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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-08
JAYHAWKER JOTS

Marion county officeseekers evidently
believe in taking time by the forelock.
A candidates announcement for the Of
fee of sheriff in the Republican primar-
les to be held next August is appear
ing these days in the Marion Record.
Ar Ottawa university professor says
that the chicken mite is killing the
English sparrow. and that that bird
pest is dying off rapidly. The Leaven-
worth Post inquiries to know why
didn't the chicken mite think of it
sooner.
1.-THE man, who is unhappy when he
is poor, would be unhappy If he were
rich" philosophers the Jewell County
Monitor and adds: "a beggar may be
happier in his rags than a king in his
purple. Happiness is an endowment,
and not an acquisition"
river" inquired a man rushing into
the Santa Fe station in Chanute last
week. He asked the question of
Charles Glen, who is supposed to
know everything that the system is
doing from Chicago to San Francisco.
It'll be here in a few minutes" said
Mr.. Glenn reassuringly. "We1l, it had
better be- the man exclaimed. 1.-THE
crowd is getting anxious. He says if
the train doesn't come pretty soon
he's going to start something"
Alarmed by this vague threat Mr.
Glenn peeked out the window at the
crowd. In consisted of one man pa
tient1y sitting on a truck.-Kansas
Citv star
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-08

himself himself on the threshold of the
1t was a great bright kitchen, light
ca now by a group of electric bulbs
ABOVE the sink, and bending over the
SINK. drawing water in a kettle. was
a little figure in blue linen gown.
Billy rubbed his eyes.
"Mollie!" he cried, and the girl
turned and ran to him.
oh. Billy" she sobbed, "I've come
nomei I've come home to you!"
His arms went around her. at have
wanted you so, Mollie.'' he said
hoarsely, and she looked up at him
quickly.
"Oh, you have been sick and lonely,
while have been having a good time,
but now I have come home again.
And tonight we ae going to eat our
dinner on a corner of the kitchen
for you. Billy. and coffee and an apple
pie, and tomorrow we will go up to
our little. cottage in the country. the
one father left me, and we will have
a honeymoon all over again, and when
we come back I am going to try to
be better wife. Billy"
you couldn't be a better wife
said the rapturous and deluded Billy
eft is only that you haven't been
WELL
But Mollie knew better, and when
at last she sat opposite him at the
kitchen table. pouring his coffee with
experiences, she said solemnly:
"I have been thinking too much of
my nerves and too little of your COM
fort, and after this-why, we are 60
ing to be the happiest ever, Billy
Hicks. "-(Copyright, 1909, by Asso-
ciated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-08
GLOBE SIGHTS.
from the Atchison Globe.]

[From the Atchison Globe.]
Excuses are easier to find than
four-leafed clovers.
A man who talks a great deal can't
always have the truth handy.
Did you ever repeat a compliment
for yourself that. you didn't exagger-
ate it?
A woman often says: 20, but wish
I were rich; because of the good I
could do
Every conceited woman was spoilt
by man. And all the spelling was
done before marriage.
When you are to blame, acknowl
edge it; there is nothing in blaming
your mistakes on others.
Don't let'a fool annoy you; work
him. In case you can accumulate a
little sense yourself, fool Is great
blessing.
play, she wants to see noble youth
triumph over a lot of unprincipled old
married men.
Those people who go out of town to
do their buying are usually those who
send their sympathy abroad, instead
of to the man next door.
There is only one thing for a man
to do when he finds himself married
to a woman who enjoys spending
money, and that Is to enjoy earning it.
Whenever man telephones to his
wife that he will be unable to come
home for a meal, she will say: well.
| be sure to get something to eat down
| town." A woman is so afraid her
| husband will starve.
Years ago, I did so many foolish
| things that I now spend most of my
time blushing. And I suppose that,
| in years to come, 1 will blush because
of the foolish things I do now."-
| Parson Irvine.
What has become of the old-fash-
| toned privileged woman who felt al
| liberty to tell a man every time a
| baby was born at his house he ought
to be ashamed of himself?
| Daysey Mayme Appleton is IS, il
she is a day, but recently, when she
| discovered that she was growing stiff
with age, her mother announced thai
| her daughter had infantile paralysis!
A Kansas court once ruled that q
man who calls upon woman regu-
larry, and takes her to entertainments
occasionally, is legally engaged to
marry her.
There never was a man who had sc
much confidence in his wifes love fol
him that he wasn't curious to know
what she wrote in her letters home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-08
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.1

[From the Chicago News.1
Are women's rights likely to mako
children's wrongs?
It's much easier to lay plans than to
hatch them out.
It's easy to get rich after you have
the first million.
Is it better to be "pinched" for money
than touched" for it?
Love is blind--also deaf when it
comes to listening to reason.
Even the close-mouthed man has an
open countenance at meal time.
People who have nothing to do but
visit are the worst kind Of bores
When girl is afraid a young man
will f1irt with her she wishes he would.
A man must have a certain amount
of wisdom in order to realize what a
fool he Is.
Many mans success in love is due
to the fact that he speaks twice before
he thinks once.
Between his religion and pleasure IL
is always the latter that fnterferes with
mans business.
When man gets the best of a .wo-
man In an argument she always SAYS:
oh, well. it's no use trying to con.
vince manr'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-08
HUNOR OF THE DAY

Mrs. Fiatdweller-Just think of 1t! Some
miscreant tried to start a fire in our
house 1 last last night Mt Fiat
tor.-Philadelphia Record.
The Pastor dining. with the family
things of this life that count! Little
Willie Gin a loud whisper)-Maw. that's
the sixth biscuit he's took.-Chicago Trib-
une.
:. This North Pole controversy is very
joined the o otRer r Tye hasn't realy start
ed. They haven't yet hired an aiienist or
framed hypothetical questions. wash
PA; what is football eoach7" 'aThe
ambulance guess Boston Transcript.
II see the weather prophets are at it
already, predicting a cold winter" well.
be if they were predicting a hot one?''-
Browning's Magazine.
.'who gave the bride away?, "Her little
brother. He stood up right in the middle
of the ceremony and yelled: 'Hurrah,
Fanny You've got him at last Tit
Beggar-Say, mister, would youse give
stranger--I should say not I'm an under.
taker.-Chicago News.
Oct-- w AGu IlulSQeQ Inat poem i
completely exhausted. Editor-I can syru-
pathize with you, old man. I was in the
same condition when finished reading II.
philadelphia Record.
Weary Billiam-What did We tell dat
lady when she asked We If We wuz equal
10 de task o. sawin' wood Tattered Tom
1 tor her dat equal wasn't de word.
wuz superior to it.-Chicago Daily News
Mrs. Upper Tenne-Yes, doctor. black
and red spots appear before my eyes every
night; What would you advise me to do
for it? Doctor-Stop playing bridge
nadam.-Boston Transcript.
20 swear not by the moon, the incon-
slant moonH interrupted Juliet Gee
wn1z! exclaimed Romeo. IF swear
by Mars, somebody will prove that 1t
doesn't belong at all. How'll Halley's
comet do?"-Cleveland Leader
Gr1ggs-Here comes one of those Arctic
explorers. He claims to have been to the
North Pole, and he'll talk us to death
Briggs-Well, here comes a neighbor Of
mine who is the father of a new baby
We will introduce them and leave them
to their fate.-Chicago News.
an it's mighty strange way of travel
ing. Second Irishman-Bedad, tits a won
dher we don't sthrike and burst some
wather pipet-London Punch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-08
JOURNAL ENTRIES

It's the little things of life that de-
~.and the most attention.
X X x
Castles in the air have this to recon-
,nend them: They're awfully cheap.
x X X
Lives of great men all remind u.s.
that most of US haven't accomplished
much.
While there are all sorts and condi-
lions of men there are many more
varieties of women.
X X X
Some people seem to work on the
theory that necessity is valid excuse
Tor the commission of divers crimes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-08
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
IFrom the New York Press.l

IFTOIn INC NeW I OTh IeSS' ]
Theories can stand most any test
except an application of them.
The reason man doesn't believe
he snores is because his wife makes
so much fuss about it.
A man seems to have an idea he
has coal bills because he is a victim of
persecution by personal enemies.
When a girl is angry because man
wants to kiss her it's sign she could
be astounded if he didn't want to.
What a woman hates about the tel
ephone is how her husband can tell
her over it that he has to work late
in the office without her being able
to see how he looks as if he were
stealing sheep.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-08

The warm weather of the past week
which has been pretty general all
over the country has had ten
dency to affect the volume of the
heavy winter retail trading which
comes along usually at this season of
the year, but otherwise the conditions
in the business werld. as outlined by
the commercial and financial reviews
for the past week. show that the
wheels Of prosperity are still grinding
around and with increased rapidity
all the time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-08

President Taft was carried along at
Savannah by an automobile the other
day at speed of So miles an hour.
Such recklessness as this is decidedly
out of place when such an important
bit of property as a president of the
United States is being shunted around.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-08

According to the New York Tribune
football, the game which is so much
in the public eye just now. is game
whose origin dates back to the
Danish invasion of England. In the
year 9S2 the citizens of Chester cap
eured a Dane, and after beheading
MIN. kicked his head about the city
for sport. This proved SO attractive
that It was repeated whenever the
head of an enemy could be got. In
after times, as It was not possible al
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-08

Mount Vernon. one of New York
states thriving cities, has adopted
the commission form of government.
Thanks to the intelligence of the
voters of Topeka, this city will be in
most distinguished and progressive
company when this up-to-date method
OF municipal rule is established here
next spring
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-08

Mr.. Aldrich. United States senator
from Rhode Island. has started on his
trip through the west for the purpose
OF explaining the proposed financial
legislation to the public. A few ex-
plantations from him as to the reasons
for some OF the schedules in the tariff
law which he framed would be more
to the liking of the people in these
parts. But probably no adequate ex-
plantations of this character are pos
cihIa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-08

West Virginia's militiamen evil
IDENTIFY have peculiar ideas as to their
duties as soldiers. They were guard
ing some negroes the other day and
decided by a vote that they would not
shoot any of their friends who hap
pened to be in a mob that might try
to give the prisoners a little taste of
lynch law. This is playing favorites
with vengeance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-08

Beef prices are expected to increase
at least 10 per cent during the next
month or two. But that won't affect
the common people very much. Beef
has been at such fancy figure for so
long that most folks have long since
ceased to have an eating acquaintance
with IL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-08
KANSAS CONMENT
STAGE REALISM.

III
Ever since Gutenberg got busy with
Us tids pruning press, printers ink has
peen DONG something to boost the
sage. BY supplying business and
tn passes, it is possible the stage
10. uone something in return. but the
s .Mo never got SO close together as in
Inc Fourth Estate" a play now hav-
ing great run in New York 1t is a
newspaper play, and one scene shows
ne inteflor OF the composing room
u q newspaper The linotype ma
chimes are casting the lines. makeup
men are getting the forms ready, and
sendlng them to the steam table to be
stereotyped
And that is where the realism comes
IN in punches. At the rehearsal an
attempt was made to have the ordfn-
airy supers do the work, but their his
trlonlc ability, consisting of sense
enough TO carry spear, or howl in
the mob scene, was greater than their
t knowleoge OF the printers art. and
the rehearsal stopped. The manager
sent out to the president of the print
ers union, and told him he wanted
ten printers. They came, and they
came at union wages of $31 a week.
since they only work about fifteen
minutes day, probably they are the
pest paid printers in the world
But that is about all the realism
one play can stand, at the present high
cost of living. The actor-reporters in
inc play uont nave to get the news,
as the printer-actors have to print. If
they did, the cub reporter probably
wouldn't have reached the managin e
edltor,s desk the first night, and COM
United suicide before the curtain went
down. Newspaper life is reasonably
strenuous, but it isn't as fast as that.
|-Atchison Globe.
The VALLEY BLOSSOMS AS THE
ROSE
NO one ever visits the Arkansas val
ley in Kansas, after a lapse of years
without being struck with the won
derful changes, the vast DEVELOPMENT
NO one who first saw it a generation
ago fails to grow reminiscent, even
though he travels through it frequent
ly In recent years. No one with pro-
phetic vision helps but say that there
Is yet just as much room for develop
ment in future as there has been in
past.
President Ripley of the Santa Fe
said the other day as he went
through:
II have seen the territory between
Dodge City and Pueblo change from
a desert to a garden.
when I made my first trip over the
road that part of the country was a
desert waste. Now there are several
large sugar plants in operation there
and the country has improved won
derfully. Garden City Telegram.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-08
CHANSON.

After pilgrimage
Across the wide. scorched plain
To meet Swallowed brook,
To bark a strain
OF bird-voiced melody!
II
After a seafaring,
Tossed far by storm-swept tides.
10 sail safe into port,
Where no reef hides
Its mute maIignity!
III.
After the days long stress
10 greet the slow, soft night,
And days force to unbless
The vague delight
OF sleeps enfolding might!
William Struthers in the Boston Trans
cript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-08

ways to obtain a mans head for the
purpose of entertainment, the shoe
makers of the city were bound by
their charter to provide "a bale of
leather, called footballe; of the value
of four shiIIings'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-08

1t is reported that Uncle Joe Can
non has entered the baseball arena
through the purchase of the con-
trolling interest in a baseball club. In
all likelihood the congressional din
surgents" would have been better
pleased with an announcement that
the speaker had planned to enter the
baseball lists as an I'm nire
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-08

That merger of two large rubber
companies which was effected the
other day in New Jersey ought to
give the new concern plenty of OPP
portunity to stretch inasmuch as its
capital stock Is no less than
100000 900
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-08
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-
nose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-08

The United States new dreadnought
the battleship North Dakota, has es-
tabIished the important fact that she
is the fastest bird of peace afioat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-08

This business of discovering the
North Pole is certainly a paying one.
Even Mr.. Peary is to get 1920 a word
for writing a $4,000 word piece for
one of the magazines on his trip to
the frozen north.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-08

Here is some admirable advice for
the girls from the Washington Post:
''No girl should marry simply because
she is asked: but it is safe to keep a
string to the first ask in case of
scarcity of asks in the future
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-08

Surely there is no occasion for
China to brag over the fact that the
cockroaches in her confines not only
have wings and can fly but are also ex-
ceedingly noisy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-08

And now the women. the milliners
especially, are protesting against the
express rates on big hats. Probably
If the men had their way these rates
would be boosted to prohibitive fig
Tfres.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-08
WORLDS Greatest Market.

The greatest market place in the
world is not located in any Of the
worlds great cities. It is found at
the comparatively unknown point of
Mini Novgorod, in Russia, whose an
nual fair, bringing merchants from all
over Asia and Europe, records a BUSH
ness of $15o,0o0.o0o in six weeks
Circle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-08
Deer Fed With Horses.

A deer feeding with horses was the
unusual sight which met William
King, of North Elmsley, when he
started to work on his farm few
mornings ago. 1t followed the horses
up to the stables and then scampered
back through the fields and stayed
with the cows. It is still in the neigh
borhood. It is said to be a beautiful
animal weighing 200 pounds.-Brock-
vile correspondence London Free
Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-08

who gave the bride away?' Her little
brother. He stood up right in the middle
of the ceremony and yelled: 'Hurrah,
Fanny! You've got him at last Tit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-08
A Desert to Bloom.
Tests for Army Cats.

Cats are recognized on the staff of
the French war office, but as the posi-
ton Of functionary is more priced in
France than it is in England. these
animals are not selected in haphazard
fashion They are chosen for their size
and strength. and to fit them for ser
vice among military stores are sent for
one or two voyages on a warship. If
they are found to cope effectually with
the rats always to be found in the
holds of ships they are promoted to a
shore berth.-London Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-08

Beggar-Say, mister, would youse give
q pore Teller a dime ter save his ife7
Stranger--I should say not I'm an UNDER
taker.-Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-08

Mrs. Fiatdweller-Just think of 1t! Some
miscreant tried to start a fire in our
apartment house last night Mr.. Flat
tor.-Philadelphia Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-08

Poet-When I finished that poem I was
completely exhausted. Editor-I can sym
pathfze with you, old man. I was in the
same condition when I finished reading it.
Philadelphia Record
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-08

Weary Billiam-What did We tell dat
lady when she asked We if We wuz equal
70 de task o. sawin' wood Tattered Tom
tor her dat equal wasn't de word.
wuz superior to it.-Chicago Daily News
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-08-03
LA ESFERA
Oh BERMUDEZ HERMANOS z co.
Fortaaeza 81.

%lANA-SkSgMH*F =
? CzKECE: zinc aeanalado para e co y para forro, eocnas econ6nicas
ARA carbon y lena, maqmnas para P al carne, bahamas de mostradord de g.
10, Is = 90 kos de fuerza banos = m edios banos de zie revolver rifles =
oaeope@s, desgranadoras de maiz al icida Escnv& para exhaer los canos
2 durezas de los pies sin molesaa N q oor fltros para aqua, ruedas patente
Il coches, arneses negros y amarllos para coches, nantas de acero de todas
sdases lamparas cogantes cuadros pa n sMa, slas de montar para senoras
= Mhalhmus y an szsido general e Ell ramo de fenaerfa y quincana.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-08-03
Hojas caidas
Poeaias de Salvador Brau, SELECTIONS
das por el autor s ilustradas con
notas ~interesantes.

Este libro, editado en- la imprenta de
"La Democracia," forma TN grueso vo
.umen de $50 pdginas de buen papel
= bajo aleg6rica cubierta, debida Al Ia
oiz de Mario Brau ~Zuzuarregui, y sc
vende ca las librer1as de Sanjurje vi
dial y del BOLETIN MERCANTIL, y
n Las ~respectivas oficinas de el "He-
raldo Espanol" y "La D~emocracia", &
in dollars cada ejemplar.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-08-03
Dev0Ci0nariOS

Elegantemente encuaderna-
dos en- piel y adornos de plata
sc acaban de rec1bir en- esta i'm
prepta.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-11-05
ATHLETIC TRAINING.
To Acquire an Excess of Muscle Mss
Prove Injurious.

Nothing could br mere elusive Than
the idea that by Il prri,d of athletic
training II man r,n lay la stock of
heal b and strength upon which lie can
draw later while engaged IN II >.drn
tary occupation. The ruth is thai the
big muscles and hypertrophi.si heart
OF the athlete are i@rilous IS's>essiuns
for the man who M longer has the
time or the inclination for using shein
When he stops the exer'ises 10y which
he gained them. instead Of simply re-
turning 10 their original size they suf-
fer one or another Of the many t,irms
of degeneration aud become Incapable
Of performing heir ORIGINAL sci Vi. es.
II Is net quite true thai aIi exercise
for lis Own sake IL harmless. for II IL
well TO he prepared for the mccrir. Of
ilfes little emergencies as well as its
ordinary and daily d..mam.s. hut II
probably is true that. The emergencies
apart. every man does enough in going
aboni his customary business and
pleasure TO keep himself in he ,.ondi
tiOn which that business and pleasure
demand and that anything besides Ia
superfuous or injurious. That AZ blrtfs
take one into the open air II less
commendation Of athletics than an In,
dictment of our houses, udices and
stores for lack Of adequate ventilation.
II all the air we breathe was pure air
we could get along well enough with
out any open air at all. Any man who
has the muscle he needs for 0oipa thu
things he wants to do and should do
has all the muscle he ought to have
70 acquire more is silly waste Of
time and perilous besides.-New York
Times.