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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-16
GLOBE SIGHTS.
rom the Atchison Globe. ]

From the AtchisOn Globe.1
An Atchison girl wears such thin
stockings that it is ALMOST indicate.
1t doesn't make any difference when
men lived: they are always the same
about women. @.',s., + So.
The radish has handsomer COM
plexion than the pea, but 1t doesn't
amount to much.
Spring on her annual rounds visits
last of all the boarding house dining
table, and Mothers hat box.
A naturally disagreeable person APP
pears to worse advantage in trying to
be agreeable than at any other time
After a Spin has accumulated a bank
account of comfortable size, she has
mighty little for the men.
1t seems to be great deal easier
for a woman to get divorce, and q
change of husbands. than for her to
Change churches.
Lysander John Appleton, of Atchi-
son, has lately heard of the word
"plus,' and uses it so much that peo-
lple are beginning to talk.
when did you learn to chew to-
bacco?" a young man was asked the
other day. 'As soon as my father said
I mustn't do it," he replied.
A man who is determined to live
and die an old bachelor is almost as
unpopular and talked about as the
railroads and other corporations.
We never see a woman put on her
hat, and jab a long pin through her
hair to hold the hat on, that We do
not wonder if women ever lab them
selves in the head.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-16
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Happy is the man who thinks he
gets the best of every deal he goes
n n
Money may make the mare go but her
gait, when money is the lash, is apt to
be unsatisfactory.
X 4
That spring is really here can be told
from the fact that almost everybody
has a fresh cold.
q = S
The different kinds of individuals on
the earth are only limited by the num-
bers of its population.
y 4
A young child don't get to go so
much when he reaches the. age where
fare or admission fees are charged for
him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-16
SONG OF THE EARTHLlNGs.

Out of the earth We came,
Into the earth we go:
Our aim leaped high like flame,
But Time has brought us low.
Under the clustered trees
Dreams we dreamt a score:
By headlands of splendid seas
We ravaged and sung and swore.
Amid the cities of men
We thrilled to Life's various quest;
Very far from us then
The thought that slumber is best.
Sun and moon and stars
Lighted US on our way:
Happy we took our scars,
Happy we earned our pay.
Light-foot> creatures were we.
Each bent on his own device;
Love or war. parole,
At the throw of the loaden dice.
One thing, only one,
Utterly passed US by:
That when our day was done
We must cease, o matess and die!
But out of the earth We came,
: And into the earth we. go;
Our shame alike with our fame,
Old time has laid them low.
Richard Burton, In Harper's Magazine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-16
EGGS.

A dissertation on eggs, and the egg
trade, compiled by Miles NJ. Hastin gs,
scientific assistant of the animal hus-
bandry office of the federal depart
ment of agriculture has just been is
sued. On reading it one may find out
the generally unknown fact that re-
Gently laid eggs are frequently entitled
to be classed as undesirables. For in
stance, an egg forty-eight hours old
that has lain in a wheat shock dur
ing warm July rain would probably
be swarming with bacteria and be
absolutely unfit for food, while anoth-
er egg stored eight months in a first
class cold-storage room would be of
much better quality. In a general
summary on the egg trade are sug-
gestions of value ON the subject as fol-
lows:
The loss in this country due to the
actual spelling of eggs constitutes an
enormous waste, which could in a
large measure be saved were eggs CIV
en- reasonable care from the time of
laying until they reach the consumer.
There are two main reasons why
such care is not being given: % Lack
of realization of the importance of the
egg crop and ignorance of the correct
method of caring for the product; Co
because with our present system the
individual farmer, and in the west the
individual storekeeper as we'll, are not
financially rewarded for their greater
pains nor held accountable for gross
carelessness. which may amount to
actual dishonesty.
The ideal condition of the egg trade
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-16
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago News

lfrom the Chicago News.1
Breakfast is the proper place to call
the roll.
The harder it rains the more soft
water we get.
Some roses are known by the cheeks
they decorate.
Inc surgeon is ready to slash any old
thdng-except his bill.
It's wonder that more men don't
become round shouldered from STOPPING
to folly.
A mans religion never dies 50 long
as he uses the golden rule in measuring
his actions.
After having been so mad he couldn't
say things, a man begins to boast of
his wonderful self-control.
. A woman nearly always shows I'D best
IN an argument when she doesn't know
awning about the subject on tap.
Adam had one thing to be thankful
aor. he never had to weed his pas
onion beds when the other boys were
going fishing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-16
Civiiity of Cornish Folk.

Here let me record how pleasant it is
to travel about in the country districts
in Cornwall Few of the people you
meet cross your path without passing
the time of day. If you ask the way
you are invariably answered civilly:
You are not told to go straight on and
then ask again. No, you are directed
with great minuteness of detail as to
the proper course you should take. AS
likely as not, as I have found 1t, your
casually picked UP friend will say after
an elaborate explanation of the right
way that you will never And 1t alone
and set off with you to the point you
wish to gain.-The Antiquary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-16
This Mans Home a Barrel.

Diogenes, who lived in a tub, is being
emulated by an employe of the Over
brook insane asylum, who makes his abode
in q barrel along the Erie railway. near
here.
The man is Joseph. Leonard For the
last six months he has made his home In
a hogshead. 1t is in q pasture lot belong
ing to George Davenport. a blacksmith
Facing the open end of the barrel, which
has no door, is an improvised fireplace
where the modern Dtogenes does his cook
Ing.
Leonard is an inoffensive fellow. He does
not speak English, and gives no explana-
ton for leading such an unsociable life
He has a well-stocked larder, say those
who have visited his camp, and his xap-
pearance indicates his usual mode OF liv-
Ing has not injured his health.-Verona
On. - dispatch to New York Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-16
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
[From the New York Press.I

lFrom the New York Press
It's so hard to save money because
it's so easy not to begin just yet.
A girl can invite q man to ask her
to go some place and make him think
he did it.
The reason you might as well tell a
woman how beautiful she is, is she
will say you did anyhow.
A woman boasts about the good
qualities of her children, but the real
pride that she takes is in their good
looks.
The great satisfaction of an argu-
ment is how you contend for all the
things you know aren't so and dispute
all things you know are so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-16

Portions OF Oklahoma must be like
unto a terrible wilderness. Colonel
Hoffman, who has had command of
that states militia in the recent war
against Crazy Snake, announces that
ten thousand men could not find the
Indian in the region in which he is hid
ing. Still, Colonel Hoffman had to fur
nish some excuse.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-16

Prominence is given to the fact that
a romance of the Boer war has ended
happily. An ex-soldier under Eng
lands flag has married a woman who
nursed him back to life after he had
been seriously injured. No mention
has been made. though, of the ro-
1nances which were killed through the
death Of many a gallant lad on the bat
tie fields who had a sweetheart or a
wife at home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-16

Hopkins still leads" is the news that
comes regularly every day or so from
Springfield, ILL.,. where efforts have
been made for some time past to elect
a man to the United States senate But
this leading of Hopkins appears to be
of the unsatisfactory kind that never
gets any place
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-16

He-When we are married we must ootn
HAS she a sense Of humor7. Il ,o cant
your Singing. "-Cieveiand Plain Dealer.
Gerald-My love for you is like the
boundless ocean. Geraldine-Exactly the
way I take it. Gerald-What do you mean?
salt.MPhiladeiphia q inquirer TSSd
Say" said the old farmer. sneeringly to
gsw sit .Sr oas ar ss%
soil disturher.-Chicago News.
Irving Washington (wiping his lips)--
ever had. Louise Barkis-I thought you
would think SO, Irving; my face powder
gave out, and used confectioners sugar
Judge.
"Yes." said the bride of three short
main in the spinster class, then John APP
peared upon the scene and accepted hrs.
Of course, he's different," rejoined the en<
vious lady friends. HE proposed.
cago News.
The Caller-I called in answer to your
adj for a first-class cook. mum. The
Lady teagerlynSN you w nIsi5 the posd
There's three other parties ahead of yez
but I'll accipt three months option
on the job widout any consideration
she still retained something of the quality
of her sex. rs Unexpectedly safe for a
woman to driver" she faltered, hesitating-
G Ii as she hi'chea hef wagon TO a star
st wouldn't objeck to de man dat keeps
oil rir,S oil Hn irrn cof6
he didn't insis' on th'owin' in a question
every ten minutes or SO dat you's got to
answer to show you's keepin' awake
Washington Star.
Did you % mgsh whe9 y0u
rox. Mother and the girls did the sight
seeing. had to put my time finding the
places where they cash letters of credit"
Washington Star.
IT see that Enos Hand has just got his
Chicago store. Encs says that clock will
run eight days without winding '.How
long win 1t run If it's wound. Judge.
, Had Enough.--''The alligator swallowed
him" "An', did they kill the ,,gator?" mo:
ishment enough!'-Atlanta Constitution.
The Shadow Of Coming Events.-"You
| look so pale and thin. What's got your
Work; From. morning to night and only
cess. -... ....
~He isn't handsome 7 yet he ., seems popu-
like a Billiken. "-Louisviile Courier-Jour-
/ nal.
| mo one should drink water that hasn't
been boiled at least an hour" You are a
physician, presume?" Nope. Coal deal
er.'lC1eveland Leader.
"And did you enjoy your African trip
Maori How 90 you IKE the savages?,
They wanted to Keep me there for dinner
| London Opinion.
Literary Classification.-"Is that new
| dialect story best seller?'' NO" an
| swered the publisher, merely a worse
| speller. Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-16

Plans are being talked over for the
sending of battleships up the Missis-
sippi river for the purpose of demon
strating to the world that the stream is
navigable. They might be able to go
UP it all right but so tickle is the
stream that they might never be able
to get back. And a battleship stranded
a couple Of hundred miles from the sea
would be nothing more than a curios-
fly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-16

their bodies in their daily work. are draw
ing further and further away from nature
They are being dehumanized. To my mind:
the most important factor in the VAST
INSANITY is the lack of the right kind OF
play We are marching on the double
quick and some are bound to fail Dy the
wayside."-New York American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-16

Chicago bakers declare that there 1s
no profit in bread at the present prices.
Probably the bakers in all parts of the
country will soon form the same opin-
ion, which is of the sort that gains
popularity rapidly. And soon, without
doubt, even bread and milk will be
something OF a luxury that meme but
the rich can AFFORD
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-16

Africans appear to have been bent on
providing a reception of considerable
mark for Mr.. Roosevelt. There is a full
grown smallpox epidemic awaiting him
at NaIbori, the point from which he has
planned to start for the hunting
grounds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-16

General Charles Martin, the new
head of the Kansas national guard, has
planned to reorganize IT. In the future
the companies which do not have full
minimum quota of men will be muster
ed out. That's business. What is the
use of having military organization
in name only?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-16

might riding is becoming popular
in Indiana. The odds are about 100 to
that It will be promptly suppressed In
that state. II 1T isn't, the people of the
country will soon forget the excellent
reputation that that commonwealth
has heretofore enjoyed as place where
law and order have reigned supreme.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-16
KANSAS COMMENT
, THE BLACK HAND.

The outrages committed by the
sack HAND society are becoming
mails are invading new territory At
the beginning of their activity in
this country they confined their op-
erations to the large cities OF the east,
but Ike the course of empire, they
are taking their westward way. and
are also invading the south.
the latest story concerning them
tells or an atrocious murder in Flor
ida, the third crime of the sort
within and few weeks: And Black
Cleveland, st. Louis, and other
cities. They have become so COM
mon, these. dynamite and shotgun out
RACES. that they have lost their news
value, and so only the more atroeious
stories are telegraphed over the coun-
try. There, are dozens of compare.
lively small crimes every day.
The assassfns of the Black Hand are
evidently not in. the least intimidated
by the oft-repeated stories that they
| there was a great deal of talk about
the White Hand an organization des-
tined to suppress the Black Hand.
What has become of it The boldness
and determination of the murderers
are shown by the assassination of Pet
rosino- It was a warning to the
American authorities that they are
not to be dismayed or driven out. The
American authorities say they will ac-
cept the challenge, but they have said
that before. many times, and the OUT
laws laugh at them.
The Black Hand has gained fine
foothold in this country, and 1t will
! spread like the Asiatic cholera or any
other plague, unless really earnest
and concerted efforts are made to
| stamp it out. The only way to do
| that is for the government to under
take the job; and perhaps when con-
gress Is done with the tariff and sun
dry other more or less important jobs
that it has on hand, it will devote
| some attention to a matter that really
is of considerable Importance, so long
as life and property are of value, and
are entitled to protection.-Emporia
Gazette.
| KANSAS GROWING WEALTH.
| The deposits in Kansas banks in
| creased more than 9 millions in the last
quarter. They are like the more or less
renowned Mr.. Finney's turnip which
| grew behind the barn and grew and
4 grew, simply because that was it's nat
| ural tendency. 1t is indeed f1attering
| situation that successive bank state
ments should show our people to be
| growing richer and richer not as re-
! suit OF increased endeavor but because
| of the application Of wisdom that has
| been increasing with the years. The
! Kansan of this day doesn't work so
| hard as did the pioneer who started in
to conquer the prairies and kept at It,
OF the disbursements of the early
| settlers he knows nothing except as II
is handed down now as sort of tradf-
ton. II drouth comes, or IL there is a
late frost or flood, something like intui-
| ton shows him how to get around the
| effects of it. with a determination that
| has come to be inherent In the Kansas
| people, and it is this determination and
persistencysthat is making us. popula-
| ton considered. the wealthiest state In
the Union.-Leavenworth Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-16

An end has come to the Hartman
Hill feud in the northwestern railroad
field. Is this preliminary to an an
nouncement that E. H. is about to take
over the properties of Uncle Vim"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-16

II DIR. Osler pays any heed to his own
theory that a man has outlived his
usefulness after passing the sixtieth
milestone he has fine chance to take
himself out of the way by leaping into
the sea during the voyage he has
started on to this country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-16

Congratulations to old Missouri. The
members Of the lower house Of it's leg
islature has voted Overwhelmingly in
favor of submitting to vote Of the
people constitutional amendment pro-
viding for state wide prohibition. A
fine chance is now presented to the
senate OF that state to do its full duty
70 the people. The latter can be de-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-16

More than nine feet of snow has
fallen in Denver and other Colorado
points during the past winter. Surely
this has been sufficient to save the
wheat crop of that state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-16
founder

General William Booth, founder
and commander of the Salvation
Army, has America sized up just about
right. He looks upon It to lead the
world in making a lasting mark for
good on the entire human race.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-16

Things are just about normal these
days in Turkey. There is mutiny
among the government troops and q
real revolution is expected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-16

pended upon to take advantage of q
magnificent opportunity If it is pre-
scented to them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-16

Castro is having excellent oppertuni-
ties these days to realize that 1t pays In
the long run to treat other people de-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-16
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRES

The State Journal is q member of the
Associated Press and receives the full 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, 1909-04-16
EnoA OTHER PENS
DEFIANCE TO MILLINERs.

A startling report has come from
Paris to the effect that the women or
that city have. refused to accept the
styles in spring hats. This is amazing.
beyond the bounds of the possible that
any woman or women would thus
openly defy the edicts of the French
milliners who make the fashions. NO
such cataclysm has occurred in Paris
since 1898. y
But to accept the incredible as true
at once places the Partisan woman on
a pedestal higher than any yet occu-
pied by her sex. She must be a Won
derful creature. She must possess
taste. courage. OF course, we have
known other women to possess all
these qualities, except when in the
presence of milliners and dressmak-
ers. 1t has remained for the fair
Parisiennes to scorn the mandates Of
and ridiculous. Feminine accomplish
ment can go no further. The superb
est achievements of mere man can not
compare with it. Storming cannon.
works, are as nothing to open def
ance of the fashiopmakers.-W Washing
ton Post.
NOT ENOUGH FOR TWO.
Living beyond ones means lays the
heaviest kind Of a burden on those
who undertake it. OF course, there
who are unable to work out any other
solution than suicide when they reach
the end of their tether. Such one
was the retired army officer who shot
himself in New York city, leaving a
pathetic note to inform his wife that
there Is not enough for two" al
though he had made provision for her
welfare.
A person who will turn to suicide
under such conditions reveals that he
life and has been trained in a school
of thought and action which teaches
no optimism nor much common sense
1t is quite possible for every person to
live within his income. And no ex-
ception need be made as to the size
of it. Doing so may entail mighty
close figuring. He who undertakes
it may have to adapt himself to con-
ditions that seem onerous and un-
pleasant. Very likely he will have to
do some things that seem mean and
small-natured, but for which there is
excellent one of living within ones
income. -Pittsburg Post.
ADVANCING JUDICIAL STANDARD
President Taft is the first man elect
ed president who had sat on the fed
eral bench. He knows the bench and
the bar. He has tried cases with or
before or heard as Judge most of the
| men who are urged upon him for ap-
pointments in the judiciary. He
| knows the work of a judge. and. bet
| ter still, he knows the men who will
make good judges.
President Taft has been in no haste
with his judicial nominations. He is
wisely taking time, seeking the best
men, refusing to yield to pressure
raising and maintaining the standard
of judicial selection. This movement
| is general over the country. For 20
years past from the sedulous care
| President Harrison gave to these APP
pointments, the standard for the
(! bench is steadily rising.
| This is felt throughout the country
| The responsibilities of judges grow
with the growth of the country. The
| issues at stake are more momentous
| The demands on the bench increase
| All the great Qualities-courage, JUS
| tice. penetration, learning and force
| and weight of character-are need
| ed on the beuch.-Philadelph Press
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oners to Sell His Leg.

The fame of the. Rockefeller institute
where prying hands transfer to utter
strangers the most essential parts or the
animal economy, has reached Highland
park. XIV. and stirred reader Of the
Herald to offer "to part with one ID leg
The proposition is made in a letter. which
II need the money and am wiling to
part with one ID leg TO reheVe a SUFFERER
IL can but find him. =.
..I have. been one continued failure at
ali attempts in everything from childhood
up to g years Of age, and, at last, FOR tne
love of child over whose future L was
brooding over, a thought came to me.
why not sell one of my legs to the New
york wealthy for grating? So I decided
at once to take the bunch and try 1t on
leg .,.;~
are on 2 legs, and won't have much to
avoid on leg and am anxious to try 1t,
and really look forward to it, for If can
but change my fortunes and provide as
I want too for this child. III gladly part
with leg and go to my grave happy
INV offer is a straightforward business
one. 1 am in good health and can give
good social and Christian reference. 1 am
ready at any moment to make the sacri-
flee for a reasonable sum. New York
Herald. -a't-