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The Appeal., 1908-05-16
MR.. WILLIAMS OF MISSISSIPPI

Hon. John Sharp Williams of Mis-
slssippi, recently put on a clean shirt
and expressed himself as follows be-
fore the American Academy:
Every governmental abuse" con-
tinued Mr.. Williams, is based upon
some plea or pretext, and the usurpa-
tion of power by government is gen
orally based upon necessity" the
"tyrant's plea" This real or fancied
necessity generally grows out Of war.
The Appeal., 1908-05-16
Hunters WATERPROOF Matchbox,

There is not matchsafe made, so
far as know, that meets all the re-
quirements of the sportsman as well
as a ten or twelve-gauge brass shell
closed with cork stopper.
This makes. a safe that is absolute
ly waterproof easily opened, is cheap
and that will float. If one wishes to
provide against the loss of the stop
per card may be fastened about the
cork and the other end fastened about
the base of the she'll.
The Appeal., 1908-05-16
Rather EXPLANATION.

The rattlers of the rattlesnake lie
edgewise. It is evident that they must
do so, inasmuch as they are but con-
tinuations of the backbone. The snake
carries tho rattles on the ground ex-
cept when he raises them to sound his
warning. This will be evidenced by
the fact that in every snake of any
size that is killed the rattlers are worn
through on the under side.
The Appeal., 1908-05-16
Bleeding France.

i In the course of a paper before the
French Academy Of Medicine Prof.
Grimbert recently stated that the Cen
tral pharmacy, which dispenses sup
plies to the public institutions il Paris
and the department Of the Seine, an.
nuallS furnished 10000 leeches for use
IN the hospitals.
The Appeal., 1908-05-16
It's Sometimes Like That.

SS'''Ss'hSS -'NV Iuats
They were rehearsing for the East
er theatricals
You mean to say" cried the hero
inc, clearing her throat, "that the peo-
pie In the back of the house can't
hear us speak our lines?"
The professional trainer held up
his hand with a soothing gesture.
2 eyes, but don't let that worry you,"
he said. "They can hear the prompt
er, so they won't lose touch with the
play"
The Appeal., 1908-05-16
The Wrong Tense.

Dorothea's father was sitting before
window in his country house with
Dorothea on his knees. He was look
ing across the fields with unseesng
eyes, when the lassie broke in on his
reverie with, What are you looking
at, papa?" ~ ''''
Il was looking into the future, my
dear"
"The future, papa! thought it was
the pasture!'
The Appeal., 1908-05-16
Bank Of Enolana,s First Safe.

In the Bank of England's museum
may be seen the old oak chest which
was the Old Lady of Threadneedle
streets first strong room.
1t is q little larger than "a common
seaman's chest and in this the bank
stored its cash, notes and valuable.
papers. Strand Magazine.
The Appeal., 1908-05-16
A Hit at a Jurist.

Martin w. Littleton, the leading
counsel in the Thaw case, is noted in
New York for his sharp and acid wit.
At a recent dinner Mr.. Littleton, in
a sparkling speech, said of a certain
jurist:
TITS pity he doesn't know little.
law, as then he'd have smattering Of
everything"
The Appeal., 1908-05-16
DalIyinq With Leap Year.

30 you think Bliggins would make
a good husband?" asked the conscien-
tious youth.
why do you ask?' inquired the
girl, in surprise.
Because if you think such a fool
as Bligg.ns could manage it, have
good mind to take a cnance myself
The Appeal., 1908-05-16
CANNON THEOLOGICAL seminary
ATLANTA, GEORGIA

AIMS AND METHODS.
The aim of this school is to do prac-
tical work in helping men towards sue
cess in the ministry. Its course of study
is broad and practical; it's IDEAS are high;
it's work is thorough; it's methods are
fresh, systematic, clear and simple.
COURSE OF STUDY.
The regular course Of study occupies
three years, and covers the lines of work
in the several departments of theological
instruction usually pursued in the lead
ing theological seminaries of the country.
EXPENSES AND AID.
Tuition and room rent are free. The
apartments for students are plainly fur
nished. Good board can be had for seven
steam.
Aid from loans with out interest. and
gifts of friends, are granted to deserv-
ing students who do their utmost in the
line of self help: No young man with
grace, gifts. and energy. need be deprived
of the advantages now opened to- him
in this Seminary. For further particulars
address
REV. j. w. E. BOWEN, ID. ID.
Pres. Cannon Theological Seminary,
The Appeal., 1908-05-16
TILLOTSON COLLEGE;

AUSTIN, TEXAS.
The Oldest and Best School in Texas
for Colored Students. Faculty mostly
graduates OF well known colleges in the
north. Reputation unsurpassed. Manua
training part of the regular course.
Music special feature of the school.
Srecial advantages for earnest students
seeking to help themselves. Send for
catalogue and circular to
REV. MARSHALL r. GAINES, A. NJ,
President.
AUSTIN. TEXAS
The Appeal., 1908-05-16
BRAINERD INSTITUTE
CHESTER 6 n

CHESTER, S. C.
A normal and industrial school with a
graded course of study. designed to give
q thorough, symmetrical and complete
English education. and lay solid foun-
dation for success and usefulness in every
vocation of life. Board and boarding hall
The Appeal., 1908-05-16

Six members of the Arkansas legis-
lature have been arrested and are
under $4,000 bonds each. They are
charged with bribery and perjury.
The gentlemen were very active dur
ing the recent session of the legis-
lature in pushing jincrow legislation.
All of them made speeches on the
innate immoral tendencies of the
Afro-American Nice lot to talk
about morals.
The Appeal., 1908-05-16
TuSkEGEE
Normal and Industrial Institute

(1NcoRPoRArED)
Organized July 4, 1881, by the State Legis<
1ature as The Tus1<egee State Normal School
Exempt from taxation.
BOOKER r. WASHINGTON, Principal.
WARREN LOGAN, Treasurer.
LOCATION
In the Black Belt of Alabama where the
blacks outnumber the whites three to one.
ENROLMENT AND FACULTY
Enrolment last year 1888; males, 1885,
females 371: Average attendance. 1,1os.~~
COURSE OF STUDY
English education com mbined with industrial,
trairing; % industries in constant operation.
VALUE OF PROPERTY
Property consisting of 2267 acres of land.
30 buildings almost wholly built with student
labor, is valued at $350,000. and no mortgage.
NEEDS
$50 annually for the education of each STU
dent; ($200 enables one to finish the course;
81 900 creates permanent scholarship. Students
pay their own board in cash and labor
-oney in any amount for current expenses
md building.
Besides the work done by graduates as class
room and industrial leaders, thousands .-e
reached through the Tuskegee Negro Confer
ence.
Tuskegeei is 30 miles east of Montgomery an6
1856 miles west Of Atlanta, on the Western Rail-
roaA 8, Alabama.
Tuskegee is quiet, beautiful Old Southern
town, and is an ideal place for study. The c1r
mate is at all times mild and uniform, thus
waking the place al excellent winter resc-
The Appeal., 1908-05-16

1t would be money in the pockets
of the New South if it would stop
sending such reprobates as Hehin
and Jeff Davis to Congress.
The Appeal., 1908-05-16
SAMUEL HUSTON COLLEGE.

Able and Experienced Faculty.
progressive in all departments, bess
Methods of Instruction, Health of Stu
taught to do manual labor as weil as
think. For catalogue and other is1for~na-
ton. write to the president,
r. 8. LcViNGGOOD,
Austin. Texas.
The Appeal., 1908-05-16
NOTHING New.

Proof is below that women CRITICS.
ed each others clothes in the Seven
The Appeal., 1908-05-16
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.

Treat each man according to
his worth as a man. Distrust
all who would have any one {
class placed before any other. !
Other republics have fallen be. =
} cause the unscrupulous have
substituted loyalty to class for
) loyalty to the people as a whole. (
President Roosevelt's speech I
at Little Rock, Ark. ;
The Appeal., 1908-05-16

ST. PAUL OFFICE
No. 236 Union Block, 4th & Cedar.
J. @. ADAMS. Manager
The Appeal., 1908-05-16
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-02

shown to have cost about $4,000, 900,
which Is not far from last years fig
ures.
The deficiency in the postal revenues
for the present year will probably reach
$13500,000. as against $7,500.000 for 1907.
making difference of 100000. This
is the largest postal deficiency in the
history Of the government, except in
1905 when it reached nearly $4,000, 900.
The records show that there has been
a postal deficiency every year since the
establishment of the service with the
exception of II, when small SURPRISES
were shown. The expense Of the rural
free mail delivery this year is not ex-
pected to fall below $25, 100000
These figures are ones which the peo-
pie of this country, and especially that
portion of them who are charged with
the administration of the affairs of the
government, would do we'll to ponder
over. The wealth of this nation is well
nigh unlimited, 1t is true. but 1t is not
good business proposition in any sense
of the word to so conduct the govern
mental affairs that the expenditures
for them shall be so greatly in excess
of the receipts. 1t certainly is time to
call halt somewhere.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-02
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Iron the Chicago News. ]

From the Chicago News.J
Some fools and their money are diff
ficult to separate.
Perhaps money talks, but It seldom
comes when it is called.
Don't be a kicker; but IL you must
kick make it swift and sure.
1t doesn't take much of a genius to
discover a scheme that won't work.
Many a man gets gay when it isn't
his turn to furnish the amusement.
Women frequently jump at con-
illusions that are anything but alarm
ing.
Nothing pleases the average girl
more than to be mistaken for an ac-
tress.
The man who does things is seldom
heralded by an advance agent and a
brass band.
Although women pretend to dislike
flattery. they invariably want their
photographs retouched.
II some women were not suspicious
Of their husbands they wouldn't have
anything to worry about
A woman may fool her husband in
to believing that he is the head Of the
house, but she can't fool the neigh
bore.
A man always imagines he has
good sense until he comes across an
old love letter he wrote to his wife
during courtship.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-02
AYHAWKER JOTS

The Mt. Hope Clarion has an idea
that the Missouri pig which is famous
because it has two tails probably has a
few spare ribs.
George Layton, who lives on a farm
near Concordia, recently experienced
the limit of hard luck. The morning
after his wedding he fell while hanging
picture and broke two of his ribs.
Methodism received something of a
boost at Fort Scott recently when IS
full members were taken into the
church Of that denomination there at
one time. Fifty of them were bap-
tised.
Lyons is greatly worried because it
hasn't baseball club. With it's usual
that when Lyons gets club it will be
worried because the aforesaid club
does not win all the games it plays
Because AK" Grubbs is the best
baseball pitcher in the locality an eff
fort is being made by the people of
Neosho county to save him from be-
ing sent to the penitentiary merely
because he happened to commit a
crime that an ordinary individual
would be sent up for.
In Mcpherson the baseball games do
not begin usually until 6 o'clock in the
evening. At that hour all the stores
are closed and everybody has chance
to attend the exercises" except the
mothers and wives who have to remain
home and fix UP late suppers. Then
when they get the dishes done it is
time for them to go to bed.
Whenever or wherever a tornado
pays a call it's bound to do something
of the freaksh order. A small one
made its appearance at Hollis recent
ly. 1t landed on James Decker's place,
kicked over a barn and did number
of other things. A horse hitched to
a buggy and tied to a post was in it's
path. 1t yanked the hitching post out
of the ground, and tore 1t loose from
the horse, but the horse was not in
jured in the slightest way, although
the wagon was somewhat damaged.
If Owen Nelson of Santa Fe, Has
kell county, was not noted for his
sobriety, tale he is telling these days
might be questioned. He went to his
cupboard the other day, not for a
bone, but for a dish cloth and when
he reached in for it he grabbed a
large rattlesnake which was comfort
ably coiled up where the rag ought to
have been. AS can be imagined it did
not take him long to let go. Getting
some achievements, he made war on
the snake with fatal results to 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-02
GLOBE SIGHTS.
lFrom the Atchison Globe.1

GFrom the AtchiSOn Globe.
Why are new pants always too long
or too short?
A man hates faint praise worse
than he hates abuse.
A man can't hit anything with a
revolver except himself.
No one has sympathy for you; they
all say, Served you right"
Sometimes a man who Is poor
husband makes a good widower.
Big girls are nice, of course, but
nearly everyone likes little girls bet
ter.
A man does not have occasion for
a hearty, spontaneous laugh once q
month.
Some one should discover a variety
of kittens that would bring $50 each.
Then we could all get rich.
If you hope to get rich, you must
make money when things are mot
going right Things never "go
right
We never knew a man whose head
was so full of wisdom that the mouth
had to be used as an escape valve for
the surplus.
The true test of a mans affection
for his wife is when he takes her
fishing. and says she caught the big
gest fish of all.
Don't feel battered II pretty girl
smiles at you. Wait until you are alb
solutely sure she hasn't an amateur
show ticket in her pocket.
After a man has once been import
ant, and loses it. he is never really
modest again. He can't forget the
days when he was Somebody"
Much as a man would like to be
great, he knows he would feel like a
fool if made a king. and the people
had to bow and back out of his pres
ence-
After a man has refused to listen
to scandal, he is like the man who
gives little something to charity:
He tells about it SO that he may re-
ceive credit.
The daily lesson: Before marriage,
! it is proper to say that He escorted
| Her, but if they appear together after
marriage it is correct to say She
Dragged Him.
We can tell by the sound of a wo-
mans voice over the telephone
whether she is more used to talking
business than nonsense. A business
woman's voice has an aggressive,
saw-like quality to it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-02
THE TREASURY DEFICIT.

The attention of Richmond Pearson
Hobson, who would like to build a
thousand or more battleships at a cost
of several million dollars each, and
also of a few others who would like to
commit the government to all sorts of
expensive undertakings, is respectfully
called to the present condition of the
federal treasury. Just a mere glance
at it will show that the ordinary ex-
penses of the nation are fast piling up
to rather monumental figures when
compared with the revenues. The treas
ury statement of expenditures and re-
ceipts for the fiscal year ending with
June 30, 1908. according to reliable fig
ures, will show a marked falling off in
the receipts as compared with the year
1907. and large increase in the ex-
penditures.
The excess of expenditures over re-
ceipts for the year will approximate
$50 900, 900, which has been exceeded
only twice since the civil war. In 1894
there was deficit of $50 500. 900 and in
1899 there was another of a little more
than $50, 900, 900, and in each of the four
intervening years the receipts fell con-
siderably below the disbursements.
Again in 1904 and in 1905 there were
shortages of Sal, 40 900 and $4,000, 900 re-
spectively.
The total receipts this years will be
shown to have been about $500 000, 900,
or s64 900, 900 less than for the fiscal year
1907 Customs receipts will be shown to
have fallen off about SAG. 900 900 from
those of 1907, while the receipts from in
ternal revenue sources will be short
nearly s1s, 0O0, ooO Miscellaneous receipts
will show a slight gain.
The disbursements for the year will
be shown to have aggregated the rath-
err stupendous total of 1858 900, 600, or
$50, 900 900 more than for 1907, and s54,-
600. 600 than for any other year since
1866, not excepting the Spanish war
period. Although these increased dis
bursements are general and are shown
in nearly every account except that of
interest on the public debt. some of
the heaviest of them We're for import
ant permanent improvements.
The Panama canal during the fiscal
wear just closed will have cost the
government $4,000 900. as against s27,-
600, 900 for the year 1907. and the work
this year in connection with the re-
clamation of the public lands will be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-02

That the Democratic national plat
form will be too weighty and uncom-
Portable a morsel for the average per-
son to swallow in toto is evidenced by
the plan which has been formed to in
troduce 1t to the public in tabloid form.
It's important planks are. TO be printed
on post card which are to be scattered
broadcast throughout the nation. The
Republican platform which broke the
record on length should also be issued
in tabloid" form, IL readers are gener-
ally desired.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-02
QUAKER MEDTTATIONs.

[From the Philadelphia Record.1
Some fellows break loose when
they get tight.
OF course, umbrellas feel all used
up when it rains.
Most men know what to do; few
know what not to do.
Stretching the imagination won't
make both ends meet.
There's no need to knock a fellow
because he is knock-kneed.
Every time a woman changes her
mind she also airs her views.
The talkative barber can't cut it
short, even when he trims your hair
1t seems as though Fate had Sc
lected some men to be punching bags.
When it comes to wedding cards it's
the brides deal and the groom's ante.
a nervous mans trouble may begin
with coffee, but all trouble begins
with I.
Time was made for slaves" quot
ed the Wise Guy. "And convicts,"
added the Simple Mug.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-02
PROSPECTS AHEAD.

To a fellow I'D a tree
w no the countryside can see,
Who can. with impartial eye,
Watch the actors fitting by,
View them as they come and go,
Very much it looks as though
There would be e'er long on hand
An election in the land.
He can read between the lines
several large, suggestive signs.
Gentlemen are buying drinks
Either with or without winks
For a lot of husky guys
Whom they really must despise.
Meanwhile handling out of bunk
To each one good size chunk.
Here and there upon the street
When a bunch of fellows meet
Noisy orators explain
All about the fall campaign.
Talk about the tariff and
Stay a trust or two offhand,
And If given half a chance
Solve the question of finance.
Yes. it looks as though there might
Be voting bout all right,
Just by peeping at the signs.
mat is what a man opines
Who can tell a load of hay
More than half a block away.
It will. or miss my guess,
Be a gay life, more or less.
Nashville American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-02
HUAOR or THE Day

After 30 a woman would much rather
have you tell her how young she looks
than how pretty she is.--New York Times.
At a time when no one seems to have a
good word for the house-breaker 1t seems
only fair to record the fact that a party
OF burglars who made their way into a
vicarage last week left untouched a. num-.
Der OF valuable sermons-and this is an
age which IL certainly not distinguished
by reverence.-Punch.
Inonensive Citizen (who has been tram
pied upon and nearly had an eve jabbed
out by passing lady)-Er-rm slightly
Perfect Lady-I didn't speak.
Inoffensive Citizen-Oh, forgive mel
thought you said Il beg your pardon
The Sketch.
Some people," said the Rev. Mr. Good
man. can never be made to appreciate
That's right. replied Mainchantz, the
merchant. they don't know how to catch
the church trade at all."-Philadelphia
Press.
.," Why do they have consultation of ply
Sometimes one doctor can think OF
Cured to the other"IThe 's Smart rti Set &C.
She-Are you sure we didn't run over
somebody just then?
He-Oh. very likely. One of those eye
lists. no doubt. If they will use our roads
they must take the consequences.-Pick-
Me-Up.
Poor Shalsespeare-Coming out of His
Majesty's theater after the revival OF
THE Merry Wives"a playgoer was heard
to remark that he much preferred tho
same authors Merry widow. Punch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-02

No one hears OF a multitude rushing
to the aid of Colonel George Harvey in
his endeavors to get the Esperantists
of the world to gather in the United
States for their international congress
for 1909. This is probably explained by
the fact that the people of this country
have about all they can attend to in
expressing themselves properly in the
language of the land and that they do
not feel the need of an auxiliary one,
nor do they want the worry incident to
learning IT.