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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-01
KANSAS COMMENT
LESSON MAY BE LEARNED.

A LESSON MAY BE LEARNED.
The prevailing high prices of food
sIuns, coupled with the determination
OF several hundred thousand individ-
GUS disturbance in economic conditions,
ana yet at the same time, it is sure to
result in permanent good. It Will
teach great number of our people the
value OF a moderate diet. Normally
we are gluttons-aI of us-and sea-
son OF old time fasting, even If we
neglect the prayer, VIII bring to us a
great benefit, as a nation. The aver
age American eats more at one meal
than he should eat in three meals
Fully rs per cent of US become afhict-
ed with "Stor1ach Trouble" before we
reach the ripe age of two score years
The Arab will ride three hundred
miles across a desert and subsists upon
two handfuls of dates If an Ameri-
like journey, he would want quarter
OF beef, three dozen eggs, seven
pounds of butter, a bushel basket full
of bread, some marmalade, and may
remembered, that after the earthquake
at San Francisco, the United States
government ordered the "Hd' on Sc
curely while the town was occupied by
dreds of old topers, who hadn't lived
a day in twenty years without taking
several drinks of liquor, were put to
work removing debris. Many OF them
MhluSu' peSSeu' anu pleduSu AOl OOoAC,
but the only roply was: Get busy and
sweat 1t out As result, according
to the official report of the United
States army surgeon, over so per cent
of these beer-soaked citizens were
completely cured of the drink habit,
because they discovered that they were
better off. physically, without liquor.
Practically, the same result will OBJ
tain after we have foregone, for a sea-
son, the pleasure of consuming large
quantities of porterhouse, flank steak,
and round" In other words, we will
discover that we are better of mental
ly, physically and morally, by eating
less meat.-Kansas Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-01

When he was a boy he wore a large
patch on his trousers without trace of
embarrassment" And now that he is
very rich man?' He carries large blot
on his reputation. Age
Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-01

Enraged Creditor-Ive had enough OF
mounting all these stairs every day TO
collect this bill. Debtor-We1l, 1 can tell
you piece of news that will please you.
After tomorrow I'm going to live in the
basement.-Pele Mele.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-01

''They say" remarked young Sapleigh,
that death loves a shining mark, doncher
know" "Oh, well. don't let that worry
you" retorted Miss Sharp. You are not
so brilliant. Chicago Daily News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-01

What makes the trust magnate look SO
worried?" He has just read that the
American farmer is very prosperous, and
he feels that he must have overlooked
something. Houston Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-01

There goes a man 1 could have mar
ried," she said softly. Some men never
know just what they missed" he replied
quietly, and she is still wondering what
he meant-Detroit Free Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-01

HE says he is an average man." That's
what he tells everybody" 'Insufferably
conceited, don't you think? "-Birminghan
Age-Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-01

Artist-Be careful, because the paint is
fresh!' Mollycoddle with finger on
painting he is examining in studio)-
Never mind; shall wash my hands later
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-01

budding genius "Well, you turned out
to be a blooming idiot!'-Cleveland
Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-01

Plainly Approximation me-" began
the new acquaintance, but are you the
Mr. Galley Nuritch who wrote that mag
azine article last month for us2' YES"
interrupted Nuritch, but. of course,
you'll understand that 1 don't make a
business of that sort of thing" "Of
course L know that read the article. -
Catholic Standard and Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-01

IF the people bust the beef trust it may
make lumber cheaper, too" -'How7' IF
people don't eat meat they won't consume
toothpiclSs. kansas City Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-01

Fair visitor-What did they put you in
prison for? No. 999-Tm here as a result
Of a missing-word contest. mum. Fair
Vtsitor-What do you mean? No. 999-I
couldn't give name that would satisfy
the police.-Puck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-01

Hogan-Pwhat makes we swally all your
dinner in two minutes, Grogan? Are yez
atm on a bet? Grogan-It's for the good
av me dyspepsy, Moike Sure the dochter
tould me to rist an hour after attn, and
rist in onIess OF ate like the divil?-Boston
Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-01

you last month, you were quite dissatis
fled with her" twas II" responded the
hostess YEARLY. i've been dissatisfied
with five or six cooks since then."-Louis
vile Courier-Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-01

DR.. Allow is It that you are so sue
cessful7 DR.. B.-I confine myself to offica
practice. DR.. A--But what's the answer
DR.. B.-Peop1e who are able to walk to
the office aren't very sick-they just think
they are.-Cleveland Leader.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1910-08-26
MONEY WAS A POWER.

Pushed for money and unable
to obtain it IN any other way,
farmer in Bucks county married
Itch women, for whom it was
kn ,wn he did not cherish the
feelings common to most lovers
says the Philadelphia Times.
They went on their honey
moon and returned to the ag-
riculturalist's mortgaged farm.
That night Martha said to
Hiram:
Money is certainly big thing,
amt it, Hiram?"
''I5 surley isl said Hiram with
a mental reservation.
''If 1t wasn't for money those
pigs out there wouldn't be here
would they?"
Nope" answered Hiram
shortly.
Nor the cows?"
"Nope'
Nor this house?" persisted
the bride.
mo. and if it wasn't for
money you wouldn't be here,
either" replied Hiram.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1910-08-26

moral record, when persoally
out OF the mess-and mess it was
turned his spotless white hands
Tor Percy and forgot all about
his own excellent moral standing.
Why is it that these political
Siamese twins go together. eat
together, speak to gether, and
for all l know sleep to gether,
and differ on nothing? Any
kind of mix up, or mess, to beat
VardAman if possible.
Now, true and correct answers
to the questions. may help some
of US "simpIe minded people" to
to better understanding of why
Percy was chosen instead of
Alexander.
II. J. FOWLER.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1910-08-26
WHAT HOME PAPERS DO.

The papers Of the cites are all
right if you want them, but re-
member that it is your own home
papers that advertise your chur-
ches, your schools, your various
societies, your entertainments for
the public benefit and enterprises
of all sorts for the public good.
1t is the local paper that write
up wedding festivities and all
kinds of social functions, as we'll
as obituaries, and mentions the
thousands and one items in which
YOU are interested during the
year and do not find in the city
dallles. And yeti there are people
wi are behind on their subscrip-
tions TO their home papers, but,
oh, my, how mad they get when
the editor duns them for what
they owe.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1910-08-26
Why Percy Instead
OF Alexander?

I propose to present aquestion
that | will venture that not a
single Percey-Alexander fol-
lower will attempt to answer;
but If one should make the at
tempt, it will be impossible to
make a reasonable answer. |
am very anxious that the gentle
men who made the report of the
organization of the Vardaman
Club, who signs himself. RE
porter" and, who subsequently
made a report of the proceeding
of one of it's supposed meetings,
try his WIT on this question.
If he fails, which / am sure he
will, I suggest that "Conserva-
tive" with his transcendent alb
ility, come to the rescue of Ere
porter. %
Before I put forth my polilt-
ical riddle for the consideration
of these two gentlemen, Or ladies
for it is imposiable to deter
mine from the terms Reporter
and Conservative, to which sex
they belong-I wish to ask an
other question. Why don't the
writer's who attact j. K. Varda-
man and his supporters sign
their names, the names by which
the general public know them. to
tn cir communications. Why
shoot from behind a tree Or log?
Come out into the open and show
your face. Or are you ashamed
to be seen by the public eye?
Your conduct condems you as
in sympathy with the methods
used in the "Secret Caucus" at
Jackson last winter. It may be
that you love darkness rather
than light, because your deeds
are we'll. you can easily supply
the missing word. I would have
the political manhood to put my
name, in full, to whatever l
wrote.
Here is the question. Why
was Percy nominated over
in the "Secret Caucus?
Now, don't Become confused
and all try to answer at once.
All be silent except Reporter"
Now. Reporter, as you seem to
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1910-08-26

have WIT, stand up like a little
man, or little woman, and answer
my questisn. Come, don't be
confused. Don't look down at
the fioor!! Take your fingers
out of your mouth, stand erect
and proceed to answer!!! The
question is why was Mr.. Percy
nominated over Mr.. Alexander
Tor u. S. Senator. by the
Secret Caucus at Jackson last
wlnter?' In making your answer
let 1t be full and complete on
some particulars.
Please compare the records of
the two men gwen your answer.
Which has the cleaner record
on the whiskey question, Percy
or Alexander? Alexander, Of
course, you must say. Is Miss
issippi whiskey state. Then
tell the reason why Alex.
ander with. Al votes, Percy
with A votes and some other
candidates with 8 votes es-pIease ex-
plain why, and how itwas, that
Alexander was eliminated in
stead of the one with s votes.
Was any whiskey used about
Mr.. Percey's headquarters? Did
you smell any or see any, about
Mr.. Alexander's? Don't kick so!
Proceed with your answers.
I know they are little tough,
a little perplexlng. A reporter
should answer as we'll as ask
questions.
What about the two men as
representing the whiskey in
Mississippi? Do they stand on
level in regard to representing
railroad corporations? Do they |
stand hand in hand when it
comes to pleading guilty to gam b.
ling? Did Mr.. Alexander ever
turn his hand against his own
party nominee? Did Percy?l
It the "Secret Caucus was
determlnd to beat Vardaman,
why not use Alexander instead
of Percy? How much money
do you think Alexande used?
How much did Percy use or
cause to be used? Here is where
the whole thing hinged and
turned.
Poor Alexander with his fine
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1910-08-26
President Helps Orphans.

Hundreds of orphans have been help
ed by the President of the Industrial
Orphans Home at Macon, Ga. who
writes: "We have used Electric Bitters
in this institution for nine years. 1t
has proved a most excellent medidicine
for Stomach, Liver and Kidney trou-
bles. We regard it as one of the best
family medicine on earth. sit invigor-
ates all vital organs, purifies the blood,
aids digestion creates APPETITE. To
strengthen and build up pale, thin,
weak children or rundown people it has
no equal. Best for female complaints.
Only SOC, at all Druggists.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1910-08-26
MISSISSIPPI AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
EXPERIMENT STATION.

growth wheat
prepared satisfactory
commercial scale but rather planting
experiment College
pcad
fol the soils o the
PREPARATION
money poor pre-
pared Wheat rsqe an me hrn M a Pnn food ns tor best ,s
% early the % the eowpeas % Wee not pante h h she an Should ]
Of % @ n sn @ @ s eR mqs & a% oo a T the @ yield
land not Poes to Pan ~hea and anF other 5 9p % % esS 5 pGw %
lat % Of which dries dries the the @ soil the % 1 that % ss s
WHEN TO PLANT
soS%Ss 1 the St % s' % s %
pecks, but pks whip probably be better. -
SELECTING
s'ss S5s:"
s
;sDss ss sss vss soil ss ] % @ that @ for ons T
@ matte eondon % shan others It n aWa best raie that m veH
m ] & yd e @ @ fqF any ns I a n m ad h ae h BgS @ i @
ing whea " 5 for & % wbaa n tho hot 5 h it its pes two yss @
@ : % The BUT first v Tim: nf the ' %s 1s yf
S % the T which we a % ss" a s c
FERTILIZERS FOR WHEAT.
suggestion applied
e eP GS to ] 5 OF % 1 soil an
@ s o would Th o5se % s & % @ OH ''9
"G s s hss ss%%ss ss H:"
Sss ss
o
in
of
CROPS THAT
After wheat has the LAND may be % Pparfd w and nd PLANTED %
' 'ssa
the and after the wheat pen and was eaten
Gu n
YIELD OF WHEAT AT THE
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1910-08-26
REMARKS.
NAME OF VARIETY.
Yield Per Acre.

stiff black buchshoD land 1t
Currel Prolific This unusual safely Ignored
~ j.
Mississippi Experiment Station
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1910-08-26

Very few people have weak
eyes form looking on the bright
side OF things.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1910-08-26
WHEN TO PLANT.

middle
o
is fou e De
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1910-10-28

about 3,500-an amazing sight. Mr..
Fred B. Smith was the speaker and
fully 300 men began a new life then
and there. Saturday night, preced-
ing, the National Banquet took place.
1000 men sat down to the tables at
81 per man. The speakers were DR..
Boynton, d.. Cadmon, President North
rupp and DR. Jones, from England. It
was a great feast. | shall not take
time to go over the menu, for cit
might kind O. start a hankerin' an
your mouth will 'mence to water"
The quartet sang through all these
meetings and gained inexpressible in
.spiration, for to us and our kind
Brotherhood mean much.
We sang for the National Council
also, and the American Missionary
Association as we'll. Really there
were so many good things said that
any one man who tried to appropriate
them all would be afflicted with men
tai Indigestion. Our race was repre-
scented by DR.. Booker T. Washington,
DR.. H. H. Proctor and Prof. Vim.
Pickens, and take it from me that we
were we'll and highly represented.
Once more my race pride received a
Zig boost. 1t was glorious to be liv-
ing and an honor to be black. Our
quartet was called upon to sing sixty
five times during these meetings, be-
sides extra numbers sung for other
occasions. The colored members of
| Ahn anAxrA.,fsnA oro nnfnrfofnn1 OF n
banquet at Young's Hotel, given by
the Mayor of Boston. The toast mas
ter was Mr.. Lewis, once a famous foot
ball player, whom WILDER Camp pro.
nounced the greatest center who ever
put on a foot ball jacket. 1t was a
classy affair and much enjoyed. There
we're several outside gatherings con
nected with the general meetings
among which we're several l%uncheons
at the Twentieth Century Club. Al
these meetings there were lively dis
cussions upon vital subjects, such as
Definite Achievements of Mems Or
CARNATIONS During the Past Year
led by DR.. McElveen, of Illinois; Car
the Church Be a Force as Well al
a Training School for Civic Affairs?'
led by Judge Colt, of Connecticut. II
this gathering we heard the most Wig
orous and pointed debates imaginable
/ 1t was a real free-for-all, but when tn,
scrimmagc was over, there doomed III
! the great towering, GllconquerinI
/. form of DR.. McElveen, smiling in al
victorious glory
cara Citv TederatiOns nenomina
tional or Observation-Disclosures, DesiT
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1910-10-28

and it is an interesting race. This
city and her n~earcity sister always
make a hard race when they are con-
tending for anything, and this one
promises to be the fiercest in many
years.
This contest shows how deeply in
terested the Negro people are in the
education of their children. Wherever
the school is located it ought to re-
ceive the moral support of the people
throughout the state. These institutions
fill a peculiar place in the development
of a commonwealth. No other edu-
cational agency can do just what a
state normal can. The young men
and women who go out from such in.
stitutions have a different Ieellng to-
ward heir home state than do those
who attend independent institutions.
The Negro youth Of Tennessee have
been deprived of this asset for all
these years of their freedom, but in
a few days the question Of a Normal
College for Negroes will be settled.
Every Negro in Davidson County
should show to the world that he is
interested in the school, and if Hamil-
ton is the winner the glory will be-
long as much to Davidson County for
her loyalty to the cause.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1910-10-28
State Normal.

Out under the shadow of old Look
out the Negroes are busy in a final
effort to capture the state normal col
lege. Chattanooga is stirred from cen
ter to circumference. No stone is being
left unturned to secure the school for
Hamilton county, and the county that
beats the east Tennessean will know
they have been in a fight. Davidson
County is the only strong contestant
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1910-10-28
EDITORIAL CLIPPINGS.
Prudential SAVINGS Bank.

On last Monday night the Board of
Directors of the Prudential Savings
Bank held their monthly meeting in
the directors room. We were pres
ent and took part in planning for flu
ture developments. The business of
the institution is being we'll guarded
with all the necessary protection. The
bank has already done an untold
amount of good in saving distressed
home buyers and worn and perishing
business. The bank has covered
much commercial territory in a short
space Of time. There is no question
as to the future growth and success
Of this bank. They have proper and
sane plans, and a corps of men full OF
business push and energy.-Birming'
ham Reporter.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1910-10-28
LOCUST PLAGUE REPORTED
NEAR.
Only Birds Can Fight the 17-Year
Cicada-Warning to the Country.


New York, October 27.-To warn
farmers and orchardists against the
resurrection of the "Seventeen-year
Locust" OF Periodical Cicada" that
will occur in certain areas of this
country next spring, a call for pre-
serving the wild birds that destroy this
pest is today being issued from the
headquarters of the National Associa-
ion Of Audubon Societies in this city.
Two giant breedsof these remarkable
insects, that come to ravage vegetation
only after incubation intervals Of
thirteen and seventeen years, are set
down by scientists as due to descend
upon this continent within the next
six months. Only the birds that can be
counted upon to eat up by thousands
the units in this swarming locust
plague will avail to avert serious loss
es in the coming season, it is de-
clared.
English sparrows, robins, wood
peckers, orioles, scarlet %tanagers, cue
koos, goldfnches and nutnatches have
been proved by the government bio
logical survey to have rendered the
greatest service in %deyouring these
periodical cicada on their last raids Of
the country, according to the records
that have been searched by the Ru-
dubon workers. Eating the bodies OF
the locust pests or their wings and
heads as we'll, cat birds, flickers, tow
hees, gnatcatchers, martins, peewees,
thrushes, vireos, chickadees and fly
catchers are among their other de-
stroyers. Only two species of all the
birds examined at Washington have
been found not to feed upon these de-
structive insects, To protect these
birds and all other insect eaters
through the coming months is declared
to be an emergency measure that must
be seized upon by the farmers of the
land.
Shielded in tiny shells, the periodi-
cal cicada are now preparing to
burst forth in countless multitudes
over the fields Of both North and
South, the chronological experts de-
clare. Unnumbered hosts Of these
weird insects will next summer slit
= Continued on Page 81
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1910-10-28
FRIDAY, OCTOBER %, 1910.
City improvements.

Nashville is a growing city, and is
fast becoming to be looked upon as
one of the leading municipalities in
the country. When the great organiza-
tons come together in their periodical
assemblies and the time comes to dis
cuss the next meeting place there is
always some who have picked out the
city of Nashville, Tennessee. This is
due to her fame attained in many
ways. She has come up to all expec-
tations so far, but the present Nash
vile cannot be expected to meet the
demands of the Nashville of the next
quarter Of a century. Such being the
case, it behooves the citizens of this
day to make such Improvements as
will enable the citizens who Will be
living twenty-five years from to-day to
demand that same respect and consid-
Grafton that is now enjoyed,
The ~farsighted men of the city real
ize that the gas plant we now have
is not adequate for even this day,
and of course will not be able to meet
the demands that will be made upon it
in the years to come. The population
of this city is growing rapidly. We
may expect to have close on to two
hundred thousand people in the cor
porate limits when the census Of 1926
is taken. Knowing as we do that
these conditions exist, and that it is
the duty of the citizen to-day to pre-
pare for the comfort and convenience
of those who will be living here il
the years to come, the voters ought t.
support those officials who are endeav
oring to make improvements that will
make that possibility sure.
In some matters it is absolutely i'm
possible to keep politics out, but il
doing a thing that will help to pu
a city where it justly belongs, politi
cal faiths and affiliations should b
cast aside and a united effort pu
forth. Of course every francbis
should be carefully looked into befor
it is granted. We believe it has bee
done in the gas franchise case, an
urge all to vote for the proposition O.
election day.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1910-10-28
The Appointment of Mr.. Lewis.

We congratulate Hon. VIM. M. Lewis
on his appointment as assistant attor-
ney general of the United States. 1t
is a just recognition of ability. This
appointment cannot be classed as par
tisan, for Mr.. Lewis comes from a sec
ton of the country where the Negro
vote is very small. He is a man with
thorough training and of rare ability,
and was appointed because of his fit
ness for the position.
President Taft is to be commended
for the good judgment he exercised in
making this appointment. He has
never been considered a brilliant presi-
dent, but all concede that he is honest
in purpose, and his ability to judge
mems legal ability has been fully &C
corded him. We do not believe the
President was thinking of politics
when he made this appointment, but
that he recognized in Mr.. Lewis a man
able to serve his country well in the
legal department.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1910-10-28
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