davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-04-26
Railroads in Debt

Declaring the obligations of railroads to be in reality part of the public debt, Deliver said that within the past few years, "right under the nose of congress, in the midst of the Roose- welt era, liabilities had been contracted by the railroads exceeding the $2,OOO,- O0O,OO public debt which the country found saddled upon it at the close of the civil war, and which our children will have to pay after we are dead.
 These debts had been contracted, he said, by irresponsible men to permit harmonizing their interests without add ing one dollars worth of railroad facil- ities.
 He was satisfied that whatever was done the government should keep an eye on and control the actions of rail roads. Of his opinion, the pending bill paralyzes the present control.
 Tracing the history of "the traffic agreement scheme" Deliver asserted that in effect it was a mere renewal of the pooling system of the past.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-04-26
SHERMAN TALKS IF
 TARIFF LAW
( Continued From Page One.)

we are to continue our own work and maintain the present volume of em- ployment and high standard of wages
 and living.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-04-26
Root in Defense

Replying to Deliver, Root said he thought Deliver had been led into some extravaganza. He did not think, for ln- stance, the American people were on the road to slavery.
 Regarding the traffic agreement Of the provision, Root said that as it stands it accomplishes in practical and effective way the thing which Mr. Dol. liver had declared desirable.
 He concluded with the assertion that the Crawford provision was practicable and should be enacted.
 In few words, Clapp attacked the position of Root as inconsistent, saying that in one breath he had argued the Cummins amendment, requiring the passing on rates in advance, would nul- lify the effect of the provision, while the next he had contended that this re- suit would be practically accomplished if the Crawford Elkins provision be- came a law.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-04-26

McElroy for wan paper.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-04-26
Appeal to Businesss Men

continue to net revenue to meet our expenditures.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-14
JAYHAWKER JOTS

The end of the cold weather is said
to be in sight, remarks the Hutchinson
News and it adds: But here is a
proposition on which most Kansans are
Missourians."
The Kansas City Star thinks that Mr..
has located permanently in Leaven-
worth. 1t notes that he told the Leav-
enworth reporters: ST am going to stay
here until every joint is closed
What do you think of the woman
who won't cook onions in her kitchen.
but lets the family dog sleep in her
bed?" inquiries the Atchison Champion.
Just as guess the answer may be that
she is an ultra society woman"
"Since H. ]. Allen In his New York
speech insisted that Wall street is the
varicose vein instead of the financial
artery of the country" says the Ottawa
Herald, at is concluded that the Wich-
tia Beacon building is entirely fin
| anced.''
Haddam, Miltonville and Scottsville
have had serious fires within the last
| week. They had no fire protection.
How towns can dub along without pro-
lection from the monster fire is more
than we are able to understandable
ton News.
Moses Harmon, who died this week,
requested that a dagger be thrust
through his heart. Years ago the peo-
pie of Valley Falls refused to take up
with Mr.. Harmon's idea of free love,
and he considered that his heart
couldn't be hurt any worse than it was
then.-Ottawa Herald.
We have often heard about the
| "1neanest man. but listen to this, says
the Strong City News Current: There
is a certain man in our town who conf
pels his wife to muffie the washboard
SO that it will not disturb his morning
slumbers on the day when she wishes
to beat her neighbors out with an early
washing.
We believe this paper has the best
subscription story on the market:
dear subscriber became offended be-
cause his name appeared among list
| of plain DRINKS recently; Immediately
| he sent a notice to have his paper
stopped. We informed the gentleman
| that he was in debt to this institution
for the enormous sum of 25 cents. He
replied by sending IL whole two cent
stamps and one-half of a two cent for
the odd penny We expect some mail
order house will receive the other half.
Exchange.
The county superintendent can al
ways tell long way in advance which
schoolma' ans are figuring on getting
married and which are not. The latter
class come into his office at every OPP
portunity and talk about and special
ize upon the next examination. They
drive the official nearly wild by asking
him times innumerable how hard the
questions will be and if he thinks they
will pass. The girl whose wedding day
| is only few days off is serene and
confident and fights shy of his office
ard shows no concern about the next
examination. When Cupid gets the up
per hand then everything else has to
| take a back seat.-Smith Center Pho
neer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-14
ST. VALENTINES DAY.

AS with most things under the sun,
there is a decided difference of opin-
ion among authorities on such sub
jects as to the significance of the ex-
change of mementos on ST. Valen-
tines day, which has been one of the
customs among many peoples for
ages. Valentine was a presbyter dur
ing the days of ancient Rome and suf-
fered the fate of a real martyr. He
was. arrested and thrown into chains
at the instance of the Emperor
Claudius and handed over to Calphur-
MUS, who employed one Asterius to
try and win him back to idolatry.
Valentine miraculously healed the
blind daughter of Asterius, who, ac-
cordingly believed and was baptized,
with all his house. After long
| imprisonment, the saint was beaten
with clubs and finally beheaded on
the FIammian Way on a February
14th.
Wheatley says that ST. Valentine
was a man of most admirable parts,
and so famous for his love and char
| ity, that the custom of choosing Val
entines upon his festival took its rise
from thence" Others insist that this
custom developed because of it's ap-
propriateness to the spring season
when the birds begin to select their
mates. And still others declare it to
have developed from a practice prev
alent in Rome at the festival of the
/ Lupercalia, during the month of
| February, when among other cere-
monies, the names of young women
were placed in a box, from which
| they were taken by young men. as
chance directed. The pastors of the
early church. finding it impossible to
/ extirpate this pagan ceremony
changed its form. 1t was the custom
on the eve of February IA, st Val
entine's day, to have the names of q
| select number of one sex put into q
vessel by an equal number of the
other; and thereupon every one drew
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-14
QUAKER sIEDITATIoNs.
[From the Philadelphia Record. j

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.l
Betting is a FOOLS argument-if YOU
lose.
Exercising prerogative naturally Peeps
it in good condition.
OF course it is better to keep promise
than to give 1t away.
Where there's a will there are lots Of
things to get out of the way
Many woman gets her mannish WAYS
from husband who has lost all his
Unfortunately the Hon. in front of a
mans name doesn't always mean Honest.
The people who are always looking for
trouble don't have to be very far-sighted.
No mere human being ever had such e
shrinking disposition as suit of winter
underwear.
Mr.. Cityman-''What do you find the
hardest thing to raise on q farm ?'' Farm
err Clovertop-'"The interest on the mort
gage ioi'
Guzzier-,,.Tightwad said a good thing
last night" Wigwag-'sWhat was it3ss
Guzzler-"He said: Well, boys. what win
you have'?s' VIA
Life is made up of anviis and bellows.
remarked the philosophical blacksmith.
some OF us get all the hard knocks.
while others simply put on airs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-14
TIFFS WITH JAPAN.

Our vigilant revenue service ap-
pears to have got us into another snarl
with the touchy jap. No matter to
what extent her subjects violate Amer
lean laws, the home government at
Tokyo takes the matter up with Wash
ington in a spirit that betrays a feel
ing of irritation. The arrest of score
or more of Japanese bird poachers
caught red-handed on an island in the
Hawaiian group Is the latest of series
of happenings which have caused bad
feeling in the Pacific. Proof CT their
guilt was positive, as they had quar-
ter of a million bird wings i'll their
possession when overhauled. OF
course, the contraband stuff was con-
fiscated and the japanese government
apprised of the detention of her ma
rauding subjects. AS the state depart
ment hesitates to give out the cor
respondence which resulted. the pre-
else stand taken by Tokyo can only be
surmised. Americans caught poach-
ing on the bird reserves fostered by
this government are severely pun
ished, but just what disposition will be
made of the offending Japs depends
on the outcome of the diplomatic rep
reservations now in progress
Doubtless, the incident will be closed
without serious friction, but sooner or
later the people of this country will
grow weary of pacifying the irascible
little brown men and will handle the
poachers as men who take their lives
In their own hands deserve to be han
Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-14
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[Frcm the Atchison Globe.l


The school graduate is as wild in
theories as the Populist.
No woman's hair is as long hang
ing down her back, as it looks to be in
the wad on top of her head.
If it came to a decision, we couldn't
tell which we dislike the more, the
CRANBERRY or that word foxy"
There are some people you can't tell
the truth about without giving the inn
preston that you are running them
down.
Note of progression: 1t is still per-
fectly proper to borrow sugar when
company comes. but it is no longer
proper to also borrow the bowl.
These days it seems to be more i'm
portant to have an old mahogany ia
BILE that belonged to a grandmother
than to have had the grandmother.
We would like to bet that if ever
Damon and Pythias had married, and
moved into the same block, something
would have happened to wreck their
friendship.
Every time woman groans in the
night, there comes with the groan the
pleasing proof that there is nothing in
her husbands theory he is light
sleeper; at least. he doesn't wake up.
There is everything in a name in
spite of the adage to the contrary.
1.-The Angelus,'' MiIlet's noted paint
ing, was originally called ssThe Potato
Grubbers," by the artist. When the
painting passed out of his possession
the title was changed to THE Ange-
lus," as being more poetic.
A neighbor of the Lysander John
Appleton family recently gave a birth
day party, at which there figured a
cake covered with candles. The next
week the Appletons celebrated Chaun-
cey's birthday, and the cake was dec
| GRATED with electric lights. The neigh
t. Nv xrya- hi hf,-kI, low
that his mother faxed up a birthday in
order to get ahead of those candles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-14
FRON OTHER PENS
CENSUS AND THE WITNESS.

CENSUS AND THE WITNESS.
What percentage of the census sta
tistics will be valueless because of the
great American proneness to boast ?
We wish someone would figure this out
and give US a formula which, when
applied to che government reports,
will permit the student to arrive at
exact facts.
Consider some of these questions:
How old are you? It is the custom to
joke about the objection of women
to stating their age. If the truth
were known it would probably be
found that most men will subtract a
few years, particularly If they them
selves are shifting into that period
known as middleaged. Are you sin
gle or married? Old maids who have
not ceased to struggle, as the Geor-
CLANS express it, may let imagination
rule them If the enumerators are
strangers, and there are men who will
decline to answer on the advice of
attorney" What is your occupation
The temptation to let fancy sweep sky
ward will be great, indeed to Amer
leans. Are you employed or employ
err? That weakness for Boosting will
get the better of thousands at this
point. Do you own or rent your home
Desire may give the answer: Any
mortgage? 1t is unpleasant to talk
about things of this sort. How easy
to say no, lest the next question be,
how much Toledo Blade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-14

Once in a while a piece of news
comes along that is particularly graft
flying to the men. The latest item of
this kind tells of the possibilities of a
general strike among the workers in
the manufacturing millinery establish
ments of the coutry and a consequent
scarcity of Easter bonnets. But per-
haps this is not as good news as it
looks on it's face. The women will have
to have them and paucity of supply
may mean higher prices.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-14
HUlNOR OF THE Day

can't stand many drinks. The Comedian
Il believe you-anyway, you don't.-The
Shelf I had known that you would
He--If had known that you would marry
me ! would have scolded.-Ulk.
There's one thing we will have to
change If these ladies who wish to vote
have have their way. said Senator Sorghum
talking about the wisdom Of the plain
people "-Washington Star.
Stranger in Drearyhurst-You people
here don't clean the snow of your side
walks very well, do you? Uncle Welby
we blieve in conservin' our resources
See anything else you don't like, mister?
He-We'd have won the football game if
our captain hadn't lost his head She
Mercy! Was it SO bad as that? I heard
It's very ,, simple. after all. to tell where
they stop there il you're Wait Waiting shsTs
they stop here."-Buffalo Express.
,,, There sa seems to be an epidemic of colds
had e aaa also an epidemic Of
"At what age" she asked. ..do Won
consider woman to be most beautiful"
al, your age he replied. But any one
miion aSe ase1 eE rather had
Uncle Henry-The way these corpora
tons have been robbing the people is just
Ezra.-Yes. and maybe they win get
spanked for it, too. if the baby hollers
loud enough.-Puek.
Clara Klinger-:wouldn't it be just too
lovely: Harold, if we could take our
sparKer-We can dearest. O Clara Ki nleeq
ldoubtingly)-But. sweetheart. can we af-
ford it? Harold sparkler-Yes, Clara; we
way. Clara KlingereWhat do you mean
by that, dear? Harold Sparkler-I mean
taxicab. Clara.-Chicago News.
Ffgg-Why do you think that giving
rupion hf B few sn core aTe
proof against the influence of the ring
Boston Transcript.
Possible Boarder-Ah. that was a rim
ping dinner, and if that was a fair sample
of your meals should like to come to
any further, was that fair sample O.
your Observation-Disclosures Standard.
The auto followed the trolley. and the
expect to follow the airship?'' THE am
bulance. cleveland Leader.
Employer-What we want is night
Waterman that watches-somebody who
can sleep with one eye open and both
ears, and who is not afraid to tackle any
thing. See? Applicant see boss; I'll
send my wife around.-Ally SIoper's Half
Holiday.
Nervous Youth (after a pause)-Um, ah!
Er-er-er-eri He-he- Jeweler Ito as
sistanD-Henry, pass me that tray of en-
gagement rfngs.-ChipS
Mrs. Adams-Accused you of stealin' a
bob when she dropped her purse, didn't
she? Mrs. Eves-Gcod as said as 'Ow
she'd a found it If admit 'elped 'er look
for 1.-THE Sketch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-14

going to be foolish enough to cry pc
cause she was so happy.
II think I-cou1d," she murmured.
81 think I should like that-even bet
ter than-my-present position!
He caught her hands in his and
looked at her with delight. The VOL
cts fell unheeded to the floor and the
just out of reach of the fire ready
to lick out lean tongue for it.
Then John Steele suddenly clasped
her close in his arms as If he never
would let her go. They stood a long
time before the fire, then they sat
down to talk about it-so many
things had to be talked over.
he finished presently, that gave me
courage. And on the street this
morning fool girl I know tossed me
a rose. When I entered the office I
met Flossie's uncomfortable, dimpled
shipper, and I threw the rose at her.
Then l looked at you and seemed to
see something new in your face-I
believe it was the first time in the
months since 1 have known that 1
loved you that saw a sign of person
al regard for me, something that
gave me leave to speak my heart outi
don't know what the look meant,
but it brought you nearer-it some
how made you human-it@''
Nancy finished for him.
1t was 'human'-very human and
like womanl 1t was plain, vulgar
sic, curls, dimples, smile and all, for
that rose! How hateful my face must
have been!'' Then they both laugh
ed and forgot all about F1ossie.-
Copyrighted 1910 by Associated Lit
erary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-14
JOURNAL ENTRIES

It's always worth while to make
the best of bad luck.
X
The resourceful chap is the one
who generally gets there.
X x y
Different men get different results
with the same tools.
y X X
Frequently when commentator is
not possible criticism is unnecessary.
\ y
Many men stay on the right track
because no serious temptation ever
gets in their way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-14
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.1

IFrom the Chicago News1
A woman would much rather break bad
news than bad egg oAA
=. Iss more you know about some things
the worse off you are 'es
Its the early chap who catches his best
girl in curl papers. Oese
How a woman dislikes another woman
whom she can't get even with a"
How little man enjoys posing befo-a
the big end of field glass. oeA'fe
me less a man has to do the more ba
mas 10 say about being pressed for time ,ee
NIsnlng pleases fat woman more than
girl. Si ner ms little
:. Nowadays when a girl acts shv it.s dol
tfns - oougnnuts that her mother is On
me ne man who Is unable to appreciate
he is entitled to. SENSE tnan
awIuliy surprising to kiss vo,,r Sic
~ IN the dark when you think a. - SIS
otner girl who is visiting her. - = an
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-14

name, which for the time being
was called his or her Valentine.
But no matter how the custom orig
mated it is a pleasing one, even if it
is abused occasionally. 1t is rift
in the monotony of life for the young
folks and some of the older ones,
and there are all too few of them. 1t
has developed many fine sentiments,
as well as some that cannot be classed
as such, and it has well deserved
place in the calendar of all civilized
peoples.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-14

A dispatch from New York states
that Clarence H. Mackay, president of
the Postal Telegraph company, has ac-
cepted the Office of trustee and third
vice president of the Equal Franchise
society. And the reason therefore is
probably contained in The last sentence
of the. dispatch: His wife is prorni-
nent in the agitation for woman's suf-
frage."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-14

"Why draw small salary for tell
ing young men how to draw big sal
aries if you ara capable of drawing the
big salary yourself?" is the stagger that
Richard 7. Crane, the millionaire
manufacturer of Chicago, hands out
to the college professors who are so
free with their advice to everybody
on all tOpica
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-14

Ewing Herbert says that Governor
Stubs and William Allen White are
'given to wild statements and misrep-
reservations And specific instance
that there is something to this charge
IS to be found in their insistence of not
so long ago that the appropriations of
the legislature of 1909 were not larger
than those of 1907.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-14

Not much trouble viii; be experienced
by the Commercial club in reaching its
goal or "a thousand active members
II many OF the business and profess
slonal men and the other working
classes in the city who have not yet
Joined this organization, do their full
duty to themselves and their town by
taking out memberships in it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-14
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
[From the New York Press.I

A woman can't pretend to other people
nearly as much as she can to herself.
There's no such thing a wise govern
ment except to those who are running it.
A man can get SO infatuated with his
brains as never to remember he hasn't
any.
Nine times out of ten principles mean
YOU would have others instead if YOU
thought there was more in it.
The reason one kind of man will quote
the Bible so freely Is he counts on nobody
else being able to tell it was wrong.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-14

BE a farmer and snap your fingers
at the monopolists.' is the good advice
which comes from a Pennsylvania TIL
Ter of the soil. But the trouble is that
many people who would like to follow
1t know absolutely nothing about the
art and would starve to death while
they were learning how if they were
dependent on their own resources.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-14

chances are that the future governors
of New York will not be as valuable
to the state as Mr.. Hughes has been
and will be far from being worth the
proposed increase in pay. But this is
a matter, though, that there is really
little need for worry about in Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-14

Two boys who wrote "black hand"
letters just ''for fun have been lock-
ed up in New York city. But hun
dreds of writer's of "black hand let
tiers who meac business are permitted
to walk their way undisturbed all over
the country
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-14

The United States senate has finally
passed a resolution providing for a
special inquiry into the high cost of
living. Some people see in the person.
mel of the committee that is to do the
Investigating and the prescribed scope
of its inquiry a "whitewash'' But it
will take mora than a coat of white
wash or any other kind of paint to
make the high cost of living palatable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-14

An agitation has been started in New
York state for increasing the COVER
nor's salary from $4,000 per annum
to $4,000. OF course, New York
state can well afford to foot such a
bill and such a salary would be no
more than a Fair one for man of the
abilities OF Governor Hughes. but the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-14

It is to be noticed that there has
been no delay on the part of congress-
men in getting a rivers and harbors
bill, carrying a good fat appropriation,
in shape for passage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-14

President Ia. has been compliment
ing American women's tailors upon the
superiority of their work, notes the
Chicao News. and then it naiveIy adds:
However, the superior filling which
they have for their products helps a
1of -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-14
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member OF the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
ganization for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news is received in The State Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-14

After eleven years of waiting the
girl who kissed Hobson on his return
from his jaunt with the Merrimac is
about to get married. But Hobson
hasn't even as yet recovered from
that kiss and the ones which followed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-14

There must be a few Cook sympa-
thizers in the house of representatives
One of its committees is unanimously
opposed to the plan of the senate to
make Commander Peary a rear ad-
T1ofra1