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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-02

A striking means of measuring the
great changes that have from time to
time taken place in the English Ian
guage is to study the Lords Prayer, as
it has been written in different GEN.
turtles.
1150-Fader UT heune. haleweide
BETH thi neune, cumin thi kuneriche.
thi willie booth idon in heune and in
erthe.
13OO-Fader ure in hevene. halewyn
be thi name. thi kingdom come, thi
willie be done as in hevene and in
erthe.
137O-Oure fadir that are in heune
halloid be thi name, thi kingdom come,
thi willie be done in erthe as in heune.
1524-Oure father which arte in
heven, hallowed by thy name Let
thy kingdom come. thy wyoll be full
filled as we'll in earth as it is in heven.
'Daily bread appears in the three
versions severallyi as "dawe briend,"
"days bred -" dayly brede," and "su-
perstantial bread."-Philadelphi Bull
letin. -1rr-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-02

Police Judge-Ynu say the prisoner went
l MT Eonr store and beat you up? Why?
down. Your Honor.-Puck.
the whale?' Midge-He probably had an
idea that he had got into sheath gown
aw Me If kissed would you give it.
lnlnk mamma would want it.
Belle--Here's an odd thing 1 purchased
What do You think of Il? gG6 Sosn to
me IKE waist of money.
Mrs. White-You still have that cham
bermaid: 1 thought you intended to dis
charge her for not sweeping under the
furniture Mrs. Black-My dear, her neg
under the bed one night and was stifled
with the dust.
Fred-If marriage is a failure what
would you term an engagement? George
Observation-Disclosures Bits.
Knicker-what is a moral awakening?
Bocker-When YOU can listen to the alarm
CLOCK go or without swearing.-New York
did II fnoe eRe hint hit @ gs9 the golf ball
I understand they are soon to marry
Town and Country.
Dlagnosis-Put out your tongue. said the
Doctor. After the lady had done SO she
asked: rs there anything the matter with
~" Moo. Worn. some. that's all."-Chi-
Why Why don't you try to get him to
WeY hrs hIett own 5a worst st
patch up that kind of a quarrel" Pitts
burg Post.
Naturalization me sir hot x,rh,, 40 ,,o,,
use that magnifying glass? CUSTOMER
want to make this chop seem life size.
to lend it to me- I'd like to look at that
last tip YOU gave me.-Ally Sloper's Half
Holiday.
THE buckwheat cakes at my boarding
house always Ways remind sao me Of baseball
ALWAYS make a hit."-Puck.
spector-Your new house doesn't look
than the cost looks like his original esti-
mate.-The Smart Set F'sH.7'sT
For ten wears I've been trying to drown
NV sorTows-and they won't drowni' mo
swim. The Smart Set.
'Guzzler seems to be a mercurial sort OF
down" YES with Guxzler it's either a
case of low spirits or high balls."-Puck.
Customer-It seems to me that's an aw-
full price to have to pay for a pound Of
liver. Butcher-You must remember,
ma am. that the liver Is a. choice part.
This steer weighed nearly ton, and he
had only one small liver.-ChicaSo Trib-
une. ri
Husband CARRYING with his wife at the
station lust as the train steams OUT
time dressing in we shouldn't have lost tbe
train. Wife-And II you hadn't hurried
me so all the way here we shouldn't have
had such long time to wait for the next
one.-Scraps.
"Is he out of danger yetT' "No-the
Doctor is still in attendance. "-Philadel-
phia INQUIRER.
He-My friend married for money. She
Does he regret It? HE doesn't regret the
money. November Smart Set
"She tells me that theirs is a platonic
love. What does that mean. hubby?"
Means that we'll have TO dig up for q
wedding present in about two months
Louisville Courier Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-02

News that is almost too good to be
true IS that the actual work incident
to the construction OF the Topeka
Southwestern railway is just about to
be started. Probably that old saw to
the effect that a bad or slow be-
ginning augurs for a good ending will
work out in this case. 1t is to be
hnnad
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-02

Topeka and Topekans have a
righteous reason to exhibit indigna-
ton and soreness. A man got off the
train here the other day and thought
he was in st. Joseph. Mo. There can
only be one excuse for this. Some
thing must have been decidedly
wrong with the fellow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-02

Proverbially stole though they be
even the Indians, cannot stand some
things One brave in North Dakota
a fuil-blooded Sioux and dignified
with che name of Mike Ice, has COM
mitted suicide because of the activi-
ties of an interfering mother-in-law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-02
co,d in North Carolina.

Figures of the production OF gold.
silver and copper in North Carolina. in
1907 have been obtained by the United
States geological survey directly from
the mines.
Compared with the production of
1906 the figures for 1907 show a slight
increase in the production of gold
2.e99 fine ounces, valued at s62. de-
crease in the production of silver
9102 fine ounces, valued at $6,315,
and a decrease in the production OF
copper-121,693 pounds, valued at
s1s,413. Notwithstanding the finan-
cia1 depression, however, 1907 may be
considered a successful year in gold
mining in North Carolina, and the
state maintained her rank as first in
quality of gold production among the
eastern states. = Asheville Gazette
News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-02

Friends of Mrs. Howard Gould in
sist that she acted we'll within the
realms of a lady when she drank a
cocktail, pint of champagne and a
couple of cordials with a meal. In the
parlance of topers a person who could
drink this much at one sitting would
be referred to as tank"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-02
Americas World influence.

compared with the same period of
lSO1 the exports of American merch-
andlse during the first eight months of
TINS year decreased $105.OOO,OOO, while
imports fell 1901, 100000 These are
Dig charges, but it is apparent that the
countries from which we buy must be
more deeply affected by the decline in
our purchases than are our own peo-
pie In the loss of our sales abroad.
From all points of the globe come
reports of the effect which American
economy is producing. Companies
which fish for pearls at Ceylon have
suspended dividends because the best
market for their precious stones has
been temporarily closed.
Diamond mines in South Africa have
suddenly become poor, for the simple
reason that the people of the United
states, who formerly bought twice as
many "sparklers' as all the rest of the
world combined, are economizing on
luxuries at the present time.
Reports come from England which
give sad picture of industrial condi-
tons in that country. There are many
idle workmen in the United States, but
in proportion to the total number of
laborers there are a great many more
Idle in England. There is now no
market for the goods which in busy
times these people manufacture.
America is fortunate in the posses
sion Of an inexhaustible treasure house
OF wealth in the shape of grain fields
and cotton plantations. No matter how
dull industrial conditions become here
or elsewhere. there are world markets
wide open for our corn, wheat and cot
ton. Exports of these commoditie
keep a steady stream of gold coming
to the United States, or what is the
same thing, they pay our debts abroad.
People may do without pearls or
diamonds or even many kinds of man.
ufactured ware, but they cannot do
the simple clothing which is made
from American cotton. Which means
that the rest of mankind cannot econ
omize in the things we produce, nearly
to the extent which Americans can
save in the things produced elsewhere.
Philadelphia Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-02

If Mr.. c. w. Morse, one of New
York's financial skyrockets. who is on
trial under charges calling for a peni-
Tertiary sentence II they are proven.
for his actions incident to the wreck
ing of the National Bank of North
America, had only used a stick Of
dynamite he might have put the insti-
tuition out of business in a much
quicker way than he did.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-02

Who says that women can never
agree among themselves on anything ?
II anyone holds to this belief it
would be we'll for him to take
cognizance of the unanimity with
which the members of the w. CT. U.
agreed to hold their next national
convention at Omaha.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-02

This is the eve OF history making
presidential campaign and every man
IN the land, who is qualified, owes it
as an almost sacred duty to himself
and his country to cast a vote on cleo
tfnr, daU
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-02
What the Governor Said.

Having been for many years a deliver
in the history and traditions of our
Southern states I feel myself qualified
to contribute something to the discus
sion raised by your correspondent, Mr..
Chambers, in his letter of September
8, Gov. Moorhead and Gov. Vance of
North Carolina are credited with orig
mating the tippler's signal: tits long
time between drinks" Another story
has it that it was not governor at all,
Irishman who was judge In South
Carolina during and just after the rev.
olutions Z -
There is also a legend, unsupported
by dates or authority. but to be found
in old chronicles, that early In the
nineteenth century some such incident
as this occurred:
The governor of South Carolina is
sued a requisition for the return of a
fugitive in hiding in North Carolina.
The governor OF North Carolina hesi-
tated, as the fugitive had many pow
erful friends. whereupon, becoming
impatient, the governor of South Car
DINA with q huge retinue went to
Raleigh and waited on his official bro
Their.
The governor of North Carolina rose
to the social requirements of the occa-
sion and provided great banquet. AT
the end of it the governor of South
Carolina rose at the table and stated
his errand. The governor or North
Carolina was greatly embarrassed, and
falling to get a replv the governor of
South Carolina grew very angry. 'Sir,"
he said "you have refused my just de-
mands and offended the dignity of my
office. II you persist in your refusal
will return, sir, to my capital and call
out the militia of my state and take
the fugitive by force Of arms. Cover
nor, what do you say?"
All eyes were turned upon the gov
ernor OF North Carolina as again the
governor of South Carolina demanded:
"What does the governor of North
Carolina say?"
The governor of North Carolina
slowly arose and deliberately replied:
at saw. governor, that it is long
time between drinks"
The visitors were, so tradition re-
ports, taken with a great escort to the
state line, and the fugitive was never
surrendered.-From Letter In the
New York Sun. ..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-02

Eugene v. Debs. the Socialist can
didate for the presidency, has returned
to Chicago after a twenty-thousand
mile campaign tour through the coun-
try in his "red special" And he, too,
is confident, but please credit the
gentleman with having the good sense
that this confidence is not of his cleo
ton at the polls. He is merely conf
dent that the cause of Socialism has
grown greatly throughout the nation
during the past four years and that
the Socialistic candidates will receive
a total vote which will be materially
larger than was received by them on
the last presidential election day. -ss
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-02

Considerable stress seems to be laid
on the fact that some California
students have had adequate punish
naent meted out to them for hazing,
in that they have been dismissed from
school. Inasmuch as their having
consisted of branding fellow students
on the forehead with nitrate of silver
this punishment hardly fits the crime
They should be sent to prison for
long terms. Hazing of this sort is
barbaric. And hazing of any sort
should not be tolerated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-02

Certainly during the closing days Of
the campaign there has been no evil
dence that old General Apathy ever
played even the smallest kind OF a
part in IT,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-02
FTTIL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal - a member OF the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report OF that great news OF
publication in Topeka
The news is received IN Tho State Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
u0eA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-02

Conclusive and striking as a piece
or real political literature, veritable
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-02

Waiter-Pardon me. sir. but why do you
use that magnifying glass? Customer-I
want to make this chop seem life size.
Waiter-Then would YOU be good enough
to lend it to me. I'd like to look at that
last tip YOU gave me.-Ally Sloper's Half
Holiday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-02

Why don't you try to get him to
straishten . Ip?m Hes He. his own worst
patch up that kind of a quarrel. Pitts
burg Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-02

THE buckwheat cakes at my boarding
house always remind me of a baseball
game" How so?" THE batter doesn't
ALWAYS make a hit."-Puck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-02

Diagnosis-Put out your tongue, said the
Doctor. After the lady had done so she
asked: rs there anything the matter with
ft?' Moo Worn some. that's all."-Chi-
cago Record-Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-02

when she hit him with the golf ball,
did 1t knock him senselessT' "I guess So
/ understand they are soon to marry
Town and Country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-02

Spector-Your new house doesn't look
much like the architects original design,
Victome-No: but 1t looks more like IL
than the cost looks like his original esti-
mate-The Smart Set. ~ Fas s7aaT
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-02

For ten years I've been trying to drown
NV sorrows-and they won't drownt' mo
wonderi They've had time to learn to
swim."-The Smart Set. n
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-02

knicker-What is a moral awakening?
Bocker-When YOU can listen to the alarm
clock go off without swearing.-New York
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-02

'Guzzler seems to be a mercurial sort of
person. He is either away up or away
down" Yes. with Guzzler it's either a
case of low spirits or high balls."-Puck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-02

Fred-f marriage is a failure what
would you term an engagement? George-
observation-disclosures Bits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-02

Mrs White-You still have that cham
permaid; L thought you intended to dis
charge her for not sweeping under the
furniture Mrs. Black-My dear, her neg
ligence saved our lives. A burglar crept
under the bed one night and was stifled
with the dust.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-02
HUNOR or THE DAY

Police Judge-Ynu say the prisoner went
INTO your store and beat you up? Why?
MI. Cohen-Because he couldn't beat me
down. Your Honor.-Puck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-02

Customer-It seems to me that's an aw-
full price to have to pay for a pound Of
liver. Butcher-You must remember.
ma am: that the liver Is a. choice part
had only one small liver.-Chicaso Trib-
une. ,rf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-02

He-lf 1 kissed you would you give it
away to YOUR mother? She-Oh no, don't
thlnk mamma would want it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-02

Belle-Heres an odd thing 1 purchased
while abroad. girdle made of gold coins
what do YOU think of it? Tom-Looks to
me like a waist of money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-02

"You could study for. years rand
you'd forget everything that you had
learned when it came to a showdown.
They wouldn't stand for real pro-
posa1s on the stage, and the reason
we make love so we'll is that we don't
care for the girl. That's how we can
give all our attention to the love-
making
when the right time comes you'll
know it and you won't get down on
your knees and say BE mine. Be
mine,'s You'll just gather her in and
it's all over before you realize IT,
bennington accepted the cigars that
Wisner thrust upon him, and Wisner
went back to the store happy in the
possession of expert opinion. He puz-
zled over the comment through the
about some dress lining he gazed
hungrily at the flushed face and Won
dered when the right time would
come.
Apparently it was not the right time
yet for Lottie left the store with a
bundle under her arm, and his nearest
approach to sentiment had been to
cut the price of the lining two cents
a yard.
He thought of a dozen clever
speeches he might have made, but not
until she had gone. t.szf
He was still thinking them over as he
dressed the window. that evening. Wis
the display, and every Friday evening he
fastened a canvas screen outside the plate
glass and changed the dressing. running
out many times to observe the effect be-
fore he pulled down the inner curtains
and took down the screen. content that
the Saturday shoppers would be attracted
by his display s
He had just commenced to dress the
window after removing the old stock when
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-08-14

loan shark and replaced that, but
had since been compelled to steal
Systematically in order to satisfy
the unlawful exactions of the
lender. The defalcation had grown
to sum he saw no possibility of
replacing and he was prepared to
face death rather than exposure.
The employer invited the conf
dence of his helper, got him free
from the loan shark, started in to
recover a share of the money
illegally exacted and arranged so
that the despondent one could pay
back the defalcation and retain his
own respect.
In two ways it was splendid
lesson in human sympathy. Each
of the two men who volunteered to
restore the stranger to the path of
rectitude was moved solely by the
thought that another was in dis
tress and it was in his power to
aid. 1t was warm, true manliness
that stirs the heart merely to read
about. But an even truer note
was struck in the action of the
man who had been wronged step
ping forward to lift up the one
who had wronged him. 1t does us
good to hear about such things,
to know that there are such people
moving aronnd in this society we
call heartless and consider indif-
ferent to the sufferings of others.
1t is good to know that the
originator was sincere, the need
pressing, the crime pardonable
lapse, and that the chances for
reformation were good enough to
make it practically a certainty.
The whole thing has worked out
so admirably that almost there
would be excuse for harsh and
drastic treatment of one who would
dare to lightly play upon public
sympathy by fraudulently copying
the idea.
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-08-14
Vivian Issues Call For
Republican Convention

State Chairman Vivian issued
the official call Saturday for the
Republican convention to be held
in Denver, Saturday Sept. 13.
The convention is for the purpose
of nominating five presidential
electors, one congressman large,
one governor, one lieutenant gov
ernor, one secretary of state, one
attorney general. one auditor of
state, one state treasurer, one sup
erintendent of public instruction,
one Judge of the supreme court to
fill vacancy, one judge of the
supreme court for the six year
term, two judges of the supreme
court for a term of ten years, one
railroad commissioner for two
years, one railroad commissioner
for four years and one for six
years, and two regents of the state
university. The convention will
be held in the auditorium and will
have l 1,l05 delegates,
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-08-14

because of prohibitive rates over
he A. 7. & S. F. Other roads pro-
vided for in this part of the state
are as follows:
From Westcliffe, Custer county,
a line will be built south down
Huerfano river through Huerfano
park to point between Walsen-
burg and the Big -Four coal mine,
near Strong, in Huerfano county, a
distance of 30 miles. A branch
will then be built from the most
feasible point on this line across
the Sangre de Cristo range by
Sandhill pass to junction with
the company's line in the San
Luis valley, distance of 53 miles.
Aiamosa will be connected with
Taos. n. NJ, distance of 12O
miles. This line is to run south
east from Alamosa down the Rio
Grande del Norte river by way of
Embudo, n. NJ. Taos is the
present western terminus of the
St. Louis, Rocky Mountain and
Pacific.
Another line provided for is an
east and west route about 265
miles long from Pennington to a
junction with the road to Santa
Fe.
Roads in other parts of the state
too numerous to mention are out
lined and it is not stated upon
which of the projects actual work
will first begin, but at any rate
the bonds are yet to be sold and
financial conditions of the country
are yet to adjust themselves so that
the company will be justified in
going ahead with the plans.
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-08-14
The Interstate Fair at Denver.

Monday, Sept. 7, the opening
day of the first annual Colorado
Interstate Fair and Exposition in
Denver. will be specially for labor
and the press.
G. G. Fuller, acting secretary,
writes that he believes that not
only will labor be out in force, but
that there will be present one of
the largest gatherings of news
paper men ever in the west.
Aside from the fair proper, the
Great Divide" with hundred
special attractions, there will be
races in the afternoon. knaben-
shue, the famous airship man, will
give his first demonstration of his
great dirigible passenger carrying
airship and at night will be PAINS
gorgeous carnival of Naples, re-
quiring 300 people to produce and
comprising acrobatic and vaude-
vile acts, hippodrome races, feasts
and fetes, followed by the eruption
of the volcano, Vesuvius. and the
destruction of the city of Naples,
and ending with 81, 600 fireworks
display.
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-08-14
Rio Grande Railroad
Plans Extensions.

Out of the new bond issue OF
S150,OO0,OOO by the Denver and
Rio Grande road to be made at an
early date, S60,OO0,000 are to be
used in covering Colorado with a
perfect net work of tracks and
building extensions north and
south to Ell Paso, Texas, and to a
junction with the Union Pacific in
Wyoming. The new, charter of
the company recently filed pro-
vides for these extensions and
shows that the company is pre-
pairing to enter upon a gigantic
scheme of development of the
resources of this state
E. Fl. Hartman states that he
is to join in the new construction
in the west as soon as the financial
condition warrants it, and the
indications point to Colorado be-
ing on the eve of big railroad
building boom as soon as the
money can be secured.
Among the projects of greatest
benefit to the San Luis valley is
the extension of the line south
from Santa Fe via Albuquerque to
Ell Paso, distance of $50 miles,
giving this valley a southern outlet
for produce not now enjoyed