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Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-09-21
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These Prices Take Effect
Wednesday. Sept. %. 1908

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WANTED--Waitress at the Hotel de
France.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-16

The milk OF human kindness in most
folks is evidently OF the condensed va
riety.
X
Some women have retreating jaws but
only to the extent of their physical APP
pearance.
Enemies are necessary evils. II 1t
wasn't for them it would be impossible
to start real arguments.
y x y
Philosophy is all right in theory but
it does not help persons much to en-
dure their own trlbulations.
X X X
Politeness costs nothing but from the
general lack of it these days it would
be reasonable to suppose that it was
the most expensive thing in the world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-16
.HYHlWKER JOTy

The need of an excuse is so keenly
felt in Downs that mistletoe parties
are being held without waiting for the
holiday season.
For the benefit OF those who might
not know, Lew Smucker explains that
is not ham gravy.
Some men," observes the Osborne
Farmer, would rather hold down a
$40 job and be cranks, than to be
reasonable and draw a hundred
There is an increase of 174 in the
population of Larned this year and
Larned claims 1t is the best on earth
because the increase is home grown.
The members of the bar in Allen
county have decided to limit the OPP
portunities for reporters for getting at
the court news. The restriction is sup
posed to be made so the reporters will
have greater time and space for giving
complimentary notice to the lawyers.
in accordance with the code of ethics,
says the Ottawa Herald.
A Kansas school ma'am had a world
of trouble in teaching one of her
charges the intricacies of arithmetic.
The job finally became so arduous that
she complained to the child's father.
"Oh,' said the fond pater, never mind
my Jimmie about that. He comes by
it honestly. I always was good gram
matist. but mighty poor arithmetick-
er."-Wichita Beacon.
J. L. Brady of the Lawrence Jour
nal, discussing the nomination Of his
brother Jim" by the Idaho Republi
cans for governor, says: James H.
Brady, who has been nominated for
governor of Idaho by the Republicans.
has had an interesting life. He was
Kansas boomer for years and went
broke with the bunch. Instead of
throwing up his hands and giving up
the fight, he went to work the harder.
He worked like a dog for years, but
could not get ahead. Finally he went
to Idaho and went into the irrigation
business. Here he prospered, but it
was only after the hardest work and
the most discouraging trials. He
is wealthy now, but he has made his
money honestly and his state in hon
oring him has honored one of the
finest men that ever lived. And the
editor of this paper ought to know,
too
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-16
MISS PECK's AMBITION.

Miss Annie S. Peck is very earn
est woman who spent goodly num-
Der of years in useful pursuits before
she took up with the sport of noun
tain climbing. Mention is made of
her years reluctantly, of course, and
with no intention of being offensive.
On the contrary, it is with the in
tention of showing the real greatness
of her latest accomplishment.
If some hardy STRIPPING, an athlete
in the heyday of suppleness and
strength or an Arab trained by
hourly flights up the rough surface
of the pyramids, had climbed to the
summit of Hauscaran, it would have
been a remarkable feat and quite as
deserving of a laurel wreath as the
winning of the Marathon. By COM
parison the accomplishment of Miss
Peck. no longer in the flush of
coquettish youth, is a very extra
ordinary one.
A month or so ago it was reported
that she had signaled from a
shoulder of the mountain $4,000 feet
above the sea level and later it was
reported that she had been forced to
return by the unwillingness of her
husky Swiss guides, picked men
selected for the purpose. to go higher.
1t is now claimed that she has
reached the very pinnacle. a dizzy
height of $4,000 feet, and that she
has returned sound of limb and
body, but with her guides more or
less crippled by the cold.
Some dilution will probably have
to be made of these reports. There is
no good evidence that Hauscaran is
more than $4,000 feet above the blue
waters of the Pacific, but that is a
greater height than any human be-
ing ever assembled before, and Miss
Peck is. beyond peradventure, the
champion of the snow-covered noun
tain peaks. She has climbed within
5000 feet of the highest point of
which there is any definite knowledge
and some 1000 feet nearer the par
ticles of light that are believed to be
stars and moons and planets.
That was her ambition. Having no
responsibilities to deter her from
making the effort, Miss Peck deter
mined to outstrip all competitors in
the field of mountain climbing. She
hoped that success would win for
her the opportunity to have it at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-16
GLOBE SIGHTS
[From the Atchison Globe.I


How fat a fat woman can get!
The bigger the show, the bigger the
storm.
A man can never show off before his
children, or his enemies.
AS soon as people begin to think
they are important, they begin to talk
louder.
A man is always willing to lend a
helping hand, but he does hate to
lend money.
When a little man goes to party.
the first thing he does is to hunt UP a
big woman to dance with.
An old-fashioned Atchison man, in
describing a short distance, says: 1T
is only a hens race over there"
Come over in the shade" said a
politician to a farmer the other day.
Il wouldn't feel natural in the shade"
replied the farmer.
We have reached an age when We
admit that a man may have an opin-
ion different from ours. and not be
either a fool or a scoundrel.
These warm days, when a woman
leaves the house. she says to some
through me?" Which means, has she
on enough skirts with her thin dress.
Thousands of people are forced to do
often you hear men say, after return
ing from functions they care nothing
about, 1T was a regular bore to mel"
II have lived long time, but 1 have
never convinced a woman of anything
no man ever did. Once thought had,
but a week later / found the woman
was still in error."-Parson Irvine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-16
THE GooD-NATURED MAN.


You may sing the praises of the men Of
might,
And the heroes brave and strong;
The men who win in the 1ong-drawn fight
or the Right against the Wrong;
things,
From Jewry to Japan
But here's to the man who smiles and
The glad, good-natured man.
Yes. here's to the man with a kindly
face,
And a gentle, patient soul:
The man who can win or lose the race
With a perfect self-control;
He's the jolliest fellow in ali the land.
And he always leads the van
This human saint with world Of sand
The strong, good-natured man.
He's right on deck with word of cheer,
And a helpful lift for all;
And the touch of his hand Will Danish
fear,
When your dropping spirits fall;
He's an inspiration, a help. host.
And he makes you think you can,
When you're down and out-and licked
almost
The brave. good-natured man.
He's richer far than the millionaire;
! He's nightier than the king;
His heart is happy and free from care.
And his voice has a jolly ring;
He's the strongest, noblest. best Of all,
Whatever his creed or clan
So. here's to the man no ills appall-
The grand, good-natured man.
Boston TRANSCRIPT.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-16
THE TRICKETT CASE.

Fred s. Jackson, the states attor-
ney general, declared that the prose-
cution of c. w. Trickett, the special
general for Wyandotte coun-
ty, was malicious. That's been the opin-
ion Of all fair minded people ever
since the case was trumped up against
Mr.. Trickett and the District court of
county apparently thought
so too, as it lost no time in following
the suggestion of Mr.. Jackson to dis
miss the case against Mr.. Trickett.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-16
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
GFrom the Chicago News.I

FROM the chicago News.
Better a bald head than a barefaced
lie.
And the lack of money makes the
mare go-hungry.
If religion paid cash dividends ev-
erybody would be seeking it.
Some piano covers would be more
admired if Theoretically sealed.
How easy it is to borrow money
when you haven't any use for it.
Even if money is called hard cash
it's an easy thing to fall back on.
How the neighbors dislike a man
who kicks about the cost of his wife's
funeralI
It's easier to talk a woman out of a
dollar than it is to fight a man out
of it.
Even a philosopher Is apt to fall
down when it comes to making the
best of the worst of it.
You may lead an actor before the
curtain. but you can't keep him from
making a few remarks.
A girl takes awful chances when
she persists in wearing lot of pins in
the vicinity of her waist line
Every time an engagement is an
nounced men wonder what she can see
in him and women wonder what he
can see in her.
If there is one thing a. woman dis
likes more than another it is to have
her husband tell her how the furni-
ture ought to be arranged.
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ham fumed and fretted and babe hin
hurry to Tim Conley.
En! aaid the doctor at length
,Fretty badly smashed up, but were
lucky, poth OF us. to get out OF IL al
well as We did. Talk about your neryei
By Jove. the way he swung that car
OUT OF the way was magnificent Never
thought for himself. nor me either
I'm convinced" he ended.
he pulled roll OF bandages from
ms case and handed them to the girl
Just do up his head and stop the flow
OF blood AS fast you can, il YOU VIII
Miss West" he commanded. 'Tu 20
UP TO Copiey's, and fix Tim up. Then
1u come back here and set Graham's
fractures
He went limping up the road. and
the girl bent closer to Graham.
IT was splendid" she cried. her eyes
shining.
THAT" said Graham. "oh. tina. VISA
nothing. had to do that, YOU see. II
was question of killing the Ola Iady
or getting bit banged up myself"
Her face was very close to his. Some
thing warm and moist struck his cheek
Inose wicked stories they told about
you she began.
They're true" he declared. ..I have
lost my nerve. I couldn't go into a road
race, to save my life. This was differ
ent. you see. This was something that
had to be done"
AWO warm ups were pressed to his
grimy, blood-stained forehead.
Had TO be done!" she repeated,
meanirgly. oh. you delicious simpler
toni"
The doctor. limping back a few mo-
ments later. discreetly screened him
self behind a tree. b a
There are times It Is better to wait
before reducing fractures" he medita-
| ed.-(Copyrighted, 1908. by Associated
Literary Press.1
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tached to one of the mountains that
will endure indefinitely.
There is something laudabie about
any ambition for success and
supremacy that is to be gained by en-
terprise. by hard work and by skill
Ambition is the secret of progress
The world is growing little crowded
The avenues of effort are becoming
congested. Life would be rather
dreary If there were none like Miss
Peck to choose an unfrequented ave-
nue.. even if it leads. to no material
gain of special magnitude. and fol-
low it to distinction. May she live
long to enjoy her fame: and may she
impart ambition to the dilettantes
and laggards in the world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-16
FRON OTHER PENS
AN Apostle WARNING SIGNAL

Uncle Sam frequently manifests an
appreciation of the picturesque in the
nomenclature and symbols which he
employs for the Identification of varl-
Gus instruments and for the succinct
conveyance of public information as to
various purposes of government. Par
ticularly, perhaps, in the naval branch
is there demonstrated an engaging
faculty for combining quaintness with
significance. The navy department
called that unique war vessel which
was armed with dynamite guns the
Vesuvius; its only hospital ship is the
Relief; the first floating hospital was
the So1ace; the first ship designed for
the cold storage of supplies was the
Glacier; the first machine-shop ship
was the Vulcan. The submarines bear
such names as Plunger, Porpoise,
Shark. To the eloquent vocabulary of
the navy's signal code has now been
added a symbol so suggestive as to be
readily understood by the most heed
less or untutored mariner. When the
submarines are in action their tender
will fly white flag bordered with red,
bearing on it's field a big black fish.
Announcement Of this signal is made
that shipping may be cautioned to look
out for the little craft when engaged at
maneuvers in the fairways.-Provi-
dence Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-16
THE FLYING MACHINE.

The recent successes of Orville
Wright at Fort Myer with his flying
machine well deserve the attention
they have received in the newspapers.
They have been great achievements,
and are properly a source Of pride to
every American who delights in the
mechanical ingenuity of his country
men. Clearly, America holds first
place in the honorable lists Of the ad-
venturous men devoted to the problem
of aviation. Nor does the claim to
pre-eminence rest alone on the time
spent in the air by Wright and his
heavier than air machine, though in
this respect the American has done
nearly twice as much as his foremost
French competitor. 1t rests in large
measure upon the much greater man
ageabiIity of the American machine.
From every point of view the claim
seems to be warranted that in the
making of vessels that are truly fly
ing machines, and not essentially bal
looms, this country stands first, and
has a very big lead.
Along with this admission of the
Just ground there is for feeling at
least as much pleased with what the
two Wright brothers have accomplish
ed, as there is exhibited when an In
ternational foot race, or yacht race Is
won, it is desirable to have the pub
lie warned against expecting too much.
If the public is allowed to fall under
the delusion, which seems to have TAX
en- possession of the mind of one of
the chief military men of the country,
there will soon be manifestations of
disappointment, and along with it a
disposition to unduly belittle the really
remarkable advance which has been
made along this line. According to
the military man in question it APP
pears certain that the flying machine
will be in as much use ten years hence
as is the automobile today. This is
mere enthusiasm. There are no such
expectations entertained by any of the
well-informed men who have devoted
til cir lives and their fortunes to the
problem. They look for very great
improvements to be made, but there
is probably not one of them who has
the least hope of seeing the flying ma
chine carried beyond the scientific in
to the common public stage for more
than a quarter of a century.
When the fact is noted that the ma
chine used by Wright was taxed to its
utmost to carry two persons, it be-
comes evident enough that the point
of its equality with the automobile is
a long distance away. AS it took more
than thirty years to develop the steam
boat from the strictly scientific up to
the regular trading point, it is doing
the aviators an injustice to set before
them any such requirement as that
here alluded to. The age of flying
machines seems sure to come, but for
another generation it will probably be
necessary for the great body Of the
people to content themselves with the
steamship, the railroad train, and the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-16
THEN AND NOW.

When our grandmothers were young,
they sat two and three hours at time
in a church which was never heated,
no matter how bleak and cold the day
Lord. and, lacking in faith in his min
istry, to be pampered by heat while
singing his praises. But todcy men
are invited to attend in coat sleeves
in summer, and smoke cigars during
service; there are electric fans for hot
days and furnaces. for cold ones, with
toilet rooms, nurseries, soda fountains,
ETC., as side comforts. And now comes
a Kansas City church that will put in
easy chairs.-Atchison Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-16
QUAKER MEDIrATToNs.
TFrom the Philadelphia Record

TFrom the Philadelphia Record.J
The wheel of fortune has turned
many a mans head.
Do the bill collectors always dun as
they would be done by?
Any real boy would rather be named
Bill than Montmorency.
The kieptomaniac isn't the only
person who takes things for granted.
Some people only tell the truth when
they think 1t is going to hurt. i<
The trouble with an elastic con-
science Is that It is apt TO fly back and
sting you.
It is doubtful IL even the Millionaire
would admit that he has more money,
than brains.
Hoax--.'The tusboat captain always
has his business we'll in tow" ToaE--
80 has the chiropodist.'''
When a man makes a foo! OF him
self over the same pretty woman moro
than once his case is pretty nearly
hopeless.
Biobbs-"Skinnum boasts IEat he
is as good as his word" Siobbs--
Certainly; his word isn't good Tor
Hook-"Bjones is always ap 90 the
latest wrinkle" Nye-"What's ne do
Ing now?" Hook-"Runnins a beauty
parlor.''
If a woman is only sure her mar 4.
on straight and her skirt hangs right
she feels that she is equipped to cen
quer worlds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-16
How They Stand Great Heat.

persons who complain of the heat
when the thermometer reaches the
SOS" said a steamship engineer,
seldom think of the discomforts of
men employed in gas works, in blast
furnaces, and in steamships. where
the firemen have to endure an atmos-
phere ranging from 11S to 140 de-
grees In all these ana many other
places where big boilers are located,
the men wear very little clothing, and
while they undoubtedly suffer from
the exposure, they do not feel the
heat as much as might be supposed.
The explanation of this fact is that
these men are not reached by the hui
mildly They are working in places
where the artificial heat is so intense
as to drive out the humidity, and 11S
or more degrees of heat in a pure,
dry air is not felt so much as a mix
ture of 80 degrees of heat and so per
cent of humidity, that tells on people
and sorely tries their vitality. New
York Press.
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TaIismans in MALTA.

There are still to be found in Malta
a number of small stones shaped and
colored like the eyes. tongues, and
other parts of serpents
The superstitious among the NAL
tese connect these with the tradition
that st. Paul, when shipwrecked, was
cast on their island and il was there
that while lighting a bundle of sticks
for a fire a viper fastened on the
apostles hand. st. Paul calmly shook
the reptile off into the flames and no
harm followed. The natives wear
these stones as talismans, in which
character they suppose them service
able in warding off dangers from
snake bites and poisons-
They are found in st. PauPS Cave,
imbedded in clay, and are set in rings
and bracelets, and when found to be
in the shape of a tongue or liver or
heart they are hung around the neck.
They are also taken internally, dis
solved in wine, which method is at
tended, according to some people, by
more immediate results - London
Standard. ~
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PERSONAL FORCE.

Notwithstanding the lesson one gets
at teachers institute, the personal
influence of a teacher goes a great
way in determining the character of
a boys or girls life, and it is hoped
that no teacher will be misled away
from that view. In the formative
period of childPs life, personal asso-
citation is a great force-greater than
anything else in school work. 1t
seems impossible to imagine anything
else.
1t is really the first thing to look to
not a mawkish sentimentality-but
thoughtful. inspiring, courteous
association that makes the education
of the teacher attractive. Let any
one set his memory at work to find
out some influence that has given a
happy trend to his life, and he will
be sure to hit upon some old teacher
away back in early school days whose
influence was so warm and gentle
that one can feel it yet.-Ohfo State
Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-16

Announcement by the street depart
ment that the work of repairing the
damage done to North Topeka by the
flood is completed merely serves to call
TO mind the fact that an extensive flood
prevailed there few months ago There
has been no outward evidence of this
fact for long time. All of which goes
10 show that the recuperative powers
of North Topeka and it's citizens are
things to marvel at.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-16
HUNOR or THE DAY

How do you get along with the men
so well, Maude?" well, 1 expect them
all to be fools. But I don't let them
suspect what I expect. So I'm never
disappointed, and neither are they
Cleveland Leader.
HE used to boast that he never got
the worst of horse trade" HE isn't
Boosting now. He got to swapping au-
tomo biles."-Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
Tommie-Gee! It's orful quiet over
ter our house. Sammie-What's TIL
matter?. somebody sick? Tommie-
No; mas went away and took the
monograph with her!-Yonkers
Statesman.
I'm this story, pa. the hero says
light is breaking What did he
mean?'' He was probably in the act
of paying his gas bill."-Houston Post.
There goes Charlie Blewit He has
his fathers walk, hasn't he?" That
is about all that remains of what the
old gentleman left him.'-St Louis
Times.
Our friend gravely looks over the bill of
fare. Coming to the words "hors d'oeuvre.''
he indicates them with the tip of his fin
ger and sagely asks: why do they al
ways hitch that to the a la carte?"-Judge.
Observation-Disclosures mind, dear" he
said. reassuringly. as she raised her sweet
the white blur on his coat, 1T will all
brush Off, "Oh. Charlie" she burst out
whitley shoulder; "how do you known
Somerville Journal. ifl4 rrf,g u
.sDumley's just back from a trip after
trout. and he says it was the most dismal
failure he ever experienced" What else
could you expect Of him? He couldn't
a fishing a hprance he
has absolutely no imagination. "-Philadel-
phffa Press.
Israel Putnam had shot the wolf ct
hadn't practiced on the neighbors' cats for
nothing" he said, looking around, from
bury the animal. Yet he didn't forget to
apply for bounty on the VOLTS scalp
Chicago Tribune.
my boy" says the first wayfarer. i've
hit on scheme that guarantees me a
square meal and possibly some clothes at
any house care to strike What do you
do?' asks the second wayfarer. II throw
away my hat, run through a couple of
up to the front door and tell the lady OF
the house I'm racing balloonist that has
just descended. "-Pick-Me-Up.
Innuendo.-"TIis contour" began one of
the politicians adherents. do you mean
his whirl around the country" one of the
Washington Herald.
No man who gets angry with the umpire
has a right to laugh at the women who
cry at the matinee.-Florida Times-Union,
Looking Backward.-"In unpackinS my
husbands last summers suit I found
blonde hair on the coat" ''Well?'' Now
I'm trying to remember If was a blonde
last summer. louisville Courier-Journal,
Spoiled 1.-THE latest London play Is
called The Thunderbolt.' by Jovei'l(
mo, by Pinero. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer/