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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-01
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

CFrom the New York PressJ
There can be no equal rights until
distribution begins.
It's surprising how little money a
man can get along on when his family
needs It all.
If a man can't make up his mind
which OF two or three girls to marry
one of them will do it for him.
What a woman loves about a ba by
is how handsome it would be if it
looked more like her family.
One of the hardest things is to be-
lieve as strongly in q man you admire
as you get mad with your friends il
they don't.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-01
FROM OTHER PENS
THE DOCTORS SENTENCE.

Shall a physician tell a patient
when he is doomed? The recent case
in which a New York specialist told a
man, who sought medical advice upon
his condition, that he had but a few
hours to live has aroused a good deal
of controversy throughout the medi-
cal profession and in the press at
large. Should a doctor presume to
pronounce a death sentence? queried
those who protested against it. Should
not a man in his faculties and unpre-
pared for death have the opportunity
to settle his affairs? answered its sup
porters. Is 1t according to the ethics
of the medical profession and is 1t
humane? were the queries submitted
largely by the laymen.
There seems to be little doubt that
the answer must vary with the cir
cumstances. Men Of strong character
and large affairs will usually demand
of a physician the exact status Of their
malady in its desperate stages. They
wish to know as nearly as human
knowledge can determine what may
be their chance for life. They do not
whence no voices float back upon its
bodiless airs But they do fear to
leave their worldly affairs in disorder;
they dread to go away from their
loved ones without making every eff
fort to leave them safely provided for
and all business matters Strengthened
out 1t would be wrong not to tell
such men when they are certain to
die. A just and wise physician would
do it. He would have no right to
withhold the information from them
On the other hand, there are those
whose very fear of death Is such that
knowledge Of it's surety would hasten
them to 1t. Not even a doctor has the
right to cut short the life of a human
being, unless the law should. in some
time to come, give it to him for the
sake of ending needless suffering. II
would not be humane to add to the
suffering of those imaginative persons
who fear death by telling them OF
that which is inevitable 1t does them
no good to know.-Washington Post
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-01
MYRTIILA,s SHOES.

MHH11lIAS SHOES.
When my Myrtilla heaves a sigh
And says new shoes she'll have to buy
feel quite sorry for the clerk.
know Just how he'll have to work.
I know that she'll compel that man
To show her every shade Of tan
And then she'll set him to unpack
Two dozens of the black.
She'll say one minute that she feels
She must have military heels:
The next, without the least pretense
OF shame. she'll want the common
sense"
She'll call for button, ankle high,
And then she'll want an oxford Tie,
And then again she'll change her mind
And ask him for some other kind.
When she has settled on the style
She'll sit and try them on a while.
For hours and hours and hours she'll sit
And yet she'll never get fit.
The reason is. she always tries
To get them in her proper size.
She stubbornly insists that twos
Are always what she takes in shoes.
Perhaps the clerk, by slow degrees,
At last will squeeze her feet in threes
I'm mighty sorry for that clerk:
l know Just how he'll have to work
Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-01

The expected has happened. The
various railroads in this section of the
country have been breaking away
from the agreements they entered
into when a two cent a mile passen-
ger rate was forced upon them. They
then declared that this would be the
lowest rate at which passenger SER
vice would be sold by them, and that
special rates and excursions were
things of the past. A number of spec
ial rates have been put In already for
conventions and other trips by all OF
the roads and now comes the an
nouncement that Sunday excursions
which proved to be popular on GER
tain roads in times past are to be re-
vived.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-01
Wesley Gaines,

John Wesley Gaines. the silver
tongued orator of Tennessee, the
guardian of the Jackson Hermitage
and bearer of the Democratic ark OF
the covenant In the house of repre-
sentatives for twelve years, will no
longer grace congress with his pres
ence. In the primaries in the Sixth
Tennessee district. which were held
recently, he was defeated for a re-
nomination by Joseph w. Byrne, who
is described as a cold hearted cor
porntion lawyer who told the voters
that Mr.. Gaines was OF no account in
congress and they seem to have taken
him at his word. This is hard on
Gaines but perhaps 1t is harder on the
members OF the house of representa-
tives because Gaines was always
amusing and entertaining, even when
he took himself most seriously.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-01
KANSAS COAAENT
THE ANSWER OF rHE WEST.


What is regarded even in the east.
the land of the calamity bowler and
the panic, as certain sign of pros
perity. is the influx into the city of
New York of western buyers. The
, Increase in the number of buyers is
said by some to be 25 per cent. cor a
Iourth more than usually visit the
city.
This must CRATE upon the nerves
or certain men in the east who have
been preaching that under the pres
ent administration the country was
demnition bound and could not be
saved without the selecting of sane
and conservative men, those who
would act as directed by Wall street
financiers. to guide the nation. 1t
must be calling to them to note the
prosperity of the west, which they
cannot help but see when so many
western buyers are in town and
spending money like millionaires.
Business houses do not buy nor
even place extensive orders in hard
times. Instead they are kept busy
closing out goods they already have
their money invested in. There is no
time for the placing Of large orders
when money is scarce and difficult to
obtain.
Last fall the east had a panic and
tried to persuade the west that the
same conditions existed out here. The
western people listened to the argu-
ment and went quietly about their
work, after the east had finished.
There might be panic back east,
who could tell? But even If there was
1t did not affect us. Since that time
the east has been busily engaged in
telling the west how to avoid panics
and asking us to come over and help
them work to prevent a recurrence of
financial troubles, which the east be-
lieved affected the entire country be-
cause it affected New York.
The sending of the buyers to New
York is the answer of the west. Will
the fasteners profit by it?-Salina
Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-01
JOURNAL ENTRIES

It's the mean man who gives his
wife a blank check for a present if it
is unsigned.
Refined neighbors are the ones who
never borrow anything but silver and
cut glass.
Grocers ought to keep photograph
records for they are nothing less than
preserved tongue.
4 y
Most folks think the deserving poor
are those who do not ask for assist
ance and they are held in high re-
gard.
There's no necessity for attempting
to fool the people all the time for If
left alone they will fool themselves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-01

''Fads and fancies for women
directoire gowns ana SUCH" EN-
largement OF the United States navy
and a closer study of possible interna-
tional complications with sea powers"
These are only two OF some remark
ably unusual things that the recent
partial eclipse of the sun portended
according to a Chicago ustrologer. 1t
would be mighty interesting to know
how he arrived at such deductions as
fhaaa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-01

Not a tax payer in the high and dry
regions Of Topeka and other parts of
Shawnee county will have a word, or
rather. should have a word OF pro-
test TO make over the action of the
county commissioners in reducing by
twenty-five per cent the assessed
valuation Of the property in the dis
tricts which were swept by the foods.
This Is a most equitable action on the
part OF the county commissioners and
should be applauded generally.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-01
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HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

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away during the summer may have
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TO any address at the rate OF ten cents
o week or thirty cents q month Coy
mail only.) Address changed as often
m desired. While out of town the
state Journal win be to you like q
daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
Bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-01

In the records of the senate today
appears this:
appointment confirmed-Guy MUIR
chic to be United States marshal for
the district of Massachusetts"
This is simple little announcement
in itself, but it means something. Guy
Murchie was a sergeant of Rough
Riders, Harvard man, who enlisted
from the old Bay state in Roosevelt's
regiment. There have been scores of
Rough Riders appointed to Office, and
the last, but not the least, of them to
be given preferment is Sergeant Guy
Murchie. who went up the hill under
fire with Lieutenant Colonel Roose-
Welt.
marshal of the Massachusetts, district
has looked after the interests of those
of his comrades who have wandered
east from the plains and who have be-
come lost, and frequently BROKE" In
the whirl of the Boston city life.
from the president telling him that
one of Ibis boys from Arizona was
in Boston, and II what he had heard
was true. the wanderer from the
southwest needed looking after. Muir
chic was asked to corral the Ari-
back to Gods country and to send the
bill to Theodore Roosevelt, White
House, Washington.
The Bostonian went on a still hunt
and finally rounded up the Arizonian.
He knew him we'll, but he had not
seen him since the strenuous days.
The lawyer roped his captive, cleaned
him up, Strengthened him out. fed
him, and gave him plenty Of money to
get back to the ranch.
The next afternoon while the law
yer was in his private office with a
client the door burst open, and the
Arizonian, very much liquored up and
very proud, tumbled in. He was ar
rayed in a frock coat, white vest,
lavender trousers, patent feathers. a
puff tie, and a plug hat, all of which,
presumably, a part of the salary of
the president of the United States had
purchased.
Sergeant" said the plainsman, II
amt going back. I am going to stay
in Boston and go in the book-writfng
biz"
The morning after" fixed things,
and Arizona still holds her Citizen
E. B. Clark in Chicago Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-01

Most of the newspaper political ex-
perts who are now at Denver are
sending out stories to the effect that
go Slow IS now the slogan of
Bryan's party. 1t is their belief that
the champions of 1.-The peepup' are
going to take a great big dose of
conservatism in their platform and in
their deliberations with the hope of
cultivating the support of the voters
in the eastern states.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-01

Topeka is SO constantly flooded
that a roof is the only place where
q garden can be maintained" is the
Father apt reply of the Wichita Bea-
con to the smarties Of this town who
have been tossing a few jeers at
Wichita because Topeka has a roof
garden and the Peerless Princess
hasn't
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-01

This trouble which has cropped out
in Mexico is being generally styled as
a revolution. But as a matter of fact
1t can be hardly dignified by that name
The outbreak appears to be confined to
the province of Coahuila where a num-
Der of ignorant men of the lower class
have started in to rob. murder and pill
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-01

Merchants who handle powder
crackers ana fireworks are complain
ing that the sane Fourth" ordinance
malpes trade in their line dull. 1t will
also make business slack for another
class OF ndividnalsLthe doctors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-01

Sympathy. yes. pity goes out to the
new born lads of these days whose
politically patriotic parents name
them Taft Think of the way their
young souls will be narrowed when
their folks and friends begin to nick
name them "Taffy"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-01
Canine Hooks s Pound Pike.

A pet water spaniel belonging to a
local fisherman is the central figure in
a fish story of unusual interest.
The fisherman had driven to dis
sport of fishing for suckers, being
careful to throw back all game fish
caught.
The water spaniel was a member Of
the party. and after the man had
ensconced himself upon the bank the
dog proceeded to play about in the
water at the lakes edge. frightening
away the prospective suckers.
Commands were of no avail. and
the fisherman, to insure quiet. tied the
dog to a wheel of his buggy with an
extra f1shline. already Da1ted.
The fisherman, absorbed by the
fascination of waiting for bite. failed
to observe that the dog had escaped
until the animal had reached the
water.
An angry shout only served to
frighten the dog farther out into the
lake, carrying around his neck the
fishline, with spoon hook attached.
When he finally swan back to shore
fine five pound pike was on the
hook, and he proudly dragged 1t to his
master.
The latter found it too badly injured
by the hook to be thrown back into
the lake and was able to go home with
fine pike for supper without being
guilty of violating the fish laws of
Iowa.-Clear Lake (Ia.J dispatch to
Chicago Tribune.
Two Remarkable Hens.
Judge Fred NJ. Beasley. of the city
court, has a white Plymouth Rock
pullet which has laid two eggs a day
for five days in April, astonishing
fanciers hereabouts-
The judge didn't believe his poultry
attendant until, by the trap nest test
he proved her dual egg producer.
The only other hen here which had
a habit Of laying two eggs in one day
Graham. The hen died of brain
fever, induced by an almost super
human knowledge of things about
her. She charmed a black snake into
a stupo, and killed it, first digging
out its forked tongue-Waterbury
dispatch to New York World.
The Ideal Food.
People are extremely foolish just
now to buy a douprrul steak for
breakfast at 28 cents a pound when
they can get the very finest Of dried,
or smoked. beef at 80 cents a single
pound, or 25 cents by the chunk. One
pound Of dried beef, shaved as thin as
paper money. will go as far as ten
cooking; there is no time wasted in
getting a breakfast; there is no kitch-
en- odor-that bane Of our existence.
A dozen shavings of dried beef, few
crackers, and a swallow of ale
there's a perfectly balanced ration.
and enough to work on all day.-New
York Press.
Meaning of s'Muff."
The record of the fact that muffs
were once worn by more men than
women in Paris suggests the old in
genious definition OF a muir as "a
soft thing that holds a lady's hand
without squeezing 1T" Muir" APP
pears to have come to us from Ger
man. in which language, curiously,
muir means not only a hand COM
forter, but also a sulky person or a
growing dog. These seem, however.
to be two different words. Was our
own metaphorical mum" an allusion
to the effeminacy of muff wearers, or
simply an intimation that the person
was distinctively soft ?'-London
(xhronfela
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-05-04
HOW THE BATTLESHIPS
WILL STEAM FOR HOME
Itinerary Is Announced for Fleet
From the White House; at sgd
ney in September.

WASHINGTON, May president
Roosevelt today approved an itine-
rary for the Atlantic fleet on its way
around the world, covering the trip
to the Philippines, up TO China and
Japan and then back to Manila.
According to this itinerary the fleet
will leave San Francisco July j. ar
rive at Honolulu July 16, remain
seven days; arrive Auckland August
/, remain six days; arrive Sydney
August 20. remain seven days; ar
rive Melbourne August 20. remain
seven days; arrive Albany, Australia,
tfor coaD September IL. remain six
days; arrive Philippines, October l.,
remain 9 days; arrive Yokohama Dc
tober IA. remain seven days.
At Yokohama the fleet will be di-
vided. the first squadron going on to
Manila and scheduled to report there
October 81 The second squadron
will go to Annoy, reaching there Dc
tober 30, and after stay of six days
will go to Manila. reaching there No
vember 5.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-05-04

to San Francisco and had it assayed
and he is satisfied that he has a great
proposition.
The town now has a population of
500 and there have been only five
deaths since il was established. Good
water will soon be piped from Big
Spring to the camp. the pipe now be-
ing on the ground. The town even
has first class dairy, Mr., Fairchild
of Tuscarora having driven in herd
of Jersey cows. Lumber, coal and
merchandise arrive daily.
The Ripsaw lease owned by Harry
Grove was sold yesterday to Park
City parties, and Mr.. Hansan. the as
sayer, now located here. says four
feet of general samples average $500
ton.
William Major, who is leasing on
the Baby Midas, has an ore shoot
of four feet and in many places show
picture ore that is very rich.
No. ! Banner lease, which is being
sunk on an average of three feet
day, aud is owned by the Gold Circle
Investment Co.. out on the famous
ST. Paul lease, is showing exceeding
ly good values. This shaft will be
driven 100 feet before they do any
analytical exploration. They have
excellent paintings of gold at the
present depth and the ore also shows
horn silver.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-05-04

makes more valuable the find OF
Tracey and Bird. loeators of the East
ern Star group. The discoveries In
that section are directly on the trend
of the great gold zone, which strikes
north from Gold Circle district
proper. and while it is distant about
four miles. there appears every rea-
son to believe that 1t is one of the
same lode. A large number OF
claims have already been located and
the limited amount Of development
work 30 far prosecuted has defined
number of exceedingly good show
ings, some of these carry enormously
high values in gold. as high as s4,-
1910, and S232.2S In silver While
II is a fact that a number of lower
assays have been had. it really ap-
pears TO be fact that the showing
even this early in the history of that
section is entirely sufficient TO war
rant the belief that several shipping
properties Will he opened up at an
early date. Still farther on aud 10
the east of this section important
finds have been made In the Oregon
gulCh and Scraper creek section. This
would indicate that the trend of the
zone Is toward the famous old camp
of Tusoarora. and it Is very probable
that the great veins which have pro-
duced such enormous values IN the
past are part of the network of
veins trending through the Gold Cir
Gle district.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-05-04
ROUTING WAY OVERLAND

The road is the one | travelled in AZ
when went TO the California gold
fields. The old stage route was
from Salt Lake directly 10 Esah
CANYON. three miles north OF Cherry
rreek From there it went to
Apstin and to Virginia city, from
which Mace one had the choice OF
two routes. the Truekee and the Car
son. into California. am not
familiar enough with automobiles to
know whether the road through this
nIace will be a good one or not but
should think 1t would be. the way
was a good one for the ola stage
coaches. -,
II believe the most direct road,
offering the least obstacle to travel
would be from Salt Lake to Deep
Crock down Steptoe Valley to here,
a distance of about 800 miles. From
here to Tonopah by way of the White
River ALLEY country, which is levei
as floor. would be about 200 more
while TO Goldfield II Is about 4sfs
miles further.
The route laid out by Mr.. Rockhill
Is without doubt Ideal ana VIII appeal
ri once to am automobilist familiar
with the country as there are practi-
cally no steep submits TO cross while
good roads will add to the pleasure
of the Journey across the state.
It is the plan of Mr.. Weir to join
series of roads uniting them into one
highway extending GEAR across the
country. He proposes the name
The Roosevelt Way for the ma
tional highway.
Mr.. Weir says that the road for $50
miles from the Rocky mountains in
Colorado to st. Joseph. Mo. will ex-
tend in a straight line, and will be
the longest straight road in the world
Mr.. Weir Is corresponding with the
governors of the states through
which the proposed road will ex-
tend Three governors have APP
proved the plan. The commercial
bodies of five cities and the leading
automobile manufacturers have also
approved the idea.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-05-04
Mining Nelus Of Ely find adjacent DtsN1cS

Tonopah Mining Co. during the week
broke all previous records in point
of extraction, an average OF over
9215 per cent having been obtained.
This is truly phenomenal percentage
from silver ores. and speaks louder
than words for its designer ana
builder, F. l.. Bosqui. An average
OF loo tons a week is being treated
by this mill.
Regular shipments continue from
the MacNamara. three cars OF 80 IONS
each having been sent to the Bel
mont this week This ore Is high
grade milling and will return in the
neighborhood of $35 ton. The de-
yelopments in the mine are very sat
isfactory, the ore bodies showing
constant improvement both in size
and values. The only work now be
ing done in the mine is on the 800
foot level, at points between 500 and
$50 feet west of the shaft.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-05-04
Good Ore is
CObre Report

News of promising strike OF cop
per-silyer ore in a ten foot assess
ment hole on the property of Will
Porter at Loray, six miles west of
Cobre, was received here Thursday
from ]. +. Grow, well known local
mining man who has just returned
from an inspection trip during which
he sampled the discovery and neigh
boring properties thoroughly.
Surfact indications favor consid-
cradle extent for the ore body. Sam
Piles taken from it assay from 100 to
$50 ounces in silver and 4 per cent
copper to the ton. News of the
strike on reaching Cobre caused
much excitement there, many of the
people of the little town being in
terested in the district in which the
find was made.
The claim on which the ore was
struck is one of several owned by
Porter. Lane. II. w. Kelley, J. M.
Richards and others. 1t is their in
tention shortly to form a company
for the purpose of promoting the
property and, IL necessary. to make
a stock issue in order to secure funds
for work.
Mr.. Grove, who is an experienced
mining man. declares that he was
well impressed with the district, al
though workings at present are too
shallow to enable determination as
to Just what is has. The surface
naturalization of the section is adj
mirable, while the showing extant in
every hole put down seems to deter
mine that big body of silver-copper
ore underlies. The deepest hole in
the little camp at present is 10 feet.
I'm my belief the discovery of ore
in that district has opened another
big low grade proposition to the min
ing world. 1t is as good showing
for the depth attained as l have ever
seen anywhere. am not ready to