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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-21
A MATTER OF FORM.

Dear sir-we open with the words
That tell Of warm affections,
And then we start to roast the man
According to directions,
And when he has been boiled In oil
And baked and fraxzled duly
And singed and fried on either side
We close up with Yours truly"
To write the first line of the note
Our pen is dipped in honey;
men we grow sterner and demand
BY early mail our money.
We tell him it is overdue
And at his slowness grumble.
And then we close it brief and short
And add Your servant humble"
The man who didn't know about
me etiquette Of writing
Would not imagine at the start
That we were primed for fighting
But as he reads a line or two
And words begin to rumble
With awful threats between the lines
He always takes tumble
And so one can not always tell
Or Judge at the beginning
Although It's language may be sweet,
Persuasive, kind and winning,
That in the letter will not be
A gentle roast that nearly
VIII scorch the envelope, although
1t winds up yours sincerely
Nashville American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-21

should be carried to operate the motor
two hours, and that the engine should
not become excessively overheated. The
trial was to be made over a course five
miles in length, thus making dirigibil-
ity necessary.
In the presence Of the signal corps
officers, at Fort Myer, on Saturday
last, Captain Baldwin successfully met
these severe conditions. and secured the
approval Of disinterested judges. The
big Siderable balloon remained aloft
for two hours and five minutes. 1t
flew back and forth at the will OF the
navigator, finally coming safely to an
Choir at the point of departure. It is
estimated that the airship maintained
an average speed of II miles an hour
throughout the trial. The signal corps
officers unhesitatingly declared that the
conditions Of the test had been fulfill
ed. The airship was tfrereupon trans
ferred to the signal corps, at the mod
est contract price of $3.50.
The Fort Myer test should quiet any
apprehension that the United States
government has been backward in pre-
paration for possible aerial warfare.
With fleet of airships with the lpirig-
Utility and endurance demonstra-
ted by the Baldwin machine in the
tests, a seaport would be invulnerable
against squadron of sea-going bat
tleships and an invading army could
be annihilated. The test also shows
that should the art advance to the
stage where aerial battles between air
ships would be possible, the United
States would not be at a disadvantage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-21
GLOBE SIGHTS.

GFrom the Atchison Globe1
: The truth is regarded by most peo-
pie as an insult.
1t is always a hard job to Jar a man
lose from his money.
Z Nearly every boy determines to whip
his school teacher when he grows up.
Better keep out of trouble; all your
friends will do to help you is to say.
IT'S too bad!'
store, and tell whether it will succeed
by the way things look.
We have seen lots of school teachers,
but have yet to see one who was not
looking for another job.
Marriage is good deal like a circus:
there Is not as much In 1t as Is repre-
scented in the advertising.
Some women can take SO bill, and
buy clothes that look better than
clothes other women pay $50 for.
Anything new?" a reporter asked a
man today. Nothing" he replied.
same old seven and six" What is
meant by seven and six?
To the credit of the men, 1t should
be noted that the men dress their
wives much better than the men are
dressed whose wives support them.
IT really ought to whip him." man
said today, referring to an enemy who
had offended him, but hate to go to
the trouble And it IS trouble to whip
a man.
When a customer finds fault with a
grocery clerk because of the goods sent
up, the groceryman speaks sharply to
the clerk and says he hopes it will not
happen again, but his sympathies are
with the clerk. You can't always tell
a mans real sentiments by the way he
talks.
The town is full of young married
xrhn chn,rld Inn
their minds the horror of the first
quarrel. tits more important to avoid
than bad biscuits or muddy coffee.
There are no rules and regulations
! whereby it may be avoided; each must
simply be patient with the other. and
patience. by-the-way, though looked
upon by young people as an old fogy
| idea. is the greatest word and the
greatest influence for good in the
world. For, through patience comes
peace, and the greatest victories in
l the world are won by women who
kssu peace in their families
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-21
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
tFrom the New York Press. ]

Some women's idea of evening
clothes is to begin at the feet and dress
down. We -rast-
What a married man likes about a
washday dinner at home is to be away
that day.
One of the mysteries Of understand
ing things is how much more interest
ing they were when you didn't.
The woman who scorns lace and
fluffy things to wear can lose the most
serious minded man in the world to one
who revels in them.
The same idiot who talks about the
weather when it's uncomfortable wants
to tell you all the smart things his
children say when it's comfortable
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-21
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers Of the State journal
away during the summer may havs
the paper mailed regularly each day
TO any address ut the rate OF ten cents
. week or thirty cents a month (by
mail only.) Address changed as often
NJ desired. While out OF town the
STATE journal win be to you like .
daily letter from home.
Advance payment Is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-21

The Democrats of Minnesota think
mighty well Of Governor John A. John
son. OF this there can be no doubt.
He let 1t be known that for a variety
OF reasons. the chief one being the i'm
propriety of serving a third term. that
he did not desire a denomination for
the gubernatorial office. But his Dem
ocratic friends went right ahead and
gave him an unanimous denomination.
They evidently rightly hold to the be-
lief that a state cannot have too many
terms of such an executive as Governor
johnson has made.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-21

Something new in the way of a cru
SADIE has been started in Germany. 1t
is directed against trashy literature.
Estimates have been made to the effect
that In the land of the kaiser more
than twelve million dollars a year is
taken from the poorer classes by this
sort of literature. But that's not the
worst of 1t. People are melted to
crime by reading the stuff and so a
vigorous campaign is to be waged
against the penny dreadfuls."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-21

II the diaries of Topeka were playing
baseball the scores made by a couple
of them of Al and 66 would set them
down as pretty healthy hitters, but in
view Of the fact that these scores were
made in a game where possible scores
of 100 might be made, the showing is
not one to enthuse over. Still the con-
ditions in the diaries will undoubtedly
improve as soon as the dairymen get
familiar with the new rules and regu-
lations prescribed by the board of
health and have the opportunity of ar
ranging their plants accordingly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-21
QUAKER MEDITAT1ONs.
IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Honesty needs no press agent.

Honesty needs no press agent.
Any lookink glass is q peer glass. :.
No man is so generous a. to give hts
friends away. 10y
Tombstone inscriptions are generally
too good to be true.
The surest way to make q woman
happy is to envy her.
Giving advice il . roundabout way
Of borrowing trouble.
The average man has to die before
he Ii fully appreciated.
A woman isn't always true to her
colors, even when she paints.
Strange that 1t should make a per-
son hot to be thro~n in the shade.
Pride goeth before a fall. but IL
doesn't always take tumble to itself.
There are people who don't seem
to know which side their bread II but
tered on unless 1t Is buttered on both
sides. ~
Sillicus-''Do you believe In Ions
engagement? Cynicus-"Sure. The
longer a fellow Is engaged the Ies6
time he has to be married"
: II suppose you see q great deal of
beautiful scenery in your travels" re.
marked the mere man.. Il Garry ali
my scenery with me-" replied the srsas
actor haughtly. $50
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-21

When Senator LaFollette branches
out as an editor he will not be the only
politician by any means who has taken
this step for the purpose Of having
medium for the expression of his free
and untrammeled views of all things
in general and some special ones in
particular. Mr.. Bryan has The Com
moner. Mr.. Watson owns and edits a
magazine. Mr.. Debs runs a socialist
publication. Ex-Governor Vardaman
issues his sheet from Jackson, Miss.
Mr.. Hearst has a number Of daily
newspapers. Even Bird s. Coler. the
Brooklyn Democratic reformer, pub
fishes a little dodger called 1.-THE
Bulletin" and to get closer home here
about every politician in Kansas either
publishes himself or controls the pub
lication of a newspaper Of some sort.
So the brainy wisconsinite viii be in
quite a more or less distinguished
COMPANY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-21

Is there any other state in the Union
which can point to the Kansas record
of having more than third of its
counties in which not a crime was
committed during the past year that
was of sufficient gravity to warrant the
sending of the offender to the state
penitentiary? That surely Is a record
to be proud Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-21

veloping daily in the political AFFAIRS
of Ohio The ST. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat. which has recently canvassed the
situation there thoroughly, is of the
opinion that the state will surely go
for Taft and Sherman by a safe ma
jority but that it is doubtful IL the
Republican state ticket can be elected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-21

Congressman Burke of Pennsylvania
thinks that Mr.. Bryan might do much
mischief If he were elected president
even in the face CT an adverse senate.
There are a good many people who
believe that Mr.. Bryan would do no
mischief at all in the presidency even
II he had friendly senate with him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-21

In a few short weeks now the ma
tfonal campaign will be on in full force
and in all it's glory. Then look out for
Increased temperatures for the orators
on both sides will turn loose the usual
quantities of hot air. that are incl
dent to these festive occasions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-21

New York has a new law specifically
prohibiting betting and gambling at
the race tracks in the state. 1t was
forced through the legislature of that
state after spectacular fight by the
tenacious Governor Hughes. That 1t
has not accomplished its purposes to
any extent is evidenced by line or
two In the New York Evening suns
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-21

Niece-Uncle. they say that there are
more marriages Of blondes than OF
brunettes. Why is 1t, I wonder? Uncle
Singleton "a confirmed bachelor)-H'm m!
Naturally, the light-headed ones go first.
The Mirror.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-21

Aged Admirer-Think Of all the Injuries
a rich husband like 1 am could give you!
Miss De Young-Ohi q rich father would
do just as well. Marry my mother!-
Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-21

Country editor (out west)-This has been
a lucky day for me. Faithful Wife-Has
some one been in to pay for subscrip-
ton? Editor-Well. no. it wasn't as
lucky as that; but was shot at and miss
ed-New York Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-21

Dawson-The facial features plainly in
dictate character and disposition. In Sc
lecting your wife were you governed by
her chin? Spenlow-No; but I have been
ever since we were maTried-Boston Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-21

Buddhist Visitor-Are you allowed in this
prison any exercise beneficial for your
health? Conviction, yes, ma'am. BY adj
wise of my counsel have been skipping
the rope.-Baltimore American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-21

"You are a coward because you are
afraid to let Rose Abernethy know
that you are blind; you denied her the
right to share your aiilictlon ana 10 f ier
YOU. She would gladly have shared
her paltry dollars with your
you don't NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
you are" he said shortly. II am a
poor man; I had just reached a point
where my fortunes depended upon the
keenness of every faculty and this
blindness came upon me like stroke
of lightning. L could not ask Rose
beautiful, bright Rose--to play nurse
and lady bountiful to a miserable.
i'm his hands and forgetful of her pres
ence groaned bitterly.
"You have forgotten her; she had
some rights. You could never nave
really loved her, Mr.. Brierson.''
He lifted a CHASTITY face.
"God knows I did do always
shall, but 1 could not ask her to wait
on indefinitely, and I know her un-
selfish nature, capable of any sacrifice.
She would lose youth and everything
I could mott had not the courage to
face her and tell her the truth. You
are quite right; 1 am a coward"
There was long silence after that
while the sun sank behind q distant
range and long, cool shadows fell over
the two sitting among the pine
needles. The man sat with his hands
clasped about his knees while his
countenance settled into that impas-
sive calm with which he had first
faced the sunset.
The girl watched him with plying
ewes and trembling lips; twice she
parted them to speak and each time
her voice died away in her pretty
white throat.
"And the doctors said 2" she asked
at last.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-21

All the worlds q stage" yes; ana
the majorjijtyj Of us are billed as citizens,
villagers. populace,' and the like."-Louis-
vile Courier-Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-21

Mrs Bacon-"You say they are your
closest neighbors? Mrs. Egbert-Yes; why,
do you know they won't lend us a thing!
-Yonkers Statesman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-21

Sunday School Teacher-what lesson do
we learn from the busy bee? Tommy Tuff-
nut-Not to get stung.-Philadelphi Rec
ord.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-21

Johnny-How can you go in swimming
| without being caught? Tommy-Go in the
| rain.-New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-21

Farmer Barker-I want to get a present
to take back to my wife on the farm.
Elegant Clerk-How would you like a Die
man! Amt you never been told you
mustn't eat pie with no knife?-New
York Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-18
is TOUCHING CASE
Frank Bryant Denied Mercy by Gov
ernor, Hanged at Springfield
for Murder.
KILLED OLD MAN FOR MONEY
Story of Life is One OF ignorance,
Crime, and Untold Suffering
Long in Prison.

Springfield, H., Dec. 1S.-Frank
Bryant, aged e. was hanged in Jail
here this morning for the murder of
Thomas Brady, aged 20. out of whose
trunk after the murder Bryant stole
small amount of money with which to
go to Chicago and visit his sweetheart.
Bryant's Career.
A perusal of Bryant's career would
melt the most stony heart. His mother
died when he was born, hence he
knew nothing of maternal vigilance
and direction. His father, a drunk
ard, was killed when Frank was but
three years of age. He, with many
other pauper children, was sent to the
Home for the Friendless, because he
was then too small to fight his own
battles with life. He was then like
sheep in 2 herd. When he grew to
be a lad he returned to the rough
boarding house which had been his
home before the death of his father,
and which was conducted by Mrs. Sui
Ivan his fostermother. That was the
only home he had ever known. He
was there associated with the rougher
element of men and was cuffed and
guffawed until he became calloused to
abuses and privations. Forced upon
the world, and in the rougher ele-
| ment, when a young boy, Bryant had
no choice of methods, but was forced
to provide for himself, to protect him.
lself and 10 intercede for himself An
Uneducated, unadvised and unintelli-
gent lad, thrown out on the turbulent
sea of life must sink or swim. 1t
lis fight for life. There are few. II
amy helping hands extended to such
human mongrel. A man must eat. he
must sleep, he must protect himself
/ against the elements. If he can not dc
these things honestly, he must steal
and Bryant STOLE
d Sent to Pontiac.
At the age of IL years, after a mis-
cradle existence during which he had
learned to expect kicks and jeers. Bry
ant was blacklisted by the police ant
sent to Pontiac He served 13 year:
in all, in that institution. His ignor
ance and i6iotic actions gained fol
him a cordial hatred on the part o
calloused attendants, and the boy wal
beaten, as he had always been. HI
was hanged to door transom by hi
thumbs until the anger of an exas
operated attendant abated. While hang
ing and partly insensible, an attendan
tauntingly asked him how he liked thu
punishment. When he made reply tn
H attendant struck him in the face witt
a cudgel and knocked his left eye out
People have been drawn and quar-
tered and have stood it. Bryant wa
hanged by his thumbs and had the ey
bali knocked from its socket by on
blow, yet he lived because no vital o.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-18

gan was destroyed. His sufferings
were in time forgotten. He was later
given position of servitude by the
attendant who had tortured him, not
by way of restitution, but that he
might be kept secretive. The boy
had no alternative. He could but ac-
cept the proposal.
Cheap Estimate of Life.
Years followed, wounds of the body
and heart healed, but the mind, pri-
marily feeble, was not improved by the
terrors of such horrible life. Death
would have been far better, but hui
man who has but ANIMAL instincts
clings to life as long as the heart beats
With hunger gnawing at his vitals
wrapped in few stolen rags and hud-
died in an unfrequented spot of filth
the boy gra% and, like scavenger dog
became more alert to harm, more
crafty in securing his crust of bread
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-18

and more deft in avoiding detection.
With society, the authorities his phys
ical and mental deficiencies and his
animal ignorance against him, he chung
to life though it had been cheapened i'll
his estimation.
killing of Brady.
When he killed Thomas Brady, who
was also in atom in the under world,
Bryant did so as he had stolen the
bread that prolonged his life; as he
had kissed the hand that smote him in
the reformatory. He could more cas-
lily have carried the small trunk out
the open door into the rear yard where
he could have procured the small
amount of money and escaped without
detection. Or he could have struck
the sleeping man only hard enough to
stun him until he should have extra
Gated the S14.50 from the trunk. Since
the murder was committed and the
money taken without having awakened
George Forsythe, who slept in the
same miserable howell, Bryant could
have stolen the money and left with
out having awakened Brady, whom he
killed Bryant did not do these things
because he did not know enough to
plan the robbery.
When arrested in Chicago in COM
jany with Charlotte Nelson, the girl
with whom he had become infatuated
when he attained his majority, Bryant
confessed all, as though he had merely
run away from school. Had he have
been normally intelligent, he would
that time at least After being tried
| and sentenced to hang, he did not
speak of the brutal murder with aver
sion. On the contrary. he did not
appear to recall the affair and seemed
to know only what he had been told
of it, though he described the affair
graphically the day following Brady'i
death when was it killed Brady
he asked And when told he said:
He lies if he said killed him.
i Asked Reprieve.
i The matter was to-be put up to the
. governor when a reprieve for the un
fortunate young man was solicited
A The request was made purely on senti
ment. The pity of the governor wa
implored and his leniency in behalf o
the doomed prisoner was requested a
a token of the good will towards all
and with malice towards none' spiri
Isof the holiday season. Never befor
was such case presented in such
manner. The evidence in the cas-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-18

proved the man guilty, yet the pity of
the human heart cried out against the
The governor, however, declined to in
terfere
Bryant had no relatives and no real
friends, yet his condition and the cir
|cumstances surrounding his condition
struck that mighty cord which vibrates
in the breasts of all men, no matter
how calloused, and which is known to
all humanity, as pity. He did not ask
total remission, but sought life i'm
prisonment rather than death on the
gallows. Many men would prefer
death, but Bryant knew only that ex
istence is life, and that death is the
end.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-18

Eiks Stein Party.-This evening the
Elks will entertain at stein party at
their hall and each member is ex-
pected to come provided with a stein
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Coleman banjo
lists and pianists. will be the enter
tainers of the evening and will give q
pleasing musical program. :
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-18

All wool bordered
skirt patterns at SIPS,
$3.50 and $1.es.
Printed doll patterns
stuff them with cotton
or bran and the doll is
complete, according to
size25e, 1se and 1oe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-18

cAPE-LkE COAT FOR EVENING
Whle the long
more practical protection wrap
soud be
prevent crushing fragile bouses the new une chiffon
tue sleeves making
larger sleeves will be Ion al
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-18

Surprise for Eugene Field School,
A pleasant surprise was given the
pupils of Eugene Field school yester-
day afternoon by Mrs. l.. S. McCabe,
expressing il. pleasing way her inter
est III them, many of whom have been
members Of her Sunday school class.
Several musical selections whose his
tory and meaning she stated were
given by Mrs. McCabe with the assist
ance of Mrs. Hanna and were greatly
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-18
Medicine That Is Medicine.

81 have suffered a good deal with
malaria and stomach complains, but I
have now found a remedy that keeps
me well, and that remedy is Electric
Bitters: nedicine that is medicine
for stomach and liver troubles, and for
run down conditions" says W. C.
Kiestler, CT Halliday, Ark. Electric
Bitters purify and enrich the blood,
tone up the nerves, and impart vigor
and energy to the weak. Your money
will be refunded if it fails to help you.
SOC at all druggists.