The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-06
KANSAS CONAENT
DELIVERING THE GOODS.

me merchant who advertises
strenuousiy and wisely finds that adj
Vertislng is a good proposition, so Ions
as ne makes good his promises; but
ali the advertising in the world is not
apt to build UP a permanent success
Tor the individual who deceives his
customers. who attracts crowds to his
store merely to get the better of them.
good many other things; to states and
countries, principaiities and powers as
wei as to individuals
For several years people in the east
ana middle west have been beguiled
TO California and Oregon and Wash
1ngton by eloquent land agents who
described that country as something
1adescribabIy superior to the cele-
prateo Garden of Eden; as a court Of
Glys'an Field where the wicked cease
their troubling ana the weary are at
rest where life is one long. sweet
dream. People went there with the
most absurd expectations of wealth
ano happiness. Many of them are
ing back broke. More would come
back, If they had the price.
ihey round that the country has its
drawbacks, and many Of them, that it
is possible for fruit farmers to lose
their money. instead of getting rich:
that the struggle for existence is quite
as pltfer where rolls the Oregon as IL
is elsewhere. And that western coun-
try IS Que to suffer the reaction caused
by the roasts 1t gets from, these dis
appointed investors.
me advertising wasn't straight. The
advertisers couldn't deliver the goods.
Certain parts Of Canada, which have
been a bowling wilderness ever since
the earth was discovered. are now be-
ing doomed as the only genuine para
disc, the white mans last oppor-
tunity." 1t is a good enough country
Tor those who like to be frozen 70
death I,ta Nd
who enjoy the company of wolves and
all sorts Of varmints. but 1t doesn't
live up to the descriptions of those
who want to sell 1t, and it never will.
Irainloads of people have left COM
Portable homes in civilized country
during the past two or three years. to
go there. They'll come back. They'll
come back mad and disguised. for the
country can't deliver the goods.
The land agents would find 1t better
in the long run to tell the truth about
what they have to sell.-Emporia
Gazette.
NOT A PREACHER'S JOB.
Last week we took lessons in
teaching a calf to drink, and for the
benefit of those not informed we will
just state how it is done. The first
time is dead easy, the calf doesn't
know anything, and all you have to
do is just poke its head in the milk
vessel and let it alone; 1t won't drink
any anyway, but the second time the
whole business takes on a different
aspect. This time the calf evidently
knows a blamed sight less than at
first, and you have all the faith in
your plans. Just stand in front of it,
put its head in the bucket. hold it and
press down gently until something
happens, and you feel like you had
something up your sleeve. Now don't
get hot and swear at the calf-it
won't do any good, for we tried it
but just grit your teeth, get its head
between your knees and hold its
nose in the milk till it strangles some
This won't help the calf, but is some
to your wounded feelings
and makes you feel more determined
than ever to succeed. Keep it's head
held safe and solid until it gives up
and begins to try and get away, and
then let loose and run, if you don't
want to get milk snorted all over your
clothes. Another thing, don't wear
your best clothes: the calf doesn't
seem to appreciate them; besides,
they won't look well after a few trials
with the calf. With lots Of confidence
and a determination to win at any
cost, it is dead easy to teach any calf
to drink, but it is not a job calculated
for a minister to tackle just before
going to church.-Barber County In
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