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The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11
QUAKER MEprrATToNs.
IFrom the Philadelphia Record

GFrom the Philadelphia Record
Experience will teach man lots
of it doesn't worry him to death.
Good deeds speak for themselves.
but we don't always hear them.
An ounce of prevention is not only
worth pound of cure, but 1t costs
less.
The trolley cars during the rush
hours are full of men who are mere
hangers on.
1t stands to reason that people have
nothing to crow about when they are
already crude.
Cententment is merely the ability
to forget for a while the things that
are beyond our reach.
When a man aims high and fails to
hit the mark he is apt to complain
that the mark was too low.
Even the most learned of us never
realize how little we know until a
small boy begins to ask questions.
Many man boasts that his wife
made him when she doesn't seem to
be particularly proud of the job.
Blobbs-"I understandwthere are 2s
saloons in one block out in Chicago"
Slobbs-"I know that block, but 1 only
counted 16." Blobbs-"Yes, but I
suppose by that time you couldn't
count any more"
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
rErom the Cbicago News.1

TFrom the Chicago News
It's easy to be a fool, and it's foolish to
be easy.
When everybody else is satisfied the re-
former has the blues.
Some people would rather say nothing
than speak a kind word.
The average female likes to pose as the
reformer Of some man.
After some men get start in life they
don't know when to stop.
Frankness makes people disagreea BILE,
but not all disagreeable people are frank.
Happiness is the result of being poor and
respects ctable-according to the story books.
A widow always tries to console herself
with the belief that she can't do any worse
the next time.
A widow is willing to admit a mans
superiority when it comes to translatfng a
railway timetable.
Fortunately but few people are mind
readers. therefore they never discover
what their neighbors really think of them.
At the age of 6 boy thinks his father
is the sInartest man on earth; at the age
of 16 he imagines that he has forgotten
more than the old man ever knew.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11
A DEADBEAT REFoRMs.

Out at Lyons, Col, a man borrowed
$50 of a friend. That was SO years ago.
Shortly after the loan was made, the
borrower paid $40 on account, and then
he ceased to pay, until just the other
day, when he turned up to pay the
widow of the man who made the loan,
the remainder of the debt. He didn't
do so bad; figured the $40 at fair rate
of interest, and gave the widow $156
to square himself. All of which causes
the Denver Post to remark that this
man who paid an outlawed debt, de-
serves a medal for honesty. Nothing
in it. The world is full of men who
pay their honest debts. and without
letting them run SO years. Instead of
the medal for honesty going to the Col
orado man, his conduct may we'll make
one wonder why he hadn't settled the
debt at an earlier date. And honesty
doesn't need a medal, whether it is the
common, everyday kind, which pays it's
debts as a matter of course, or the
grandstand variety of the Colorado man
who figured interest on an old debt.
Honesty isn't SO rare as heroism, which
is almost as common as opportunity,
and, as a rule, it represents the easiest
method of solving the debt problem.
The life of the deadbeat is not a bed
of roses.-Atchison Globe.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Among the real wise men are those
who know they don't know much.
X X x
One of the mysteries of life is what a
baby will be when he grows up.
X X =
Tramps are at least useful in that
they provide material for many an al
legged joke.
Funny isn't it? Many girls are the
same age on half dozen different
birthdays.
X X x
Some people have about as good an
idea as to the nature of an oath as has
the average parrot.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11

Everybody will probably agree with
the critics on the structural details of
United States battleships to the effect
that there is something the matter
with them" The sixteen great YES
sells which have started for home
from the other side Of the Atlantic
on the last leg of their world girdling
tour are in better shape in all ways
than they were when they started.
The matter with them appears to
be that they are much better vessels
of war than even their most optimistic
friends had reason to believe they
were.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
[From the New York Press1

IFrom the New York Press.
The reason a man abuses million
aires is he wouldn't If he was one.
When girl has beautiful eyes it's
wise to tell her So whether they are
or not.
Marrying for money is as easy a
way to get it as gambling in the stock
What a woman admires about men
IS now smart she can make them think
she thinks they are.
me time man really knows what
cuss words We're invented for is when
ne steps on collar button in bare
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11

A trust for the suppression, or rath-
er the correction and education of
promising actors, has evidently been
formed by the dramatic writer's of the
local newspapers. The Sherman law
will probably be invoked against it as
this statute applies with equal rigor to
good trusts as well as bad ones. That's
its great defect
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11
called by Spirit Summons.

In obedience to a psychic communica-
tion the first she had ever received,
Miss Catherine Bruce, student in the
University of Michigan, came to New
York Wednesday from Ann Arbor,
Mich, to find her twin sister. Mrs.
Charles j. Rich. of 400 West 11Sth
street, i'll of pneumonia Miss Bruce
said that while in a sorority house in
Ann Arbor, late Monday night, voice
which she thought was that of her
twin sister had said to her: Come to
me; I need you"
Mrs. Rich had been Ill for several
davs but the physician in attendance
had said that the illness was not grave.
New York Herald
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11

While the folks in Topeka on the
south side of the Kaw are thinking
over the steps that ought to be taken
to guard the city against the floods of
the future, the people on the North
side are spending their money in the
building of dikes and the taking of
other precautions to minimize the
Mood dangers. Undoubtedly the time
Will come when the people on the
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11

The New York Sun calls attention
to the fact that a newspaper pub
lished in the English language at
Bangalore, in British India, sheds this
light on the Panama question:
Panama is one of the nine states In
the District of Columbia. which is the
seat Of the United States government
provided by the state of Maryland
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11
KANSAS COMMENT
A FASCINATING MAN.

Some men of sterling worth have
the Wearfest time finding women
VINO viii marry them. They pro-
pose to all unmarried females OF
their acquafntances, and are turned
down every time, until they become
discouraged, and try a matrimonial
agency and then they are pretty
brides.
Many of these desirable citizens
VINO nave such trouble getting mar
rled are prosperous and attractive
men. but they lack those easy. fas-,
clhatlhg mann nerisnS which appeal
10 tne girls. Many of the chronic
Dacnelors remain unmarried sorely
against their will, merely because
they are bashful and awkward. In
the presence of other men they are
serene and graceful; but when a
woman appears upon the scene they
begin to realize that they are COM
posed largely of hands and feet, and
they begin to fall over the furni-
louS IN divers ways; and woman
finds it difficult to admire a man
who makes himself ridiculous.
There are men of another sort.
who prove so fascinating that women
always fall in love with them. These
men are usually worthless. and are
often rascals. They have the out
ward grace, the winning smiles, and
the nerve that age cannot Wither,
nor custom stale; they are usually
unpopular with men, who size
them up for what they are really
worth; but they make a great hit
with the women.
There is such a man in jail at Kan
sas City now. The evidence shows
that he Is a heartless and con-
scienceless rascal, who hasn't a shred
of decency in his makeup, but, for
for some unexplained reason, he has
always been irresistible to the women;
females of all ages and nationalities
and compilations fell madly in love
with him, and gave him their money,
and wrote him gushing letters. offer
ing to be his slaves. and dozens of
them, deceived by his promises, are
waiting for him in their Moated
Oranges now, and he cometh not.
This sparkling Individual, with a
trunkful of letters, many of which
betray the breaking hearts of their
writer's. is proud of his fascinating
qualities and boasts that women al
ways fall in love with him, and he has
the documents to substantiate his
claim. He is not alone in his glory;
there are hundreds of cheap men, on
and off the stage, who can make
similar boasts; and the student of
human nature can only give up guess
ing, and wonder what's the matter
with the women.
It's a mad world, my masters.-Em-
DOria Gazaffa
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11

An excellent idea is to be found in
the measure which was recently pre-
sented to congress providing a pen
sion of $4,000 a year for the ex-
presidents of the nation. In the very
nature of things there are never very
many of them, and the government
and its people can well afford to make
certain provision for them during
their lives
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11

AS the time approaches for the
salary envelopes to make their rounds
among the baseball players, many of
the mighty at the game who plan to
retire from it each winter with the
proclivities of a grand opera star in
such direction, reconsider their de-
terminations, pack their satchels and
make ready to participate in the
"spring practice" And the baseball
fans-we1l, from one end of the coun-
try to the other, they sigh sighs of
relief
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11

south side of the river will wish that
they had devoted less energy TO
thoughts on the proposition and more
of it to real work in erecting food bar
riers. Forehandedness always pays
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11

Because the people of the United
States responded promptly and gener-
ously with relief for the sufferers of
the italian earthquake, Mr.. Roosevelt
stands a chance of being made ga
citizen of Rome"
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11

If the legislature can find a way to
cut off several state boards and COM
missions without interfering in any
way with the structure and efficiency
of the state government. and it prob
ably can, it will prove itself to be
great
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11

The bigamist. who has been ar
rested in Chicago on a charge of hav-
ing more than fifty wives, will prob
ably come in for a bit of pity as well
as a lot of deserved censure.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11

The judiciary committee of the state
senate has acted favorably on a meas
ure which will make it a states prison
offense for a person to be convicted
more than two times for violating the
prohibitory law. This bill should be-
come a law, and If it does many of
the habituaI jointists in Topeka will
do we'll to mend their ways or they'll
be working in the coal mine at Lansing
instead OF breaking an occasional
hunk of rock in the yard of the city
prison.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11

Something worse than a hornets
nest appears to have been stirred up
for Uncle Sam by the activities of GER
tain Californians. The Chinese along
the Pacific coast have memorialized
the federal authorities that they are
being grossly Disseminated against,
that. as matter of fact. the japanese
are being accorded far more courtesies
than they are The worst feature of
this is that it is probably the truth.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRFSS

The Toledo Blade thinks that the
making of Mr.. Taft a Mason con
sight will doubtless strike the goat
as a happy thought.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11
}! wait until 8. indeed. wen, guess

tIIIe! ant uIllII o. LHueeu. WeII' GUESS
noti"
Then he was being driven swiftly south
ward. and for him all the world-the
gracious, sweet, delicious spring-time
world-was full of the waving of lilac
plumes. the prescient fragrance of lilac
blossoms!-(Copyrighte 1909, by Associat-
ed Literary Press)
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11

Now that the votes of the electoral
college have been formally canvassed
William H. Taft is president elect of
the United States
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11
Era of Cheap Postage.

And now Germany enters on 2-cent
postage agreement with America. This
was the inevitable sequel of the SINH
lar agreement with Great Britain, which
went into effect October 1. Germany
is too hot a rival Of England to permit
such an advantage to remain long with
its competitor.
1t is evident that we are now enter
ing upon an era of cheap postage.
France must soon follow the example
of it's neighbors, and in turn the other
nations of Europe will negotiate SINH
lar agreement with us. Naturally, the
rates of postage between the European
countries themselves will fall to the
same level In the course of year or
so the scent rate is bound to disap-
pear, except for the long hauls to the
Orient and to semi civilized regions.
The scent rate between America and
has been anomalous for some
time. Our postoff1ce department has
been carrying letters to Canada, Mex
leo, Cuba, Hawaii, the Philippines, and
even to Shanghai for 2 cents. The vol
ume of the European mail and the
cheapness with which it is carried have
long justified a reduction. The effect
of the lower rate, it is confidently pre-
dicted, will be so to increase the vol
ume of the mail as to keep the revenue
fully up to the present level The bene-
fits to commerce in all it's ramifcations
cannot be otherwise than large.-Min-
neapoliS Journal
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11
ADJUSTMENTS.

AT the Grand.
Tonight-Big Arctic Show.
Friday night-'.The Right of Way.-,,.
Saturday matinee and nighttime Hlsnt
OF Way"
Monday night-Blanche Walsh.
Tuesday night-"Coming Thro' the fSye-
AT the Novelty.
Daily Matinee 2:S0-High class vaudevine.
Evenings 7:45-9:15-IIigh class vaudeVlile.
At the Majestic.
Tonight S:I5-The Raymond Wells Stock
comeany in David Garrick' and vaude-
Daily matinee 2;So.
For particulars. prices and amusement
details, see announcements In this paper
elsewhere.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11

The man dat keeps talkin' bout his
sef, said Uncle Eben. sometimes makes
wasted on a somewhat unimportant sub
ject.'-Washington Star
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11

Mlton.-I was thinking how much I re-
semble your carpet-always at your feet
Ethel.-YeS. very much like my carpet
I'm going to shake it soon.-Harper's Ad-
vocate.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11
Cows Fattened on Sugar.

The Wisconsin dairyman who has
found that molasses fattens his COWS
and increases their milk while improv-
ing the quality has merely put to prac-
ticaI use the enlightened view of the
dietetic value of sugar which we owe
to the new chemistry Of food.
The notion that sweets are deleteri-
Gus in themselves has gone the way of
other food fallacies. In its place is the
scientific recognition of sugar as the
equal of starch in fat-forming and
heat-producing qualities and it's in
clusion as a ration in the diet of the
German soldier. Confectionery with a
fuel value of 1850 calories surpasses
roast beef. porter-house steak, mutton
chops, and bread, while chocolate leads
the whole list of articles of diet in sup
plying energy.
who knows but some investigator of
the future will find in the matinee
girls caramels the foundation of that
physical vigor and mental alertness
which is the admiration of foreign OBJ
servers? Or discover in our 76 pounds
per capita consumption of sugar an
nally the physical basis of our eminence
among nations New York World.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11
HUNOR or THE DAY

mot cent. Get along with you, or I'll
call the police "Gee?' CALCULATED the
mendicant, dat must be one o. dem VIC
ious rich. I've read about en."-Philadel-
phia Public Ledger.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11

cali mot tbe oqn Get agpS with aGyTseS Or tns m
ious rich. I've read about 'ep1."-Philadel-
phia Public Ledger.
Wife-WouId it please you, dear, If I
learned N9id anSther Sa1 tanggaggG Wif
Well, which one shall I study? Husband
The sign language.-Smart Set.
DO you believe in the superhuma5n?" -! IT
used to-, but don't any more" '.Why?''
Il married him."-Chicago Record-Herald.
Your cockney friend is very plain
spoken; He calls a spade a spade. doesn't
hep Nav! He calls it spide!"-
Washington Star.
The Professor-what was it defeated
studenf@The new r1ies. -. He held the pass
too long.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Yes, she has reached the heights" said
one Christian Scientist, speaking of an
bath, she simply becomes plunged in
thought january Smart Set.
The Small Boy Cto his mother)-Mummy
If daddy hadn't been such nice man, who
would have been my father?-The Sketch.
she-I heard you singing in your room
this morning. He-Oh, I sing little to
kill time. She-You have a good weapon.
HowelI-If I hadn't drawn that queen I
might have had straight flush. Powell
Chicago News.
from laughing when Miss Guscher re-
marked that her fiance was so versa
fafbe flf versa saHie PSNmley2 We ba he is
ular idiot. yes, but he's so many differ-
ent kinds of an idiot."-Catholic Standard
The man dat keeps talkin' bout his
se'f, said Uncle Eben. sometimes makes
you feel dat a heap o. research has been
wasted on somewhat unimportant SUBJ
Ject. Washington Star.
A1ilton.-I was thinking how much I re-
semPe y9Ir caePetalwaysr ag U ir at your feet
I'm going to shake it soon.-Harper's Ad-
vocate.
Remember" wrote the instructor of
the Correspondence School of Journalism,
And by return mail came. the Following
inquiry from the new pupil; which side
Acquisitive.-'I understand that you
never touched a dollar that didn't belong
swered W cred Mr.. Dustin staS * Ia althoagh h ugh will Will
admit that if I touched dollar it. was
ton Star.
What you farmers want is uplifting"
swered Farmer Corntossel. I've got a
grand piano, steam heat and private gas
the house. e."-Washington Star.
Mat Matters of TasteL"I like to visit, there;
rather visit at place where they have a
lovely ok."-Kansas City Journal.
Not Interested.-"You really ought to
take up the study of reincarnation," said
the young woman Of great mentality. mot
l." answered Mr.. Dustin Stax. These in
vestigations are giving all the trouble
concerning my past that I can handle at
present. t."-Washlngton Star.
To cure a. cold in a day; threaten to
give the leading role to rival prima
donna.-New York World
AS to a Friend.-"Goes into everything
with elaborate detail" Does eh ~ Yes
requires a whole kit of tools to make a
e.'-Louisville Courier-Journal
An Illustration.-"Actions sometimes
speak louder than words" "Often, I've
noticed. in taking soup"-Louisville Cou-
Generous Mani-"I asked George for s5
this morning and he gave me S1O'' How
did 1t happen?" IT told him I wished to
buy. him some cigars for Christmas"-
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11

Acquisitive.-'I understand that YOU
never touched a dollar that didn't belong
to you" Il won't go so far as that an
admit that if I touched a dollar it was
mighty apt to belong to me."-Washing-
ton Star.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11

TT was as much as I could do to keep
from laughing when Miss Guscher re-
marked that her fiance was so versa
tile: Meaning Dumley? Well he is
rather versatile" Nonsense! he's a, reg
ent kinds of an idiot.'-Catholic Standard
and Times.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11

Remember" wrote the instructor OF
the Correspondence School of Journalism,
ito write only on one side of the paper"
And by return mail came the following
inquiry from the new pupil: (which side
shall 1 write on?'-Chicago Daily News.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11

Wife-Would it please you, dear, II I
learned another language? Husband-Yes,
it would delight me infinitely. Wife
Well, which one shall I study? Husband
The sign language.-Smart Set.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11

The Professor-What was it defeated
LeonidaS at Thermopylae? The Bright
Student-The new rules. He held the pass
too long.-C1eveland Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11

She-I heard you singing in your room
this morning. He-Oh, I sing a little to
kill time. She-You have a good weapon.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11

The Small Boy Ito his mother)-Mummy,
If daddy hadn't been such a nice man, who
would have been my father?-The Sketch.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11

Howell-If I hadn't drawn that queen L
might have had a straight flush. Powell
That's right; always blame the woman
Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11

DO you believe in the superhuman?' II
used to, but 1 don't any more" ''Why?''
Il married him. Record-Herald.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11

Yes, she has reached the heights" said
one Christian Scientist, speaking of an
other; now when she wishes to take a
bath. she simply becomes plunged in
thought. Smart Set.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11

Your cockney friend is very plain
spoken. He calls spade a spade. doesn' t
hep Nav! He calls it spider
Washington Star
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11

what you farmers want is uplifting"
said the statesman. That's right" an
swered Farmer Corntossel I've got a
grand piano, steam heat and a private gas
plant. All we want now is an elevator in
the house. .''-Washingto Star.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11

Matters of Taste.-"I like to visit there
They have three lovely children" I'D
rather visit at a place where they have a
lovely ook."-Kansas City Journal
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11

Not Interested.-"You really ought to
take up the study of reincarnation," said
the young woman of great mentality. mot
l., ainsW;ered MT MI. Dustin STAY These In
concerning my past that I can handle at
present Wash Star,
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11

To cure a. cold in a day; threaten to
give the leading role to a rival prima
donna.-New York World.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-11
At the Majestic.

Daily Matinee 2:30-High class vaudevine.
Evenings 7:45-9:15-IIigh class vaudeVlile'
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-12-24
II Is Bargain Day

When you buy Renne's Pain Killing
Oil, for 1t is just exactly as represent
ed. The sure cure for neuralgia, head.
rheumatism and spraips. When in
jured apply Renne's Pain-Killing Oil,
it is an antlseptic AMI will prevent
blood poisoning. Price CSC. SOC ard
81 90 per bottle
F. L MANNING, JACKSON, Mich,
WRITES:
This is to certify that have been a
constant user of Renne's Pain Killing
Oil in my family for the past 90 years,
sud would no more think Of being
without it ut all times in the house,
than / would without food. / know
that by having it at land to apply at
once. we have saved much sufferir g
End doctor bills. Set it, keep it handy
at al times, study the directions
closely. follow them and you will ney er
regret it, Sold by Johnson g. Son &
Spraaue e Co
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-12-24
Ann Arbor r. RS. Annual Me ting
Postponed.

Durand, Dec. 1S.-The annual
meeting of the board OF directors OF
the Ann Arbor railroad, which was
adjourned from October IS, last,
and was to have been held Saturday
here, has been adjourned again, to
January III, when the members of
the board hope to transact business.
The litigation which Is now on in
Detroit and New York City, and
which involves the Ann Arbor and
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton COM
panies, is responsible for the delay
in the holding of the meeting. The
litigation is the most remarkable
and out of the ordinary caseb rought
to the attention Of the railroad men,
in decade.
The members of the board, from
Detroit, were on hand for the meet
ing Saturday, as was Caspar G. Miles
of New York City, secretary of the
company. 1t Is understood now,
that no change in policy or officers
of the road, will be made at the adj
journed meeting, unless something
unexpected happens between now
and the date set for the meeting.