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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-18
HU7NOR or THE Day

First Chorus Grill just got acquaint-
ed with a millionaire. Second Chorus
GirIPittsburg or plain?-Life.
I'm thinking of buying a peanut
roaster." Better hold off. How does
Roosevelt stand on the peanut busi-
ness?"
Englishman-The sun never sets on
England's possessions. American Girl
No, indeed. The good Lord is afraid
to trust her in the darki-Pick Me Up.
yes" said Hawkins, who had recent
ly bought some old silver at auction,
this is the old Hawkins family plate'
"Indeed@' said the observant guest.
But surely this is an "a engraved upon
it." 1T is? Oh-er-yes. OF course. The
original Hawkinses were English. you
know."-Catholic Standard.
Mrs. Tourist-I'm afraid that the
monkey wouldn't please my husband.
Vendor-But madame will find it easier
to find another husband than to get a
monkey like that for three piasters!-
LIE Rre.
Hungry Hank-I feel sorry fer de
lady wot lives in dat mansion on de
hill. She is absolutely destitute. Saun-
tering SauEDestitute? Hungry Hank
Yes. Destitute Nv generosity.-Chf-
cago Daily News.
Miss Hoamly- Rich-I heard some-
thing today that would indicate that
Mr. Hunter simply cannot love me as
he said he did. Miss Cutting-Good
gracious! Bad news from your banker,
eh?-Philadelphia Press.
Assistant-What is the matter? Edi-
tori wrote "The Solons who control
the party''-Assistant- Editor
And the printer made it ''saloons!'-
Cleveland Leader.
Mrs. Newrich-Don't you think, VIII
liam, now we are getting into the smart
set, that we should have a coat-of-
arms? Mr. N.-Certainly, my dear. I'll
see my tailor about 1t tomorrow.-Lon-
don Opinion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-18
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

lFrom the Chicago News1
A fool at 40 may have known 1t all at
20.
Some silence may be golden, but much
of 1t is ironicaL
1t is possible to smile and smile and be
hypocrite still.
Wise women get their rights without
talking about them.
Why do people who pick quarrels AL
ways select such ugly ones?
The gray matter in q melancholy
persons head must be a dark blue
All we know about precious stones ia
that we have precious few of them
AS rule the nicer a girl liz to q
young man the less she cares about
him.
An actor isn't always satisfied when
he realizes that things are coming his
way.
The man who knows enough to at
tend to his own business knows about
all that Is worth knowing.
1t is her winning ways that often en-
able woman to get the better of a
man in the matrimonial game
The average mans idea of a good sar-
mon is one that goes over his head and
hits one of his acquaintances
II young man sits half the time ~,
hot stove and the other half on s
cake Of ice. its just Ike being IN love.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-18

Eggs were so plentiful in Hutchinson
last week that the retail price went
down to 25 cents for two dozen.
Because c. e. Clark, who was found
on the Wichita streets, was eating pea
nut shells, he has been locked up in
the city Jail and his sanity is to be
tested
L. G. Grub, a rather eccentric citi-
zen of Smith Center, died last week.
When his trunk was examined 10 PEN
sion vouchers of $36 each were found.
Grubb had never cashed them.
An ice factory and cold storage
plant are being built at Mulvane. If
it was not such a righteous little burg
one would be inclined to think that
these improvements are precursors of
the establishment Of lot of Joints"
Mr.. John E. Hessin has returned to
Manhattan from Cuba and this leads
the Manhattan Republic to remark that
Cuba is the land where the climate is
like a perfect day in June, where the
people never do today what may be
put off until tomorrow.
"a car of radishes passed through
here yesterday" says Wednesday,
Winfield Tribune, zen route to Chicago
of vegetables shipped through here this
season. A car of lettuce went through
Monday" Perhaps the Tribune CLASH
f1es lettuce as fruit.
Some Wichitans have plenty Of nerve
as well as other things. The owners of
235 cases and five kegs of beer which
were confiscated by the city last week
fear that the amber liquid will spoil If
it is not placed on ice. So they have
asked the city to keep 1t cool until the
courts have decided whether or not the
confiscation was proper.
This is almost too sad a tale to tell.
Mrs. Martha Shaw, a young widow en-
ployed at the Bonham hotel who took
dose of carbolie acid on Sunday ev-
ening last with suicidal intent. is re-
covering all right. She felt that she
had not been properly treated by a
young man with whom she had been
keeping company. He went to dance
with another lady. Wasn't that an aw-
full thing for that chap to do? He
ought to be tarred and feathered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-18
JOURNAL ENTRIES

One of the manifest signs of wis
dom Is continued cheerfulness.
Plenty of men are still wondering
what the new $40 gold pieces look
like.
To those of noble disposition the
whole world is but one family, says
the Hindu.
Why would it not be proper to pay
for a bad dinner with a bad half dol
lar?
Many a man can see how pretty
and good every other woman looks
except his wife.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-18
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.l

IFrom the Atchison Globel
People in love always look sleepy and
hungry.
The duller the town the more numer-
Gus the bores.
Somehow a woman fool always seems
to be a greater fool than man fool.
A man doesn't mind being worked by
a woman If it is done in a smooth way,
A real jealous woman feels uneasy ev-
cry time her husband gets absent
minded.
When children grow up they find a
great many things worse than bitter
medicine.
No doubt you often say of people,
"They're funnyi" But you needn't
talk: SO are you.
1t is as easy to stay UP an hour later
at night as it is hard to get. up five
minutes earlier in the morning.
There are many kinds and degrees
of work, but it is stretching the term
too far to apply it to a detectives du-
ties.
At some time in their lives every
one promises particularly well, but
something nearly always happens to
ruin them.
Men are reasonably credulous. but
it is a hard matter to convince them
you have quit smoking; most of them
have tried it.
Before marriage a woman is inter-
ested in everything he says: after mar
riage she Is interested in everything he
does.
| This wouldn't be a bad inscription
| on a tombstone: He was a.good man;
he attended to the children when they
cried in the night
We hear this expression oftener than
| any other: Something should be done. y
How easy 1t is for people to lay out
work for others!
driving mule to a buggy, he feels the
way woman does when she is caught
in an old wrapper. with her curl pa
pers up; like apologizing for her APP
| pearaoce.
A Winfield man reported that his
| thermometer, which Is a reliable In
| strument, registered zero last SATURDAY.
morning. He stood ace high until O
minister called at the newspaper office
| without question trustworthy, register
! ed five ABOVE. The minister's readins
had to be accepted.
! A late fad is a good one. Instead q,
1 studying art, or music, people are late
! ly learning the meaning of words and
how to use them. What a delightful
companion a man or woman is who
can really talk! We know an Atchi-
son woman who has made a specialt,
of learning to talk; of learning how t.
act. And she is very popular. com.
pared with women who have studief
literature, history, art, etc Study tht
| dictionary more, and devote less time
to nonsense. How many words do yo,
| use? There are 100000 good Englisf
words. How many Of them are yor
familiar with?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-18
GREAT MOTOR CAR TEST.

They're off and on their way. Six
motor cars started one day last week
from the greatest city in America,
New York. on what is to be the
greatest motor car contest ever at
tempted. The course laid out is 2o.-
600 miles long. It extends across this
continent and up it's northwestern
shore to Behring strait and across to
Asia, whence two continents more
will be traversed, bringing such
remnant as shall be left of the six
that have started so gloriously and
hopefully to their goal in the great
est city of continental Europe, the
old world capital of the motor car,
Paris.
Can it be done? VIII steel and
brass and wood and rubber. in any
combination SO far contrived, stand
the test? Motorists who are as urac-
teal as they are daring scoff at the
thought that it is impossible. But II
is something which engines trayer.
ling on rails can not yet do. 1t is q
flight which outsoars the present pos.
sibilities of the air ship. If successful
1t will be an accomplishment which
will put the motor car supreme owe,
all present means Of land or water O,
air locomotion. It is in the French
way of speaking "une grande test
OF course in point of time it will
be very foolish way of travellin,
from New York to Paris. 1t will be
in one way, foolish waste of goot
motor material as well. But thoss
who take part have cars to sacrifice
as undoubtedly they will sacrific,
Them And there is more than al
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-18

the politician reaches his most lux
uriant growth. Here he iourishes
like the green bay tree. The density
of his political foliage excludes the
light OF the sun of Righteousness. and
the malodorous stencil from his rotten
deals and jobbeIy smells to high
heaven" If Mr.. Dunn had only been
a little more specific as to the transact
tions to which he referred in his flow
eretfcally vicious language his talk
would have been decidedly more in
tereSting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-18

The night riders continue to ply
their nefarious trade in Kentucky. II
the authorities of the state would de-
vote a little more time to attempting
TO preserve order and less to wrangling
over the election of a United states
senator, the conditiones in the COM
monwealth misht be improved.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-18

From the action being taken by the
Democrats at the county conventions
which are being held throughout the
state just now, it is quite evident that
the Democrats of Kansas, the rank
ana file of them as well as the lead
ers, are just as strong for Mr. Bryan
today as they ever were and that Kan
sas will send a solid Bryan delegation
10 the Denver convention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-18

There is reason for surprise in the
announcement of the Interstate Com
merce commission that the express
companies are interested in the stocks
and bonds Of railroads to the extent
of some 100000. But the surprise
sn this is not over the fact that the
express companies own railroad
stocks and bonds. but that they own
such a comparatively small amount
of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-18

Rear Admiral Converse's report on
the condition of the men of war
which fly the stars and stripes is to
the effect that no better ships sail the
seas than those of the United States
navy And with the exception of a
9ew landscape painters and muck
Hakers the statements of Admiral
Converse will be accepted by the peo-
pie of this country as the whole
truth and nothing but the truth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-18

Word comes from Salina that the
Daily Union, which is now being
edited by j. Ralph Burton, ex-United
States senator and one time inmate
of Missouri jail, is to be changed
from an independent Republican
paper to one of the partisan Demo-
cratic type, and that Mr.. Burton will
continue in charge Of the editorial
policy of the paper. This news is in
teresting but nothing more.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-18

Kansas wheat scores again. The
government is going to purchase 1t to
mix with California flour for use in
the Philippines. This blend is found
to be more satisfactory than the
wheat which the government has been
getting from Australia for use in the
sslands
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-18
On information furnished by the in

On information furnished by the in
terstate commerce commission, the
federal department of justice is going
to begin proceedings by the wholesale
against the Southern Pacific Railroad
company and its officials for rebating
on an extensive scale. It's not likely
though that the proceedings will reach
the men higher up in the companies.
None of the various rebate proceedings
that have been brought against rail-
roads so far have done so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-18

There's just one monopoly that is
popular with Uncle Sam. In fact he
insists on its existence and the pre-
rogative of running it himself. 1t
concerns the carrying of mail. He is
particularly Jealous of his exclusive
right to handle the mail and has be-
gun a number of prosecutions against
express companies for violation of the
postal laws by carrying first class
mail. It might be good thing if
T1ue1e Sam was as jealous of the
rights of the whole people as he is of
his OWL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-18

W. A. Harris, now of Colorado ard
Democratic candidate for governor OF
Kansas during the last campaign, is
being doomed by some of his -ad-
rnirers as a Democratic candidate for
United States senator from this state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-18

News of disastrous foods in the val
ieys of the Appalachian mountain chain
Is the order of the day. And of course
it recalls to mind the flood that raw
aged the valley of the Kaw some years
ago But from the dryness of the
present winter season the people IN
these parts have little to fear of a pos
sibIe flood of any proportions this
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-18

J. W. Dunn OF Onaga could not have
been treated nicely during his service
In the legislature in 1905. He made
speech at banquet at Westmoreland
oue day last week in which he first
called Kansas the politicians Garden
If Eden and then iIldulged in few
enoice siittering generalities. saying
eazong other things: Here In Kansas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-18

Mr.. Stubs is now busiby engaged
IN striking responsive chords" from
various punches of people throughout
the state who gather to hear him
speak. He is also doing his bit with
the hammer on the anvil
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-18
I CAN NOT SPELL TILE NEW WAY

CAN NOT SPELL THE NEW WAY
cannot spell the new way.
AS once used to spell;
For when try to simplify
l fail to do It well.
If indigestion seizes me.
Brought on by pie or cake.
can't explain the sudden pain
Is Just common AXE
I cannot spell the old words
TO match the modern within:
II should slip and hruise INV hin
I'd hate to write it lin.
AND when a man is owing me
IWould fill me with regret
10 take my pen and ask him when
He'll pay that little det
1 cannot spell the new way
Like Brander Matthews big:
90 not choose must refuse
10 drop from egg.
Perhaps I'm sadly out of date.
If SO 1 can but sigh:
! cannot spell the new way
will not simplify
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-18
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 cr-
Ganizatica for the exclusive AFTERNOON
publication In Topeka.
The news Is received In The State jour
nal building over wires for this sole rrr-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-18
The Wrong Hat.

A young man entered hat store
and asked to see the latest styles in
derbies. He was evidently hard to
please. for soon the counter was COW
cred with hats that he had tried on
and found wanting. At last the sales
man picked up brown derby brush
ed it off on his sleeve, and extended it
admiringly.
s.These are being very much worn
this season, SIR he said. Wont you
try it on?''
The customer put the hat on and
surveyed himself critically in the
mirror. you're sure it's in style? 2"
s~The most fashionable thing we
have in the shop. sir And 1t suits
YOU to perfeetion-if the fits right.
eyes. it fits very well. So you
think I had better have it?''
ST don't think you could do bet
ter
mo, I don't think I could. SO
guess won't buy new one after
ALL
The salesman had been boosting the
customers old hat, which had be-
come mixed among the many new
ones-Everybody's Magazine.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-06-25

with Tommie Roper, We vent into
a barber-shop to get shave The
barber asked me II / wanted my
hair combed Hickman" or "Ful-
ton" My patriotism for Hickman
led me 10 believe the Hickman
hair comb would be the best, and he
combed the fuzz on cur sky-piece
DRY. Now, what do you think Of
that2
Wess Morris has bought half
interest in the Lucille Weekly
Squirt. He will probably convert
the editorial policy to that Of anti
Collins, run a matrimonial column
and substitute the weekly Sunday
school lesson for the funny page.
Here's our best wishes to Wess.
He was mighty nice to us when we
were a boy. and has been considered
a promising young man ever since
before the war.
DEACON SNOW.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-06-25

Take your laundry to Bradley &
Parham.
Look at New Book Store specials
on page 6.
Mrs. J. M. Reid spent last Friday
in Union City.
Ben Branham, of Union City. was
in the city Saturday.
Peck's Blue Serge Suits. Magni-
hcent display.-B. & D.
Mrs. Harry Threlkeld spent We'd
nesday in Woodland Mills.
Alfred Mcdaniel spent several
days of this week in Hickman.
Fred Case is visiting his sister,
Mrs. Perry Shelby, in St. Louis.
w. A. Dodds was in Union City
Friday and Saturday on business.
The Best and Smartest Suits we
have ever offered at SlS.-B. BID.
Miss Annie Lee Brown is visiting
Miss Fannie Under near Woodland
We've got our Boosting clothes
on again for Peck's smart SUITS
B. & d.
Mrs. Mary Morris, of near Full.
ton, died Saturday night. She was
70 years old.
Mrs. J. R. Brown visited Mrs.
Ola Shaw, at State Line, Tuesday
and Wednesday.
Edgar Naylor, of the firm OF Mil,
let & Naylor. has been quite sick
for several days.
To sell you the best clothes fol-
the least money is our constant en-.
deavor. b. & ID.
There is nothing better for the
chicks than my No. 2 wheat. The
price is right.-C. H. Moore.
This hot weather calls for cool
underwear and soft negligee shirts,
Get them at Bradley & Parham's.
John Semones, wife and children,
and Mr. Bransford and wife. OF
Union City, came over Sunday in
their autos.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-06-25
A Dissraesfu! Affair.

Social equality and intermarriage
between the races were advocated a
few nights ago at banquet Of the
Cosmopolitan Society Of Greater
New York, where twenty white girls
ard women dined side by side at
table with negro men and women,
Whether by accident or design.
all Of the white women save three
found when they reached the tables
in Peck's restaurant, that the seats
beside them we're 10 be occupied by
negro men. Many Of the men were
as black as coal.
This banquet occurred in New
York City.
The Reverend Madison c. Peters.
who had intended TO speak TO the
society, remained long enough 10
view this startling seating arrange
ment, then departed.
Miss Mary White Ovington. a
Brooklyn social leader. who had
been prominent in settlement work
and whose father is proprietor OF
the Hotel St. George, was the only
white woman who occupied a sea, at
the speakers table. Negroes we're
clustered all about her.
The one table in particular which
attracted attention was tina, at which
half a dozen young white women
sat, and where the dashing young
negro, Captain W. II. Thompson,
sat between two young white women
from Green Point.
The young ladies are we'll known
in social circles. They chatted
with their negro entertainer, while
be retold his exploits at San Juan
hill, where he served as Adjutant of
the Eighth Illinois colored Infantry.
This is one Of the most disgrace
full meetings that was ever held in
America. II that gang OF negroes
had even attempted to occupy the
the same room with the white wo-
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-06-25
Reeds Shoots Himself.

Col. Emmett c. Reeds. capt. ,list
and horse fancier, committed suicide
Sunday night at 9 o'clock, at Full
ton. Standing before a mirror in
his room at mis- residence. Reed
placed a SO. calibre pistol against his
right temple and fired a bullet into
his brain. Death occurred in few
hours. Several days ago Reed was
arrested on the charge of unmerci.
fully whipping a boy employed at
his stables.
Enemies OF Reeds offered services
to assist the boy in a suit for dam
ages, and this coupled with recent
financial reverses, is believed TO
have temporarily unbalanced his
mind for several days, and relatives,
fearing for his life, vainly tried TO
get possession Of the pistol he habit
ually carried. Hundreds of people
congregated at the suicides home,
and no tragedy Of recent years has
caused such sensation.
Mr.. Reeds wealth is estimated at
SIS. 900, Of which much was invest
ed in real estate. he owned stock
in banks and many business firms.
He was about 90 years Of age. he
leaves a wife and FIVE children Mrs.
Ina Gholson, Mrs. Maud Thedford,
Miss Annie Reed. and Messrs. Chas.
Reeds and E c. Reeds. il. All of
his children reside in Fulton.
The funeral and burial will be
held Thursday afternoon at 4 o.
clock. He was a Mason and the
odge will have charge of the ser.
vice.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-06-25
Miss Mary Ramage Dead.

Miss Mary Ramage died at her
home in this city about s O'Clock
Monday evening, June %. after an
illness covering a period of two
years or more. Death was due 10
complication of diseases. All
that loving hands could do to pro-
long life of the patient sufferer was
done, but to no avail. The course
of destiny could not be changed,
and her soul went back to it's
Maker-and to rest.
Miss Ramage was about 81 years
of age, born and reared in this city.
Early in life she became a member
of the Catholic church. and led an
exemplary Christian life. Previous
to her death, Miss Ramage was
identified with the towns best inter-
ests religiously, educationally and
socially. She numbered her friends
by the score. all of whom deplore
her untimely death.
Impressive funeral services we're
held at the Sacred Heart church, at
4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, by
Father Guerin. From the church
the remains we're taken to the City
cemetery for interment, where a |
large concourse of friends assembled !
and paid their last respects with a
beautiful floral offering.
Deceased is survived by her
mother, Mrs. B. c. Ramage; three
sisters. Mrs. Ernest Johnson, Misses
Mildred and Carrie and one broth
sr, Ben.
The Courier extends sympathy to |
the bereaved ones.