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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-09-10

One woman says that when her
children bring home their school re-
ports at the end OF the month she al
ways finds five minutes in which 70
write a personal letter TO the teach.
ers. If there Is something that the
children have learned that surprised
her she writes note OF thanks and
appreciation, and If the reports are
unsatisfactory she writes Offering TO
help the teacher In any way she may
suggest Needless 10 say, the teach.
ers are appreciatiye. as any one Will
know who has ever taught school
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-09-10
A Denend9ble Bow.

"Oh, yes, I'm bringing my boy up in
the way no should co.
For instance?"
Why, when Johnny and | happen
10 be in street car together and a
lady that know comes in I've trained
Johnny to get right up and give her
his seat"
And supposing there are two ladies'
tnat you know"
Say. I'm talking about johnny
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-09-10
They Take The Kinks Out.

81 have used Dr. Kings New Life Pills
for many years, with increasing salts.
faction. They take the kinks ont of
stomach, liver and bowels, without fuss
or friction, says N. II. Brown, of Pitts.
field, VI. Guaranteed satisfactory ut
Henry Hinrichs' drug store. 25c.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-09-10

Gomez felt the touch of her cool
fingers for a bawildcrcd instant, and
then he knew that she was gone and
he would never sec her again He
went over to the wounded horse and
lifted its head II was dead. Lying
IN the ground, where it had been hid
len by the thick mane lay a small
pistol. He picked il mp. 1t was an
ordinary revolver OF no great value,
but he jerked off the silk handker-
chief that was knoted about his
throat and rolled the pistol in it, As
he did this his eye l"ll upon a small
yellow object shining near his foot
small gold harpin, curiousIy
wrought-a fragmcu. Of the aureole,
The pistol he would return, but this
this she surely would not miss!
Surely the young saint with the heavy
gold braids had many more such! Rev
arontly he turned it over in his hand,
as he might a blessed relic Of the
church, and felt lib his pockets for
something to hide II in. lie pulled
5ut the agents lottnr Very carefully
he shaped a neat l'tlc packet about
his treasure Taking out his old to-
bacco pouch he spilled the brown
powder on the ground, Shaping It
against his knee to Do sure that every
particle of the illsmalling stuff was
disclosed When ho paper packet
mad been securely t''ed into this he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-08

lawyer. It's nothing short of black
NIT
Pm glad to see that you take a sem
sible view of the matter" said Dick.
II don't mind admitting that posed
for the pictures myself. I'm rather
good at amateur acting and studied
you for week. They will cost your
consent to Rhoda's marriage"
Il shall use that explanation when
you show the pictures" said Mr.. Hart
overreached yourself and have provided
me with defense"
IF you do I shall say that I am
merely doing 1t to shield my father-in-
law to be-" said Dick. Then every one
will believe that am nobly taking the
blame for your indiscretions. You
know they will"
Unfortunately for his peace Of mind,
Mr.. Hartsell did know that Dicks ex-
PLANTATION would find credence. but he
was not yet willing to give in. Dick
forced an issue.
Take another look at them" he
urged. They might help convince you
that, even at the price. they are cheap.
stance, where you choke over the smoke
from your pipe"
Howard Hartsell raised his hand.
Come home to dinner and fix it up
with Rhoda,'' he said weakly. ITS
compromising a felony but
Dick smiled as he took from the op-
crater the two tin cases continuing the
films.
'Tt beats the gun method" he whis-
pered to acknowledgement 1908, by
| Homer Sprague.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-08
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFrom the Atchison Globe

IFrom the Atch1SOn Globe.
Don't drown your sorrows: swim out
The world is all right: 1t is the peo-
pie who make you trouble.
1t really looks as though some women
Will marry anybody, just to get mar
rfed.
We'd rather be imposed on a little
than spend all our time in fighting for
rights that may not be rights
Some people have an idea that they
are exalted above others because thew
sing hymns with real feeling"
Old people do not suit young people
very well. And as a matter of fact
young people do not suit old people.
Better obey the rules made by the
short man must not marry a tall wo-
man.
Don't dwell upon a pimple too long
Dwelling upon pimple too long is Of
ten the origin Of greater troubles.
Some young men from the country
do not think dance is a success I'M
less they engage in fight. It is a fool
notion.
We don't know what a man has to be
to be diplomat in foreign affairs, but
around a busy office the employee is re-
garded as a diplomat who is quickest
at shaking a visitor.
When q girl is twelve she is usually
dressed prettily and in modest style,
but when the same girl is twenty ev-
erything she puts on is an exaggera-
ton. This may explain it: When she is
twelve, her mother buys her clothes,
and when she Is twenty she picks them
out for herself.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-08
WOMEN DRINKERS.

Professor John Duncan Quacken-
enbee of New York, a noted special
list in nervous and mental diseases, a
member of many American and for
eign medical societies and formerly of
Columbia university faculty. is au-
thority for the statement that the
drink habit is spreading at an alarm
ing rate among the women through
out the country and especially in
New York.
That this statement is undoubtedly
true is a most deplorable fact. There
was plenty of evidence of it right at
home here when Topeka was some
thing of a wide open town more than
a year ago. Drinking clubs and re-
sorts of Ill repute which infested low
err Kansas avenue at that time, but
which have since been wiped out of
existence through the activities Of the
county officials and the city police,
were patronized quite as extensively
by women and young girls as they
were by men. And drinking among
women in this locality was not, ana
is not limited to those of the class
that were frequenters OF these places.
1t is prevalent among other women
regulations and those who are in a
position to know will reluctantly ad-
NIT that this is so, and that the prac-
tice of drinking intoxicating liquors
is more extensively INDUCED in now
by women in this section of the
country than in times past.
LAS everyone knows" states DR..
Quackenbee most pertinently, "the
punch bowl figures largely in the
growth Of the drink habit among wo-
men. It is found at all functions, and
many a girl has had her first taste of
liquor by a dip into it. The punch
bowl, however, is not to be blamed
entirely. Many women dip into it and
many do it many times without &C
quiring the drink habit, but many
get their start there.
'"The tendency of the American
woman Is to go to extremes" con-
tinues the doctor, land in drinking
she overdoes.' And then he points
out one of the great reasons why the
drink habit is growing among wo-
men when he says: MANY women
have fallen into the drink habit
through the use Of patent medicines
containing large percentages Of alco-
hol, for it is an easy step indeed.
from such disguised alcohol to real
whisky"
The practice of "spiking" punch
that is putting liquor into lemonade,
that has been noticeable at several
recent public parties when young men
and young women and boys and
young girls have been present Is de-
plorabIe one. The wide sentiment in
Topeka against liquor drinking,
should lead the managers Of these
gatherings to not insult this sentiment
by placing the disguised temptation
before guests, who are ignorant Of the
contents of what purports to be, and
should be, an innocent beverage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-08

governments in the form of laws for the
supervision Of public utilities, as for ex-
ample in New York
The people OF a city can have a
good government If they insist on it,
and unless they do insist they will not
get it. On this subject the Municipal
Engineering Magazine, in an article on
City Government by Commission,
says:
Like every other business organi-
zation, the city is served as we'll as
its stockholders, the voters, desire. II
they as a whole do not know what they
want or what is good they are at the
mercy Of the self-seeking men who play
politics for the purpose of concealing
the real issues and putting up those
which will take the voters eyes. The
remedy is education. Meantime, the
palliation is to be found in thorough
checks upon the action of the city's
chosen Representatives and the localiz-
ing of responsibility so that no one can
escape the consequences Of his wrong
doing or mistakes by shifting 1t upon
other shoulders
Sound education will elevate the av-
erage intelligence and sense of respon-
sibility in electors. English cities ar
rive at this result by restricting the
franchise by means Of a property quail
fication.
President Eliot Of Harvard univer-
sity after an investigation of the Gal
weston or commission plan of munich
pal government, indorses 1t, and, writ
ing on the subject of City Government
by Fewer Men in Worlds Work, on
the evils Of the mayor and council sys-
tenn of administration says:
The result of all these difficulties
has been that the entire business Of a
great city is usually done in an unin-
telngent and inefficient way, and often
in a dishonest way. Direct municipal
stealing has been notorious, and indi-
rect stealing still more frequent and
mischievous. Some of the worst injur-
les to the community, however. have
been the result rather of stupidity and
incompetence on the part of the NUM-
cipal authorities than of dishonesty.
Schools have not been provided in suf-
ficient number or in the right places;
roads and bridges have been Ill planned,
i'll paved and badly maintained; water
systems have been frequently polluted,
and even left polluted for long periods:
the police department has sometimes
been so corrupt and i'll disciplined as to
become in parts of great cities the ally
of vice and the corruptor instead of
the protector of society; pay rolls have
been padded; inspectors have been I'M
faithful; unreasonable wages have been
paid for a bad days work and exag-
gerated prices for street lamps and
other city supplies
AN examination of the government
of many American cities ought to con-
vince many skeptical persons that the
government Of Washington, despite
certain drawbacks and sundry features,
is a good government"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-08
HYHAWKER J0TS

Independence Is working for a
company of Kansas National Guards.
The movement has reached the talk
ing stage.
Since the joints have been pulled in
Great Bend. the Tribune warns the
people not to become suspicious Of
every man seen carrying a grip about
town.
Among other things to cause worry
to the editor Of the Oxford Register
besides hustling news and feeding his
press, is divorce proceedings brought
by his wife.
1t is not generally known that when
the town of Kfngman was founded, in
1872, it was first called Sherman. The
name was changed to Kingman two
years later.
Officers from Junction City were
recently called to the country to take
charge of a man who. according to
the Junction City Sentinel, had TACT
ed very demented."
Notice is served by the Chanute
Tribune on the rest of the country in
general and on Indiana IN particular,
that Kansas is soon going to make
things crowded in the literary field.
A youngster over at Narl1a shot at
an empty bottle recently. He hit it
all right and a piece of the glass flew
back and struck him in the left eye
with the result that he will lose the
sight of it. Moral: Boys, don't shoot
at empty bottles and likewise don't
get shot with full ones.
A Neosho county farmer sent the
following to a Chanute merchant:
send me sack of flour, five pounds
of coffee and one pound of tea. My
wife gave birth to a big paby boy last
night, also five pounds of corn starch,
a screwdriver and flytrap. It weighed
ten pounds and a straw hat"
C, G.. Dunkin of Wichita. visit ed
Hutchinson and gave out a check on
a bank at Langdon, forgetting, in the
hustle and confusion of the moment,
that he had no money in that bank
The resulting annoyance made such
an impression upon him that he free
ly predicts that he won't do it again.
Junction City is sore set with trials
and fluctuations these days because
| the soldiers in uniform have been re-
fused admission to certain dance halls
and skating Kinks. The soldiers are
naturally mad and the town people are
| infiexible. So it may yet be neces-
sary to send a gunboat. or a cruiser or
! something in the naval line to pre-
serve order.
Tommy had just returned from a
visit, relates the Erie Record "And
were you good all the time you were
| there?" asked Tommy's mother. Yes,
man." And you had a good time
and they were awfully nice to you.
| weren't they? ' "Ye-es, nam, purity
nice. Only that Smith kid hit me
with chunk Nv coal Yesterday Bur
paid i'm back, all right: hit him
! with rock the day before"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-08
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
[From the Philadelphia RECORD. !

lF'rom the Philadelphia Record.1
Breezy conversation is often merely
hot air.
We never know how many friends
we have till we don't need them.
If a rolling stone gathers no moss
how can people be rolling In wealth?
Money talks, and some people are not
satisfied unless they can make every
penny count.
No, Maude, dear; 1t is not so painful
to sit down on the spur of the moment
as on bent pin.
It's all right to come early to avoid
the rush, provided everyone else doesn't
do the same thing.
Too often the ups and downs of the
financial situation consist entirely of
paying up and planking down.
A pessimist is man who doesn't ex-
pect his hopes to be realized, even when
he hopes for the worst.
Harduppe = "Easymark complains
that he is overworked." BorrowellH"I
don't wonder; everybody tries to work
him."
Blobbs-"Henpeckke says before he
was married Mrs. Henpeckke used to
sit on his lap" S1obbs-"And now Z
suppose she sits all over him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-08
CIVIC GOVERNMENT.

municipalities are sickening of gang
rule; that is, some of them are" says
the Washington Star. "Self-government
is a righteous thing, but popular gov
eminent is not always selfgovernment.
Popular government is a becoming the
DRY, but the difficulty is that it works
much better in the philosophy of politi-
cal economy than in the domain of ap-
piled politics. An increasing number of
citizens believe that the municipality
should be administered on a business
basis; that business principles rather
than partisan prejudices should govern.
This condition is the ideal. Some cities
approach 1t nearer than others. Per-
haps no city attains the ideal, because
human flesh is weak.
1.-THE recall system under experiment
in Los Angeles appears to be meeting
with no complaint The power Of re-
CALI in the hands Of the citizens op-
crates as a check on those city officials
who would ignore their prediction
promises or forget their prediction
resolutions.
Preference is so often made to the
Galveston plan that it is we'll to I'M
derstand what it is. After the storm
OF september ., lSUO, the S8lSllI1S city
government was totally unequal to the
occasion. Galveston turned to the
commission plan,' and, securing auth
ority from the state legislature, created
a board of commissioners. The scheme
contemplated the appointment of the
board by the governor, but there was
opposition to this, and a compromise
was effected providing for a commission
of FIVE, three to be appointed by the
governor and two to be elected by the
people of Galveston. That feature of
the city charter providing for the ap-
pointment of three commissioners has
been repealed, having been heir uncon-
stitutional by the courts Of criminal ap-
peals of the state, on the ground that
the voter was wrongfully deprived OF
his franchise, and so at present, all the
commissioners, the chief Of whom is
called the mayor-president, are elected
by the people Of Galveston. There is
no restriction on the suffrage further
than a state law requiring each voter
| to pay his poll tax.
1.-The Indianapolis plan, it is said, has
reduced the output of graft scandals
Under this arrangement the mayor is
responsible for the administration. He
| cannot sidestep responsibility II in his
| opinion any of his appointees fail in the
performance of their duty he can re-
move them. He cannot do anything un-
| til the council has provided the funds
and he is responsible to the council fol
| the disbursement of the funds. The
council has the power to investigate the
expenditure of money and to publish
| the result of such Investigation.
Other checks on civic management
: are being brought to bear by state
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-08

A fitting memorial to the late Col.
M. M. Murdoch has been suggested by
the Wichita Beacon 1t is the cree
ton of much needed public hall at
Wichita. The Beacon suggests that
$25, 900 for this building be raised by
popular subscription and that an ad-
ditional $4,000 be appropriated by
the city. The Beacon proposes that
this building shall be called Murdoch
hall. This suggestion is most oppor-
tune, but the people of Wichita will
have hard work in limiting the sub
scrfptions for the building to the citi-
zens of Wichita There will be many
all over the state who would like the
opportunity to contribute to the fund
as a slight token Of their esteem for
the distinguished Wichitan who has
responded to the final call.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-08

technical violation Of the antirebate
law. There seems to be all the differ
ence in the world as to who has the
right to criticise a federal judge. Mr.
Roosevelt and his department of justice
are never loath to do so when a federal
judge takes different view from theirs
about things. A recent evidence of this
was the fine wrath displayed by them
over the decision of the federal court of
Colorado in dismissing a whole bunch
of land fraud cases because the theory
of their prosecution was faulty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-08
HUNOR or THE Day

a cheap substitute for wealth. to roll in
temporartly.-Life.
mistletoe in the decorations this year. Are
Belle (caImly)-I don't have to.-Balti-
more American.
on II don't don't see your name in the magazines
No: I had to make a living, 80 I'm
Atlanta Constitution.
Chance Acquaintance suppose you get
most Of your Jokes from the monologue
Jokesmith (smiling)-Don't you think
that would be stealing?
tone)-Wel. who the deuce do you get
them from. anyway?-Puck.
noyef?" asked, the would-be author.
'Only six chapters?."
com Mssi' ok Sa 2. you tell how the s'0ryS
IT can tell you how it isn't coming OUT
reR 9Hev C da 1en meanr.
I'm book form."-Philadelphi Press.
irregular. Have you anything that is wor-
Patient-oh, not particularly. Only that
pocket thought you Were going to give
me your bill.-London telegraph
ST don't like Jigsby. He is always run
ming people down.
Gossip or motorist ?'-Baltimore Ameri-
can
what would you do II your daughter
had talent for piano playing such as
mine has?'
well. I'd try to be resigned" -Cleve-
land Leader.
IT, said the BillvtI1e editor, you see
the ma or coming this way with his shot
gun be sure and let me know"
Hes comm now, SIR" replied the Of
flee boy. but notice that he's half shot
him!'-At1anta Constitution.
PA. why do they call woman the weak
er sexT'
That's something I've never been able
to figure out myself" responded the fond
parent.-Detroit Free Press.
Tommy-Pop, you must be dead before
you can become an angel. mustn't you?
Tommy's Pop-Yes, my son, and in the
theatrical business you must be dead easy.
Philadelphia Record.
One very seldom hears any of the Smiths
Dragging Of big families but they always
show up well in printed list Of VOTERS
Washington Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-08
A TRIAL.

Some experts say she's crazy and some
others say she's not;
Some swear her whole blamed family has
had daffy spot;
Some men whose big diplomas cost them
years of toll and cash
Give wise opinions on the point that most
directly clash
With those of other men whose lore was
just as dearly bought.
How can the jury ever do exactly what
1t ought,
Especially when the jury knows, as well
as that It's living,
The testimony's colored by the price some
body's giving?
Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-08
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Oblivion comes easy and certain to
the man who marries a famous wo-
man.
q y
Actresses, who have been married
only once, are nothing but amateurs.
Old hens at the chicken show are
killing time by discussing the incuba-
tor baby case.
= =
This recent financial panic has had
but one bad effect on the farmers. 1t
has thrown back on them many a
prodigal son.
A good way to drive undesirable
company from the house is to let the
young hopefuls display their talents
in recitations and as musicians.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-08

All possible encouragement and
patronage should be given to the fine
poultry show which is in progress at
the auditorium. One Of the big
money makers on farm is the help
ful hen and the exchange of views
among breeders which are incident to
an instructive display of all breeds of
poultry, are invaluable to those who
are interested in egg and chicken
culture
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-08

Members of the last legislature
supposed that they had increased
their pay from SO a day each to $500
for regular session. An examination
OF the measure purporting to do this
shows that the legislators worded the
resolution so that the whole mem
bership maybe entitled to but $500
for a session. This will be a little
more than two dollars apiece for
each of them. Some people are mean
enough to think that this is more
than the great majority of them earn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-08

Hospitals. afioat or ashore, should
no more be under the command Of line
Officers than regiments or warships
should be under the command of sur
geons," says President Roosevelt in his
scathing criticism of Rear Admiral
Brownson's conduct in resigning his
commission because of the squabble
over the command Of the hospital ship,
Relief Evidently there must be need
for great exceptions to this doctrine.
or how is explained the rapid elevation
OF DR.. Leonard Wood to a major gen.
eralship and the command of an army
corps.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-08

James Nation, the state auditor,
has the right idea when he suggests
that the state officers do not take a.
hand in the fight for the Republican
gubernatorial nomination. A good
many of the state officers are real
politicians, however. and most OF
them will get into the fight for the
fun of it as well as for other reasons
Such political contests as the impend-
ing one are the sort that politicians
delight in and grow fat on.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-08

e. p. Ripley, president of the Santa
re. comes in for a singing rebuke from
Attorney General Bonaparte because
he took exception to the action of the
federal court of California in passing
the heavy sentence of third of mil
HON dollars dne on the company for a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-08

Seven thousand tons of sugar has
been the output Of the Garden City
beet sugar plant for the past season.
That is quite contribution from Kan
sas to the sweetness of 1907.