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Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17

whole lemon peel in ut, he shouted to the barkeeper
How you git along Lissie? You got big bank roll
for dot lobster yet eh? You got dot big lawyer yet
eh?"
mo, Abey. amt got the money yet.for the right
man. gave Mart hundred to look after Petey for
awhile but the big money don't come easy; it's too
dangerous"
Mart wellknown lawyer OF the criminal
courts, and a good to look after the minor de-
tails of the case, pending the trial
"How much money you got Llssie?" said Abey.
We'll, it takes some to live, you know, and some
for Pete; he can't eat that prison food and he's got
to git shaved and smoke; It all takes money. And I
got TO keep the cops staed and the keepers Pete
tier got to have something he git out Of his
cell and walk about extra. Oh, there's plenty Of ways
to git rid OF your dough- and amt got much; only
about seven hundred and half"
How much does de big lawyer vant?" Abey in
CURED
Two thousand"
You'll never git ut Lisse; you'Il git pinehed
first"
"It looks that way" said Lizzie "I feel pretty bad
Petey"
Look here, Lissie. w don't you drop its Go and
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17

den It's Pete for yours IN tell you vat I'll do Gf
TO me your seven hundred an fifty, and we go down
to your big lawyer. and III hire him for Pete"
Git out, you're kiddn't" exclaimed Lizzie, but the
color came into her face and she smiled brightly.
thing"
DO you mean it2" asked Lizzie leaning over the
table
"Sure"
She went around TO Abeys side OF the table, pulled
his head back and kissed him the mouth. Then,
with tears In her eyes, she said:
ABBEY, you're good fellow
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they believed she was playing IN her usual luck" for
Notwithstanding that she had been arrested many
times, she always managed to beat the case."
Spotsy, however, the witness positively identified
of the men he had seen in the saloon Just be-
fore he became unconscious. He remembered him by
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17

Mag Maloney had been threatened by Lizzie more
than recently about her apparently growing pre-
diection for Petes society. The last time she had
had occasion to reprmand Mag when she went
into the back room of saloon and found Mag and
Pete drinking mixed ale In high firm tones, and with
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-20
FTTzGERALD,s DANGER.

If Lieutenant Governor Fitzgerald
keeps on talking saucy to the railroads
and telling them what's what, as he
has been doing in the railroad tax
hearings this week, he is liable to find
boom for governor tagging him
around some of these days independ-
ent of the Square Deal, the machine,
or any other aggregation.
Mr.. Fitzgerald made frst-class
Impression by the way he presided
over the senate last winter. His ut
terances and interviews since have
not lessened that impression in the
minds of the people; and now, as
chairman of the board of railway as
SCISSORS, he is talking back" to the
railroads representatives in a way
that the people like to hear.
Incidentally, the board of railway
assessors is proceeding along a new
line this year, to the great surprise of
the gentlemen who have been looking
after the assessments of the railways
heretofore. 1t is known that State
Auditor Nation had something of this
kind in mind several months ago, al
though little was said about it, The
board is trying to find out what the
railroads are really worth instead of
guessing at it and they will be as
SeSSed accordingly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-20
NYKE WKER JOTS

Salina Union: Evidently the canned
Pigg at Topeka does not bear the pure
food label. He's bad.
Pratt has not yet finished taking its
census, but from the number of peo-
pie the assessor had found at last re-
port, it estimates that it has 1900 peo-
pie. ~
An Arkansas City manswho makes a
business of raising dogs. sold one re-
Gently for 800. 1t is to be hoped, how
ever, that this will not encourage 9TH
ers to start dog ranches.
Winfield reports the receipt of a
consignment of the parasitic bees that
are supposed to put the green bug out
of business. Naturally no time was
lost in putting them on the trail of
his bugship.
A dance was broken up at Chautau
qua Springs the other night in real
old-time style. Some of the guests"
got drunk and one of them began shoot
ing through the other guests hats
This was trifle disconcerting to the
other guests and they quit and went
home.
Complaint from Atchison in the
Globe: Some Atchison Republicans are
very sore on the state administration.
They say that after allowing the Dem
ocrats to run this city as they pleased
during the past two years, and per-
uniting them to make a fine record in
finances and improvements the Repub-
licans met with state interference be-
fore they had charge of Atchison af-
fairs a month. Republicans say 1t
isn't square deal.
A word for the; defendant by Ralph
Tennal: We not only refuse to print
complaint against the graphophone
sent in this week, but we desire to
express our appreciation of the mar
velous invention. After hearing it 10
or 10 years it still seems spooky and
superhuman. The graphophone may
get on the nerves of some, but it pro-
vides amusement in many dreary
spot where music any other form
would not be heard. Long may the
graphophone wave.
A Sabetha real estate man estimates
that capital in and near Sabetha to
the amount of $125.O0O- has lately been
invested in land in new countries. This
includes Texas, Arizona, New Mexico,
western Kansas, Colorado, the Dako-
tas and Pacific coast states. He says
the wealth around Sabetha is so great
that the money spent is not a drop in
the bucket, and the farmers have not
missed the money. He claims that the
$125,000 represents tho earnings in one
year of only four or five dozen pros
porous farmers. ---.-,.f
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-20
on the Tobacoonist.

P. T. Powers, the president of the
National Association of Baseball
Leagues, was talking in New York
about the business management of base
ball. -.r y
Baseball" he said, must be man
aged literally. There must be no mig
gardliness Otherwise a deadening un-
popularity and a great kick ensue. He
who tries to conduct the baseball busi-
ness on pawnshop lines gets hourly such
reproofs as fell to a tobacconist the 9TH
er day. newsboy walked into the
tobacconist's shop and asked for a light
for his cigarette.
1--WE sell lights here, sonny said the
tobacconist.
1.-The boy took out cent. All right.
boss he said. Let's have box of
matches, then
He paid for the matches, extracted
one. lighted his cigarette, and, closing
the box, handed it back to the tobacco
mist.
Put this on the shelf he said, and
the next gent what asks for light,
give him one on me-.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-20
Famous Mrs. Tom Thumb.

Like a wispy little breeze out of the
past, came Mrs. Tom Thumb, Coun-
tess Magri, through Shreveport from
Kansas City yesterday, on her way to
San Antonio, Tex, to join the Gentry
Brothers show. Accompanying the
wee lady, was her husband, Count
Magri, and Baron Magri. her brother
in-law.
Sixty-five years ago this little wo-
man, who has been one of the worlds
hnman wonders, was born. Reaching
the age when girls fall in love, the
heart in her, which was as big as any
other big girls heart, went out to
Charles S. Stratton, generally known
to the world as Gen. Tom Thumb, and
they were married.
In story, book and. newspaper, the
tiny couple filled many pages and
when Gen. Tom Thumb died. much
sympathy was extended his little wife
by crowned heads, rulers. and mere
folks But twenty-five years ago the
widow consoled herself by taking an
other husband, Count Magri. ss-s..-
1t is years and years since Gen. and
Mrs Tom Thumb. and sweet Minnie
Warren, now dead. and the walnut
shaped coach, drawn by his four mid
get ponies delighted the children and
grown-ups of the land as they drove
through the, streets or presented the
story of cinderella" in packed thea
ters-Shreveport Times. r-'f
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-20
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFrom the Atchison Glot

rFrom the Atchison Globe.1
The amateur usually plays best
when he is practicing.
Nearly everyone thinks he is a good
judge of human nature.
A politicians idea of harmony is to
have the people agree with him.
1T is not difficult to prove you are
right from your own point of view.
A boy has as hard a time keeping
the table cloth clean as he does his
hands.
The man who feels called upon to
save the country usually wants lot
of help.
Some men would do wonderful
things if some little thing were not in
the way.
Every girl thinks she should marry
a man who makes ten times as much
as her father.
You can get good idea Of perse-
verance by trying to convince hen
she doesn't want to set.
BY the time girl learns that men
don't near the nice things they say
to her, they quit saying them.
Every man who wears heavy ~whis-
kers around his mouth should be
compelled by law to eat alone.
= A girl is not considered a good sing
er until she has caused a concert to
be postponed because she has a cold.
1t takes a real estate agent to break
all records at raising the largest num-
Der of bushels CT wheat per acre.
A little girl was quarreling with her
brother. "You aggravate me so
much" she said, that will have no
patience left for my own children"
When q girl sits up too late at night
with her honey boy, she has a way of
yawning next day that tells about it;
1t is different from a dancing party
yawn.
If you were a stranger on this earth,
YOU could easily get the impression
from talking with some men that
about all the important work here is
done in lodge rooms.
Without having her rights, woman
has lot of privileges: A man could
hardly make his way up the street
clad in a straw hat and winter over
coat but that combination is all right
for a woman. 1a'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-20
HOW SHE LOOKED.

Just hold it slanting. that the light
May fall Just so upon the glass.
There! Now You seem to have it right
Sweet, quaint. old-fashioned little lass!
How plain and smooth her hair is worn;
The frock, how hideous its striDe--
They wore such things ere we were born!
It's grandmother's daguerreotype.
She hooks so serious and stiff,
Yet those two c5rIS are perfect dearS- =
I very often wonder if
She was as prim as she appears.
You see, her head the artist placed
In some machine with iron grippe
StiH, signs of mischief have traced
In -grandmother's daguerreotype.
Grandfather says in time gone by
She led him quite lively dance
Dear mel Tt really makes one sigh
To think about that old romance.
He says she had such roguish eyes,
And lips, he says, like cherries ripe.
It's something that you'd not surrnise
From grandmother's daguerreotype.
Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-20
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

Iron the New York Press
The average woman will go without
a square meal to ride in a cab.
A girl seems to think being engaged
is so as to be like people in a novel.
Some people want to be on a jury so
as to get the testimony that is not
printable.
A woman can't help being interest
ed in a man who has been divorced
without her knowing the real reason
why.
When a man does well in business
his wife thinks it's because he gets
such good meals at home. and prob
ably she is right
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tary barracks yonder drops to the
ground. 1t is the signal.
Instantly there is an answering W. xsu
ley from hundreds of revolvers DIS
charged into the air. Then. amlo the
roar, the smoke. and the yells from from
thousands of threats. the line OF Dattie
starts forward at a run.
Marcia Is nearly Paraly, u Dot to she
is off like a bolt from a catapult.
pounding through the dust, stralning
at her bride, leaving the iurcnins
prairie schooners and ungainly farm
vehicles rapidly in the rear. They
soon outstrip the honest mousse
holders and are among the reckless
cowboys in the lead. These men sIeSSe
her presence with rough cries OF gal+t
lantry which make her heart beat
thick and fast. If she had only staye -
in the safer crowd behind. but Bonnie
Belle is quite beyond her control now;
The mare has settled to her gait anu
has no thought of anything Out mss
place IN this heat.
Marcia turns her head uneasily ZOE
a glance over her shoulder, catcnes
one swift, hazy glimpse OF a race tuae
is familiar in spite of its dusty ols
guise, and hears the sudden exciama-
tion-"Mareiai'
The next instant the other riders
horse is at her side, his hand is toucn-
ing hers, and for one blissfui minute
she can not see for tears, as she muir
mers ooh. Charlie, am SO glad"
1t is the only explanation necessary.
The glance, the tone of perfect trust
are enough for the most exact1ng heart
and from that moment the hard rae
is for both but swift rush for Eden.
Side by side, the two riders leave the
seventeen miles behind them, ana tneII
good steeds, reeking with FOAM Dut
still sound in wind, bring them TO the
government quarters which marx me
center of Kiowa, just exactly slxty
minutes after the signal gun.
Charlie quickly stakes out TWO oe-
SRA BILE claims, which will soon De
worth their thousands. Marcia cares
for the horses as best she can, when
Charlie stations her beside him to hold
their own against the rush.
It is a wild, tumultuous moment, put
they are close together. and his hand
clasps hers, while he bends closer.
Marcia, dearest, you can give your
claim to the old folks. Mine is for you.
There'II be a minister along pretty
soon, and my tent is coming by the
first pack train. Why should we wait
Let us be married, and begin right
here-together. Will you, darling"
And clear amid the yells, the shoot
ing the mad rush of incoming settlers,
half crazed with thirst, fatigue and ex-
citement, he plainly hears her honest
Eyes. "-(Copyrighted 1907, by G. H
Sutcliffe,)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-20
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

[From the Chicago News.]
An easy way to get money is to inherit
it.
Sharp men know that cutting remarks
do not pay.
Many a woman who looks like an
angel forgets to act like one.
In relating his experiences. man
usually poses as his own hero.
Some people must get awfully tired
listening to their own talk.
It's tough even on the six-footer when
when he has one foot in the grave.
Most peoples Gem to enjoy coming out
of a church more than they do going in.
It's to a mans credit if ne can truth
fully say that his credit is good.
ANY woman can make a dollar go so
far that her HUSBAND will never see it
again.
Some people, after expressing the wish
to do unto others as they would have
others do unto them, let it go at that.
When a girl invites young man to
her home for dinner, and he is told that
she did the cooking, it's time for him to
sit up and take notlc~-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-20
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
[From the Philadelphia Record. ]

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.J
The kodak girl has taking ways.
Many fellow doesn't have to look in
the glass to see his own finish.
Many fellow hasn't the sand to pro-
pose, although he has the dust.
Bread Is the staff of life, but the
baker kneeds more than most people
by their fruits We shall know them
doesn't always apply to family trees.
The theological student who turns
waiter during his vacation expects to
take orders.
No. Maude, dear. Adam and Eve
didn't have a clothes tree. although they
wore fig leaves.
Blobbs-"Closeist is a bag of wind"
Slobbs-"Well. notice he doesn't often
blow himself
wigg-"Does detective Sleuthpup ever
adopt a disguise ?" Wagg-"OnIy a
Glove to disguise his BREATH"
The favorite poem of the window
curtain manufacturer is that beginning
THE shades of night were falling fast"
Muggins-'1 understand Judge Much
wed is going to retire from the Bench,
Maybe he's retaliating on his
wife. She has been laying down the law
for years."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-20
HEARST.

Speaking with reference to Mr.
Bryans recent address before the
Brooklyn Democratic club, in which
the Nebraska leader compared Alex
ander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson.
the New York World takes occasion
to draw a striking parallel between
Aaron Burr and William Randolph
Hearst.
Hamilton" says the World, "was
the dominating figure in the Federal
ist party, just as Mr.. Roosevelt today
is the dominating figure in the Repub-
lican party. Jefferson was the leader
of the anti-Federalists. just as Mr..
Bryan is the Democratic leader. Back
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-20

of Hamilton and Jefferson crouched
Aaron Burr, precisely as William
Randolph Hearst now crouches back
Of Roosevelt and Bryan.
Burr was a shrewd, resourceful, I'M
serupulous politician of excellent fam
lily. He had no principles that he
could not readily subordinate to his in
satiable personal ambition, While he
professed to be an anti-Federalist, he
hated Jefferson hardly less cordially
than he hated Hamilton. His attitude
toward them was very like Mr..
Hearst's attitude toward Mr.. Roosevelt
and Mr.. Bryan. Burr intrigued with
both parties in New York, just as Mr..
Hearst has done. He too formed an
alliance with Tammany, and he trad
ed with a faction Of the Federalists
who were the Odell- Hartman crew of
their day. Party lines were not so
closely drawn then as now, so 1t was
unnecessary for Burr to organize
third party and incorporate it. But he
played his game shrewdly and to
certain point successfully. He was "a
friend of the Masses and after the
failure of the electoral college to elect,
Jefferson and Hamilton had to sink
their personal differences for a time
in order to spare the nation the scan
DIAL of seeing a deftly manipulated
house Of representatives choose Aaron
Burr president of the United States"
Still, in this connection it would
be only fair to remember that Mr..
Hearst is the journalistic rival of the
World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-20
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Naturally a political ring always adj
vises you to vote in the circle. The
circle is emblematic of the ring.
ct have nothing to say said Evelyn
Thaw's mother. and then she used up
six columns of space in the Pittsburg
papers in not saying it.
n
It's a wise tree that knows when to
put forth it's leaves this year.
y y
What connection, pray. is there be-
tween the green bug and this bug
juice we used to hear about?
The fruit crop may be a failure but
the boarding house prune will prob
ably be as numerous as ever.
T.
There is a movement on foot to put
all water consumers on meters. This
won't affect Bill Doolittle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-20

great Inconvenience. Then the Eng
lish sparrow was introduced to them
and the insect family has been kept
busy mourning it's losses ever since.
The little sparrow may not be very
lovable, but the number of mos
quitoes, gnats, and other insects for
which he furnishes a graveyard makes
him 4 useful member of society OF
course it is possible to overdo good
thing, both in dandelions and spar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-20

Preside ut Roosevelt's statement in
his peace letter that armament is nee
essary in order to protect the weak
and keep half-civilized nations from
breaking International law, indicates
that he proposes to hang on to the Big
Stick and keep his eye peeled in the
direction of Hartman and No. 26
Broadway.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-20

william Allen White is suggested
for governor. If Mr.. White should
ever be elected governor, the COVER
nor's message would be worth read
ing and it would be read without the
governor going before the legislature
with il himself
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-20
ERON OTHER PENS
EX-SPEAKERS.

The death of Galusha A. Grow, who
was speaker Of the house of represent
tatives from 1861 to 1863 leaves only
two surviving presidents of the lower
branch Of congress-J. Warren Keifer
and John>G. Carlisle. In ALI there have
been "a speakers since the establish
ment of the republic, including Jona-
than Trumbull, Henry Clay, John Bell
James K. Polk. Robert c. Winthrop
Howard Cobb, Nathaniel p Banks
Schuyler ColfaX. James G.. Blaine Sam
uel J. Randall and Thomas B, Reed
Mr.. Keifer was born in 1886, and was
speaker from 1881 to 1888; Mr. Car
Isle was born in 1895, and occupied the
office from 1883 to 1889. Mr.. Reed died
in 1902. Mr. Crisp in 1896 and Mr.. Hen
derscn in 1906. Could anybody say off
hand how many ex-vice presidents are
still living? There are three.Levi P
Morton. Adlai E. Stevenson and Theo-
Gore RooseVeit.-P1 evidence journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-20

The railroads are beginning to make
better time with the stock trains. A
train load of stock left Sabetha at Z
o'clock on Saturday evening and those
who accompanied it went to bed in
Chicago at midnight the next night.
That is fast enough.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-20

The pure food law does not prohibit
you from buying impure foods if you
wish to. 1t simply prohibits the dealer
from fooling you into buying impure
foods when you think you are getting
the real thing. You can still buy all
the coal tar and dye that you wish,
but the dealer mustn't tell you that
1t is strawberry jam instead of coal tar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-20

John Schenck's boom for attorney
general is liable to have hard work
making much Roadway If Attorney
General Jackson keeps up his present
gait. But a good officer does not need
10 be elected attorney general to be
given the appreciation of the people.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-20

Professor Hunter, of the University
Of Kansas, was johnny-on-the-sp
when the green bug got dangerous.
No sooner had Mr.. Bug begun to cross
the Kansas line than Professor Hunter
came forward with parasite that is
guaranteed to kill the invader, and
the parasite was promptly ''sicked"
on to G. Bug. Bug will probably not
find the Kansas climate as healthy as
he may have been led to believe it is
by reading the Kansas papers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-20

SAYS the Lawrence Journal: THE
man who declares that the dandelion
Is q useful plant that ought to be
cultivated must belong to the same
family as the man who first brought
English sparrows to this country"
The dandelion may not be useful. but
n Ia certain that the English sparrow
ls. The settlers who first came to this
region say that insects We're so numer-
ans ana SO pestiferous as to cause
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-20

There is not so much talk of over
production by the peach and apple.
orchards as there was a few weeks
ago. The danger that the trees will
be injured by bearing too heavily APP
bears to have been avoided.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-20

Prosecutor Heney is now investigat-
ing the slot machine graft in San
Francisco. The San Francisco grafters
evidently did not overlook anything
from S. 900 down to a nickel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-20

Taft will not talk about his boom.
He probably thinks enough other peo-
pie are talking about (which is bet
ter than for him to do it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-20

It is to be hoped the weather bureau
really hasn't forgotten how to make
that fine brand of Kansas spring
weather for which it is so justly fam
o11S
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-20

A woman has been elected Justice of
the peace in Evanston, ILL., Now the
public will probably have a nice, lady
like view of the law handed out to it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-20

A contemporary suggests that the
next peace conference be held in Japan
What's the matter with Ohio?