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The Washington times., 1908-02-02
HASKINS AFTER
NEW RECORD IN
FEDERAL GAMES
VIII Attack 1,000.Y ard
Indoor Mark-Eleven
Relays.

Guy Haskins. OF the University OF
Pennsylvania, intercollegiate half-mile.
one-mile. and cross-couutry champion.
and holder Of the one-mile record. win
try for q new indoor record for the / .OJ0
yards run at the Federal Games in Con
vention Hall a week from next Saturday
night
Haskins has been running this distance
regularly during the indoor season, and
al the Pastime Athletic Club games in
New York last Monday night came
within four seconds Of. the best figures,
without being pushed. IN the Federal
games the event will be handicap and
with some OF the best men in the South
Atlantic Association on the marks and
treated literally by the Handicapped.
Haskins viii be pushed TO the limit TO
win. He IS just now in top-Rotch con
dJioH. andi Nike Murphy. the Pennsyl-
vania trainer. In a letter received here
yesterday, says he believes Easkins viii
better the existing figures.
The Quaker champion will have Quig-
ley and Beck and perhaps one or two
others Of his own team in the race and
the pace should be fast from the start.
Beck has q record of 1851 As for the
half-mile and qualified for the half
mile in the intercollegiate last year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-20
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atkinson Globe.1

Some people believe party is not a
success unless the guests make great
deal of noise
The fair thing to do with men who lose
money by a bank failure, is to let them
take turns at being a receiver.
After a man has married, he makes
the startling discovery that his wife also
loves a cat, dog, chocolates, and her
kin.
No matter how much a woman may
care for one man there never comes a
time when she isn't greatly pleased II
she hears that some other man has made
q nice remark about hef.
Every husband of a devout church
worker expects the day after the preach
err has delivered a roasting sermon, to
hear that the women have inaugurated a
movement to have his salary raised
girl wearing a new hat met a gentle
man friend on the street the other day.
How do you like my new hat? she ask
ed The man ai Looked at the hat hat mo mo-
bs edt "n9 No 3ne1 the girl replied. wen"
the man said. "then like it..
Don't tell your troubles to your friends
You may think they will be interested,
and that they are anxious to help you,
but. a matter of fact. your troubles
bore them, and they talk to other friends
hard lesson 20 learn. but friends do not
think as much of you as you believe they
do.
A good deal of fault is found with mar
ried men for not being more loving, 1t
being charged that they do not love their
wives as much as is proper. but Atchison
once had a husband so loving that he
was a nuisance to his wife; the wife of
Rev. Alexander Breton sued for divorce
because her husband bothered her with his
attentions We suppose he wanted to
kiss her goodbye every time he left the
house. and kiss her again when he return
ed home. and his wife became tired of
such foolishness. We have long contend
ed that man should keep up attentions
of this kind until his wife tires of them +;
we suppose that If Parson Breton had
af tod m xz-ffa IN " O
the house and again on returning to it,
his wife would have found fault with
him for GOODNESS and indifference, but his
fault was in not stopping it when his wife
tired af IT
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-20
HYHAWKER JOTS

The Wichita Beacon observes that
"One Democratic paper, desiring to
take a bee out of the candidates bon
net, calls him Mr.. Stubs"
The biggest fish story going the
rounds of the Kansas press is the one
where Del Travis and his fish car are
the stars.-Wichita Beacon.
A Peoria man has gone into the sor-
ghum business on quite an extensive
scale this year He plans to make at
least 1900 gallons of the stuff.
A new record has been made in Atch-
ison, and by the women as usual. There
is not an empty quart fruit jar left In
the town, and only few pints.
One of the vagaries of nature is caus-
ing comment around Beloit. There's
crabapple tree near the town which now
has blossoms. buds and fruit on 1t.
Central Kansas is now in the throes
of another pest. It's an unusual one.
too, nothing less than immense focks
of wild pigeons which are said to be
devastating the wheat fields.
The Enterprise Push thinks the move
to license cats in Eudora Is another
part of the anti-noise movement. and
the Salina Journal advises the Push to
wait until 1t hears the howl the move
ment causes.
Bert Miller suggests as a defense for
MdTllu VI Tic OCAllOOi oIA$
state committee to the charge that he
rides on a railroad pass that 1T is one
of the few ways a Democratic polti-
clan can get anywhere in these times
of Republican majorities."
A burglar visited the stately home
of Hud Wightman, at Wellington, and
was observed by the latter while try
ing to enter window. Mr.. Wright
man was in bed at the time, and had
nothing on but a few yards of mus
lin, but he didn't wait to put on his
golfing suit He took after the burglar
barefooted and chased him all over
town, and had more fun than family
reunion.-Emporia Gazette. .---t'.J@,.
This story on Mr.. Harger's school of
Journalism at K. U. is going the
rounds: A student at Kansas universe
ty who is taking a course in journalism
was severely criticised by one of the
teachers in that department for max
ing too many paragraphs in the theme,
or story. or whatever 1t was he handed
in But" the student protested, Mr.
Harger says We should make our para
graphs short" With lofty disdain the
teacher replied: Mr.. Harger teaches
newspaper work: in this department We
teach literature"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-20
CALIFORNIA RELIEVED.

The recently reported compact Oh
ten steamship companies for the
stimulation of transportation from the
Atlantic to the Pacific oceans. and vice
versa by the Tehuantepec route, IS
said to have created sensation IN
San Francisco business circles because
it virtually ends the dominance of the
Southern Pacific Railway company in
the handling of California freight
Heretofore all shipments by way OF
the land route across Central America
have been by the Panama railway, and
the agreement which has existed be-
tween the Southern Pacific railway
and the Pacific Mail Steamship com
pany has made the isthmian route
practically worthless to California
shippers.
1t will be recalled that Joseph L.
Bristow, now the Republican cand1-
date for United States senator in this
state, was appointed. after he had re-
linquished his place as fourth assistant
postmaster general, special commits
sioner to investigate this situation, and
that in his report he scathingly de-
nounced the Pacific Mail steamship
company for its studied apathy in the
transportation of through freight. His
revelations suggested the advisability
of establishing a government line OF
steamers to handle through business
in connection with the Panama rail-
road, but this was not done, probably
because it was deemed advisable to
wait patiently for the completion of
the Panama canal for permanent re-
lief for the shippers of California.
The Importance of the joint adoption
of the Tehauntepec route can not be
magnifled. 1t will lead to the estab-
lishment of freight rates that will en-
able fruit shippers to reach the east
ern portion of the United States at less
cost than heretofore. and thus widen
opportunity for the disposal of Cali
fornia products. 1t will also stimulate
the Oriental trade. and doubtless abb
sorb much of the hauling which has
been shut off by the order of the in
terstate commerce commission requir-
ing transcontinental railroads to make
public their share of the through rate
on freight bound across the continent
TO and from the Orient. Moreover, 1t
will set the tide of intercoast trans
portation and Oriental shipment
southwark toward the isthmus. and
when eventually the Panama canal is
thrown open there will be a stronger
tendency Immediately toward the
greatest artificial waterway in the
world than would be the case had
transportation conditions remained as
they have been for the past twenty
years, through the absence of adequate
carrying facilities. across Central
America and the existence of a rail-
road-steamship compact inimical to
the use of the rail facilities across the
fsthmus
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-20
THE wRIGHrs, SUCCESS.

Wilbur Wright's success at Leman's.
France. has gained him the first place
in the list of aeroplanists, in token Of
which the Aero club of France has
awarded him its gold medal for 1908.
This is. of course, a gratifying ac-
acknowledgement of the supremacy he
has gained. though the payment of
800 900 he is to receive from the syndi-
cate which buys the right in France to
his patents is of much more conse-
quence, because it will supply him and
his brother, Orville with the means
needed to improve on their inventions.
But, they are not alone in gratifica-
ton over the turn in events which has
put them ahead of Farman. De la
Grange and all other inventors Of
heavier-than-air flying machines up
to-date. For. their countrymen in gen.
eral are we'll pleased by their success
for their own sakes and also because
it places America in the lead in this
matter, and until very recently it was
thought that this country was about
the last in the contest.
And now, the principle having been
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QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.

[From the Philadelphia Record.1
The office that seeks the man is gen.
orally blindfolded.
No man need be a failure who doesn't
yearn for the unattainable.
It's when he is beaten that the cross
country runner is really cross.
The man who breads being disappoint-
ed in love should be careful not to fall in
The trouble with some fellows is that
they never have any sober second
thoughts.
The jeweler doesn't know as much about
baseball as the ballplayer does about
diamonds.
II every man who has been disappointed
in love should take it to heart the world
would be full of pessimists.
Some people are so formal that even
when fortune smiles upon them they are
apt to wait for formal introduction.
First Promoter-"I tell you my scheme
will work wonders" Second Promoter
II prefer a scheme that will work suck
ers."
Wigg-'I suppose the widow Highflyer
feels her loss very keenly." Wagg-"Oh.
| believe the loss was fully covered by
Insurance."
THE first time 1 was married" said
the meek little man. IT was Just about
scared to DEATH And how about the
second timer asked the bachelor. '.The
second time should have been twice az
scared. but 1 wasn't" sighed the meek
little man.
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Coming toward him was Carol Ry-
der, not as he expected to find her
with the weight of added years. b,t as
young and girlish as on that day when
tney two had gathered chestnuts and
taken them home to roast
1t seemed that 1t must he Soma Vie
Lon, ior ne had seen a late picture of
Carol, and the girlishness had given
p S to matroniy dignity that sat
oddly on her young face This was the
girl of the olden day-his Carol~and
| as she approached he struggled to rise
| him
You have hurt your ankle" she
asked In voice that surely must be
Carors. II viii try and find a stick
Tor you to use as cane Don't try to
rise until bring you one
sne hurried away and presently re-
appeared with stout branch.
fou VIII have to trim ii down a lit
tie with your knife" she explained. .It
was the best I could find. Is it Paul
Westford?' she added as for the first
time she studied his face.
It's Paul Westford," he assented.
| put you cannot be Carol?"
m her sister Edith" she explained
with a light laugh. II was Just at the
awkward age when you left, and, any
how, you never had eyes for any one
You look very like her." he SAID
quietly as he rose by aid of the cane.
SO every one tells me-" was the
girls careless comment. You had bet
ter take my arm, too. 1t will be safer.
DO you think you can manage it?'
Easily" he agreed as he accepted
her suggestion and rested his free hand
| lightly upon her arm.
Slowly they made their way to the
| clearing, and until they left the woods
| behind did Edith stop with a little cry
| of dismay.
You never got the nuts" she cried.
| and you came all the way from town
| to get them"
| Il came in search of old memories"
said Paul softly as he looked down into
| the eager face upturned to his. Il
| thought they were dead memories, and
| find that they still live s.
The color flooded the girls face as
she turned it aside, but not till eyes
had spoken to eyes, and Paul knew that
he had found his mate.-(Copyrighted
1908, by Associated Literary Press.) Il
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-20
WILL ENGLAND ANNEX EGYPT

In one OF the recent dispatches from
London there is this significant pas
sage: THE British press today hints
that the breaking of the present align
ment in the Balkans will be the cue
for England to annex Egypt, over
which she has long held a suzerainty."
OF course! While the process of an
nexation of territory Is going on, as In
the case of the Bosnia and Herzegovina
to the dual empire, why should not
England annex Egypt? That is the
question naturally asked by the aver
age Englishman. The fact that such
action would be contrary to treaty stip-
ulations does not count much with him.
To objection on this score he can reply
that what is sauce for the goose is
sauce for the gander and point to Aus
tria-Hungary's grabbing of the two
Turkish provinces under the tutelage
of the dual empire.
However, there Is one thing that may
restrain the British government from
grabbing Egypt. That is the Anglo
French entente, or alliance, as it prac-
tically amounts to. The English DOM
ination of Egylt has long been a sore
point with the French, who have not
forgotten the Fashoda incident. The
British government has salved that
wound by withdrawing opposition to
the spread of French influence through
out the rest of Northern Africa and
by supporting the French government
against Germany in the Moroccan i'm
broglio. This clever play has made for
England an ally of her old-time enemy
across the channel. In considering the
advisability of the annexation of Egyp.
the question for the British government
to ponder over is whether or not it
can afford to ALLEVIATE this new-made
friend. This question is one of the per-
plexities that will confront the British
government If the New Eastern ques-
ton is reopened, as now seems almost
certainty.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
tFrom the chicago News.l

Many a boy keeps from getting tanned
by keeping shady.
Dentists and chiropodists are always
fighting tooth and nail.
1t is easier for most people to heave a
sigh than to raise laugh.
Every time some people say smart
things they make others smart.
Our idea of a sane man is one who can
be in love without acting foolish.
If a girl isn't able to do anything else
she can at least keep a man guessing.
The trouble with many a mans integ-
rity is that it needs constant vindication.
A woman writes a letter to another wo-
man as though it were a document of
national Importance.
When woman wants a new bonnet she
never lets up until her husband comes
down with the price
A man can always flatter a woman by
guessing her age at least ten years under
what she really thinks it is.
Between a practical man and a genius
the difference is that the former usually
manages to make living for his family.
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THE BASEBALL REPORTER.

4 know they say Bill Shakespeare was a
At handing out the language rich and
And spelling of the stun in plays and
That set you up like drinking tony
But when it comes to really truly zip
That thrills your solar plexus till you're
Why. Billiam isn't in it for the fraction
of a minute
With the man who dopes the story of
the game.
c, Dickens. too. could sling the English
His moving picture scenes of life are
great,
And when it comes to pulling laugh or
He put it always right across the plate;
But when you talk of stuff that's got
the zip
And thrills your solar plexus till you're
Why. Dickens isn't in 1t for the fraction
of a minute
With the man who dopes the story of
thu game.
Our Emerson was something with the
Subsisting On the brainy Boston beans.
his thinkery produced some mighty
thought
Though few can tell exactly what IT
means;
But when you brag of stun that's got
And thrills your solar plexus till you re
lame.
Ralph Waldo isn't in it for the fraction
of minute
With the man who dopes the story of
the game.
Old Chaucer. Milton. Pope and Moliere.
Old Sophocles and Edgar Allan Poe
Could score a run most any time they
tried
Though they would surely starve along
Park row;
But when it comes to really truly zip
That thrills your solar plexus till
you're lame,
These spielers are not in it for the frac-
ton OF . minute
With the man who dopes the story of
the game.
Edward Branch Lyman in the New York
Sun.
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HUNOR or THE Day

Church-There is a case on record, I
believe bell nd where here. man got up out Of his
Gotham-Oh. we'll. if he was asleep / sup
pose he couldn't really be held responsible.
-Yonkers Statesman.
Ever make any money out of poetry?'
"Only once. An editor said that for IS he
Seems Df to me {Ss sm was i sa9Msd MONEY
"Oh. no: I came out IS ahead. You see I
declined the er."-Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
Whenever go skating" Mr.. Hoamley
was saying, Il always wear a cap that
said Miss Cutting, Il should think that
would be absolutely necessary when you're
skating against the wind. "-Philadelphia
Press.
when is the next intermission?" asked
the stranger in the Atlanta playhouse
THAI is no intermission at ALL sah" re-
piled the old Colonel. with a reminiscent
sigh. mo intermission between the actsT'
mo. sah- What would be the use of 60
ing out between the acts in Georgia these
days. sah7"-Chicago Daily News.
asked the constituent Yes" answered
Senator Sorghum. But that's as far as
I will 60: It's safe to say you want the
tariff revised. but It's mighty hard to fix
up plan for that purpose that won't
cause some good and Influential friend
to feel that he is getting the worst of It,"
washington Star.
The Caddy Gas the Colonel misses the
ball for the sixth time)-Go on, mister.
Say 1t. Don't mind me. I've been in the
business for three years now.-The Sketch.
Unreal.-'I dreamed last night" said
Mrs. Nagget, that was in a store that
was Just full of the loveliest fur coats"
But interrupted her husband, hastily,
that was only a dream, my dear" Yes,
you bought me e."-Philadelphia Press.
He Could for Once.-Mrs. Ascum-Have
you any scent stamps? Drug Clerk Cab
sent mindedly)-No. ma'am, but we have
something lust as good Mrs. Ascum-Ha!
you. Drug Clerk-Not at all, ma am. can
give you two twos and a one.-Philadelphia
Press.
Naturally.-We are surprised when we
meet our friend. to observe his general de-
ask. Here YOU are. a man with muscles
like steel cords. and with an iron con-
stitution. vet you are fretting and COM
planning of not feeling fit" 1T was caught
In the rain Yesterday he tells me, land
of course I feel rusty now."-Chicago
Evening Post.
Truthful Tommy Triumphs
said the boys father. sternly, where are
those six apples left on the table?"
one" Then how is it that there is only
one apple left?" demanded the father
That" replied Tommy, sis the one
didn't touch.'-Chums.
Jessica-when the Judge asked you how
Il told him IL he were a good Judge he
wouldn't ask.-Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-20
JOURNAL ENTRIES

One of the difficult things in life Is
to be polite and honest on all occa-
sions.
X x
An automobile can easily go faster
than a mule and frequently it also
balks longer.
\ X X
Many a girls father is apt to dis
abuse a young mans belief in the adj
age that all the world loves a lover.
X x
The theory that speech is given to a
man to conceal his thoughts explains
away a good deal of apparent stupid
ty.
4
The evident object of most societies
seems to be to get the names of their
members into the newspapers as often
as possible. -1
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devil-worshiper. This is made evident
by her statement on her recent de-
parture for Australia that "the devil
will take good care of me as he has
always done in the past" 1t has ever
been known that many anarchists
were of exceedingly devilish tendencies
cies but was rather hoping too much
to expect one of their leaders to con-
fess it as Miss Goldman has done. She
will now rank a little higher in the
estimation of most people for being so
honest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-20

Mr.. Hearst has hurled a defy to all
who may wish to sue him for libel
Bring on your suits, he says in effect,
the more the merrier. And even if
MT. Hearst should get stuck in the
courts for any large sums as a result
OF these suits, he is enormously
wealthy and could well afford to foot
the bills. The chances are he thinks
that the fun he has been having at the
expense Of some of the one-time high
and mighty in the land would be
cheap at any price
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-20

competition between inventors of aero
planes and dirigible balloons, both fol-
lowing in the line laid down by the
aeroplanist, A. NJ. Herring, whose vehi-
Gle weighs but two hundred POUNDS
complete and can carry two persons
while that of the Wright brothers
weighs over nine hundred pounds. A
reduction in weight and size is what is
now demanded.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
IFrom the New York Press.l

IFrom the New York Press.l
The chief trouble with ideals is they
won't pay any grocery bills
The exciting thing to a girl about a Sc
cret engagement is having everybody
know abou: it
The better n mans excuse for getting
home late the more his state won't let
him tell Il.
II man can solve the mystery of why
a woman appeals to him she wouldn't any
longef
The only reason a patriot can get more
excited about the Constitution than about
his party candidates platform is he knows
less about the former.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-20

It's never good to borrow trouble
but perhaps 1t would be we'll to re-
member that sooner or later the law
of compensation may come into opera
ton to offset this wonderfully fine
autumn weather that is now being en-
3oyed by the people in this section of
the country, and it is we'll for them to
prepare for It
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-20

England, through her royal prin-
eesses. will soon have a considerable
voice in the ruling of various of Euro
pean nations. Another of the fair
English girls, the Princess Patricia of
Connaught, is to wear a crown. She is
betrothed to King Manuel II of Por-
tuPal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-20

Nothing but remnants, and badly
battered ones at that, are left to the
Alphonse-Gaston character of the
state campaign with which it so
auspiciously started out. Mr.. Stubs
personal honesty has finally been at
tackled by the Democrats because of
some land transactions in the Indian
Territory and Mr.. Stubs has replied
by applying such soft and gentle terms
to his detractors as false" and
vicious" Politeness and politics never
did go hand in hand for any extended
period.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-20

In the midst of life there is death is
an old adage that is a forceful truth
which is brought home almost daily,
but from the experience of several
balloonists who have been picked up
in the North sea 1t is evident that in
the midst of death, occasionally at
least, there also Is life.