davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-08
THE SOCIAL PLANE.


The politician wins applause by tax.
ing up the poor mans" cause and
claiming that the day Is past for rec
ognizing class or caste; that General
e. Quality, stands hand-in-hand with
Liberty. Such talk is good to fill bal
looms or mix with breakfast food and
prunes. The ultra-rich name just tive
classes: They are their OWN class,
and the ''masses". The Malefactor OF
Great Wealth, whose scads were gath
cred in by stealth, with naughty stare
will classify the humble guy, (like you
or ID who has to work in order that no
may not have to eat his hat. IS, lower
crust" or 'hoi-polloi", and we.-(above
classify the element of smaller fry as
s.rough-necks," "boobs,'' or common
scrubs, or, worthless ne'er-do-wells'
and "dubs". And even "rough-necks"
differ in their grades of worthlessnesa
OF sin. Some necks might do on whicn
to scratch an ordinary parlor match,
while other necks might well be put to
work upon horses foot, or utilised for
filing saws; yet HE feels somewhat
proud because though he may steal or
beat his wife, and eat spaghetti with
his knife, he knows of others who are
just trifle lower than his "crust".
The flea described by Johnny Swift,
from smaller fieas received a ''Iift," and
they in turn, with manner rude,
scratched fleas of lesser magnitude.
If a man Is a liar. what Is the use OF
telling him so and risking persenui
violence? He knows it. anyway.
A comedy is a tragedy If it fails to
make good at the box office.
Fashions change some shapes. but
there are still women who look only In
sadness upon the fashion sheet. For 1t
| is Impractical to place watermelon IN
| a beer bottle.
| All men may be born equal. but the
best way. to avoid being pinched while
| painting the town red" is to wear -
dress suit and carry gold-headed
cane.
| Up to a late hour this afternoon. this
| department has shown no undue haste
in its rush to book passage in the new
Topeka balloon. And this procrastina-
ton is liable to turn into cnromc
case.
The doctors are now Of the opinion
that Mayor Gaynor will recover. He
walked six miles the other day. 1t ap-
pears that all left for him to do is to
fire the doctors. A man has never
| Completely recovered" while he per-
nits the doctors to stay on the job.
There is still a chance for the follow
followers of the Book of Genesis. 1t
should be easy for them to get togeth'
err on the theory that Adam made a
monkey of himself.
one half of the world can't under
stand WHY the other half lives.
Schools of jelly fish have taken pos
session of some of the eastern summer
resorts. and put bathing on the Fritz.
This is quite unusual. These resorts
are usually crowded with Holsters 20
the exclusion of any other marine pest
Up at st. Joseph. a bunch of doctors
who were holding an autopsy, turned
the affair into a prospecting trip:
Concealed in the interior of deceased
! of i,,ntx Including nails, rocks, pins,
buttons and an automobile tag. Al
. efforts to locate the other parts OF ths
auto were unsuccessful
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-08

Either Mr.. Dolley. the bank COM
missioner and major domo of the
Kansas band of insurgents, does not
control the Wabaunsee Republican
county committee. of which he is
chairman. or else he is more disposed
TO be fairer than his insurgent breth-
rem. At any rate this committee pass
ed resolutions endorsing President
Taft as ian earnest and efficient pres
ident, and an honest conscientious
leader" Some sentiments like that
would not have been out of place in
tina Republican state platform.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-08
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
lFrom the New York Press.I

lFrom the New York Press.]
Pennies jingle more than bank
notes, but that's AL.
Home couldn't appeal to some men
if they were on a life raft in mid
ocean.
Sane language comes more or less
natural to everybody but engaged
couples.
Even a woman who has a quarrel
some husband is lucky not to have
married a genius.
All animal and vegetable life in the
world was made to support man. and
man was made to try to support
wou1a,>
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-08
QUAKER MEDITATIoNs.
[From the Philadelphia Record

IF,rom the Philadelphia Record-1
"Shell OUT. is September's mes
sage to the oyster.
Eve fell. but it wasn't because she
wore a hobble skirt.
You have to probe pretty deep to
find some mems probity.
The noblest work of God is man,
or at least, some of him.
People who live in glass houses
shouldn't forget to pull down the
blinds.
Wigg-"I don't think much of
Harduppe, do your" Wagg- Eyes. I
think of him a great deal. He owes
me five dollars"
The fellows who claim they only
drink whisky for their health seem
to be mighty unhealthy.
Blobbs-"Why has wigwag taken
such sudden interest in the divorce
laws?" Slobbs-"I think he's going tn
get married"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-08

The International Harvester COM
pany has been branded as a trust by
a special commissioner appointed by
the supreme court of Missouri to
take testimony in an custer suit in
stituted against the company in that
state. This is about the steenth time
the Harvester company has been
branded as a trust during the past
few years, but it has continued to do
business at the same old stand. But,
then, names never hurt any one or
anything, anyhow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-08

John B. Moissant, the American
aviator, has just completed his aero
plane fight from Paris to London.
Tt took him just three weeks to turn
the trick. Therefore. when you hear
of a cross country contest between a
tortoise and an aeroplane, put your
money on the tortoise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-08

There is much that makes me sor-
ry as I journey down. life's way"
etpgs Ella Wheeler Wilcox. And the
chicago Record-Herald thinks "she
must have neglected to get her coal
when the price was down, last
spring" The Record-Herald seems to
forget that Ella has an unlimited
supply of natural gas, otherwise class
flied as hot air."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-08
AFrER COST OF ACCIDENTS.

Need for adequate employers liza
bility laws that will provide for liberal
as well as automatic compensation in
cases of death. and accident. but par
ticularly of death is pointed out en-
phatically in an article in the Survey
for September. An excerpt showing
the great and terrible after cost of
work accidents, under present condi-
tions. follows:
THE person injured or killed in an
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-08

Governor Stubs activity in the
limelight at St. Paul which has result
ed in his being hailed by some of his
admirers as the man of the hour"
is bound to make him unpopular in
certain quarters which it is not nee
essarv to mention specifically.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-08

1t may not be out Of place to re-
mark that the members of the Amer
lean Numismatic association, now in
session in New York city. are
the only class of people in this coun-
try who are not particularly interest
ed in the coin of the realm. They
only delight in the coins of other and
antique ages.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-08

Two indictments have been found
in Chicago charging women with
violation of what is known as the
Mann white slave" act which was
passed by congress just before it ad-
journed. Still, there are some people
who insist that there is no such thing
as white slave traffic" in this coun-
TX
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-08
TO A CRICKET

Pessimist of ages, standing
Needless of the yield,
Kicking in the midst of plenty
In the harvest field.
Hands are wanted for the reaping-
Cleaning scythes to WELD;
Legs are all that you contribute
kicking in the field.
Prototypes you have in statesmen,
Who have late appealed
Have you notions governmental,
Kicking in the field?
Musical their protests, also,
But their doom is sealed;
Kicking in the midst of plenty
In the harvest field.
-McLandburgh Wilson. in the New York
Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-08
KANSAS cOAAENT
THE OUIcK EDUCATION.

THE QUICK EDUCATION.
A business man at Atchison who is
bit particular about the letters he
sends out, advertised for a stenogra-
pher. offering steady job and high
wages to the right sort. Many bloom
ing damsels and beautiful young men
applied Tor the position, and one after
announcer was given a trial, and not one
was satisfactory, and the business man
is still looking for a stenographer.
There Is a light in his window for the
youth or maid who is properly trained
or all who applied for the job. not
had the remotest idea Of proper pune
tuation.
This sort of thing is the inevitable
outcome of the modern system of cut
ing the corners in education. The
section hand who can't write his name
without grinding his teeth is told that
he can be taught by mail to become a
stenographer, or an architect, or civil
engineer, IN three months The cham
oermaid is informed that If she will
seho $40 to the Whangdoodle institute,
she'll be wearing silk and diamonds in
tocrat.
A wise old boy named Euclid remark
ed several centuries ago, that there is
no royal road to learning, and that
declaration is as true today as it was
then. A lot of people believe other
wise and SO the country is full of edi-
tors Who should be shoeing horses and
lawyers who should be tanning hides,
ana stenographers who should be OPP
Grating washing machines. The old
ioea OF learning a trade, and learning
1T thoroughly is out of date. Nova
days everybody must learn a "profes-
SION" and learn it in three weeks, and
some are SO impatient that they won't
even take time to get acquainted with
the alphabet.-Emporia Gazette.
d
MEASURING A MAN.
osborne Farmer: My friend, the trou-
Bile with you is that you have never
| gotten hold of the right gauge when
| measuring your friends. The first thing
you ask of a man is what ticket does
ne vote. Then you want to know the
denomination of his church. After that
| you poke around into his baseball be-
hers, his idea of Jack Johnson and jim
Jenries and thousand and one other
| Things most of which are none Of you
| business. You seem to think that be-
cause you are a Republican the Other
| fellow has no right to be a Democrat
After you have experimental awhile
| you Will tumble to the fact that a mans
| politics IS no indication of his hon
| esty. II you trust him because he be-
longs to your church you will rur
against sharp snag. The honesty
| and sincerity of this world is not con.
fined to any political creed. You wan
to get the idea out of your head tha
! the only fellows you will meet on thu
! jasper streets of the New Jerusalem
are the ones who belonged to you
| political party or to your church.
you don't you will get mighty littl,
pleasure out of your own harp anC
crown.-Osborne Farmer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-08
occasion.

There is too much hysteria abroad
in the land says Charles Warren
Fairbanks, the former vice president.
And Mr.. Fairbanks is not very far out
of the way. AS a matter of fact he
hits the nail on the head, and it's
crooked nail too.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-08

This much can be said to the credit
of the former Topeka baseball team.
1t comes within one or two runs Oh
winning a game once in a while
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-08

Heed should be given to the pro-
clamation issued by Mayor Billiard
urging everybody in Topeka to close
up shop at noon on Tuesday of next
week, which is Topeka day at the
state fair. 1t should be made gala
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-08

From the price eggs are bringing
# is apparent that the hens are out
on another strike. And the distress
ing feature of such a strike is that
there is absolutely no chance for its
settlement through mediation and ar
1,ifratfou
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-08

Charles w. Morse, the former New
York banker, has also discovered that
he cannot do just as he pleases In the
federal nenitentiary at Augusta, Ga.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-08

Beer was the thing that first made
Milwaukee famous, but, in the future
it will be known to fame as the Amer
lean city which welcomed Colonel
Roosevelt with addresses in four diff
ferent languages.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-08

Probably the sorest man on earth
TODAY is Mr.. Walter Jeffries, of Lon
don, England. His famous bulldog
Dick Stone, for which he refused $780,
600 a few weeks ago, died on Sun
daN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-08

Kansas now has 2s5 farmers insti-
tutes with more than lO,OOO meHi-
hers. Let the good work go on
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-08

If a man Is a liar, what Is the use OF
telling him so and risking persenni
violence? He knows it. anyway.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-08

ssMany people talk much more agreeaoly
than thew write said the literary person.
YES" replied Mr.. Owington. MY tailor
does that.''-Washingto star
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-08

Fashions change some shapes. but
there are still women who look only In
sadness upon the fashion sheet. For It
is Impractical to place a watermelon IN
a beer bottle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-08

A comedy is a tragedy If 1t fails to
make good at the box office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-08

All men may be born equal, but the
best way to avoid being pinched while
painting the town red Is to wear -
dress suit and carry gold-headed
cane
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-08

Up to a late hour this afternoon. this
department has shown no undue haste
in its rush to book passage in the new
Topeka balloon. And this procrastina-
ton is liable to turn into a chronic
case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-05
The Cape Cod Canal.
From the Providence Bulletin.


After years of talk and one or two falsa
starts, work on the Cape Cod canal has
really begun. THE task will be pushed
night and day we are assured, and three
years is named as the probable time limit
required for Its completion. Not SO very
long ago q ship canal to connect Buzzards
bay with Massachusetts, bay would have
been looked upon as an engineering work
of the first magnitude. 1t is pretty stir
contract, to be sure. but the vast propor.
tions of the canal work we are engaged
in at Panama makes other enterprises or
the sort look insignificant.
This, at least. is a waterway improve
ment concerning the value of which there
pleted it will offer a passage for coastwtse
shipping which will save time, and a
route incomparably safer than that which
now has to be followed. The back a.
Cape Cod has always been, like the shoals
of Hatteras. very grave Of Ships
There are other danger points on our lon1
coast, but few as threatening as these
two. Some day, undoubtedly the North
Carolina cape will be shorn of it's terrora
by means of an inside route but this
must come as part OF larger plan. The
Cape Cod canal is a simple proposition.
and solves at a single stroke the 1elimina.
ton Of a dangerous voyage for north and
south-bound coasters. a trip doubly dan.
gerous and uncomfortable at this season
of the year. The beginning Of the work
will be good news to the mariner, and ita
conclusion better news still.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-05

THOMAS J. OWEN 4 son. AuCTIONEERS.
TRUSTEES SALE OF DESIRABLE RESI-
DENCE PROPERTY 2751 MACOMB ST.
CLEVELAND PARK.
Default having been made In certain deed
of trust. recorded In Lber 1852. at folio 103
ct seq. of the land records OF the District OF
Columbia. and at the request OF the party
cured thereby, the undersigned trustees will sell
at public auction. in front Of the premises
WEDNESDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF FEBRU-
AIRY, 1910. AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK
PM, the following described land and prem
ises sit'late In the county of Washington. the
District of Columbia, known and DISTINGUISHED
as lot numbered four a. in John l.. Warren's
subdivision in square numbered twenty-five him.
dred and eighteen t221Si. Connecticut avenue
addition to Cleveland Park" per plat
corded in County Book %. page 40. in the
veyor's office for said District. subject to
building line restriction shown said plat
fixing the building line Of said lot fifteen 15l
feet north of and parallel to the north line OF
Macomb street. and subject to the covenants
that said property shall not be used for bust
ness mechanical purposes and that no stable
shall be- erected thereon: said covenants to run
with the land.
Terms of sale: Property to be sold subject
particulars of which Will be stated ut time OF
sale. Balance Of purchase money to be paid in
cash. 4 deposit Of 5000 required at time of
sale. Terms Of sale to be coupled with within
fifteen days. otherwise the property will be
sold at risk and cost OF defaultng purchaser.
WM. A. HILL,
RlGNALD w. REALII.
Trustees.
1a29-dSds. eSu 1888 G ST. NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-05
English Shrines, American Funds.

From the New York World.
Dickens "Old Curiosity Shop is the
latest of the sentimental landmarks of
London to be menaced by the devastating
hand Of progress. Unless fund of SlO,-
next it is doomed to destruction. One
half of the amount has been pledged and
an appeal is now made to Americans,
who yield to none in their generation
for the greatest humanist of the nine
teenth century," to rescue from the hands
of the house wrecker 1.-The little shop in
Lincolns Inn Fields around which Dick
ems wove his intensely pathetic story of
Little Nell and her grandfather
AS American bounty goes. 5000 is a
trifiing item in the list of millionaire
benefactions. A ten-cent tax on all
American visitors to this Dickens land
mark within ten years would be suf-
ficient to save it. Yet what with pre-
serving our own literary and historical
shrines and contributing to the preserva-
ton of those abroad-to memorials OF
Shakespeare. Coleridge. Keats, John Har-
ward and all-American purse strings are
hest of sentiment. Tablets on every
building in England thus rescued on
which the amount Of American subscrip-
tons were recorded would make interest
ing reading.
No doubt we are accommodating a credit
balance by these contributions to senti-
ment on which we may confidently draw
at some future day when an American
shrine dear to English visitors needs to
be preserved-a Poe or Whitman cottage,
for example; or. among natural land
marks, Niagara Falls, once the main OBJ
jective point of the British traveller in
the States
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-05

CHANCERY SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE, NO. 1923 VERMONT AVE-


CHANCERY SALE. OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE, NO. 1928 VERMONT AVE
NUE. NORTHWEST
BY virtue of decree OF the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia. passed in Equity
will sell at public auction. in front IF the prem
ises. on FRIDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF
FEBRUARY. AID 1910. AT HALF-PASr FOUR
O'CLOCK PM. the following described land and
premises situate in the city Of Washington. in
the District of Columbia. and designated as
and being lot %. in Coltman: executor. ct ais
subdivision of lots in square 277. as per plat In
liber W. F.. folio 30. Of the office of the sur
yeyor for the District of Columbia. together with
the improvements, consisting of frame dwell
ing.
Terms Of sale: One-third of the, purchase
money to he paid in cash. and the balance In
two equal instalments. payable in one and two
years, with interest at per centum per an
num- payable mi-annuaily. from day of sale,
secured by deed of trust upon the property sold,
or all cash at the option Of the purchaser. 4
deposit of $4,000 will he required Of the pur-
chaser at the time of sale. All conveyanctng.
recording and nOtaria fees at the cost of the
purchaser. Terms Of sale to he complied with
within fifteen days from day of sale otherwise
the trustees the right to resell the prop
eriy ut the risk and cost of the defaulting pur
chaser. after five days advertisement Of such
resale in some newspaper published In the city
of Washington. d. c.
THOMAS WALKER. Trustee.
sos 9Th st. NV.
JOHN RAUM Trustee.
fe1 -d&ds, eSn 3f4 Stewart building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-05
ADAM a. wEscILER, AUCTIoNEER.
cHANCERY SALE OF UNIMPROyED REA
ESTATE ON BETH STREET BETWEEN

CHANCHRY SALE OF TNIMPROyED REAL
ESTATE ON BETH STREET BETWEEN =
AND STREETS NORTHWEST.
BY virtue Of decree of the Supreme court
of the District Of Columbia, passed in Equity
Cause No 2S636 the undersigned trustee will
sell at public auction. in front of the premises.
on FRIDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY of FEB
RUARY. a. d. 1910. At HALFPAST FOUR
O'CLOCK PM, the following described land and
premises. situate in the city of Washington. in
the District of Columbia and designated and
being the thirty (So) feet fronting ON Thrift
fifth street formerly Fayette street, next north
of the south fifty ,5Op feet front by the full
depth of one hundred and twenty four G24 feei
of lot two hundred and eighty t2sOp in Beatty
Hawkins subdivision. known til"
thirty go, feet fronting Thirty fifth street
next north to the south fifty t50) feet by the
full depth of lot two hundred and eighty (280l,
In square numbered east of 1896
Terms of sale: One-t third cash. the balance In
one and two years. with interest at six per
centum per annum. payable semi annually from
day Of sale. secured by deed of trust upon the
property sold. or all cash. deposit of $50 re-
quired at he time of sale. All conveyanciug,
recording, etc, at the cost of the purchaser.
Terms of sale to be complied with within fifteen
days from day Of sale. otherwise the trustee re-
serves the right to resell the property ut the
risk and cost Of the defaulting purchaser, after
five days advertisement OF such resale I'm some
newspaper published in the city OF Washingto
ID. e.
REGINALD s. HuIDEKOPER,
Evans bldg. Trustee and Attorney.
JaC Id Tho nCy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-05
ADAM A. WEsCHLER. AUCTIONEER.
Trustees Sale of Valuable
Saloon Business at
No. 1924 9TH St. NV.

BY virtue of certain deed of trust, dated
June g 1909. and recorded among the land rec
ords of the District Of Columbia in Liber No.
$685. at folio 1913 ct seq, and by direction OF
the holder of the note secured thereby, Tire I'M
dersigncd trus tees will offer at public auction.
on the premises. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY
TENTH. 1910. AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE
AFTERNOON, the saloon business fixtures. stock
in trade. retail liquor license and lease, located
at No 1924 18th St NV. Washington. D. C.
Terms: Cash 4 deposit Of $500 required At
the time of sale and the balance To be paid
within Is days from date OF sale. or soon as
the liquor license is ready for transfer within
cording mt tho cost OF the purchaser In case
OF default the trustees reserve the right to
SELL after days advertisement In The Evening
Star at the Risk and cost Of defaultng purchaser.
JOS. A. BURKART,
jl6 Corcoran bldg,
FRANK G. GRAF.
112S Park road,
fe4-dGdhs.eSu Trustees.