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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02
GLOBEGHTS.
IFrom the Aison Globe.1

A man who knos something other
| people do not knoNhorougnly enjoys
telling it.
The first thing girl who wears
elbow sleeves in tW1nter does, when
she enters the houat nome, Is TO ask
why they don't he more nre.
If a man earn675 month, and
gave his wife $7t OF IL, she Woulo
still have her susIons that with that
SO cents he was seWhere, somehow
leading a Double z.
Men who havead experience say
that a. majority family rows come
about because thyife insists on stir
ring the milk jusefore her husband
puts it on his dert; he generally
likes to have thep cream glide into
his dish.
We are glad this, at least: we
do not exchangt Christmas gifts with
anyone in the Hppines or in Cuba.
Those who are fat unfortunate, ex-
perience the dStmaS sorrow two
months longer. Id the governmen emit
gives notice whit is time for them
to begin to wot about getting their
Christmas presS on.
We have he's of another poor fell
low who talks J much, and his case
could not be we If he drank. When
he first came Atchison, the people
were DISPOSED think exceedingly
well of him, fde seemed capable and
worthy, but tHwful truth soon came
out that he tan too much, thus caus-
ing people tJegard him with sus-
picion. With many young men go
ing to ruin evsyear from talking too
much, philanopic people who. with
great efforts able to hold their
tongues. shd do something for
them and enEor to effect their res
cue from liyef misery and worthless
ness.
The W. H. (What Hour Conven-
tion) met j evening, but after a
wrangle thaasted three hours. the
question thaalled them together was
not settled. { was at what hour a.
Young man ould terminate his call
upon girl. 4 go home. Those under
80 said the ing man should stay till
II. and the Or ones thought $3.50 was
plenty late lugh, seeing that he had
to beat his rk early next morning If
he was worhaving. One feeble old
man of 90 fought the young man
should arri at and leave at 1880.
He thougithe great peril OF the
day was the Trusts or the Rail-
roads. but time wasted in counting.
He poundeis cane and quite lost his
breath in h xcitement. He wondered
that Presid Roosevelt, having mar
ried off a lighter recently, hadn't
found thisat, though he admitted
tI1at congrmen don't have to be at
work nextorning as early as clerks
in a retaitore. A mother of three
left on her hands, agreed
with the oman: she had encouraged
men calleto stay late, but it didn't |
result in marriages IN her family. |
There wi7e another meeting next |
week, whthe opposing sides hope to |
have reincements.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02

tration of his thoughts had nrialized
| a vision. for before him stothe CIR
who had been in his mind aAy.
Don't let me disturb YOU'VE sald
| "but 7 came TO ask for somefather' s
personaI naners Thought tould be
best to wait until represat1ve OF
the purchasers came beforeking for
them"
as If rcalIv Won %, he ask For a
moment II seemed a vision. look so
like your old self. I thougmarrlase
would change you"
Don't tell me that you ard tnar
absurd report of my maTge- Sir
Henry was three years oldehn rather
and he came over to invgate the
mill; that was all. Was thwhy you
did not writer"
Paul handed her the pace of let
ters.
IT found them in the 81 ne ex-
pIained simply. "Eyidentlyr trust in
Mrs. willis was not well ffded."
Curicusly she turned theekot over
in her hands. The tears CT into her
eyes as she realized that hAther nad
withheld the letters.
This explains much" salo at
length. ct thought you ced to care.
81 have nevre stopped ing YOU
he said passionately, "noten Wnen
read that you were marr1e
Nor l." she admitted. mot even
when thought you had GOTTEN
Silently they regarded q other as
their hands met in a cla more elo-
quent than words. Paulookeo out
through the glass screerf the busy
works beyond. This is led nome
coming" he said at lastlnd LlItn
smiled responsive.-(Copyh 19of'
by J. G. Reed.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02
A TIP.

If, perchance, you ever have an op-
portunity to buy a few shares of stock
in the Standard OIL company of Indiana
in the neighborhood of par, by all
means grab it. This advice is given
free as result of a perusal of the an
swers made by that concern to the
interrogatories submitted by Attorney
General Jackson in the Kansas su-
preme court.
Did you notice those figures con-
corning the dividends paid by that COM
pany? We are apt to look upon alfalfa
that returns eighty dollars gross from
fifty-dollar land as fairy easy money,
but Standard Oil makes alfalfa look
like thirty cents by the side of a thous-
and dollar bill.
The Kansas wheat farmer who gets
the cost of his land and the expense of
cultivating it out of one crop has an
idea that things are coming his way
some. but he is losing money in great
chunks when compared with holders of
stock in the Standard Oil Company of
Indiana. The Standard would expect
to buy whole quarter section and pay
for it from the net proceeds of a little
ten-acre patch.
To get down to figures: The year
y
TENDER 2 the Standard Oil Company of
Indiana had pand dividends aggregat-
ing approximately $13,O0O,00O on
capitalization of 100000. In order
words it has paid 1900 per cent divi-
dends in nine months. Kansas bank
stock that pays from to 10 per cent
in twelve months is looked upon as
good property.
When we talk about alfalfa yielding
$50 or $50 an acre, it indicates the
gross returns. From that must be
taken the expense of cutting. putting it
up, and hauling it to market. That
still leaves big profits, however. But
these dividends declared by the Stand
ard are net-what is paid to the stock
holders after paying all the expense of
conducting the business, making re-
pairs and improvements and setting
aside whatever surplus is deemed
necessary.
This paper does not make practice
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.1

[From the Chicago News1
He is successful manufacturer who
never makes mistakes.
Human nature is an interesting study
because it changes so often.
Ignorance may be bliss, but there is
lot Of bliss that isn't ignorance.
Honesty is the best policy for a man
who can't steal enough to pay a good
lawyer.
Give hungry man a square meal
and you will gather crumbs of comfort
therefrom.
Sometimes man marries and settles
down-or in other words, he subsidies
under pressure.
A woman may talk like a book. but
when 1t comes 20 shutting her up like
one-well, that's different.
You can make one kind of an jrnnres-
sion by following a statement with an
apology, but 1T will not be a good one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02
NeVern1Ore

When H. G. Wells, theted English
novelist. was in Boston. praised Poe
at dinner.
IT think hardly of youlew England
writer's" he said, ''for n contempt
of Poe. I shall never belle TO rorget
that Emerson called h'The jingle
man. Today a thousa read roe
where one reads Emers and not TO
know Poe's work is rat a disgrace
There is a little inn@
Mr.. Wells smiled.
ut is a rather poorly quoted little
inn," he said, but thendlady gets
every visitor TO write ssthing about
it in a kind of autogrss album that
she keeps on her draw-room table.
zone visitor wrote in tnlbum many
years ago:
"'Quotk the raven
"The landlady did 4 understand
that quotation. She waot as wen up
in her Poe as she shd have been.
And ever since that tiu1he has shown
the cryptic line to everuest. entreat-
ing him to tell her, If han, Its mean
ing.
But the guests are avs too polite
to tell her. They pred they do not
know. And hence, yeafter year. TO
every visitor that comshe poor land
lady with her alburgiVes herself
aWay.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02
OF A BACHELOR.

lFrom the New York Press.l
A good EXCUSE won't go any better
than a poor one.
The way to be interesting to people
is to be interested in what they are do
ing.
A woman enjoys a funeral more than
a wedding because she can have a bet
ter cry.
II you ask girl whether she likes
oatmeal for breakfast she can think
you are sentimental.
A mans d terrible brute not to like
weak conee just because his wife tried
used to.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02

ing from Canada without payment of
an exorbitant tariff. 1t doesn't help any
honest industry in America and 1t robs
the American newspaper publishers of
millions Of dollars annually. That's
one case, Mr.. Calderhead. Doubtless
there are other cases. Mr. Calderhead
might look around some. He's too cock
sure he's right. Such absolute belief
In ones own opinion comes generally
from narrowed vision"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02
J. PIERPONr MORGAN

millionaire is wicked, quite:
HIS doom should quick be knelIed:
he should not be allowed to grow,
If grown he should be feIIed
But when a city's bonds fall flat
And no one cares for them
VINO IS the man that saves the day?
It's ]. P. NJ.
wen banks and trusts go crashing down
WIFI rom credlt.s sullied name,
More fuel to the flame.
r nen IItan strength is needed sore
VINO is the man who does the iob7
It's J p. M '
N. Y Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02

Here is a pointer for Congressman
Calderhead from the Wichita Beacon
but the chances are that he will dis
putc it: Congressman Calderhead says
If anyone will tell him of the need for
revising a single line in the Dingley
tariff law he'll be for revision. All
right. There is this line prohibiting the
shipment of wood pulp for paper max
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02
THEN AND NOW

Looking at fairly good men of today
we are not surprised that George
Washington should have been subject
to the charge of withholding property
from assessment. But what surprises
us a little is that public sentiment
sh Guild have changed so much in $50
years. In Washington's day rich men
were indicted for their evasion of taxa
ton. Today wholesale tax lodging
goes on and if an official gets after the
dodgers he it is who receives the pub
lie reprimand and not he who violated
the law.-ParSoEs Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02

1t is stated that some of the interior
tobbers are dissatisfied with the pro-
posed freight schedule prepared by the
railroad commissioners, believing it
continues to give Missouri River job
bers the advantage of them. This
freight rate question is an extremely
complicated one, and it should be care
fully considered in all its phases.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02
A JOllier.

Mayor Douglass of Niagara Falls said
the other day of an office-seeker:
HE is a jollier. He reminds me of q
chicken thief of Utica.
"A police reporter wrote of this thief
The prisoner laughed aloud for mercy
And when the night editor asked for an
explanation Of that queer sentence, the
reporter said:
It's exactly what happened. Every
poor old feeble joke the magistrate
made, the scoundrelly thief roared fit to
split his Sides"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02

The story that District Attorney Bone
is preparing to proceed against the APP
peal to Reason came from that paper S
home town, and evidently from the pa
per itself, judging from the appearance
of last weeks issue, in which a large
blank space appeared with the state
ment that the matter intended for it
had been censored by Attorney General
Bonaparte. Mr.. Bone, however, denies
the story. It may therefore be pre-
sumed that the Appeal felt that it ought
10 be proceeded against anyway and
started the story as hint to the dis
trict attorney.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02

Perhaps the two-cent fare has not in
creased travel. but just the same the
railroads are adopting the policy of
limiting the number of coaches attach
ed to train in order that the engi-
neer may keep within a few hours of
btS acbed1IIa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02

Reports from over the state indicate
that most of the little country banks
did not deem it necessary to limit the
amount of currency paid out to their
depositors. AS a matter of fact, most
of the patrons Of the country banks
carry good-sized wads of currency
around in their pockets just for change.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02

It Is hard for foreign nobleman to
please the American public. The ex-
husband of Anna Gould was criticised
for his extravaganza, and now the pro-
posed husband Of Gladys Vanderbilt is
criticised because he is too economical.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02

With call money ranging at from 30
to rs per cent in Wall Street, it is no
great wonder that New York banks re-
fused to ship any currency west. They
could not afford to let such chances as
that go by just because their depositors
in the west who own the money hap
pened to want it themselves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02

If the east issues a lot Of new cur
rency it will be only question OF time
until the west gets 1t, under present
conditions, because the east keeps buy
ing our stuff. The thing for the east to
do is to go to work and earn some
money of its own.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02

The dividend and bond interest pay
ments for November will be nearly 90
per cent greater than those year ago.
according to a New York financial pa
per. That does not look like the rail-
roads and industrial corporations are
going broke.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02

q. Bernard Shaw says the newspapers
are always on the wrong side OF every
question. But G. Demands opinion may
be Influenced by his point of view. 1t Is
a fact, of course. that the newspapers
are always on the opposite from q.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02
ECONOMY.

The story is told on an Erie widow
er that before he could be induced to
place an order for a tombstone for his
wife's grave he9wrote to Sears & Roe
buck to get their prices and a sample
of the same goodS.-Erie Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02

Id ISIS also reported dot der President
spendt hiss 49th birthday kvietly ad
home Id do beat der Dutch how Mrs.
whole day, ven Chon d. Und der oder
halluf uf der world candt keeb him
kviet ten minutes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02

Mr.. Rockefeller put ten million dol
lars into Wall street in order to stop
the slump in stocks. OF course we don I
want to find fault. but how would it
have worked for him to have applied
that ten million on his 20 million dollar
fine, and then Secretary Cortelyou
would have had that much more to de-
post in Wall street banks? Quite like
ly Mr.. Rockefeller did not think of this.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED Prices

The State Journal is a member u the
Associated Press and receives the 1un Gay
telegraph report OF that Erear news or
Eanization for the exclusive afternoon
publication IN Topka.
The news is received in The State jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02
HARD ON Jersey.

1t is said that the president desires a
law which would make all corporations
doing an interstate business to incor-
porate under federal laws, thus bring
ing them under government control.
Such a measure would have one tragic
result. It would leave New Jersey
corner only in squitoes.-Balttmore
American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02

'-The only thing to be said in favor
of a circus trust" says the washington
Star, sis that a circus is not a neces-
sity." What's that? Don't try to make
the average boy believe such heresy as
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02

Even II the control of the Union Pa
ciflc has passed from Mr.. Hartman to
John D. Rockefeller and J. P1erpont
Morgan, It is difficult to see how that
Will especially help the public.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02
<BTRTICAT.

Prohibition carried in Oklahoma by
17,777. Those. four sevens- look good
from a Biblical standpoint and sug-
gest the seven blasts of the horns that
preceded the fall of the walls of Ieri-
cho.-Sterling Bulletin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02

The heirs Of George Washington are
now claiming the land on which Cincfn-
natl is built. The heirs of George We're
certainly a long time in getting around
20 IL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02

1t looks as though good many west
ern banks adopted the clearing house
certificate plan, not because 1T was nee
essary, but because 1t was fashionable
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02

make a public stademendt dot his bear
vas nod SO larche es der bear killed by
der Presidendt. Id would be lese Ted
esty to claim dot hiss bear vas der
larchest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02
PLAYING SAFE.

Representative Burton affects to be-
lieve that he is going to beat Tom
Johnson for mayor of Cleveland, but
not so hard as to be willing to surren-
der his congressional job before the
election comes off.-Chattanooga Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02
FINANCIAL TERMS.

In polite circles a yellow-dog fund is
called a contingent fund.-Birmingh
Age-Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02
NOT MICH.

With 60-cent corn and dollar wheat
the western farmers stock is not like
ly to be affected by the Wall stree
panic.-New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02
1T WAS NOT A BOAR HUNT.

Gov vardaman need not have fled
the state upon Roosevelt's visit to- Mis-
sissippi. The president is not now gun
ming for that sort of bear.-Springfield
Union.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02

Read your noosbaper closely, fer der
real important items iss sometimes
hidden under 5-head on der last page.
Fer instance, i'd iss reported in a Won
stick story from Chicago, dot food may
be cheaper dis winter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02

Owing to TELEGRAPH trouble. der CORY
spondents some time fail to gedt DER
copy filed before der choints ISIS again
opened, allreaty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02

SHAKE UPS AND SHAKE DOWNS
The sea-Quake came along just abou
the right time to divide interest in the
CONGRATULATIONS News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02
CROWDING THE EAGLE.

The American Eagle VIII do well to
keep an eye on the Teddy bear, which
is fast becoming a national emblem
Mexican Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02

Der coolest blaze found by science
ISIS 46,680 foots abofe der ground. Der
coolest blaze efer found by me vas a
winners club election we're all uf dem
wanted to be pressidendt und couldnd't.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02

THE WORLD is HER LOBSTER.
A bright woman who is also pretty
woman has the world in sling
Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02
A T.TrTLE SHORT.

Knickerbockers never were good style
for banks. They are too short.-Indian-
apolis Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02
THE VALUE OF LAND.

Should a man who owns a first class
farm sell it, even if he receives a big
price? The price has nothing to do
with the value of land, a good farm, to
our mind being above price. Lands
will never be cheaper; and there is no
investment. all things considered, that
pays more satisfactory dividends. A
farm is home, a habitation, a place
to live, to bequeath to the children and
will not go bust, go into bankruptcy
or run away. 1t is a home for all time
and there is no possession under the
sun so valuable as a good farm.-El.
Dorado Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02

Der Moo York black-hander vich vas
stabbed nine times in der stats fer re-
Tossing to yoos a dinnymite bum, pro-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02

badly belonked to der Blasters Onion,
und couldnd't conscientiously use der
egsplosif after hours mitout double pay,
Anser to correspondent: No, dear Ag-
mes, der Koontucky tobacco war ISIS not
connnectioned in any way NIT der anti
cigaroot crusade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02
2L.llllG.C.IEI11'

Col. Chimchappelle ditnd't invite m'
to hiss Halloween possumfest. Dere arr
also seferal oder reasons Wy like Col
Chin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02

Nome, Alaska, vas recently burned
almosd oop. Der fire vas a larche no
Won, und i'd ISIS reported dot some u
der residents will consider i'd a sub
sitoot fer trip south
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02

Dey hat got der razor pedlar con-
nectioned init der Sapp murder. U1
he ISIS tried fer anything, he had besse1
chose a chury uf men vot meier tried
to shafe deirsellufs NIT a pedlars razor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02
A SATURDAY SERMON.

REFORMATION OR REVENGE?
By mercy and truth iniquity is purged:
and by the fear of the Lord men depart
from evil.-Proverbs 1876.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02

Ffnanciers und merchants agree dot
der crisis hat passed, but dey sdill make
a good hangency-on to all der cash in
sight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02

Won may gadder from der Pittsbura
dispages dot dey yoos der endless chain
sysdem in running der choints dera
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-02
KANSAS COMMENT
ON NAMING NAMES.

ON NAMING NAMES.
III recent editorial, the New York
orIo calls down Mr.. Bryan for de-
nounclng great metropolitan newspa-
pers, owned and controlled by some
pooy We do not know, used as an adj
1unct to exploit other enterprises
Names, Mr.. Bryan, names!" clamors
the New York World. And that pa
per Is right in making its demand. r.
LLespohs1ole dema gogues may make such
proaos1de assertions and have them
passed unnoticed, because the denunci-
atlons OF demaogues are not worthy of
notlce, but Bryan is supposed to be
responsible. This paper has been try
ing TO hammer into the people it deals
with here in Lawrence the Importance
ana necessity of naming names and
not shooting in the dark" to hit who
ever may happen to be within range.
Almost every day somebody comes into
TINS office to have my name kept out
OF the paper" Usually their requests
are refused, because to keep my name
out OF the paper by printing an item
without naming the name is not only
10 protect the guilty one but also to
coast suspicion upon a lot of people who
are not named. Every person and ev-
cry newspaper which speaks publicly
nnds 1t incumbent upon it, at times, to
name names when it would be more
pleasant to preserve anonymity. Weak
hngs and towards take the easier
course. But really responsible people
do not shun the duty, when it comes,
of naming names and leaving nothing
to be guessed.-Lawrence World.