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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-30
HUMOR OF THE Day

The man who would climb the ladder OF
fame mustn't nnger too long on each
round of applause.-Puck.
Got much family?' Just a pup and
rubber plant Herald.
ct would like" said the gentlemanIy
agent agent TO can your attention. 8vt 70 a little
call cal! your attention to a whole lot Of work
a quick comeback. the gentleman1y agent
caught the next elevator down.-Chicago
Record-Herald.
I'm afraid Artie win never excel at
anything. don't you known Nonsense,
our set."-Chicago Record Herald.
Clara-why are you always complaining
because have other callers? You didn't
suppose would cease to be ATTRACTIVE just
George-No. not exactly; but I did not un..
derstand that I was only a member OF
an underwriting syndicate.-Puek.
the antor the 5roq sss Pow gad tSs
ndow."-Louisville Courier-Journal.
~ Il hear you are receiyi1g attentions tts5t ms
light light in the parlor ana sort Of arrange
the pianola for little slow music. KAN
sas City Journal.
Sir Pompey-I say, Blaggs, you've got a
fine lot of ancestors. Mr.. Blaggs-Bless
they're the childrc=-s.-Ally Sloper.
Bronson-I understand he painted cob
webs on the ceiling SO perfectly that the
maid wore herself out trying to sweep
them down. Johnson-There may have
been such an artist. but there never was
such houSemaid.
when I was leaving town last MONTH"
said the returned traveller, your uncle,
Peter Roxley. was taken quite seriously
i'll. I hope II turned out all right; or
you notice what swell black suit this
s?''-Philadelphia Press
Mrs. Stubb-Now. women are not i'm
pulsive. like YOU men. They always meas
ure their words. Mr.. Stub with a sigh
oh if some of them would only give
short measure.-Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-30
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR
rFrom the New york Press.l

lF'rom the New York Press.J
A fat woman gets slim again long
before anybody can notice IT,
man seems to be able to outgrow
most any superstition except that his
whiskers couldn't be finer.
when a man falls in love with a girl
it's a sign she can be just as surprised
as If she hadn't done II Ior MIN.
what makes a woman proud of her
ohiIdren is to be able to tell the won
derful things they did. just as IL they
really did them.
There's nothing makes a girls father
so suspicious a man is trying to marry
her as for the fellow not to be able to
support her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-30

Among the new newspapers of the
country is the Christian Science Moni-
tor. daily published by the Christian
Scientists in Boston. Its first issue APP
peared on November %. Mrs. Mary G..
Baker Eddy, head of the Christian
Science cult, in an editorial announce
ment in the first issue states that the
object of the paper is ''to injure no
man, but to bless all mankind" The
paper is modern in its typographical
makeup, seven columns wide and is
sued in four editions of II pages each.
The news matter is the antithesis of
sensationalism. On the sporting page,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-30
Ages of worlds RULERS.

The fiftieth birthday of President
Roosevelt suggests a glance at the ages
of the principal rulers of the world.
The Oldest ruler is of course the ven
cradle Emperor of Hungary,
Francis Joseph, who is in his seventy
ninth year, having been born on Au-
gust Is, 1880. He is still active and
continues to direct the somewhat COM
plicated policy of the dual empire,
This is the more remarkable on ac-
count of the many domestic troubles
he has had with his children, his
nephews. and his wife, who met her
tragic death at Geneva in 1898.
That sturdy old patriot, President
Porfirio Diaz, of Mexico, runs him a
"close second" having been born on
the 18th of September, 1880, and is
therefore a month younger than the
Austrian emperor. He was first cleo
ted president in 1876, and, with one
short interval, has been president ever
since.
The next in order of age is that
somewhat erratic gentleman, King
Leopold II. of Belgium, who was born
on the 9Th of April, 1885. and is now
in his seventy-fourth years. Report
says that he is still as gay as ever.
NJ. Armand Fallieres, the president
of the French republic, was born on
the 9Th of November, 1871, and thus
heads by three days King Edward VII
of England, who was born on the 9Th
of November in the same year. Each
Is therefore III MS SlXLy-S6VSnLn year.
and they both appear to be hale and
hearty.
Frederick VIII, King of Denmark,
is the next oldest ruler. He was IS
on the 3rd of last June, while our
old friend, Abdul Hamfd II, is only
81: In spite of the visit of our fleet
to Japan, it may be news to many
persons that the present Mikado Of
Japan is Mutsuhito, and as we can
not trace another Mutsuhito, he is ap-
parentIy Mutsuhito I. He is Sc years
of age, having been born on the 3rd
of November, 1852.
Gustavus v, King of Sweden, was
born on the 10th day of June 1858.
and William II, Emperor of Germany,
on the 9th of January, 1859, and they
are therefore each of them about so,
and they approach nearest of all to
our president in this respect. The
Car of Russia is mere youth, look
ed at from the European point of
view. He is only 40, and lives in such
seclusion that very little is really
known about him. There remain Vic
tor Emmanuel, King of Italy, who is
SO, which, of course, is very young for
a king, and those royal infants, King
Alfonso XIII. of Spain. who is %, and
King Manuel II, of Portugal, who is
19.-New York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-30

Americans, being only human, make
mistakes once in a while. In this cate
CORY is Mr.. Hayes. the runner and hero
of the Olympic Marathon race. He
surely did show poor judgment in run
ming another race of the same length
with Dorando, the Italian, who prac-
tically had the original Marathon won
when he fell, exhausted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-30

If the estimated earnings of the To-
peka-Southwestern. which is being
constructed, become a reality, it will
prove to be something on the order of
railroad prodigy. But then, things of
this character are not unusual in Kan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-30

Something really refreshing in the
way OF news of the fine American sort
comes from Washington. Two promi-
nent young men, Roger Wetmore, son
OF Senator Wetmore, of Rhode Island
and William Reyburn, son of the
mayor of Philadelphia, had conten-
ton over young girl. Now instead of
satisfying their honor with a duel and
trying to pump each other full of lead
or cut each other up with swords, as
similar young men in Europe would
have done, they got busy with their
fists. with no more disastrous results
than that each received a few bruises.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-30

Probably there is no one in the coun-
try who will raise his voice in objec-
ton to the appointment of Frank H
Hitchcock to the chair of postmaster
general in the Taft cabinet The Ameri-
can people, regardless of their political
Affiliations, hold in high regard anyone
who can pick a winner and a man who,
with the outward conditions appearing
in the indefinite state that the did a
few days before election, could predict
Mr.. Taft's large majority in the cleo
toral college with such surprising ac-
curacy, as did Mr.. Hitchcock, is
worthy of any honor that it is posi-
Bile to thrust upon him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-30

horse news is absent, although there is
a generous treatment of baseball and
basketball
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-30

Among the things that do not come in
for many thanks these days is the tur-
key hash which is still being served
up. There is such a thing as enough
of turkey
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-30
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal Is a member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
ganization for the EXCLUSIVES afternoon
publication in Topeka
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, 1908-11-30
FROM OTHER PENS
\ NEW QUALIFICATION.

Pity the sorrows of Mr.. John
Motley Morehead, congressman-elect
from North Carolina. He did not
want to go to congress. He does not
want to go now. But he was per-
suaded by managing politicians to run
for the sake of making a respectable
sh owing. He did no campaigning at
all for the purpose of getting votes.
The rival candidate aimed savage
and provoking questions at him and
spectacle of a man who would neither
hustle for votes nor hurl back the
foul accusation so captured the fancy
of the people of that district that they
turned out and elected him to go to
congress instead of-as he protests
he had hoped-to stay at home.
The most salient feature of his case
is the suggestion of the strength of
the man who lets the people know
that he does not care for their votes
and will not resort to the ordinary
methods of politics to obtain them.
Governor Hughes attitude, while
widely divergent in detail is similar
on the crucial point He makes
speeches and, as Chanler found out to
his cost. answers questions very
promptly. But he kicks over all the
barriers and limitations of the ordi-
nary politicians. Though the prac-
of grasping the fact, there are strong
signs that the people like man who
makes out a conclusive case of own
ing himself.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
SMALL CHANGE IN DEMAND.
One of the signs of returning bust
ness activity not generally apparent is
pointed out by the officials of the mint
This is the renewed demand for sub
sidiary silver coin. A year or more
ago, in the busy months before the
panic, there was more silver change"
in circulation than ever before, and the
mint could not supply the demand.
Then the collapse came, and the half
dollars, quarters and dimes began to
come back and accumulate in the treas
ury, till the surplus stock rose from
almost nothing to nearly $25,000,0O0 in
August last.
This money is required in the pay
ment of wages and in the smaller trans
actions of daily retail trade, and moth
ing could more surely Indicate that
people are beginning again to spend
money, that the wheels are beginning
again to revolve, than this renewed
demand for change" It seems small
thing in itself, but it has great signih-
canoe as one of the many signs of re-
turning prosperity.
When the shops were idle and there
was little business doing this subsi-
diary coinage was exchanged at the
treasury for money in form more
easily locked up in safes. Now 1t Is
needed and it is coming out again au-
tomatically to meet an actual demand.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-30

The man who would climb the ladder OF
fame mustn't unger too long on each
round of applause.-Puck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-30

I'm afraid Artie will never excel al
anything, don't you know?" Nonsense,
old man; he's the best cigarette roller in
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-01-03
REVIVAL OF BUSINESS.

That is good news which m iron,
Pittsburg that by January 9th mos
OF the mills in hat section will have
started up giving employment to forty
thousand men who nave been idle for
some time. This is an evidence OF re-
turning activity in the Industrial
plants all over the country. Pitts
burg's business is a talr index OF the
industrial status of the whole
try, especially in that of iron and It's
kindred branches. When those mills
start I'D on full time there will be q
feeling of confidence in the whole
INT over thai good times have
come again. We do not suppose that
any section of the country has as
much influence on the industrial con-
ditions of the nation. We AVE often
heard it said that hte iron n steel
trade is a fair index OF the condition
OF the general business of the country.
If this be so, and the business men,
who know, say it is, then the news
from the Pittsburg factory section
that in less. than two weeks mills will
start up to the extent Of giving ELL
pioyment to forty thousand men who
have been forced into idleness for some
time past indicates a Wonderful reviV-
al of business the whole country over.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-01-03

for our city. Her exporters are going
to ship more cotton; her wholesale
merchants to sell more goods 10 the
interior towns and her retail dealers
to do a better business than ever be-
fore in the history of our old town, and
you are going to see a whole lot Of
building done before this time ext
year. When January l, 1909 ONE
around you will find that Wilmington
has broken her building record for d
year. By this time 2 year there will
be greater peace and prosperity"
here than ever seen before. This little
financial furry the country has had
has Just shaken things down to a
solid foundation, and Wilmington will
start off the new e with brighter
prospects than ever before. Jul city
is just beginning to feel herself
and to realize her advantages and her
Importance Il this whole section OF the
country. We are not talking for
buncombe, but we have an abiding
fairh in the future of our city. All
that Is needed is for her business men
and citizens generally to pull together
and make up their minds that by con-
cert of action they will make her the
business center that she a be made.
Let's all come together, make a strong
gull, a hard pull and a pull altogether
and we will be surprised to see what
a great commercial center we a
make out Of our city. We are glad
to know hat there has been more OF
this spirit among our people In the
last few years than ever before ana
the good results of it are perfectly
patent; but we need still more of that
spirit, and we believe its existence
will be demonstrated in this coming
year for our people have come to
realize what unity among all interests
nleans~to the general welfare of the
entire %populace. So here it is to you
all, Wilmingtonians, for a year Of
prosperity, progress and happiness.
We feel sure it will come if we all do
our part in attempting to bring it
about and if it does not come that it
Will be our " fault.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-01-03
BRYAN OR

We do not take any stock in the
statement of the Charleston News and
Courier that there is a movement in
New York to start a boom for Hoe.
David B. Hill for the democratic nom1-
nation for president. Mr.. Hill as a
national candidate is a dead cock n
the pit-we doubt if securing the noml-
nation, he could gain the electoral
vote of a single state in the union.
Now were a movement Of that sort
started for Mr.. Cleveland it would be
very different. We have nc idea he
could get the nomination, but were
he nominated he would surprise the
whole country by the large vote lie
would receive. We believe Mr.. Cleve-
land today to be one Of the most pop
ular men in the whole country, The
politicians in control Of the democrat
ic party would not allow him to be
given the nomination, but were he 10
be the party's nominee he would
arouse such enthusiasm and receive
such a vote as could be commanded
by no other man in the party. But
he is too old and he is not the right
kind of democrat to suit the men who
are in charge of the party; hence he
and all men of his political school
must take back seats and allow the
leaders to put Mr.. Bryan to the front
without regard to the question as to
whether he can carry as many states
as he did on the occasions of his for
mer candidates.. MI Bryan is the
logical candidate and the party
must be content to go to defeat under
his leadership, because there can be
no other. ~H.t~. 81
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-01-03
THE ELECTION IN RALEIGH.

AS We expected, prohibition Won III
Raleigh by a handsome majority.
From the time the election was order
ed We nave looked for no other result.
We have been looking for the Raleigh
people to wipe out the dispensary on
the first opportunity given them, and
cannot understand why some strong
advocates of temperance shouio have
until recently opposed the movement
to substitute prohibition for the dis
pensary; nevertheless thai has been
the case in that city and some OF the
present advocates of prohlbltlon were
the strongest opponents of the move
ment against the ~dispensary when l
was first started.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-01-03
THAT EXTRA SESSION.

We do not suppose it will be many
days now before the governor Will
issue his proclamation converting the
legislature in extra session. Unoei
the constitution Of this state the work
Of the legislature in extra session is
not confined, as it IS in some Of the
states, to the matter it is called 10
consider set out in the proclamation
of the governor convening the body,
If Governor Glenn orders an extra
session OF the legislature that body,
when 1t assemblies. can so into II
legislation it sees fit to take up. The
only constitutional limitation on II
is that it's members cannot draw pay
for more than twenty days. The gov
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-01-03

eInor can, for instance. cali il in AK
ira session for the cstensible purpose
OF considering the railroad ate mat
ter and it can, If il sees fit, pass a Law
prohibiting the sale Of liquor III Bite
STATE. The governor has said in a
public speech that ne is determined
that IL his most earnest efforts will
avail North Carolina shall nav state
prohibition before he retires from the
Office of governor. There are only
two ways for him TO secure this: One
is by act of the present legislature
called by him in extra session for
the ostensible purpose Of considering
the railroad rate matter and the other
is for a state prohibition bill &c De
railroaded through the next legisla-
lure during the first week OF its ses-
sion in January 1909. The law piu-
vides that on the first Tuesday after
the legislature meets both houses
shall convene in joint session, caa-
yass the vote and declare the result
of the election for state officers, ano
that the governor-elect shall take the
oath and enter upon the duties Of the
ONCE as soon as possible. SO Mr..
Glenn's office will expire within 4
week or ten days after the converting
OF the next Legislature. He could hard
" expect to have a state prohibition
bill passed by both houses in that
time; SO il he intends to have such q
law enacted during his admlnlsura-
ton he must expect it to be done by
the present legislature at the extra
session he is going to for the
purpose of considering the railway
rate question.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-01-03

and toes not suit the bosses OF the
ring"
With the state campaign n @ i@F
ahead. Il will be interesting 90 con-
slider for a the remarkable ex-
hibit recently made. OF s9co.c~o in
liquor sold from the Raleigh dtspen-
sary in four years. Dr. s225.ooo anna
ally. I will venture TO say tina; no
twenty barrooms In the city Of VIII
mington sell s225. 900 worth of liqsor
a year. Well. q will be asked doss
not this show the more need Of pro-
hibitiong- IL looks so on h face qf
IL until IL is examined n little more
closely. 4
When dispensary figures have been
published from time To time. and the
Raleigh people have been good natur-
eddy "chared' for drinking 20 much
whiskey. the reply has always oeeo
that a bunch OF dry adjoining oour-
ties. not Raleigh has drank w the
bulk OF this liquor. So Il appears that
local prohibition is responsible FOR the
consumption OF by far the greater par;
OF nearly 81 1000. 600 IN intoxicating IT.
uUors.
In the mean time aith the workings
Of prohibition proclaiming it's lament
able failure throughout the state. Its
advocates are driving on blindly 10
the radical end. In Cumberland
county one officer alone. the sherin.
has captured ten Illicit whiskey stills
in about eleven months Is II reason
able To suppose that he has captured
all. or anywhere near all? This
exclusive OF n seizures made by led
eral officers. Blind tigers are ton
tinually raided In the city of Fay
etteville, in the villages and through
out the county. and, with all this. the
importation into this city OF large
quantities OF liquor from abroad con-
tinue without diminution.
II is OF the last Importance to the
welfare OF the democratic party IN
this state that the great body Of non
office holding and ncn-ofice seeKhnS
voters prepare for full representation
IL the state convection, indicating
their rights as unshackled and unboss-
I'd democrats. and maintaining them.
selves as free and independent citi-
zcns. Indifference in the successive
steps leading mp TO that convention
in the primary meetings OF the pre-
cincts, the townships and counties will
result in the overwhelming ascend
arcy in the state convention Of the
same old intolerable ring rule, with
est Of scheming politicians-measures
which have already been orecaa M
cut out. J. II. M.
Fayetteville, y. c.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-01-03
THE MAN AND HIS ERROR
The Era OF Prosperity Brings its Own
Reribution.

The error OF prosperity has NJ last
" retribution. Like n thief in the
night il has crept into the era Of pros
perity, and, as all such errors, has
found it's reward in q period OF hard
times. During the past few decades,
cur country has met with unprece-
dcnted economic growth, and in our
rentless advance we have fallen into
a serious error.
!The American people must plead
guilty to wild extravaganza, but eI-
tIavagance in business.
A growing business knows no
bounds, and the heads OF our various
industries and institutions have plung-
eu to the deepest depths. In o
cases the %plunging vas one with all
sagacity and caution. The bottom was
sounded and the depth carefully mark
ed; ont you know MIR. Business Man.
that every step in the growth OF your
enterprise was achieved only after an
extravagant expenditure.
You have enlarged our sales force
and increased the efficiency of your
plant. You have laid out an ex-
travagant advertising campaign and
have spared nothing to- better your
chances OF getting business. and for
your clerical force you have selected the
best Of trained men. regardless of cos
You have been extravagant-and this
is the error Of prosperity.
Now comes "A period OF retreneh-
ment. You are cutting down that
sales force and your high grade ex-
ecutive, who is used TO acting merely
IL an advisory capacity. Is made TO
do actual work. You shut down your.
factory for a while for fear Of over
production. You cancel your adver-
Using contracts, and are hiring no new
men. You are running your business
on 2 more economic basis. and have
ceased To be e~Itravagant.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1908-01-03

It is a pity that time heals all
things. II 1t didn't, Greensboro would
never have such a boisterous anu I'M
seemly Christmas as it had this year.
Greensboro Telegram.
We are surprised to see h o
from a pape published in the model
town of Greensboro where the rule
of prohibition is supposed to prevent
the usual "boisterous and unseemly
conduct" supposed to be permitted only
in those benighted towns of the state
where saloons are tolerated.