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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28
Decay of Criminals.

The two pirates who tried to cap
ture an Alaska-Pacif1c liner. and in
deed did capture it for a time. last
Sunday morning, were of the same
stuff as the pirates of old They took
a big chance, and their plan to get con-
troll of the vessel, possess themselves
of such of the money aboard as they
could carry, beach her, and make their
escape was worthy of the laborious in
vention of a literary romancer who
had never been to sea and knew of it's
perilS only from books. They were
two courageous rascals and if West,
the one who brutality murdered the
undaunted captain, has really been
drowned, it is a pity He deserved a
more spectacular end. Presumably
his captured confederate will not live
to undertake another piratical ven
ture.
The murder of the captain was das-
tardly, though probably from the pi-
ratical point of view, it was inevitable.
Apart from that the pirates accom-
plished nothing, and their rapid-gun
fire was as futile as that of any pirate
in ancient melodrama. Yet if the cap
tain had not been shot down. West
and Wise would have compelled some
sort of respect, the kind that is due to
fellows who take big risk to accom-
pIish a purpose; and they did succeed
in showing what might be done on
shipboard by rascals of their quality.
Pirates made of this stern stuff do
not often get In the news these days.
Criminals are generally a poor lot. The
Green Farms burglars Of Monday night
are typical. There was never much
glamour in a burglars career, and the
so-calIed burglar of today is a pitiful
creature. To break into a house full
Of sleeping women and children, turn
on the gas to suffocate them. and feel
about in the dark for odds and ends OF
some value, with the avenues of escape
all open and loaded pistols in hand, is
shabby business compared with the CO.
ings of the pirates off the oregon
coast. The victim of the Green Farms
burglars fears they may never be
caught. He reasons by analogy. 1t is
getting to be a habit with burglars
never to be caught. One reason is that
there are no real burglars nowadays.
They are only sneak thieves dallying
in bungling way with a new branch
of the thieves art. Such a thing as a
"good job is rarely heard of now, ex-
cept in fiction. But we still hope the
Green Farms outlaws will be caught
and fifty punished. AS between pirates
and burglars, we prefer pirates, but
the determination of both species could
be contemplated without regret.-New
York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28
A HINT TO THE DEMOCRATS.

A study of political conditions in
the Vest and Northwest has revealed
to Willis ]. Abbot phase of the sit
uation that may well tend to turn
Democratic optimism into deep con-
Hcern.
He finds that the Democratic vot-
ers. in large number, long ago losing
heart, have gone over now to the in
surgent or progressive Republicans.
Victor Murdoch is a good enough
Democrat for me-" is the way one of
this number expressed it in Kansas.
La Toilette was a good enough
Democrat for the minority party to
keep out of the primary in Wiscon-
sin and thus make his way clear to
denomination.
Looking backward briefly" says
Washington Herald, commenting on
the discoveries of Mr.. Abbot, sit is
easy now to see that the victories of
Foss, in Massachusetts, and Ravens,
in New York, at special Congressional
elections were nonpartisan. rather than
Democratic. Each had as his opponent
stand-pat Republican In the light
of developments. who knows but that
a progressive Republican candidate of
tested convictions and demonstrated
courage would have appealed to the
awakened electorate in each case even
more strongly?
eff the country, speaking of it gen.
orally, is turning toward the Demo-
cracy in these abnormal political times
and the results in Maine. Vermont,
and New Hampshire leave no doubt
! of that tendency-it is because there
is no alternative medium for rebuke
of the party in power.
! 'In the few States and scattered
districts West and North west, where
an alternative is offered, the condi-
tions are anything but promising to
the Democracy or conducive to its
success, as Mr.. Abbot, himself a Demo-
crat and an optimist, is clearly point
! ing out in his news letters from in
surgent quarters.
| "A split in the Republican party
the very worst split in its history
| doubtless win change the partisan
| complexion of the next house. But ii
will mean rebuke of Republicanism
not a reward Of the Democracy for
any achievement. And it is going to
require craftsmanship, brains. conser-
vative progressiveness, and real con-
structive ability on the part of the
Democracy to rehabilitate itself and
gain any lasting benefit from the forth
coming upheaval
Partisan maneuvering will not dc
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28

or interests of the complainant, is
thus explained by an eastern financier:
Present p, litica1 unrest is simply Incl
dental to the deeper forces affecting
investment markets. Investors are not
deferred from buying because of fear
of political changes to any great ex-
tent. The reason there is no invest
ment demand is that the country has
been satiated with investments and
the buying power is temporarily lack
ing. 1t takes a certain amount of
new capital each year to provide for
the naturally expanding Industrial
needs of the country. This capital can
be obtained only by saving it in do
mestic business. by making a profit
on our foreign trade on balance. or by
borrowing it. We appear to have run
against snag in further extending our
foreign borrowing at this time. Our
foreign trade balance has been cut
down to the lowest in 5 wears. 4.
We are thus shut down to rails
ing new capital at home and that is
comparatively slow process"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28

two minutes after Miss Moore had read
the above mentioned lines.
Hello, isis this-Dick?" said a
voice which caused his heart to leap
and beat in a most alarming manner.
But he had sufficient self-possession
to remember some of his wrongs.
This is Mr. Kingsley" he replied
with cold dignity.
"Oh, Dick, don't-please DON'T con-
tinued the voice, beseechingly. I've
been punished enough for all my wick
edness. I've just read about the play
given by the Country club. l see now
that you were just rehearsing with
Eleanor Sidwell wher; overheard you.
Oh. Dick, can you ever forgive me?"
Mr.. Richard Kingsley melted COM
pletely as he heard these words, and
he replied:
well, can I?''
And you'll come up tonight?'' con-
tinued Miss Moore.
We'll, Will II" exclaimed Mr.. Kings
ley.
whereupon with a few inconse-
quential remarks, which were heard by
no one but these two with the posi-
BILE exception of Central, Mr.. Richard
Kingsley hung up the receiver and pro-
ceeded to fill the office with such a
joyous and voluminous strain Of whist
ling that Cartwright, the bookkeeper,
placed weights ostentatiously upon the
loose piles of papers on his desk.
And Dick Kingsley smiled indulgent-
Iy upon him. He felt like smiling on
all the world. for his heart was filled
with joy. and all thought of explora-
lions in Africa or any other part of the
world had ed.-(Copyrighted, 1910, by
associated Literary PreSS)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28
CITIES AND THEIR GROWTH.

Baltimore has been pushed out of
sixth place among American cities by
Cleveland, and its increase since 1900 is
but 81 per cent.
The announcement of Baltimore's
census figures. 55S,4S5, fixes the rank
of all the leading cities of the country
down to the thirteenth place held by
Detroit in 1900, with the exception of
San Francisco's standing. The new or
der, with the position formerly held by
each city in brackets, is as follows:
New York a., Chicago ~, Philadel-
phia 90, st. Louis a., Boston 90,
Cleveland %, Baltimore (6), Pittsburg
I'D, Detroit q3). Buffalo 80, Milwau-
kee 90. Cincinnati QO). San Fran
cisco ranked ninth in the last census.
falling almost exactly 10000 behind
Buffalo, but is not expected to show
the net increase attained by the COM
munities in her class, because Of her
losses after the earthquake.
Doubtless there will be many ex-
plantations offered for the fine showing
made by some cities, and the poor
showing made by others, but the true
reason probably viii be found to rest
largely upon the degree of push and en-
terprise exhibited by the citizens OF
the localities in question.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28
WORKS BOWL WAYS

Lower wages for labor means lower
prices for all farm products brought
about by less purchasing power on the
part of labor, and thereby less con-
sumption. All cogs in the wheel are in
terdependent on each other" says the
American Economist, the official organ
of the Protective Tariff league.
The order might just as properly be
reversed and the paragraph made to
read this way: Lower prices for farm
products mean lower wages for labor,
brought about by less purchasing pow
er on the part of the farmers.
After all, agriculture is the basis of
all other industries and business, and it
is the high price of food, of which
chiefly complaint is made
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28
GLOBE SIGHTS.
FROM the Atchison Globe.l

From the AtcnlSOn GlODe.J
We can't help smiling when we hear
that financial publication has failed.
Have you any satisfactory answer
70 this question: Can a coward help
it?
If YOU don't amount to much, nat
urally. make up for it by working
some persons are so enterprising
and aggressive that they drive bust
ness away.
wonderful thing is happening in
Atchison: fool is actually acquiring
a little sense.
It sometimes happens that man
is his own monopoly which is grind
ing him down.
What has become of the old fash
toned druggist who referred to hlm-
self as an apothecary?
When man is crippled, he usually
makes too much of it. IL you are
hard hit, don't admit it.
If your friends can't say anything
real mean about you, they will at
least talk about your peculiarities.
There is only one kind of dog that
is worth anything: The kind that will
take after an agent, and run him on
the premises.
Probably the hardest thing in the
world is for a woman to fight men
who know she has lost the right to
their gallantry.
Any man who doesn't know any
better than to tell the story OF his
wrongs, doesn't know any better than
to exaggerate them.
Every man likes to have this said
of him: He is inclined to be peace
able, but when he does get mad, he
is a regular wild cat.
You'll hear of a suicide before long:
she's been talking about it several
months. And when they talk about it
that long, they always do it.
There is an old saying that the man
worth while is the one who smiles
when everything goes wrong. Do you
know anyone capable of doing it?
Subject of discussion at the next
meeting of the Lancaster Literary So
ciety: Which is worse, the jute the
girls wear on their heads, or the
clothes college boys wear?
Doc Robinson. horse doctor and
town drunkard, said today: This is
the best country I ever lived in; you
don't have to mind your own business
here. People attend to it for you"
Heaven knows we are covetous, but
we have never longed for a pop-pop-
pop bicycle. And heaven knows we
lack sense, but we are not working
on a patent gun with which to shoot
at war balloons.
There is considerable justice in the
stop that of little ones, snapped at
grown folks. How would you like to
be tucked under the chin and paved
| over by someone you were not par
ticularly interested in?
An Atchison girl received attention
from gentleman friend named
James. Then another gentleman friend
named William began calling, and she
played one against the other. Finally
they both quit, and her parlor is for
rent again.
When a woman believes in the
Emancipation of her Sex and believes
it sufficiently to cut her hair and par
| ticipate in militant parade, she goes
further than that; she also believes in
enslaving the men. And should she
devote her time to a careful inVesti-
cation of the facts instead of an effort
| to secure the ballot, she would find
quite a satisfactory number of men
! already in captivity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
lFrom the Philadelphia Record. I
All that glitters isn't peroxide.

[From the Philadelphia Record.1
All that glitters isn't peroxide.
Joy cometh in the morning, except to
the joy rider.
Even the self-made man has to settle
with his maker
In order to attract attention a girl
must get up stares.
Styles change even in church music.
The occasional is said to be going out
A baby will sometimes cry itself TO
81 ep, but not till it has cried every
body else awake.
Wigg-"Why do you call Harduppe
the ace of trumps?" Wagg-"He takes
everything"
A man can't expect to be much of u
leader when even his dog doesn't want
to follow him.
Some men feel that the world is all
wrong because God made it without
consulting them.
When a girl gets tired of having a
fellow hanging around her she might
try marrying him.
No, Maude, dear; just because a man
is a sailor it doesn't necessarily follow
that he smokes a horn pipe.
Tommy-"Pop, what is an octopus ~
Tommy's Pop-"An octopus, my son,
is a monster to be found principally IN
political cartoons"
Man wants but little here below. -
quoted the Wise Guy. It's hard to
believe that when We look over the
columns and columns of want ads in
the newspapers" remarked the Simple
Mug.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28
HUNOR OF THE Dry

When do you meet the two-heade5
giant inquired the first knight
L don't know" answered the secop5
knight. 'PH never make a match I,,i,t,
another two-headed giant 1t calls for
double the usual amount of -,reIir1i
nary talk Post.
10" said the baseball manager ..T
VIII not recommend a married man for
the position of umpire" ~
Why?" inquired the applicant
Being married hurts his capacitv FIR
quick decisions. 1t gets him ont ~ M
habit Of having the last word. wash.
I am the master of nv fate % de-
clared the man with the baggy trousers
Well" his weary wife replied as che
went on trying to find sometime in tbe
pantry that was worth cooking at
WISH you'd put some other boss on the
Job--Chfcago Record-Herald.
This is awkward. I flfrted with -
young man at the seashore, and we
both pretended to be rich. Now I ffnd
ne lives In our city,
want to-" u'i'
I can't well get out of it. It seems
ne collects the payments on our piano
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28
! MET a JoYous ARIA.

1 met a joyous Aria
A-wall5ing in the town
A huge, gray town that frowned on her
somber, sullen frown.
She had hat of squirrel-gray,
A coat set jauntily.
And all in girlish friendliness
She turned to walk with me-
L gould not think what thing she was;
She looked Sc slim and pure
guessed she might be some great queen
In modest miniature
Ihere was velvet-silent room,
teapot set to sing,
A look as lovely as the snow
OF apple-bloom in spring.
some flowers elm-wise in a vase,
a beauty strewn along
Where her white hands were-onlv then
L knew she was a song
[ heard what men would sing at dawn.
heard the surging sea.
L wonder will she be again
The song she was to me?
Joseph Boardman, Jr., in Scribner's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

tFrom the Chicago News.1
Have motive. then start your
And a dog is never too young to
learn old tricks :"
until you try to do them. Ss
It would be awfulIy monotonous -
we could please everybody.
outh boasts of its KNOWLEDGE. old
age tries to conceal its Ignorance
The liquid glance of the sunnnnar OWL
Is apt to become an icy stare in winfer
some charitable men make a sna-
peoples money. oeher
You viii never accomplish roucb -,
efie e Others, but you may do Io+
OF GOOD by criticising yourself ~
we often hear the expression 80
Church ch mo enure dna mouse" But even a.
the collections. 70 I'VE on
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28

The government bureau of forestry
has issued a circular covering some in
teresting statistics regarding the con-
sumption of fuel. particularly firewood
in the United States
From this circular is CLEANED the fol-
lowing facts:
The use of wood for fuel is general
in the United States, except in the
where there is almost no native tim
Der. The greater part of the firewood
is obtained from farmers woodlots
which often have very little value for
other purposes. especially when they
have been neglected and the trees are
knotty, or when fire has been allowed
to run over the ground; but where good
timber is plentiful, much that is suit
able for lumber, cross-ties, cooperage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

[From the New York Press.l
Pinching the pennies squeezes the
soul.
A good way not to understand a wo-
man is to be married to her.
Either the average man is in debt OF
trying to be.
The bigger liar a man could be the
madden he could get for being called
one.
Explanations never explain because
they try to wriggle all around the real
explanation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28

The Midwestern Traffic association
has declared in favor of a physical val
uation of railroad properties. Is it pro
posed to base rates on the value of the
plant rather than upon the cost Of the
serVice2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28

If all the typewriters in the country
were suddenly destroyed, or if their
use were prohibited by an ironclad
law, the people of this country would
be in a queer box, says the Emporia
Gazette. Sure would, but the wives
of a lot of business men, probably
would be the least annoyed by such
banDeninp
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28

United States Steel Trust. f. H. Gary
SAYS: "Our export business is exceed
ingly good. being at the rate of at
least $4,000 tons per month in excess
Of the export business of last year
During the seven months ending in
July the exports Of iron and steel man
ufactures are shown by the returns of
trade to have amounted to $112,51S,-
5S7 in value-a gain of over $25,0OO,-
600 upon the trade of the same period
OF last year. This is one OF the indus
tries that is protected against foreign
cam rafftian.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28

The attorney for the tailor who is
suing Bob Chanler, attacks the trans
fer of the defendants property on the
ground Of insufficient consideration. 3"
In other words, he will seek to con-
vince the court that Cavalieri was not
worth the price.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28
WHAT ALLIED PETER.

If the Republican state platform is
any criterion to judge by we will have
to admit that after all the only thing
that was the matter with PETER and
his whiskers were that both existed
about twenty years in advance of their
time.-Philips County Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28

Miss Eva Alden Thayer of Worces-
ter, Mass. daughter of the famous alb
olitionist and Congressman Eli
Thayer, who had a considerable part in
making Kansas a free state. is said to
be so incensed at Col. Roosevelt for
emitting the name and the work of her
father and of Charles Robinson in
his Osawatomie speech that she has
taken the Colonels photograph from
the library table in har house and
thrown it on the ash heap in the cellar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28
KANSAS COMNENT
THERE IS A REASON.

That fellow hasn't friend in
town. I heard one man say of anoth-
er the other day. The remark was
overdone, of course, but have you ev-
er stopped to think that possibly you
and haven't as many friends as we
have knockers? There is always a rea-
son for such things. Have we always
been fair and square with our neigh
bors? Have we accorded to them the
same privileges we have arrogated to
ourselves? Have we made it prac-
tice to stretch forth our hand to give
them pull instead of a shove? Have
we tried to let the other fellows al
ways get half a loaf while we were
gobbling up a whole one? Have we
always kept the vicious and jealous
traits in our makeup under control
and turned a deaf ear to the idle Cos
siper and character destroyer? If we
have done these things our friends
our legion. If we haven't, then we
may expect to find man with a har-
pooh standing around every corner
waiting for us to approach. Take an
invoice of the man without friends
and you will find that it is his own
fault.-Bert Walker.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28

It is announced that the Rock Island
will run a hog train through Kansas
october 1. Most anybody knows per-
sonally enough hogs to fill that train.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28

lieved to be the first newspaper in the
country this year to call attention to
the amount of time left in which to
do your Christmas shopping.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28

In the face Of all the work that Is
being done by the peace societies, the
organization of boy scouts continues to
grow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28

Governor Harmon's accusation that
the Republican party failed in its tariff
pledges is another instance of the pot
calling the kettle black. Does he think
the people have forgotten the Demo-
crat record on tariff revision?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28

Uncle sam proposes to cut down the
size of the government notes. They
are small enough now, if gagged by
their purchasing power.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28

Edison says we. sleep too much and
the Baltimore News attributes the re-
mark to the fact that he is in the cleo
trio light business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28

Baltimore is we'll paved with good
intentions" says the Sun. Haven't we
heard that same remark regarding an
other place?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28

There is much discussion of the
subject of the high cost of living, but
it is not recalled that anybody has
mentioned the high cost of pleasure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28

Since it has been learned that the
two Italians lynched in Florida were
American citizens probably nothing
more will be said about it. Of course
we have a right to hang our own peo-
pie II we want to.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

There are enough defeated con-
gressmen this year to organize So
ciety and hold reunions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28

A Connecticut woman claims to
have made $1,000 last year. selling
eggs. That should be easy consider
ing the price.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28

Rev: Warden Codding says that To-
Peka is recovering from its condition
of extreme drouth He knows ~ ~
cause some of his released pets come
down here and get drunk. It has not
occurred to Rev. Codding that per-
maps, they brought it with them from
Lansing or Leavenworth,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28

There is one printer in our shop
wv can prove an allb1 II he is ever
lat i 6eu with poker-play1ng. In set
ting up the headline of a recent car
toon, he made it read like this: TAX
ing out STOCK of chips Even
poor copy is no excuse for a break like
that. 0
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28

A convict in an eastern prison has
Invented an airship. If he is planning
to fly out, probably he will be disap-
Doiuted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-28

The stagnation in business com
planned of in some quarters and at
tributed to politics, tariff fear of rail
road legislation and various other
causes as they happen to suit the views