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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
From the Chicago News. ]

lL0 SulCdSO N6WS.I
If mistakes were crimes, most of
us would be in jail.
A man never respects a woman who
doesn't respect herself.
You'll never know what people
think of you by what they say.
Most of US are generous to a fault
if it happens to be a fault of our
own.
Molehills are foundations upon
which real estate dealers build noun
taine.
Mems best deeds can be attributed
to the influence of women; also their
worst.
All flesh is grass. Perhaps that is
why fat person reminds one of a
load of hay.
She is truly misguided woman
who drinks in order to share her hus-
banda loads.
Many q woman can't see any good
in her own husband or any bad in
the husbands of other women.
The girl who jilts young man new
er forgives him IL he goes away and
marries a handsomer girl.
why don't old bachelors marry rs.
asks an exc hange. That's easy; the
women they want won't have them,
and the women they could get they
don't want.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20
GLOBE SIGHTS.
fFrom the Atchison Globe

from the Atchison Globe.]
The men who have the most theories
about women know the fewest women.
AS a general rule, the Model Man is
one you don't happen to know very
we'll.
Every man has a keen memory con-
corning a lot of foolishness he would
like to forget.
A young man may be as silly as
young woman, but he never has a
diary to sh"w 1t.
Members of the D. A. r. should re-
member that their illustrious ances-
tors fought only seven years.
When a man looks back and sees
that temptation is no longer pursuing
him, he turns around and begins to
pursue it.
If you are betting on which one the
girl will marry, don't bet on the one
table; put your money on the man
whose photograph is on the partor
whose face is in her bedroom
Marriage seems 90 have the effect
on a Cupid's bow mouth of turning 1t
directly upside down, according to the
mouths of most women who have been
married as long as thirty years.
Daysey Mayme Appleton has been
engaged to so many different men,
and who all turned out to be False
Alarms, that her mother is tired of
embroidering a "K,'' for instance on
her towels, and then ripping it out and
making a "B'' of it, and to be on the
safe side, is putting the whole alpha
bet on her daughters linen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20

Donald had the unaccustomed grace
to rise and pull close for him. He
drew his pretty daughter to sit on
his knee.
he began. Beginning with New
Years day when the papers will be
signed, l shall belong to the firm of
Sorter. Hart & Sorter. architects. Sor-
ter, senior, asked me today. 1t will
take every BIT of capital can scrape
together, but it means new freedom.
independence, and in the end much
more money for me-and you all.
The risk. If any, is slight, and you
must take it with me. | have never
wanted to cramp you in any way, and
don't know but we will have to live
rather more carefully for a year or
two. I've been thinking hard lately,
and have decided that If Don will
come into the Office and work year
or two now he's through high school.
can later send him to college easily,
where 1t would be bad strain now"
They all stared, but Mary had the
wifely kindness to reach for his hand
she knew what business indepen-
dence meant to him. The father con-
tinued. firmly, but with infinite gem
tleness.
81 am to blame for letting you all
think we could afford things that we
can't afford If am finally to do the
right thing by myself and therefore
by you, who depend on me. / can't
afford to send sister here" he cares
sed the girl on his knee, ito a private
school. She'll have to be q lady just
the same and go to high school and
learn refinement from he- mother
He smiled at Mary, who returned the
smile with a little whimsical mouth
half thanks, half reluctance. But
warmhearted Katherine had her arms
about his neck.
"I don't care, Dad, honest I don't!"
He turned to look at his son.
TITS all right with me, 'condescend-
ed Don with the magnanimity of,
sixteen to its elders. Mary Hart sent
them off to bed while she talked it
over with her husband. The two
made their New Years resolutions
quite by es.-(Copyrighted
1910 by Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20
SHADOW OF A NAME.

A man succeeding to an office held
by another who has been extremely
popular is inevitably at disadvantage
until he is able to establish such a de-
gree of public confidence and favor for
himself that his predecessor ceases to
be a measure of comparison. This
takes time, if the desirable end is
achieved at all, and meanwhile his
every act is judged by what II is as
have done, and in SO far as it departs
from this supposed course he is criti-
cised and condemned. Many a minis
ter has had this unpleasant expert
ence. as well as many a man holding
public Office. President Taft has been
confronted with this standard OF meas
urement since the moment he took up
his official duties and has found him
self judged favorably or otherwise ac-
cording as he seemed to follow or de-
part from the course Theodore Roose-
more natural and to be expected in
his case since he was elected largely
because of the popular belief that he
would carry on those policies with
which the former president had iden-
titled himself. But the method of
comparison has been scarcely fair;
through it he suffers an injustice.
It should not have been expected, for
example that he would reach his ends,
by Mr. Roosevelt, by the same means
or by the same tools He differs in
temperament, in mode of thought, in
method of procedure 1t is not in his
nature to be dynamic, to use the big
stick; he works through legal quiet
ways and he is a lover of peace
Indianapolis STAR
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Pie eaten with knife ought to taste
just as good. anyhow.
4 \
It's the little things of life that are
the more interesting.
T. y X
The fellow who tells girl he is not
worthy of her never mentions that fact
after marriage.
X X *
Novels are probably more popular
with women than men because the wo-
men have the time to read them.
= X x
Bank burglars will soon be turning
their attention to the cold storage
houses where eggs are kept
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20
HUMOR or THE DAY

Ethel (finding the sermon tedious and
thinking. it high time for the collection)-
On. mother, do pay the man and let's GO
home.-Punch.
-, There's no doubt ABOUT .Charley's be-
Torkins, How do you know?'' II over
heard him at a card party he gave to his
evening except S" Thas geGd AL
ton Star.
what are the i ters haTf saeh Get
their cook for six months."-Life.
He has theory that women are not fit
me. It ought to be easy to stick him for
Philanthropist-What ruined you? Con-
vict-My wife. Phil;-fIow? Con.-She
Cleveland Leader
is M S5 CLANS Sas the b f fsl,oy PeggS ana what
the man who kept diary for arif more than
Gee whiz! Here's the rain coming
down IA, again and, somebody's, stolen my
well, the umbrella i've been sarrying
for the past two weeks. Philadelphia
Press.
: e T wonder what the ladies do. at those
AFTERNOON teas? Oh, they Just sip and
s-sip.''-oBston Transcript.
Knicker-Does your watch keep railroad
time? Bocker-Yes; il is always being
"Are you sure. darling, that you really
love me as you have never loved before?''
live in GAINESVILLE for you.'-Chicago Rec
OTd-Herald.
Stella-I met Jack and his wife today
and he introduced me as an old flame of
his. Maude-The idea! Why, 1 refnem-
have a. day Ua ySp
News.
What you want to do said the man
who. gives advice. is to go straight ahead
looking g, neith5r to the right nor the left
that's how I got lost in Boston. Wash
ington Star.
very is h bs 6 Ssib not?
Why, if Opportunity were to knock at his
aoor aha afR e % 2 ne 9ps and ta6e
Post.
II have here a poem exclaimed the
Aii right, said the editor ditto Of the PUNK
one insertion. or we Will run It thirty
times for $6.'-Louisville Courier-Journa1.
for My Of the last Mess eia yS6s
l. He didn't get in last time, and so I
wasn't going to waste my vote.-Manches-
ter Guardian.
Sir, your son has Just Joined a college
What hospital is he atT'-Louisville
Courfer-Journal-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20

The announcement of John j.
SchenclS that he will not be a candi-
date again for Shawnee county attor-
neyship emphasizes the fact that it
IS quite possible to enforce the pro-
hibitory law, even in a city the size
of Topeka, If an honest and conscien-
tious effort is made to do so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20

Cardinal Gibbons is of the opinion
that the high tariff has a great deal
to do with the exorbitant cost of
things necessary for the household and
life. But this does not explain the
prevailing high cost of living in other
countries which have no such thing
as a high tariff
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20

people, at low prices. The rest is sold
to department. stores at regular market
rates.
There are no more empty pews in
DR.. Franks church. The congregation
is more largely masculine than most
churches Of any denomination, for DR..
Franks Adaptive Christianity to use
his own term, is of the virile order
which attracts men. and especially
working men,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20

Trusts and monopolies in Canada
are probably on the anxious seat. The
government there has decided to ap-
point an official whose sole duty will
be to look after them. But the more
important fact is that the gentleman
who is to hold this job is a graduate
Of Harvard and a warm personal
friend of Il. Roosevelt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20

It appears, notes the New York
World. that an April inauguration day
IL opposed, in place Of that in March.
on the ground that Washington hotel
keepers may profit through an in
creased attendance. The change of
months and weathers would argue,
supposes the World, a discrimination
in favor of the landlords as against
the doctors and undertakers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20

Possibly the addition of a music
course to the high school curriculum
has been deemed necessary as some
thing of a substitute for the fraterni-
ties and sororities which have been
put out of business. All work and no
play, you know, makes Jack a dull
bov
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20

Interest will be great throughout
the country in the results achieved by
the 10000 Clevelanders who are going
to try and reduce the price OF meat
by boycotting it and refusing to eat
II for sixty DAYS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20

smack of the House of Lords" There
is surely no need of a ''house of gov
ernors" in this country, but if one
should be created of the governors of
the several states it would merely be
suggestive of the English House Of
Lords because it would be so entirely
different
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
fFrom the New Yc

rF'rom the New York Press.J
Thinking is thinking you do.
Engagements are OF high tempera-
ttre, marriages of a low.
Steam heat only makes a nat that
much more like purgatory.
The less woman means it the more
loyal she seems able to be.
A man can make more fuss over a
little cold in his head than over fav.
ing both legs cut of.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20

George ]. Gould's daughter is going
TO marry young American. Evident
~ one foreign nobleman in the
Gould family is quite a plenty. This
is about as refreshing piece of news
that has come from millionairedom in
a long time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20

All encouragement should be given
to the movement for the organization
of state real estate dealers associa-
ton. Its chief object is to conduct an
extensive advertising campaign for
Kansas land. That's one of the things
which is well worth advertising. There
will be no trouble about delivering the
pooda
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20

And now the insurgents in the
house of representatives believe they
have been flim-fammed by their DEM
ocratic colleagues in the makeup of
the special committee to investigate
the Ballinger-Pinchot controversy
Impossible! How could such smart
fellows as the insurgents" be fooled
nv anvhodv3
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20

Topeka's loss in not being the scene
of the trials of the kidnapers in the
Marian Bleakley case can scarcely be
styled as Holton's gain. But maybe
there will have to be another change
of venue from Jackson county if the
newspapers published in Holton have
been so careless as to refer to this
case or make any comment on it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20

Chicago is getting better all the
time. A ban has now been placed
there on raffles. Women's card par
ties for prizes will likely be the next
method of gambling to demand atten-
lion from the authorities of the Windy
Citv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20
GRAN,DADDY LoNG-LEGs.


Gran daddy Long-Legs-I found him
A-sittin' on our garden wall.
l asst him won't he please move long,
But he JUS wouldn't bulge at all!
An where he is I want to sit
Right where tn honeysuckle vine
Has saved a little place for me
Sos I can smemll 1t all tn time!
I guess he's wonderin' bout his legs
He's got such lots of UNI, spectS
That wy he don't get up an go
s cause he can't member which comes
mex.
An mebbe he's got rheumatic
All granpas mus have that, you see;
His legs look jus like bent-up pins!
(Iy grandpa's got some in his knee.)
But when helped him, wifi leaf.
He came an walked right up my arm!
Ats wy 1 put him on tn groun;
guess it wasn't any harm,
Cause then I 'splained 1t all to him,
How rheumatic makes you go slow,
An if he didn't hurry home
His supper get all cold, you know.
Marie Louise Tompkins, in Harper's
Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20
IsN.T 1T THE TRUTH?

Tom Blodgett of Wichita succeeds the
late w A. Harris on the board of re-
gents of the state agricultural college
and the Eagle says it is ian honor to
succeed man like Senator Harris" If
all the fellows who are praising Harris
now. had supported him while he was
alive, his political career would have
been an unbroken riumph.-Ottawa
Republic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20

Governor Wilson of Kentucky said
that the gathering of governors in
washington was not for the purpose
Of organizing house of governors"
The very term" he said, seems to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20

Evidently the hatpin has outlived
its usefulness in Kansas City. A judge
there has advised women to carry re-
volvers to protect themselves against
assault.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20

Unimportant, whichever way it is
looked at: Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish de-
mics that she has joined any associa-
tion for or against woman's suffrage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20

A Kansas affinity, case has de-
vsloped into murder trial. All of
them do not end that way but no
good comes of any of them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20

Milk has been reduced to cents
, quart in New York city. Water must
be getting cheaper there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20
KANSAS COMNENT
IF THE MESSAGE GOES THROUGH.

Ii 4E1E MESSAGE GOES IdROUGa.
More people will have read President
Taft's special message to congress than
read presidents message, because of
the large concern in the sentiment dis
cussed.
Progressive sentiment will find no
fault with the mmendations-with
the things said or because of any things
left unsaid- Carried into law the presi-
dents recommendations will, it is be-
lieved, bring about the reforms hoped
for. The recommendations not only
have the weight Of the best of legal
opinion behind them, but the merit also
of harmony with the party's promises
and fulflment of the public's expecta-
tions.
Messages are like slogans. Their SER
vice is in their application through per-
Torrance.
1t will be recalled that President
Roosevelt sent numerous reform recon-
mendations to congress and was forced
TO support his ideas by the vigorous use
of the prod before any part of them
came into actual operation as statutes.
President Taft's treatment of the inter-
state commerce and the trust PROPOSE
tons Is only begun. He has cut his
pattern and there will be good deal of
detail to go through before the work
men turn out the job.
Public interest, being satisfied with
the presidents ideas as to what ought
to be done. will turn to the perform
ance of congress in doing or not doing
it. And proofs of friendship for the
president and fidelity to legislative
obligation will be accepted only in the
straightforward effort to carry these
proposed reforms into laws.-Ottawa
Herald.
LOVES ADVANCE AGENT.
That gentlemen of title and bad
debts come to America to get funds
I,
fact that they also take wives with
them is a mere coincidence. But, for
princes of royal blood to send out an
advance agent to look the field over
to see where picking is best, is sufti-
GENTLY unusual to attract attention
even in a land grown used to titled
fortune hunters. This is said to have
been done in the case of Princes
George and Alexander, of Servia, their
father having sent Count Treskaya to
America on that mission. The count
denies that he came over to consult
Dun and Bradstreet as to exact fig
ures, but admits his royal kin are apt
to drift this way in search of rich
wives. One of these princes will be-
come king of Servia, unless dissipa-
ton. anarchists or rebellion prevent;
therefore, they ought to bring high
price. The count who comes as their
advance agent, however, makes one
bad guess. He says the presence of
American women on or near q Balkan
throne would increase American in
terest in the Balkans. That is impos-
sible. AS sportsmen, Americans are
interested in the Balkans as the only
thing in creation which ever talked
more of fighting and fought less than
Jim Corbett. But there the interest
ceases as Americans are not hunting
trouble on their own account. And an
American heireSS or two couldn't
change it; there are fools enough at
home to look after.-Atchison Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20
FULL LEASED WIRE RFpCRT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Mr.. Debs, also, seems to be doing
his best to get into contempt of court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20

. ''Are you sure, darling, that you really
love me as you have never loved before? %
Yes, dearest. I would even be willing to
Ord-Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20

Stella-I met Jack and his wife today
and he introduced me as an old flame of
his. Maude-The ideal Why, 1 remem-
Der when he used to call on you and you
couldn't have been day over 30-Chicago
News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20
Forty Years of Opium.

At the beginning of the year 1908
there were more than 100000 drug
consumers in the United States, in
GLIDING the victims OF opium, NOR
phine, cocaine, heroin and chioral hy-
drate. AT the beginning of the year
1909 the number had increased by
more than 100000. Last year more
than $1.000.0o0 worth of smuggled
opium was sold on American soil. We
spent more than s1.o0O,000 in duties
alone on the opium which we import
ed through legal channels during the
twelve months. A leading expert re-
Gently told me that by the beginning
of 1910 the American drug slaves VIII
number 100000 people. And yet
opium smoking in this country dates
back only TO 1868. 1t needed more
than six centuries for the blight to
blacken China. Yet in less than half
century 1T has reached proportions
in the United States so alarming as
at last to compel action from the ma
tional government. Assuredly we
learn fast-tf1e evil with the good
Hugh c. Weir. in Putnam's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20

Il wonder what the ladies do at those
afternoon teas?" 'Oh, they just sip and
gossip. ''-oBston Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20

What you want to do said the man
who gives advice, lis to go straight ahead
looking neither to the right nor the left
ut doesn't always work. answered the
youth who takes everything literally;
that's how got lost in Boston. WASH
ington Star
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20

Gee whiz! Here's the rain coming
down again and. somebody's stolen my
umbrella" Somebody's stolen what?''
We'll, the umbrella I've been sarrying
for the past two weeks. Philadelphia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20

Knicker-Does your watch keep railroad
time? Bocker-Yes; it is always being
regulated.-New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20

Who was the fellow, Pepys, and what
is his claim to fame?'' "His claim to
the man who kept diary for more than
a year.-kansas City journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-20

He is very. poor, is he. not?'' yes.
Why, if Opportunity were to knock at his
door and ask him to come out and take
something he wouldn't do it."-Houston
Post.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-06-24
M. Y. REKLAW NOT
 BROUGHT BACK

Constable Frank Stewart returned last night from Little Rock, where he went yesterday morning for M. Y. Reklaw, young white man who was arrested in that city Wednesday night by Constable Jones at the instance of the arrangement of the Hotel Jeffer- son of this city. Reklaw gave the hotel company worthless draft for s52.30 after enjoying comforts at the hotel for two weeks. He is charg- ed with defrauding boarding house keeper. Upon securing financial assistance. Reklery agreed to pay the hotel bill and all costs of the legal proceedings and was released. Con- stable Stewart returned last night from the capital, after securing a eer- tified check for the amount due the hotel.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-06-24
House Party at Big Lake.

A party of young people from this city will leave Saturday for Little Rock, to attend house party at Big Lake, near there for week. Miss Louise Kavanaugh, of Little Rock, will be hostess and her parents, Mir. and Mrs. W. M. Kavanaugh, will chaper- one the party. A spacious club house is located on Big Lake, and those from this city who will go are anticipating a most pleasant week. The party will include Misses Mildred Owen, An nie Martin, Readma Dansby. Willie May Toney and Louise Kavanaugh; .Sphn Pierce, John Toney, Cliff Eos , Ger, James Mcclellan and Rob Lee .1Byrd Mir. and Mrs. w. M. Kavanaugh and probably couple from this city as chaperones