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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-18
HUNOR or THE DAY

Mack-When were you married? Dyer
Just about six checkbooks ago.-Puck.
Sunday School Teacher.-Now, Danny,
what do you understand by righteous
lnd1gnation? Danny-Cettin' mad with
out sayin any cuss words.-Boston Trans
cript.
Mamma-Have you been taking your
cough medicine, like good boy? Tommy
No, ma'am. L let Polly taste it an she
liked it, so traded it to her for a orange.
Cleveland Leader.
Anxious ,Mother.-How do you know
he told you so? Pretty Daughter-N-no;
but you should see the way he looks at
me when L am not looking at him.-Chi-
Critic Gas the composer plays his last
sage which makes the cold chiIls run
down the back? Compassionate is where
the wanderer has the hotel bill brought to
him.-Fliegende Blaetter.
Sometimes our disappointments come to
phesopRer Thas sac fac shs
answered the flippant person. IT'S al
wa Ways sweet relief to me to discover in
| alarm clock.-Washington Star.
Colonel" asked the beautiful girl.
prise? Yes" replied the grizzled war
rior. once in a Kew York hotel I asked
I
didn't reply that they hadn't any such
rooms left.'-Catholic Record-Herald.
Drummer-Is there a stationery store at
Crow Bend? Stage Driver-I couldn't say,
pard. that you'd find anything stationary
at Crow Bend, because they have a tWis-
ter in them parts most every day what
starts things movin', but she's lively, and
I'm shore you'd like the place.-Judge.
so you're going away for a couple OF
weeks, are your" said the neighbor, very
graciously. YES" answered the man. II
think we'll be gone that long" Good"
answered the neighbor. Let us take your
lawn mower and your garden hose till you
get back, will you?'-Detroit Free Press.
Real Estate Agent (rattling on descrip-
ton of house to Mrs. Fradley, a prospec-
tive tenanD-Here's the kitchen-splendid
room-all modern conveniences-hardwo
floor Mrs. Fradley GnterruptingD-Oh
it won't do at all. My present Kitchen has
a softwood floor. and the breakage OF
dishes even on that is something frightfuI.
Brooklyn Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-18
KANSAS COMNENT
FINDING VS.. SAVING.

mere oied recently in benevolent
yiuLn AZ Ballarat, Australia, a GER
Ars+.! pd1uper, VINO was once a certain
~ "a aiian rich man. He went out to
LIie goio diggings there as a young
s., ~ looS, and sunk q shaft at
5aASry Hill, near Ballarat. Down
- Us smart $50 feet he found the
lsarSest piece of natural gold yet taken
from the earth, the famous Welcome
nusset Ihat nugget weighed 2,217
ounces, and was worth $58,5OO. And
taere was other gold there; enough
10 make fortune of more than mod
est proportions. Yet in his old age.
inns man returned to Ballarat, brok-
en- IN health and purse, and was COM
peLea 70 accept the charity of a be-
neXolent hospital
Which reminds rs of the wisdom of
franklin, who remarked that the best
way 10 IND money is to earn it and
save 1t. There was nothing wrong
IN edhlhg fortune from the earth
- d lew weeks, except that it came
TOO easily, and many men cannot
STAND sudden prosperity. Come easy,
20 easy, runs the train of thought
WIN never foreboding that it will
ttot come as easily again. And as the
WeaItn goes, too often goes the health
Wnlch is more important. Meanwhile,
the man who earns and saves must
treasure his health as he does his
weaitn II he would stay long in the
earning game. A saner life follows.
and a longer life.s Probably, also it is
napier life; Certainly more help
ful.-Atchison Globe.
GUARANTEE Law HELPS BANKS.
The latest returns from Oklahoma
panks leads to the conclusion that the
pank guarantee law benefits the banks
which work under it.
Whether it benefits the depositors re-
mains to be proved
state banks in Oklahoma have $24,-
oSOUoo more than they carried when
the law went into effect. The national
banks have decreased 1885, 5000 in the
same time.
or course a great deal of difference is
explained IN the fact that 80 national
panks nave given UP their federal char
terS ana become state banks. But this
IS a fa1r presumption that the bankers
DeneVed TIE guarantee would help them
Again 163 state banks have been char
tered since the law went into effect
ana this proves that the people have
more confidence in the banks. Twenty
nVe million dollars have come from hid
den places to appear in the banks, thus
IuIhlllng the prediction that the guar
antee would bring out concealed cash.
At last accounts the state banks of
Oklahoma had $4S.0oO.O0o on deposit,
v bile the nationals have $3S. 900. 600.
Inc difference is not a conclusive
PROOF that the guarantee law is a wise
one, but 1t does seem to benefit the
banks which have adopted it,
1t remains to be proved that deposit
tors Will derive any lasting benefit from
the laW.-Wichita Beacon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-18


unconsciously shown her heart? She
wished for the mother she had mover
known, the lovely, sad mother they
had told her of. They were entering
the driveway.
He helped her out and walked to tbs
door with ner. With her hand on tile
latch, she looked at him tinidly, visit
fully, a new look for Sylvia.
Good night" she just breathed-
They are all out yet"
drew her by the hand from the porch
across the lawn, to the old elm whore
they had played as children.
Sylvia" he let go her hand and
faced her. You fear the responsible
ity? do not! I will answer for your
happiness, which is my own Can't
you believe me? 1 got mothers old
ring from the bank. Now. for the last
time, in spite of what you have said,
ask you to marry me. Will you.
Sylvis o.
He stopped to catch her low answer,
came from the porch.
'They are coming home" she whis-
pered. He took her by the shoulders.
Answer me. Sylvan Tears stool
on her cheeks as she laughed a little,
pushing him from her as she said:
yes, yes. yes" He felt his arru
about her his kiss on her lips. his ring
on her finger. And she was content.
When at last he was leaving her she
whispered demurely:
Il said 1 would do something desper-
ate-and have-you are accepted!
deserve anything for being so rashs
When shall you tell auntie?"
Tell auntie to find the announcement
in the morning paper"
Sylvia gasped. But what was the use
of scloding about what was donec-
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arV PreSS.1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-18
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

GFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
A girl is apt to forget a heartachs
when she has toothache.
The decay of poetry may be due to
the fact that so much of 1t is rot
ten.
The man who complains that he
leads a dogs life naturally growls
about it.
Perhaps sympathy is never really
lost, but frequently it seems to be
misplaced.
1t is very nice for a girl to be
mans first love, but it is better to
be his last.
81 believe in making the little
things count" remarked the arith-
metic teacher in the kindergarten.
Was there ever a wedding where
someone didn't remark: Il wonder
what they ever saw in each other?"
public office may be a public
trust, but there is generally more
money to be made in the other kind
of trust.
While some men are inclined to
hide their light under a bushel. others
try to make a fireworks display OF
their talents.
Many a marriage is unhappy be-
cause the wife spends more money
with the milliner than she does with
the butcher.
"A man and his wife are one" quot
ed the Wise Guy. mo wonder Solo.
mon was considered a pretty big
man." added the Simple Mug.
He was about to put the momentous
question BE still, my f1uttering
hearth she cried. BE still, my flut-
tering knees" he echoed, for his
wobbly nervousness had made him
hystericaI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-18
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
Iron the New york Press.l

Handsome is as handsome is dressed
up in frills and finery.
The way the average man likes to
climb the ladder of success is on some
body else's back.
+ 1t can even seem sentimental to a girl
If man tries to kiss her on the mouth
and does it on the nose.
A thing that makes mother have
confidence in her daughter is to know
how she needs it to keep from being
unhappy about it.
One of the biggest jobs in life is for a
man to love his wife about millionth
part as much as ii sounded in their
love letters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-18

be the home of a volunteer balloon
corls'' to be organized by some of her
wealthy citizens who are interested in
aeronautics. It is said that this Will
be the first organization of its kind in
the world. Probably the men who are
planning it are wealthy enough to ac-
Quire the services of substitutes when
ever the nation needs the help of this
corns in times of war
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-18
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRES
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers OF the State Journal
away during the summer may have
Rhe paper mailed regularly each day
70 any address at the rate OF ten
cents . week or thirty cents a month
l(by mail onIy.) Address changed as
often as desired. While out of town
the State Journal VIII be to you Hike
q daily letter from home.
Advance payment Ia requested ON
these short time subscriptions. to save
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-18
SAME OLD THING

work;
Ate. worked little more. and ate again.
Riayed cards awhile and went to bed;
and then
Got up: Truly. I do not wish to shirk
My daily task, knowing the things that irIS
Me thus are but the common lot of men.
But what's the use? Is life worth living
when
A bard's no freer than a dry goods clerk
And, if reincarnation's true-naethinks
1t Is. because it seems so much the same
As life-why, must drink the self-same
cup
For ages, die and wake and play the game
links,
wish Eternity would hurry up!
Cleveland Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-18
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Inclinaticns, as rule. are poor things
to follow.
a.
The less advice man gives, the more
of it is accepted.
Some of the milk that is spilled is
actually worth a tear or two.
q r.
A signatures real value is measured
by the size Of a check it can make
good.
4 n
Generally the folks with the most
lavish hands can i'll afford to have
them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-18

Mr.. Chandler, the state architect, is
not of the opinion that an adequate
memorial building can be erected for
the 100000 which has been appro-
prfated for the purpose. He thinks
that a 100000 building would come
nearer filling the bill. 1t will strike
most people that - inasmuch as the
sfatc has undertaken the construction
Of sucn a building it ought to put up
one that win be worth while.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-18

President Taft is unable to keep
down his weight with such exercise as
he can get from golf. He has gone in
for boxing and wrestling. Sympathy,
in large amounts. goes out to the
friends who are called upon to wrestle
with him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-18

A special bull-fight has been held in
Mexico to raise money to pay for the
entertainment of President Taft and
President Diaz when they meet to ex-
change personal Fluctuations. How's
that for tainted money?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-18

Rather unusual prominence seems
60 be given to the fact that Barney
1Oldfield has a motor car which is ca
pable of running at the rate of 125
miles an hour. Several Topeka chauf-
feurs of the more reckless type are in
the habit, it would appear to the folks
who have to dodge them, of running
their cars at this speed when the
police are not looking, and often when
the are.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-18

Trade and financial reports for the
past week state that the conditions in
every field of the business world are
continuing to improve. Surely there
Is nothing to complain of in the United
states today except the hot weather
which prevails in various of its sec
tions, but that cannot last much
s1onCer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-18

81 Mr.. Mac veagh. the secretary of the
treasury, thinks it might be a good
plan to have the various denominations
of paper currency made UP in distinct
and different colors. If he orders this
done, though, the sports will probably
continue to refer to it as the "long
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-18

Somebody will soon be writing a
story to the effect that old John d.
Rockefeller has taken up with Social
ism. It will be based on the fact that
the oil king recently shook hands with
q rabid Socialist who crossed his path
u, church
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-18

Latest reports from Europe on the
subject indicate that Mr.. E. H. Harri-
+. man has stomach trouble. And what
else, pray tell, might be expected of
me who has been in the habit of
gobbling-up a railroad or two before
breakfast each morning?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-18

Booker T. Washington and Jack
johnson, the heavyweights in the ne
gro race in brains and Drawn, respec-
lively, met the other day and ex-
changed smiles. It's lucky for Book
err T. that nothing like blows were in
s5V,1rad in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-18

That more Topekans were not over
come by the excessive heat of the past
Jew days speaks well for the health
and robustness of the people of this
rarnnnunftv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-18

That New York woman who has
acted as a servant in the same family
for 81 years deserves a hero medal or
some sort If the truth were known
she's had to put VI with great deal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-18

Now that Dick Cooley's squad has
succeeded in defeating the Wichita
boys in four straight games, the local
fan who might be inclined to say that
Topeka hasn't much of a ball team
would be a brave man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-18

''wet goods of all kinds appear to
be as bad for beasts as they are for
mel. Thirty head of Kansas cattle
died recently from eating wet kaffir
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-18

Mr. Weston announces that he is go
ing to walk across the continent again
next spring. Now what's the use of
this, unless it is the only way the old
man has of making a living
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-18
To Reform .9Drunks."

Street "drunks' and whether they
should be arrested and tried for being
drunk and incapable or drunk and
disorderly is a subject which has been
strenuousIy debated at the antialcohoIic
congress this week. The opinion of
the majority seems to be to keep
them out of the police courts as
much as possible. The principle has
been tried at Cologne. and has been
attended with considerable success.
There the method is for the police
to work in cooperation with Saliva
ton Army officers. The latter go
ambulance wagon and either wheel
the "drunks'' home as a preliminary
to a course of reforming influence,
or they remove them to a special
moral treatment. The police, for their
part, when they find a drunk in
the streets. telephone to the army
shelter for the ambulance, which takes
fighting drunk" is often dealt with
in this way and a "blind drunk" al
most always.
London has no counterpart of this
system, except in a spasmodic. unoffi-
cial manner. On Saturday nights in
some of the suburbs a drunk who
falls by the wayside usually appears
before a magistrate in the morning,
with little moral benefit to himself
and to the great hindrance of ordi-
nary police court procedure.-London
dispatch to the New York Herald.
The Proposed Tax on "Gnns."
A tax on firearms and cartridges.
recently proposed in Washington.
would have much to commend 1t.
Weapons, in the nature of the case,
are fair, not to say an inviting, sub
ject for taxation. They are not like
shoes or sugar, the great majority of
the people getting along. very well
But that such a tax would be natural
enough and would turn in a welcome
little chunk of revenue is only de-
tail. The chief merit about it would
be its value in holding down the per-
nicious habit of pistol-toting.
Gums are dirt cheap in this coun
try and outrageously accessible. Few
are poor that they cannot COM
mand the price of one. few so subject
to suspicion and surveillance that they
cannot carry one with impunity.-
Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-18

For a staid old state. Massachusetts
.. bucIxinx up some. She II about to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-18

Mack-When were you married? Dyer
Just about six checkbooks ago.-Puck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-18

Critic Gas the composer plays his last
piece)-Very fine. But what is that pas
sage which makes the cold chills run
down the back? Composed-That is where
the wanderer has the hotel bill brought to
him.-F'liegende Blaetter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-18

Anxious Mother.-How do you know
young Cashleigh rs in love with you? Has
he told you so? Pretty Daughter-N-noi
but you should see the way he looks al
me when L am not looking at him.-Chi-
cago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-18

Colonel asked the beautiful girl.
were you ever taken completely by sur
prise?' Yes" replied the grizzled war
rfor. "Once in New York hotel 1 asked
for a room with bath. and the clerk
didn't reply that they hadn't any such
rooms left. "-Catholic Record-Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-18

be recognized blessings" said the
ready-made philosopher. That's fact"
answered the flippant person. ITS al
ways a sweet relief to me to discover in
the morning that l forgot to wind the
alarm Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-18

Drummer-Is there a stationery store at
Crow Bend? Stage Driver-I couldn't say
pard. that you'd find anything stationary
at Crow Bend, because they have a tWis-
ter in them parts most every day what
starts things movin', but she's lively, and
I'm shore you'd like the piace.-Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-18

Mamma-Have you been taking your
cough medicine, like good boy? Tommy
No, ma am. L let Polly taste it an she
liked it, SO traded it to her for a orange.
Cleveland Leader.
The copper era., 1909-01-14
Copper Production For Douglas Near
 IS,OOO,OOO Pounds in December.

Everything is moving smoothly at the smelters in Douglas since the be. ginning of the new year. At the Calumet Ss Arizona work is proceed ing on the enlargement of No. furnace from it's original capacity of 3)0 tons to a capacity of 800 tons. This work was started before the plete within the next six weeks. The Calumet ,& Arizona is now operating five furnaces, all it has except the one being enlarged. One of the five in use has a capacity of 800 tons and the other four accommodate only 300 tons daily. However, It is the inten- tion to enlarge all the old furnaces so that all will have the same capacity work has already been gotten out and as a result the machine shops of this plant have been fairly busy during the last six months.
 The local managers of the smelters never give out the exact figure as to monthly production, but it is known that the two smelters produced dur ing the month of December very near l5,O0O OOO pounds of copper. The Copper Queen reduction works turned out more than 5000, 900 pounds and the c. & A. product amounted to more than 4,5O0,OOO pounds. This is about the largest production ever re- corded in Douglas. It is expected that the production during the pre- sent year will greatly exceed that of last year. This is expected from the enlargement of the capacity of the c. x A. and also from the increased out put of concentrates from Nacozari as d result of the new ting mill.
 The Copper Queen shelter put in to commission this morning an addi- tional furnace and now has eight out of ten in commission. The Queen is operating six cOnverters. This plant has been running irregularly during the past six months, as to the number of furnaces in commission but the product has remained about the same and the policy seems to be to produce about so much copper per month, using as many furnaces as may be re- quired for that purpose Douglas International.
The copper era., 1909-01-14
Rights of COnstabIeS in Forming
 PS-eS.

The affair of Ois Fleming in the Buckeye country the day before New Years has led to d construction of the law in matter concerning which many peace officers had been misinformed-the right of a peace officer to draft bystanders into d posse comitatus.
 When Constable Keene of the Buckeye precinct sought to arrest Fleming the day following his assault upon Ben Marshall with d gun, and when Fleming swore that he would protect his freedom with his life, the constable called upon several per sons standing near to assist him in making the arrest.
 They declined to become embroi!ed in he affair on the ground that the constable had no right to draft them, and they further told him that he had no right to arrest Fleming without d warrant For the time Fleming esca ped, and when the constal le came to town the next day he made complaint to the district attorney : office about the recalcitrancy of the D persons who refu-ed to serve under his banner in the campaign for law and order.
 District Attorney Bullard, of Phoe- nix, said they were right. Under the laws of this territory, a consua bie or other peace officer cannot summon citizens to his assistance in making an arrest unless the crime for which the arrest is being made has been committed in his sight.
 It Is, however, not a fact that q peace officer must have warrant 1T making an arrest.
The copper era., 1909-01-14
5O,OOO, 10000 POUNDS PER YEAR.
So Says Boston Paper in Regard to
 Intentions of old Dominion.

The Boston Financial News, in ar article on the Old Dominion company says:
 We understand that it is the inten- -ion of the management to maintain lu average monthly production ol LOGO, 1000 pounds, or to be more precise. to show an output of 5O,OOO, GOO pounds per annum. And such an outturn i: practically assured for the next few years.
 It should be remembered that while the 1908 production was only about 1 100000 pounds larger than that oi 1907, the management made no effort to increase the copper output. The reserves of ore are now larger than they were at the beginning of the year.
 During the year the company de clared q dividend of 50 cents per share, but this rate will be increased as earnings expand. We can state on good authority that the resumption was made at the absolute minimum. We can also state that the floating debt, which amounted to S400,000 at the beginning of the year, has been absolutely paid off and in addition the working capital has been substantially increased.
 With d 3s,OOO, ,OOO pound production for 1908, the Old Dominion produced over five pounds of copper per dollar of ca pitalization, whereas in 1905, the output represented less than three pounds per dollar. Figured on d 50,- 900, ,0GO pound output the ratio will be brought up 10 over 6 pounds.
 As the Old Dominion was one If the first copper companies in the Globe camp, it is in d position to do all the smelting for the new properties. It has what is considered the best re- duction plant in the southwest. The cost of the pans was $3,000,000, of which $2, 100000 was provided from earnings. The tonnage for last year was three times larger than for any other corresponding period and it is being steadily increased. The whole property is in better condition than ever before. In February the com pany will issue an annual report, the first for several years.