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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-24
AYHAWKER JOTS

Garden City has put speed limit
on horses as well as autos of ten miles
an hour. z57 ei- Ae
A visitor stopped in front OF the new
science building at the Salina Wesleyan
university and asked: rs that where
people study to become Christian Sci
entists?'
One-fourth of all the cases on the
Mitchell county district court docket
are divorce cases. Mitchell county has
almost reached the place where affini-
ties appear, thinks the Salina Journal
The Meade Globe complains that it's
part of Kansas is being infested with
the Russian thistle. And the Wichita
Beacon thinks that this is an indirect
appeal for help to the Democratic mas
cot.
Mrs. Sarah wilkins, of Atchison
county. seems to be making a bid for
the title of land baroness of the state
She recently purchased alarm and that
brings the total number of farms she
owns up to Al and none of them are
small ones.
"A Great Bend woman who is away
on a visit writes home every few days
and every letter makes the request
that the lawn be moved before her
return. She knows how the men who
are baching look after things" says
the Tribune.
Wichita has a rather unusual pris-
oner in her city Jail. He refuses to
leave ii until he has served out SEN
tence of ten days. There's method in
his apparent madness, however. The
authorities wish to arraign him in
court on another charge.
The city council of Ottawa wants to
purchase steam roller. Billy Nor
gan's paper, the Hutchinson News
| suggests that it borrow the one used
by Mr.. Stubs. Mr. Morgan Is GER
tainly qualified to speak of, the efficacy
of this particular crusher.
Hutchinson is asking for little fame
because one of her residents, j. G.
Hedrick, was witness to the accident
the other day at Fort Myer. This fact
! leads to the question: rs there any
thing that happens on the face of the
earth that is not seen by a Kansan or
participated in by one?'' 1t seems not
Salina boys think they are being
grievously Disseminated against in ia
vor of the squirrels. Oakdale park, one
| of the local pleasure grounds is fairly
| teeming with walnuts. also with squir-
rels, and the park board won't permit
the boys of the town to, gather the
| nuts. The squirrels are to. have the
call on them for their winter food sup
ply. Sd -r.-..-.-.. p ~.
Every family says the Lindsborg
News. should have a. curfew which
should positively ring tonight and
every night If needed. These curfews
are inexpensive and are homemade.
| Take a piece of siding two feet long
and white one end down to a handle;
| take the child that needs the curfew
and bend it over a barrel. Now take
| the siding in hand and use it as a clap
| per. Put it on hot. divide the strokes
| evenly and see that none miss. Good
| for a boy or girl up to the age of Is,
and three applications are warranted
| to cure the most pronounced case of
| lOaflnR that exists.
| ISIS aid to be finer than singing Where
| is My Wandering Boy Tonight?' -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-24
FIRST. COFFEE; NOW COTTON.

1t is just as was to be expected. Fol-
lowing hard on the heels of the Brazil
ian vaIorization plan for sustaining the
price of coffee by the governments
buying the surplus and holding it for
what may be considered a fair. price.
in order to protect the planters, the
idea has taken root in the United
states and cotton planters in Louisiana
and elsewhere are on edge to try a
similar experiment. Tired of having
spectators. rush in, after the cotton
crop had left the hands of producers.
buying it up and cornering the prod
uct to their own advantage, southern
cotton interests have taken leaf out
of the book which Brazil has studied
and are actually proposing to corner
cotton stocks for their own advantage,
by and with the proposed aid of state
credit and management.
The project is to have the Southern
Cotton association, backed by the New
Orleans Cotton exchange, lend an in
fuence to having New Orleans and
Louisiana unite their credit and finan-
ciaI ability in the building of a huge
warehouse at the Crescent city on the
banks of the Mississippi, one large
enough to contain the whole cotton
| crop, If necessary, in which, is prices
of cotton are not satisfactory. the yield
may be stored and warehouse certifi-
Gates issued against it. They desire
that this storage plan be in the nature
of a public utility. not private enter
| prise; that the state or the state and
city, issue bonds needed in order 10
raise the money required to erect the
warehouse plant so that the cost of
maintenance and operation may be
| reduced to a minimum, as they put it,
! This overlooks, of course. the fact that
! the interest on the projected bonds
would have to be paid and that such a
charge would amount to the return
| that private capital would expect from
a like undertaking.
But waving all that, the parallel
with the Brazilian scheme is more
than noteworthy. The state of Sac
Paulo in Brazil has erected coffee
warehouses and issued bonds to get
| the funds to do so and to buy coffee
SURPRISES. besides which it puts up the
coffee itself as security, and in addi-
| ton thereto has the guaranty of the
republic of Brazil to recommend the
enterprise to the good will of Ameri-
can and European banking and i'm
porting houses which have advanced
| $75,00O.000 to finance the experim ent
of a state cornering its chief agricul-
| tural product in aid Of its farmers.
/. When the time comes. many think,
that the productivity of Brazilian soil
outruns the ability of Brazil to borrow
| money-and who will suspect the
Brazilian planter of keeping his crops
| small when he has an assured market
| for all he can raise Then Will the
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floods of coffee. if not of anything else.
descend upon that benighted Brazilian
scheme and the whole inverted pyra-
mid plan topple.
Evidently the attitude of the Brazil
ian planters is. 'after US the deluge."
and they have sized it about right. AS
for the American cotton planter, he
seems not to be able to be satished
until he can get the state, or some
state, If not the government, to guar
antee him an unlimited market for his
one great staple at high prices, leaving
it to the state to recoup itself the best
way it can. The state will have the
cotton and may be allowed to fight its
own way out, of course. But why not
be logical and have wheat and corn
warehouses, warehouses for all the
leading agricultural products oper-
ated by states, with a like scheme in
view? If one would be a good thing,
why not all of them? Then there are
shoes, and calico, and pig iron, and
steel. putty, and copper and host Of
other manufactured, or partially
manufactured articles and products
which the makers or miners might
think ought to be taken, care of SINH
larry In fact, as the clergyman re-
marked who had gotten to seven
teenthly," to the infinite JOY of his
congregation. "this opens up another
wide vista before u.s."
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his late fiancee, and one strong hand
drew her head to his shoulder.
Peggy withdrew herself with ~.
frightened cry. How dare you. Sir \
she said Indignantly. She was
oblivious to the traces of tears on her
pink cheeks.
''oh. come now. Peggy entreated
Holcomb; 81 know you didn't mean
what you said and
Bessie Dane has told me of her
engagement to you. Bob" said Peggy
Jelly,
Engagement! To Bessie? Fudge!".
said Holcomb weakly. ''Why-ot
course-she is engaged to Bob Mills;
He's staying over at Beechcroft ana
rode over here this morning and l
guess they fixed 1t up then. Seen her
ring?"
Peggy nodded. There was a sing
ing in her heart and she wondered II
Bob could hear it.
Trashy looking ring" commented
Holcomb, fumbling in his pocket
then he drew forth a leather case
and extracted a ring, the conventional
engagement ring-a large solitaire.
finger, he said tenderly:
Now, most people would say it was
Just like a hundred other, engage
ment rings--but it isn't. There isn't
another ring like it in the world.
Peggy, because it means that we are
betrothed with it. 1t means that our
love will always overcome any fool
ish Observation-Disclosures Eth, Peggy
darling?" he murmured as he slipped
his arm around her waist.
And Peggy smiled assent with a
light of new understanding in her
Copyrighted, 1908, by Asso-
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-24
FRON OTHER PENS
THE JOY OF BEING OUT OF DEBIT

THE JOY OF BEING OUT OF DEBT.
King Edward, of England, has al
ways been a man of gracious manners,
but this season, it. is said, he exhibits
extraordinary geniality to everyone
with whom he come in contact, and
the reason assigned for it is interest
ing. 1t is that for the first time since
he came to the throne the king is out
of debt The burden which has been
lifted from him, it. this report be true
is one that he has carried for many
years more than he has borne the re-
sponsibilities of the crown.
He has always been generous
liver, but his scale of expenditure as
prince of Wales was not entirely due
to extravaganza. His mother was
noted among the sovereigns of Europe
for prudence in financial matters She
was not mean, but was economical
approaching the value of money and
never wasting it. Upon occasion she
would give from her private purse,
as she did when her heart was touched
by the calamity of the Chicago fire,
but she never lavished. After the
death of her eonsort, she withdrew
herself to large extent from public
functions, and this threw responsible
ties upon the prince of Wales. in the
direction of expenditures for the en-
tertatnment of foreign visitors and for
many other public functions, which
he never shirked., He incurred debt
after debt, and though parliament did
something for his relief it's grants fell
short of setting him free.-Milwaukee
Wisconsin
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago News.


Most men who fail had good inten-
tons
Don't kick unless your feet are well
protected.
1t takes stock manipulators to
transform water into money
With some people money is an eff
fective substitute for brains.
Learn to paddle your own canoe-if
you can't afford a motor boat.
The average woman doesn't seem
to have any use for a pretty man.
Many a man looks for work only
where he is reasonably sure of not
finding 1t.
Nothing pleases a woman more than
an opportunity to hand man infor-
nation
Women miss a lot of choice gossip
by not having to await their turn in
g barber shop.
BY looking for little faults in others
man manages to overlook a lot of
big ones in himself
1t sometimes happens that a man
who has good aim in life gets his ell
bow joggled by some fool friend
When a man finds but a lone nickel
in his pocket for car fare downtown in
the morning it's sign that his wife
is interested in frenzied finance.
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STOCKS AND GRAIN.

For the first time since the cam
paign opened, Wall street had a
touch OF politics last week. The at
tack comes every presidential year
about this time and is not of especial
| importance. Tho disturbance last
week is attributed to the Maine cleo
ton. Whatever Wall street thought
regarding the results of that election.
1t kept steadily to its faith in Taft and
Sherman, as the betting showed. Be
tween now and November one may
look at any time for market move
ments that can be explained only from
the political viewpoint.
AS for strictly commercial and fin
ancial news, there was little to affect
the market. About all that there was
concerned the Hartman securities.
For long time these stoekn have
been very strong. The general belief
was that their strength foreshadow-
cd action of exceptional importance
by tho Hartman directors. Wall
street assumed that the formation of
a great securities company to hold the
investment stocks and bonds which
are owned by the Hartman railroads
would be announced. This, it was
said. would remove all cause fsr &C
ton by the government though no one
was thoughtful enough to explain
how. But whether It would or not,
Mr.. Hartman himself quickly ended
the gossip by announcing that no such
company would be formed. for the
present, at least. Such a corporation
would not be like the Northern Securi-
ties company, which the United States
supreme court dissolved, as it would
take over only the investment business
of the Hartman companies.
In two ways there happens just now
to be an Ill wind that is blowing good
TO the farmers. The exceptional. hot
and dry weather which Is making
forest fires destructive is doing it's part
in pulling the corn crop to high fig
ures. 1t is probable that eighty per
cent of the corn crop which is grow
ing will be harvested, which will
mean an exceptional crop, though one
considerably under the record. Wheat
prices which have been soaring be-
cause of Europe's shortage are still
stronger on the report of the cholera
epidemic in Russia. While Europe's
losses mean gains for the American
growers of wheat and corn, it is also
true that they mean some loss for
American consumers. There is not
enough grain this year to supply
Europe and, at the same time, keep
prices down. Secretary Wilson of the
federal department of agriculture dis
cussed this matter in an enlightening
way several weeks ago. He gave fig
ures to prove his. point. No one is to
blame for this situation.
While exchange has. been running
close to the gold exporting point, no
one appears to fear that gold actually
will be shipped either to Europe or to
South America on European account.
Still, If gold must go. this country is
abundantly able to spare it. Rates
for money are somewhat higher, but
there appears to be little likelihood Of
any further important increase this
wear
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QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
[From the Philadelphia Record.


Even the charity that begins at home
is sometimes wasted.
1t is hard for a man to practice
economy and be popular.
The woman who is always changing
her mind is apt to wear it out.
How can a bride be self-possessed
when she is being given away?
AS a rule marriage either forms a
mans character or reforms 1t.
The laborer is worthy of his hire. but
he generally wants it higher.
In fishing for compliments it is Just
as well to bait your hook with one.
Just because a man is a light sleeper
it doesn't follow that he can't sleep in
the dark.
No. Maude, dear; we have never
heard that hare lip was just as lucky
as a rabbits foot.
Some men are always anxious to do
other people good, and some will d }
them any old way.
Hoax-"Did you ever notice that
when a girl is nervous she always bites
her hps2" Joax-"Not always; some
times she chews her gum
Never put off till tomorrow what
you can do today quoted the Wise
Guy That's right" added the Simple
Mug; the chances are you will have
an opportunity to do it all over again
tomorrow, anyhow"
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Shortcomings OF MILITIA OF
FTCERS

The commissary officers of the army
on duty at the maneuver camp at
Pine Camp. N. Y, have submitted
some pertinent suggestions with rela-
ton to the appointment of militia Of
ficers to duty with the commissary de-
partment. In an official report it is
stated that the majority of the COM
miSsary officers were evidently ap-
pointed for some other reason than
ability to perform their duties. Some
were afraid to assume the RESPONSE
bilities of their position, while others
showed ignorance of elementary arith-
metic, which was a serious handicap
in the performance of the work al
lotted to them.
In this connection the report COM
mends the appointment of First Lieu
tenant John c. Whitaker. Second regi-
ment, National guard OF the District
Of Columbia, as an assistant in the
commissary department, which was
done by permission of the
war department. This officer
was in camp from the 1st to the 18th
of July, and was employed in all parts
Of the commissary and obtained a
good Observation-Disclosures Her
aid.
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GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.

IFrom the Atchison Globe.l
More than half the men believe that
the homo should be in the woman's
name.
Ask a man how to spell a hard
word, and note the look of perplexity
on his face.
When two men are life long friends,
each man thinks 1t is largely due to
his forbearance.
Tuesdays excuse why a man fails to
achieve greatness, is a great deal like
Mondays, but he doesn't know it.
Somehow, a barefooted woman al
ways shocks man. A man knows a
woman has feet. but he hates to see
them.
II you give a boy a red wagon. don't
give to yourself at the same time the
right to criticise him for what he does
with it.
When two members of the same
family meet in the street, they always
seem to have something disagreeabIe
to talk about.
When a man is out of job and you
ask him what he intends doing, he
always replies: "I have three or four
good offers, and haven't decided which
one to accept"
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REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR.
From the New York Press. I

LFrom the New York Press.
There's nothing most girls can ao-
pear SO perfectly natural at as being
artificial.
Successful men don't seem to give
their friends the same valuable adj
vice they give themselves.
Inc trouple with people who have
S eo,. sense Is tney are deadly dull
80 "a 80. .scoInlorting tnlng about being
ma Lieu ls,you haven't any more mis-
takes of that kind to make. for the
present
A man is sometimes modest enough
70 ADMIT that the reason he doesn't
know more Is 1t isn't worth knowing.
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

One of the real necessities for family
prayers Is a family.
The weather may be said to be of a
modern pugilistic turn when it is
windy.
y -
1t must be admitted that in some in
stances, at least, breach OF promise
money has it's advantages over ALI
mony. ag.f-4aeffr as=r-T
Y n ~ ,.-.~. g,
From the way some folks let the COL
lection plates pass by it Is evident that
they have only praise for the minister.
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Among the real optimists must be set
down the fellows who think on pay day
that they are going to have several
dollars left when the next one rolls
around.
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The Standard Oil company may be
furnishing the sinews of war for the
Democrats as Mr.. Hearst charges but
IL it is, things seem to point that Mr..
Bryan has not been acquainted with
these facts. In a recent speech at
Buffalo he paid his respects to Mr..
RockefeIler's private octopus by call
ing It 1.-THE most ancient of the offend
ers against the law and morals" He
also accused 1t of employing every
form of oppression and having been
a conspicuous corrupter of officials
and public opinion.
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is sent to him by admiring Democrats
from all over the country. He is to
be. given by Mr.. Bryan to the county
showing the biggest gain in votes for
the Democratic ticket And from that
time on his station In life will I'M
doubtedly be a meek and Iowly one
for county has no place to look af--
ter a mule unless it be at the county
Door farm
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enough

A popularity of a petition filed in the
Illinois courts in suit which has been
brought to wipe off the new state wide
primary law from the statute books on
the ground that it is unconstitutional
is the fact that no grounds are set
forth as to how the law offends the
constitution in any way. The chances
are that there are no good and sufficient
reasons but that the suit has been
brought on the general theory that the
primary law is inimical to the interests
of party bosses and their machines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-24

Some terse rules for success in life
have been laid down recently by Will
liam Rockefeller. They are: Work
save your money, live clean" In his
endeavors to be brief Mr.. Rockefeller
probably thought it unnecessary to
amplify his first admonition, work"
along the lines that have permitted his
brother John D. and himself to save
such magnificent fortunes, magnificent
because OF their size. II he had he
would undoubtedly have said Work
everybody and everything to the limit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-24

Gems owned by European queens
pale before those of the supreme
queen of Siam. She has huge safe
or casket, the nandicraft of London
firm, in which repose marvellous neck
lets, pendants, bracelets. and anklets
of diamonds, rubies, emeralds, pearls.
and opals. The second queen owns a
scarcely inferior casket. and each of
the other wives has her own special
hoard. The national jeweler has a
standing order for 100000 worth of
jewelry to be delivered to the king
every year, much of which is dis
tributed among the favorites of his
harem.-Woman's Life.
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There's plenty of evidence floating
around now that the Republican
leaders have already picked out the
goat" on whose hide will be tackled
the burdens for defeat in the event
that the Republican candidates are
unsuccessful at the polls. His name
IS Hitchcock and he is chairman of
the Republican national committee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-24

Not so many years ago, say thirty,
the telephone was little more than a
dream and for a long time after it
was perfected 1t was decided lux
ury. Now that 1t is a crying necessity
and one which civilized people can
not we'll get along without is best evil
denced by the business prostration in
Paris which has developed because of
the destruction by fire of the big
central telephone exchange in that
city. And the wonder naturally arises
as to how Paris got along before tele-
phones came into general use?
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Mr.. Bryan's mule. which glories in
the name of Major MINI A. Mascot,
certainly has a righteous kick coming.
In his present position he is a most
favored beast. being the recipient OF
unusual attention in the way of fancy
fodder and ornamental harness which
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The Republicans in Kansas are
getting deeper and deeper into the
political pickle brine because of their
advocacy of a plan for guaranteeing
bank deposits. Governor Hoch gem
erously furnished the Chicago News
with an article on the guaranty of
bank deposits and 1t has made such a
hit with the Democratic national COM
mittee that it is having one million
copies OF the piece printed for dis
tribution as campaign material. The
chances are that Mr.. Hoch had no in
tention or idea of furnishing his
political rivals with such valuable
ammunition.
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THE CASE OF HIRAM PErrrNGILI,

THE CASE OF HIRAM PETTINGILL
Most curious man I ever knew was HI
ram PettingilI;
He run for Office here one time against
Adolphus Hill:
campaign was hot. tell you what: there
wasn't none could say
Which side was likely to get in: but Hi
ram won the day
Most curious man I ever knew. was long
and lank and lean
And when he started in to run his past
was clear and clean;
he made lot. of pronaises-a common
thing, you know;
The Candidate must promise well who
hopes to stand a show
MOST curious man I ever knew; when
Hiram had got in
He done just what he'd said he'd do If
he'd the luck to win;
Kept every promise that he'd made: but
let me tell thu end;
He served one term and then got mt with
not single friend
Chicago Record Herald
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Mr.. Bryan's request that President
Roosevelt substantiate his charges that
Governor Haskell was ever in the en-
ploy of the Standard Oil company and
was connected with an attempt to
bride or influence Mr.. Monnett, the at
torney general of Ohio, to dismiss suits
pending against that company, will
strike most people as being fair
enough .a-- .---- 81.