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The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-23
A Lunatic Audience.

zone of the most appreciative audi
ences I ever had said Harry Lauder,
after his return to England, was a
thousand lunatics at Wards Island. /
sang them The Softest OF the Family,
and they didn't mind at all, but Joined
in the chorus. Then 1 taught them
to sing Il Love Lassie,' and 1 never
heard it sung as they did it. They
nearly lifted the roof off"
Harry Lauder told me how he
initiated the lunatics into the
psychology of successful singing. !
told them the first time they sang
the chorus each to think he was go
ing toward his sweetheart; she was
not very far away, and he was to try
and look his best and smile his best
as he went toward her singing. That
time they are to sing it quietly, but
the second time 1 told them to think
they had her in their arms-and then
they lifted the roof.
Zone of them, an old lady, took me
aside very conf1dentially, he said
ssShe told me, For heavens sake, Mr..
Lauder, do nothing to let them think
YOU are a little bit mad. Don't make
any faces or anything of the kind If
they see the slightest sign of ipsanity
God help you! for they'll take you
and lock you up in this terrible
place London Daily News.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-23
noes HirhIand Fling at s5.

Scotch Drawn and good old FASH
ioned pcrridge counted in the case or
Mrs. Emma Lasco, who lives at the
Old Peoples home, conducted under
the direction of the st. Andrews So
ciety of Illinois. A celebration was
given at the home Tuesday night, and
when the Caledonia Pipe band
struck up "Pullochgorum" the woman,
who is 95 years old, jumped from her
chair and did a Highland dance In
manner which surprised herself as
well as the men and women VINO at
tended the reception.
She was congratulated by the presi-
dent of the society, George Suther-
land. William Gardner, and many OF
the Scottish Americans interested in
the welfare of the institution.-Chi-
cago dispatch to New York Herald.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-23

II the flying OF kites TO ascertain the
weather conditions in the clouds will
help in the forecasting of the weather
which may be expected on the earth,
the local weather bureau will probably
receive the encouragement of everyone
TO undertake the experiment. But it
must be admitted that the local fore
casters do pretty well in prognosticat-
ing future weather conditions They
hit it right pretty often but these eff
forts pass unnoticed. It is only when
they make a mistake that attention is
directed to them.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-23
A TRuE VERDICT.

/ Apologies are due from many quar-
ters TO the twelve Tennesseeans who
served as jurors in the famous Car
1 mack case. On their selection and
during the progress of the long trial
there was a good deal of criticism on
the personnel of the jury on the
ground of lack of intelligence. Such
| judgment as this was premature at
best but there was something of an
excuse for it because four of the
jurors could neither read nor write
the English language and two others
Of them were unable to talk 1t with
any degree of facility.
Regardless of such shortcomings,
though, these twelve men proved
themselves to be true men, indeed,
and they demonstrated the fact that
an education is not always necessary
adjunct to a sound intelligence and
discernment.
That their verdict was an adequate
one will undoubtedly be, the general
opinion of those who followed the de-
tails OF the testimony of the case. It
was a great victory for the majesty of
the law and came at an opportune
time when so many murderers are
thwarting the ends of justice through
the craftiness of their lawyers and
through unusual pleas of unwritten
laws and other things and the maud
lin sentiment of jurors, who are only
human after all and whose sympa-
thies are susceptible. And especially
was this verdict of moment to Ten
nessee where all of the laws of man
and God have been held in utter dis
regard by night riders and others for
some time back It's effect can not
help but be stimulating to the estab-
lishment of law and order in that un-
fortunate community.
1t seems hard to have to commend
verdict which will send such a man
as the elder Mr.. Cooper to prison for
twenty years which is a longer time
than his natural course of life will
probably run. The same is true of his
promising son who has two score
years of penal servitude staring him
in the face. a period of time that will
eat up the flower of his manhood. But
crimes such as they were found guilty
of must be punished, else the security
of life in this country of magnificent
opportunities for all will become as
1t is most reasonable. from
the evidence in the case, that the jury
reasoned right in deciding that the
killing OF the gifted Carmack was not
premeditated and therefore a murder
in the first degree. 1t was probably
done on the spur of the moment, but
the Coopers did it and the jury is to
be congratulated that it was not
swerved from its full duty by the
fimsy plea of self defense which was
set up. The jurors also showed a wise
discretion in acquitting John Sharp,
who was charged as an accessory to
the killing In fact they did their
work we'll in every particular
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-23
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Everything comes to those who
wait, sometimes.
\ "
Many persons have their hearts too
near their mouths
4 %
About the most difficult task for a
woman is to look and act composed.
X y
If a man plays poker successfully
his wife doesn't often object very
strenuously.
A. girl doesn't think much of the
abilities of a fortune teller who as
sures her that she will never marry.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-23
WHEN THE DAY REGTNs.

Wnen from slumber awake.
x1.l from sweet and balmy rest.
with one sad thought 1 soreiy ache;
It weighs upon my breast.
MY eyelids ] unclose
And to myself I saw.
Wen, must face it, 1 suppose,
Lordi here's another day.
OL staying where I am
There's not the slightest chance.
II mortal sickness 1 should sham,
Iney'd see it at a glance.
nave to quit this bed
Inere is no other way
ana face the struggle that I dread,
Lord! here's another day.
another day of work,
Of cares that thickly throng,
Or duties that cannot shirk,
A day that's six hours long.
There seems no breathing spell,
Though for relief I pray.
think I hear the breakfast bell
Lord! here's another day.
Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-23
William Long Is Peevish.

When William Long, a local news
paper man, picked up the morning
papers from Pittsburg Tuesday, and
found how he had died in the
Allegheny General hospital last night
after long Illness, ETC., he got angry.
What made Long furious was the fact
that this was the sixth mistake" of the
kind in the last five years by the news
papers regarding Long.
The obituary of this morning over
shadowed all others in telling how
good a fellow Long had been. Long
today sent communications to the
papers which had used him to lead
the death column this morning. In
part, Long says:
"Once again 1 must prove an alibi
I am neither dead nor near it. 1t be-
comes monotonous, however, to be
kept busy asserting that one is alive
when the newspapers have you dead
The man who wanted a glass coffin so
he could see what was going on had
nothing on me. 1 am fairly well
equipped now to write book on
funerals 1 have missed. I will whip
the next man who kills me-"
The mistake happened through a
relative of William Long dying at the
hospital.-McKees (Pa.) dispatch
to New York World.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-23
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
TFrom the New york

TFrom the New York Press.1
The fatter woman gets the easier
it is for her to believe nobody notices
it.
A girls idea of a strange man is
somebody 1t would be exciting to know
because she doesn't
The cynic can smile now and then;
he is rarely called upon to shed a tear
over his disappointment.
The queer thing about a wedding
tour is what a complete cure for a
man wanting to travel with his wife
it always seems to be.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-23

Not much confidence ought to be
placed in the opinion of the French en-
gineer, who was in charge of the
Panama canal work when the French
men were working on the job, to the
effect that the Gatun dam is not a
feasible project. He and his colleagues
did not display any very remarkable
qualities of capable engineering when
they had their chance. In this as in
other things 1t is far easier to criticize
than to do
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-23

Commercial and financial reviews for
the past week show that the business
conditions IN the country are now fair
and that they are improving right
along. All lines of trade and endeavor
are reporting business in excess of
what it was at this time a year ago.
This is an unusually excellent condi-
tion Of affairs because business is gem
orally stagnant during a period of
tariff revision AS soon as this vexed
question Is settled old General Pros
perity will take up his grand old march
with great celebrity.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-23

Mr.. Roosevelt is reported to have
been in an exceedingly happy frame of
mind on his departure for South
Africa. the start having been made to-
day from HoselSen, N. J. It is to be
wondered IL the lions, the white rhi-
noceroses. the galloping lallopaloosas,
the giasticutases and other innocent
African beasts are in the same mental
condition. Probably not
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-23

Time must be hanging heavy again on
the hands of Mr.. Jerome, New York 5
famous prosecuting officer, famous
principally for some of the things he
hasn't done, or else he has not been
getting the notoriety of late that he
thinks is due him. He is now indulging
in personally conducted raids on al
legged gambling houses in the greater
city. This was the game he played
when ne was a judge in one OF New
York's inferior courts and it was
through it that he gained the promi-
nence which was responsible for his
elevation to his present powerful office.
zEaybe, again, he is about to be q cam
didate for some other office and needs
the advertising.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-23

Safe cracksmen got away recently
with several thousand dollars belonging
20 the First National bank Of 1mogene,
Iowa This is regrettable but it would
have been nitigated to some extent If
the robbers had also made off with the
name of the town.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-23

Some girls in the Chicago public
schools have been reluctant to wash
their faces at the request Of teachers
on the grounds that their hair would
be made wet during the operation and
the beauty OF their coiffures spoiled.
Being blessed with a great wisdom the
Chicago board Of education has sur
mounted the difficulty by providing
rubber caps for the girls to put over
their hair while they are giving their
faces much needed washings. This is
an addendum to the fancy education OF
modern times of the right sort
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-23

Talk about comic operas. How about
the postponement of the war between
Salvador and Nicaragua for a couple
OF days in order that the soldiers and
the rest of the people of one of the
important cities in that locality might
have a chance to attend circus which
arrived in town.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-23

Reports from various sections of the
state are to the effect that the peach
crop has been killed. masmuch as this
would naturally be an off year with
peaches, in view of the big crop last
year, the chances are that the slaugh-
ter has not been great.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-23

Mrs. Turnipseed, a Texas widow, was
naortaIly wounded the other day by d
stiitor whom she would not promise to
marry It would seem that a woman
staggering under such a name would
have been willing to change it under
any sort Of conditions
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-23

knicker-Did Jones give himself
awayf Bicker-Yes. he called the side
trance.-New York Sun.
Doctor-You have some sort of
poison in your system. Patient
stuff you gave me New York Sun.
Mrs. Knicker-Did the Doctor ad-
wise diet? Mrs. Newbride-Yes; he
said could eat anything could cook.
New York Sun.
"You see," said the professor. "tha
science of chemistry depends on the
discovery of certain affinities-" Par
don me-" interrupted Miss Prym, ''I
trust the conversation can proceed
without drifting into scandal. LON
don Opinion.
81 happened to mention that two
can live as cheaply as one, and he got
furious" "He's paying alimony"-
Louisville Courier-JournaI.
HAS this foreigner who wants to
marry your daughter a title?" He
has" replied the old man, grimly. at
gave it to im."-Philadelphia Led
ger.
Customer+This soda is lukewarm.
Didn't you say 1t was off the ice Soda
Clerk-Yes, sir; I did, sir.-Chicago
News.
Knicker-Maxim has invented a
noiseles gun. Knicker-Can he in
vent one that a fool knows is loaded?
New York Sun.
"And you really don't mind paying
the alimony?" mot a bit. 1t enables
my ex-wife to make a fine appearance,
and am sure she will soon catch Will
Bustemupp, whom I detest, for her
second spouse."-Kansas City Times.
"Rastus.' said the solicitous employer
''how many times have 1 told you that
"You's told me dat a heap O. times" "And
yet you go on being frightened" well.
sub, I believes you when you say dar
dat one O. desc yer dahk nights rs
5gWiner see s1mpin, dat looks SO much
out stoppin to ahgufy. An. boss, L ain't
got no presence o. mind whateverv'-
washington Star.
Practical Father-EIas that young man
who wants to marry you got any money?
diS,niai1 H0mantdf dI. MlssIM,oneyi Mo-, He gave me
he any money Ieft?~stray Stories
per say about this seasons suits7 The
Lawyer (absently)-Large checks will be
son.-Life.
Sissy-Boys don't have switches on
their heads, do they, BERTHE? Berthe
Nope, not on their heads.-Life.
Mamma Gin pantry)-Who has
been drinking the milk, Johnny? Tell
the truth, now! Johnny-It was me,
mamma; I wanted to see II it was
sour. Mamma-Wel1, suppose It had
been? Johnny-Why. 1 wouldn't have
drunk it.-Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-23

Attention Of the Kaw valley farmers
is called to the fact that potatoes in
great quantities are being imported to
this country from Ireland and other
places across the seas. And they can
not be compared with the potatoes that
it Is possible to grow in this section
of the earth.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-23
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member of the
Associated Press and receives the fun day
telegraph report of that great news OF
wanizafion 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., 1909-03-23

had just died. you never appeared
to care much for the poor lady" IT
didn't, said the youth dolefuliy; ''but
was the means of keeping her in a
lunatic asylum during the last FIVE
years OF her life. She has left me all
her money, and now I've got to prove
that she was of sound mindl''-Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-23
Case for a Good Lawyer.

"Why are you so sad?" an acquaint-
ance asked a young man whose aunt
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-23
school in Omen AIR

Only 20 pupils remain in Boston's
public open air school for children af-
ficted with tuberculosis at Franklin
Park, the other % who attended having
been dismissed as cured. Throughout
the recent blizzards the open air pupils
have remained at their lessons, red
faced and happy. They are all said to
making rapid progress toward re-
coVery. These practical results are very
gratifying to DR.. Thomas F. Harring-
ton, medical adviser to the Boston
school board, on whose advice the un-
usual school was established.
Every pupil keeps a record of his or
her weight and temperature, and once
every two weeks each pupil reports at
the hospital for examination. OF the
daily routine Miss Helen Mead, who is
in charge, said:
"The children come here at half past
Is o'clock in the morning. From then
until noon they study at their desks
out in the open air. Through the morn
ing they have breathing exercises and a
great many other things to break up
the monotony.
"At noon they have lunch prepared
by Mrs Cook, the matron, in the kitch-
en- downstairs. After that they come
out on the roof again and wrap up in
blankets in q camp chair for an hours
sleep. Then they work until half past
or o'clock in the afternoon, with din
ner at half past 5 o'clock. They are
then free to go home."-Boston dispatch
to New York Herald.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-23

81 happened to mention that two
can live as cheaply as one, and he got
furious" Hes paying alimony"-
Louisville Courier-JourraI.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-23
HUAOR or THE DAY

Knicker-Did Jones give himself
away4 Bicker-Yes, he called the side
door of the subway car the family en-
trance.-New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-23
ADJUSTMENTS.

At the Grand.
Thursday matinee and night ''The Trai-
Friday nfght-Topeka High School Dra-
matte Society in "The Days Of %.
At the Novelty.
Tonight-Readick Stock Company IN
Matinees-Wednesdays and Saturdays
At the Majestic.
Daily matinee 2:30-Eigh class vaudeville
Evenings 7:45-9:15-High class vaudeville.
At the Auditorium.
friday night-Durno. the Magician.
For particulars. prices and amusement
ostalls see announcements in this paper
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-23

Mrs. Knicker-Did the Doctor ad-
wise diet? Mrs. Newbride-Yes; he
said I could eat anything could cook.
New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-23

"You see," said the professor "the
science of chemistry depends on the
discovery of certain affinities-" Par
don me-" interrupted Miss Prym, ''I
trust the conversation can proceed
without drifting into scandal."-Lon-
don Opinion.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-23

Customer-This soda is lukewarm.
Didn't you say 1t was off the ice Soda
Clerl0-Yes, sir; did, sir.-Chicago
News.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-23

Doctor-You have some sort Of
poison in your system. Patient
Shouldn't wonder. What was that
stun you gave me?-New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-23

HAS this foreigner who wants to
marry your daughter a title?" 'He
has," replied the old man. grimly. ct
ger.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-23
Dances "salome'' i'm Court.


A Salome dance was performed on the
witness stand in the supreme court in
Brooklyn Tuesday before Justice Clark
and jury. The court room was crowd
ed with interested spectators. zherie
Zazelle did the dancing in an effort to
prevent William A. Ellis, proprietor of
the five shows in Dreamland, Coney Is
land, last summer, from being compell-
Though the dancer omitted none of the
wriggling, the jury awarded the plaintiff
$3.50
The plaintiff who triumphed to the ex-
tent of the award was Nellie Weston.
She told the court she made contract
early last summer with Ellis, which
called for her to drill the ballet in the
Feast of Belshazzar," one of the shows
and perform a dance in the Orient"
another of her employers ventures.
Her work in drilling the ballet was ac-
ceptable, but her dance in the "Orient"
was the cause of the breaking of the
contract, resulting in the action for
$3.50. When she had completed her work
with the young women who were to
grace the Feast she was called before
Ellis to show what she was going to do
in the Orient" The court did not learn
exactly what the dance she performed
before her employer was like, but she
testified that after he saw it he gave her
SIS and told her to-" beat it, OF course,
that hurt her pride, but it injured her
prospective bank account more, and she
sought a lawyer to obtain redress. Then
the action for breaking the contract was
brought by the young woman against
Ellis.-New York Press.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-23

Knicker-Maxim has invented a
noiseleS gun. Knicker-Can he in
vent one that fool knows is loaded?
New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-23

the alimony?' mot a bit. 1t enables
my ex-wife to make a fine appearance,
and am sure she will soon catch Will
Bustemupp, whom I detest, for her
second spouse. e."-Kansas City Times.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-23

Practical Father-Has that young man
who wants to marry you got any money?
Romantic Mlss-Moneyl He gave me a
cluster diamond ring studded with pearls.
Practical FatherZYes. know. But has
he any money left?-Stray Stories.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-23

The Lawyers Wife-what does the pa
per say about this seasons suits7 The
Lawyer (absently)-Large checks will be
the correct thing in law suits this sea-
son.-Life.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-05-06
YOUNG HElRESS CLEARED
OF NUMBERING A MAN

Neosho, Mo-, May 4.-Miss Johnny.
Davidson, the young heiress on trial
here charged with the murder of Roy
Ramsour. her sisters sutton, was ac-
quilted here this morning.
The jury was out IT hours, having
been given the case at A o'clock Friday
afternoon, after a sensational trial.
Miss Davidson lie wealthy in her own
right and her family Is prominent. The
Ramsour family also is well to do and
becaus of the prominence Of the prin-
cipals the case has caused intense feel
Ing. The prosecution was vigorous,
while the defense spared nothing in it's
efforts to free the young woman.
Yesterday MISS Davidson she wed the
strain OF the trial for the first time.
She broke Town and cried, as many
other women In the court room did
when her attorney concluded his plea
for her life. She also gave way to
her feelings when the prosecutor con-
fenned her as q cold blooded muir
deress."
"A dramatic scene marked the clos
Ing arguments when Mrs. Samuel Rev
nolds, unit of the slain man, became
wildly hysterical during HI arguments
Of the prosecutor. She screamed aloud
that the defendant be convicted and
then COLLAPSED cOrnpfetely.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-05-06
CROOK SELLS AND
GIVES TITLE TO
ANOTHER'S FARM
Cousin of Owner Has Same
Name and Uses It to His
Financial Advantage.

Huron, 5. D., May Tive mem
both known as William II Permission,
cousins, and both residing in Lafayette
county, Wisconsin,, furnished excellent
opportunity for the transfer OF a
quarter section Of Bead1e county land,
by means OF a forged deed. 1t is alleged
that Permission No. / received a letter
from "a Salem, S. D., party offering to
purchase a quarter section of land In
Readie county, and owned by Permission
No. =. a deal was contaminated and the
first party received $500 for the land,
giving d deed therefor 1t transpires,
by Examination of records, that he was
not the owner of the land, and 1t is
alleged not only received letters be-
longing to his cousin, but also nego-
tiated the sale and pocketed the money
without comforting with Permission No.
2. The facts We're brought to light by
Z letter sent by the tenant on the farm
here to Nj. Permission asking If he
could retain possession of the land
since it's conveyance to the Salem
party. Investigation followed and Pen
laiston No. ! was arrested, parties
going from this city to Lafayette
county, Wisconsin, to attend the ex-
animation.