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

glars ply their trade so easily in the
metropolis of the new world that one Of
the largest burglary insurance COM
panies in the country no longer sells
any insurance against thieves on prop
erty in New York But perhaps the
worst feature in this connection is the
charge that many burglars actually
have the protection OF some of the po-
lice force with whom they divide their
spoils. This Is certainly a pretty con-
dition of affairs to prevail in any Amer
lean CITY,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-03
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
rFrom the Chicago Newz.1


Are you above suspicion or below it7
There is nothing to be gained by being
knocker
Many a man seems to have the oorrass
of a crawfish.
A wife is either the making Of q man m,
the unmaking of him. "a
It's hard to satisfy an automobfle t.st.
a trolley car.
The more a woman knows the easier -
is for her to hold her tongue
Many man fails to make GOOD becar..
he loves his ease 30 much
man may build palace but n rob-,
a woman to convert 1t into a home.
What the se1f-made man needs g.
wife who Is capable of polishing +ha
rough edges. the
Many a girl who thinks she is too 90.
to do housework believes that her rno SIIoo
isn't Aiolher
Live and learn is a good motto hut :.
the age OF 30 the average man berinS
A mans judgment enables hin, -
some Things almost as well a WON ~ 90
do them without any woman can
LIQUOR mas caused many strong MAJ.
MIN out when he is loaded y Anock
Almost any man can convince .
mat ne loves her. but he has woman
overtime IN order 10 keep her eovs.sMorE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-03
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
rFrom the Philadelphia Record. ]


The optician Is sort of eye deal man
All the hot air doesn't come rom fur
naces.
Back talk will SELDOM get follow to
Two souls with but single thought
generally double up.
A man can not add to his stature by
treading other peoples toes.
It's the fellow with a vaulting ambition
who should look before he leaps.
The man who buys trouble doesn't kick
If he doesn't get his moneys worth
No matter how beautiful the rhinoceros
may think himself. he doesn't blow his
own horn about It.
''It takes two men to make a bargain"
quoted the Wise Guy Yes" assented the
Simple Mug. but only one gets tho BEN
eft of it."
mo. Maude. dear, Just because your fig
tIre is not ADAPTED to the straight front Is
no reason why you should get your back
up about it,
Blobbs-"He is only making So a week
and yet is going to embark on the sea az
matrimony." SlobbsE'Wen I'd rafher
not go at all than travel steerage'
Harduppe-"I asked Bjones to lend ma
So saying I had left my pocketbook At
home" Borrowe1l-''Did he faII?" Hard.
uppe-"F'all nothing. He offered ma a
nickel for car fare to go home and get it,"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-03

Edmond Kelly, former lecturer on
municipal government at Columbia
university. has written a monograph
in which he proposes solution of the
tramp problem through the establish
ment of labor colonies such as exist in
Holland, Germany, Belgium and Switz-
erland. He would have forced colonies
for criminal tramps and free colonies
for non-criminals who are unable to
find employment. This plan has re-
ceived the endorsement Of several OF
the leading sociologists in the coun-
try.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-03
KANSAS COMNENT
HARD LUCK.


Inc average man is apt to repine
whenever Fate deals him left
handed swat; whereas. If he'd go to
the window and look out, he'd be
real reason for kicking.
Az Altoona, Pa, there is grocer
named Prunkard, who is in bed with
several bones broken. Mr.. Prunkard
mas been in hard lines all his life and
this is the fortieth time he has been
taken to the repair shop. Whenever
ne gets into a buggy to enjoy a little
ride, the horse runs away and throws
him out and then comes back and sits
on him.
If he goes into a field to gather
johnny-jumpups a bull comes along
and cores him and breaks a lot of his
ribs If he goes to the postoffice for
his mail, brick is sure to fall from
some chimney and hit him on the
head. and knock him into the earth
up to his shoulders. He has been run
over by street cars; all the dogs in his
neighborhood have bitten him; he has
been blown up by dynamite, drown
ed. poisoned and slugged with an ak.
and whenever he wakes in the morn>
ing he wonders whose building is go
ing to fall on him that day.
Yet this estimable grocer, who has
two or three surgeons constantly on
his STAFF, is a CHEEKY and optimistic
man, and when he was taken to the
repair shop for the fortieth time yes
terday he said that he'd soon be
around again, as frisky and clipper as
ever.
One Of the most cheerful and use
full citizens Of Atchison is man who
was born deaf and dumb, and who
had his legs cut off in a railway acci-
dent. He has no blue days, and he
wouldn't know a crouch if he met it
wearing sign. He earns good money
L. los rf> =
Is always industrious, always cheerful.
AS he shuffles around town on the
stumps of legs, he meets every day a
good many men who have all their
faculties. and all their limbs, but who
belong to the Down and Out club, and
do a great deal of complaining about
hard luck. and the malevolence of the
gods.
Really, the people who have health
and hands to work with should be
ashamed to whine and blame their
misfortunes upon luck.--Emporia
Gazette.
MANY CANDIDATES.
Although 1t is six months until the
primaries are to be held to nominate
candidates, yet in every county there
is a swarm of them For six months
the voters will be bulldozed, bored,
robbed of their time. and tormented by
gang of fellows who are for the most
part worthless and unfit for the offices
they are after. They will devastate the
farms, and invade the stores and Of
fees. They will make the professional
and business men swear, and the farm
ers say "Gol ding EN-" For six months
the politicians will be as a plague of
locusts. and we shall have to stand for
them. And when the primary comes
in August, we shall gather and nomi-
nate the poorest sticks and the most
incompetent men we have on the list
While the mighty struggle for a pri-
mary was going on, why did not some
Of the wise guys think to make it a
penitentiary offense to run for office
more than 30 days before the date of
the primary ?-Lawrence Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-03

Encouraging, indeed. was the note Of
confidence in the talks Of the big rail-
way managers of the country before the
interstate commerce commission on the
new nine hour day law for telegraph
operators. Not single one of them ex-
pressed the belief that the present in
dustrial depression would be lasting.
And they are the men who know where
of they speak along these lines They
ever have their fingers on the pulse of
the arteries of the country through
which the business of the nation GIBBS
and flows.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-03

Republicans in Edwards county are
not easily fooled. That they are not
tremendously enthusiastic over the
reformation" of Senator F. Dumont
Smith is evidenced by the turning down.
in their county convention, of a resolu-
ton endorsing him by the decisive vote
of "a to II This might be called some
thing Of a blow for the genial gentle
man from the folks at home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-03
HIS CHOICE.

l can't make up my mind
w INCH one like the best,
II but knew some test
10 set my mind at rest
II could only find
Which one my heart possessed
l can't make up my mind;
l seem to love them all.
My fancy they enthralI;
Each damsel when I call
Seems very sweet and kind
Here's where I seem to stall.
I can't make UP my mind
l rather fancy Nell,
And Maud is very swell;
Eyangeline's a belle,
And Bess lags not behind
It's pretty hard to tell
can't make up my mind.
NY hand l might bestow
On Jennie: but know
She has the poorest show.
To merit I'm not blind.
But Lucy has the dough.
Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-03
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR,
[From the New York Press.J

A woman can forgive Providence most
anything but bad complexion
Some girls get engaged to a man so as
to make up their minds whether to NARY
him.
An awful uncomfortable feeling is when
you can't remember the next day the az
cuse you gave the night before
The satisfactory thing about pessimism
out than it Is expected they would
There's hardly any deeper Insult vo,,
can give young woman than to Intimate
that some day she may be q erandu1of5h~r
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-03

Fires cause enormous losses in New
which have just been compiled show
that the loss from burglaries there dur
ing the past year amounted to nearly
&1e.O0o.o00 and was greater by $4,000 900
than the loss incurred by fires. Bur-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-03

March has assuredly arrived with the
temperament of a lamb and it is to be
hoped that in this instance there will
prove to be nothing in the saying that
a good beginning makes for a bad end
ing, for a ferocious March would GER
tainly make the next fruit crop negli-
Chile nlantitY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-03

Because Former Governor Bradley has
been elected as United States senator
from Kentucky, the Democrats in the
state legislature are threatening to pass
a stringent prohibition law for the pur-
poses of retaliation. This is good news
for the prohibition workers. 1t will be
q victory easily won for them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-03

Everybody is in favor of the plan to
make Bob Evans a vice admiral and
have the commission ready to present
to him when his ships sail through the
Golden Gate. There's no need for any
talk on the subject. Let congress go
right ahead and take the necessary
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-03

Governor Cummins, of Iowa, may
now be placed in the quondam class of
presidential candidates. There is every
indication that this state will be en-
Enthusiastically solid for Taft So will
Nebraska. The middle west will surely
make a great showing for Mr.. Taft on
the first ballot taken at Chicago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-03

There's no doubt that the furniture
business in Pennsylvania is a paying
one. especially if the man in 1t has a
chance to do business with the state.
One piece in the new capitol that
could be duplicated for 1910 was sold
to the state for $4,000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-03

It's going to take another ten days or
two weeks discussion in the senate be-
fore the time will be ripe for taking a
vote on the Aldrich currency bill. 1t
can hardly be said that the national
solons improve each shining hour.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-03
messages.

Cornell university has an interesting
student in Prince Narayan, a son Of
the Maharajah of Cooch-Beha and one
of the richest nabobs of India. He
proposes to learn the mysteries of mod
ern agriculture.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-03
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRWSS.

England has a few troubles of her
own just now. A revolt in India is i'm
minent. Probably it will afford another
opportunity for the fertilization of bar
rem fields with Anglo-Saxon blood
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-03

Scientists have just about agreed that
the effective temperature of the sun
is nearly 5,4O0 degrees centigrade
which is approximately 300 degrees
fahrenheit. That, we should say, is
plenty warm enough.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-03

Hall Game has one on the president
The novelist has called some one a
hoddy doddy. Surely it was mad
vertence on the part of Mr.. Roosevelt
to leave this out Of some one of his
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-03

by the use of little cleverness," be-
gan Brokeley, ct know a way to secure q
very excellent substitute for gold
Howl? asked Markley: eagerly.
ASK for silver Haven't got a ha1f-dol-
lar or SO about you. have you?"-Phila-
delphia Press.
The Washington times., 1908-12-20
FUNERAL OF JUDGE
LARGELY ATTENDED
North Carolina Jurist Is Buried
With Odd Fellows
HOnorS.

RALEIGH. N C. Dec 20.-Tle funer-
al Of TEc.nas r Purnell, Judge Of the
United States circuit and district courts
OF the eastern district of North Caro-
lima, held here today. was attended
by a great number Of people. Services
We're held in the Church Of Good Shep-
eTd, by the Rev DR.. l. Mex. Pittingter.
Among the honorary paubearers were
Edmund Waddiu, sr., Virginia: 4. @
Duncan, S A. L receiver; Col. a 3.
Andrews, vice president Of the Southern
Railway; Col. Harry Skinner. district
attorney; Hon. George Green. Newbern.
Interment was with Odd Fellows hon
ors. by the two Raleigh lodges.
Great interest attaches TO the success
sOr 10 the jUdgeship.
Former Judge +. w. Timberlake has
for several days had the Endorsement
Of a number Of prominent people in the
State, including, II is said, Governor
Glenn. He is making an active cam
paign- Other candidates are Col Harry
Skinner, district attorney. and I-idell
Msars. OF Wilmington.
The general expectation is that Skin
Eer Will be appointed early in January.
In that event. Il r. Seawell. Of Car
thdSe; George Butler. Of Sampson. or
Irldell Meares, of Wilmington. Wi get
the district a. .Orneyship- Butler is =
brother Of former Senator Marion But
fer
The Washington times., 1908-12-20
TO WIDOW
THROUGH OLD WILL
Mrs. Core, of Norfolk, Gets
SIS, 900 as Result of Find
ing Forgotten Paper.

NORFOLK. Va, Dec. 20-Through
the discovery Of a paper among the ef-
fects or her brother. r. p. Wharton, a
Government emplOye at Panama,
which had been hled away and forgot
ten, the claim or Mrs. Alice Wharton
Core, of Norfolk, 70 the property OF her
husband, the late William II Core, has
been established and she VIII come into
the possession Of the estate, the esti-
mated value Of which is $4,000.
The document has just been admitted
10 probate in the Norfolk city circuit
court as the last viii and testament Of
Mr.. Core, after whose death a viii,
dated March 4, 1909, had been found, in
which he bedueathed his property to his
sister, Miss MOllie A Core, of Norfolk
The widow contested the will on the
ground that the real estate had been
purchased with her money. The paper
produced in court, sworn 10 by Mr..
Core. substantiates this claim and be.
questAes her all his personal property
besides.
The litigation developed the fact that
prior 10 their marriage Core had wilIed
all his property 10 his brIde-eIect. but
this Instrument was vitiated BIZ the
ma~Ti~ ge.
The Washington times., 1908-12-20
WILL USE E-RAYS
TO FIND DIAMOND
Jeweler Says Prisoner Swal-
lowed Gem When Cap
tured by Police.

BUFFALO. y. Y, Dec. 20.-With the
prospects Of an X-r9y examination as a
Yuletide diversion, Charles A PT<estley,
thirty-fOur years old. today is lingering
in a police station on a charge OF grand
larceny, preferred by a prominent jew
eler. Priestley is said 10 have some
where within himself a $3.50 diamond,
and II the missing stone does not ap-
pear before Christmas Day the anxious
jeweler will insist that Priestley's in
sides be looked into.
Priestley surOlled into the ieTelry
store and asked TO see "A tray OF stones.
Then he called for mother tray. The
jeweler, Emil DettIing. says that when
he turned to get the second tray, Priest
ley snatched a big diamond from the
first tray. Dettling summoned the po-
lice, and when PTiestley was examined
no diamond was TO be found. Detting
allges that he saw Presley take a
huge gUlp as the officer hove into sight,
and he charges that the gulp was due
TO the diamond passing down his throat.
whittier he sent It 10 escape detection
The Washington times., 1908-12-20
NEW MIDDLE PARTY
CAUSES SENSATION
Today of the Starting
of Political Organization
ExciteS London

LONDON, Dec. 2O.-News today of
the launching in the near future of a
middle party, under the leadership Of
Foreign Secretary Grey. which will
practically amount TO a readjustment Of
the entire English political system,
caused the biggest sensation OF the year
in inside" political circles.
The middle party is 20 be composed
OF those conservatives who have grown
tired Of their party's ironclad proLec-
tiOn policies and its alliance Of the
church and aristocracy, and many OF
the liberals who are alarmed at the
growing socialistic tendencies of the
liberal leaders including several mem
bers Of the cabinet.
Among those who are said to be in
the movement for the middle party are
Lord Rosebery, PreTnie -e Asquith, Lord
BalfOur and Lord IansdOwne.
The leaders Of the movement hope TO
complete the organization before the
1909 election, in which they say they
viii win by an OverwL ming majority.
The Washington times., 1908-12-20
ARRANGE FUNERAL
OF EDWARD HUNT

Funeral services for Edward Hunt,
the policeman who shot himself at
the Second precinct police station,
viii be held at the Church Of the I'm
maculate Conception. Eighth and NJ
streets northwest, tomorrow morning
at o'clock Mass will be celebrated
by the Rev J. ID. Moore. Interment
VIII be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Sergeant Patrick Hunt, Of the Ma
rlne Corps, a brother Of the suicide
stationed at Portland, Ne. arrived
here early today and completed ar
rangements for the burial Of his
brother.
Sergeant Hunt was unable to ac-
count for his brothers action.
The Washington times., 1908-12-20
ROMANCE CREDITED
TO WAUKESFA BEACH
Engagement of Washington Mar TO
Georgia Girl Is An
nOunCed.

MADISON, Wis, Dec 2O.-AnOther rO-
nance has been credited to Waukesha
Beach. On December 80 John E,arl
Baker, University of Wisconsin, class OF
'OS. now a statistician in the Interstate
Commerce Commission at Washington,
Will marry Miss Willie Snith, Thomas
vile. Ca. relative OF Governor HOke
Smith.
While working for the Wisconsin State
Tax Commission, in vaIuing property
throughout the State for taxation pur-
poses two years ago. Mr. Baker became
acquainted with Miss Smith, then in
failing health, who had come North
with her sister to Waukesha-
Nj. and Mrs. Francis Baker Eagle,
parents Of the groom. will go TO Georgia
next week TO attend the ceremony.
Mr.. Baker was well known in the uni
versity as debate-- He was formerly
a Milwaukee newspaper man.
The Washington times., 1908-12-20
CHURCH FACTIONS
PARTED BY POLICE
Rival Parties Storm So Threaten
ingly That PeaCemakeTs
Are Called
Are Called.

WILKESBARRE, Pa. Dec. 2O.-PO-
lice had to be called this morning TO
disperse the congregation Of the North
WilkesbaTre Greek Church. which was
engaged in a dispute which threatened
to end in a fight. There have for some
time been two cOntendiug factions in
tho congregation and at a meeting of
the rival factions this morning the ar
guments grew 50 boisteroUs and the Op-
pOnents so noisy that, fearing an out
break Of violence, residents of the
neighbOrhOOd sent for the police The
officers were the peacemakers and
finally prevailed upon the members Of
the warning factions to depart in Oppo-
site directions to their homes
The Washington times., 1908-12-20
HUBBY BREAKS UP
BOHEMIAN DINNER
ChaSeS Wife'S Escort Out of
Hotel and Takes Ride
in Patrol Wagon.

ST. LOUIS. Dec 20.-Whie enjoying
Bohemian dinner at an early hour this
morning. IN the public dining room Of
the exc Isive Planters Hotel, Mrs. jeff
c Ralstun, 4475 Mcpherson avenue, was
attacked by her husband who suddenly
entered and chased his wife's escort
from the room. Ralston then returned
and quar1cled with his wife The DO
lice arrived and they were taken 10 the
station in a patrol wagon.
Upon learning their identity and the
address, which is in "Millionaires'
Row." the couple was allowed TO sum
mon their automobile and depart. Mr..
and Mrs. Ralston refuse TO discuss the
case.
The Washington times., 1908-12-20
BUSINESS MEN KICK
or LEAGUERS' PLAN
Movement of Young Clevelanders
tC live as Christ Lived
Is Halted.
Is Halted.

CLEVELAND. O.. Dec 20.-Thc gen
eral committee In charge OF the pro-
posed two-week experiment OF living
as Christ would Iive,' which was plan
ned to be participated in by the 1L00O
Cleveland members OF the Epworth
League. the Christian Endeavor Society
and the Baptist Young Peoples Union,
are up a tree. It does not know wheth-
er 70 call It of or not. The business
men OF Cleveland ara baking today.
One of tEe rules TO guide the 1900 is
this: Tel the truth about the goods
you sell"
The statement OF one Cleveland retail
store manager sums up in a nutshell
the opinion OF the lot. IF I find any OF
my clerks trying to sell goods by that
rule. I'll discharge him on the spot
About Is per cent OF the 1000 are
salespeOple.
The Washington times., 1908-12-20
ANIMALS IN FIRE.

TOLEDO. Ohio, Dec. 20-Two large
barns owned by R L King, residing
ten miles east OF here, were destroyed
by fire early this morning, entailing a
loss of $1,000, with about 5000 insur-
anCe. Origin Of fire is unknown. Loss
includes 800 head of sheep. 3 horses, 100
bushels OF grain. a quantity Of hay, and
a great many agricultural implements
The Washington times., 1908-12-20
ACCUSED MAN STICKS
TO ORIGINAL STORY
FlorcZik Still Declares He Could
Not Get Into Home OF
Murdered Couple.

WILMINGTON, Del, Dec. 2O.-AIe1an-
der Florczik, a half-brother OF Wycenty
Florczik, whom he is accused Of mur-
dering. and who was arraigned In court.
held without bail. today sticks 10 his
original story that ne was unable 20
get into his brothers house On Thurs
day night, though he was a boarder
there, and on going there the next
morning found the bodies OF FIorczlk
and his wife in their beds.
The Washington times., 1908-12-20
HIGH CLASS DENTAL WORK
At REDUCED PRICES

Don't let your teeth decay beyond
professional aid Cali tomorrow and
have DIT Patton treat them. You owe
1t TO yourself to keep your teeth in
proper condition. Money cant buv a
set like your own-but for a little money
Will put your teetn in first class con-
dition. II your teeth are beyond pro-
fessional aid ] will extract them with
cut pain, and make you a set e,uarap-
teed 70 ny and give entire satisfaction
The Washington times., 1908-12-20
PLAN ENLARGEMENT
OF BADGER CAMPUS
Architect Laird, of Philadelphia,
VIII Have Charge
Of Work.

MADISON, Wis, Dec 9-To Archi-
tect Laird Of Philadelphia has the task
come OF making the University Of Wis
Consin a second oxford or Cambridge.
with all the buildings arranged in a
harmonious whole. on a general scheme
which VIII allow the enlargement Of the
campus as the university grows, with
out destroying the harmony OF the ef-
feet.
At a meeting of the university regents
tomorrow the plans viii be gone into
by the members. though at a recent
meeting Mr.. Laird made his expiana-
tiOns 10 the regents. The building Of
dOTmitOries. in such a manner as TO
allow enlargements, is the great STUN
bling block
The Washington times., 1908-12-20
HUBBARD NEAR DEATH.

BUFFALO. y. Y, Dec. 20-EIbert
Hubbard, the Roycrofter and author.
was nearly killed by a tree in the woods
near his East Aurora colony today. He
was assisting wOrkmen telling trees
when. miscalculatinE the direction in
which ono was going to fall. he got in
the way ard the big tree crashed down
upon him.
Upon examination it was found that
one foot was smashed and that internal
Injuries may have been caused
The Washington times., 1908-12-20
CID SOLDIER RETIRES
AFTER FORTY YEARS
Lieut.. Col Logan Quits Service
With Rank OF Briga-
der General
der General.

BOSTON. Dec. 2o-After forty years
OF military life. Lieut. Col. Lawrence J.
Logan, the oldest officer IN point OF ser
vice in Massachusetts. has Just been re-
tired with the rank Of brIga6ier general
Logan served IN the civil war. and
was h0nOrabiy discharged IN 1s52 with
the rank o. major. Finding the army
life 20 nis liking he re-enlisted as lieu
tenant colonel He went with his reg
ment 10 Cuba in the Spanish war. and
when Col r. 3. Began was taken III
Logan took command