best arranged Itever
saw. Burlap walls and all that
Mighty cheap. at that-only fifty n
month for the best of EN-. and there is
an elevator. too
II just love red burlap for the dim
ingroom of Nat, don't you? was her
reply.
THAT was good enough for him. and
he filed his caveat then and there.
Sixth friend Of mine / asked to help
me out on this Investigation cas- a gay
bachelor of &c when It happe'ed. He'd
been captivatei by the good breeding.
high character and strong common
sense of his typewriter girl. Made up
his mind that he'd like to marry her.
Had 1t doped out rhat she liked him
pretty well but wasn't certain about
her having him, in spite Of his pretty
moderate good looks and his consider
able business prosperity So one day
he touched the hutton that summoned
her into his private Office for a dlcta-
ton. She appeared promptly. notebook
IN hand.
Er-I didn't call you FOR dlcta-
ton Miss Rapkeys.' he snid to her
rising from ms seat ana DOWlllS 10 nef
most deferentially as he placed a chair
for her i want TO ask you If you'll
marry me-
Naturally enough she appeared over
whelmed, but she didn't say anything
about II being so sudden or any
thing OF that kind. She respected the
man and moro than liked him. she
said yes before leaving his private Of
fee and they're one of the happier
pairs eversaw.
Il think" concluded the Amateur
Sacialogist THAT these few random
cases which ! quote, the results as I
say, on careful investigation along this
line clearly indicates thnt the 1ub-
dubhish junk rs TO declarations and
proposals set down In the fiction books
simply does not go They don't kneel.
they don't claw the air, they don't
crawl on their stomachs. They Just
ask them Ike sensible human beings.
They're glad If they get 'em ana they
take their melicAe as rule Ike lit
he men If they're turned down. New
York sun.
Ask your grocer to send you Royal
Broad 1t is made In a clean bakery
and the crown label Is on every loaf
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-27

-, ~,
oNiL %
456-Theodoius the Younger. Roman
emperor. died.
-Alanasseh Cutler, protector of the
colony at Marietta o'' aled III
iS2q e'o,r,,,I'.iore yvu,,a,, .T2ainhridpe
~, N,,,nei,,,, ,a,,,I oficar dts,,n,s,i,
isbe1 N, ~ ,y.,r ~ ist9 died. horn
a. p,ircetnn N IT74
is.,NTo.,enh pnnn,,a re brother az Ma
nolaon / and ev.istnp of Nnf,les
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-27
NEXT WEEK IN HISTORY.

1S7i-Phoebe Cary distinguished Amer.
lean poet, sister OF Alice Cary, died.
born 1924.
fS75-Andrew Johnson, senator and ex-
president. died in Carter county,
Tenn. born 1908.
1SS6-Abbe Franz List, great pianist,
died at Baireuth, Bavaria; born
1914
1SSs-Robert Morris. poet laureate of
Freemasonry, died in Lagrange,
Ky; horn 1916.
1s90-Kate Chase Sprague. daughter OF
Salmon p. Chase and u noted wash
ington belle during the war, died in
Washington; born 1910.
1900 John Clark Rdpath author and
historian, died in New York city;
born 1871.
i7l4--Queen Anne of England died;
born. daughter OF King James ii,
1864. Anne was the last sovereign
of the house of Stuart The period
in which she relgned is called tho
Augustan age of English literature.
Addison. pope, Bolingbroke. Arhuth-
not and Swift belonged to that per-
iod.
stroyed the French fleet,
| S0l-Jonathan Edwards. Americas
greatest metaphysician, died at
Schenectady n ~ Dorm III Noh-
ISIS lS Warin Mitchell astronomer born
in Nantucket, Mass dled lSss'
ls6b- o%tskooWe; u' '"ri'i t,i.sh
| ineton city: born 1880.
| tSos .Iarau declnred war against China.
| ions -Ruasia fortress AZ Sveahorg. Fin
| land called THE Gibraltar of the
! norm % seized by mutlneers I'm
ieogue with Russian rcyolutionists.
!
| AUG :.
,-ee rto,,,,s c,,iraborouph tbe noted
prttIsh artist dicd In London; born
"a sml,,n,,, i7o7
lSlt-Wliliam Williams. "signer" SOL
dior ana statesman. died In I.eha-
non. conn: born there 1881.
| 1857 Eugene Sue author of "Tho Wan
deriug jew and other romances,
diod nc Aunccy, savoy; born 1901,
Sla-Homce Mann, educator and hhq'
litionist died al yellow springs
@. born 1885,
1868 Pam pclaroche french painter
died: born 1905
ls't-Matle 9neo'cl' iituH,, ~
actress. al'I ~ e. Nloi''S' >" ''0
Ensadihe porn lN'''
lsas- Presluent McEltliey "I ,r',.1 :,
the terms upon Nnlu4 nv p''''e' "
MANI
AUG, 3.
.o 90 ec,ttor5 yros tiuod
lAoo,-sa llts 81, ~ "r
80, Nm. ,,,,..t t,oro
l'N'- ollN' ,- @a,n 4, p 1ted $50
'','' w ,..i, ,f.a,,,,.s A.,
1898 Thomas FRANCIS meaknei' Alh-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-27
WAYS THAT MEN PROPOSE.

--r-. l5E Amateur sociologist said
| The lmpassioned declaration OF
| love and the hetup proposals of
marrlags as made by the lovely
| young male pieces of work in the novels
| had always impressed me as being most
| grotesguely overdrawn. ! could pot
| picture the lovely young male pieces Of
/ work saying such things to girls who
| were not insane.
80 l Instituted some quiet inquiries
| among my married friends for the pur-
pose of ascertaining whether any of
| these idiotlc manifestations had hap
| pened to them at their mating time.
! am giving you the result of these
| Investigations.
| clerk in a crockery store and he'd been
| going with the girl for year and half
| when Ii happened On Sunday afternoon
| he took a walk with her
| 'Aggie,' he said 10 her after they'd
| been looking at some marked down re-
| frigerators In furniture store window
| the old man boosted my pay 10 thirty
week last night. Guess we ought to be
| able ia scrabble along on thirty a week.
| hadn't we?'
Wen. I should say was Aggies
offhand reply. There are thousands Of
| folks in New York who live mighty
comfortably on half of thirty a week,
| and
"And the date Of that wedding was
! immediately arranged.
| Next man. clerk in an insurance
| office, had been going with her for about
| eight months. There were two or three
| others in the field against him. but he
was game enough 10 take a gRmbl-
| er's chance They We're at show one
| night and between the first and second
! acts he loaned over 10 her and said:
Say, Hazel, where do l stand with
| you. anyhow"
Now pul-leased, jim. don't get
! sentimental she replied.
! But, Hazel, he persisted, I'm get-
| ting pretty anxious to nnd out, you
| know. ] don't know now whether I'm
| aces or an also ran. You know where
| you stand with me All right. don't you?
| Well. wouldn't It only be the fair thing
| for you to put me wise as TO where l.
| oh. don't know that You have any
| occasion To- worry was her reply. and
| that. OF course. was enough for him
The date was fixed q couple of even
| lugs later.
Third friend OF mine whom | tackled
| on this investigation was shorthand
| man IN n brokers' office, and he'd been
taking her out, too with considerable
| regularity, for "a period covering about
year Ono evening he was sitting on
the front steps with her when she said
to him:
say Charlie. guess who ran away
and got married last week? Edith Etar-
something!
That so? said he Wen say Ethel.
how good ON the run are YOU?
"ThuH II was fixed
MY fourth informant was "A young
lawyer briefless al that--who'd been
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