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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30
DENNIS COME EASY

Joseph NJ. Dixon United Stafaz
senator from Montana, has lost no
time in denying the statement attrib-
uted to him to the effect that tha
united States battleship feet was sent
TO Japan at the request of the Japan-
csc government for the purpose of
striking terror to the hearts of the
lingo party in that country which was
fomenting strong sentiment for war
with the United States. And there is
no reason or disposition to do any
thing except take Senator Dixon's
word In this case for whatever it has
the reputation for being worth.
But this occurrence only empha-
sizes peculiar condition or attic
ton which seems to be develontne
more strongly than ever of late
among the newspaper reporters an
over the land, and the world. for that
matter. Ihelr ears are never faulty
seemingly or their reports of speeches
eiiu statements taken exception to or
oenled by men in the highest and
lowest levels of society unless the
point at issue takes on an unexnected
Importance of unusual proportions
NO one who is not intimately CON
nected with newspaper work can
1airiy realize the solicitous regard
that MN in all the walks of life mar
ticularly those in public stations have
Tor getting their utterances and onin-
ions aired in the public prints If is
really less than a mania with Soma
men. And no one but active newsna-
per workers can have any idea of +ba
extent to which these notortetv seek
ing gentlemen are ever ready and free
to deny any and all statements which
are credited to them with faithfulness
and accuracy, but which, after thew
are printed are seen to be more force
1ul and important in print than thev
did when spoken off hand and also
which are apt to place them in an
unfavorable light or open them to
criticism.
The great trouble is that men of
greater and less prominence in world
~ affairs are apt to. and do say
things on the spur of the moment and
without due consideration, the sig
n1ncance of which is not realized by
them at the time, but which is i'm
mediately patent to them and every
BODY else as soon as they get into cold
type.
| Newspaper reporters are not infal-
Idle by any manner of means. They
are quite as liable to make mistakes
as are other human beings. There
are also INSCRIPTIONS reporters in
the newspaper ranks just as there
are INSCRIPTIONS men in all profess
sions and businesses. but It is the bare
truth to state that the unscrupulous
newspaper reporters of today are few
and far between. Their period of EN-.
ployment on reputable newspapers, IL
which class are the great, great ma.
Jority of the newspapers of the coun.
try, is only as long as it takes theiI
employers to find them out and tina
is not a great while The averag,
newspaper reporter is quite as zeal
Gus of reporting speeches and state
ments correctly as are any homes
men in the keen pursuit of various
enterprises. The best of them ar,
quick to pick out the sensational feat
ures of a mans remarks and empha
size them in his story and Tar too of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Among the real dead languages are
any that a woman has gotten through
with.
X X ~
A physician might be likened to a
broken pump in that he can draw moth
ing from the we'll
X y
Probably the well preserved persons
of the near future will have to meet the
requirements of the pure food and drug
law.
y n
Too frequently is it the case that a
public official who is charged with lay
ing down the law is overly vigorous and
throws it down.
Chances are that many fellows stole
kisses from their wives before mar
riage because the latter's faces were
always turned away on such occasions
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30

vention knocked sky-high by the
Democrats at their national con-
vention. So when Mr.. Taft appeared
in the Madison. Square garden
couple Of days after Mr.. Bryan had,
his friends kept up cheering for him
for nineteen minutes or five minutes
longer than Mr.. Bryan was cheered.
All of which is interesting but only
because it shows that men are yet
boys when they get an opportunity to
outdo each other
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30
HUA0R or THE Day

MI Wabash been married? Mrs Wabash
George. how long is 1t since you stopped.
kissing me?-Yonkers Statesman.
III, He draws from real life. "Artist?''
mo: dentist. "-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Canary-You must remember that
you you are ar speaking to professional singer;
a reputation as an orator.-Life.
MIN fer. Mike? Meandering Mike-De wo-
man at de house back dere offered me a
the he matter r. wild it, it? Meandering Mike
Matter? WHY. it was cake of SOAP
Chicago News.
Farmer Hayseed-You advertised shady
woods. Farmer Corntassel-Wall. there's
and that's enoughNNew York Sun.
Mrs. Muggins-My husband proposed to
did he do it2 Mrs. Muggins-He asked me
if he could caddy for me through the links
of ife.-Philadelphia Record
Kind .Lady-And you always go bare
footed during the month of June. my poor
pie use up all the old shoes throwing at
June weddings.-Chicago News.
"A man has to draw it fine these days"
What do you mean?' Staying ten min
utes after office hours each day will prob
fifteen is kable to excite suspicion that
you are monkeying with your books
Kansas City Journal
White-What strange looking face you
have on your watch. 1t has figures for
only eleven hours! Green-I had to have
it made that way. The watch was losing
an hour every halliday. and the watch.
maker said 1t was impossible to adjust 1t
to go any faster.-Judge.
Drummer (settling bill in Eagle House.
NATURALIZATION my curiosity, sir, but
what do you, stuff your beds with in this
be had in this hull country b'goshl Drum
mer-Ah! That is very interesting, 1
know now where the straw came from
that broke the camePs back.-Puck
1.-THE office seeks the man." remarked
the idealist, Perhaps" answered Senator
announcement in prowling around seek
ing anybody In fact, it has to roost high
to keep from being grabbed on the perch.
WASHINGTON Star.
Peculiar woman. my wife; very literal.
Why. the pin money I give her she IN
y stndIe aTen fUr MOI You see
| there are hat. hair. neck. shawl. safety.
| exhausted. I've no doubt she'll have us
| dining on terrapins. "-Boston Transcript.
| Harry left the breakfast table with an
| anxiously. why Harry, have you lame
foot?'' Little brother Bob solved the prob
He's He's got tH more fiapiacks down on one side
| than on the other."-Delineator.
| IF plants have thoughts. feelings and
| emotions similar to those of human be-
! ings-" "Well?'' How the average canta-
| loupe must chuclxle with malicious glee at
| the person who has Just, cut it open!'-
| Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30

ten when this is done the man who
has been doing the speaking. who
possibly in the heat or enthusiasm of
his talk has said things that he would
not have said IL he had stoppeds to
think them over, is ever ready to
come forward with emphatic denials.
And the newspaper reporter is made
to play the unenviable role of the
goat" in public estimation. And Of
ten in this way grave injustice is
done to. newspaper reporters and to
the newspapers themselves in the
minds of the people, -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30

Shippers throughout the country are
likely a trifle unduly alarmed over the
prospects OF a general and material
advance in all freight rates which it
is rumored that the railroads will put
into effect Immediately after the cleo
ton If the returning general pros
perity Of the country which is now
coming along with such good healthy
strides, is not checked by any un-
foreseen circumstances there will not
be much need for the railroads to ma
terially increase their freight rates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30

At first glance the estimate of the
Republican state committee of Illinois
that Mr.. Taft will carry the state,
which Chicago makes famous. with a
plurality OF no less than 237,75S votes
will strike the average man as being a
forecast of an exceedingly rosy hue.
But a look into the election returns
of the past shows the estimate not to
be unreasonable. Mr.. Roosevelt's
plurality IN Illinois four years ago
reached the high figure Of SO5.O39
votes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30

Another whack has been taken at
the railroads by the postoffice depart
ment. Hereafter the compensation to
be paid by the government for the
hauling of the mail will be based on
the short line mileage of competing
roads. This is figured up as an an
nual loss of 100000 for the rail-
roads. But divided among so many
lines IT will not amount to great
deal with any one railroad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30
II the baseball fever keeps UP a

II the baseball fever keeps UP at
the same heat during the next few
years that it has inTthe past the base
ball magnates. in the big leagues at
least, will soon rank first among the
money kings of the earth. An evil
dence of this is found in the recent
act of Barley Dreyfus. owner of the
Pittsburg, Pa, baseball club. He is
able to AFFORD the expenditure of
100000 for a new baseball park site
in the heart of Pittsburg.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30

Persons who are obsessed with a
surplusage of sympathy can pass some
of 1t around to Joe Letter, who be-
came famous for a short period by
trying to corner the wheat market of
the universe and who dropped So
100000 In his spectacular effort, ST.
10000 of which came out of the
pocket of an indulgent parent. Joe
has to exc out an existence now on a
paltry $4,000 year. This would
strike the ubiquitous Mabel as being
simply "awful.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30

The Chicago Tribune remarks that
President Roosevelt, moreover, has
lived every minute of his fifty years.
Quite so, indeed But would not the
Tribune have hit the mark nearer If
Il had said that he has lived every
second OF his life. and TO which may
be added that he has lived few of
them in vain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
IFrom the New York Press.1

A very little red hair will color up
several generations wildly.
Real purity in a woman cannot be
soiled even by being married to beast.
The inspiration of a good deal of
genial hospitality is a mania to show
off.
The more times a woman gets mar
ried the more surprised she is to find
what it's like.
The best of men are not so far from
being brutes as the worst of women
are near to being angels.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30

Notice the happy smile on the faces
OF the farmers these days. They can
get as high as 1fty-flve cents a bushel
for new corn which is an exceedingly
high price. Old corn is in demand at
around seventy cents bushel and
wheat is now bringing considerably
over eighty cents a bushel. No won
der the smiles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30

Trafickers in white" slaves have
been finally hailed to court in Chi
cago. where this nefarious business
has been INDUCED in on terrible
scale. A couple of the white slavers"
have already been sent to prison. This
Is crime for which the penalty
might we'll be life imprisonment, or
oxer death
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30

When Mr.. Bryan was the star at a
recent Democratic mass meeting in
the big Madison Square garden, New
York, his friends accorded him an
ovation OF cheers which lasted for
fourteen minutes. Naturally it was
up to the Republicans to beat this
record for was not their cheering rec
ord at the Republican national con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

The State Journal Is a member OF the
Associated Press and receives tho fun day
telegraph report OF that great news or
ganization for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka
The news Is received IN Tho state Jour
nose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30
Wonderland of DeIirium.

Charles Roman gives a record of his
own experience as a victim of delirium
tremens. 1t is remarkable psyche
logical document, comparing favorably
in interest and as a piece of writing
with De Quincy's Confessions of an
Opium Eater" Following is a brief
extract which gives some suggestion Of
the things the patient saw:
up to this point the geological WISH
tations had been intermittent. During
the next few days, however, I saw all
that could stand. / saw such prehis-
toric creatures as exist nowhere except
in museums. / saw rats as they
marched past my door. or flew
through my windows, or floated in my
tub. Elephants strobe in and out with
numbering steps and swaying trunks.
At times they seated themselves and
tainted me with their thunderous bel
lows or their ear-splitting screenings.
They Haunted their shouts high in the
from limb to limb in the trees outside
my room.
Snakes of all colors, of all descrip-
tons, reptiles with fantastic figures
upon their backs, and with eyes of
sapphire or ruby or of milk-white
marble. wriggled upon the floor or
crept 1 nand out of heretofore unseen
crevices in the walls and dropped into
the water in my tub. They swan
around and around me, squirming un-
DER me, WIN tnelr tongues Qartlng IN
and out with ,ferocious activity. Lions
/, heard roaring and tigers 1 saw while
| they opened their mouths like huge
| cats in silent angry disapproval, lick
| ing their whiskers and wetting their
paws, softly and daintily This and
| far more.
81 saw crocodiles in droves. Fat
scaly, glistening beasts they were, with
frothy. foaming jaws, long sweeping
| tails, crouching upon or creeping a1ons
the foot of my bathtub or on my bed
and grinding their yellow teeth in
gluttonous anger as they contemplated
me, their prey. 1 saw the reeking
| slippery body of crocodile slide into
! the water of my tub. Then, as
| shrank in breathless horror to escape
1 saw his greedy, filmy eyes arise to
| the surface, with his cold, foul chin
! flush with mine. His icy beak touched
/ my cheek, the hot vapor from his
lungs scared my flesh. I turned as
cold, as ice and trembled like leaf
| in a storm. American Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30
Desert Snake Bite Cures.

Desert Snake Bite Cures.
The rattlesnake has a part all his
own in the desert practice of healing.
Rattlesnake oil cures rheumatism and
the stiffened joints a man gets work
ing down in a wet mine; the oil rub
bed in the ears cures deafness, and a
rattlesnake skin, tanned soft and sup
pie as chamois and worn around the
waist, will keep a man well on the
hardest trip-but the dust from the
rattles will cause blindness which
nothing will cure.
There is a plant which the rattle
snake fears-he will not crawl across
coils and crawls away. Perhaps this
is only bit of myth, but every desert
man knows the golondrina-the
creeping plant with tiny, round, gray
green leaves and minute white bios
SONS with a brown center.
"Rattlesnake weed" grows in the lit
tie open spaces from the pines to the
white sand hills that shift back and
forth in each years wind. The leaves
pounded into a wet mass are bound on
a snake bite, and the victim, man or
animal, is given huge draughts of the
bitter, dark tea. into which the whole
plant is STEPPED. The golondrina tea
is used as a liniment for rheumatism
too, and the Mexican women know
that it dyes cotton cloth an enduring
purplish black.
If the golondrina is too far to find
there is another desert cure for any
snake bite-a cure we'll enough at
tested and one with which many an
Indian has fought bullet wound and
saber cut and mastered incipent blood
poisoning. The leaves of any ,fat-leav-
ed opuntia, but especially the common
prickly pear, are thrown on a camp
fire till the thorns are singed off and
the skin puffs up in watery blisters,
then split open and bound hot on the
wound. So many pack mule has
been restored to place in the train and
MANY a limb that a physician would
| have amputated has been saved to do
its owner good service on desert trail.
Out West
At Hornets Mercy in the Air.
James s.. Curran. electrical worker,
while stringing wires from the steepie
fof 81. Patrick's church, Elizabeth, !, N.
on Thursday, was attacked by a
nest of hornets Only his sheer cour-
age in clinging to a ledge while endur-
| ing the most intense pain saved him
from falling from the steeple and be
| ing dashed to death on the pavement
more than 200 feet below.
| Curran was attacked furiously on all
/ sides by the insects, and was IN sucn
| precarious position that he was unable
| to battle with them He happened II
| climbing through an aperture near tnt
4 summit of the spire to disturb tnt
| hornets nest His face and arms were
j terribly swollen, from the bites OF tht
/ insects when he descended--Ne"
| York Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30

"A man has to draw it fine these days"
What do you mean?" Staying ten min
utes after office hours each day will prob
ably make a good impression. but staying
fifteen is kable to excite suspicion that
you are monkeying with your books
Kansas City Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30

Kind Lady-And you always go bare
footed during the month of June. my poor
man? Sandy Sam-I have to, mum. Peo-
pie use up all the old shoes throwing at
June weddings.-Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30

Mrs. Dearborn-How long have you and
Mr. Wabash been married? Mrs. Wabash
George. how long is 1t since you stopped
kissing me?-Yonkers Statesman i
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30

Mrs. Muggins-My husband proposed to
me on the golf links. Mrs. Buggins-IIow
did he do it2 Mrs. Muggins-He asked me
if he could caddy for me through the links
of life.-Philadelphia Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30

White-What a strange looking face you
have on your watch. 1t has figures for
only eleven hours! Green-I had to have
it made that way. The watch was losing
an hour every halliday, and the watch
maker said it was impossible to adjust 1t
to go any faster.-Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30

1.-THE office seeks the man." remarked
the idealist Perhaps" answered Senator
Sorghum: "but an office doesn't get much
announcement in prowling around seek
to keen from being grabbed of the perch"
-WaShingtOn Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30

Drummer (settling bill in Eagle House.
NATURALIZATION my curiosity, sir, but
what do you stuff your beds with in this
hotel? Landlord (proudly}--Best straw to
be had in this hull country b'goshl Drum
know now where the straw came from
that broke the camePs back.-Puck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30

MIN fer. Mike? Meandering Mike-De wo-
man at de house back dere offered me a
cake. Perambulating Pete-Well, wot wus
the matter wild it? Meandering Mike
Matter? WHY. it was a cake of SOAP
Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30

woods. Farmer Corrtassel-Wall there's
one tree for 'em to cut their initials on,
and that's enough.-New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30

The Canary-You must remember that
YOU are speaking to a professional singer.
The Parrot-That's nothing; i have quite
a reputation as an orator.-Lfe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30

HE draws from real life.'' .'Artist?'
No: Observation-Disclosures Inquirer.
The Washington times., 1908-02-07
METROPOLITAN NINE
SELECTS OFFICERS

The Metropolitan baseball club, Of
the Independence League, met at the
residence of NJ. n. Evans, 222 Thir-
tenth street southwest. last evening
and officers were elected as follows:
II. A. Wilson. manager; NJ. n. Evans.
assistant manager; II. :. Wilson. sec
rotary and treasurer.
Deposits to the sum OF S35 were placed
in the hands of the treasurer to cover
the preliminary expenses of the club.
The following members Of the club
were present: NJ. y. Evans, II. \.
Wilson, Il. b. Evans, II. 3. Shepherd,
J, r. Edwards, jr., j. w. Shiles, /. A.
Pinnar, s. J, Head, d. r. Bullock, g.
L Harvey, P c. DuIin. r. 5. Pinnar.
9. T. FOrse, II. 5. Wilson, J. p. Eeat-
The Washington times., 1908-02-07
RAILROADS.
BALTIMORE AND OHIO r. r.

LEAVE NEW UNION STATION.
ROYAL BLUE LINE.
Every Other Hour on the Odd Hour
To PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK.
NEW TERMINAL. 23D ST. NEW YORK.
's-uJ a. m.-DiDer. Pullman ParlJT.
Ty-o0 a. m--Bufet Parior, Hr- Train
1900 a. m--Diner and Pullman Parlor Car
Tll;09 a. m.-DlneT and Pullman PaTlOr Car.
100 p m--Diner and Pullman Parior Car
800 ,. m.-.ROydI Limited" All Pullman.
TACO B. m.-Coaches 10 Philadelphia
500 ,. m.-DInsr and Pullman PaTior.
= ?. m.-Coaches TO Philadelphia.
'll;oJ p. m.-Sleepers.
-Z.5Z g. m.-Sleepers.
ATLANTIC CITY. 100. 900 fl1.O0 a. n.
ANNAPOLIS. week days. 500 a. m. 100
noon, 4-45s 90 pm. sun. $50 am, $50 pm
EVERY HOUR on THE HOUR"
week days 100 a. m, 20 p. m.)
TO BALTIMORE.
z;52. 1890 1890, 100 I'D $500. $3.50. 800
800 .lg,Ce ~ 20 a. ~, TfZ9) noon, ~ ~
4 As, 800, 1908 $3.50, 1900 $3.50 t7.00 800
ego. 'IO.O0. 1908, "ll.30, Ell .55 p. III.
WESTWARD.
CHICAGO. '9.l0 a. m, +i.22. $50 D. m
VILE. '3-l0 a. IN. '4.G5 p. m. 1910 night
PITIsBURG, 'y:lg a. M, 'l-22, go p IA,
~ 80 night.
CLEVELAND. $40 p. m.
COLI MBES, $50 D. III.
WHEELING. 900 a. Ia, $3.50 2. m
WI-SyHEsTER, 1910 am. f4.05, t5.o0 pm.
FREDERICK, 1870 1910. '-s:io am. ''l.s9,
TAOS, r5,4J D. M
HAGERSTOW>.. 1910 a. ~. 1870 p. N.
spauy. Except Sunday. ''SuHday only
Ticket OfnCes- 1917 @ ST, Tel Main 1881 6l5
Pennsylvania ave. Main us New Union
Station Ticket OnIce Tel Main 1880; Inf0r-
nation Bureau. Main 1850 uoII-Jf
The Washington times., 1908-02-07
NELSON AND BRITT
REACH AGREEMENT

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. Tan
agreement has been made between
Battling Nelson and Willie Britt for a
fourth fght between Nelson and Jimmy
Britt,
The decision was reached after five
hours wrangIe in the AuSelus Hotel
here last night. The articles were left
to be drawn today. The terms provide
for 1S3 pounds, for ten rounds, before
the PacIfc Athletic Club, the night of
February %. The fighters Will get a
percentage of the gross receipts, but
how il is to be divided viii be decided
today.
Nelson demanded q champions price
and il was finally decided, however, he
was TO receive a . per cent bonus of
the fighters share.
The Washington times., 1908-02-07
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RY.

NOTE: Published only as information and
not guaranteed.
4.O0 =. Nc & .. Limited. Daily. Fast
vestibuIe train. Pullman sIeepers TO Lex
iugton. Louisville, Cincinnati. Indianapolis.
Chicago and ST. Louis. Connection for
Virginia Hot Springs. Pullman Car Louis
VILE 70 Memphis and New Orleans. Dining
cars. a Ia carte service
IIIJ =. M +. Y. LIMITED. Daily.
Solid vesrlDU4s train Pullman sleepeTs 20
Cincinnati Lexington. and Louisville,
Compartment sleeping car 10 Virginia Hot
Springs week days. Dining Cars. a Ia
carte service Pullman sleepers Cincinnati
TO Chicago ana ST. Louis. and Louisville TO
Memphis Nashville. and New Orleans
Reservations and tickets on Chesapeake aud
Ohio Offices. $40 Pennsylvania ave- 600 18th
ST. near r. and New Union Station TeIe-
phone. Main 1880. for Washington Terminal
Cab Service. and Main I055 or Z2l5 for C.. & o.
Ticket once n0ZJ-tf
The Washington times., 1908-02-07

Secretary Knowles. OF the Giants. re-
Ceived a cheerful postal card from Fred
Merkle, the yOungster who is expected
to make a strong bid to become a regu-
lar with the team this season. AIerkle
has been spending his time hunting in
Michigan and says he is in great physi-
cal condition TO begin the contest with
the other youngsters and regulars 10
make the New York team.