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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-17
AYHAWKER JOTS

Says the Vinland Vine: I'VE welcome
to our exchange table the Olpe Com
mercial-Advertiser. Next to the Cool
idge Enterprise 1t is the best paper in
the state"
The only people who made hay while
Freeman, were the candidates. 1t rain
ed mostly at night. and the farmers
couldn't work in the fields by day, so
the candidates reaped a harvest.
The Chanute Sun also takes few
chips in the Lincoln pie discussion.
Says the Sun: Lincoln pie was a war
measure, invented by loyal baker who
wanted to save the Union Something
of the kind was needed for the soldier
off duty to make him feel fat and fear
less. Something in the eating line. he
could fill up for a dime. Lincoln pie
was about three inches thick, with no
taste or smell of the army ration about
1t. No soldier ever knew or cared what
1t was made of. There was nothing
like 1t in camp, and its name was Lin
coin. 1t belongs with the sweet MEM
cries of the war
"Pneuzunter," one of the Mankato
Advocates rural correspondents, broke
into song last week. He lifted up his
voice and made a joyful sound as fol-
lows: "Oh! this drizzle, drizzle, drizzle,
what an awful, awful fizzle all the rain
clouds now are making. if they call
this drizzle rain. We don't like to
knock, but thunderi we can't help but
kind O. wonder how we're going to stand
such baking without getting some pro-
fame. When the sun comes out, by
ginger! from the south there'N come a
singer, and the dust will go a sitting
through the little yellow corn; and the
leaves will droop and wither, and We'll
stand and wonder whittier. whittier.
whittier we are drifting in country
all forlorn?"
A travelling salesman visited Erie
the other day, wearing a tiny little
derby hat hardly big enough for a
mosquito, says the Erie Record. The
hat attracted more attention and a
great deal bigger crowd than the one
that attended the opening game of
"horseshoes" this spring The owner of
| the miniature lid thought some sort of
| explanation was due his interested
spectators, and he offered the follow
| ing: WELL" he said, something des-
perate had to be done. and We travel
| ing men, it seems, were marked for
| the sacrifice. You see, we meet up
with so many of the Merry Widow
| constructions and-well it was just
| awful. The travelling men called a
| touching the infant hat. lis thu result.
No, we don't like en- he continued,
"aud we don't purpose to wear them
ally longer than is absolutely neces-
| 3ary."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-17

William Randolph Hearst. Since this
organization is the child of Mr..
Hearst's fancy and is owned body and
soul by him there doesn't seem TO be
any necessity for starting a boom for
him. The presidential nomination is
his by right of eminent domain. as It
were. Colonel John Temple Graves, a
Southerner of more or less distinction
and one of Mr.. Hearst's editorial
writer's, is being doomed for the vice
presidential nomination. That's the
proper spirit to show. These unusual
honors should be kept in the same
family. But the chances are that Mr..
Graves will think that the vice presi-
dency Is several sizes too small for
him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-17
KANSAS COMMENT
ovERcHARGING STRANGERS.

OVERCHARGING STRANGERS.
From Denver comes the cry that
the delegates were robbed-held up at
every turn by the managers of cafes
and eating houses. Wretched service,
worse food and no accommodations
was awful. the price was high and
kicks were unavailing. AS Jesuit 1t
is predicted by some, according to a
dispatch to Chicago paper, that
Denver will not get another Demo-
cratic convention, and that she will
blame.
1t Is serious charge to be made
against a city as pretentious as Den
yer. THE Queen Of the Rockies" 1t
seems to be the rule in every town
to sting" the visitors; not so much
so as formerly, but still the rule. Any
stranger in town is regarded as
legitimate prey for everyone from a
hack driver to the biggest merchant.
And it Is the wrong idea. 1t hurts a
town and the men who reap the bene-
fits Of such practice lose more than
they gain in the long run, because
cities, like persons, gain a bad
reputation and suffer as result.
1t is true that Denver had a great
crowd to care for and that the feed
ing capacity Of the city was taxed to
the limit, but there was no excuse for
so much the cheaper eating houses
in the city as the high class restau-
rants that held up the visitors. AS
much as $1.75 is reported to have
been charged for a steak the size of
a watch.
1t Is to be hoped that the time will
come when individuals will not re-
gard every stranger In town as merely
| there to be overcharged. 1t is a poor
show Of hospitality. but usually it is
the rule.-Salina journal.
IT'S THE FIRST ALFALFA NOW.
A few weeks ago the Topeka Cap
ital contained an article written by a
Cheyenne county man who claimed
to have sowed the first alfalfa in Kan
sas in 1873, says the Almena Plain
dealer. This man was three years be-
hind John Gishwiller. who is gen.
orally conceded to be the pioneer
alfalfa man in the state, as he made
his first showing in the spring Of 1875;
What is probably the first alfalfa field
in Kansas is on the Gishwiller farm,
one mile west of Almena--Kansas
| City Journal. Thomas j. Peter, the
| first genral manager of the Santa Fe
| railway, furnished a bag of alfalfa
seed to the Blackshears, who live west
| of Elmdale Chase county, on the
Santa Fe railway, it was sown on a
| sloping piece of ground Immediately
| in front of the farm home, in 1872 or
1873. 1t was the first patch Of alfalfa
sown in the state and it was eight or
| ten years thereafter before the far
| mers began to pay any attention to 1t.
The original patch is still there as
are hundreds Of other acres on the
| Blackshear farms.-El Dorado Re-
| publican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-17

ing a guide. you are q nasty. cynical
playwright. hate you."
Because I write cynical plays! ns
asked IT assure you that I woulo
rather write the other kind. but tneS
do not take with the audiences
IT hate you because you deceived
me-" was the answer in a voice that
was close to tears. II saw TINS In
magazine"
Bradley groaned. In an evil mo.
ment he had given an interviewer .
glowing description of his island with
out betraying its location. It had been
made the basis of an absurd human
interest magazine story.
A copy must have fallen into her
hands, and more than ever Bradley
was determined TO get even with the
imaginative person who had written
the story.
And we cannot be friends7" he
asked. "just because I am not .
guide"
Because you deceived me-" cor
leading me on to talk about the imita-
ton campers so you could put 1t into
a play"
mot into a play" denied Bradley.
Into a romance private romance
II had hoped. Had introduced my.
self as a city man you never could
have come again. should have
raised the barrier Of conventionaaty
between u.s. !.
LAS it was. you thought me a. guide
because I was building my own cabin.
With guide you felt free to come
and go as you pleased. 1t was only
for that reason I did not explain your
error"
But now that / know the truth I
must come no more" she said slowly
as she rose to her feet. 81 am sorry
that have found out"
She looked longingly about the
camp which she had helped to make
so comfortable with her suggestions
and aid. Then she turned and ran
down to the beach. where her light
canoe lay upon the sands.
She had already pushed or when
| he reached the beach. but at hiD call
she checked her headway.
May I come for your" he called
softly. May come for you, Nam
nette, and bring you back to the camp
| that we built for ourselves 2"
For q moment Nannette paused.
YES" she called. finally adding.
"come soon," and then the paddle
dipped deep into the wster-(Copy-
righted. 1908, by Associated Literary
| Press)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-17
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Many beggar is blind because 1t
pays better than being a cripple.
4 =
man is unavailable as grocery
clerk if he knows how many ounces
there are in pound.
X X
A person with great physical en-
durance may be said to have the
constitution of a debutante.
Z 4 y
Some people are not missed when
they are far away because they are
always thought of as being close.
X X
Children who ask advice Of their
parents certainly have been brought
up in the old-fashioned way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-17
THE USE OF CORRECT SPEECH.

1.-THE heated argument as to
whether the English people or the
Americans speak the better English"
says the New York Times. 'can have
no important outcome. Both parties
to the controversy are right, and both
are wrong. Well educated people in
both countries speak the language
correctly"
The Times would have been
nearer correct if it had said that
well educated people in both coun-
tries" know how to speak the Ian
guage correctly. AS matter of fact,
few people, in their everyday speech,
hew with precision to the line of COR
rect usage. This does not mean that
they are positively ungrammatical;
but it does mean that absolutely
precise use of English in common
speech is rare, and is usually as
ISOLATED with personalities that have
something Indefinitely irritating about
them. Everybody knows the kind. -
Really, there are two English Ian
guages-the one we speak and the
one we write in. OF late there has
come the fashion Of writing the Ian
guage used in everyday speech. and
when delicately handled it makes an
exceedingly piquant and attractive
style. OF course it would be utterly
impossible-at least it would be
awkward and repellant-to use in
printed language the corruptions and
contractions that are common in
spoken language even among those
who know better. The characters in
few novels are made to talk as peo-
pie talk in real life. II they were the
effect would be amazing and bizarre.
For instance a well educated man
said the other day: "It would have
been awkward if he should have come
in just then Only he didn't say il
that way. He said 1t this way: cit d
"a been awkward If he's "a come in
just then" Personages in novels don't
talk like that, but many people in
real life, people who know better
talk exactly like that.
Certainly the best English has
none of these faults. 1t is not
slurring. elliptical or drawing. Peo
pie don't write their languages with
people that don't talk them, for that
iidlleTp Dul tHey are lew, anu the
inevitable tendency of spoken lam
guage is to cut out the rough con-
sonates that impede the tongue. This
is altogether aside from grammatical
construction. of course, though with
most individuals the tendency OF
| speech is to make the spoken
language less rigidly correct than the
| written language.
There is about as much use to an
argument over the question whethe,
the people of Boston or the people OF
Topeka speak better English as there
is over the relative correctness OF
British and American speech. They
speak the same English if they are
| of the same grade of education and
| culture, but each section has Its
peculiarities of enunciation, verbiage
and even of construction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-17
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atkinson Globe. ]

FROM inc AICnlnSOn GlODe.l
We all get fooled in time
A theory works all right until you
try it.
The largest part of some people is
the wishbone.
One of the funniest things in this
world is a man hater.
Do some people ever talk about
anything but the weather?
A man is always expected to speak
well of woman and religion.
What has become of the old-fash-
toned man who used to use musk?
To want your own way is a very
bad habit, for you will never get 1t.
There is a sort of person you hate,
and there is no use trying to tolerate
him.
When the girls want to loaf around
the drygoods stores, they call for
plaid sewing silk.
Every man you "hear something
about. has probably "heard some
thing" about you.
No man can paint sign on a fence
in such a way that a boy cannot
change it to read something else.
Every man has his worthless days.
but If he does not fight them, every
day will become his worthless day.
Sunday is that day in the week
when a man finds out in what spot
his wife intends to sweep next, and
sits there.
In almost every letter that a wo-
man writes. there is little soft wad
that feels like money through the en-
velope, but which is only sample of
her newest dress.
The shy men will find it necessary
to read up on women's fashions:
Whatever side the opening in those
sheath gowns, is the side the shy and
modest man wishes to avoid.
1t is a rare household when a man
can complain of the children's noise
in the evening, without this reply
from his wife: Now you know what
have to put mp with all day."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-17

She-It's funny you should be SO
tall. Your brother. the artist, II short,
isn't he? He (absently)-Yes,u usual
ly.-Town and Country.
Ned-That was q hard blow to lisera::
ture yesterday! Ted-What was thatf
ns ne IN The
exploded, SCATTERING the first and second
stories and killing two authors who were
ian.
Boy (who has been naughty, and
sent out into the garden to ma q
mummy. couldn't md switch any
where, but here's a stone you can
throw at me.-Punch.
She Con her bridal tourl-Oh. Dan.
the matter, darling? Shelf am as
much to you as you say. you can't be
sorry your first wife died. and that
makes you too brutal for me to- love.
Life.
Doctor-The room seems cold. Mrs.
Hooligan. Have you kept the Their
mometer at seventy. rs told your
Mrs. Hooligan-Shure, an OF how,
docthor. There's tn devflish thing in
a toombler av warrum wather at this
blissid minnut.-Judge.
Excited Countryman (to huntsman.
who is keeping the course)-where's
one Of 'em In the water! It's that
gent what runs the Temperance club.
Admit you better go and 'elp him?
Huntsman (aot an abstainer)-Oh,
'e's all right. 'Es in is helement!-
Punch.
"What happened to Humpty Dump
typ" He bought stocks on q mar
gin.'-Life.
Parishioner "a little worse for uquor)-I
ister~-You didn't hear much, I fancy.
THAI what thought myself."-Pick-Me-
Up.
What would you do, my boy"
asked a professional vocalist, proudly,
'if you could sing like me?" Have
some singing lessons!" replied the lad.
-Philidelphia Inquirer.
do you love me for myself alone"
well, goodness gracious, whom do
you suppose I love for you-that
frouzy old aunt or your imp of
brother ?"-Newark Star.
Mrs. Baldwin-That husband of
mine is most careless man. 1 ex-
pect he'll lose his head some Of these
days. Mrs. Bunn-I see he's lost the
next thing to this hair-London
Tit-bits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-17
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
(From the Chicago

lFrom the Chicago News.1
Occasionally good man makes a bad
break.
Most things will come your way if
you go after them.
Even crook can hand out a straight
tip If he wants to.
No, Cordelia, kissing isn't always
what 1t is smacked up to be.
Most people have too much of one
thing and too little of another
Swapping compliments is a good deal
like swapping green goods.
Our follies give the doctors a chanca
to make experiments at our expense.
The wife of a shiftless man alwavs
has an excuse for him. He means we'll.
Occasionally the world loves a lover
but more often it sympathizes with
him.
It's easy to please a woman after
finding out what she wants-but there's
the rub.
Advice as to how to get rich IN about
as cheap and profitless as the other
kind Of advice.
If man continues to pay as much
attention to his wife a year after mar
riage as he did during the honeymoon
he still loves her or she has him blur
ed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-17

Naughty. naughty old New York. The
famous. or infamous according as it
strikes ones fancy, Salome dance in its
unclothed entirety. which actually
shocked the king of England. has been
produced there But speaking of
naughty New York prim Topeka is
brcking up some in this line. Just
think of It! A directoire gown with it's
side slit has been displayed here on a
living model There is considerable
work yet to be done by Anthony Com
stock and Carrie Nation in their re-
spective homes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-17

1t would be a good plan for everyone
to take the advice of DR.. Crumbine, the
secretary of the state board of health,
and swat the fly" on each and every
possible occasion. These little scav-
engers of filth are not only annoying
but they pollute food and scatter dis
ease broadcast. So death to the flies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-17
Steve Adams has finally !

Steve Adams has finally been &C
Quilted of the murder in 1902 Of Arth-
tr Collins. who was manager OF a
mine at Telluride. Although the au-
thorities had in their possession a con-
fession of the crime which they claim
cd Adams had made they were not
permitted to introduce it as evidence
at the trial and Adams was able to
produce eight witnesses who proved
an alibi for him. It's a real truism
that the wheels of justice often turn
in a remarkable fashion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-17

In the event of Mr.. Leland being
successful in his gubernatorial cam
paign there will be one thing which
will be greeted with satisfaction by
all the people of the state. There's
no danger of his forsaking the office
for the Chautauqua platform.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-17
LINES TO LOUISA.

A week ago we had maid,
Whose memory will never fade,
You should have seen Louisa!
She piled the plates on which we dined
So very high they called to mind
The leaning tower of Pisa.
At other times they'd not lean,
When carried by our kitchen queen
(Wbose other name was Dennis),
But rose as straight as spire or tree,
And then her model seemed to be
The Campanile, Venice.
The leaning tower was first to go,
And when 1t hit the floor below,
The havoc was appalling!
At once another crash occurred.
And then. alas! we knew we heard
I. The Campanile falling!
see its shattered remnants yet,
Twas half our wedding dinner set
The other half was Pisa
My chatelaine her protest filed;
Pray leave" she cried. ERE go wild!
For Pelion on Ossa piled
Would be your next, Louisa"
Earle Hooker Eaton in Harper's Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-17

'.Alfalfa's Affinity is Out There in
Kansas is the suggestive title of
the latest booklet issued by-F. d. Co.
burn, secretary Of the Kansas depart
ment of agriculture. And. as is usual
with Mr.. Coburn's publications there is
much in 1t which Is interesting and
which Is convincing that this wonder
full hay just glories in a chance to
revel in Kansas soil. That it is be-
coming to be looked on with great ia
vor by the farmers OF the state is made
apparent by this excerpt: Something
of the increase of alfalfa popularity in
Kansas is disclosed by the fact that in
1891 it's entire area was but 34,394 acres,
and in 1908 Jewell county alone had
more than $4,000; in 1907 the state 74S,-
050 acres, or considerably more than
the land surface of the state of Rhode
Island. In the alfalfa growing move
ment Kansas leads all the states"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-17
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers Of tho State Journal
AWAY during the summer may hav's
me paper mailed regularly each day
% any address Mt the rate OF ten cents
. week or thirty cents a month (by
mail only.) Address changed as often
~ desired. While out OF town the
State Journal win be to you like q
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, 1908-07-17
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.J
The way to get your expectations
to come true IL not to have cheerful
ones.
When a man u afraid a roof garden
will bore him it's because it looks like
he'll have to take his family.
A nice thing about summer resorts
Is the way people can go home from
them and get cooled OF and rested nm.
Because a woman knows her hus-
band wouldn't look at a pretty wait.
res. In the house she isn't such food
~ to test him. -
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An esteemed contemporary

An esteemed contemporary eX-
presses the opinion that although
Senator Tom Platt is but rs years of
age. he is older In experience than was
Methuselah. Exception might prop
eriy be taken to this inasmuch as the
senile gentleman has found enjoyment
In reading Three Weeks"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-17

If Mr.. Urmy, the judge of the po-
lice court, should put Mr.. Eaton. the
chief of police. in jail for contempt Of
court or some equally heinous crime,
It's likely that Mr.. Eaton could get an
Injunction from Mr.. Urmy, staying his
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-17

The Ute Indians are. after all, a
sensible lot. They have decided to
forego the delights of the war path
and promise to be good. That's much
better for them than their running up
against an inevitable Transformation
into good Indians"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-17

Among the real exciting things in
town these days is a chess 'tourna-
ment. And it's such a noisy affair
that It is apt to remind one of a flu
neral
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-17

A Topeka visitor has an ancient He
brew coin which is said to be worth
ss.s5o. Most folks would lose no time
In selling 1t for this sum.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-17

Just off-hand now, who was the
nominee for vice president when Mr.
Bryan ran for the presidency the last
ffry,a1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-17

Something on the order of a real
political joke is the boom" which has
been started to give the Independence
Leagues presidential nomination to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-17

Doctor-The room seems cold. Mrs
Hooligan. Have you kept the Their
mometer at seventy. as told you.
Mrs. Hooligan-Shure, an OF hov
docthor. There's tn devilish thing IL
a toombler av warrum wather at thL
blissid minnut.-Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-17

1t was a good two hours before his
visitor sDrang up with an exclamation
of surprise that she should have ling
cred so long. and with a little sigh of
regret Bradley watched her paddle
away, handling the frail canoe as clev-
erly as though to the manner born.
After that she came frequently and
became much interested in the build
ing of the house. The heavy logs were
all in place now and the lighter work
remained.
The girl bradley soon knew her to
be Miss Nannette Cowdrey) found the
completion of the cabin a matter of
absorbing interest. 1t was no better
than the huts of the natives save that
this Nannette highly approved.
1T seems SO foolish she observed.
"to go in out of the glorious woods
and turn on the hot water and dress
for dinner in the same frocks we wear
in town. I should love to spend a
summer in camp like this with only
sympathetic people around me-"
She sighed to think of the fmpossi-
bility of obtaining her wish, and then
gave her attention to experimenting
the fabrication of rustic chair. deep,
roomy and redolent of the woods
For month she was almost, a daily
visitor, then one afternoon she came
with a frown upon her pretty face,
and as Bradley settled himself for q
from her pocket and regarded him at
| tentively.
"A penny for your thoughts" he Of
fered when she did not speak.
81 think that you are horrid." was
| the unexpected answer. This little
island has been such a haven of res,
| to me. Now ind that. instead Of be.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-17

Mrs. Baldwin-That husband of
mine is a most careless man. 1 ex-
pect he'll lose his head some Of these
days. Mrs. Bunn-I see he's lost the
next thing to this hair.-London
Tit-bits.