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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-29
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
Country Editors Optimistic Idea
of Tax Question.
He Makes Fun of Inspectors"
But Doesn't Care.
PART OF POLITICS.
These Inspectors Are Needed by
Powers That Be.
Joe LOngshOre Still Looking for
Deputy Oil Inspectors.

The tax question has been discussed
from many points of view and it has
been treated as a mammoth question
with political attraction. The aver
age Kansas country editor has looked
at the matter seriously and he has
criticized Governor Stubs and his adj
ministration together with the legis-
lature for making such promises and
delivering such goods.
But the editor of the Colby Free
Press has written about the best edi-
torial of them all. The very lines in
his short and simple paragraph re-
veal big healthy happy man i'll a
clean little country office with nothing
to disturb his business worries and
nothing to stir up his ire against the
rulers of his great state.
The average country editor has the
weight of a nation upon his shoulders.
He sees graft and dishonesty in every
official and he makes known his kicks
and his knocks and his pessimistic
growls. But Editor Connolly of the
Colby Free Press is satisfied with life
and he not only knows he lives in the
greatest state in the union but he ap-
preciates the fact and let's the world
wag on under his lighthearted appro-
val
Here is what he says:
1T is no wonder that the state
II.
were three inspectors in town, in
speeding first one thing and then an
other. A fellow came in the office
and looked over the machinery plans
or the office, ETC., and wrote a report
out, he was factory inspector and had
about as much business out here as
a scavenger would have in the New
Jerusalem. Yet we don't blame these
Fellows. They are good fellows who
nave been useful to the high muck
eys" in politics and are now drawing
salary out of the peoples taxes to
repay them. Next spring there will
be an inspector of nursery stock
around. If your nursery stock is not
up to the standard he will leave or
ders not to plant it. Just as if YOU
could not plant dead stock if you
wanted to. 1t is policy the party in
power has to perpetuate itself in
power. However, as long as the peo-
pie vote for it and like it we have no
special objections
Rollin must be a nest of Democrats
and "machinists." At least 1t is said
that there is no one down there who
can be found to take the position of
deputy oil inspector and adhere to
the views and the practice of the party
| in power. D.4s
A Chanute paper has sized the
| situation up in this manner:
Some good Republican can get a
JoD "oi Mig ior the STATE II ne VIII
move to Rollin. Joseph S. Long
shore. state oil inspector, wants a To-
| cal deputy there to look after the
| oil that is made at the Rollin re-
inery. A petition recommending the
appointment of candidate for the
place was sent to him, but was
| turned down because of an objec-
| ton made by a Chanute man who
| is close to the governor. Up to the
present time no one else who is
qualified politically has been found
A Republican is wanted. but there
are few of such political faith in
| the vicinity of Rollin.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-29
Collar support
FREE

There Is a new collar
supporter-the "Inanowt-"
Little strips of bone are
enclosed in silk tubing.
which is sewn to the col
lar. When the collar is
sent to the laundry, slip
the bones out of a slit in
the side, and when it
comes back slip them in
again. They come four in
a set and will sell for 10c.
The manufacturer sent
us an extra gross to be
given away, and Saturday
as long as they last-we
will give a set free to ev-
cry woman who asks for
them at the Notion Dept.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-29

Better style and better silk
than we have ever had at
this price.
They are made of a SPLEEN
did quality of heavy, rustling
taffeta- The unusually deep
hounce (21 inches) has a
fuH-length heatherbloom un-
derlay-and that means lots
longer wear. Choice of plain
black, navy blue, smoke, ca
tawba and green, and chang
able green and blue and ce-
rise and green. Extra good
Silk Petticoats @A1E
1or. .sp1ks =
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-29
Chndren:s sweaters

On these first chilly days of Au-
tumn mothers realize the impor-
lance of Sweaters for their little
tots; they are so much more COM
Portable than coats. and they keep
the youngsters so snug and warm.
Our second shipment of child
rens Sweaters came in this week
that gives us plenty of all sizes,
again. Soft and woody. and COM
Portable as only a sweater can be
with pockets into which to
thrust the chubby hands.
For school wear, play times
there will be lots of use for them
now, and all winter long! Here is
the range of prices:
for todlers ....-.$ .65 to $500
for children go. 100 to $50
for misses 200 to 500
Four dozen women's Sweaters
were included in this shipment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-29
Duofold underwear

Women who know that two light blankets
are warmer and more sanitary than one heavy
one will be glad to know that the same prin-
ciple is embodied in 'Duofold.
You can wear wool if you wear "Duofold;
because all the wool is the outside-does
not touch the skin-while the inner surface.
which comes in contact with the body. is of
fne soft cotton. The outer fabric excludes the
cold while the inner retains the heat
Between the two there countless air cells
and the continual circulation through them
causes rapid evaporation of all body moisture
and maintains an temperature at all
times. But the best part about it is. that Duo
fold Underwear is lighter and has less bulk
than the ordinary heavyweight single-fabric
garment and yet it is warmer than single
garment of double the thickness.
Union Suits-fine white wool on the outside
and soft. aeecy cotton inside-are SOD. Sep
arate garments SIPS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-29

TIRIlt CHEEK. I QlQ nOB
pay any attention to
them but finally tho
spots grew SO largo
that I sent for the doc
tor who said it was
rim gworm. He pre-
scribed an ointment
which I used for two
weeks, but instead Of
helping the eruption,
the ointment seemed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03
FOR THE SCRAPBOOK

in the world Although there never has been
any official census taken of the Jews in the
Manhattan and Bronx boroughs, yet Attorney
Mark. ] katz, private secretary for Edward
Lauterbach, having Just completed personal
investigation of this matter lasting over four
months, is of the opinion that in these two
boroughs there reside 10000 Jews.
More than one quarter of all the persons IN
Greater New York city are Jews Warsaw,
Poland, contains the third largest settlement
of Jews; the borough of Brooklyn which con-
tains 100000, being the second on the list.
Only within the last fifteen years have the
Jews been settling in numbers in Brooklyn,
fifty years ago there having been not single
Jewish name in the Brooklyn directory
There are more Jews in Greater New York
than in the European cities OF Vienna, Berlin,
Wilma Lemberg. Amsterdam, and London all
put together. Ten per cent in fact, of all the
Jews in the world reside within the boundaries
of Greater New York.
DIR. Joseph NoOrsanger, who recently died
in San Francisco, stated that in the whole of
France there were only one-tenth as many
Jews as in Greater New York, and that Greater
New York contained twenty times many
Jews as were to be found in the whole of Italy
If there are I ,o6I, 2S2 of them in Greater New
York as Attorney katz affirms, this would be
fifteen times more Jews than Syria and Pales-
tine contain, and twenty-five times more than
the entire population of Jerusalem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03
HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOMEBODY

He might have been author and have writ
ten many pages
To blossom for little hom and nolder down
the ages.
He was clever, he was cultured he was trav-
eled, he could write;
But the product of his genius never seemed to
seek the light.
You seldom saw his name attached to Let
But he always wrote gentle word to soothe
friends distress;
And when he in Petersburg and Picking,
and in Rome,
Instead of writing travels" he was writing
letters home.
He might have been an orator and welded
words of flame
To illuminate the nation and to gorify his
name.
He was able he was tactful. he was eloquent
of speech;
But he did not spread the eagle and rejoice
to hear it sCreech.
Seldom on the public platform did he ever
play part;
But he always had happy word to help
heavy heart
And perhaps his cheerful speeches were too
simple for the stump;
But they made a fallen friend forget he'd ever
had bump.
He might have been a scholar with string of
high degrees,
And have found some hidden meaning in
play of Sophocles;
But, instead of ever studying the dim and an
Cient letter,
He was studying his little world and how to
make it better:
How to do some little kindness, common to the
passing eye,
But which the hurried rest of us had noted
and passed by.
He might have been some body on some self
encircled plan,
If he hadn't been so busy being something of
man.
Edmund Vance Cooke
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03
WHY HORSES SHY AND DONKEYS DON'T

A CURIOUS question in evolution was once
put to scientist prominent IN the service
OF the Government. why is it," some one
asked, that horses shy and donkevs do mott"
The answer was to the following effect:
The ancestors of the horse were accustomed
20 roam over the plains, where every tuft of
grass bush might conceal an enemy waiting
in ambush. In these circumstances they
must have time and again saved their lives
by quickly starting back or else suddenly
jumping to one side when without warning
some strange object appeared to them. The
habit must have indeed been a strong one,
seeing that so many years of domestication
have not eradicated it.
On the other hand, the donkey is descended
from animals that lived among the hills, with
the usual precpices and dangerous declivities; ;
and from these conditions, it would appear
there resulted its slowness and surefootedness
The donkeys ancestors were not, then. so
lia BILE to sudden attacks from wild beasts and
snakes. Moreover, sudden and wild starts
would have been positively dangerous to the
donkey's fore bears. Consequently, the V learned
TO avoid the characteristic trick of the horse
The habit of eating thistles peculiar to the
donkey, seems also to have been inherited
from its ancestors. In the dry, barren local.
ties they inha bited there was often very little
food therefore they learned to eat the hard
dry, and even prickly plants and underground
when nothing else presented itself
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03
A DOZEN NAMES TOO MANY

r w. J. H. TENGBERGEN merchant of
the Dutch West Indies, who recently
visited New York, surprised an inquiry from
some Wall Street brokers by handing them his
card with five names,-four long Christian
names and his surname.
That's nothing he remarked Il have a
friend who has to go through life burdened
with fourteen names. The father of my I'M
fortunate friend was a merchant in of the
large cities of India Bitter feeling had long
existed between this merchant and the re-
Corder of the city, over some business mlsun-
derstanding.
AT the time my friend was born, his father
went to this official to record his birth. The
two men glared at each other as they met in
the office
What do you want here?' demanded the
recorder.
al am here on business replied the other.
Write down what | have to say
The recorder paid attention to the de-
mand and went on with his interrupted work
The merchant became furious, and in en-
phatic words repeated the request with a
threat
Finally the recorder acquiesced grumblingly
and the merchant smiled vindctively.
" This is what the recorder compelled to
write at the merchants dictation, taking the
alphabet through until he got to l., the begin
ming of the surname: Adrian Barend Christian
Dederick Evert Francis Gerret Hendrix Isaac
Johan karel Lenz.'
For this spiteful moment the Young man
has had to spend many annoying ones in signing
his full name to legal documents and other
matters of importance, including his marriage
certificate"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03
WISE AND OTHERWISE
A STUPID man may sin on purpose,

A STUPID man may sin purpose, and yet
when h natenee bpS it's pereet S Work
does not stop work for shorter hours
Genius never stops to look at the clock.
Talent may look. but not stop. Diligence
works up to the last second, and perhaps
a little longer. Incidence and its twin,
Shiftlessness. like Genius, have no use for
clocks.
No burglar yet has pleaded that he entered
a jewelry store thinking 1T a watch house.
More than one Wall Street stock king is
made of lambs wool.
Some men will give assent to a benevolent
scheme when it is proposed, but not even one
cent afterward
Evil may be called good, and good evil; but
goods-of the dry variety, at least-are never
called evils, unless they out of fashion.
Manuscript IS only another word for hand
writing; but handwritten manuscript gets
the cold shake from the editors.
Three years out OF four she may have to
tell him to ask papa: but in leap year she can
be her own pepper.
e. g. Holden
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03
UNIQUE CANNON

TT is curious fact that when the island of
Malta was in possession of the Templars
those doughty knights defended their forts by
means of cannon cut into the SOLID rock.
Each of these strange engines of war was
ca pa BILE of containing an entire barrel of gum
powder, and, it is said, could throw ten thou
sand pounds of projectiles. Inasmuch, how
ever, as these natural cannon could not be
aimed fifty were cut out of the rock guarding
the various channels of approach; and the
vessels of that time therefore unable to
come within their own range before being an
initiated by the big weapons of defense.
Although the fame of these cannon was
spread far and wide, they were not duplicated
elsewhere and to this day they remain the
only rock cannon of which there exists any
record.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03
A SEX DIFFERENCE

THE van that brought the first load of furni-
i ture for the family moving in next door
had as a passenger a small boy of about his
own age He welcomed the newcomer hos
pitably with:
"Hellol'
Hello yourself!'
Say, you We got red hair too, amt YOU? y
Yes, so have YOU ain you, jes' like mine y
DO they ever call you Red"
'Umhurn, and Reddie' and Rednev.'
And 'Ginger'?"
You bet, and Cedar"
And Brcktop'?"
Yes and Sorreltop"
Does your Uncle Bob say you're copper
mounted"
Il amt got no Uncle Bob; but granddad
says I've got brass fittin's.'
= Ever call you Beets'?"
No but they call me Carrots sometimes
cause I've got freckles too. See"
pause.
Say have you got sister,
mo, have your"
Yes; but she's grown up. She wears long
dresses, and has got beau that comes to see
her every Sunday evening"
= Has she got red hair too?'
- Umhum, les like mine
What do they call herr"
".Aw, she's a auburn haired beauty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03
JEWS IN GREATER NEW YORK

CHARLES A. DANA only a few wears be-
fore his death prophesied that by 1902
New York city would be Jewish comm unity
New York city to-day contains 1907, 2S ?
Jews, and is the largest community Of Jews
La Junta tribune., 1909-06-12
SOME MORE LOCAL ,rsms.

Mrs. G. A. Whitehead visited rela.
tives In Pueblo several days this
week.
Mrs. william Heirgood. and son.
Phillip. have gone to Los Angeles.
Calf. to spend the summer.
Bristol. one Of the new towns on
the Arkansas Valley line. has Just
dedicated = Methodist church.
The alfalfa mill At Bristol IL fast
nearing completion and will be ready
soon Tor the first cuttins Of alfalfa.
Dr.. sapero. the Deaver eye. ear.
nose and throat specialist. viii again
b in L. Juata at the Sherman
House. Aoaday. June 3lst.
Nh. C. K OsaAesd asA soa leave
~ nsst q he week tor wsilins.
~. Kaa-. % $3.50 the ssauer
VIA Mn. osahood's parssts.
Harry Rap returned hoas the
drst - Tie week froa the State
Uaivseuty q Boulder. - spsnd the
vaeasaea Dsssed With Aens fo,ks.
Lab.AAsslss. Saa Dssse. 0aa Fran.
cisco. ~ ssewa. tlS evs9 ~ 0aata
vs. going aa1 rsturnias ~ dirsc.
restss. Sell Juss 3lsA 70 July ietA.
liait. octssse 3ist. IN.
Nss. AAss wsasea. q Aasela. lal..
- 6asgAtss. Aasis. ere visitias L.
Juats relatives. Mn. wsssoa u Q
6asgAtss q n. o. vaa lawassa and
. Sister q Mn. rre1 Jeoss.
NJ. asl Nrs. waltse Stssa. Of
osdvay. drove over froa tAas burg
~ ous1ay and spsat ~ sveaing
VIII ~ Aeas folks. Ne. ssA Mrs.
=. A. Dsssa. They rstus.sd hone
~ aext 1ay.
W .afs nai14s . bafssia psics on
~ Rsat fsniiy jesrnai eor tAs ~.
0ala1ee q tAs present ysar. Only
n esats froa he present date until
January !. iSie-oAs meath fres.
asal tAs subscsiDttoa Offering 10
aaetAss column Of thb Issue.
TAs Sasta " railroad company
eoote0Daatss TIE salasssnsat Of IT,
esosgal offjce tuli1ins II Topeka 10
9eubss its pesssat slse. ne old
bsil1la0 hsusss asrs sAaa 80 en-.
plsvss. Dst ths euslssss & ~ road
~ iasrsase1 - 0uch h rscsat
yeAsD that 0eee foem musl ~ founl
ee1 ~ s(ee1eal ve(Aseh N allt
~ ~ - - - 3 : ~ - - psss.
La Junta tribune., 1909-06-12
the STORE o. QUALITY

The ladies' OF the Catholic church
viii give one OF their popular social
dances ut Elks' hall Tuesday evening.
June 18th.
w. English. OF Denver. was La
JuntA visitor this week. looking after
the interests Of the English Lumber
Company hereabouts.
Miss Ruth Larsen left last wed.
nesday morning on the California
limited for Elgin. Ill.,. where she Will
enjoy = six weeks visit with relA.
ives.
Y. W. Mcintyre. general manager
Of the Ia Junta Land Company. was
Dsavsr visitor Tuesday and Wed
nes1ay. returning home on the even.
Ing q the latter day.
DuriAg the past week the front Of
the 0lsctrtc Theater has been treat.
~ = new ooat Of paint, which
makes sverythins around that plsce
loot - bright and invittns - .
Iraa new dollar.
ArA =. W. Noble and Mrs. A. n.
ruttls isft last Wednesday night on
No. Z. or Frsdricksburg. L.. where
,hsy vees sumnoaed By . tels-
sraa seesivsA hat DAY. aanounctas
the 1oatA q their mother. Mrs. Dg.
". Q. Pitts. ~
Ne. aaA Mr.. J. L. OiagricA have
beso vlsHias u Fulton. No.. aurias
the ~ few wsslIs. and on wsdnss.
day ~ attended the commencement
exseelees Of wsssminster College.
Thsls -. =. Z. 0iasrich. graduated
froo tAas institutioa this year.
n. Savage and r. W. Norton. a.
rcctees q the Otsro Irrigation die.
trice, have hssn at Granite for sew.
eral 1ays. making IN effort to facili'
tate ~ expedite the work Of con.
struot1ea - tAs CIsar Creek dan.
Thsb Desssacs has evidsatiy had
the 0oolfe1 effect. - greater prog.
rcse ~ bssn made during the past
TIVE Wes&s than for any previous per.
lod.
y Tusk was In town last Monday
anl aat3s1 II the great family iour'
nal jnekpot Tor another year. Ar.
Tufe = q present laborins on bid
~ aees larn. which II located Ia
the tesSiessy covered By the Beatea
Csaol ~ Reservoir Conpany.s pro
jes4 Ass1Avsse e tewn. 11s has' bssl
bul ~ oeooss. ~ ajso ~ au(s
. n1moeg = acres plowsd. ~ sa9l
tAes 1r1uu1eWu1 peoepees 1eo0 ~
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1909-12-10
Real Estate Transfers

E F. Peters to Katherine G.
RrittoD, lot in Bushkill, Lehman.
Florence Robson 60 Peter W,
HOLIDAY. interest in 74s acres, Bloom
ing Grove.
Christopher Werner to Jacot
Werner, lot in Lackawaxen. N
James NJ. Bensley to David sny,
der, 131 acres, Lehman, $275.
Frederick Il. Worzel to Geo
Eokhart, As acres. shohOla, $500.
George G. Palmer TO George 8
Spise, land in Shohola.
Elizabeth FELTON, to Pster W. Eel
ton, 100 acres Green, $500.
James G. Rose to Pine Grow
Cemetery. land in Westfall.
Frederick Messerli to W. B
SohoOnover, 80 acres Lehman.
f. A. V. SohoOnOver to Romain
Whitaker, acre Porter.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1909-12-10
Dangers OF Football.

That football is more dangerous to
lives and limbs of players than is
war to soldiers is shown by statIs.
Tics of this years games. Thirty
deaths, 2l6 players injured, IL
broken collar. bones, 8 broken
noses, 12 broken legs, 10 broken
ribs, broken arms 10 broken
ankles. 1S broken 'lders, 8
broken wrists, bro DDS and
3 broken jews. INA
At the battle of Mahila Bay Ad.
niral Dewey's feet was under fire
for seven hours, and only six men
we're wounded and none killed. AZ
Santiago, when the Spanish navy
was destroyed the American loss was
one man killed and about a dozen
wounded. i
The death of Cadet Byrne in tho
game between West Point and bar
ward has called forth an unusuRl
comment Of newspaper criticism ON
the game as now played and the con
sensus Of opinion appears TO be 'that
unless something can be done 10
make the game less a menace 10 the
lives and hmbs Of players the game
itself will have to be killed. -
The above record, not a list Of cas-
ualties in battles but the score OF
an atheletic game ''@hiehls supposed
to be stimulus to manhood, ade-
veloper Of youthful brawn, and q
builder of character" shows Its ia
tai results and proves that though a
degree of danger may be the real
soul of every sport which requires
the display Of PHYSICAL strength, yet
a game which is played with fear
ful cost TO life and limb can hardly
be said to be worth its results, itA
cost in human destruction.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1909-12-10
NOTES FROM
SANDYSTON

The Layton grangers are getting
their building in good shape. The
basement of their hall has had ad
ditionsl windows put in, the floor Is
concrete and walls nicely kalso-
mined. The commodious shed is
neatly painted and lighted. and
taken all in all the P. of H. should
be proud of their buildings.
The Layton report of the weather
for the month of November isrecord
ed as follows,
Average Max. 64.2 Average Min.
81 o6AMax Set As L. Greatest daily
range A degrees on 1s tn. Rainfall
EOS inches. Hail and snow 4 inches
Clear days 10, partly l, cloudy 10.
Lewis Smith moved from the
Compton farm near Tuttles Corner
on Tuesday, to the tenant house of
Isaac ston.
The selling of milk has lessenej
the raising Of pork in this town, bur
James shotwell killed two the past
week one weighing $50 pounds and
the other a little over 400.
Agoodly number of the patrons Of
the Bevans creamery after deliver
ing their milk fill their cans with
water from the spring at the cream
cry which goes to show the scarcity
of water.
Mrs. Clementina Bell Of upper
sandyseon is critically i'll OF pneu-
mouia but at latest reports was
slightly better.
When the figure in the shape of q
man deserts a wife and two small
ohildren and openly lives with an
other mans wifs, as is the case here
it is time for q white capping opera
.ltion, and that will operate very
soon.
Warren Rsser is getting the Keer
mill in shape and as soon as the
4 dam is put in repair will be ready
for custom work.
The repairs that were to have
been made on the Sandyston Mac
adem road will not be made betor'
spring on account of the freezing
weather.
! Maoadem roads are costly ani
many are In favor Of dirt roads,
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1909-12-10
RIeh Men,. elfts Are Poor

b side this; 81 want to go on rec.
ord as saying that regard Electric
Bitters rs one of the greatest gifts
that God has made TO women, writes
Mrs o Rhinevault, Of Vestal Center,
ny II can never forget what II
has done for me-" This glorious
medicine gives a woman buoyanl
spirits, vigor of body, and jubilanl
health. Il quickly cures Nervous
ness. sIeeplessness, Melancholy, Head
ache, Baekaehe, Painting and Dizzy
ePsllsi soon builds up the week all
ing and siekly Soc. az An Drug
glsss