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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-03
TAFT DAY.

Today will go down in the political
history of Topeka, which is replete
with big events. as Taft day. And it
will probably occupy as large page
as any of the many unusual political
occurrences of the past for which the
city has long been famous.
The great outpouring of people pays
homage to the Republican candidate
for president, and gives Mr.. Taft a
reception this evening that he Will
long remember.
This is as it should be. For, William
Howard Taft Is one of the big men of
the nation. not alone physically. but
in every way that goes to make a
great man Even if he were not the
candidate for president Of one of the
illustrious political parties of the coun-
try. he would be worthy of the largest
possible testimonial of interest and es-
TEEN from the people of this or any
other locality, for he has already dis
tinguished himself as a man among
men in the legion of good works he
has administered as servant of the
people of this country in various ca
pacities. He has never been found
wanting. Whenever he has been tried.
and many of his positions have been
onerous, he has left behind him a
record for work we'll done that would
be a credit to any man, or any number
Of them, just as it is of inestimable
| credit to him.
| But added lustre IS given to the
man. of course, in these times of poll
teal strife because OF the position he
occupies in the national campaign.
The people of the country had long
known of Taft as an able and brilliant
man before he was even mentioned as
' a presidential possibility. During the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-03

past few weeks they have had occa-
sion to become better acquainted with
Taft, the man, to meet him in more
intimate relations than they had be-
fore, and Mr.. Taft has lost nothing by
this hard test to which he has been
subjected. In fact, If the reports from
the places he has visited recently are
to be credited, and there Is no reason
why they should not be, Mr.. Taft has
gained strength greatly in the estima-
tons of the people he has come in con-
tact with. A mere sight of him is
enough to encourage confidence in
him. And this confidence is strength
ned BY the fearless and effective way
IN which he discusses the great issues
of the campaign. Men may differ as
to politics, parties and principles, but
there are few. regardless of their po-
litical convictions, who, If they gave
honest expression to their opinions.
would not say that they feel that the
destinies Of this, or any other govern
ment, would be extremely safe in the
hands of Mr.. Taft, Just as there are
many who disagree politically with Mr..
Bryan but who do not think that his
election would mean the humiliation
Of the governmental structure of the
country.
Perhaps there is no better index to
the magnitude of the caIiber of the
man, who is to be Topeka's guest to-
day, than his statement concerning a
proposed deal in Ohio politics which
was to assure him that states support
for the presidential nomination when
he said: Ell don't care for the presi-
dency If 1t has to come by compromise
in a matter of principle"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-03

were tired of me that 1 didn't dare
speak. Oh, you see what a misunder-
standing it was, Ruth. And now, and
now, you have strayed into greener
fields and have promised"
But I haven't promised" she
cried
His face was illumined.
II told him 1 must think about
it, But, oh, Roger, it was because
couldn't separate my future from
yours"
Dearest dear" he murmured
softly as the waitress came with their
salad and cheese and black coffee, and
after and they made pretense OF
eating.
But presently Ruth said:
We'll live in that little apartment
that overlooks the settlement court
yard, and I'll take a mothers class
in cooking and you shall talk with
the men, and everything will be worth
while, Roger"
And Roger, his glance coming
back from the open window, through
which he could see the crowded
street, where Jew and Greek and
italian and Slav mingled, to the face
of his beloved, bent forward inn
petuously.
Everything is worth while" he
said, with a wonderful smile iightins
his fine countenance, everything Is
worth while, when love is the in
spiration!" copyrighted, 1908, by
Associated Literary Press.)
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AYHIWKER JOTy

Some of the farmers complain that
too many candidates attend the coun-
try sales. They entertain the crowds
SO completely that the auctioneers
of the buyers and interfere with the
bidding. Courant
A Socialist speaker made the asser-
ton at meeting in Douglass last
week that the bankers wear silk hose.
Steve Brandon, the Butler county
audience and proceeded to show the
boys that he had on cotton sox and they
were not even fancy. The speaker,
noticing commotion, asked what was
the matter. Steve replied, 81 am just
showing the people my sox and prov
ing what you said was not true" The
speaker said, ct did not mean any
thing personal" and the meeting pro-
ceeded.
1t never rains but It pours when 1t
comes to newspapers. Blue Rapids
has shuffled along a good many years
with one paper, and the people didn't
seem really to suffer for more. A
couple of weeks ago a pair of strang-
ers from Nebraska blew in and started
a second paper; and last Friday an
other man arrived with a rubber
stamp and pair of shears and an
nounced that he would establish a
third. There are more cheerful
idiots in the newspaper business than
the Emporia Gazette.
The Hiawatfa World, in telling of
a recent meeting of the Saturday club,
says: Mrs. d. w. Wilder told of the
early days in 1858, when she and her
father and mother drove from Atchi-
son to the little town of Kennekuk,
where Horton now stands, twenty-five
miles, in a covered wagon. She said
the prairies were just a mass of beau
tiful flowers as far as you could see,
and she and her father walked miles,
gathering flowers, and in all that dis
lance there was not tree to be seen
| only at once place, where there was
little grove called Mormon grove.
She said cornbread and molasses were
part of their daily living. and amid all
| the hard times of drouth and grass
| hoppers they had their happy times.
| She remembered coming to Hiawatha
to party in the old court house. R.
S. Fairchild was her escort. Mr.. and
Mrs. Dave Rabbit. Mr.. and Mrs. Ira
]. Lacock. none of them were mar
ried, all danced in the same set, and
when they swung their partners on the
| corners they did 1t with as much zeal
and were Just as happy as the boys
and girls of the prosperous times"
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Heir to Great Fortune.

Young John Nicholas Brown. the $10,-
100000 Baby Brown and the pros
pective heir to several millions more as
his fathers share from his grandmoth-
er, Mrs. John Carter Brown, is tho
widest known S-year-old in the country
today. Baby Brown was hurried off to
Europe last winter to escape suspected
kidnapperS, where he Travelled through
England and the south of France. In
Paris, Mrs. Brown visited her sister,
the Countess d'Osmay (Susan Dresser,
and there Baby Brown played with his
little cousin with the long name,
Elizabeth Georgette Marie Valentine,
Viscountess d'Osmay.
The little fellow has come to be known
In Piccadilly, in London, and in the
Champs Elysees, of Paris. great
change has come over Baby Brown
within the past year, for he regards
himself no longer Baby Brown. but
Master Nicholas Brown. This summer
he is decked out in silk knickerbockers,
patent leather ties, sack coat Buster
Brown collar, red necktie, light colored
English walking topcoat, and with this
get-up he carries a walking stick. and
is attended always by a nurse and q
private detective.
His daily life is somewhat methodi-
cal, for Mrs. Brown wants her son to
| be well and strong, and as one of the
means toward that end he has to dis
| pose of quart of cream daily. In the
| course of the day he has four meals,
but not heavy ones. He has luncheon
with his French nurse, and for a boy
with so many millions 1t is a simple
one, such as soup, fish and fruit. He
| takes dinner with his mother Each
forenoon the lad goes horseback riding
with two mounted attendants. one on
each side. In the afternoon he drives
/ for a while with his mother, after first
calling upon his grandmother. who is
very feeble and expects her grandson
every day, without fail.
For amusement before going to bed
Baby Brown may go to the playroom
and start up his imported moving pic
lures. This about comprises the only
| daily routine. If it varies it is only In
nonessentials. If he attends Emmanuel
church with his mother on Sunday. he
is accompanied by the nurse and
Waterman just the same. Mrs. Browns
| instructions are, Never take your
eyes off Johnny, you can never tel
what might happen."-Newport dis.
patch to New York World.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IFrom the Chicago News.1
His satanic majesty finds flirting for
idle girls to do.
Beware of a suspicious mas; he's
apt to Judge others by himself.
Take with a grain of salt what
man says about his side of the case.
Many an operation is due to the fact
that the doctor needs the money.
The greatness that is thrust upon
man is apt to annoy his neighbors.
We all make mistakes. but there IS
no excuse for making the same mis-
take repeatedly.
You can believe every word an non
est gambler tells you-but the oiih-
Guilty lies in finding one.
How a man does hate to be calleu
down by a woman when he is repeat
ing a choice bit of gossip!
Ever notice how much easier ~ Is
to get up early in the morning wheh
you do not have to go to work?
1t sometimes happens that a mar
tells the truth because he Is unable 70
think Of an appropriate substitute on
the spur of the moment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-03
THE MODERN CARRIER.

There is something at home that keeps
crying,
With the funniest kind of squeak;
In bundle by mamma it's lying,
And they Just let me in for peek.
When 1 asked them to tell me how they
caught 1t
The nurse walks me out by the ear.
And she says that an aerop1ane brought
it
But know that storl left me here.
have looked all around for some traces,
But / can't find the least bit of proof,
So s. pose 1t was due other places
And just dropped him down on our
roof;
And though nurse and most all of the
others
Declare that it's true. it looks queer
For an airship to peddle new brothers
When 1 know that a stork brought me
here
Well, guess that I'll have to believe It,
Because they all say it is so;
But twas mean in the fellow to leave it
And never let anyone know.
My it seems like the funniest thing; it
Perplexes for how can 1T be
Taht the aeroplane fellow should bring It,
When the stork is the one that brought
me.
New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-03

The announcement made by Profess
sor Irving Fisher of Yale university.
that the white plague has a death grip
on 100000 Americans is startling to
say the least. And there's no denying
the fact that the tuberculosis congress,
IN session at Washington and before
which Professor Fisher made his SEN
sational remarks. is most timely and
much good should result from it. The
opinion is expressed by experts that
consumption, IL properly attacked in
the early stages. can be cured and that
81 proper steps are taken its spread
can be materially curtailed. Certainly
II this is so. the health authorities OF
each and every community in the land
ought not to spare either pains or ex-
pense to grapple effectively with this
scourge.
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QUAKER fluctuations.
[From the Philadelphia Record.

lPTOm the Fnllduelpnla RECORD
Love will find a way, but 1t can't
always pay the way.
Blobbs-'wigwag says he never
tells the truth" Slobbs-"Oh, he's a
liar!"
The fellow who is out for the dough
should know which side his bread is
buttered on.
The earth revolves on its axis. which
proves that there is enough of 1t to
go around.
The only idea some people have Of
sincerity is to say disagreeable things
to their friends.
Even the man who is thankful for
what he gets often forgets to be
thankful for what he doesn't get.
No, Maude, dear, we have never
heard that the employees of rubber
factory ever worked IL hours at
stretch.
Virtue is its own reward" quoted
the Wise Guy. "Yes, but that doesn't
influence a man to be a good thing"
added the Simple Mug.
Sillicus-"Do you believe with OAR
win that man descended from the
monkey" Cynicus-"Well, believe
it's a poor rule that won't work both
ways"
Wigg-"How long has the weather
bureau been established?" Wagg-
For centuries. / imagine. At any
rate, the Bible speaks Of false
prophets"
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GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.l

IF'rom the Atchison Globe.1
When a carpenter wants a rest, he
files his saw.
Every night we feel like saying:
well, where has the day gone TOT"
No man with a small income has
lived consistently If he has the dys-
peDsia.
We are all inclined to waste too
much powder when the enemy is not
in sight.
An Atchison prohibitionist will only
permit a water spaniel dog to stay
at his house.
Necessity will make the dumbest
man eloquent. When a dog gets hun
cry, he can as good as talk.
Nearly every man has a grievance
against his wife because she doesn't
say oftener that he is overworked.
Answer to correspondent: An engag-
ed man has no more right to call on
young girls than a married man.
NO" every man admits, when he
pretty, but then, somehow. I am diff
ferent."
Men who go in society a great deal.
seldom get married. They haven't
enough left. after paying for the car
riages and flowers, to afford it.
If a woman says something dis
creditable Of herself, in the presence
of her husband. and he doesn't deny
1t, in three days she will say he said
It.
1t is every real young wife's belief
that a husband goes home at noon to
kiss his wife. the dinner being only an
Incidental happening while he Is there.
And here is where trouble begins.
Parents should exert themselves to
save a little money to keep them in
old age. 1t will save their children
the trouble and expense of shipping,
them from one child to another. Old
people who are poor. seldom have a
steady home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-03

Surely there can be no truth In the
report that certain Democrats have
actually made plans to break up the
Taft meeting at the Auditorium to-
night by packing the hall with rowdies
who are under instructions to inter-
rupt Mr. Taft's speechmaking in every
conceivable way. When Mr.. Bryan
why In this city he was treated in
a most courteous manner by the
crowds which greeted him, in which
were many Republicans. Mr.. Taft is
entitled to the same sort of treatment
and he will probably get It, for Tope-
kans, regardless of their political affil-
iations, have ever given evidence of
being imbued with a decided spirit of
fair play.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-03

With his case given up by the can
Ger experts of worcester and Boston,
W. L. Davis. of Worcester. believes
that he will soon be restored to COM
plete health through the simple appli-
cation of live frogs, with which ply
stefan is now treating the disease.
Hundreds of physicians and scien-
fists through the east who have heard
or the remarkable frog experiment
upon Mr.. Davis are today watching
with the deepest interest what is be-
feved may prove to be the long-sought
cure for cancer.
By the application of few dozen
live bullfrogs in relieving his mouth
and blood of the poison germs of the
cancer the swelling inside the lower
part of Mr.. Davis mouth and the up
per throat has been so relieved that
the wealthy druggist is now entirely
free from immediate danger, and it is
| believed that he will soon be COM
pletely restored.
Twice daily one of these little green
| and white victims to science is brought
| In to restore the sick man to health.
Mr.. Davis was taken i'll some time
ago. Being a wealthy man he was
able to secure the best of medical aid,
| but after having tried several of the
best experts of the state, with the only
result that the glands on one side of
his throat had to be removed. and his
case then seemed unimproved, he be-
gan to believe the statement of the
| physicians as to the hopelessness of
his case
AS last resort he determined to try
the frog treatment which he had
heard Of.
A boy was employed to catch a
dozen of the animals, and the first ex-
pertinent was recently made at his
home. At the time Mr.. Davis throat
was in such a condition that breathing
had already become difficult and it
was believed that he could live but
a few days.
The initial experiment with the frog
succeeded with such results that after
two of the animals had given up their
lives Mr.. Davis was enabled to get his
breath comfortably, the Inflammation
caused by the virus of the cancer APP
peared to have strangely subsidized. Mr..
Davis could also take food more COM
fortably than he had done for months.
Today Mr.. Davis, while he is not en-
tirely cured, is considered to be bet
ter than when experts were first sum-
moned to treat his case.-Boston Post.
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~gN GRtB RWHSa @N

To Looie Linkenfusser, alleged politi-
cianizer. Greetings. Looie:
Here ISIS hoping dot by dis time you
hat discofered dot you are nod Id,
but someding else, und iss ready to
Hssen to reason. Efer skince you saw
Misder Taft peek oudt ouf Pullman
wagon vich he vas riding on a pass
you haf peen saturated, permeated
und soaked. NIT der idocity dot you
vas politicianizer. Forgotten i'd,
Looie. You ISIS a cipher NIT der rim
remoofed. Fer why? Veil, vot do you
know aboudt Standard Oil, anyway
Show me Won red pitching, er any
oder small coin, vich der Standard
efer. gate you. Und sdill you half der
nerfe to tink you ISIS Won uf der real
vons. Honesd, Looie, pefore you can
efen dake oudt a stack of vite vons,
you musd hat receifed ad leasd $10,-
600 from Misder Rockingfiller's diff
dends. Fer insticncts, dere ISIS Misder
Haskell, uf Uglyhomy, vot nefer
amounted to a nigg1e-plated cuss I'M
dill he atfertised dot he mad asked und
receifed uf der Standard Oil prifate
fund. Since making hiss startling an
nouncemendt, he hat occupied der top
ouf der page negst und adjacent to
pure reading matter. und hat peen
spoken uf by ad leasd four of der Big
Vons. Looie, uf you MUSD be a poll
ticianizer. go py der railroad yards
down, bore a hole in a tank-car, und
steal Iiddle uf der glorious fluid. You
cannod make goot unless you hat sold
der Standard combany someding vich
i'd nefer receifed.
But how would you like to be der
ice-man? / refer, uf course, to Misder
Hitchcock, vich hat peen called to
Vashinton to egsplain. How would
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-03
JOURNAL ENTRIES

The way to understand a woman is
not to try and soon she'll reveal her.
self.
A woman's idea Of good Judge is
one who will not insist on her having
to tell her age.
n X X
It's rather ironical that many an ig-
norant servant comes from an intelli-
gence office.
X X \
A man with muscles like steel cords
and an iron constitution is apt to feel
rusty after a rain.
y
Come to think of 1t. it's considerate
for a husky hobo to ask for money.
He could take it away from the av-
erage man.
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article with a view to ascertainfng
whether or not it is a forgery and If
1t Is to bring the forger to the court of
Justice. AS soon as Times printed
this reputed letter of Grover Cleveland
there were many who pronounced it a
fake and pointed out that the cum
bersome language used in several parts
of 1t was not even a good imitation of
the exceedingly heavy style used by
Mr. Cleveland.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-03

DR.. Robert Koch. the famous Ger
man scientist, is certainly entitled to
the thanks Of the common people for
exploding the theory that tuberculosis
in cattle is transmissible to human
beings. This viii be one thing less to
worry about
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For Men Only.

According to the Oklahoman, a lady
reporter of the Tulsa World was recent
ly shocked because a street carnival
had an attraction which was placarded,
For Men Only" The men were going
In and out in large numbers, and she
said some caustic things about 1t in
the paper. It developed that the at
traction consisted Of a clothes line on
which were hung a pair of pants, coat,
vest and socks. When one sucker was
caught he very naturally steered all of
his friends into the trap.-Kansas City
Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-03

Now that the bankers of this coun-
try at their national convention have
gone on record as opposed to a guar
anty Of bank deposits, it would be in
teresting If the bank depositors could
get together and render their verdict
on the subject.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-03

There is now even question in the
mind of the New York Times. which
published 1t. as to the genuineness Of
the article purported to have been writ
ten by the late Grover Cleveland on the
issues of the present political cam
paign and in which Mr.. Cleveland ex-
pressed his preference for Mr.. Taft over
Mr.. Bryan. The Times has asked Dis
trict Attorney Jerome, of New York,
60 investigate the authenticity OF the
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

rFrom the New York Press.]
Few ministers are as black as they
dress themselves.
Women pretend to like charity. but
they admire the brutal man.
When a woman admits she doesn't
care for a man, she cries over him.
1t takes an awfully clever man to
dodge a woman bent on marrying him.
It's a pleasure to know that when
you get out of debt you can get in
again
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-03

Aeroplanes. so 1t is reported, will
soon be on the market. But the chan
ces are that there will be any number
OF people who will show a preference
for getting from one place to another
by walking. and they are not to be
classed as towards, either. They will
be showing surprising sense.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-03

Even Mr.. Taft has felt called upon
70 use the Shorter and uglier word. -
Certainly the politicians, great and
small. are doing their best to popular
1se this epithet. It's a good thing,
though, that the times have changed
IN one respect at least Years back,
the use OF this word was the signal
for q fight that often ended disas-
fRoyyaIv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-03

A law guaranteeing deposits in
banks does not prevail in Kansas and
yet the people OF the state seem to
have untold confidence in their bank
srs for the deposits during the past
few months have made rather mag
nificent increases and are now aver
aging 100000 day in the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-03

( n Congressman Nick Longworth be-
same wrathy over being referred to
As the ''Baby Mckee of the present
administration" what must the con-
dition of his mind be now when the
familiar populace is calling him lied
kdvsa hov2's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-03

The announcement of L. q. Ire
leaven, the manager of the local gas
company. that there will absolutely be
no increase in the price Of gas, is re-
freshing. But better still is his idea
that Topekans will have all the gas
they need this winter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-03

Considering their scarcity through
out the country the Democratic news
papers have done exceedingly we'll in
collecting funds for the Democratic
national campaign. The total sum
collected to date by them approx
mates SIS, 900.