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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-19
MERE TRIM.Es

~ wants are few and simple
ID ike private car,
castle on the Hudson,
lifty-cent cigar
wife worth forty millions.
"A rent-producing flat,
A stylish horse and buggy
And little things like that.
l 90 not wish for baubles
UT saudy trifIes vain.
6lxe me the things substantial.
Auousn modest quite and plain
"A steam yacht for a starter.
" mere one at home might feel,
w ith spots to touch the button.
ana order I'D a meal.
l want no bonds to worry
NOR stock to fret my mind
provided they are what you'd call
ne dlvfdendless kind.
A reproducing gold mine
- count as worthless trash
1ve me the little that I get
In good and healthy cash.
us not SURPRISING riches
mat bring true happiness.
NO one need want with raillions
nor starye with even less.
II making me present
MY wants you know are few.
buJ II you have 1t handy -
The earth perhaps might do
Nashville American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-19
Bride Baked Five Times.

After one of the most remarkable
courtships on record, Horace Duncan.
of Rapid City, South Dakota, was mar
ried to Mrs. Laura Hurd Shaw at the
Hotel Vendome. The bride had agreed
to marry Duncan last Saturday morn
ing and the groom had a room decorat-
ed for the wedding breakfast, but she
failed to appear. Duncan hunted her
up and she said she had decided she did
not want a third term in matrimony.
He argued all morning and managed to
coax her to the county clerks office at
o'clock, but she baked again Finally
she signed the record, but at the JUS
tees office she baked again just before
the justice pronounced the word. Then
the bride agreed to be married at the
hotel, but .ducked" on the way and left
Duncan alone. He found her again and
pleaded all week, and today she capt.
ulated. He Is a ranch owner at Rapid
City, South Dakota.-Sioux City dis
patch to Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-19
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
[From the Philadelphia Record


Keeping company-the jafler.
The remarks of deaf people are not al
ways indefinite.
Carelessness isn't always responsible
for broken promises.
It wouldn't be polite to refer to veee-
tarians as small potatoes.
Forgive your enemies and they won't
be SO apt to get back at you.
You can cast damper on some peoule
by heaping Goals of fire on their heads,
Some people never know their minds
until it is too late to take advantage Of
the knowledge.
The man who is his own worst enemy
is sometimes more to be desired than h
who Is his own best friend.
A fellow doesn't have to be soldier to
is to ride in crowded trolley car. ~
Blobbs."He is deep thinker. isn't
her Slobbs-'Yes. but the trouble In thst
his thoughts are so deep they never seer
to struggle to the surface" ssei'
Wigg-"Guzzler's wife is always pl.sh
ing with him to stop drinking, but he /.
dear TO her entreaties." WazE-It's o,,ae -
how a fellow can always be dear ~ -
enfreaty but never to = treat. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-19
LITTLE WORK BY CONGRESS.

It is generally believed in Washing
ton that in spite of the recent urgent
message from the president, and in
spite Of the message which he is under
stood to be preparing now, there will be
but little further action by congress on
new measures and that the date for ad-
journment will be fixed at about June
l. There is no Indication that the re-
markable message Of few weeks ago
has had any effect. The Washington
correspondent of the New York Com
mercial Bulletin says:
1.-The general temper of congress In
this situation can be appreciated by
noting that since the last message sent
in by the president absolutely nothing
has been done. There has not been even
a motion to do anything. 1t might al
most be said that not even a bill has
which were mentioned by the president.
That would, of course, be true to the
letter, but it would be an accurate
statement, in spirit of the situation.
Probably there is bill that has been
introduced since sending the message
that would not have been introduced
without it, and probably none of the
bills that have been introduced have
received more notice from congress
than they would have had without the
message. In fact most of the measures
that have been presented along the
the lines of the message, from the be-
ginning of the session down to the pres
ent time, have been brought in by
Democrats-often by Democrats who
have not the ear of the executive and
are not of the white House Variety"
The president and the Republican
leaders in congress do not seem to
agree as to the course that Is best to
pursue, from a partisan point of view,
in the year Of a national election. The
president believes that a long record of
legislation would be tower of strength
to the party. But the Republicans who
control In congress are disposed to take
the view that the less they do the less
they will have to defend and explain
About the first of next month the cur
rency question will be receiving at
tention in the house.
The appropriation bills, which always
take a good deal of time, are yet to be
considered, and there are a few minor
measures not to be classed as new leg
islation that will come up for attention
1t seems that the policy of the dom
inant party, however, will be as near
ly as possible do-nothing policy, and
the evident object of this is to give as
few opportunities as may be for Re
pubHcans to make blunders and for
Democrats to make political capital in
debates in the two houses.
If the present promise is fulfilled 1t
will be plain enough that the president
is not taken as seriously by congress
as he is by himself and the people
generally. Maybe he has said too much.
A man who can hold his peace save whei:
it is necessary to speak is more likely
to command thoughtful attention than
the one who is constantly writing mes
sages or otherwise endeavoring to whip
congress into action In accordance with
his notions. We shall probably see the
earliest possible adjournment of con-
gress and the least possible completion
Of work by that body. This is a presf
Dental year. and politics must be look
ed to first of all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-19
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR,
[F'rom the New York Press.1

From the New York Press
It's a fool system to decide right after
eating dinner what to have for breakfast.
An economical thing about being mar
ried Is you never have any money IN
waste on yourself
Women start to enjoy a play when thew
begin to tell about 1t afterward to those
who couldn't go.
A man thinks he has a great mind whom
he doesn't slip on the ice because his VIE
made him wear rubbers
The old fashioned way of a girl not
knowing whether she loved a man or NOT
until her father and mother told her fool.
ed everybody but the gir1.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-19

New Yorks legislature proposes to
pass an act assessing an annual tax
of from 50 to So on automobiles. The
money received from this tax Is to be
devoted entirely to the improvement of
the most Travelled roads in the state.
This plan appears to have merit and
might be adopted with good results by
~+Inr CT
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-19

Investigation of the churches of
Chicago by the city authorities has
revealed the fact that many of them
are little less than fire traps, many of
the exits being locked ana bolted dur
ing the services and many edifices be-
ing inadequately provided with
exits. 1t is likely that the same con-
ddtions prevail in the churches in
other cities In the country and such
conditions as these should be
remedded at once.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-19

Senator Ben Tillman has taken an
other verbal fall out Of the president.
He has bitterly denounced Mr.. Roose-
welt for the alleged executive encroach-
ment on legislative power Wewfsh
things were so that Mr.. Roosevelt could
take the floor Of the senate and reply.
His speech would be worth reading.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-19

Everybody hopes that Jere Knode
Cooke. the unfrocked pastor of an
eastern church who clipped to Califor-
nda with a sdxteen-year-old girl, will
have his hope that he will be per-
nlitted to live the life he Is leading
IN peace. Surely the public is
nauseated with the repeated inter
views with him and statements from
him as to the reasons for his rather
objectionable crime. No one cares
q snap whether or not he Is ever
heard from again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-19

double the salary now that they were
able to earn in the vacations they
piled before they so zealo usly sought
the offices they now hold And you
don't hear of any of them not seek
ing a denomination because of the
terribly onerous duties that they have
to discharge
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-19

around the world. Admiral Sperry
has not had his name before the pub
lie quite as much as has some of his
brother officers, but who doubts that
he will discharge the great commits
sion imposed on him with anything
but credit to himself and country?
When has a naval officer Of the
United States ever been found want
ing?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-19

This being a delegate to the Repub-
Hcan national convention is something
of luxury after all. Each delegate
will be assessed 5000 by the national
committee to help pay the expenses of
the convention and in addition he will
have his railroad fare and hotel bills to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-19
RnCkafn11ar


worked out plans for the organization
of a society that will be representa-
tive of all of the Bible classes in the
country. 1t is easy to see in this fact
that the trust instinct in his family
is exceedingly strong in the young
gentleman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-19

1t begins to look as though an ac-
tive press agent was at the bottom of
the serious charges that resulted in
the arrest in New York of Raymond
Hitchcock, the comedian. At the
crucial moment of his trial the i'm
portant girl witness in the case tes-
titled that the story she told to the
grand jury was false and the case
against the actor fell fat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-19

Chances are that If the Popuhsts
nominate Senator La Toilette
as their candi date for presi-
dent an honor will be thrust
upon the brilliant Wisconsin man
that he is not particularly anxious for.
Now if the Republican convention
would thrust the nomination on his
shoulders it would be more to his
liking
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-19

Students in the higher institutions
of learning in Prussia have sub
stituted canes for swords for the de-
cision OF affairs Of honors. They strip
to the waist and then indulge in the
pleasing practice of beating each
other over the head and body with
the canes. It would seem that the
average man would prefer to be
stuck two or three times with a
sword point rather than get beaten
black and blue with a cane.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-19

One OF the ocean liners passed the
mammoth Mauretania at sea the other
night. She was ablaze with lights and
q passenger who saw her fancifully
described the big boat as looking like
city adrift on the sea-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-19

Fighting Bob" Evans is to give
up his charge on May s. after having
performed the monumental task as
signed to him in brilliant fashion
and Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry
will assume command of the great
battleship fleet when 1t continues its
wonderful cruise which will take it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-19

County clerks in this state are 60
ing to ask the next legislature to pass
q bill giving them more pay for the
extra work that is imposed upon
them by the new primary law. It's a
safe statement to say that most Of
me county clerks receive about
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-19

April 10 has been designated by
Governor Hoch as Arbor day. And
It is the duty Of every person who
owns a bit of land to plant one or
more trees or shrubs on 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-19
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is member OF the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news OF
0anlzation for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news is received in The State Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
bose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-19

Let the good work go on. The
solicitors for the $4,000 fund to help
establish a real old-fashioned, but
up-to-date county fair here this fall.
secured $1,000 of it on Tuesday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-19
Flat DwelIers, Ways.

Just to show how thoroughly fiat dwe11-
eres attend to their own business and
keep to themselves lawyer was telling
how two Of the denizens of an apartment
house in this city became acquainted a
few days ago.
20 F. Mann of this city was in Chicago
recently attending a meeting" he said.
land while there he met Mr.. Frey. They
engaged in conversation and found that
both lived in Indianapolis. They compar-
ed notes. They found that they lived on
the same floor in the same flat building,
err These men had never met before,
though they had lived in the Somerset. at
Illinois and St.. Clair streets, for some
time. Can you beat that ?"-Indianapolis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-19
Hardy Newspaper Men.

In forty-eight years no editor has
been received as patient at the Long
view hospital. of Cincinnati, and only
one reporter. In that time the hospital
has treated 2159 housewives, 1,264
Iaborers, 553 domestic servants. $50 9TH
er servants, sos farmers. 249 clerks. al
carpenters, 1875 merchants. 135 tailors.
131 painters, 116 shoemakers. SO cigar
makers. So statesmen, 70 machinists, "a
cabinetmakers, IS teamsters, 30 butch
ers. 80 bakers, 40 coopers, 4S saloon
keepers. Al soldiers, 46 school teachers,
AZ printers, SO lawyers. 80 physicians. 30
firemen, and 2s. policemen.-Boston
Transcript
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-19
The Gargling Season

Get out your best gargle now and
Keep your throat in good shape.
Slaughter the microbes. Learn to
gargle from the opera singer. the
most sensitive of mortals and the
highest priced. Each prima donna
has her spray, each tenor, baritone
and basso-profundo his throat wash.
FAMOUS scientists have invented gar
giles to fit every kind of voice, and the
success OF an artist not infrequently
depends solely upon the correct or in
correct use of this vocal aid It is q
serious question whether Signor SOL
1ini sings as divinely on corned beer
and cabbage as on reed birds, on
spaghetti as on canvasback.
Singers do not give away their Sc
crets of the voice. 1 know, however,
that some Of the tenors and prima
donnas use an astringent gargle
whenever their vocal cords become So
relaxed that very high notes are diff
f1cult to emit. One famous little tenor
used cold tea that had drawn a long
time. Such gargle, though, does
not improve the quality of the voice,
even II it does raise the pitch tenn
York Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-19
Divorces in south Carolina.


In spite of the many efforts that
nave peen made to secure legislation to
authorize the granting of divorces In
our state, South Carolina still stands
On lts Old conservative ideas as to the
marriage relation, and is today the only
state in the union that will not allow
divorces for any cause" said Mr.. M. T.
Hountree, OF Charleston, s. c., at the
Carrollton hotel.
In the reconstruction period. a d.
vorce statute was enacted. but n was
repealed after short trial, in accord
with the general wish Of the people
As between the laxity Of such states as
south Dakota. where the courts used
to grind out divorces wholesale. and the
severity Of our system, 1 think that
south Carolina's way is more in line
with morality and Christianity. One of
the greatest churches has always stood
IN lmplacable hostility to the legal sep
arat1on OF man and wife for any cause.
ana there Is no reason to think its atti-
tude on this question will ever change"
Baltimore Anne rican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-19
Enormous Fire Loss.

p
=, IN the past three years the money losses
py IRE In the United States and Canada
aggregated $3.50, 600 900. This sum is more
h taam one thlrd the total cost of the war
s1 5000 See a. Russia and Japan. It is only
~ 1870 TT, less than the net public debt Of
h 9 o.ited states. 1t is more than one
Ia It OF all the gold in the United States
- IS equal to all the gold in Great Bri-
III saan "a and Austra-Hungary combined It is
S1ooooooe0 more than the net ordinary re-
y; Selpls OF the United States in a year. It
Is nearly equal to the total capital stock.
pa!o IN, or the national banks of the Uni
sea states 1t is SIT, o0o, 600 more than the
Die imports of the United States in a
i var. IL equal to all the gold imported
mtg 10 the United States since 1896
mere has been burned up in the mast
ada as much as equal three-fourths of the
VaIue or all the cotton exported in the
same period. There has been consumed
py IRE IN three years as much as has
t ueen expended in the United States in
e eoIe e. years on its public schools. If the
Soo9ovuU lost by fire in the United States
were were divided between the present popnla-
q elu,a OF the United States the loss wc,ald
alnount TO very nearly $40 for each man,
woman and child
OI course, included in this enormous
Total OF $3.50. 900, 900 is the fearful loss en-
1oae px the san Francisco fire in April
I'D. but. even II we excluded the cost Of
mat CATASTROPHE. the fires of three years
s mCu ~, aggregate in the neighborhood of
staggers belief. Can it be for a moment
questioned that the tremendous waste by
IRE occasioned In these three years CON
lrIputed nightly to the making OF the
panic rom which the country is now suf-
Iering-Wall Street Journal
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-06-18
Will ENTERTAIN.
ST. PAUL JOBBERS
TRAIN WILL BE MET AT MANDAN
BY coMMlTTEEsHoWN THE
SIGHTS OF CAPITAL CITY AND
GIVEN RECEPTION.

President Conklin Of the CONNER
cial club has appointed committee
of five to meet the st. Paul jobbers
at Mandan this afternoon and come
back with them on their special train,
stopping at the bridge and showing
them the government work there, the
water plant and Indian school.
After supper the visitors will be
taken on an automobile trip around
the city, to the state capitol building
and through the residence districts,
returning to the Commercial club
rooms about 8 p. M, where they will
be given concert by the Commercial
club band. Every business man in
town is cordially invited to be at the
club rooms at o'clock and meet the
jobbers, and it has been suggested
that the stores be kept Illuminated
during the evening, as the visitors
will want to see just what we have
here. 4f
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-06-18
A COUNTRY CLUB,

A proposition that has met with a
great deal Of favor is that Of organiz-
ing country club in this city for the
purpose of fostering outdoor sports
and amusements, such as golf, tennis,
etc. For this purpose meeting will
be held in the Commercial club
rooms Thursday, June 25, in the
evening, to which all interested in
such q project are invited. AS now
talked the expense of membership
will be nominal, 50 that all can be
come members without hardship f.
nancially. It is good thing and
ought to meet with general favor.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-06-18
ATTRACTIONS
FOR MARKET DAY
JUNE 2 WILL BE MEMORABLE
FOR BARGAINS AND GOOD
TIME HAD JULY 2.

The committee having in charge the
arrangements for the next Market
day are going to make it hummer.
The stores are going to offer special
bargains in all lines Of merchandise
and the auction sales on the grounds
will again be conducted by T. D..
Hughes, who has made a splendid
success Of the former sales.
There will be change in the auc-
ton sales in that the live stock will
be offered among the first things in
stead of at the last, so there will be
a larger attendance when the stock is
sold and larger number of bidders.
The Commercial Club band will
give one of its free concerts, and this
will last longer than formerly. There
will be free lemonade on the grounds
during the afternoon so the thirsty
ones may sprinkle the dust in their
throats. There will be another free
show at one Of the theaters, and the
committee is trying to make arrange
ments for another attraction which
will please all the visitors from the
country. It has not yet been decided
what this will be, but everyone may
be sure Of having fine time and
something doing all the time. Don't
forget the date, Thursday, July 2, at
Bismarck.
The farmers and their wives are
invited to bring in their produce for
sale on the Market day grounds, as
it will be freely advertised in town
that this produce will be there for
sale, and the townspeople will fur.
nish a ready market for the eggs,
vegetables, etc, brought in.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-06-18
Advertising for Federal Building
Sites

Treasury Department, Office of the Secretary,
Washington, D. c., June 4, 1908.
Proposals will be received, to be opened
at 2 p. M, July Z, 1908, for the sale or
suitable site, centrally and convenient
ly located, for the federal building
70 be erected in Bismarck, North Dakota.
a corner lot Of Approximately I6ox147 feet,
IS required Each proposal must give the
price, the character of foundations obtain.
able, the proximity of street cars, sewer, gas
and water mains, etc, and must be accom-
panied by diagram indicating the principal
street the north point, the dimensions and
grades of the land, the widths and paving
OF adjacent streets and alleys, whether the
alleys are public private, and whether or
not the city owns land occu led BY Sidewalks.
The vendor must pay all expenses connected
with furnishing evidence Of title and deeds
OF conveyance. improvements on the prop.
erty must be reserved by the vendor; but
pending the commencement of the federal
building they may remain on the land upon
payment of reasonable ground rent The
grantor must, however, remove ali improve.
ments on thirty days notice SO TO do. The
right to reject any proposal is reserved.
Each proposal must be sealed, marked "Pro.
posal for Federal Building Site at Bisrnarck.
North Dakota, and mailed to the Sccretary
Of the Treasury Supervising Architect),
Washington, p. E. No special form of pro.
posal is required or provided
GEO. B. CoRTELYOU,
Secretary.