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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-13
HVlNOR OF THE Day

''What is the most essential quality to
become a successful actor?' ITO be able
to bring the company home on a train
Judge.
stella-Didn.t you sit for YOU, picture?
New York Sun.
basket?" We'll, 1t does resemble basket.
doesn't it?'' She had to admit this And
It's your basket" he went on.-Philadel-
rs there any danger, Captain?' mot
moving picture outfit will soon be along
a few films. kansas City Journal 'aNe"
ro What is your idea Of perfect Christian
suffragette. New York Sun.
Say, whose feet 'er you steppin on?"
growled the man in the crowded car.
Really: don't know" replied the person
even a stranger" Thereupon he stepped
off.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Hell suppose some of these reformed
spoilers wifi want to spell kiss with one
after awhile? she-Oh. no: don't think
anyone will be foolish enough to make a
kiss any shorter.-Yonkers Statesman.
Nan was sitting for her photograph
WHATS that strange noise hear?" she
asked. ST think it's the camera trying to
sound a C. Q. D. ALARM" said Fan.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Sometimes when alone" said the senti-
mental maid, 81 sit and dream of my ideal
man." THAT is your cue to wake up re-
Joined the practical girl. Dreams always
go by contraries, you know" -Chicago
Daily News.
banS Sea are e Wbg a a NY hus
fiddler. He beat me with the fiddle bow
Then you ought to be thanful he doesn't
now" said the magistrate, you must
testify only to what you know, no hearsay
evidence. Understands YES, SIR" re-
piled the female witness. You name is
Mary Bright. believe. Now what's your
age?' II won't tell you. I have only
hearsay evidence on that point."-Catholic
Standard.
How did Binks celebrate his purchase
Of new auto?" why, he had a big
blowout. yale Record.
Mandy (scornfully)-Mose Johnson, SEEM
yo' amt good fer muffin else, sposin' yo'
go long down an lee de new boa a o.
aldermen!-BrooklynL Life.
Burglar-Sorry, madam, but 1 want your
money. Spinster (furiously)-Your are lust
like all the men; it's only my money you
want.-Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-13

Many Of the new spring hats that did
not get a chance on Easter day to shine
with all of their effulgent splendor are
beginning to make their appearances on
the streets. But all of them have failed
in their purpose. For of what particu-
lar use is an Easter hat If it could not
he worn on Easter day?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-13

Governor Haskell will not have to
stand trial on the charges of having
perpetrated fraud in connection with
handling Of certain town lots in Mus
kogee. The indictment against him has
been uuashed by the court on tech
nicality. The loopholes which clever
attorneys can find in the laws and
court procedures are mighty handy
f1,tuCc
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-13
purposes.

Emma Goldman, the high priestess of
anarchy, announces that she is opposed
to acts of violence. Some of the
speeches she has made in times past
could not be construed this way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-13

Ho, Ho, The famous Ananias club
has become international in its scope.
MIR. Roosevelt declares emphatically
that he did not even have the pleasure
OF saving 'Howdy'' to a representative
Of the Paris LIE Journal who printed an
extensive interview with the ex-presi-
dent which the newspaper man claims
he secured from the distinguished
faunal naturalist during his brief stay
at. Naples. There are many newspaper
men in the United States who will ex-
tend their sympathies to their brother
in France who is in such distinguished
distress.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-13
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
tFrom the New York Press1

IFrom the New York Press.
All you have to do to change
bargain into a bunco is to make it.
The reason men don't like tear
full play is it seems so much like
home
When girl gets her first proposal
she has already told how she had a
hundred.
The queer way women can dress
their children is nothing like as queer
as the way they can name them.
If the baby doesn't learn to walk
for several months after he ought to.
it's because his brain is too big for
his legs to carry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-13

Castro is probably sorry that he was
so foolish as to leave Venezuela. If he
ever gets back there and gets in power
again he will likely call doctors to his
own Preside when he needs them in
stead of going to their places Of bust
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-13

Henry Watterson is still among the
foremost optimists of the world. He
predicts a Democratic victory in the
national campaign of 1912.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-13

Boxing, wrestling and jiu jitsu is to
be taught to the members Of the New
York police force. From the way
crime and criminals are running ram
pant in that city, according to all re-
ports. it would seem that more good
could be accomplished if the members
of the force were instilled with a
knowledge of the common ordinary
duties of policemen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-13
Says Milton Was Catholic.

In celebration of the tercentenary
of Milton, DR.. James J. Welsh, dean
of Fordham university. delivered a
lecture Thursday night on the poet at
ST. Francis Xavier's college, 80 West
Sixteenth street. In the course of it
he adduced evidence to show that Mil
ton became a Roman Catholic before
he died.
Quoting from an article by Mgr.
Barnes in the Cambridge Review, the
semiofficial publication Of Cambridge
university, of which Milton was a
graduate, DR.. Walsh said Sir Christie
pher Milton, judge and a brother of
the poet, declared in public that Mil
ton died in the Roman Catholic church.
Commenting on this evidence. DR..
Walsh said that there was period
toward the end Of Millions life when
he seemed to have cut adrift from at
any rate the form Of all religions, and
it might we'll be that, as in the case
of several other English literary men
of his time. he was later reconciled
to Rome-New York Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-13

Considering the federal treasury de-
felt the Memphis Commercial Appeal
rightly calls attention to the fact that
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Lands did
everything he could to reduce it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-13

Financial and business reviews for
the past week are unanimous in declar-
ing that an early return of a full meas
ure of general prosperity is on the
way. And no one will hesitate to meet
it face to face
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-13

Real sympathy will go out to the
guinea pig attending the Chicago uni
versity which is being forced to eat
boarding house hash for experimental
v,,,rnosae
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-13

Another searching party is to start
for the Arctic regions but not for the
purpose Of looking for the North Pole.
The members of this latest expedition
are to hunt for DR.. Cook who has been
unheard from in the Arctic ice for more
than a year. 1t would be just like fate
to pull off one of her peculiar tricks
and permit the searchers for DR.. Cook
TO stumble on the North Pole.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-13

1t is we'll to bear in mind the fact
that all of the lovely compliments
which are being given by the attorneys
of the Standard Oil company to that
concern are being adequately paid for.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-13
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member of the
Associated Press ard receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
ganization for the exclusive afternoon
publicatio 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, 1909-04-13

The Chicago News thinks the Stand
ard Oil company would have a joyous
time with a jury composed of its own
lawyers. Joyous. is no word for it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-13
FROM OTHER PENS
SCIENTIFIC ALCHEMY.

Sir William Ramsey keeps right at it.
His latest is transmitting thor1um, DIS
muth and two other elements into car
bon. AS is generally known, these
things are elements, essentially char
acteristic and indiyisible, and yet, he
has made one thing out Of another.
A few years ago, such realization
would be considered a bold raid of the
imagination. Now it is scientific fact:
How is one to explain this thing of
changing the nature of an atom. The
new idea of an atom is, that it is COM
posed of hundreds and thousands OF
points of energy called electrons. These
invisible objects, if one might call them
objects. are in constant motion, and the
character Of the motion determines the
nature of the atom.
Now to change that nature, one must
change the form of the motion, and this
is brought about by the application of
that rare element radium, whose eman-
atoms penetrate the atoms and alter
the orbits of the electrons. OF course,
his language may not suit the profound
scientists, but we can assure the gentle
reader, if he holds close to its meaning,
he will understand what is going on on
the very edges of the material world
Ohio State Journal.
HARD TIMES ABROAD.
From the bureau of statistics OF the
department of commerce and LABOR
comes d IcpOTl SlOWlHS NSIcii SA-S
imports and exports of % Of the princi-
pal countries of the world in the years
1907 and 1908, from which it can be seen
at a glance how widespread the trade
depression has been. In nearly every
case, comparison of the figures for the
two years reveals falling off in both
imports and exports. In the United
Kingdom. imports fell off s256.oOo, 600
and exports $23S,000,000. In Germany
imports show a fall of s1o2,00o,o 900 and
exports $23, 900. 900. In France imports
show a fall of s25, SOC, 900 and exports
s62, 500, 900. In Belgium imports show a
fall of So, OO0, 900 and exports s23.O0o.0 900.
In Canada imports~show fall OF $751;
OOO 600, while exports increased $500,
000 The only conspicuous exception Is
| Argentina, where there was but
slight decrease in exports. From these
statistics. it should be evident to the
most superficial observer that the
United States has been having no mon
| opoly of hard times, and it follows that
the impetus to recovery must not come
from the United States alone.-P1tts-
burg Chronicle Telegraph.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-13

Many undesirables were undoubtedly
found in the eggs which played such
prominent roles in the Easter feasts
throughout the country e.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-13

A New Jersey glove manufacturer
will make up his mind to stay in the
east, IL he is wise. He says that the
women in that section of the country
have smaller hands than have those of
The vvaet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-13

The little green-eyed monster. jeal-
ousy. seems to have crept into dis
turbing corner of the Kansas delega-
ton in the house of representatives.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-13
Coquelin's Stage Fright.

One fine day, Just as I was walking
on, 1 got the trac (blue funk, and
could not speak my lines. I turned
hopelessly and with pleading eyes tow
ard the leading lady, who could not go
on with her part until I had spoken;
but, for all help, she Kissed at me
from between her teeth: ''Parle done,
petit animali'' OF such was the ZEN
couragement' received on one memoir
able OCCASION "Reminiscences in Lon
con Telegraph.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-13

The Augusta Chronicle is of the opin-
Ion that the proposed increase in the
tariff on stockings will help to keep
them I'D.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-13
UNRECoRDED.

I, boastful science, of thy gains
Come now to ask my part:
Answer me now, for all my pains,
The longing of my heart.
For those upon the oceans breast,
Far off from either shore.
Thou markest on an air-wave's crest ~
If gold be less OF more
Thou who has spanned the trackless deep
Without a wire or line,
Across the space of one nights sleep,
Come, give to me a sign
From her who into silence Jared
With her small hand in mine.
Back through vibrating waves of thought,
My longing beats her wings:
Baffled and faint, with failure fraught,
No sign nor record brings.
All have learned, all have taught
They seem such useless things.
e. b. Findley in the Century Magazine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-13
Snakes MAY Have a "Jag."


e. B. Findley in the Century Magazine.
Snakes May Have a .Jag.''
Although it has long been common to
accuse a man suffering from chronic
intoxication of seeing snakes. it re-
snakes of inebriety. The theory was
discussed at a meeting of the Ophiolog-
ical society held at the home of Ray
mond L. Ditmars, curator Of reptiles in
the New York geological park. Nj.
Ditmars has been making a special
study along these lines with live and
dead snakes for subjects. After the
meeting he said:
Scientists allege that many captive
snakes die of intoxication. 1t is my
belief that intoxication in both man
and snakes is due to excess nerve
Of evolution, both man and the serpent
need greater nerve stimulus. Here
comes in the startling theory that the
serpent is provided with vibration ac-
cumulators, while man has to resort to
drink.
Hence, it is explained that the
snakes organization is superior to that
of man-despite the human view OF the
snake as the most lowly of living
creatures. The use of the large pit
between the eye and the nostrils Of the
crotaline snakes. such as rattlesnakes,
cies, has been mystery to scientists,
though the nerve lead from this pit
into the brain is as large as that of the
optic nerve.
Snakes possess all of the ordinary
five senses Of man-sight, smell, touch
taste and hearing OF what use, then
is this apparently functional pit but to
serve as an organ of an additional
sense ?-actual1y one more than is pos
sessed by man himself 1t is my idea
that these pits are vibration accumu-
lators, which impart stimulus to the
nervous system.
1.-THE explanation of the stupefied ac-
tionS of vieers in captivity, which aye
the sfi1steSs most specialized and pos
sessing the most deliberately developed
pits is that they are literally intoxi-
Gated to the point of stupidity by ths
| unusual sounds about their captive
| quarters. Hence we see the result of {
form of intoxication among snakes.
This theory about the apparent ne
cessity of stimulating the nerve vibra
| tons of a highly specialized creature
| like the snake brings us significant,
| close to the drinking evil with man-aI
animal leading a wholly unnatural life
| Man turns to intoxicants of his owl
making to awaken nerve energy that i!
running down, condition brought
about by changes in evolution tina
threaten to destroy him, while the low
| ly serpent is apparently ahead of hin
in being gifted by nature with organs
for obtaining the necessary stimulus il
free and unlimited quantities."-Nev
| York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-13
AZ the novelty.


Tonight-North Bros. Stock company IN
The Parish Priest"
Observation-Disclosures and Saturdays
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-13

At the Grand.
Saturday matinee and nighttime Lion
and the Mouse"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-13

Daily matinee 2:3O-Iigh class vaudevius'
Evenings 7:45-e:15-High class vauoeviiie'
For particulars, prices and amusemen.
details. see announcements in this paper
elsewhere.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-13

Hell suppose some of these reformed
spoilers will want to spell kiss with one
anyone will be foolish enough to make a
kiss any shorter.-Yonkers Statesman
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-13

Nan was sitting for her photograph
What's that strange noise / hear?'' she
asked. Il think it's the camera trying to
sound C. Q. D. alarm" said Fan.-Chi-
cagO Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-13

Sometimes when alone" said the senti-
mental maid, 81 sit and dream of my ideal
man. That is your cue to wake up" re-
Joined the practical girl. Dreams always
go by contraries, you now."-Chicago
Daily News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-13

What are you crying about?" MY hus
band beat me-" ''Who is hep "A gips,
Then you ought to be thanful he doesn'
play a bass viol. Blaetter
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-01
A. STAR HERE, A DUB THERE

n of a fewd
amples of scenery a
beachers turn against him and the is forced
release sell him.
The didn't like him
pitchers box they began for the
and kept him for three but finally compelled him
to Boston, where he made good him.
self the Browns by heavng woht shuout them
the first
low Morgan i and Mack regards him
big winner.
Jimmy Delehanty play
Twas lucky for them when they Joined the Tigers about
$4,000 a piece lucker
Chicago Many critics him the best pitcher the National
league
later rated of the best first American
league. z
Jimmy Collins didn't think George
a
valuable in the American league is of strength
the
Griffith Doughey and Eddie Hahn loose
helped Chicago win the pennant and world series
intercollegiate will
Why allow it?
What harm does it really do
Take the lid off, let both give their instructions from
the lines, the same as baseball managers.
Maps had which he called ball. had
his throwing fingers pressing ball the
and then letting fly the pill took Adde had
all the his slant pitching day for the
school championship inning
busted him. The opposing team commenced pound him all
helpless Adde
discovered with number of his finger
He trying to get back the war but it of avail
George pitched
Mullins mother is of the most enthusiastic fans in the country
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-01
ANOTHER ATHLETIC
LEAGUE FOR SPOKANE

c. Hale Kimble, physical direc-
tor at the Y. M. c. A., is the
author of a, movement to form an
athletic association of the mems
bible classes of the various church
es of the city. His idea is to have
the organization similar to that of
the senior and Junior boys church
clubs league, With meets during
the winter at which basketball, in
door baseball and aquatics will
form the principal sport.
Work will be commenced on the
organization within a few days,
and hundreds of men who do not
participate in athletics will take
part in the events at the Y.
M. C. A.
The boys church clubs league,
which was formed last year, and
which has a schedule of meets for
the coming winter, has brought
over 500 into athletic competition,
developing the boys physically and
fostering the fraternal spirit
among the church clubs of the
city.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-01
MONDAYS
MARATHON RACE NEXT SUNDAY;
MORE RUNNERS TO ENTER

The weather. decidedly persons stepped
between Clarence Mcah his expectations
by
pours that very trying the McGrath temper.
Sunday o'clock, how
with lockwood the Wa Wsa the ninth
o
20mle
that nothing doing
of training for Sundays
Sure, rum yesterday morning
won't make good time, but willing
felt Promoter Nc
in and the postponement decided
a
until weather satisfactory Tim McGath
off the
will opportunity Marsh Fitzgerald
M n
Several from this section notified that they did not
have would that They have
another week them make good"
Marathoners opportunity Tim rather
opportunity
Sunday
Larry Walker secretary of Robert Guggenheim dropped into
the affair
helm backing satisfied
allow postponement interferes with other plans
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-01
FIGHTING GAME ABROAD
is TAME SAYS .JEFFRLES

NEW YORK, Nov. Jim JEFF
fries, after eight weeks sojourn in
Europe, doesn't think much of the
pugilistic game as he saw it over
there.
II saw only one fight while was
away" he said, land it was poor
affair, according to my notions.
The crowd, however, thought it a
great fight. and | understand that
it was about as good as they ever
pull off over there.
Il never saw people as crazy
about fighting as they are in
France. Any old kind of a bout
will draw big crowd, and II one
of the participants is colored
man, so much the better. They
have no real heavyweights in Eng
land. A $50 or T60-pound fighter
over there is classed as heavy
weight, and few go over this
weight.
"The trouble with foreign fight
ers is that they don't know how to
train. They seem to think that
gymnasium work is all that is
needed to condition them. They
don't know what real road work,
e'lch as American fighters rely on
chiefly to build up their wind. is.
When I took the road at Carlsbad,
the people seemed greatly sur
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-01
IDAHO OUTCLASSED SATURDAY
Outclassed.


afternoon
the hands of Dobie's Washington university huskies.
of to Of
of the battle
who Saturday will profit the learned
From the first rather after Washington had the first
the would
Washington
while
irresoue undecided what their wits
Idaho little of fighting
The majority the crowd thought the and Coach
Grogan the end of the first half that his
almost and that they the fighting spirit
necessary
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-01
IJEFFRLES AND JOHNSON MEASURE.
MENTS COMPARED
JOHNSON
JEFFRIES
SPORT CALENDAR FOR THIS WEEK


Opening of five days meeting at Ell
Packey Thompson,
City,
TUESDAY.
Sam Langford "Klondyke,' rounds at Boston.
Jimmy Morrow, a
Mich.
THURSDAY
College at
Columbia, S.
University University football game
Alexandria,
field trials of National begin
Shadwel,
SATURDAY.
national A. A. u championship Park
City.
Opening of THIRD winter of Colorado Desert Baseball
league.
Opening of Atlanta automobile show.
Automobile from Los Angeles Calf,
Dartmouth Princeton football N. j.
YaeBrown football New Haven.
HarvardCorne football Cambridge,
MichiganNotre Dame football at
Wisconsin Minnesota football Madison,
NebraskaKansas football at Lincoln
Indiana Illinois football at Champaign
Chicago Northwestern football Chicago.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-01

that winter. and surprised the
sports of the northern city by win
ming out over more than dozen
of the cracks of the country in 8
hours and 40 minutes. The weather
was so cold that the men could not
run outdoors, so the meet was held
on hardwood floor, thirty-two laps
tosthe mile.
Two other so mile affairs were
pulled off in Nome that winter, and
Huber won third place in both of
them, his showing being more re-
markable when it was discovered
that he was Al years of age, almost
twice the age of any other runner.
In 1907 Reindeer Bill" ran
fourth In 25 mile race at Nome,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-01
SEALS WIN WITH
BEAVERS SECUNDI

The Pacific Coast league season
ended yesterday with trio. Of
double-headers San Francisco had
first place cinched two weeks ago,
Portland failing to make the ex-
pected squirt at the last moment.
The real fight during the past week
was for second place, Portland
striving to prevent Los Angeles
from nosing them out. The Angels
were going great guns at the last
and had they taken the double
header yesterday would have rele-
gated the Beavers to third position
in the percentage column. AS it
was, the McCreedie crew took one
of the games and finished second,
with IA points to the good.r San
Francisco finished &. a bad fourth,
while Oakland and Vernon were the
tailenders.
Tho final ,,aroanfonoo.