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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-07
A millionaire C1erlS.

Charles Ferdinand Hoffman, a clerk
in the Wall street Offices of Brown
Bros, bankers, who died one year ago,
leaving an estate of SO, 600. 900. was one
During his lifetime none of his ac-
quaintances suspected that he was
possessed of so much wealth.
His fortune. it developed, will event
ually go to his aunt. Mrs. Inez Spag-
nola of New Orleans. and his nieces,
Miss Margaret Cornelia Hoffman of
134 State street. Brooklyn. and her
sister, Carolyne, who lives in New Or
leans. It was at the above Brooklyn
address that he lived, having a 81 a
week room. Even his pretty niece
knew nothing of his wealth. and al
though she was invited north to take
care of him. she was forced to seek
employment in a publishing house to
pay for her own support Surrogate
Ketcham handed down a decision de-
Gliding that no other relatives are en-
titled to his money
Hoffman had the reputation among
his business associates and his ac-
quaintanceS in the old fashioned
Brooklyn boarding house where he
lived of never spending a dollar reck-
lessly or in pursuit of pleasure. For
twenty years he used the South ferry
to and from his Office. thus getting to
Manhattan for the small sum of l cent
d Qdts his uGdID was lHQ1TeCtly uu6,
it was said by close friend. to the
increased price of crossing the East
river, for he decided to walk over the
Brooklyn bridge in preference to pay
ing the additional cent charged dur
ing the rush hour. He caught cold
when facing the winds one encounters
on that structure in early spring and
after short illness died.
The career of this man. who made
100000 so quietly, can not be COM
pared with that of any other Wall
street man. for he was original. His
one motto was "Econon1v."' He was
an efficient clerk and even though 70
years old when he died, he continued to
hold the position rf head of the for
eign credit department of Brown Bros.
His knowledge of securities and stocks
was astounding, and 1t is still said in
the Offices he was associated with for
So years that he never made a mis-
take.
His first $4,000 he laid up by saving
when in the New Orleans branch of
Brown Bros, where he started as office
boy. His parents emigrated from Ger
many to the south about 1885. and
taught him the necessity of saving.
Every cent he earned while in New
Orleans he put aside, and twenty years
ago, when cotton slumped and his firm
gave up its New Orleans Offices, he was
brought north
He carefully invested his money in
railroad stocks and in United States
Steel for he readily saw that the age
of steel had arrived. and he who got
in on the ground floor would become
a millionaire. His wealth then in
creased with great rapidity, but he re-
manned content with his Office boy
mode of life. remaining indoors even
on Sunday to save money, and hav-
ing for his literature the financial re-
ports he would bring from his Office
New York American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-07
JOURNAL ENTRIES

One thing is certain. The weather is
impervious to criticism.
X X X
Families are never considered as be-
ing especially well-to-do unless they
take ice all winter.
y
It's fine to speak kindly of the alb
sent, but it's finer to speak kindly with
those present.
Too much effort IS being devoted by
many people these days to make the
other fellows do right.
If great crisis always brings out a,
great man to deal with 1t, it also brings
out lot of little fellows who do their
best to hamper him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-07
4 didn't hear you. Miss Hart

him. st didn't hear you. Miss Hart
WELL
Annie. thrown out of the rut of her
carefully-thought-o plan, decided to
humor the somnambulist. There,
there" she soothed, much as she
would have talked to baby. Don
pay any attention to me at all, Mr..
Folwen. Just pretend that am not
here
but that is impossible. Annie" de-
clared the youth, using the girls given
name for the first time.
Just go on and do whatever you in
tended doing" interrupted the maid
hurriedly. Something must have
brought you out here at this time of
night
Folwell sazed curiously at her.
would you like to know what brought
me out here p. he questioned, softly.
Yes" exclaimed the girl, eagerly.
prepared to listen to confession
Well, then" began the man, you
are the cause of it,
The girl gasped.
Yes. you.' continued Folwell. as if
the girl had spoken her protest. 'I
love you, and on such short acquaint-
ance 1 was afraid to tell you-until
now.
my work here is completed-and
city tomorrow. You are rich now,
little girl. FL can't ask you to mar
ry me. but want you to know that
love you"
81 don't understand" cried the girl.
You must be asleep. You would not
talk this way If you were not
II have been on search for buried
treasure. The Hendersons, in whose
possession this old manse has been
until circumstances compelled them
to sell it to your father, were very,
very wealthy at one time, but after
the civil war, during which the head
OF the house. Confederate officer
was killed in battle, their star of for
tune waned.
II, who am the only remaining de-
scendent of the Hendersons, have
always had an idea that my grand
father buried his treasure for safety's
sake while he was away. / secured
letters from mutual friends and came
here in that disgraceful manner-but
I was right have found the money
and securities amounting to almost
half a million dollars. They were
buried under the lilac tree. Today
during my absence, exa mined and in
ventoried them. L shall give half of
1t to your father for coming here un-
der false pretenses. For the same
reason I shall not ask you to marry
me-"
'aThen-then,'' softly spoke a small
voice as a flushed face buried itself
on Folwell's broad shoulder, TT
must ask you."-(Copyrighted 1910 by
Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-07
FROM OTHER PENS
SWIMMING A REQUIREMENT.

We are now entered upon the season
If drowning accidents. Not that drown
ing accidents are confined to any one
season of the year. but summer and
late spring find people seeking di-
version, more than at any other time of
year, in and upon the water. Numer-
Gus canoe accidents have been chron-
icled already this season, and it will be
something very unusual, not to say
unheard of, If more are not added be-
fore the close of the season In view of
the act that many excellent swimmers
have met death by drowning, it would
be obvious folly to say that ability to
swim is an infallible preventive. He
must reason oddly, howevere, who
would say that ability to swim docs
not constitute a very decided advant-
age to those lovers of the water who
possess 1t. In fact, it will probably be
admitted that, if all persons who are
able to walk were also able to swim,
the annual list of drowning casualties
would be but small fraction of what
it now is. In New York state alone the
annual record of drownings has been
known to pass the thousand mark, and
it is said that the percentage OF drown
ings among persons who never learned
to swim is exceedingly large.-Man-
chester Union.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-07
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

IFrom the New York Press.
No man is as mean as his wife some
times thinks he is.
What we call temperament in our
friends we call cussedness in other
people
Happiness is a spiritual gift from
heaven; pleasure is an earthly COM
modify you buy.
A man who can keep on making
love to his wife can starve her to
death and she'll never realize it.
There are thousands of ways in the
world to make money unless you hap
pen to try one of them
What a woman can't understand
about bank is why it's SO much
fussier about her owing it than mil
linery shop is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-07
aUNOR OF THE Day

Knicker-To what period does that chair
belong? Bocker-After moving.-New York
Sun.
81 would like to look at some hatpins''
Yes: ma'am? For millinery purposes or
self-defense. ma am?"-Philadelphia Led
ger.
Fogg-That's a bad cold you have, old
a good cold, you idiot?-Boston Transcript.
on Mummy. do foxes have newspapers.
know where the hounds meet ?''-The Tat
Ter.
NoPjones-How do you pronounce the
word .'hiccough',- Do you say s.hiecoffs
or rhiccup"? ksmithINyther, old Top.
Cleveland Leader.
Poetry" said the literary girl ais the
aratfve snee intense 1he feeling in fig
Miss Cayenne, 1.-The man who writes base
ball news is sure a oet"-Washingtosn
Star. 0'-
And where is your sailor son now7..
Well. 1 don't rightly mind, mum, il he
Jupiter in the Gibraltar, but il be so OF 20
where's in them parts "-Punch.
at TXo% say I he vas brought up refining
in the oil districts Of Pennsylvania. ''N tso
Did you hear the shrek that en,in.
gave as 1t flew by?' asked the first n5an
as they approached a railroad crossin'
yes. What caused it?" rejofned hiS co.'s
panion. Il presume the engineer = = = y.
oy the throttle."-Smart Set II
May see my fathers record,,, .s,.,
me new STUDENT. He was in the olsSs 80 80
1Su.f Certainly, my boy Wbaf 80 90 ~,
he told me when left home NOT 70 "a.
grace him. sir. and wish To sae US us
now far l can go.'-Buffalo Express JUST
You folks used to have iustic. -.
mere VINO was noted for his vind;ct;sS.ss. out
Toward screening automobilists 90 ~, ss. tas
VlsItor TO the suburbanite ssJvhatss Sne
come OF him? Has he retired from oeti pc.
NO, explained the native: .sbnt yn,
ne saved enough from his fees IL ~ see.
10 puy himself a roadster year
The Preacher-why is vop-
Days SO good in Sunday schoo,Son al
IaIent-l promised him that iS = me
Cleveland Leader. VI alterWard-
g., htnnicker-There is one ouestio, 49,,
-. III, enS census: Bocker-Yes IT, lacking
as a Wnether the mortgage on v icy don't
"as " Duy an auto.-New York S,,,ln cuse
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-07
POINTED pAIxAGkaPHS.
From the Chicago News

lFrom the Chicago News.1
Be happy and perhaps you'll be
good.
1t is human nature to want to abuse
some one occasionally.
A womans idea of an easy mark is
from dollar to SO cents.
Silence sometimes gives consent and
sometimes it gives offense.
A woman says it's easy to f1atter a
man. but hard to keep him flattered.
A person who uses his brain has an
excellent excuse for keeping his face
closed.
All men think they are manly, but
the majority are entitled to another
estimate.
There seems to be a good deal of
human nature in a motorcycle that
makes more noise than an automobile.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-07
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers OF the State Journal
away during the summer may have
the paper mailed regularly each day
TO any address at the rate OF ten cents
a week or thirty cents a month (by
mail onIy.) Address changed as often
as desired. While out of town the
state Journal will be to you like a
daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-07
OUR LIFESAvERs.

The daring deeds of the members of
the United States life saving service
are unknown except to those in dire ex-
tremity whom they serve in calm and
business like manner. Statistics Of the
operations of this class of valiant pub
lie servants fail to convey any adequate
idea of how efficiently the government
is served all along the coasts when
lives and ship property are in jeopardy
from destructive gales and tempestuous
seas.
Last year. for example. only 80 per-
sons were lost out of $500 on 1876 yes
sells that met with mishaps on our
shores. Millions of dollars worth of
property in ships and cargoes were also
saved to owners. In addition, ITO per-
sons, having no connection with ships.
were saved from positions of peril
along the coast. This branch Of the
public service cannot be too well paid,
for the men engaged in it are constant
" risking their lives, besides being the
means with their signals of assisting
thousands of mariners to proceed safe
ly on their voyages. These men are
modest heroes who merit all the praise
that can be bestowed on them--Bos-
ton Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-07
SEE AMERICA First.

Items have appeared in the news
papers from time to time of late tell
ing that the volume of tourist travel
in Europe on the part of the people
of the United States is to be unpre-
cedented during the summer season
which has just begun. An official of
one of the big steamship companies
was quoted the other day as estimating
that fully $12,000,000 would be ex-
pended in Europe during the month
of June by American travellers. At
that rate the amount of money which
will be spent this year by American
tourists in foreign chimes will reach
rather stupendous figure.
And it is safe to say that the great
majority of these Americans who are
getting ready to scatter so much good
American money in foreign travel
are decidedly ignorant through per-
sonal experience with the many won
derful things which are worth seeing
in their own country. But travelling
to Europe has become fad with
those who are getting into position to
afford it. That can be the only ex-
cuse for most of it. Certainly these
trips are not taken for the purpose
of seeing the magnificent in nature.
If this is the case they are conceived
in ignorance for in no section of the
world has nature been so prodigal in
the creation of the wonderful and the
marvellous, the things really worth
seeing as she has in these same Unit
ed States from which an increasing
number of the population depart each
year on sightseeing expeditions.
Where is there anything in Europe
like the Grand Canyon of Arizona,
like the Yellowstone National park
like the Yosemite valley. like Niagara
Falls, with it's glorious and thrill
ing rapids? No other country on the
face of the earth has such a variety
of resorts by the sea as has the Unit
ed States, stretching as they do on
the Atlantic from the roclxbound and
picturesque coast of Maine to the
tropic-kissed shores of Florida, and
on the Pacific from the Island of
Vancouver to the Gulf of California.
Not even Europe in it's entirety has
such a variety of mountain ranges as
has this land, filed as they are with
lakes and brooks. ideal spots innum-
cradle for recreation and pleasure. In
fishing so good as it is in numerous
sections of the United States. Within
their confines as a matter of fact, are
the perfect play grounds of the world.
There is much for the people of
the west to see in the eastern sections
of the country, in cities more marvel
lous as to size and development than
any which can be found in foreign
lands. There is equally much if not
more, particularly of the works of
nature on larger and grander scales,
for the people of the east to see in
the western sections of this broad
realm. Journeys hither and thither
can be accomplished easily by the
magnificent railroad systems with
which the country abounds, and
which are superior in equipment to
any other railroads on the universe.
From one end of the country to the
other are hotels which are far and
away beyond the hotels of the old
wosS6 in the matter of conveniences.
And it does seem, in view of the sights
to be seen in this country, in view
! of the cheapness and the comfort
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-07

The high cost of living has struck
Germany with such a heavy hand that
the friends of Kaiser Bill are pushing
an appropriation measure in the Prus-
sian diet which will bring his majesty's
annual allowance up to $1,000 900 year.
Ircluded in the emperors expenses is
the item of 100000 a year which is
needed to maintain the court theaters
S--ely there are few angels in the
theatrical world of the proportions IF
the German ruler.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-07

Youths in the American schools IN
the Philippine islands are characterized
as becoming Americanized rapidly be-
cause they are showing great pro-
flciency in the playing of baseball and
other athletic games popular in this
country. A record of the results at
tanned by them in their examinations
in arithmetic and other studies would
be more to the point
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-07

with which they can be seen as COM
pared with the cost and discomforts
of foreign travel, that more Americans
would spend their surplus funds and
leisure moments in visiting the won
ders of their own land and becoming
familiar with it's countless interesting
activities, before they pack their bags
and baggage and start on a hike for
foreign shores.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-07

Building permits taken out in this
city during the first week in June
contemplate an expenditure of $685.
S55. And it wasn't so long ago that
such figure would have been consid-
cred respectable building record for
a whole month. Those people who
are insisting that Topeka is not en-
joying a healthy growth of the most
substantial sort should take to the
woods and hide out for a time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-07

Judge Kenesaw Mountain Lands
manages to keep in the limelight
through the medium of the unique
sentences he imposes. His latest eff
fort in this direction is sending a man
to jail for one hour. On one or more
occasions he has imposed a fine of one
cent and on another he reached the
fancy figure of $29. 900 900
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-07

Even the Associated Press will have
its little joke once in a great while In
its recent news dispatches about the
final passage of the railway legislation
IN the senate, the Introductory sem
tence ran: 1.-The senate passed the ad-
ministration railroad bill, etc. Please
imagine an administration" bill of
any kind that would get the support OF
all the insurgents in the senate and
most of the Democrats as we'll.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-07

Even with the railroad bill out of
the way business will be brisk for mem
bers of the United States senate. The
various and important conservation
measures. the bills granting separate
statehood to Arizona and New Mexico.
End several other matters of moment,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-07

James J. Hill rightly declares that
there is no cause for fright over the
governments suit against the rail-
roads. But the stock spectators in
the country will try to do all they can
to make peonle think otherwise
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-07

A New York banker hit off exactly
the recent situation in the stock mar
ket when railroad shares tumbled on
the announcement of the suit brought
against the railroads to restrain them
from raising their rates in concert.
He said: "a lot of people are selling
what they do not own because the
railroads are not getting something
they never had"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-07

will now come up for consideration.
And If it takes the senate as long to
dispose of each of these matters
as it did to pass the railroad bill.
congress will be in session for several
moons vet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-07

Don't forget to constitute yourself
a committee of one to show all pos
sible attention and courtesy to the
many visitors who are going to be in
Topeka this week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-07

The unusual has happened. Judge
Pollock of the federal court has
handed down decision upholding a
Kansas law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-07

A niche in the Hall of Fame should
be reserved for a statue of the Kansas
hen that is as lively as pullet at the
age of Is years and has mothered no
less than AIS chicks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-07

Jack Johnson's admirers ought to
be greatly encouraged because of the
news that Jeffries has trained away
his crouch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-07

Tag Day has been set for June 49,
And it is not bit too early for the
formation of plans to make it BAN
ner occasion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-07

It occurs to the Washington Post
that the back-to-the-far movement
is very popular with those who don't
intend to go.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-07

1.her things may jar you, but Wnas
really gets yo1r goat is to think ot
something trite and sQuelching just
after the argument is closed ana youi
opponent has boarded a street car.
The most interesting feature Of the
current number of Golfers is picture
of Elton college boys seeing Hooso
Welt" 1t depicts about two nunoreu
callow youths wearing all kinds OF
clothes. but each one surmounted by a
plug hat. The picture is distinct, ano
one may almost see the expressions
framed by the lips of the Elton poys
as they viewed the passing man OF u
hour. The writer was able to inquire
out these brilliant expressions on the
faces of the front row.
fOh, / say, don't you know.
"Oh, come now. is that he, What!
Pom my word-aw-er-say. Wnat.
When a valuable horse is mortaHy
injured, he is put out of his misery
with a bullet or an axe. When a man
gets in the same condition, he is per-
mitted to die by inches.
Leave footprints on the sands OF
time. If you must, but leave your foot
prints out on the door-mat when you
approach the narlor carpet.
1t is the person who wades in shallow
water who stirs up the most mud
A few winter ones,-including those
union things, were to be seen on the
clothes lines yesterday.
And still there are many who think
they have complied with the letter OF
the law when they cast the crust OF
their bread upon the waterS.-with d
hook and line attached.
And, again, that it is more blessed TO
give than to receive is known to many
of us only by hearsay.
And, had Alec Selkirk thought to put
an aeroplane in his valise when they
cast him ashore. the poet might have
embalmed the incident after this fash
ion:
IT am monarch of all 1 survey,
My right there is none to dispute,
But 1 think 1 will beat it away
From this diet of bill-goat and fruit.
This solitude gives me a pain
1 would much rather mix with the
bunch;
So I'll crank up my Curtiss biplane
And fit to Topeka for lunch"
DID YOU EVER hear of a mans
black wedding suit that wasn't con-
ventional? or a criminal in a country
town, who ever ran away from the Of
ficers without first "breaking?"
i
A person who thought himself witty,
Said: It's really shame and a pity
/ may suffer for beer
But 1 can't get it here
And it's sixty-six miles to K. City"
r.,
ar ii ~ e>l0DM 81 f,s $e5, e,s-,g
0:'astsk
|. = 4 |
IS
Sunf1ower Siftings.
E'TOt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-07

Gyp Minter was over to Goodland
Friday night helping the Goodland or
chestra at commencement exercises.
Arch L Taylor was over to Oakley on
business between trains Tuesday,
Colby Free Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-07

And still there are many who think
they have complied with the letter OF
the law when they cast the crust OF
their bread upon the waters.-with d
hook and line attached.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-07

And, again, that it is more blessed TO
give than to receive is known to many
Of us only by hearsay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-07

Leave footprints on the sands OF
time. If you must, but leave your foot
prints out on the door-mat when you
approach the parlor carpet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-07

1t is the person who wades in shallow
water who stirs up the most mud.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-07

A few winter ones,-including thos
union things, were to be seen on tn
clothes lines yesterday.