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The San Francisco call., 1908-10-04

RF Carman stood second in the list Of
winning owners at the Toronto meeting His
stable earned $3.065.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-04

Breeders and horsemen should bear in mind
that the limit date for the registration OF foals
OF 1908 Is November this year.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-04

James Coffey. who seriously injured a
Victoria, is reported out Of danger.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-04

Do You Want sJ.O0s
Read THE CALLS weekly offer on
page AZ
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-04

Jack Atkin.. the book maker, has arrived at
Los Angeles from the east
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-04
WILEY B. ALIENS
SUMMARY

two men out when winning run was scored
The Topeka state journal., 1908-03-14
HYHAWKER JOTS

Twenty-Five thousand dollars worth
of mules were shipped from Grenola
during the past two months.
The failure of the ice crop in Kansas
has caused a universal demand py the
smaller cities for ice plants.
The Hutchinson News invites the
forecaster of hard times to come In
and dispute the'showing made by the
number of operations for appendicitis
In Kansas.
A. ]. Ralston of Towanda quit farm
ing long enough last month to make
visit to southern Kansas. 1t is the
first time he has visited since he got
a thirty-d day furlough during the civil
war.
Bonner Springs has passed three
ordinances recently extending the town
limits. In the old boom times 1t was
the custom of Kansas towns to ex-
tend their limits over to the next
place So Bonner Springs Is working
nothing original.
Representative Sheffield ingalls, of
Atchison, speaking of the Hon Bun
Adams speech at the Republican state
convention last week, says: IT was
one of the old fashioned kind. He had
committed it to memory years ago and
he spoke it without a hitch or bobble:
1t was a ring tail snorter- and could
have been delivered in the Greeley
campaign, the Harrison campaign or
the last Roosevelt campaign with equal
effect
John S. Gilmore, the Fredonia his
torian, saws: sc. W. Halter, who died
at his home near Attica, Kan. october
12 last, was one of Wilson county's
Oldest settlers. 1t was said that ne
preached the first sermon ever dellv-
cred in Fredonia. I think he was the
first country treasurer of Wilson coun-
ty. He was not an educated man, ana
had his own way of caring for the diff
ferent funds coming into his hands. he
was not a bookkeeper, but kept the
different funds apart by placing them
in separate boxes or receptacleS TO pre-
vent getting them mixed. When ne
turned the office over to Alex. Hunt,
his successor, he told Mr.. Hunt that he
would find it the job of his life to keep
these funds separate.
A thrilling story comes from Mar
ouette. Mr.. Bacon has lived in that
neighborhood ever since Kansas was
invented Thirty-one years ago an
oily-tongued stranger happened along
that way and stole a pig belonging to
Mr.. Bacon, who in this instance didn't
save his bacon. But the fact didn't
worry him any, as he never knew Of
his loss The narrator of the tragic
story says that none but He who sees
all things saw the stranger take the
pig" Through all those long years
the oily-tongued stranger had an In
growing conscience. that made life
burden to him, and a few days ago he
sent SO to Mr.. Bacon, confessing his
crime, and hoping to be forgiven. Mr..
Bacon has extended his forgiveness
and his blessing, and is busy blowing
in the three bones, and there Is every
reason to believe that all concerned
will live happy ever after.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-03-14

was had to gas. Before the engine
couIo cover the three short blocks the
names were bursting through the win
ooMs ana mounting to the roof.
The owners OF the place reported
tnat all had left the building before
the nre had become serious. but even
as tney spoke woman's form was
siinouetted against the background of
angry req flame. and dash was made
TO the truck for the longest ladder :
Almost before it was against the
building Curley had showed aside the
alderman. who stood ready to mount
ana pushed up the ladder ahead Of
MIN; He had recognized Bessie.
Ine ladder was short by dozen
Ieet, but Dick snapped his hook into
the topmost rung and called to the girl
to drop into his arms.
I'm afraid" was the trembling re-
ply. but Dick called again.
It's me-" he assured eagerly.
Don't be afraid. Bess. won't let you
'-Dick! It is your" There was re-
lief and hope in the tones and Curley
braced himeslf for the shock of her
jump.
Slowly Bessie edged to the sill and
for moment stood there. then she
shot downward into the waiting arms,
and. slipping his hook. Curley began
the descent.
This is one thing Pete can not do -
he said as he slowly descended.
"Pete's only good for taking me to
dancing class" said Bess contempt
uously. There's whole lot of things
he can't do"
Like what, for instance? ?" demand
ed Curley.
HE can't make me say yes when
he asks me to marry him. explained
Bess
Dicks arm tightened about her.
Can II" he asked.
You haven't asked me yet," re-
minded Bess.
"Yes.' said Bess softly. you're
dead slow, Dick-except when you're
to fire. e."-(Copyrighted, 1908, by P.
c. Eastment.)
The Topeka state journal., 1908-03-14
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
[From the Philadelphia Recora

lFrom the Philadelphia Record.i
The rich baker sleeps on noury beds
Of ease.
The easiest man to fool is the fellow
who knows it all.
Even white lie has been known to
blacken reputation.
The lazy mans motto is work NOT
that ye be not worked"
Bad luck doesn't bother the man WIZ
makes the best OF it.
You couldn't get rise out OF Soma
men with an alarm clock.
IT'S poor musical conductor v,o
can't raise any money on his notes.
The fellow who doesn't think befora
he speaks might as well keep his noon+S
shut. 'n
A woman can't be expected to knou,
how to manage husband until she has
had at least three. -ios
When girl refuses a fellow ana ~
threatens to blow his brains ont ~
merely proves that he hasn't any'
Hubbubs-'I suppose you have
burglar alarm" Subbubs-'sI did ho,,
but thieves broke in and stole n -
Wigg-'Harduppe came over ~
house last night to borrow s5. nas NY
out. Wagg-"Ahl you let him have -
then" nave II
The reason some people DONE -.
along Is because they give the tirna -
worrying that they should devota - -
work soee 10
The Topeka state journal., 1908-03-14

One thing know, that, whereas I was
blind, now I see.-John 9:3.
The head Of one Of the greatest cor
porations in the world told his direc-
tors, few days ago, that his own eyes
had been opened, and his sense of moral
responsibility to the public, to the
stockholders and to the employees had
been quickened by President Roose-
velt's reiterated preachments upon
commercial venality. That unexpected
testimony to the influence of the recent
moral awakening could be duplicated
in many other equally unlikely quar-
ters. The simple truth is, many blind
eyes have lately been opened by the ex-
tended influence Of the same Power
that healed the blind man in old Jeru-
salem.
Evidence of this modern miracle is all
about us. Railroads and corporations
which a decade ago gave and received
rebates without qualm or a question
now perceive the immortality, as well as
the illegality. of the practice. Until
recently, trust funds were freely used
for speculative purposes, and no voice
was raised in protest. Corruption
funds" more euphemistically titled.
were part Of the normal expenses of
many great corporations; and the un-
holy alliance between business and poll
tics was accepted as natural and in
evitable by even good men. The sale
Of liquor was regarded as an unavoid-
able factor in modern life: and the
slogan, THE saloon must CO." was
looked upon as the cry of fanatics.
Now, behold, how all these things
have changed! The eyes Of the blind
have been opened. and they have seen
a great light
There are always vested interests,
prejudices, positions or regulations to
be disturbed by every big good deed
The healing Of the blind man-it was
On Sunday-brought the ecclesiastics
out from their seclusion, humming like
a swarm of angry bees. The healing
plenty of people in Jerusalem who
would have preferred to see the man
remain blind, rather than to have him
healed on that day, or in this hetero-
dox way.
The center of all the disputation held
to one clear course: he could not fol-
low the professional debaters, but he
had too much hard sense to let them
argue him out of a realized experience.
His single answer for all arguments,
and against it they were powerless,
was, "One thing know, that, whereas
was blind, I now see.''
The Topeka state journal., 1908-03-14
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~@N ERB RURPa @

Looie Linkenfusser. Kalamazoozleum.
Michconsigan.
Dear Iooie: Ad der pressend time
l am in no conditioning to written you
a ledder, pecaus am mad. Oldt Bill
Bailey haf tooken to der woods, und
made nois like q rabbit. In feet,
he made a nois like two rabbits.
You remember, wroten you dur
ing der spetchial session dot Rusty
Roscoe Stubbs had kveered hisselluf.
und der election uf Bill Bailey vas
a skinch. Such iss nod ad der
pressendt. true. Der feirst pardt iss
correct, but der laser endt iss nod.
pecaus Bailey Will noo go agensd i'd.
Id iss hallufa chob to election fell
Ter vich fss nod in der race. I say
dis to you, aldough I tink you hat
sense enuff to know Id anyway, Pc
caus id iss in my sysdem. Dere Is
plendy more remarks in my sysdem.
but, owing to der pecooliar postal
laws. I cannod wroten dem to you.
Der negst time you came to wissit me.
I will dake you down on der benk ut
der riffer, far from der maddening
crowd, remoof my coat and west,
clear a space in der weeds, undt dell
you vot I really think in connections
ing init dis supchect.
We vas benking on Bill Bailey.
Seeing him only semi-frequently, We
knew him only es chendleman,
SUITABLE for any chob. Now id comes
to us. like a brick-bar on der snoot.
a1lretty, dot efen chendIeman may
haf vide streak uf yalIer in him.
Such being der cases, yet, We are
oudt nit a lantern und a dinnerbell.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-03-14
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IFrom the Chicago News.1
Talent Is one thing; tact is every
thing.
The girl who looks good isn't neces-
sarily good looking.
How eloquent the silent lady on a
silver dollar is!
Some people make a specially OF be-
lieving the impossible.
Once in a while an actress makes
good for her press agent
If men were less stupid women would
have to be a lot more clever.
Women have no respect for men who
listen to everything they say.
When misery is at hand there isn't
much pleasure in recalling former joys
All the chivalry In a mans nature
eyaporates when he meets a short haar.
ed woman.
AS a rule there's nothing in name
but sometimes everything a man has
is in his wife's name.
The man who borrows may not be
able to wear better clothes than the
man who lends. but he usually does.
Just the same.
Happy is the brides father when he
ia in the act of shifting large dnan-
cia1 obligation to a young man with
more dollars than sense
The Topeka state journal., 1908-03-14
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.l

IFTOIn Cno AIC1lSOu 1lOUSI
A fortunate man is one who reaches
40 without having lawsuit.
The interest you take in another
mans business is never profitable.
No man is so good good he doesn't
have a number of love affairs in his
mind
1t may improve a mans digestion
to laugh while eating, but how he
looksl
In those we like, the blush is a sign
of innocence: in those we dislike, it
is a sign Of guilt.
II a man can't help being liar. and
would be forgiven. let his lies be COM
plimentary ones.
A person with naturally mean dis
position has a great many opportun-
tiles Of showing 1t off.
For every quarrel a man and wife
have before others, they have a hun
dred when they are alone.
They say there are all kinds Of men
in the world. Did you ever know of
a kind that did not talk enough?
Fool with whiskey and 1T is as sure
to make trouble for you as an itching
sensation is to make you scratch.
As long as palmists continue to make
a living, American people should not
boast how smart they are.
A fool woman can manage a man of
sense but no man of sense ever sue
ceeded in managing a fool woman.
A banker says that a mortgage will
| do more to induce man to pay a note
promptly than friendship or honor.
If man quits smoking for a month
and then begins again, does it prove
| that he could quit, or that he couldn't.
When a man dies, the people say:
| What will become of his poor wife %
But we have noticed that the women
| always get along, and take good care
| of the children
To man looking back toward his
boyhood days, it seems he had a won
| derfully good time, but ask any boy,
| and he will tell you It isn't as much
fun as you imagine.
| An old student of human nature saws
| that the man who carries knife is
| more dangerous than the man who
carries a pistol. There is said to be
| more Of the wolf in the man who car
| ries a knife.
In olden times there was one day In
| Lent called "Motheringday" On that
| day, all sorts of celebrations were given
| In honor of the mother of a family
1t was pretty custom, and it is a
| pity it has been abolished.
| Let a man pick up his hat and start
| out of the house, and his wife will say:
Where are you going?" why are you
going?" How long will you be gone %
| Are you telling me the truth about 1t ~
The Topeka state journal., 1908-03-14
A THOUSAND YEARs AGO

Beside the hill this morn 1 stood,
Sne with the dawn's bright brotherhood; !;
Or was 1t some far morn of dream
1 stood beside the little stream?
Such spell a quiet beauty weaves
one cannot know, one but receives
a faint impression that twas SO
About thousand years agoi
perhaps it was: it well might be
l nave been some one else than me,
AND have stood here when earth was
young
On such morn when censers swung
BetWeen the hillside and the sky,
And saw the incense smoke roll by:
Ana saw thy red 1ips redder grow,
Almost q thousand years ago!
All. are we we. or are we those
VINO plucked the violet, sought the rose
upon these garden slopes of ours
In some green earlier world of flowers?
I've known this sense, this charm, before;
I've felt 1t somewhere, felt it pour
Its beauty round me, and it glow,
At least thousand years agol
Baltimore Sun.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-03-14
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

rFrom the New York Press.1
You can always forgive an ancestor
how he got his money when 1t comes
to you.
Being in love is being not quite in
sane enough to go into an asylum
There's a heap Of fun in just letting
other people spend their money trying
to buy it.
An honest man gets so puffed up
about 1t he might be more agreeable
If he stole something.
A man can save a lot Of money by
having SO many bad habits he can't
AFFORD to get married
The Topeka state journal., 1908-03-14
Fear Premature Burial.

That the fear of being buried alive
Is not confined to the ignorant is as
serted by DR.. John Dixwell, of this
city, who says that he has been en-
be United States supreme court
judges, to make certain that each of
these men is dead before his casket is
sealed. DR.. Dixwell says that he him.
self was once pronounced dead by
several physicians in consultation.
This fear has crystallized into q bill
now before the general court of Mas
sachusetts which, If it passes, will
compel all bodies pronounced dead to
be submitted to no less than ten tests.
the most certain known to medical
science at the hands of no less than
two practicing physicians, before fin-
al disposition can be made.
The startling assertion is made at
the legislative hearing that no less
than two persons in every thousand
pronounced dead are buried alive,
and when the opponents of DR.. Dix
wells theory declare that embalming
ends all such possibilities the doctor
replies that such measures are moth
ing short of murder when applied to
persons not really dead.
DIR. Dixwell makes the following
statement regarding his own exper-
ience in this matter: ct myself came
near being buried alive about thirty
five years ago, for I was pronounced
dead after a consultation Of which no
less expert a physician than the late
DR.. Henry L. Bowditch was the head,
and 1t was only because I decided
not to die that I am here today. There
were six men who agreed that life
was extinct and I defy any one to get
together six more eminent doctors in
this city or Cambridge than the men
who served on the board that made
that error.
"The horror of death in this form
is universal as to classes, and once it
takes hold of a man or a woman it
causes worry that cannot be estimated
in it's results Worry kills as certain
ly as does disease, and is worse than
disease in that it cannot be checked d
in its inroads by medicine. Its only
cure is by the removal of its cause.
That can and should be done In the
case of fear of burial alive. The rem
edy that Is sure is to wait, and there
is no reason for haste in buryfng q
body.
"Tests do not prove always effective.
We are too prone to hurry funerals.
There is no reason for it. Even In
the case of contagious diseases the OBJ
lection fails. The body Of the per-
SON who dies from a contagious dis
ease is no more contagious than 1t
was before life apparently left it.
Death means dissolution. A chemi-
cal change ensueS when it takes place.
In fact, 1t is cnem1cal cnanse. say
wait until that change is SO manifest
that nothing in the way Of doubt re-
mains That will put an end to the
ghastly fear that is present, even ridi-
cuIed, but the state should act in the
matter"
Judge Lloyd E. Chamberlain, Of
Rrockton. also Is interested in this
matter. He declares that if the pos
sibility exists it should be legislated
away. He declares that his own moth
er had an experience in her youth
that caused the fear of being buried
Give To remain with her until death.
Boston Dispatch to New York
World
The Topeka state journal., 1908-03-14
THE SERVICE NEEDED.

Edmund Kean, the great English
tragedian, was once asked by the man
agement of London theater to take
the leading character in a new play
they desired to put on-a very difficult
part, calling for an unusual display
of anger and passion. Kean said he
would take it but demanded time to
prepare-he wanted to master it. The
management came to him no less than
three times expressing their anxiety to
bring on the play and each time Kean
put them off, saying he wanted more
time to master the part. When they
came the fourth time Kean told them
that he was ready and to go ahead.
The play was put on and Kean was
ready sure enough. In the history of
the English stage, perhaps in the his
tory of the world,no such an impression
was ever made on an audience as was
made that night by Edmund Kean in
Drury Lane theater one hundred
years ago. His display of anger and
passion was SO realistic that it swept
the great audience like a storm. Many
are said to have swooned away under
his powerful impersonation and it is
said that even the actors on the stage
Will HlIl NSlS ONClCOI1lC o1O SOQl0
proceed with their parts only under
great difficulty.
This case has its lesson. The great
ness of Kean consisted in his ability
to master thoroughly what he under
took and to enter fully into its spirit
to get it exactly right. If we con-
slider the number of actors who will
consent to appear time and time again
in a role which they do not compre-
hend and compare them with Kean
who put off the management to the
fourth time before he would consent
to appear once, we get the difference
between genius and nediocrity. It
Is the difference between hard work,
se1f-mastery, concentration, and half
work, half-mastery, and slipshod and
ill-centered attention. Kean could
have appeared half-prepared and done
fairly well. He appeared practically
perfect and immortalized himself as a
tragedian.
Apply this idea to every other call
ing and pursuit. How many are
willing to assume any task before they
are ready? How many half-prepared
step into places of responsibility de-
manding the fullest preparation? The
world has paid dearly for the half
knowledge and the halfway perform
ance of those who have assumed to
serve it. 1t has brought shame and
confusion to professional life and
business life down to every trade and
calling.
If the single-mindedness and devo-
ton of Edmund Kean were displayed
by every man in every trust great and
small what an advance would be made
| toward ideal service of every descrip-
tion- If every railroad employe en-
tered into his work with the same pur-
| pose to do everything exactly right
with no skip at any point and no tax
ing of anything for granted. how many
accidents would be averted? How
much of the Indifferent and humdrun
| performances of duty where human
| life is at stake would give place tC
accurate. safe and efficient service. L
| every incumbent of a business trus
worked exactly in the same way, do
ing everything right at every minute
and never lansing. what additiona
The Topeka state journal., 1908-03-14
JOURNAL ENTRIES

That man is wonderfully wise who al
ways knows what to do next.
q
In making the journey OF life 1t Is
we'll to tote along just baggage enough.
= y .
Perhaps people have two eyes and one
tongue In order that they can see twice
as much as they say.
- y
Men bet more than women because
they choose betting as a means OF enn-
ing an argument and women never
want to stop one.
Pope wrote a couple Of lines to the
effect that scandals fly on eagle wings
while virtuous actions are but born and
die.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-03-14

peka who have the interests of the
town at heart should be prompt and
generous in their subscription to the
$4,000 fund which is needed to help
promote the fair that IS to be held
here this fall. Promptness in the
raising of this fund is desirable for
the establishment of any sort of
fair is no small undertaking and the
time to successfully accomplish its
creation Is none too long.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-03-14

Students at the State university at
Lawrence are now indulging in what
is styled "a new fad" They are
spending their spare time in taking
long walks, 1t is hard to figure out
how their surplus time could be
passed to a better advantage to them
The Topeka state journal., 1908-03-14

life, thrift and profit might be ex-
pected?
Truly the lesson Is to the young and
to all others to prepare well for every
duty and to strive for perfection at
every moment-to bring to the prac-
tical and real affairs of life the same
genius for work and application which
the great tragedian brought to bear IN
mastering a character created by the
Imagination.