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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-15
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
[From the New york Press.J

[From the New York Press.1
Women have birthdays; never
years
Every man has to be educated up to
to.
There is something about fine
mind that seems to ruin all other good
qualities.
The average man will take his
family to the theater If he can't get
anybody else to go with him.
The most successful way for a man
to get good meals from his wife is to
praise her for them even when they
aren't.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-15

Once in a while the unexpected hap
pens in a way to cause rejoicing. I'm
less all signs fail the actual work OF
constructing the Topeka-Southweste
railway will begin almost Immediately
The construction and operation of this
railroad will mean much to Topeka and
much more to the unusually rich and
fertile territory it will tap. 1t is to be
earnestly hoped that there will be no
further bitches to retard the work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-15

Newspaper inquiries are going up all
over the country as to what has hap
pened to Jeff Davis, United States SEN
ator from Arkansas. The answer was
given in these columns some time ago.
But because of the continued silence o:
the gentleman and the resultant peace
and quietude which prevails in Arkan-
sas, 1t is worth repeating. He's on the
water wagon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-15

Reports from the wheat pits are to
the effect that the bulls are in COM
mand of the situation. The foreign war
talk and the drought in the southwest
which is delaying blowing and militat-
ing against progress of seed already In
the ground are the reasons for the firm
hold they have on the market. The
bulls of the wheat pit are the friends
of the farmers. for they boost the price
of the grain
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-15

What's this? 1t seems incredible.
Yet 1t is down in black and white that
the Missouri Pacific intends to fix up
its railroad tracks in Kansas. There's
a proviso to the promise, of course.
It is that the company will repair it's
Kansas roadbeds as soon as the money
Is earned to do it with And so, after
all. 1t may be long time before the
tracks are really repaired as they
~R,,.,IJ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-15

There cannot be much to this talk
that Americans live too fast and that
they are old men at forty. A recent
golf tournament in the east for men
over fifty-five years brought out seven
ty-nine players, and one of the lfveliest
of the lot was a youngster confessing
to sixty-six summers. How about this
T)r OSler?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-15

What's the use of any further cam
paigning for the presidency by any
body? President Roosevelt has let 1t
be known that Taft will have about SoS
votes in the electoral college. And this
IS "a more than he needs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-15

Rev. Charles M. Sheldon is out with
a prediction that inside of twenty-five
years the liquor traffic will be looked
upon much the same as the slavery
question now is. From the events OF
the recent past this prediction seems
to be a sound one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-15
DR.. Osler

Good news for bank depositors is
found in the activity of Mr.. Murray.
the new controller of the currency. He
has decided to increase the number of
national bank examinations in many
cases from twice to three or four times
a year and he declares that minor VIC
lations of the banking laws which have
heretofore been winked at must be
afnronad
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-15

A calamity, almost too terrible to
contemplate, faces the Earl of Var
mouth. His income from the Thaw
millions which he derived through his
marriage to Alice Thaw. who has di-
vorced him, has been ended by de-
cisIon of the British courts and he may
now have TO go to work for a living.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-15

Several army officers at Fort Leav-
enworth have just concluded that new
delight Of the service. the ninety-mile
test, and It may be set down as hav-
ing been something of success be-
cause there were no fatal results.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-15

II any man in Topeka, who is en-
titled to vote, does not register by
October 20, he Will not count for any
thing as a citizen of this great re-
public, because he will have lost his
chance to cast a ballot on election
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-15

Mr.. Hitchcock. the chairman of thu
Republican national committee. has
picked up a good-sized brush and gone
into the business of painting rainbows.
He's using good solid colors, too. and
In the meantime those entrusted with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-15
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member OF the
Associated Press and receives the fun day
telegraph report of that great news or
ganization for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news is received in The State Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-15
A MYSTERY.


We look for them each morning, we watch
for them all day.
But the papers tell us nothing, and this
fills us with dismay-
Twas a source of pure amusement, twas
medium of joy,
To be posted on the doings and the say
inga o. each boy.
Who has checked their ebullitions? Who
has baked their boyish craft?
Where is little Willie Bryan? Where is
Httls Charley Taft!
But a month ago we had them in each
article and note.
That the able correspondents in the line
of duty wrote.
And We read how Willie monkeyed with
a bent pin and a chair,
Or how Charlie walked the tight rope,
giving all the folks a scare.
It's week since we have marveled; it's
week since we have laughed
Where is little Willie Bryan? Where is
little Charley Taft?
Jasper Kern is strangely silent Have the
correspondents cult
Trailing after little Jasper to pick up his
gems of wit?
Can't we get a cheering message quoting
Willie Bryan on
The necessity Of working with the mower
We are worried DER their silence till
were nearly driven daft
Where is little Willie Bryan? What's
become OF Charley Taft!
Sound the question on the prairies, send
i buzzing on the wires,
Let 1t surge along the rivers. through
the northern forest fires,
From the waves of the Atlantic to the
calm Pacific shore
Ask if Charley, VIII, and Jasper can't be
started up once more,
Ho! the ship of state is gloomy, hull and
deck and fore and aft
What is Willie Bryan doing? What's be-
come of Charley Taft?
Chicago Evening Post
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-15

and instruction. AS such it has been
success no matter how a majority
of the voters cast their ballots on
election day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-15
ANOTHER FALLACY.

Another fallacy is that the con-
tented man is a blessing. He does
not make any history either. He is
the man who never gets excited and
in consequence never makes a move
that carries the world along with him.
The contented man is comfortable.
but when that is said all is said. He
has nothing to do with the progress
of the world. History is made by the
discontented men, the pushing ener-
getic men who never know content
ment and often mighty little enjoy
ment.-Lawrence journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-15
Worlds Biggest Farm.

The biggest farm-if farm" it can be
called-is that owned by Don Luis Ter
razas. in the state of Chihuahua, Mex
leo. which measures from north to
south $50 miles and from east to wess
200 miles. or 100000 acres in all. On
its prairies and mountains roam 1.Ooo,-
900 head of cattle, 100000 sheep, and
100. 900 horses. The farm house, Is
probably the most magnificent in the
world, for it cost almost $1,600,000 to
build. and Is more richly furnished
than many a royal palace. On the
servants. The gardens are superbly
laid out, the stables more magnificent
than those of the German emperor, and
there is accommodation for 500 guests
If necessary.
Scattered over the vast ranch are 100
outlying stations, each one of which
has charge of a certain portion of the
estate. The horsemen, cowpunchers,
line riders, shepherds, and hunters
number 1000. and the Terrazas ranch
is the only one in the world which
maintains its own Strengthening and
packing plant. Each year 10000 head
of cattle are slaughtered, dressed. and
packed, and 100000 sheep.
Don Luis personally Superintends the
different industries on his ranch, COW
ering many thousands of miles on
horseback during a twelvemonth. Don
Luis was at one time governor or
Chihuahua, but public life did not suit
him, it was too quiet, and he preferred
to spend his life riding over the plains
and looking after his own enterprises.
He is three times as rich as any other
man in Mexico. and has the name of
being liberal and generous toward his
workpeople.
Five years ago Terrazas installed on
his ranch four big reservoirs, costing
&S00 there
wells scattered over the huge farm,
some of them going down to a depth of
500 feet. These wells, the water from
which is raised by means of windmills,
cost another 100000 Every kind OF
grain is grown, and Don Luis is con-
stantly experimenting in the raising of
different foods for supplying the
wants of his immense herds during the
rainless seasons.-New York Evening
Post. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-15
A Strange Contract.

Because of one of the strangest con-
tracts ever entered into by the town
fathers of a New England community
and one of its citizens. Mrs. Lyman
Jennings and her daughter Mrs. Her
bert L. Stratton, both of Orange, Mass,
will receive an annuity from the town
of Athol as long as they live. Each
year when this pension is set aside by
the selectmen of Athol the latter have
occasion to lament the bargain ar
ranged between the town and Lyman
Jennings 81 years ago.
1.-THE Jennings annuity" as the gift
is now known, has become the source
of much interest and discussion among
the financial experts of the state.
Thirty-one years ago Lyman Jen-
nings, then SO years old, went to the
selectmen of Athol where he then re-
sided, and proposed to give $4,000 out
right to the town on the condition that
AthoI pay him per cent interest as
long as he lived, and continue after his
death to pay his widow $3.50 a year, and
each of his three children s120 year
an amount equal to that which Jen-
nings would receive yearly during his
lifetime.
The town fathers agreed to the bar
gain, their decision being based upon
the figures of an insurance table as to
the average longevity of the five bene-
ficiaries.
But much to the surprise of the
shrewd selectmen, instead of living
only 14.7 years, according to their table
of statistics, Jennings continued TO
draw the annuity of $40 until last year,
when he had exceeded the average in
surance longevity by 16 years.
The town had returned to the old
man during his lifetime for the $1,000
loaned the sum of $4,000, and this year
the sum of $500 had to be set aside for
the widow and his one remaining child.
t., !, has IF
health.
Still bound by the contract Athol will
be hereafter compelled to continue to
pay $500 per year in addition to the
$4,000 already paid as long as Mrs.
Jennings and Mrs. Stratton live.-Bos-
ton correspondence in Pittsburg Sun.
Land Decided to Jesus Christ.
A peculiar deed discovered by alb
stractors of Randolph county conveys
120 sacres of land near Darksville to
Jesus Christ, says the StoutSville Ban
by johnson Wright and Eliza Wright,
his wife, and had never been contest
ed. The descendants of the family
had held the property sin trust" and
have thrived upon it. The story is
that being very pious this old couple
law to their Saviour the material
blessings which he had conferred on
them in this life.-Kansas City Star.
His Father Was Doing Well.
The Musical Home Journal of Lon
don tells a story of George Grossmith
and the income tax authorities. Long
after his fathers death the commits
sioners, by mistake, sent the younger
Grossmith a notice assessing the in
come of the deceased at $4,000. Mr..
Grossmith returned the document to
the proper quarter, with the following
note written across 1t: 81 am glad to
learn my father is doing so we'll in the
next world; $4,000 is a great deal
more than he ever made in this.
Kindly forward this notice to his new
address, and remember me affection
aataIv tn him. New York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-15
KANSAS COMMENT
YELLOW JOURNALISM.

NoIning could be more reprehensi-
PIE imam the manner in which the
Denver newspapers handled the case
Oh birole McSweeney, a pretty Leaven-
DenVer drug store. Jealous on the
tran Tor that which is morbid and
sensatlonal, the Denver papers imme-
dlateiy concluded that the girl was
IN delicate condition and had be-
come victim to a criminal operation.
Wnole columns of gruesome details
were printed and naturally copied by
papers which believed the Denver pa
pefs were printing carefully anthem
tlcated facts. Relatives and friends
nurrylng to take charge of her re-
mains read the gruesome story on the
train and Were heartbroken. They
couldn't believe it of Birdie Nc
sweeney, an exemplary girl. But the
papers added to the horrible details
each day and then the coroner had a
thorough examination made and the
poor girl S name was cleared. officially.
me Denver News had the honesty to
come out openly and confess its error
and printed the true facts, namely that
Blrd1e insolvency was a pure. sweet
girl, VINO died from heart disease, and
whose character was spotlesS. Some
or the other papers have never atoned
IN any way for their grievous error
the yelloWest part of yellow journal
ism IS when paper shows its yellow
streak by falling to atone for what
1t has done which has been proven to
be wrong. An honest apology is not
an evidence of cowardice but of true
bravery.-Leavenwor Post.
%
THE DAY OF RECKONING.
This paper desires to do all in it's
power to draw the attention of the
taxpayers from the tax rolls that will
soon confront them. The new tax law
that was to make things pleasant and
settle all the trouble in Kansas will
soon have it's inning and until it gets
down to business we desire the people
TO De as happy as possible. Talk poll
tics, pillow for wheat, attend picnics,
do anything to keep your mind off the
tax rolls. You will have trouble
enough when you have to go up
against them. There is a report
every day of some automobile acct
dent, caused by carelessness, or by in
experienced drivers. That is bad
enough, but in about year there will
be trouble of a different kind. The
fellows who bought their automobiles
and mortgaged their homes or bust
ness to pay for them will be getting
into court to save their property. The
automobiles must be paid for cash in
hand, and in order to pay. many fools
have mortgaged things that will have
TO go when pay day comes.-Lawrence
Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-15

What possessed her to marry her second
husband on the anniversary of her first
death? so not to have too many
dates to celebrate. THE Smart Set.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-15

Husbands to Board.-"Three of my girls
are in love-" What are you going to do
about it?'' Order a longer dining-room
table, I guess."-Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-15

Mrs. Nabor-How is your husband going
to vote this fall? Mrs. Hardsense-Ee will
not vote at all. He says that in this age
or trained men 1T is absolutely folly to in
trust the country to men who have had no
experience in presidenting at all.-Puck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-15

see they are to have a hookless
waist" saio his wife. And just as had
got to be an expert in hooking them" he
growled, being a natural kicker-Phil-
adelphia Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-15

He talks Door" Then he must be
RICH" II don't know. Some men are deer
enough to plead poverty, just for the i'm
preston it will create "-Washington Her
aid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-15

HE is wonderfully original" isn't her
Why, he can even get sentimental and tell
a girl the story of his life without hint
ing that he used to be bold, bad man.
KansaI City Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-15

Tommy" said the hostess. you an
pear to be in deep thought" "Yesm,"
replied Tommy, ma told me somethin' to
say If you should ask me to have some
cake or anything. an bin here so long
now 1 forgit what it was" -Philadelphia
Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-15

The Man NEW arrival at summer hoteD
Il suppose there's no prohibition of kiss
ing at this resort? The Maid (demurely)-
No: merely local option.-Puck.
, 1908-08-11
NAV. MANY MARROW ssoApEs.
Yet Cowboys Are Rarely Killed ~
injured In Academia.

Now, after the days work was prac-
tically over, We had our first accident,
says . writer In Outing Magazine. The
horse ridden b. . young fellow from
Dos Cabesas shipped, fell and rolled
quite over his rider. At once the n
tmal iunged to his feet, only to be Inn.
mediately seized by the nearest rider.
But the Dos Cabesas man lay still.
his arms and legs spread abroad, his
head doubled sideways in q horribly
suggestive manne We hoped ON.
Two men Strengthened him out, willis
two more looked carefully " the In
dications on the ground.
AN right" sang ont one Of these.
the horn didn't catch him"
He pointed to the indentation left
b. the pommel. Indeed, five minutes
brought the man to his lenses. He
complained OF . very twisted back.
Homer sent one Of the men in after
the bed-wagon, by means Of which the
sufferer was shortly transported to
camp. By the end Of the week he
was again in the saddle. How men
escape from this common accident
with injuries so slight has always puz'
zled me. The horse rolls completely
over his rider, and yet 1t seems to be
the rarest thing in the world for the
latter to be either Killed or permanent
~ injured.
, 1908-08-11
NOTES FROM CENTENNIAL.

Reprinted from the Centennial Post
Agent Wigton has given a good dem
%onstration of his skill as a hatche,
and saw artist by building a fine
chicken house.
Mrs. Fred A. Miller spent yesterday
in Centennial, coming home with heI
sister, Mrs. NJ. F. Reed, who spent
Thursday evening in Laramie
Colonel q. J.. Bel, the genial mana
ger OF the Millhrook Land and Live
stock company. was in Centennial 3
short time Thursday evening. leaving
for his home In IACas1ieso ON the Park
Speer special.
Special trains on the Plains line arr
becoming the frequent occurrence oil
late. there being nj less than six be
tween Laramie and Centennial the
past week and the volume Of business
Is increasing.
The railroad men Of Laramie are
planning an excursion for themselves
and their families over the Plains line
for an outing in the Centennial coun
try in the very near future, possibly
on Labor day, when nobody works.
]. w. Wigton of Denver and j. A.
Wigton of Laramie, father and brother
OF B. P. wigton. agent for the Plains
line, spent Sunday with their Ensman
In Centennial, and we're much pleased
with the situation In and around the
resort city Of the state.
, 1908-08-11
IMPRESSIONS OF WEST.

Editor George Harvey of Harper's
Weekly, Franklin square, New York
has come and seen us and these are
some of the things which impressed
him:
THAT there Is keener Civic pride !,
the west than in the east.
THAT there is less drunkenness ant
profanity.
THAT the men. though less accu
rately informed, are broader minded
THAT refinement in manners ani
conversation is marked.
THAT the most subtle humor is
quickly perceived and appreciated.
That achievement, IS valued more
than money.
THAT the best music is known and
admired.
THAT woman suffrage Is a success
That the new architecture Is
charming and that the cities are being
rebuilt for permanence, with wide
streets. parks and other fine features,
.That travel is comfortable, the peo-
pie are hopeful and h%ospitable, and
jealousy of the east is no longer pre-
valent."
Mr.. Harvey is only telling h's eastern
readers truths which We have known,
10, these many years.
, 1908-08-11
HOW BRYAN LOVES WORKING
MAN.

The following extract from an In
diana paper, published shortly after
the time when Mr.. Bryan served in
congress, will be interesting reading
now, especially upon the eve of the ap
preaching election. Here is the ar.
ticie Just as it was copied from the
well worn clipping handed to the
wheatland World by Mrs. VIM. Roath.
In Pittsburg several men who appear.
ed before the ways and e commit
tee In congress when Mr.. Bryan was a
member OF congress, will swear that
. Mr.. Bryan grossly insulted the work
ingmen. The report says:
State Factory Inspector James
Campbell, former president OF the Win.
dow Glass Workers association, WAS
chairman of the committee Of glass
workers which went to Washington
while the Wilson bill vas being pre-
pared, to protest against y reduction
of the glass duties.
In a reply to n request OF his recol-
lection Of the time when Mr.. Bryan
called working men public beggers'
and their employers robbers" Mr..
Campbell writes from Harrisburg as
follows:
"Mr. Bryan made that statement and
1 have made afidavit to the same,
and / am wiling to make afidavit in
any court in this country, In the pres.
enc of Mr.. Bryan or anybody else
The fact OF a man holding the honor
able position Of a congressman max
ing such a statement, made such an
impression on me at that time that 1t
would be impossible to forget the In
cident."
Mr.. C%ampbell's statement is backed
by one from George l.. Cake, who was
the national secretary of the union at
the time. Mr.. Cake was surprised that
Mr.. Brayn should deny the story at
this late day.
Every member Of the committee"
said Mr.. Cake, lis willing to make aft.
davit that the statements charged to
Mr.. Bryan were made by him. 1t was
after an audience We had with the
ways and means committee that the
. remarks We're made.
I'VE had just flashed our argument
for a tariff on window glass when Mr..
Bryan came up.
when Siliers Mckee started to ex
plain the benefit a tariff was to him
Mr.. Bryan exclaimed. ''Oh, you manu-.
facturers are robbers!"
AT this one of the members of the
workers committee turned to Mr.
Bryan and said, IF the manufactur-
ers are robbers, what are we?"
you are public beggers," replied
Mr.. Bryan, ''and so is everybody else
that asks for a protective tariff thai
will benefit him.
, 1908-08-11
WHEN SMALLPOX WAS COMMON.
A Century or So Ago Every One Ex-
pected to Have Disease.

IAN ancestors" said 4 physician.
were pock-marked, and smallpox was
. Recommendation II you were looking
for work.
What I mean II that you couldn't
get . job II you had not had smallpox.
No one wanted = servant who was H.
able 1T my moment to be stricken
down with the loathsome disease.
Hence"
He opened = newspaper volume Of
i774.
Hence help wanted ads read like
this:
..Wanted. man between 20 and
30 years of age, to be footman and
nnder-butler in = great family. He
must have had Hmallpox in the natural
way. Also q woman, middle-ased, t.
wait upon young lady Of great for
tune and fashion. The woman must
have had the smallpox In the natural
HAy.s"