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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-21
HYHAWKER JOTS

Because the present political con-
test is not of the loud. raucous vari-
ETY., several of the Kansas editors are
referring to it as a pussy-foot cam
paign.
Bert Walker says that some men
one-cent circular letter than Presi-
dent Taft did when he took the oath
OF Office.
If you want to get hold of cheap
automobile, don'ti look into any of the
catalogues. advises the Osborne
Farmer. Go to the court house and
look at the assessors returns.
AS related by the Wichita Beacon:
81 don't see how 1 can pay this bill
today" said Mr.. Householder, well"
said the clerk at the little window
you won't be able to see tonight, for
We'll shut off your gas at once calm
ly resuming his study of Bible Glass
vs.. Stock Ticker" by john D. Rookie
Teller.
The first hobble skirt in Clay Cen
ter was worn by one of the Times
force, remarks the Clay Center Times
and then it proudly adds: TITS a
cool day when the Times isn't at the
head of the parade" All of which is
probably true, but a parade won't get
is hobble-skirted
A Kansas farmer who could not get
harvest hands put this notice upon
his fence. says the Spring Hill New
Era: Harvest hands wanted. Hired
girl pretty and genial. Cabinet organ
music in the evening. Pie three times
day. Three spoonsful of sugar with
every cupfuI of coffee. Hammocks,
feather beds or leather divans at your
option. Rising hour 9 a. m. Three
| hours at noon. Come one-come ALL
Two uncertain things, says Will
Dol to- iOII iT1rr 20 &oy.
melon, but if the melon isn't good you
/ can take it back.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-21
Quick Shooting Down South.

A dispatch from Elliott, Miss, tells
of the remarkable shooting record
made by Depu+ Sheriff Sid Cauley, of
Carroll county. In about ten seconds
he killed five men and wounded two.
The dead and wounded are all ne
groes, who were not only resisting ar
rest, but were advancing on the dep
uty with axes and pitchforks with the
avowed intention of cutting him down.
They had made the sheriff take to
the woods the day before, and appar-
emily expected to do the same with the
deputy. But they failed to take into
account his proficiency with a gun.
This exhibition of j skill which has
never been exceeded even in a Bret
Harte short story calls attention to an
interesting fact. This is that Missis-
sippi has never got the credit it de-
serves as a sharpshooting state.
Everybody hears a good deal about
tb1oody Breathitt' and certain por-l
tons of Tennessee, and the readiness
with which lives are snuffed out even
now down on the Rio Grande. In
point of fact, none of them can equal
Mississippi record in rapid-fire homi-
eide.
The customary Mississippi affair is
seldom one of these tame TexaS-Ken-
tucky-Tennessee encounters in which
one man shoots another man and,
likely as not, even fails to kill the sin
gle party to whom he is devoting his
attention.
There are, generally several persons
engaged, and it may be stated without
the slighteS+ fear of successful contra
diction that the proportion Of deaths
to surviva1s is uniformly larger than in
any other state in the union.
Within the past fifteen years there
| have been in Mississippi several pretty
stiff affairs in small towns, participant
ed in by four persons. Each principal
in each case has been aided and abetted
| by a relative or a personal friend. The
score at the end of every one of these
affairs, according to the writer's in
formation, has generally been as fol-
| lows: Dead, 8; wounded, 1; total, 4.
In point of fact, Mississippi is the
only state which the careful student of
| informal rapid-fire homicide naturally
thinks of as the scene of the tremen-
dous mortality referred to in the late
+ John Hays ballad OF the whisky
| SKIM
They piled the bodies around the door;
| Girls went that winter as a rule.
Alone to singin' school.
| And vet the rare effectiveness OF
Mississippi shooting is seldom COM
mented on by newspapers and special
| publications at are generally dis
posed to g..e honor where honor is
due. OF course, the total of homi-
Icides is greater in several other states.
But the percentage of deaths in a sin
gle affray- in Mississippi is as large as
| it is unrecognized.-
The only explanation of this singular
neglect is that Mississippi is simply
| suffering the usual penalty of quiet,
advertised itself properly, and has thus
| let other states reap the honor that it
alone deserves as a dead-shot com
monwealth.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

[From the Chicago News.J
The more a man gets left the more
he talks about his rights.
womans chattering teeth never
usurp the functions of her tongue.
Many a person with an eye for the
beautiful has an ear for ugly gossip
When the wise dog goes out to kill
sheep he leaves his bark at home.
The world usually sides with the
man who makes a noise like ready
money.
And a woman can forgive a man aI-
most anything except his failure to aA-
mire her.
Most of your troubles are silly trouN-
Ies-that is. troubles that are uniua-
portant.
If her husband isn't paying prop
osition a woman is apt to consider
marriage failure.
a breach of-promise suit is sure to
demonstrate that some things are bet
ter left unwritten.
There may be such thing as a man
of very few words-but who ever
heard of woman like that?
A fussy old bachelor says that eat
ing onions will often prevent a mus.
tache from coming on a woman's lip.
Probably most of us would be more
thankful for the things we have il
there were not SO many other things
we want.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-21
THE wELLMAN FIAsCo.

Just before Walter Wellman and his
crew started on their now memorable
voyage across the Atlantic in an air
ship, several of the metropolitan
newspapers of the country which are
given to promoting endeavors of this
sort but which were not in on this
particular enterprise, referred to Mr..
WeIlman as the Doctor Cook of avia-
ton" These remarks were made
when it appeared that Wellman had
given up all thought of even making
trial to make good his most recent
wonderful boast. Possibly they egged
him on to the attempt which resulted
in such an utter failure.
And it will probably strike many
people that the Characterization of Mr..
Wellman as the Doctor Cook of avia-
ton" while trifle premature when
it was made, is not so far from the
mark. Certain it is that Wellman has
failed and failed miserably even tic
come near making good on the many
and varied undertakings he has pro-
jected. Most of them have been I'M
reasonable to start out with. Take
his proposed flight in an airship to the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-21

thing for society to visit the studio of
the young Mexican artist.
Among the visitors one day there
came a middle-aged man and his
hair seemed to have captured all the
sunshine of her sunny life. Felipe gave
her first long glance of purely pro-
fessional admiration, then, as her deep
blue eyes turned to his, he looked
again with more personal approval
and stirring of memory. OF whom did
she remind him? There was an elusive
familiarity about her smile.
The visitors stood looking at the
Dream of Achievement when the
man said laughingly: ''See Isabel,
here's your little Mexican
The girl was puzzled as to her
fathers meaning; not SO Felipe, who
had overheard the remark.
Isabel was the name of the child
to whom he owed SO much, his Rose
of the North. 1t was she; he could
not doubt it. Why had he not recog-
nized her at once? Felipe had ac-
quired many accomplishments since
their first meeting; among them was
guage.
Now, moving over beside the man,
he asked: 1.-THE gentleman has seen
my country, Mexico, has he not 2"
Yes, years ago." was the reply:
when my daughter here was a child
Like this said the artist, drawing
the mans attention to another paint
ing. 1t was his Rose of the North
The visitor gazed a moment in
growing establishment. Isabel" he
claimed; then turning to Felipe,
what does this mean, STRIP.
at means that I was little boy
who waited outside the doors of San
Carlos until this little girl, your daugh-
about my admission. My life work
dates from that day. am most
happy to express my thanks once
more.''
do you hear this, Isabe1?'' the man
| asked, turning to his daughter.
| She heard, indeed, and the beauti-
ftl color deepened in her cheeks till
it was no wonder that an artist should
find it hard to look away.
Soon they seemed to be old &C
quaintances. A little later Felipe was
| invited to their home and it was not
| long before the young man waited
upon Mr.. Clayton and with true Mexi-
can formality craved the honor of his
daughters hand.
81 begin to think it was foreor-
dained,'' the father said after they had
| talked the matter over; Eat any rate,
go to my daughter. Isabel usually
| decides such cases for herself"
| Only too gladly Felipe went to her
''Is it to be my Rose of the North al
last?"
And Isabers blue eyes answered
even before he heard her low spoken
words of nt.-(Copyrighted 1910
| by Associated Literary Press.)
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QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
I From the Philadelphia Record

From the Pn1IdQelpn1d ftecOTQ.l
The naked truth sometimes seems
to stand in the need of a Turkish bath.
When a fellow asks for girls hand
he seems to forget that she needs
gloves.
Facts are stubborn things; almost
as stubborn as the man who doesn't
believe in them.
You can always spot a bride and
groom from their efforts to appear as
though they weren't.
When a man apologies by saying it
is s'onIy his way we are apt to wish
he would lose his way.
Every man should know himself,
even though it may be necessary for
him to get an introduction from his
wife.
Mrs. Buggins-'What do you think
of nv new evening gown, dear?" Mr..
Buggins-"Oh, it's all right as far as it
goes"
NeIl-"That Chicago girl is never
satisfied unless she has half a dozen
men at her feet" Belle-"Wel1, there's
room for them all.
sit takes two to make a quarrel -
observed the Wise Guy. YES agreed
the Simple Mug, where there's a will
there is usually a won't.
Sing1eton-"I always feel sorry for a
fellow who is going to be married. -
Wigwag-"Why should your Single
ton-"Because he hasn't sense enough
to feel sorry for himself
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THE VISION.

When first 1 saw thee meath the silver
mist
Ruling thy bark of painted sandal-wood,
Did any know thee? BY the golden sails
That clasped the ribbands of that azure
sea,
Did any know thee save my heart alone?
o ivory woman with thy bands of gold.
Answer the song my lutte and l have
brought theei
Dream over golden dream, that secret
tcist,
Thy heart, o heart of me, doth hold. and
mood
On mood of silver when the days light
fails,
Say who hath touched the secret heart
of thee
Or who hath known what my heart hath
not known!
o slender pilot whom the mists enfold,
Answer the song my lutte and I have
wrought thee
After an age of longing, had we missed
Our meeting and the dream, what were
the good
OF weaving cloth of words, were jeweled
tales
An opiate meet to quell the malady
OF life unlived? In untried monotone
Were not the earth as vain, and dry, and
old
For thee, o Perfect Light, had I not
sought thee?
Ezra Pound. in the Forum.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-21
FRON OTHER PENS
AMERICANS ABROAD.

We seem to maintain ambassadors
and other representatives abroad strict
ly for social purposes, and while the
winning and dining are in progress no at
tention is paid to the unfortunate
American citizens who are being rob-
bed and maltreated, and even done to
death, with no consideration given to
them. These remarks, are based on a
petition filed in the District of Column
bia supreme court, asking for a manda-
mus against Secretary of State Knox to
require him to produce records and cor
respondence concerning charges of cru
city and inhumanity perpetrated in
Mexico on American citizens, for which
no redress has been obtained.
The petition was filed by DR.. j. S.
Buckley, who declares that, owing to
the neglect of American diplomats, the
lives and liberty of American citizens
are placed in jeopardy, with no effort
on the part of American diplomats to
intervene. He further states that lex
tremely cruel treatment" is given
American prisoners and that the homes
of Americans are stoned by the natives.
and that no redress is forthcoming from
the United States consulate; that Rob
ert Bacon, now ambassador to Paris.
and H. H. D. Pierce, now minister to
Norway, while in the department of
state, made 1t their policy, with Assist
ant Secretary Huntington Wilson. to
shield men in foreign service who vio-
lated rules. In another charge made
by DR.. Buckley, he adds that they also
"condoned their acts and un-American
administrations privately and publicly
New Orleans Picayune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-21
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.

People who are poor often say,
"Wel1, we have good blood in US, any
how"
'I never bet. I not only lack judg-
ment, but I have no 1uek.''-Parso1
Irvine.
You have noticed. probably, that your
grievances attract almost no atten-
ton.
Baseball is becoming so popular it
wouldn't surprise US to see Roosevelt
don a suit.
Every married man has said this to
his wife: 'Pl1 never tell you another
thing as long as live
If you feel down-hearted, sure way
to drown your sorrow is to eat a light
supper, and go to bed early.
1t is noticeable that the railroads are
not as satisfactory as they were be-
fore the Irih quit tramping the ties.
A man who is bothered with sleep
lessness talks as much about 1t as a
woman who has had an operation per-
formed.
We know a man who has been say
ing all of his life that as soon as he
gets out of debt, he intends to pay
cash for everything.
When man is going the downward
path, the relative who intercedes is al
ways told, well, I'll never ask YOU
for anything"
Don't be jealous of anyone who works
in the same shop with you: jump out
and do SO much work that he will be
jealous of you.
A boy likes to smoke in the presence
of his mother, and have her say:
Goodness knows I did everything l
| could to keep him from it,
| Whenever We do thing we shouldn't
| do. we feel sneaking about it; and II
| sneaking feeling Is the most uncom-
Portable feeling in the world.
Did you ever notice how joyously
men and women rush out of the shops
| and stores when the whistle sounds at
noon, and how they lazy back at /
| O'Clock.
Several noted publications have
| stated 'ate1y that the Atchison Globe
| is nearly always wrong on public ques-
| tions. That's what an editor gets fol
nearly always being rigISt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-21

North Pole. He planned to make it
in dirigib1e balloon before the sue
cess of dirigible balloons in navigating
the air had been established. Many
peple may be pardoned for having
looked on this proposition as a grand
stand play and nothing more, and
when he did finally make start, he
gave it up because his compass
broke"
The sincerity of this latest Wellman
venture may be questioned on the lack
of preparation that was given to it.
Here it was proposed to travel two or
three thousand miles across the ocean
in a dirigible balloon. And never a
trial trip of any kind was made. This
balloon was equipped with an appara-
tus to trail along after it in the
sea, an adjunct to a balloon that had
never before been tried in the naviga-
ton of a balloon. This equilibrator,
as it was called, is held to be wholly
responsible for the failure of the pro-
posed trip. And yet never trial trip
of any kind was made by Wellman to
find out how this equilibrator, an in
novation, would work. Indeed, as
near as can be learned, about the only
part of the balloon equipment that
did work satisfactorily was the life
boat. There were thrills a-plenty in
cident to the rescue of Mr.. Wellman
and his crew. They have achieved
much notoriety, and material for an
exciting magazine story or two. And
it will be hard work to convince many
people that they went after anything
else, and they did not have to go very
far to get that AS to the bravery dis
played by Wellman and his crew in
undertaking the trip, it might be more
proper to refer to it as foolhardiness.
There is great distinction between
bravery and foolhardiness but many
people fail to make it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-21
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Irresistible impulses are generally
not of the good variety.
4
People who are merely good takers
haven't very much to recommend
them.
x =
Men and women who are difficult to
please are always the most successful.
4
This is also the season of the year
when S'wall-flowers'' occupy conspic-
uous places in the decorative scheme
at dances.
The girls who are so popular that
they have a different fellow every
night in the week usually have hard
work catching husband.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-21
THE RICE INDUSTRY.

The outlook for the further extern
sion of rice culture in the United
States is very promising. according to
a bulletin just issued by the federal de-
partment of agriculture. According
to the best estimates. there are about
100000 acres Of land in the five
states bordering the Gulf of Mexico
we'll suited to rice cultivation.
The amount which can be success
fully irrigated by present methods,
using the available surface and artesian
flows. does not exceed 3,000,0 900
acres. The balance of the land could
probably be brought into cultivation
we're it necessary, but the cost would
perhaps, be prohibitive at present
prices. Three million acres is a con-
servative estimate of the area. which
can be easily irrigated. The best re-
suits require rotation of crops; conse-
ouently only one-ha1f of that area, or
100000 acres would be in rice at any
one time. At an average yield of 10
barrels (of 1872 pounds) per acre,
100000 acres of rice would produce
nearly 2,5OO,00O,00O pounds of cleaned
rice, nearly six times the amount OF
our present consumption. There is no
satisfactory reason why the United
States should not grow and mill all OF
it's own rice and become an exporter.
The employment of machinery in
the rice fields of the Southwest SINH
lar to that used in the great wheat
fields of California and the Dakotas
is revolutionizing the methods of cul-
tivation and greatly reducing the cost
The American rice grower, employing
higher priced labor than any other
rice grower of the world, in all prob
ability will ultimately be able to mar
ket his. crop at the least cost and the
greatest profit If, in addition, the
same relative improvement can be Sc
| cured in the rice itself, and if varie-
ties which yield from so to 80 pei
cent of head rice in the finished pro
duct can be successfully introduced
American rice growers will be able tc
command the highest prices for theil
product in the markets of the world
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-21
THE LOVE. THAT KILLS.

Whenever some drink-and- passion
crazed fool murders the woman who
scorned his advances the sob squads of
our leading newspapers relate with
many superlatives how unrequited
''love" spurred him to slay. Real love
does not murder. No man ever harms
one hair of the head of the woman he
loves. His soul may be torn with
anguish. His heart may be bursting
in his bosom. His whole life may be
shipwrecked. If he really loves, he
will suffer even unto death, in silence
if need be, that happiness may be the
lot of the woman he loves.
The rejected sutton who takes the life
of the woman that rejects him i'm
pugns his declarations of love for her.
He stamps himsef selfish, coward, a
mad animal, instead of a tender, manly
man, fit for love of woman.-Chicago
Journal.
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the Democrats are allied with Wall
street, he is insisting that there can be
no doubt about such an alliance hav-
ing existed between Colonel Roosevelt
and Wall street in the famous cam
paign of 1904 when Mr.. Hartman OBJ
tanned $3.50, 900 for the Republican cam
0aipn fund
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-21
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
lFrom the New York Press

TF'rom the New DIX FFess.I
The real victim of marriage is the
mother-in-law.
It's easier to argue into trouble than
to get in any other way
Women deserve to be loved nobly,
but they take what they can get
There's hardly anything can create
such a sensation as for women to sus-
pect that a man makes love to his own
wife.
Some girls make a man propose oy
pretending how they would like to
smoke if he didn't keep them from
wanting to do it..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-21
HUNOR OF The DAY

Can you be trusted with secret?" he
asked.
The women drew herself up proudly.
You have known me for 10 years,
haven't your" she replied.
yes"
DO you know how old / am?'-Pick-
Me-Up.
Teacher-Allen, who were the two
strongest men of ancient times?
Allen-SamSon and Hercules.
Teacher-What can you tell me about
them?
Allen-Samson was a regular Hercules
and Hercules was regular Samson
Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-21

City and county officials who have
charge of the construction of the south
side dixie along the Kaw believe that it
can be built before the time for the
spring freshets of next year. If they
get busy and push the work there
ought to be little trouble about making
this belief a certainty. There has been
too much delay already in the building
of this dixie And it is only because
there were no severe floods last spring
that this lesson was not brought home
forcibly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-21

Considering the fact that the large
majority of the school teachers, now
assembled in convention here, are la
dies, the weather man has not been as
polite as it might have been.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-21

If t Breakfast Bacon" special
which has been operated in Iowa and is
also being run through Kansas by the
Rock Island Railway company is sue
cessfuI in eventually reducing the price
of that delectable article of food,-well
it is difficult to say off hand just how
the Rock Island should be rewarded.
But the reward should be large.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-21

OF a truth, some folk never know
when they are well off. People in
England are complaining because of a
recent increase in the price of milk.
But with this increase the price Of
milk in England is equivalent to S$4
cents per American quart wholesale.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-21

When eX-King Manuel of Portugal
reached England he gave indications
of being i'll and weary. That's no more
than natural. A young man would in
deed be of unusual makeup if he did
not get in the same condition after
having lost such an easy job with such
excellent nav
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-21
FULL, LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member OF the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
Eanfzation for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka
The news is received in The State Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
nose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-21

All hal AS was to have been expect
ed in these days of brave men, wo-
man is believed to have important
knowledge about the plot which re-
suited in the destruction of the Los
Angeles Times building and the killing
of a score of humans. She has been
arrested. too. The only wonder is that
this terrible affair was not blamed on
a woman long ago.