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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-15
kYHAWKER JOTS

A. H. and L. A King have sold the
Plainville Gazette to John Ford, who
took charge of the plant this week.
Being leap year Old Bert Walker
and some of the others better keep
sharp lookout, says the Hutchinson
News.
Miss Anna Sullivan of Netawaka
broke a tooth in her lower jaw the
other day while eating pie; evidently
not the kind that mother used to
make.
It is proposed by the Wichita Eagle
to change the name of the short
grass country" to the heavy wallet
region"
A Stafford county man thinks Okla
homa has the best constitution of any
enough to still stick to Stafford
county.
The sale of a couple of stray mules
in Wichita, which have been without
an owner for more than year, netted
the Sedgwick county school fund <he
sum Of $45.35.
This Is also the season of the year
for wolf hunts. The Ottawa Herald
explains that a wolf hunt" is an af-
fair in which a large number of men
participate in killing a jackrabbit.
Trust the editor to give all the news
all the time. The oxford Register
says: 1T may be news to some that
the writer has been sued for divorce,
the petition having been filed Wednes-
day Of this week"
Mcpherson has been allowed an in
crease in mail service. On account OF
the enlarged amount of business Of
the office, a mounted carrier has been
put on and the service will be extend
ed to the outskirts of the city.
The Ellsworth Reporter was 81
years old last week, and the Osborne
Farmer was "a. Very soon the Kan
sas papers will be referring to Bert
Walker and George Huycke as "Nes-
tors of Western Kansas Journalism"
says the Kansas City Star.
A man named Andy Sheppard told
the editor of the Soldier Clipper re-
Gently that he and his son Samuel had
been living alone for year and doing
the cooking also. A year ago his son
was suffering with rheumatism, but
now after eating his fathers plain
cooking of corn bread and other
VIII olesome foods he is practically
cured. $3.50 t"'.S l.p ~
A certain Abilene youth sent a Her
ington girl couple of little articles
of wearing apparel for Christmas. He
doubtless repented his attempted IA
miliarlty when he received the follow
ing note of thanks: my Dear Mr..
-: The two pretty ruff1ed COL
lars you sent FIdo fit beautifully and
I am sure he appreciates them more
than I am able to express"
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up the reins, muttered: That dod-
gasted horse never Civ in like that to
anybody IN his life before. That fell
ler's a reg'lar charmer, like the one in
the show at Frisco"
And as the stage ratified on he
would say every few minutes. "a
reg'lar charmer. that's wot he is
They made fairly gooo time there
after. and just at dawn pulled up be-
stepped to the ground, she held out
her hand to the silver-haired, giant,
saying:
II want to thank you. saw what
you did and it was that which fright
ened me most. You saved our lives. l
shall never forget it. Good-by," and
she disappeared into the hotel"
He saw her several times after that
at the Peterson ranch Just below his
mine. He learned that she was the
new governess for the Peterson chill
dren. but was always busy when he
called at their ranch. And how often
it seemed necessary to see Peterson
lately, even though he never had
more than moments talk with her.
A few days before Christmas ter
Increasingly, which kept the giant
busy Strengthening the reservoirs.
Christmas morning he was awakened
by the roar Of rushing waters. Dress
rubber boots, he was soon down at
the point Of the hill where he could
see that Peterson's ranch was entirely
submerged, the house seeming to
stand in the center of a lake, with the
water gradually. rising past the win
dow stills. He hurried down the hill
and waded through the three feet of
water to the house: He climbed
through a window and there on the
stairs sat the girl.
Throw something warm over your
head and shoulders and come down."
he called.
He opened the door with dificulty.
then mounting the stairs half way. he
gathered her in his arms and without
by your leave" strobe out of the
door through the water to the hills.
THE storm is abating and the
| water will soon recede, but you could
not remain there My foreman's wife
will make you comfortable"
How small and light she was. He
| could carry her SO forever! And how
| dfsgustingly narrow the flooded valley
| seemed! Reluctantly he placed her
| on the rising ground.
Where were the Petersons 2" he
| asked.
'They went to visit relations on the
X-Bar ranch. Oh, they left the
hired man with me. He had just
gone, as you came, to see what he
could get in the way of boat or a
Then still In a laughing tone. though
her eyes filled. she said: cit seems to
| be your business to come to my
rescue"
Wont you give me the job for
life ?" he asked eagerly. "I believed
could prevent disaster touching you,
even a food
And looking up into his strong
powerful face, she answered: "I be-
1ieve you could" as she put both
hands in his.-(Copyrighted, 1908, by
Jesse Morgan.)
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News

lFrOm the Chicago News.
Many self-made men are hot-air
products.
Some of our distant relations come
under the head of posterity.
The right kind of man doesn't go
around boasting that he is right.
Women seldom play game unless
there is deeper game beneath it.
If we could see ourselves as others
see US we would all be pesSmists.
Some women even condescend to
help their husbands with the house
work.
How many people do you know who
neglect to say anything when they
talk?
His Satanic majesty is more inter-
ested in you than he is in your
enemies.
Modesty is one of the principal in
gradients in the composition of a
truly great man.
The less intimate a woman is with
her husbands folks the more faith
she has in him.
Did you ever see a free lunch coun-
ter where a hungry man was per-
mitted to eat all he wanted?
It sometimes happens that children
tell the truth, just as grown people
tell lies-at the wrong time.
When a man refuses to argue with
a woman she considers it as a sort of
acknowledgment of her mental
SuperfOrity
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SAVING THE WASTE,

Plain demonstration of the i'm
minence of timber depletion in this
country is beginning to have it's effect.
Necessity is becoming productive again.
It has occurred to some bright mInd
that If timber for paper making is to be
so scarce, 1t is time to utilize some Of
those millions of tons of saw dust
which every year go to waste, or are
burned at more cost than they come to.
in order to get them out of the way.
Experiment has shown that paper Of
those millions of tons of sawdust
and that almost any sort Of sawdust
will do. Acting on this discovery, some
enterprising Canadians are forming a
company with s1,000,000 capital for the
manufacture of paper from sawdust.
They expect to find 5000 tons of saw
dust in their vicinity every month, and
to make from it weekly 200 tons Of
newspaper and $50 tons of other paper.
Surely what Canadians can do, the
men of the United States can do and
probably improve on. The idea ceases
to be wonderful, the only wonder, as is
customary, being that nobody thought
of such a simple thing before. We have
not one but several lumber districts,
north and south and east and west,
where there is sawdust to be had by
the tons. Perhaps not many of them
would support paper mills, but the idea
is worth looking up. There is saving
of waste and turning of it into money
in the idea.
And it is one of the beginnings of
the ways which will be found for the
solution of the timber problem, at least
as it applied to the paper supply. The
fact that any kind Of sawdust will
serve FOR the making Of paper suggests
the possibility of using many other
sorts of fiber, some of it possibly vast
ed now, for the purpose. Now that in
vention has turned in this direction,
there is no knowing what will be the
result
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FAILURES IN 1907.

Commercial failures in the United
States during the year 1907, accord
ing to the statistics compiled by r. G.
Dun & Co., were 11.725 in number
and $197,3s5,225 in amount Of de-
fau1ted liabilities. While this is a
considerable increase over the mer-
camille mortality of the previous year,
when there were 1852 failures for
$119, 201,515, it compares very ia
vorably with most previous years, as
the number of failures and the amount
involved was much smaller than in
many preceding years of special
stress, notably 1896, 1893, 1884 and
1873
Manufacturing failures in 1907
were 2,913 in number and $106,640,-
444 in amount of liabilities. against
2,4so in the previous year when the
amount was s45,675.362. 1t is in this
division that the chief increase over
the previous years losses occurred.
There were 8,41e trading failures in
volving s5S,69s,14S against 7,S43
similar failures in 1905, when liabili-
ties were $48,1S6,136. The trading
record is better than the average for
the last five or six years although the
losses were smaller in 1906 and 1905.
other commercial insolvencies, not
properly included in the two princi-
pal classes, but embracing real estate,
insurance, commission houses and
agents, were 3e3 in number and s32,-
046633 in amount. The corresponds
ing classification in 1905 supplied $40
failures with liabilities of $25, 340.0 OF.
1t is in the banking class that the
noteworthy losses of 1907 occurred.
The financial suspensions were 1872 in
number and involved $233,325, 972,
although many of the banks resumed
almost Immediately. In the previous
year there were So similar failures
for $1s,So5,3S0.
New York, New Jersey and Penn
sy1vania are the states showing the
biggest increase In the way of COM
mercial failures while the records for
the far west and southwest show that
all business enterprises are on a
sound basis. And as to Kansas
well Kansas is one of the nine states
in the union that had fewer CONNER
cial failures in 1907 than in 1906. The
number in 1907 was 232 with liabili-
| ties amounting to s979,O2S while the
failures in 1906 numbered 249 with
| liabilities of s1,104,7S7. These fig
ures show the stability of the
business affairs of Kansas in a. FAY
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ence book, has just been issued. This
year 1t is much larger, more complete
and comprehensive than ever before.
comprising 1000 pages and giving about
5000 facts and figures which may be
depended upon as being absolutely ac-
curate and right UP to the last minute
OF 1907. 1t is a veritable library Of uni
versal knowledge between two covers.
The World Almanac is in use in the
public schools of Greater New York.
has been adopted by most all the nor
NAL schools and hundreds of public,
high and grammar schools throughout
the country. It is certainly a book that
should be in every library and in every
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-15
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

[F'rom the Phila delphia Record.1
Talk is cheap, if you don't use a
phone.
Gossip comes in pieces, so break it
gently.
A watch is more improved by a
spring than by fall.
The accountant who balances
books must have steady job.
There are lots of things at cross
purposes, especially bridges.
Don't be afraid to take a chance for
fear it may belong to some one else.
Silly as it may seem, any man
would rather be a has-been than a
coal-bin.
The fellow who neglects to put his
best foot forward may live to kick
himself.
This is fine" remarked the dis
orderly person as the magistrate said
Ten dollars or ten days"
No. Maude, dear; the peroxide
blonde has no ground for claiming
that she is merely following the gold
en- rule.
Wigg-" Bjones is absolutely blind
I've noticed he is always looking for
trouble"
Scribbler-"Yes; my friend from
What is he, an author or pork
packer
Tommy-"Pop, what is a dull, sick
ening thud?'' Tommy's Pop-"A dull,
sfckening thud my son, is smile
used to designate the descent of those
who rise in the world by the skyrock-
ct route"
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THE USUAL FATE.

Another socialistic dream of the
maintenance of the practical equality
of man in material things has been
shattered-this time at Coaldale in
Pennsylvania, small mining town
where a cooperative experiment has
been in progress for a few years. After
the miners strike of 1902 socialistic
ideas obtained considerable vogue in
the mining regions. In this particular
town, it seems, the socialists came into
complete power, both political and 9TH
er, and social and economic life was
duly rearranged on the sociafstic plan,
with a cooperative newspaper, a CO.
operative store and all the rest Of that
sort of thing. For time. as is usual
in all such cases, all went we'll This
little corner Of the world seemed really
made over into ideal form. But now,
as is also usual in such cases, the pref
ty bubble burst and sheriff is in pos
session of the joint property. The trou-
BILE was, of course, in the dissensions
that arose from the unwillingness Of
the more ambitious members of the
community to submit to the conditions
of equality. They could not sit still and
see the indolent enjoying the fruits of
their labors. There is no need to point
out a moral. There is only one and it
is self-evident.
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STAR OF BErHTEHEnr.


Each year you lift the tide that brings
The flood-time of all nobler things:
The gift that only God could give,
The life that only Love could live
Again our hushing hearts receive;
Ihen let your love-light lean to them
In all that life may mean to them
. rising Star of Bethlehem!
The dream of Brotherhood again
Reproves the fevered strife of men:
loves banners lifting to the light,
Inc flame of faith grows large and white,
the feet of Christ are on this height;
The bells of Earth shall peal to them
And loving millions kneel to them.
o holy Star of Bethlehem
Our babes shall feel the thrill of dawn
And see the shadow wings withdrawn:
With stars Of light yet lingering,
How sweet and high their hopes shall
wing,
And. hearts like birds shall soar and
singi
Then may your joys abide with them
With angels side by side with them,
. happy Star of Bethlehem!
But some in bitter places bide
Inc rising OF your mystic tide
Grim gardens of Gethsemane
+ And awful heights of Calvary
Pale peaks of last extremity;
Close may your white peace cling to
them,
Your doves Of promise sing to them,
stare Christ Of Bethlehem.
Harley X. Wiley, in the January Svrib-
per
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It is well to look into your pocket
book before you consult your fancy.
= =
There's one great objection to self
made men. They make too much noise
about 1t.
- .
Henry Ward Beecher said that there
is but one easy place in this world, and
that is the grave.
q
The average person who is not con-
tented with what he has would not be
contented with what he would like to
have.
Society is more often concerned
about how a man enters and leaves
room than about his fitness for being
admitted to the room at all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-15

One does not have to look far for
the reason of Senator F. Dumont
Smiths change of heart and alliance
with the "reformers'' in the Repub-
lican politics of Kansas. His political
future depended on it. But it is doubt
full IL even this eleventh hour change
of front will restore him to the con-
ndence of his constituents and It is
more than an even bet that some one
will succeed him as senator from the
Thirty- eighth district.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-15

Oscar L. Darling of Amityville, Long
island, IS certainly in need of help His
wife presented him with his twenty
seventh child couple Of days ago. Mr..
Darling has run out of names for chill
dren and ne prays for aid in hunting
up a name for the new one. Mr.. Darl-
ing is "a years old. His first wife gave
birth to Is children, IL Of whom are
living, and his second wife has given
birth to IL, ten of whom are living.
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GLOBE SIGHTS.
From the Atchison Globe. |

CF'rom the Atchison Globe1
It's pity man can't make money as
easily as woman spends it.
A man makes excuses as naturally
as he lodges when you strike at him.
There is nothing SO deep as the 81
lence of an unsympathetfc listener.
There was never anything so good
that too much Of 1t was not bad for
you.
The poIiteness of those you dislike is
only another proof that they are
smooth.
a man Is going to do, but in what he
has done.
One Of the greatest pleasures in this
world IS to find mistakes made by 9TH
er men.
When half Of the men become fond
of doing a thing, the other half pro-
hibit it by law.
Ever see a screen that Sou were not
overwhelmed with a desire to know
what is behind it?
A woman's happiness is in danger
when she begins comparing her hus-
band unfavorably with other men.
Men who live in their own houses
long to live in rented houses. so that
they could occasionally get repairs
made.
If you patiently do your work the
best you can, and worry and fret as
little as possible, a great many good
things will come your way when you
least expect them.
1t is natural for people to imagine
terrible things. II q strange noise Is
heard in the night, people will say. in
describing 1t: ut sounded like a wo-
man being choked to DEATH
Can you pet yourself? OF course,
your friends are able to say pleasing
things to you, and pet you, but can
you sit in your room alone, and make
yourself believe things about your
ability and cleverness that are not
true?
1t is related on an Atchison barber
that he talked so long to a customer
on the subject Of prohibition that the
whiskers grew as fast as he shaved
them of; as soon as he was once over
the face it was time to 70 over Il
again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-15
HUNOR or THE DAY

'Deah me.'' sighed Cholly Sappy, I'm
a twif1e undah the weathah--" "Of
course you are" interrupted Miss Knox,
''if you're under the weather at ALL
Philadelphia Press.
1.-The idea of his calling me extrava-
gant! exclaimed Mrs. Schoppen.
"Well,' replied her friend, perhaps
you're not as economical in your shop
ping as you might be- Nonsense!
Why, 1 never buy a blessed thing but
bargains. ''-Philadelphia Press.
Your daughters certainly trimmed
their Christmas tree very completely"
Yes said Paw Hoptoad, "an' they
trimmed me just as completely. They're
very thorough, the girls are."-Louis-
vile Courier-Journal.
The Poet-'What did you do with
that piece of manuscript on my table ?''
His Wife-"I used it to light the fire
with" The Poet."Wretched woman!
didn't you know that paper contained
a sonnet?" His Wife-"Yes, dear,
read the et."-Cleveland Leader
ITO What Base ses."-Host-"l
wish you would let me give you some of
this port. 1t is the very last bottle of
my AT" Guest-"Well, you may give
but the fact is I've been so dreadfully
troubled with cold feet"-Punch
THAT constable who followed a tenor
about the stage with a warrant for
breach Of contract might have provok-
ed the man to worse crime" Il sup
pose you mean assault and battery"
mo. But in his excitement the singer
might have uttered a false note."-
Philadelphia Public Ledger
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-15

Kansas lawyers, whose clientele in
clude men who have grown rich in
the illegal traffic in liquors. see di-
minishing bank accounts. The United
States supreme court has rendered an
emphatic decision sustaining the con-
stitutionality of the Kansas prohibit
ton law on an appeal taken to it by
-nnrrne Tnneka iointists
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-15

Judge z. T. Hazen, the referee in the
Uncle Sam bankruptcy proceedings,
did considerable when he cut down by
half the fees demanded by the receiver
and the attorneys. He allows them a
total of $1,000. Many people will still
incline to the belief that at this figure
those who are mixed up in the case are
getting overpaid for their services.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-15

No extra flags are being flung to the
breezes nor are there any especial
decorations in town indicative of joy
over the arrival Of the solons of the
Estate to participate in the rather ex-
itraordinary session of the legislature.
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"6reprOOf

Another "fireproof'' building, this
time a skyscraper, has burned like a
ssnder box. Nothing but the steel shell
was left standing. This happened in
New York city and number of lives
were lost. "Fireproof' seems to be a
misnomer when applied to buildings of
any sort
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-15

Gladys Vanderbilt gets something be-
sides a title when she marries Count
6zechenyi. She gets wonderful col
lection of names for her noble hance
glories in the name Laszlo Jeno
Maria Henrik Simon. 1t is to be hoped
the Maria does not indicate that he is a
"sissy'' as well as a count.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-15

That new ruling by the interstate
commerce commission calling for a sim
plihcation of the railroad rate sheets
Is a good one. At their best the aver
age railroad tariff sheet is quite as
confusing to an ordinary man as is a
Chinese puzzle. A step to make them
more understandable is one in the right
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In One Service u Years.

Mr.. William Underwood, who has
died at Rosemary Homestead. on the
Rockingham Castle estate of the Ma
jendie family, had a length of service
which probably constitutes record
He started work at the age of eight.
and dying at eighty had worked on the
estate for the long period Of seventy
two years, during which time he had
served four generations of Majendies.-
London Standard
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Kansas City, MO-, is in sure enough
.nard luck. The realization Of the pro-
posed new Union depot seems to be
further in the future than it ever was
and now the much needed annex to
the present inadequate station has
shI1ruAA down
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more convincing fashion than would
reams Of talk. They show that a Sc
rious money stringency is mere
passing incident in a land where
crops are abundant-where corn is
king and wheat Is queen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-15

It looks as though there would soon
be clear field for Wisconsin to carry
ON the life insurance business Itself
within It's own borders.
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Another shudder of horror has pass
ed through the land over the latest
theater disaster, the one in Boyertown,
Pa, when 1877 persons lost their
lives in a fire and panic and as many
more were seriously injured. Catas-
trophies of all sorts seem to be becom-
ing more woefully frequent in this
country. Many of them are little less
than criminal and all of them go to
emphasize the dread truth that in the
midst of life and the pursuit of hap
spiness there is ever the hand of death.