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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-02
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFrom the Atchison Globe.l

iFTOIQ the AlCIllSOA N1lOOO-1
A stingy man is usually simply a
careful man.
People often feel like saying things
to other people that they never do say.
There is nothing men know so little
about, and talk so much about, as the
tariff.
Another sign of advancing age is that
your shoes wear longer than they use1
to.
We have always had a morbid curl
osity to taste a cake baked by school
teacher.
When a girls pocketbook looks fat
and bulky, you can bet she has her
handkerchief in it.
The next time a fakir calls on you
remember that If he gets dollar out
of you, 80 cents will be profit
So often we hear it said: HE is a
good talker. He will make good 4"
Is talk so necessary for success?
We have quit worshiping great heroes
who live a long way off; instead, in
future we shall worship the good citi-
zens around home.
People never have confidence in Big
Talker. They know his statements
must be cut down, but they can never
tell how much.
It is a good plan to make the attic
quite so disrespectful when the en-
larged pictures of deceased kin are
taken there.
When man says his wife has a nice
disposition. all he gets for the compli :
ment is the opinion, expressed behind
his back that she r1ust have, or she
couldn't get along with man like him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-02
QUAKER MEDITAToNs.
IFrom the Philadelphia Record

From the Philadelphia Record.1
When riches take wings poverty
gives it to us in the neck.
Rum has caused almost as many
downfal1s as banana skins.
Some fellows are so rapid that Trey
run right away from prosperity.
No man is such liar that he isn't
occasionally caught telling the truth.
The world is full of knockers, but
Opportunity is seldom numbered
among them.
The floating population should al
ways be able to keep its head above
water.
There should be a school for hus-
bands with a course in hooking
dresses up the back
The woman who wears the shortest
sleeves is the first to scold her hus-
band if he has no cuffs on.
Occasionally a man rises in the
world like balloon, but without suf-
ficient sand for ballast.
She-'1 saw the prettiest girl to-
day Guess where I saw her?" He
(gallantly)-"In the mirror"
Blobbs-"What is Guzzler like
when he's sober ?" Slobbs-'I don't
know. I've only known him about
nine years.
Old Gotrox-'What are your pros
poets, young MANI" Harduppe-
Fine. Your daughter has just prom
ised to marry me-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-02
FROM OTHER PENS

AMERICAN PROSPECTS IN CHINA
1t is only by showing interest in the
extension of American trade in China
only by taking advantage of oppor-
tunities as they arrive. and making
opportunities where that may be es-
saved with reasonable prospect of sue
cess-that this country can retain its
relative Importance in the great and
growing commerce between the Mid
die Kingdom and the outside world.
The United States has certain ad-
vantages at the outset. not the ieast
of which are the friendly relations
between the governments of the two
nations, which were emphasized by
fine return of the American portion
of the indemnity exacted from the
chinese government after the opera
lions by foreign armies outlns +t sne
Boxer rebellion. A large part OF that
sum the Chinese government Will use
in sending Chinese students to Amer
lean colleges Frank G. Carpenter,
the well known correspondent, VINO
has. been studying Chinese conGltlons,
students in this country as important
in two directions. For the next tnlr.
tv wears there will at all tlmeS De Zoo
of China's brightest young men STUDY
ing In the United States. When they
return home they will carry friendly
of America and Amer
leans. which will promote amlty pc
tween the two Observation-Disclosures
Wisconsin.
THE TEXAS RANGERS FINISH.
The Texas ranger has lost ms
vogue. The most famous band or
free lancers the frontier ever poasted
is slated for oblivion. Kit carson
scouts, next greatest in point OF MIS-
toric interest, are a fast vanishing
memory. They had more picturesque
figure for their leader than the
rangers ever followed into the thick.
Buffalo Bills hunters and guides lad
ed out of existence along with tne
buffalo herd they did SO much to ex-
terminate, but the redoubtabie Buff
faIo Bill himself still lives to snow US
how it was done with rifle and lariat.
In the days when western Texas
was the Ell Dorado of gunfighters, cat
tie thieves and malefactors or stolen
wealth in general, the Texas ranger
reached the zenith of his usefulness.
His mission was the preservation of
at least a sembiance of law and order
at any cost. At all times mounted
policeman, with q state commission,
subject to orders from Austin, the
gIanor of the name Texas ranger at
tached to him a wider field of action
than he filed. But what duty called
him to do sufficed to satisfy the long
ing for adventure in most men who
were attracted to the command by the
prospect.
RooseveIt's regiment of Rough Rid
ers, as is well known, was largely re-
cruited from the rangers, or men who
had belonged to that body. Their ex-
pIoits in Cuba are matter of history
and anecdote.-Washing Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-02
HUAOR or THE Day

Fuddy-Did you ever notice that success
ful men are generally bald? Duddy,Cer-
ta1nly. They came out on top.-Boston
Transcript. -
Brooks-speaking of poetry, what is the
(busily grinding out .copy)-The Payne
tariff. by all odds.-Chicago Tribune.
stella-You have two proposals? Bella
Yes, can't decide which to marry first
New York Sun.
Little Willie-Say, pa, what is conceit?
Pa-Conceit, my son, is what is
himself as you do of yourself.-Chicago
News.
wife-You are positively the most con-
Hubby-I conceited? Woman, there's not
other man with the same abilities Nv would
be absolutely carried away with PRIDE
Illustrated Bits.
Philanthropic Caller with subscription
paper)-I shall ask your attention only a
moment, SIR Are you a friend of the
shorty McGinnis-You bet I ami That's
why I hate cats, parrots an donkeys.-
10y Yes. sir, I'm worrying man. can't
How do you keep from being over
"onIy by allowing. the worries of today
=
Tribune.
Mrs. McCall-How about your servant
girl? The last time saw you you COM
planned about her being SO very slow. Mrs.
Hiram Offen-Oh. she's progressing. Mrs.
McCa1l-Indeed? Mrs. Hiram Offen-Yes;
she's getting slower and slower.-Catho-
lie STANDARD and Times.
Undeserved Roast.-Butcher subscribing
to. local charity)-Well. put me and the
misses down for a guina. Tout see
a joint gift. Butcher-Joint gift! What
dyer mean? We're going to give money,
not meat.-London Opinion.
There, Fanny, You have broken an
other vase. Your breakage this month
amounts to more than your wages What
shall I do?''
"Give me a raise.'-Fliegende Blaetter.
Twas the Diner Whowaited.-Slow
Waiter-Have I ever been in the coun-
try. sir? No, sir Why do you ask2 Tired
ing you'd find 1t to sit on a fence and
watch the nails whfz by.-Ideas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-02
Divorces and Prohibition.

The annual report Of DR.. Young.
register of vital statistics, shows that
sal divorces were decreed in Maine
curing the past year, an increase of
100 over the year preceding. The wife
was the libellant in 632 divorces. and
the husband in 255 cases. Among the
chief causes of divorce, intoxication
comes second after desertion. For in
.oxicatfon the husband was the libel
liant in IL cases, and the wife in los
cases. Nearly one-seventh of all the
divorces during the past year were the
erect product of confirmed drunken
ness. A curious and significant tenn
erance exhibit for the home state OF
ohibition.-Portland Eastern Argus.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-02
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Bachelors are no wiser than old
maids.
X X X
A rolling stone gets to be pretty
..mooth.
The time to save is when you're
young, theoretically speaking.
X X
There is generally considerable diff
ference between the worth and the cost
Ct a thing.
No matter how much woman'S
hoe pinches she will insist that 1t is
together too large for her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-02
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News. !

It's easier for a woman to talk than
to find man willing to listen.
woman seldom appreciates a
husband until she becomes a widow.
Judge man by what he laughs at:
judge woman by what she cries
over.
No man has ever been able to con-
vince his mother-in-law that he
knows it all.
But the modest philanthropist let's
the recording angel act as his press
agent.
1t knocks about 80 per cent of the
conceit out of girl when she shows
young man a photograph of herself
and he fails to ask for it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-02
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR,

IFrom the New York Press.1
The rooster does t e growing because
the hen lays the egg.
Some people can tangle truth I'D so
badly that it looks more suspicious
than a lie.
The more money a man could save
being sensible, the more he'd rather
waste being foolish.
Frivohty can get plenty of exercise
dancing in company; sobriety must
take long walks by itself.
There's no way to poison a girls cun
OF happiness with more bitterness than
to admire another girls hair more than
hers. Imam
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-02

Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison
have been granted stay by which
heir confinement in Jail is postponed
pending the appeal to the supreme
court of the United States of their
conviction for contempt of court. If
lhis most recent proceeding in this
celebrated case would also act as a
measure to stay the continued discus
sion of their difficulties by Brother
Gompers, the people of the country
would have more reason for rejoicing
aver if
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-02
enthusiasts

Automobile enthusiasts are now
planning to have Lewis Strang, the
noted chauffeur, drive car over
considerable distance at a rate of speed
which will average more than one
hundred miles an hour. But what's
the use? Nobody except a crazy man
would want an automobile which
could go that fast.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-02

DR.. Cook as an imposter as an Asso-
ciated Press dispatch from Washing
ton, and not as a special article of its
own signed by Mr.. Wellman. as has
been its custom with all of the stuff
which Mr. Wellman has furnished for
ffS onI,,p,nS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-02

Jim Jeffries and Frank Gotch are to
rr eet President Taft before long. But
IT is safe to assume that he will not
take on a bout with each of them as
would have been the case if the big
prize fighter and the big wrestler had
called to pay their respects to the
strenuous president of not so long ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-02

Walter Wellman has been one of
the prominent correspondents of the
Chicago Record Herald for years and
It was that newspaper which was his
chief hacker in his ludicrous efforts
to reach the North Pole by the air
ship route. But the Cecord-Herald
was careful enough the other day to
1sa Mr. Wellman's arraignment of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-02

"At any rate" rightly says the
Sacramento Union, ain the interest of
the standing of the civil service of the
United States, the scandalous bandying
of the lie among the upper and lower
officials should be prevented, even at
the pain of dismissal for all con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-02

What's this? An employe of the
city of New York declares that he and
several of his brethren think they are
being overpaid for their services. They
ere quite willing to work for the city
Tor less money. He's a Tammany man.
too. Assuredly, the unusual is ever
cropping to the surface in little, old
New York
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-02

Judge Schoch of the Shawnee county
probate court is pretty near the mark
In his declaration that 60 per cent of
the criminality among youngsters is
directly attributable to the neglect and
delinquency of their parents. This Is
not a very pleasant commentary on
parenthood but there is no doubt about
its being deserved
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-02

Another instance of the serious need
in this country for some measure
which will do away with the law s
delay is found in the fact that SIAN
Ger suit which has been in the Chicago
courts for twenty years has reached
the trial stage again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-02
jewellers

Partisan jewellers have been
swindled recently on quite a large
scale by some Americans who posed
as millionaires. This is something in
the nature of retributive justice. for
the Partisan jewelers.. or some of
them, have grown rich in using SIM
liar tactics on many of the real Amer
lean mil1ionaires who have been so
unfortunate as to get in their clutches.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-02

After an extended and searching in
curry it has been learned that the
weather which has prevailed here
abouts for the past few days is good
Tor ducks and the blues.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-02
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a 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'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-02

What's the matter with the K. S. A
c.? Nothing at all. Indeed, it is con-
siderab1y better than all right. Among
other things it has developed the best
steer in America.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-02

That switchmen's strike on the rail-
roads of the northwest could not have
come at a more inopportune time for
the shippers and the railroads.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-02

An italian marble expert declares
that much of the marble in Colorado
fields is quite as fine as any of that
which has helped to make Italy ia
nous. It's to be hoped that 1t VIII
rot turn out to be so extensive.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-02

Russia has forbidden aeroplaning
The Washington Post surmises that
this is because it is "too handy for
rihilists who are careless with bombs" "
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-02

John Dawson declares that he has
nc desire to go to congress. Maybe
this is because the common law OF
England does not cut much of figure
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-02

Undoubtedly the animals in East
= frica are simply delighted that the
Roosevelt party is going to take rest
Cor ten days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-02
THE BALLAD OF THE SAINT.

The Little Cherubs whispered,
what strange new soul is this
Who cometh with robe besuirclhed
Unto the Place OF Bliss?''
Ihen spake the Eldest Angel.
The robe he wears is fair
Inc cropping fingers of the Door
Have held and blessed him there"
Inc Little Cherubs whispered,
Who comes to be our guest
with dust about his garments hem
And stains uOon his breast?''
Then spake the Eldest Angel.
Most lovely is the stain
The tears of those he comforted
Who may not weep again.
The Little Cherubs whispered,
What strange, new soul is he
Who cometh with burden here
And bears it tenderly?"
Then spake the Eldest Angel,
lie bears his life'S award
The burden of mems broken hearts
To place before the Lord.
The dust upon his garment hem
My lips shall bow to it;
The stains upon the breast of him
Are gems thrice exquisite.
Oh little foolish Cherubs,
What truth is this We miss?
There comes no saint to Paradise
Who does not come like this
-Theodosia Garrison, in Everybody's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-02
But One Woman in Office.

There is but one woman in Louis
lana who holds a state office, and
special legislation had to be enacted
SO she could be eligible" said Capt.
R. B. Milroy, of New Orleans, at the
Belvedere.
Under the terms of the Louisiana
statute, before any person can hold
public office of any description, it is
necessary for such person to be an
elector, and as women can't vote in
our state, the prohibition is almost
absolute. Because of the peculiar fit
ness and ability of Miss Jean Gordon,
it was desired that she be made
factory inspector, and SO her friends
were instrumental in having an
amendment to the law passed that
authorized the employment of wo-
men in certain specified cases.
"Since then a Miss Mccall was
elected to be superintendent of
schools of one of the parishes, but
it is not considered at all probable
that she will be deemed eligible to
act. as her case is entirely different
from that of Miss Gordon. The at
torney general has the question un-
der advisement, and it is not hard
guess that he will have to decide
against the lady."-Baltimore Ameri-
can.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-02
Hunt for Bacon's Library.

A party of men and women, follow
ing the minute directions of a cipher
said to have been found in Bacon IS
writings, are now, it is reported, near
to the revelations of the cipher, the
original manuscripts of the late
Baron Verulam and Viscount st. AL
bans are buried. In the party are Dr.
Orville w. Iwen, of Detroit, an earn
est Baconian; Drs. w. H. Prescott and
John Dane Of Boston: Mrs Prescott
and Mrs. M. L. Belelches. widely
known in this city and Brookline.
Already by following the instruc-
lions of the cipher the party in Eng
land, it is declared, has found the
secret chamber in a house, which,
according to the cipher, leads directly
to the river, and thence to the cliff
where Bacon's entire library. consist
ing of manuscripts and books. has
been concealed from the world for
The directions were circumstantial
and the party has found. so far as
they have gone, everything exactly
as described in the scholars writings,
or SO it is gravely reported.
In cave on the side of WASP
Hill" and bordering on the river they
found the ledge on the face of a cliff
accessible only at certain tides. A cave,
oak tree. cliff and other landmarks
told of in the cipher was there, and
the party Is more lIldH ever cOuVlnc0u
that they will find the library of the
great essayist. philosopher, lawyer and
courtier of Elizabeth's time. and per-
haps the solution of the Bacon
Shakespeare controversy.
The party, by placing a forty-foot
ladder on the ledge, assembled the face
of the cliff. There they found a piece
of red mortar, as the cipher said they
would They have already begun to
dig down to the cave.
Under the English law the books
become the property of King Edward.
but the manuscripts the discoveries
expect to retain.-Boston dispatch to
the New York Times.
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BUTTERFLIES i'm November.

Nature is f1abbergasted by the
warm weather which prevails in
southeastern Pennsylvania, Jersey,
and Maryland. Dandelions and vio-
lets are seen in the fields, trees and
shrubs are budding, and second-crop
Strawberries are being picked in
many places. The mercury has been
registering between 70 and 80 de-
grees. and four November cases of
sunstroke have been reported. The
heat is particularly trying on the
horses, which have on their winter
coats of hair. The farmers fear that
unless there is a change, the horses
soon will begin to shed, under the
impression that spring has come
again. If they do that, and bitter
cold weather sets in, many of the
animals will die from pneumonia.
Bears, toads, snakes, and other hi
pernating animals and reptiles have
come out OF their holes to bask in the
sunshine. They are fooled as badly
as the trees, shrubs, and berries. But
terfies. grasshoppers, and crickets are
up and about, and the katydid is
shrtlling away at a great rate. No
alarm was felt for the winter, how
ever, until Saturday, when hot-weath-
er locusts were heard buzzing away in
H1ttenhouse square. just as they US
ually do in summer when torrtd
weather Is on or in immediate pros
pect.
In many gardens the rose bushes
have come out in full leaf and the
buds have begun to form, That is
particularly true of the crimson ram
blers. Out in West Philadelphia sew
eral peach and apple trees are in full
bloom and the grape leaves are be-
ginning to show. Men and women
have hauled their straw hats out of
closets and are using them in prefer
ence to their winter headgear. A
man who was working on a tin roof
in North Broad street all day Satur-
day returned home with such a bad
case of sunburn that the family doc
tor had to be called in to treat him.
Reports received from the Eastern
Shore of Maryland say the strawber-
rfes are ripe down there, and the first
shipments to market will be made
soon---Philadelphia dispatch to New
York Press
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-02

Fuddy-Did you ever notice that success
full men are generally bald? Duddy-Cer-
tainly. They came out on top.-Boston
Transcript. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-02

Mrs McCall-How about your servant
girl? The last time / saw you you COM
planned about her being so very slow. Mrs
McCall-Indeed? Mrs. Hiram Offen-Yes;
she's getting slower and slower.-Catho-
lie Standard and Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-02

Stella-You have two proposals? Bella
New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-02

Little Willie-Say, pa, what is conceit?
Pa-Conceit, my son. is what is
said to have when he thinks as much of
himself as you do of yourself.-Chicago
News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-02

what I would give up for-love and
Italy"
Arpeth let her hands fall, his eyes
burning out of a white face. 'T did
not think he would dare" he be-
gan through his set teeth. then turned
half way. With his face still averted
he said:
"Drusilla. darling. am going
away; promise me you will do moth
ing. promise nothing until I come
back. I shall not be long"
Drusilla said with the least toss Of the
head. AS Arpeth went out of the gate
she ran to look after him with eyes
that saw all things through a veil.
Notwithstanding, she did not break
with David. Rather he was more
than ever her shadow shadow that
began to be by turns imperious and
implorirg. Now she could not have
told that he said nothing. He spoke
love to her morning. noon and night.
She had bewitched him-without her
his whole career would be frustrated.
He begged her to run away with him.
In Italy or France, or amid the gold
en- light of Algeria they could live for
ever, lovers in the sunshine. Money!
What was it? He had a scant COM
petence, otherwise how could he live
for art? She must come with him.
She must marry him. He was Jealous
of her world, her friends almost of
the sunshine on her head, the shadow
that moved with her across the grass.
He might have swept her off her
feet but for the shake in Arpeth'S
voice, the entreaty of his low words.
She shook her head eloquently to all
Dayid,s pIeadings-he must wait. His
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-02

Brooks-Speaking of poetry, what is the
best known of Aldrich's works? Rivers
(busily grinding out copy)-The Payne
tariff, by all odds.-Chicago Tribune.
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Undeserved Roast.-Butcher subscribing
to local charity)-Well. put me and the
misses down for a guina. Tout see
a joint gift. Butcher-Joint gift! What
dyer mean? We're going to give money,
not meat.-London Opinion.