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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-21
TO A COMET.

Magnificently sweeping through the sky
From outer space, where speed thy
brothers swift.
o visitant to human thought and eye
What is the fiery message hieroglyphed
Against the darkened heavens? Dare
we guess
That musings on thy distant holiness
Might lift our longtngs toward a purpose
high?
Not sickness, not wars thy visits brings
To puny earths inhabitants All, now,
IT'S mankind's inhumanity that filings
Disaster far and wide and causes woe.
The wondrous visions of a starry night
May. well put mems ignoble plans to
flight.
To teach them grander and more worthy
things.
So, far-off rover, neighbor now and then
To all the curving planets that we see.
But neither comrade nor denizen
OF region such as ours, make haste to
flee.
From creatures still below the laws OF
truth.
Rush onward far beyond our life I'M
Perhaps past other affairs, better men.
Pacific Monthly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-21

"Once upon a time there lived a
good man who was soliciting contri-
buttons for the erection of an orphan
asyIum." said the story teller HE
had been to many rich people and
received liberal contributions, which
were entered in a book he had for that
purpose. Among these many names
appeared Mrs Rupert Smythe.' The
good man went to Mr.. Sn-ythe's office,
and showing him the contribution
entered by Mrs. Smythe. asked If he
would not give like sum. And what
do you suppose he did? 20
t'WeIl, I suppose he doubled it"
remarked a. listener.
Doubled it? Not Rupert ex-
claimed the teller of the story. ''Why,
he simply took his pen and wrote,
Mr.. and before his wife's name and
handed the book back. London
Answers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-21

present high cost Of living than il the
tariff or any of the other causes which
have been suggested. Mr.. Madden may
be right, but there has been no evil
dence that railroad rates have been
generally raised during the past few
years in this country. The tendency
has all been the other way. And the
rates are either the same or lower
than they were ten years ago, when
the cost of living was not as oppres-
sive as 1t now is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-21
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Many autobiographies can be proper
ly classed as fiction.
y a.
A man without a fad of some sort IS
apt to lead a purposeless life.
" - %
Gentle spring evidently exists only
in the imaginations of the poets.
u "
Homely folks have this satisfaction.
Everybody looks alike in the dark.
" a 10
The longer the time between drinks
the better for the drinkers if the drinks
are booze.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-21
KANSAS COAAENT

THEY INSURGE. THAT'S ALL.
me Payne-Aldrich tariff law was in
uorsed yesterday by the regular and
Aasurgent republicans of the house of
116-a strict party record-an ingen-
10 .s motion offered by Representative
Eltzgerald of New York, regarded as
o eae pest parilamentarian on the Dem
ocratlc SIDE to repeal the tariff law,
was defeated.-Washingt D. c.,
evening Star, April 1st.
30 you see the insurgents do not
Gale TO 90 anything but insurge. They
spent much valuable time dcnouncing
Cannon and joined the Democrats in
an attempt to prevent his election as
speaker but when the time came that
tney nad the power to vote him out
t tney voted with the Republicans to re-
tam MIN. Just SO with the tariff law.
Lney Fought against its enactment
ana nave campaigned against 1t ever
since It was enacted, but when OPP
power to do so was in their hands,
tney voted with the Republicans
against its repeal. The only conclus-
ION we can arrive at is that they are
NOT sincere In either their fight against
cannon or against the tariff. They
nave nad q fair opportunity to remove
ootn out have voted to retain both.
me fact is that if Cannon were re-
they would not have anything to in
surge about and no excuse for remain
ing in public life.-Marysville News.
o
WAITING FOR THE ANSWER.
Whatever may be the result of the
will probably be governed by other
evidence than that of the experts.
Several of the men who were exam
med for jury service swatted the ex-
perts like the housewife swats the
fly. The jurymen selected have pru-
IDENTITY withheldtheir opinion of the ex-
perts, but so many people of Kansas
CITY nave frowned upon this class
OF evidence that it is not likely that
the minds of the jurors are entirely
free from prejudice.
The influence of the experts in the
Hyde trial will largely decide the fate
of the expert business.
If the experts are not to have any
standing in court after they have
rummaged mans anatomy for days
and days at $500 per, then the rich
may as well do away with the experts
and spend the money for Foundation
Funds
It is up to the Hyde jury to settle
this matter at once SO that those who
are nervously anticipating the neces-
sfty of experts in their own cases will
BACK TO THE FARM.
Why not mack to the land? The |
cities are filling UP. The towns are |
being overrun. Lawrence Is growing |
'aster than Douglas county. Prac- |
.ically all the growth of the past ten
7ears has heen in Lawrence. The |
county has Just about held its own.
Very few farms have, been divided up.
intensive farming has not been prac-
iced here Yet farm life is the health
est and best thing in the world. The
treets of the towns are stuffy at any
ime of the day but worse at night.
rhe country is celebrating at any
~
hight. Why do not more people live
tut? They would live longer in years
nd ten times as long in enjoyment.
Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-21

Next Sunday is tuberculosis Sun
day in the churches. Most of the
cIergymen- throughout the entire
United States. and all of them in To-
peka, will preach sermons in the in
terest of the movement to stamp out
the great white plague. In some
churches the pulpits will be occupied
by able physicians who will present
the matter in hand in an authoritative
manner But the value of these serv-
ices will be measured bv the size of
the congregations. An earnest effort
should be rnada to make them record
breakers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-21
NAVY Adopts New Compass.

For the purpose of securing clear
ness, simplicity. and precision in the
application of compass errors. the n.y.
geographic office of the United States
navy has adopted new form of COM
pass on which there is no north, south.
east, nor west. but which consists of
a circle divided into $50 degrees, be-
ginning with at the true north point
and reading to the right.-PopuIar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-21
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR
[From the New York Press.l

It LUAII tII5 4NVW 1OIh ETBsS.l
Making money is making temptation
in spending it.
Platonic love might work if only one
of the couple got It.
A man worships his own brains
especially lie he hasn't any.
When man marries his troubles be-
gin, but they can begin before If it's a
breach of promise suit.
There are so many ways a girl can
fool q man she is perfectly willing TO
let him pick out any particular one OF
them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-21

Most of the fire escapes in Chicago
are of a design that does not make it
easy for women who wear French
heeled shoes to descend them. This
probably means that another pattern
OF fire escapes will have to be provid-
ed. 1t would be altogether too much
to ask the women to give I'D their
French heels
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-21

All of the committees. special and
otherwise, which have been appointed
10 participate in the homecoming re-
ception to Colonel Roosevelt will have
Go take a back seat. A reunion of
she Rough Riders has been called for
New York City at the time that T. R.
Is scheduled to arrive there
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-21

If the criticisms of the Carnegie
Foundation for the advancement of
teaching and the fear of forfeiting it's
benefits shall constrain colleges and
universities to improve their ways and
means of teaching and to raise their
standard of efficiency. as much good
may be done in that way as in the sim
pie pensioniEg of teachers. says the
New York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-21

Two more young men have died re-
Gently as results of injuries they re-
ceived in sAban games. This brings
the baseball death list up to six or
seven SO far this year and If such a
proportion is maintained during the
entire season the yearly fatalities on
the football field will look pretty plea
yunish in comparison.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-21

Rare, indeed, is the i'll wind that fails
TO blow some good. All the baseball
games now being postponed because of
unfavorable weather will form parts of
double-headers to be played later in the
season. And the fans will be able TO
see two games for the price of one.
This is about the only thing where the
1uckless consumers of the land occa-
sionally get more than their moneys
worth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-21

Will there never be an end to it =?
Another party is going to scale the
heights of Mount Mckinley and its
members propose to follow the route
DR.. Cook said he took But. at that,
they are brave men. for the prevailing
opinion is that this route leads to no
where
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-21

Come Onto the Grass" are the new
signs that the discerning Mayor Cay
NOR OF New York has ordered to be
placed in that city's parks. In other
words, he is going to give the children
plenty of good, safe places in which to
romp and play their games. The fine
example he has set in this particular
should be followed by the authorities
of all the other cities in the country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-21

fare of our country that the people
who are so unpatriotic as to wish to
cheaper America with cheaper things
which cause poverty, starvation and
crime abroad are in the minority.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-21

Manager Chance of the Chicago Ma
fionaIs announces himself as being
tired and sick of the whole King bust
ness. And SO is everybody else in the
country
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-21

Eugene Hale. senior United States
senator from Maine. announces his in
tention of following Senator Aldrich
4nto retirement on March 4. next. If
this thing keeps up the senate cham
Der will, indeed, be a strange place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-21

Mr.. Bryan thinks the chances of the
Democratic party for success are es-
pecially good just now. Maybe he has
actually decided not to become a presi-
Dental candidate again
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-21

If sounds have color manv of those
T2oduced by the embryo piano players
are decidedly green.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-21

President Taft is now further handi-
capped in being declared by a sculptor
no be zone Of the handsomest men in
public life today
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-21

An optimist is a man who will ac-
cept an invitation to another picnic
while attending one.
''Soon the opcn-faced summer street
cars will be with U.S. says Mr.. Grab
bit, and almost dread the time I
prefer an end seat on those cars. but
I can't always get one. Frequently I
find that some blamed hog has beat me
to it,
FOR A RAINY DAY.
She said: Put something In the bank
anent a rainy day"
But from planting spending money
Hubby shrank.
So he framed one up on WHEY, and he
doped 1t out this way:
HE KEEPS HIS OLD UMBRELLA
IN THE BANK
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-21

Another remarkable educational rec
ord has been made A professor at
Cornell has succeeded in smoking
cigar for IS minutes without letting it
QO~Out
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-21

% sigh goes up from the Chicago
Record-Herald for a March with 81
days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-21
THE WHOLE FINK FAMILY.

THE WHOLE FINK FAMILY.
Mr.. X spent Monday with G. Fink
and family.
Fink took the county examination at
White Hall the 26th.
Miss Eva Fink is staying with her
aunt, Mrs. Kraft.
Fred Pfannakuch spent Sunday with
the Fink BOYS.
Mr.. Fink and son were seen hauling
corn the first of the week.
Mrs G.. Fink was on the sick list
last week but is better now.
Mrs. jackson and daughter spent Fri
day afternoon with Mrs. Fink
Miss Eva Fink and Miss Martha Men
sing spent Sunday with the Fink fam
ily-Logan Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-21

He came from Old New England
Where the kippered herring grow,
And he yanked the low-browed cod.
fish from the drink:
And from fishing on Newfoundland
bankS
He learned a thing or two
OF banks and banking methods--so We
think.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-21

Congressman Madden of Illinois is
of the opinion that .'exorbitant" rail-
road rates are more responsible for the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-21
Sunfower Siftings.

Sunffower Siftings.
DROUTH WANTED Cd
The drouth has been broken in the
eastern part of the state. 1t win come
here soon. But none too soon.-Ex.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-21

An Italian named Magagno had
narrow escape the other day. He had
the police rescued him before he had
accomplished his purpose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-21

The F'lathead Indians in Montana
have filed a protest against irrigation
projects in their territory. Heretofore,
it has been the general belief that all
Indians favored irrigation as a pastime,
and objected only to surface washing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-21

ANNIE MOORE@A philanthropist.
Annie, is a rich person who gives poor
people what he wants them to have.
j. A. G.-No, things are not always
what they appear to be. What you saw
the expressman carry into my cellar
beer.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09
SUFFRAGETTES TO
LEARN
Trained Woman Athletes 10 Deal
With RoWdieS at Future
Meetings
LONDON. Iuly O.

NJ longer IS the annoying male inter-
Iector 10 disturb the tranquility 81 the
peaceful SufraSsttc AT her meetings. \
women athletes society the ia}est adj
Junct Of the Women's Freedom League
has been organized by Mfs. Garrud. a
i|;u-iitsu expert. and Miss Kelly one OF
The hunger strikers, who entered a Dundee
meeting by way Of the fanlights.
MIS-. Garrud Is not az inch taller ihan
) feet. bua sHe has ajready enjoyed the
pleasure of throwing a. 6-foot policeman
over her shoulder. "lie was a very nice
man. and ne didn't mind it a bit b
said yesterday. But there are other men
who are not a biz nice, men who are
merely SHY and "a nuisance TO others be
sides themselves.
Il have already had the pleasure Of
ejcc.iug one youth from al womaps frau
chise meeting. and after we have had our
rev society IN fun swing Tor some Tnantas
We hope 10 have a regular band of Jiu-
jitSu officers. who Will be able 10 deal
with an The male rnwdies vino dare 10
bother us. Only today I received q letter
from the heBdmistress IF a North Lon
don girls school saying that she desires
to enroll all her pupils ia our society
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09

Ancient History of Island Empire and Her Vast Strides in Modern Days Also
Home Life of Sturdy Sons, Shown in Dreamland Pictures -

by sinister motives. The faas women in
the AInu settlement are very proud Of
their blue-black tattooed mastaehes.
Provincial life in Japan can be stud
led inside another Enclosure, where
shops and teahouses have been bnl}t
on both sides Of a running stream.
Sandal makers and other craftsmen
ply their trades. while the women are
busy at their looms.
The houses are Of Japanese work
manship; the carpenters, in their blue
smocks-each with his rad marked
on the back-were still at work on
Saturday. A lively youth was prane-
ing about on %st..ts; three workmen
were gossipinE over a charcoal b~razier.
Needless Of the curious spectators
clustered about them. 1t was a frag-
ment Of modern ~Japan-such a scene
may be witnessed in Il suburb of Toxic
any day. The polite natives. in charge
of the stands IN the big pavilions, wore
fashionable clothes and spoke perfect
English; these workmeu and their friends
showed a fondness for kimonos and
bowler hats.
Gigantic wrestlers, with their black
hair arranged In topkaots, appearE In
exciting contests Of SKIN and strength
in another inc)osure, j~iu-jitsu experts
are also to be found. Then there is a
theater where japanese players give
weird performances, and a host OF
minor attractions TO make complete
this remarkable transformation OF a
London suburb into a corner of the
orient.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09
WINS PRETTY BRIDE
BY MYTHICAL FORTUNE
Man Asserts That He is Heir to
s., 800, 900 and Matrons Hasten
to Catch Him
AND CHEAT
PARIS. July 9.

PARIS. July 9
A haIrdresser has succeeded In perpe-
trting a clever swindle at L4lhe by pre-
tending 10 be the heir to a great for
tune, His exploits resemble those OF
Nine. Humbert on a smaller scale.
The hairdresser. who is SO years Of
age, established himself In Lille some
months ago. He had neither money
nor good looks, but his manners were
plausible and he started his t~ousorial
establishment on the strength of a
mythical inheritance of $2,5I0.0o which
he expected TO get on the death of an
aged aunt.
and Lille society paraded It's most beau
tiful heiresses for him 10 choose from.
He selected a charming young woman
of twenty-five, who was very rich and
very beautiful. Then he confded to a
triend-M. Matthew, who was to be his
best man-that he was short of ready
money, and Matthew lent him $500.
The marriage took place last Thurs
day, and the bride and bridegroom left
for Paris. Matthew went with theme
After a few days Mathieu and the
were to call on the bride-
groom's aunt. so that the latter might
be repaid his $500. But yesterday,
when the visit was to hava taken
place, the hairdresSer vanished.
Then it was found that, both the for
tune and the aunt were mythical. The
discounted Matthew has taken the
bride back to hex parents.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09
GRIM CHOLERA RACES
IN A RUSSIAN TOWN
Friends Afraid to Shake Hands
Lest Contagion Lurk in
Grip
DYING LIKE FLIES
MOSCOW, July ..

MOSCOW, July ..
"A ~viruient type of cholera has been
raging nercely during the past two
days at RostoT-on~Don. There have
been etween two and three hundred
eases daily. and a great proportion have
been fatal.
Elaborate precautions have now been
taken to prevent the disease from
spreading. and an efficient staff Of doc
tors has been collected from all parts
OF Russia.
Nevertheless, panic rcigns in the
town, All in n position to do So are
ms ! efforts to leave. All tie places
are booked in the available trains days
ahead. The trains are packed with
fugftiyes. and the railway station is
sn pasSable owing to the Mortified crowds.
There Were 200 fresh cases at Rostoff.
The town looks as though It were IN a
state of siege. Friends are afraid to
shake hands.
Iale sale Of vegetables and fruit is
prphIbited, while boiled water is pro-
@vtaed free in tie streets. The peasants
coming in from the outlying districts
declare, W. are dying like flies"
Visitors TO Rostof have met their
dealt within forty-eight hours Of their
arrival. The moment the symptoms APP
pear they are elected from tAe-Aotels
and sent 10 the specially erected choi-
era barracks. There have been many
deaths among the sailors OF barKes
heading at Rostoff for Azov ports,
Nobody is sure OF his neiehbor or
what the next day will bring. Cases OF
death in the streets are frequent,
trains arrive at Rostoff completely
enhpty.
A famous 81. Petersburg professor,
eant specially to Rostoff, attributes the
ecDurge to the water Of the Don.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09
|MGHTINGALE'S SONG
Is NOT A NUISANCE
Highest Court in Austria De-
cides After Months Of
Litigation
SOUND NATURAL ONE
VIENNA IVY Q

VIENNA, July 9.
Ire highest court Of appeal in the Aus
trlan empire. after months Of litigation.
hae decided t1at the song Of a nightingale
A not a nuisance.
A citizen OF Graz, Herr Helnzel, keeps a
NNizNstsngaie In a cage. and on me nights
SSSsxMgs it outside the window. A u~eighbor
cerppained 10 the police authorities that
'%kztd btr1's song disturbed his s,umbers.
Saan4 the municipality ordered the owuer
sS0z 4he nightingale 10 keep Il inside the
6pNsr ~ night. Herr Heinzel appealed
Tits order to the government Of
Itkria and then 10 the ministry of the
4nteFaoY. but both these administrative
sNA4fsiorsties refused to interfere VIVA the
ssQM1sion OF the municipality.
11a thnSlsaayed by the costs incurred. Herr
R43e4sazed then appealed 10 the court OF
4dxninistrafIon. which has jurisdiction
B&<SAf the highest executive and as2minis-
%%<&xzye func.ionarlee Five Judges, in
E8&3U4kag the president. Baron Schenk. gave
3karnen Judgment in favor OF the owner
#1& EthH Nightingale, on grounds which
4 ineuDsed TO saying that the song of a
ESN&%rs bird ike a nightingale was a
= 9xnral sound which nobody had a RICH;
NJ pc3ecx tq. whether he liked 1T or not
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09
NOVEL IS
BANNED IN TRANSVAAL
Largest News Agents i'll South
Africa Fined for Selling
Cousin Laura
APPEAL TO BE TAKEN
JOHANNESBURG. July ..

-.
The tehtTaI News A9e''@' N'
one of the largest news agents in South
,er,.-, u-as fined Yesterday SO or four
- =, ho at
teen Gays '-'e '-'9'' -
tar11co N caSr u 7ff-f'fF"~'" pS II"
managing director. \. Y. Lindbergh)
e,r sontor translation by Miss ii.
-, a,.,,rs ..Co,sin
hayes NA -N"'0V'
Laura
The chief witness for the police was
-,.f
"' .na+
that nance, who gave 1t as his vi" max
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09
.CAMPAIGN FOR MORALITY
Premier Orders Suppression
{ of Indecent Literature.

ROME, July a.-T'he Italian premier.
Eignor Luzzatti. in his capacity as min
lister OF the Interior, has issued a letter
10 all the projects Of the kindom ordering
application OF the laws regarding
1te suppression of the traf1c in indecent
of every Fort.
Eignor L.uzzatti directs special attention
railway bookstalls. which, should they
persist In the display of demoralizing
F3x4odicals and picture cards. after a for
mai warning. viii have their contract
Axnullea.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09
The Duke Of Cornwall
GIT of king Alfred's Daughter

LONDON, July 9.~Dr. LansdeIl. presid-
ing at Morden college. Hiaekneatn. yes
teTday said that in Client. last autumn
ne came across q medieval copy Of the
deed by whIch the lands Of Lewlshanl,
Greenwich. and Woo}wlch part of which
formed the endowment OF the college,
were given 70 the monks of st. Peters,
Client. by AelfrIda. the daughter of Al
fya3 inc Great
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-09

LONDON. July 9-In his annual report
on the trade OF Jerusalem, the British
consul. II T.. Satow. states that the
state Of public health, considering the
habits of a considerable portion of the
population. is surprisingly good. al
though malaria and other diseases are
always present.