The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-25
KANSAS CONTENT
THE BLACK HAND.

THE BLACK HAND.
one OF the most recent acts of the
biack Hand organization which has
attracted attention is the demand
made on Hetty Green for 5000. on
the pain of death. OF course Aunt
Hetty is too wise to give up her hard
earned money because OF such a
threat. She would fight to the last
ditch first and then she wouldn't give
IL up. She is not of the timid Kind
and then blackmailers might blow up
the Motel at which she boards II they
want 70 90 SO, but they will never get
any OF Aunt Hetty's money.
Scarcely a day passes that the press
dispatches do not carry accounts of
the outrages of the Black Hand So
ciety. Either they are demanding
money. blowing their victims into
outgrowth Of the teachings of
anarchy. this society has long preyed
upon the more timid of the eastern
and southern part Of the country.
Those who resisted the society and it
examples Of. And never are the
members Of the society brought to
Justice. Recently four men in
pennsylvania were sent to jail on
another charge, because 1t was be-
neved they belonged to the Black
make practice Of extorting money
py threats of death and who destroy
property OF those who will not heed
the demands of the society, are not
brought to Justice.
Surely the police of the various
eastern cities are not so powerless as
this would indicate. 1t would seem
that If they devoted themselves to the
task they could run down these fiends.
Action should be taken to rid the
country .z
otherwise the society may soon spread
over the country and grow SO strong
that only with great difficulty can the
curse of their presence be removed
Salina Journal.
A BAD HABIT
The habit of carrying flobert rifles
or other weapons on the chance of
shooting a boyle man or two, Is an
evil one. and is responsible for much
suffering and anguish, and not few
deaths.
Every day or two the newspapers
chronicle the winging Of some inof-
fensive citizen by boys or men who
were shooting at birds or grasshoppers
or other dangerous beasts. The boys
have bagged somebody. and they go to
the waiifng place for a while, but that
does no good to the person who was
shot.
A few days ago a Lyon county wo-
man put on her festive raiment and
was going to be a meeting Of the Mis-
sionary society. She was entering the
door OF the temple Of learning when
she heard the petulant pop of rifle,
and found that she had been shot.
While the wound Is not considered
dangerous, it will cause her much suf-
fering and Inconvenience and she is
not likely to be soothed and sustained
by the knowledge that the shooter is
sorry.
and they should be fred-to the junk
heap.-Emporia Gazette.
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFrom the Atchison Globe.1
An open piano is always an invita-
ton.
No one expects that his grave will
be neglected. sou
Every man loses a great deal that
he never owned.
A man abuses his stomach more
than he does his enemies.
None Of the things described as
Heavenly are to be found in heaven.
One of the hardest things in the
world for a man to do who is stuck
up, Is to get down.
The religion of good many people
who have low foreheads is not far re-
moved from spiritualism.
A man is young only so long as he
can run up steps without putting for
breath when he gets to the top.
Every man thinks that 1t is his
strong will alone that prevents his
troubles from driving him mad.
A woman never wipes her nose. il
you notice. She softly pats 1t. A man
never wipes his. either; he blows 1t.
There Is at least one good thing
about a sick husband: he doesn't flirt,
and his wife knows where to find him
at night.
When anyone gives boy a nickel.
his mother always screams: what DO
you say!" He never thinks Of 1t him.
self.
other peoples business. as rule, you
will find there is something wrong
with him.
A boy is seriously handicapped in
his ambition to be man 50 long as
him mother strips him every night in
order to look for bruises.
A woman hates to see her name in
the directory because 1t is an old maid
trick. When g. girl is old enough to
get her maiden name in the directory,
she is old enough to get married.
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
tFrom the New York Press.]
Everybody is conceited enough to
think he isn't.
The devil was mighty crafty when
he invented politics.
A girl is sure she has beautiful eyes
il they are the same color and not
crossed.
When a man loses all his money he
can practically count on the next baby
being twins.
The surer a woman Is that she is
~ro2r~ ohpnaA far the Jyn01ep tho
safer It is for her to get the clothes