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Daily picayune., 1908-05-05
N xt Door To Postoffice.

--Swift's Premium Lard at Mcdaniel Hardware Go.
 Mrs. Argus Timmons returned to her home in Malvern yester- day afternoon after weeks vls- it to her parents. Dr. and Mrs. J. s. Chastain.
 Buy your flowers, bulbs, plants, etc, from Vestal X Son, Little Rock.
 Buy your rough lumber from the Hatley yard or mill. Prompt delivery made. .'
 Just Received, a second ship ment of Orange Cane Seed.
 JAS. M. DUKE. The Electric theater tonight: Black Princess" Mothers Secret, ;" and Her First Bike Ride" Admission, 10 cents. Arl Warmack wants to see you at the box office.
Daily picayune., 1908-05-05
Prescott & Northwestern Railway Go.
Effective Sunday. March 29, 1908. at Midnight.

Trains No. g. and G. freight only. Arcadia Dunlap Patsvlle. Redland. MeCas- kill Crossing and Cooleyville will be stops foi trains and on flag
 0. H. HELBIG. c. F. x T. A.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-10
kYHAWxER .J01y

Four carloads of eggs were shipped
from Ottawa few days ago.
The Arcade hotel at Newton is under
strict quarantine, 1t having been dis
covered that twelve of the inmates
have the smallpox.
In Leavenworth the other day 1000
coal miners went on a strike. The
strike does not extend, however, to the
state penitentiary mines.
Ioia's town council has taken time
by the forelock and passed f1recrack-
er ordinance that it is hoped will be
conducive to a sane Fourth of July.
Gordon Parker shot a fair sized red
lynx or bob-cat, on John Neuman's
farm near Arkansas City the other
morning. The cat weighed 80 pounds.
A state shoot at glass balls and live
pigeons will be held at the state fair
grounds in Hutchinson April 21, % and
of crack shots from all over the coun-
try will be present on this occasion.
A Salina woman thought the assessor,
when he called, was a newspaper re-
porter, and gave the valuation Of her
household effects at $4,000. When she
discovered her error she reduced the
estimate to $3.50.
In jamestown last week the Bon Ami
Sunday school class gave a might cap
sold for 81 each, Notwithstanding the
well known fact that the usual market
price for a "nightcap" is fifteen cents.
Some Leavenworth men have chip
ped in their loose change to build a pill
factory that will give employment to
forty girls and fifteen men. The En-
poria Gazette thinks this looks like an
other backhanded slap at Christian
Science.
An Ottawa man was wearing a hat
the other day which he claims he has
worn for twenty years. It Is brown
and was bought in Ottawa In 1888. 1t
is said to look almost as good as new
and the owner thinks 1t will reach it's
twentieth Easter Sunday in good trim.
The Ottawa Herald tries to explain
what the trouble at the state agricul-
tural college is about: Careful investi-
cation into the sources of trouble at
Manhattan show that there is no dis
pute over the wage scale, union rules
or the observance of hours prescribed
by the International Amalgamation OF
Educators. The question Of open shop
or union recognition has not been
raised. The school teachers want more
art The college board wants more
farming. This is the whole trouble.
Give US plain pumpkins, so we have
plenty Of them cry the members of
the college board, let art and her fur
bellows stay in Lawrence But is there
a secret longing on the part of scien-
tif1c agriculture to learn to call pump
kins by their Latin names and to milk
cows by Delsarte motion?"
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-10


able extent at two places in the
vicinity of Gainesville. The product
is used principally as q filler In fer
tflizers, but some of it is also used in
paint, and practical tests Of this paint
on iron work. particularly where sub
jected to high temperatures, are re-
ported to have been very satisfactory.
1t should also prove suitable for use
in stove polish, electrotyper's powder.
foundry facings. or in any other ways
requiring only low grade material,
for while selected samples of the rock
would probably run as high as IL to
Is per cent Of graphite carbon, the
carbon content of the rock as whole
is much lower.
The deposits of raw material are.
however. practically unlimited. both
at the points of present production
and elsewhere along the belt. and this
fact. together with their convenienceto to
lines of transportation and the cheap
ness with which graphite can be
mined and prepared for use. should
insure them of a larger development.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-10
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.l

(From the Atchison Globe.l
People seem to grow old awfully
fast lately.
We never knew a person who was
not saturated with some fool notion.
Make your services SO useful that
employers will hunt you in the day
time with lantern.
The people who go to the postoffice
oftenest, are those who do not get
more than one letter a year.
"If you want to please the people,,
said an old editor to new man.
s'never speak we'll of amateurs"
The older a man grows, the more
convinced he becomes that he will
have to be his own best friend.
When anyone feels good, it Is not
because he has good luck, or takes
medicine. but because he is young.
Whenever a man gets to making
money, his kin consider it is their
duty to work him for just as much as
he will stand.
How people dislike to obey the
laws of nature! How fortunate a pig
is; he never wants to do anything
that is not good for him.
One of the first indications that
a girl is in love is when she looks mad
and turns red in the face when she
hears the men abused.
You have all heard Of women who
look like dolls. There is only one in
Atchison who looks like doll, though
a great many think they do.
II your mother was one of the kind
who let the children play with every
thing in the house, you had a good
time, but you haven't any heirlooms.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-10
NEW GRAPHITE FIELDS.

More than a million and a half dol
lars worth of natural graphite was
consumed in the United States in
1906, and less than half of this was
of domestic production. With the de-
mand for the material thus so great
ly exceeding the supply, a new occur
renee already known merits attention,
and the possibility that the deposits
of graphite slate IN northwestern
Georgia may furnish an abundant
supply of certain grades of this
mineral is especially interesting.
Such a possibility is pointed out by
DR.. c. w. Hayes, the chief geologist
of the United States geological survey.
and Mr.. w. c. Phalen, also of the sur
vey, in pamphlet just published as
an advance chapter from the govern
ment bulletin, Contributions to
Economic Geology
The belt of graphite talcose slate
that crosses Murray, Gordon, Barlow,
Polk and Tallapoosa counties, in
northwestern Georgia. has been pros
pected at many places for itz
graphite and is worked to consider
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-10
WEALTH AND DIPLOMACY.

Although nothing definite is known
outside of official circles as to the
reasons which impelled the German
emperor to hesitate in receiving DR..
Hill as our ambassador to his court,
the consensus of opinion is that the
Kaiser feared that the relatively small
private fortune of the Hills would
prevent the embassy from making
that brilliant social display which
has enabled Mr.. Tower in Berlin and
Mr. Reid in London to increase their
prestige in the countries to which
they are accredited
While the American people are
naturally averse to admitting that
great wealth is a requisite of dipIo-
macy, it is nevertheless true that for
some years official Washington has
been seeking means of enabling our
diplomats to live on a, footing COM
mensurate with European standards
In. the very nature of things diplo-
mat who is not in society is draw
back to his country, as diplomacy
and society go together.
Congressman Longworth is the
sponsor of a bill now pending appro-
priating $5:000.O0O for the purchase,
equipment and maintenance of en-
bassy buildings in the various i'm
portant capitals. This bill reflects
the views of the secretary of state,
and its passage, we believe, will be
approved by the most intelligent pub
lie opinion. At the same time pro-
vision should be made for an increase
in the salaries of ambassadors. In
this way a diplomatic career will NOT
be closed to men of merit, who are
not also men of means
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-10

ana in the opposite direction he could
see that the gate Of the compound wha
closed.
'"fhe-mar-eater? he asked dased-
". moving his cramped limbs
What made you think OF that7"
asked Akerslie, ruefuIly: II was just
going to spring It on you! Chunt-the
brave, the Incompatible Chuui-has
slain the man-eater Just without the
stockade. Lsook!"
Welton rose stifny to his feet and
looked sheepishly At the flaming
torches and the crowd Of brown-sktn-
ned natives who were trfumphahtfy
dragging the huge carcass through the
gateway. Chuni, proud and victorious.
salaamed before his master. Tor the
honorable sahib," he said, solemnly.
little later Marion bade her lover
good night. what do you think.
Billy" she murmured softly, with .
side glance at the stalwart. form OF
Akerslie. Major Akerslie has been
telling me about his engagement to
Marjorie Booths dear schoolmate OF
mine-and I'm afraid we were 90
much interested in talking about her
that we forgot you! Were you really
sI hope so." said Billy. impressively.
1908. by Associated
Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-10
QUAKER REFIlEcT1oNs.
[From the Philadelphfa Recor

[From the Philadelphfa Record.j
Even when q fellow goes broke he
might save a few chunks OF hope.
Some people are as easily pleased
as an old maid looking for e husband.
No. Maude. dear. e II doubtful X
even fishmonger could scale q prison
wall.
When even the climate doesn't agree
with a man he can't expect other peo-
pie to.
81 just do this to keep my hand in,''
remarked the man a. he pulled on his
gloves.
The Pacific fleet ought to demon
strate that Uncle Sam can paddle his
own canoe.
Miss Mtllyuns-"How much do you
love me. darling?" Harduppe@"For
all you are worth, dearest.
The first time a girl Is disappointed
in love she is very much surprised to
find that her heart isn't broken.
Guzzler-I didn't get to bad at all
last night" Wigwag-"What was the
troub1e?" Guzzler-Too many night
caps"
Hoax-"Is there an umbrella trust %
Joax-T don't know, but if there IL
L ought to make hay while the sun
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-10
IFrom the Chicago News. ]

IFrom the Chicago News.J
The man who sees no good in
others is no good.
Many a woman who can swim Is
unable to get in.
There's no hope for the man who
has lost his self-respect.
It's harder to remember some
things than It is not to forget others.
The man who hasn't a single bad
habit seldom amounts to much.
Something you get for nothing il
usually worth just about that much.
Beware of meek man or a meek
mule; it's the unexpected that hap
pens
Stop worrying about the sorrows of
yesterday and go after the joys of to-
day.
There is always some man around
who is willing to second any kind of
q motion.
Money makes the mare go-o-
come. or stay. according to the way
it talks to the jockey.
II there is such thing as a perfect
woman 1t must be one who II able to
conceal her imperfections.
The man who faces the bartender,
once too often should not be surprised
to find himself in a tight place.
Don't worry about your looks. You
look all right to your friends ana the
rest Of the world doesn't care how
YOU look
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-10
HU1H0R or THE DAY

DO you and your husband ever disa-
"He never does."-cleveland Leader.
Tommy-Pop. what are the sins q emis-
Tonmys Pop-The sins Of omission. my
son, are merely those we fongst to conn
mit.-Philadelphia Record.
Dudley has written a novel, I'm told.
They also say that he himself il the
sof course. He has read the thing
that's heroic enough. En.''-Phiisdeiphi Press.
ct accept all first contributions" de-
"As to p howy % = pAs'ns sene'n'
The author buy. many copies OF the
check we send Courfer-Jour-
nal. 80
Farmer (bursting into cross roads store)
What do you think, Silas Newcheese?
The bones OF prehistoric man have been
farm!
: stSrskespsracreat J 1',,; s Gosh, hop. poor
corners inouest.-Puck
salesman-You ought to have a talking
Mr.: Grouch-1 have I married it,
Comic Cuts.
with me. John. She'll make you feel Just
as If you were at home.
Her Husband-Then what's the use Of
going g?-Judge.
Ella-Im to be married tomorrow ana
stella-I suppose there always is a
snance fast OF the man getting away up to the
Hewitt have been pinched for money
Jewett-well. women have different
vyifo
when she wants any.-iIome Magazine.
He's telling everybody that she is his
"And she?"
"she I, confIding to select few that he
Press.
Mif<ins-Blowitz is always clamorinr
for Justice for other people.
Binkins-Yes.and II Justice should knock
getaway through the back window-Chi-
cago News.
..5n.sy "Wn, yop nans;f'y marry for love: Grasis'"
ter.
tererss boy. as he delivered the package
ed M + sent: ma'am;" am;
your money. Now, how do you make ft?"
"oh. ! don't know anything about that.
"You don't? why. my husband told me
l-Philadelphit Press.
Giles-Which do you consider the most
important Of your senses?
Smiles-The sense Of touch.
Giles-How do you figure that out?
I wouldn't be able to raise the price Of
meal.-Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-10
Mental telepathy

Mental .telepathy has received
something of a blow. 1t was used by
the women of Aurora, ILL.,. in an effort
to influence the actions of the voters
against the continuance of saloons in
tho city. They staid at home and
concentrated their thoughts on their
cherished desire but this sort of an
emotional campaign was barren of
fruit. The saloon men were VIC
torious by vote of two to one. This
controlling of elections by mental
tslepathy or will power is a beautiful
theory but it does not seem to work
out well in practice.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-10

There's no use talking. It's too bad
that the constitution of the United
states provides for any membership
in the house of representatives ex-
cept that of a speaker. He has now
been given the power by his errand
boys. the members of the majority.
to declare recess without the neces-
sity of motion or a vote. From
this and other power that has been
given him and that he has usurped
he actually declares what shall and
u1zat shall not be considered in the
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-10

Lengthy ,adjournments are now be-
ing taken by the United States senate
because there are not any measures
sen the calendar that are regarded by
the leaders as being of a pressing
icharacter. There are any number of
Important pieces of legislation slum-
bering in the committees of this
s..august assemblage" that the people
and the president would like to see
enacted into laws, but what, forsooth,
do the great majority of the United
iStetes senators care for the wishes
and desires of the people? Most of
them owe their positions to the
Vaccinations of party machines.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-10

When a nation sees the possibility
OF having to use force of arms against
another power, even If it is a little
one. about the last thing it does is to
rush into the newspapers with the
announcement that naval and mill
tary plans are being prepared for the
emergency. So the action of the
authorities at Washington in letting it
be known that plans are being made
for naval and military demonstra-
tion against Castro's little land in the
case of a necessity arising, leads one
to think that something of a big bluff
is being worked on the fiery vene-
zuelan dictator who is no respecter of
persons and nations.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-10
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Riches don't always make a man
happy and neither does poverty.
X 4
A good example of stoicism is the
after effects of honeymoon.
x X X
When woman has credit she buys
many things that she does not need.
X X Y
It's the little things of life that al
ways furnish the greatest difficulties.
X X
Some women have absolutely miser-
able compilations because they know
absolutely nothing about art.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-10
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
IFrom the New York Press.1

IFrom the New York Press.1
When people lead the simple life it's
because they have to.
Generally a man can invent some
thing that will work il 1t isn't any
use.
A man always thinks he is enjoying
himself because he's away from home.
You can ask a girls father for her
hand. but you've got to get her heart
from her
making up your mind not to waste any
time trying merely to earn 1t.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-10
CONGRESS WASTING TIME.

According to the reports from Wash
ington the. president is becoming net
tied over the inaction Of congress, the
latter being evidently bent on pursuing
its usual tactics of delaying important
legislation until near the close of the
session, when, beyond a doubt, some
important matter will be slighted if
not lost in the shuttle" of the final
rush and confusion. This is an old
and discreditable habit with congress,
and to more or less extent it is prac-
ticed at every session. This year the
tendency to procrastinate and waste
valuable time is pronounced and is
largely due to the evident desire of
the members of congress to avoid GO
ing on record on questions which they
fear may cause them trouble with their
constituents. For, of course, among
the latter there are always those who
favor opposite sides, and the represen-
tatives therefore know they will fail
to please one side whichever way they
vote. And a congressman naturally
hates to be driven into explanations,
especially on the eve of another eIec-
tion when opponents are ready to take
every advantage to accomplish their
defeat. s.sss
President Roosevelt, however. is de-
termined that congress must do busi-
ness" and this was one of the points
strongly urged in his recent special
messages to that body Neither is he
inclined to let it rest at that, for It Is
stated he has in contemplation an
other message that will be even more
pointed and insistent than those which
fa oil INIT l.
mated that he has let it be known
that unless congress disposes of the
important bills now pending, and some
of which the president regards as ex-
ceedingly essential to the welfare of
the country, he may decide to call an
extra session of congress soon after the
adjournment of the regular session, to
take up such important business as is
left unfinished. This. of course, is not
a pleasing prospect for the members
of congress, who have no relish for a
session during the hot months of sum-
mer, while it would be particularly dis
tasteful this year with a campaign
coming on and political fences to build
or repair, and then carefully watched
up to the time of election.
Yet if the members of congress get
themselves into corner OF this kind 1T
will be their own fault. They know
as well as the president does that ac-
ton on many matters of pressing i'm
portance has been delayed and avoided
for no other apparent purpose than to
play the game of politics, and that If
the same programme is continued until
the close of the session the people will
be far from satisfied. Moreover the
president is right. and is also justified,
in urging on congress the necessity Of
disposing of this pending legislation
Immediately, and especially such bills
as will aid in a restoration of pros
perity and correct existing faults that
have been called to attention by the
presidents messages. 1t is to be hoped.
therefore, that congress will take a
brace and attend to these matters with
reasonable dispatch. And if the presi-
dent has his way this will be done.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-10

Chicago was swept by the Republi-
cans at the recent municipal election:
And there is plenty of opportunity
for them to continue the use of their
broom and clean up the city to con-
siderable extent and ir. a variety of
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-10

President Roosevelt is right in de-
manding that the negroes in the
states of the south and southwest be
Furnished with good Jim crow cars.
They are entitled to equal accommo
dations with the whites and the
authorities should see that they get
them.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-10

house. He is the house as a matter
of fact and the representatives that
the people Of the various states have
sent to Washington to look after the
business of the country are mere
hgureheads. AS it is conducted at
present the house of representatives
of the United States is a biggest pos
sible travesty on popular government.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-10

In view of the fact that the French
car in the automobile race from New
York to Paris has just reached the
Pacific coast, the American car which
Is few thousand miles, more or less.
in the lead. might take a side trip to
the North Pole and back and then win
the race handily.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-10

+ Although there are thirty cases of
smallpox in the city there is little if
any fear that serious epidemic will
result. thanks to the efficient work of
the physicians Of Topeka and its To-
cal board of health.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-10

It is to be hoped that Rear Admiral
Robley d. Evans illness is not as SER
ious as rumor has that it is. He is
deserving of years of rest and happf-
ness for his faithful and brilliant SER
vice to his country.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-10

News comes from the east that Mr..
Hartman has come ''to the rescue" of
the Erie railroad by putting up s5,0o0,-
600 in cash to meet certain of it's obli-
cations. This apparent generosity on
the part of Hartman is probably a step
of his toward securing control of the
road. If he does, it will not be the
first railroad he rescued" by taking
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-10

STILL IN THE RING.
NOW comes the funny, painted clown
With gaudy cap and bells;
he tumbles either up or down
And with much padding swells.
He drives the horses. SIX or four,
And jumps the elephant.
And II he don't do any more
It's not because he can't.
He tells the jokes that used to make
our great-grandfathers laugh.
And now and then he makes a break
To hven up his chaff.
No circus ring would be complete
Without this nimble knave.
For whether on his head or feet
He's Just the joy we crave :
There never was single day
Since we were boys in school
That We did not incline to stay
Where some one played the fool.
New York Sun
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-10
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

The State Journal is q member Of the
Associated Press and receives the fun day
telegraph report OF that great news or
Sanitation for the exclusive afternoon
publication, IN Topeka. "a
The news is received IN The State Jour-
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
bose. s--
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-10

II the May flowers follow with the
profusion of the April showers. the
woods. the fields and the gardens will
be glorious to look upon.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-10

Is there any other state in the
ocuntry that, like Kansas, can show
the poor houses in one-fourth of its
ccunties to be empty? Surely this is
the land of plenty.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-04-10
staying ON Disease.

1t seems to be necessary for the hu-
man body to exhale the poisonous con-
stituents OF the blood. A big. stout
pair of lungs trained to do their duty
will stave of a multitude Of diseases
by blowing them into the air. Dis
eases vanish in carbonic acid carbon
dioxide, or dioxide). and it is interest,"
ing to know how much Of this is ex-
haled in the course of certain exercises.
In a healthy sleep you exhale about
six-tenths Of an ounce an hour; in
walking at the rate of two miles an
hour, FL ounces; walking three miles
an hour. ounces: horseback riding. 4
ounces: swimming, ~ ounces; working
a treadmilI, 5h ounces.-New York