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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-11
Big Dog was the Burglar.

The strain of nervousness and anxiety
that has been racking BelIeville, N. J.,
Tor more than a week has come to an
end at last, and fathers and mothers
ana children went to bed Wednesday
evening in frame of mind more peace
full than usual with the comforting
knowledge that the mystery that had
been perplexing all minds had been
solved Patrolman William Perl has
run to earth the thieves who hardly
have let day go by recently without
pilfering from houses in or near Ralph
street.
1t was the adroitness and skill shown
by the narauders more than the actual
value OF the goods stolen that worried
the victims and their neighbors most.
The thieves seemed to work invisibly
and almost by magic. A housewife
might leave her parlor to go to the
kitchen, and when she returned to the
parlor a rug would be missing. When
she went back to the kitchen her hus--
bands Sunday trousers or her own
skirt had vanished from the ironing
TED IN broad daylight. Though a close
watch was kept. especially on strangers,
there was nothing to direct suspicion in
any definite quarter.
Wednesday afternoon Mrs. William
Pride, after going out in to her yard
for two or three. minutes. found on her
return that a rug had been stolen. Pa
trolman Perl was hurried to her house
from HEADQUARTERS He at once start
ed thorough search of the surround
ing premises for the thief. Looking
into neighboring yard he saw a big
Newfoundland dog with pair of trou-
sers in his mouth. Hot on the trail,
Perl made bee line across the back
fences and arrived in time to see the
dog disappearing behind a shed. Perl
followed, and, piled high between the
shed and a fence. he came upon Mrs.
Pride's rug and most of the other
clothes that had disappeared. The New
foundland, who was greeted affection
ately by several well-grown pups, had
been furnishing winter quarters for the
family in an unusually elaborate style
and, from the torn condition of the
clothes. it was plain the pups had had
perfectly bully time tearing every
thing to pieces.-New York Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-11
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News

lffOm the Cn1CdSO news
Don't get in with people who are al
ways falling out.
Many a man who isn't coward is
afraid of consequences.
One way to keep your credit good is
to pay your debts promptly.
The only way some men can save
money is by breaking into Jail.
When a woman finds time to rest
she sits down and does fancy work
All things are of a temporary nature,
so what's the use of worrying?
Lives of some statesmen remind us
that 1t is sometimes better to be OBJ
scure.
A woman can get even with a man
by marrying him or by refusing to do
SO.
Somehow a girl seldom thinks it
worth her while to trust a trustworthy0
young man.
Speech is silver. silence is golden. gig
CLING is brazen and laughter Is apt to
be ironical
Every time the average man makes
a fool of himself he proceeds to adver-
tise the fact.
In accord with the law of the eternal
fitness Of things, Eve must have hand
ed Adam a green persimmon.
When a young man tells girl that
he'll love her forever and ever no doubt
he believes he is telling the truth at
time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-11

street will hope that every lion. will do
its full duty Probably Mr.. Roosevelt
does not worry much over the hate of
Wall street. AS matter of fact,
man should consider himself corlpli-
mented for mourning the hate of Wall
street in the way that Mr.. Roosevelt
has-insisting that railroads and gigan-
tic corporations be compelled ito trans
act their affairs with at least some.
semblance of honesty. In telling Of
Wall streets hate. though the .presi-
dent rather conveys the intimation that
this financial flesh pot believes that he
will still be it's powerful foe, even af-
ter his retirement from the presidency.
And if Mr.. Roosevelt can find some way
of continuing his fight against Wall
street after he has left Office so much
the better
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-11


vertising amounting to .$151 week
Certainly this is a most serious
charge to lay at the door of any news
paper. that of bartering its opinions
on things for an advertising account
which is rather paltry with news
papers of the size of the Sun. A news
paper would soon lose it's standing and
it's reputation If it suppressed its hon
est opinions on theatrical affairs or,
any other subjects in return for adj
Yertising. Possibly some newspapers
do this but their number is not large.
And a casual opinion would be that
the New York Sun is not of that num-
Der. 1t has ever been noted for hit
ting every head in sight, and many
which are not in view. with apparent
disregard for its own interests, and
especially those of a financial charac-
ter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-11

rious look of youth. 'swhy, James
ber?"
Yes" said the judge. feeling that
mad he never forgotten, life would
nave held deeper meanings.
Mrs. Vandiver came around and
Kissed her husband. THANK YOU
dear she said, with a gentleness that
made Roxane stare.
AFTER that it was not hard to pro-
pose a ride by moonlight. and Mrs.
Nandtver, consenting came down in a
piue gown that became her elderly
PUN pness almost as well as that other
figure eiiis"
The judges electric runabout re-
paced the buggy of long ago, and as
10y went quickly through the city
GU cut INTO the country roads. that
astute gentleman refrained from any
mention OF Oliver and Roxane. All
ms talk was of things of the past
90 no" happy we We're. Abbie," he said
I'm, Iast, ana his wife responded, visit
huiiy, very happy, James,"
. A golden moon hung above the dark
me OF the hills. The air was sweet
WIN the spiciness of the pines. The
tiuuse was thrilled with bygone emo
about his wife's waist.
hen IN the rapture of the restoration
- ner place of romance of the Abbie
% % long ago he forgot Oliver-forgot
He was brought back with a shock
when Mrs. Vandiver said as they turn
eQ toward home, I've been thinking
OF Hoxane; if she really loves oliver,
oon know but ought"
VI course you ought" said the Judge
promptly; give them your blessing and
let them be as happy as we are"
l am afraid that Oliver has been
Iooled by some of those firms who hunt
up lost heirs" the lady pursued. cor
course, Oliver was sincere but L don't
thlnk much of the fortune story
no; mendaciously. 1T didn't seem
You can settle something on them
AFTER they are married. said Mrs. Van
aver. We haven't any one to leave
II 10 out Roxane-and-and it would
De nice to have them engaged on the
same day that we were, Jimmie
Jimmie! The magic of the youthful
appreciation made the judge feel like
Let's get them married. and YOU and
VIII go on and have another honey
moon, he proposed jubilantly. 1--WE
Will nave the time of our lives"
The ripple that came from his wife's
Ilps was a silver echo of the golden
laughter of other days.
1--WE WILL she said. and lifted her
race to him in the moonlight land now
let's go right home and tell the chill
dren, Jimmie" -(Copyrighted 1908, by
Associated Literary Press)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-11
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
[From the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
Push is a good quality, but the dem
fist relies more on pull.
Even the man who has nothing to
do doesn't seem satisfied to do it.
How can a man be self made il it
takes nine tailors to make a man?
When a fellow wins a girls heart
she expects a diamond in exchange.
1t takes a pretty slick fellow to
match a sample in buying experience.
You can't very well get things COM
ing your way unless you remove the
obstacles
We wouldn't mind our riches taking
wings if they would only carry us with
them.
Hoax-'Did you ever try to raise
whiskers?'' Joax-''No, 1 never had
the cheek to try"
Blobbs-"Borrowell is charming.
It's a luxury to know him." Slobbs-
''There are lots of luxurIes 1 can't
afford"
but soft drinks stir up anger in the
breast of the man who wants, some
thing stronger.
''What maxim best exemplifies the
secret of financial success ?" asked the
youthful seeker after knowledge. Two
and two make five," replied the great
hnancier who had accumulated his.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-11
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison- Glohe.l

[From the Atchison- Globe.l
The kicker is bad enough. but he has
several advantages over the man who
whines. .'-s
1t is a question who is first to know
there is a new moon: A lover, or the
Ask a girl what she wants for. Christ
mas, and she'll say, Don't give me
anything more than you can afford"
The. less man has to do, the more
he complains that he does not have
time to accomplish that which is ex-
pected Of him.
1t is always possible to distinguish a
married woman from an unmarried one
by her sleeves: the unmarried woman's
sleeves are this minutes style.
The average man gets so much critic
ism that when compliment is paid
him without "if'' or but attached,
he pinches himself to see IL he isn't
just new dead.
AS rule, the parent who puffs up
and tells the school teacher that when
there is to be any whipping done to
his children, he will do it at home, is
the parent who never whips.
Women preach economy a great deal.
but as a matter of fact really economi-
cal women are rare. If they save mon
ey on little things, they are almost sure
to waste it on something expensive.
Mother" has a hard time between
the two extremes: The children, who
are cross half the time because thev
are hungry. and their father, who is
cross two-thirds of the time because
he ate too much.
There is an -old-fashioned German
woman in Atchison who still has con-
troll of her children. although all of
them are grown. She has three or four
big sons, and we have an Idea she
would whip them. If they failed to be-
have.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-11
HUMOR OF THE DAY

Or Post is called in consultation often
eT than any other doctor in New York .
row DO you account for his success -
he always says that the family physi-
clan mas been doing exactly right."-Life.
of brass fittings I'm moment Of weak
ness 2? exclaimed the Judge 'Goodness
man! what would you have taken If you
strong?'-Boston Globe.
Six-year-old Rays teacher was endeav-
oring to give. some very simple instruc-
lions in fractions. She added: "If Jane
has six eggs and uses half of them to
bake cake, what part will she have
left2 Quickly came the answer: 1.-The
shells!'-Delineator.
First Guest-Won't you join me in re-
guessing young Squalls to sreciteY Second
Guest-But 1 don't like recitations. First
beggar doesn't recite he'n sing.-New
A little chap in Philadelphia, whose
father is a prominent merchant and, as
such, never loses an opportunity to descant
asked his mother: May Lucy and I play
at keeping store in the front room?'
Yes assented the mother; but you
must be very. very quiet, "All right"
don't advertise "-Lippincott's
For sheer simplicity of phrase and con-
ception few have surpassed that delight
full old lady who. with a shrewd twinkle
in her eye. Inquired whether "soda-water
or If there should be syphon between
them ?"-Argonaut.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-11
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Quite often baby boy takes after
his fathers college as far as his yell
is concerned.
y *
Some persons are safe in trusting
their lives with others because they
have not much value
X 4 n
There is no reason why a fellow
whose father was a waiter should not
be at ease in a dress suit.
x X y
Because a man is interested in the
temperance movement that's no evil
dence that he is fond of pumping
water.
y
When the average lad goes away on
vacation he thinks it is perfectly
proper to leave his toothbrush at
home
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-11
THE IDEAL HONE.

THE Ideal Home''-delightful thought
Is what I much desire:
some spot with simple pleasures fraught
Io. which may retire.
Where l NAV follow every bent
Where none will say me nay,
Where all my family consent
To let me have my way.
A dwelling where the rooms are large,
But where the rent is small,
w mere tradeSmen never overcharge
Or boring neighbors call.
A house that's coy in the frost,
But Shady in July:
A home where KEYS are never lost
And babies never cry.
A place where servants always suit
ana serve us with delight:
A garden full of flowers and fruit
Where .midges never bite;
Wnere nights are calm and midnight cats
Refrain from repartee
In short. where nothing worries. that's
The Ideal Home for me.
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-11

Some exceptions were taken to an edf-
torial which appeared in these columns
not long ago relative to "bleached
-four" Attention of the critics is re-
spectfully called to the order issued a
day or so ago by Mr.. Wilson. the fed
eral secretary of agriculture. declaring
that -four bleached with nitrogen perox-
ide Is an adulterated product and here
after it cannot be legally sold in the
District of Columbia. the territories. or
be transported in interstate commerce
There will be no prosecutions under this
order until six months have elapsed in
order to permit the manufacturers and
sellers of this kind of flour to dispose
of the stock of it that they have on
hand
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-11

A French journal has gloomy
proenostication to the effect that hu-
man beings shall have lost the use Of
their legs in generation or two. be-
cause the tendency of the age is to
invent means by which they are con-
Veyed from place to place as quickly
ana cheaply as possible. That's Just
a-nout as sensible a prediction as
many other things which are develop
co IN France The French are a great
people but many of them are obessed
with lot of foolish ideas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-11

Concerning the 'indignation', OF
certain state employees over the ruling
or Mr.. Nation, the state auditor TO
the effect that he will allow them only
seVenty-five cents for each meal when
they are travelling around on state
business and at state expense, the
Kansas City Star rightly thinks that
they ought to be satisfied inasmuch as
piece of pie and a cup of coffee costs
not more than 25 cents which leaves
the employe f1fty-f1ve cents velvet"
on each meal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-11
KANSAS cOMMENT
PURE FOOD AND THINGS.

] PURE FOOD AND THINGS.
Dr. Crumbine has won just fame
Dy MS administration of the national
ana state pure food laws in Kansas,
put II he succeeds in his latest scheme
ne VIII win fame more enduring than
| any MS contem poraries may hope for
he assures patrons of hotels and res
taurantS that hereafter when they call
puckwheat cakes and they will get
Wnat they call for or he will make the
notel or restaurant man hard to catch.
hereafter it will not be buckwheat
cakes made out of bran and maple
syrup made out of glucose and brown
sugar, put the real, genuine blown in
suspicious on the subject just stick a
hunk OF the stuff in your vest pocket
and Forward it to DIR. Crumbine and
ne VIII do the rest if your suspicious
no way to make the restauranteur-
II that is the way to spell it-put
buckwheat cakes and" on the bill of
fare but if he doesn't and then doesn't
deliver the goods you've got him dead
to rights.
In this connection it is interesting to
speculate on how far this insistence
on the genuine is likely to 60 If it is
shouldn't it be extended to- other
things. Why shouldn't the man who
sells you an all wool garment be made
t TO gi i've you all WOOL? Let e. the Label nd
thing?
On the other hand it is easy to see
that it might work some hardships.
The man who patroniZes lawyer
might insist on having the law and
the patient might insist that his doc
tor who wears All NJ. d. be really
physician and able to cure something
and the man who was administered to
by doctor of divinity might insist on
government guaranty that it would
get him into heaven. The limit would
have to be placed somewhere, we sup
pose. but certainly the government
stamp can be expended little farther
than to food and drug products and
the movement opens. a wide field for
future legislation.
But whether this movement extends
farther or not if DIR. Crumbine really
succeeds in restoring the buckwheat
cake to its former effulgence he Will
have done enough for one man and
his fame will be enduring.-Hutchin
son News.
THE REASON FOR DIFFERENCE.
An evening newspaper prints the
record of the worlds activities during
the hours when people are awake and
busy. The morning paper prints the
record during the hours when people
ought to be asleep and out of mis-
chief This is the reason the evening
paper is the newspaper of the world.
Beacon. ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-11

Evidently Miss Ethel Roosevelt is
made of the same strenuous STUFF
as is her distinguished father. On a
certain day not long ago she assisted
at the coming out party of a friend
IN the afternoon. Then she was a
guest at dinner party Next she
was one Of theater party which en-
1oyed a supper after the show and at
ter chat she went to a dance. Contin-
ued social activity Of this sort would
os apt to put an ordinary girl on
her death bed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-11
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
IFrom the New York Press

Even a man who prefers a prize
fight will lie about how he enjoys
grand opera.
More people have been civilized with
the bathtub than with the Ten Com
mandmentS.
There's no way man can help his
wife to enjoy herself when she is hav-
ing a good cry as to tell her to go
right on doing it.
The most awful thing to the average
man about belng cast away alone on
desert island is he would have nobody
to lie to.
The. queerest thing about women's
fashions is how they can shift their
hang it to their shoulder blades.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-11

Because of the b1oodshed and murder
in Kansas City. Mo. recently it will
be well for the police of other places
to search all religious fanatics for fire.
arms before permitting them to cry out
their creeds on public streets. In real
ity the place for most of them is not
on public thoroughfares but in asylums
for the insane
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-11

Uncle joe Cannon has told a party
of Ohioans that his powers as speaker
of the house OF representatives are
much overrated. This is fact but one
that many intelligent persons refuse to
admit merely because of an unjust pre-
Judice they hold against the Illinois
afafeSu7au
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-11

When it comes to awarding the med
ais for recent newspaper enterprise the
one with diamonds will have to be
pinned on the breast of the Chicago
News. 1t printed a story not long ago
about hunting in Africa which it Ia
beled as Mr.. Roosevelt's hunt seen in
vivid foreglance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-11
Hatching by INCUBATOR.

The Matching of chickens by incubator
is no new thing, as will be found by
referring to the Philosophical Transac-
tions of the Royal Society for the year
1877, volume II. where it is reported that
at Cairo, in Egypt, chickens are hatch
ed by means of artificial heat in great
numbers at a time. They have a dou-
BILE row of ovens, about % in number,
in which the Matching is conducted.
Each oven consists of two compart-
ments, one above another. The lower
compartment is on a level with the
ground. 1t is covered with mats and
the eggs, are laid upon these in two
layers, one above another except just
under the hearths, where three eggs are
laid one above another. The fire is light
ed on hearths in the upper ovens, and
is so proportioned that the temperature
is kept as near as possible at log de-
grees. The eggs are kept IA days in the
lower ovens, and are carefully turned
and shifted every day in order to give
to all the same degree of heat. The
fires are then allowed to go out, and
the eggs are shifted into the upper
ovens the holes of which are stopped
up with fax, and the eggs are turned
four times a day About the twenty
first day the chickens are Matched. They
are put into the under ovens on the
mats, which have a quantity of bran
under them to dry the chickens The
first day they eat not; next day they
are carried away by women, and after
ward fed with corn. The proprietor of
the oven has one-third of the chickens |
for his trouble, and two-thirds go to the |
owners of the eggs.-Dundee Advertiser.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-11

In the passing away of General Hugh
Cameron. the Kansas Hermit, the state
has lost one Of her distinguished char
acters.s There can be no doubt of the
goal he VIII reach on this last long
Journey he has undertaken. He was
a grand old man though somewhat &C.
centric He never had a thought that
was not pure and noble.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-11

When Gertrude Atherton. the we'll
known novelist, writes book she
gets as far away from the scene it
depicts as is possible. she says. This
Is evidently a rule with other authors
Of the times as regard to their facts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-11

If it wasn't for the fact that the As
ISOLATED Press is noted for it's relia-
bility there would be good reasons to
doubt the story it recently disseminated
to the effect that John D. Rockefeller
gave New Jersey waiter a five cent
tip But then the tale seems probable
because it states that Mr.. Rockefeller
admonished the fellow to put the money
in the bank. That's what he used to do
with nickels, he said. And he must have
put them away with great regularity
when he was a young man to even have
saved up his share of the $4,000 with.
which he and his associates organized
their first oil concern from which was
developed the Standard Oil company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-11

1.-The time will come" cried the Social
ist orator, when the laboring man will
have the wealthy under his feet. And
what will happen then?" Hell be walk
crowd.-Boston Transcript
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-11

Maud-Do you mean to say that you
actually proposed to him? BELIEVES;
but. my dear, he was dreadfully rat
tied I made him believe he did 1t himself.
Boston Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-11
FILL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

The State Journal Is a member of the
Associated Press sud receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
ganfza ton for the exclusive 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, 1908-12-11
NOVEMBER DAYS.

Indian summer has taken possession
of the earth. Weeks of that vaporous
grace filled the October days. And al
though 1t was smoke of the forest
fires. destroying the Woodland. that
filled the air. it was forgotten in the
magical results of vague distances
absorbing tenderness, spiritualfzing
imageries, and in certain wealth of
repose-as If to say that all these
phases are transient, all are significant
of the transformers of what we dwell
within in this phantasmagoria of the
earth Above remaineth thy rest, o
soul! What thou now dreamest of is
the earnest of an eternal grace that
leads to the eternal glory.
A revisitation of the right Indian
summer. which is the dover of
November. has come upon the happy
earth. All the delicious echoing
somnoIence of the countryside, which
is not yet sleep (nor ever is it Sleep,
for life is active, in winter as much as
summer) has been ours for days on
days. We have cried for rain-per-
haps we have prayed for .it--but what
does nature care for our cries and
prayers? She goes on her clear, well
ordered ways; whether our cabbages
or turnips swell to their profitable
dimensions and their hearty sue
cuIence, or not-what is it to nature ?
Springfield Republican.