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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-02-09

If you tell the truth nowadays you
don't shame the devil as much as you
do some prominent citizen.
Presumably a large percentage of
future aeroplane accidents will come
from skidding on hail stones.
Forgiveness is vice of the virtu-
Gus which encourages more cussed-
ness among the villains.
idle Curiosity" is what man ex-
hibts when he reads the proceedings
of congress. 1t is none of his bust
ness what congress is doing anyhow.
Some day when Christian Science
enables US to think SIS off of a coal
bill, there is going to be grand rush
of converts.
It'll be police job sure enough. want
to go and put them on to it, said TRAY
ers. turning toward the door. He was
inis alarm. and tried to increase it.
NO you don't" cried Marin. You
brought him here and You can take him
away again.
You must tell the police he was alive
when we brought him to you. doctor. and
that you refused to treat him.
Marini scowled and bit back an oath.
Don't you be IL fool. don't want to
he mixed up in it ut all. Here I'll give
YOU this if you get him away without
any fuss. and say | out. You UNDER
stand" and he drew out two half-crowns
Travers leer of cunning was excellent
ly done. ".All right sir, I'll see to it"
lie said he pocketed the money Bat
the police had better not see you, had
they? You can leave ii to me"
The Italian paused Il moment. Mind
you get him away without any fuss he
said. and then left the room and Went to
the back of the house
You can slip underneath the sofa. sir
whispered Travers. soon as they We're
alone. I'm open the front door. and
We'll fake the rest.
Take this cape with you. Listen for
my signal, and if I'm not out in an hour.
YOU know what to do" replied Ralph. as
he slipped off the Inverness cape and fas
tened the lapels of his dress coat across
his shirt front. that he might not be quite
so easily seen.
n RAvERS went to the front door, beck
oned IL couple of his men, and went
through the farce of carrying one of them
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-02-09

However in two or three days, the
tailor had recovered sufficiently to veto
his customers ideas once more without
even blinking.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-02-09
Plane Talk
Kingdom Could has bought an aeroplane

Kingdom Gould has bought an aeroplane.
1t is rumored that Collector Loeb of the
New York port will at once detail two
customs officers to look for struggled aero
planes.
The 1910 models of French aeropanes
will be fitted with shock absorbers which,
it is estimated, will decrease the chance
of accident .O5 per cent.
California inventor has produced an
aeroplane which works like an umbrella,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-02-09

Presumably large percentage OF
future aeroplane accidents will come
from skidding on hail stones.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-02-09
POT SHOTS

If you tell the truth nowadays you
don't shame the devil as much as you
do some prominent citizen.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-02-09

Forgiveness is vice of the virtu.
Gus which encourages more cussed-
ness among the villains.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-02-09

idle Curiosity is what a man e
hibIts when he reads the proceeding
of congress. 1t is none of his bus
ness what congress is doing anyhow
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-02-09

The Wright boys, who Travelled upwards
of LOO miles in their aeroplanes las
year. did not wear out single tire.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-02-09

Some day when Christian Science
enables US to think SIS off of coal
bill, there is going to be grand rush
of converts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-13
SOME TARIFF FACTS.

| Because the prices of all kinds of
rubber goods have advanced material
ly Of late, the charge has been repeat
eddy made that this was due to the fact
that in the new tariff law the duty on
such goods is placed at So per cent ad
valorem, as against 80 per cent in the
old tariff law. Raw linseed oil. which
comprises about two-thirds the COM
position of paint. has just reached the
highest price In its history. The clos
ing price in the Saturday markets for
this OIL was 81 per gallon, an advance
of SO cents over the high point
reached in September OF last year,
when the oil sold at AZ cents a gallon.
This increase in the price of the oil
has resulted in a big advance in the
price of ready mixed paints. 1t has
gone up from $1.35 per gallon to $1.75
since the first of the year.
Were 1t not for the fact that the
duty on linseed oil in the new tariff
is 10 cents a gallon. which is cents
less per gallon than the duty in
the old tariff law. 1t is probable that
the chronic kickers on the new tariff
law would be insisting that the tariff
was responsible for this big increase
in the price of this oil. 1t wouldn't be
surprising If some of them did so any
how, without taking the trouble to find
out that the new tariff decreased the
duty on linseed oil instead of keeping
1t at the same figure it used to be or
increasing it.
1t appears. though, that the real rea-
son for the increase in the price of
linseed oil is due to the fact that this
years crop of f1axseed. from which it
rs made, is about half what it ought to
be. and will be 100000 bushels
short of the requirements of the lin
seed oil industry. Hence, it is the law
OF supply and demand which makes
for the increase in the price of this
oil. And the same is the true reason for
the increases in the prices of rubber
manufactures. So great has the de-
mand been for rubber during the past
few years that in the forests where
the crude rubber is gathered, it is sold
now for just twice as much a pound as
1t used to be sold for.
There is no doubt that many of the
tariff schedules which have prevailed
during the past few years have been
responsible for maintaining prices for
various articles at unpardonably high
figures. And there are undoubtedlv
some schedules in the present law
which work the same way. But all
kinds OF things are blamed on the tar
III which ought not to be- Many peo-
pie who are entirely ignorant of tariff
schedules are willing to believe that
the tariff is responsible for almost
every Ill to which they are subjected.
and the crafty politicians never fail to
take advantage of their credulity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-13
WHY FRIENDsHTPs FAT.

In friendship, as in marriage. it ta11as
two to- make a bargain, says Erman 7
Rtdgway in the Deiineator for October
We hear much ,of why marriage is a
fatlure-which, it is not, and nothing
Of why friendship is a faiIure-which
1t so often is. You may not agree with
me, but I honestly believe it is more
difficult to be a good friend than it is
to be a good mate
have in mind, especially, the friend
snip of two women, or two men: and
not that most rare ard difficult friend
ship between a woman and man not
married to each other, and not wish
ing to be. each married and loyal to
another
When q woman marries, she finds
her men friends among her husbands
friends. and her husband finds his wo-
men friends among her friends. It is
almost impossible for either to keep
o. make a friend Of the opposite sex
whom the other does not like. The
men man likes he wishes his wife to
like, and the women a woman likes she
wishes her husband to like. She is
hurt If he persists in a friendship she
can not understand; and he is sore ami
often brutal if she persists in a friend
ship he can not understand.
Isn't that true?
1t isn't big and broad. In fact it
closely resembles the attitude of our
ancestors of the caves. Today, as then,
man wants to possess wholly his wo-
man; woman, her man; and neither
will tolerate any relationship that he is
not party to. Both are happy only
when they know every heartbeat of
the other, and how can they know f
the friendship is not three-cornered?
1t seems petty and small, but with
| human nature so weak I am not sure
but that 1t is best. 1t is beautiful to
b. trusted. Being trusted makes some
people trustworthy. But how many
people carry sad scars on their souls
because their mates were not as watch
full, as jealous. If you please, as they
might have been. Men and women
both have been carried even beyond
their own desires by romantic mo-
ment, or a false loyalty, or an imagi-
nary lack of appreciation at home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-13

the steam railroads of the United
States combined. This element in the
material prosperity of the country is
of tremendous Importance. In his con-
clusion on the conditions in the bust
ness world he writes:
THE general business situation is
improving. Trade is quiet and being
conducted on much more conservative
lines than a year ago-a policy which
is likely to prove helpful and result IN
larger and sounder activity later on.
There is still some timidity in business
circles over uncertainties which have
already been discounted In the stock
market, but in due season these draw
backs should gradually disappear. As
soon as liquidation in commerce and
industry has been as thorough as in
finance there would seem to be little
reason for delay in business revival.
The three great commercial nations OF
the world-England. Germany and
France-are still enjoying a high de-
gree of prosperity. In all three coun-
tries. and especially England, both do
nestle and foreign trade continues
upon a large scale without interruption.
There is no lasting reason why the
United States should be the only great
country where depression prevails; but
such is the fact. This country has been
suffering from past excuses. For eight
months at least If not longer, we have
been paying the penalty; yet as long as
activity continues abroad it is reason
able to hope that we, too, should re-
gain our share.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-13

Stranger Ito conductor of village choir):-
But why are you practicing out here IN
can ioin in His wife has forbidden him
to go out'-Fliegende Blaetter.
sometimes you have to hit man to
make him keep quiet, so that you can
save him from drowning Yes" replied
the abrupt person; 1.-The time to do It Is
when he first begins to rock the boat
Washington Star.
That actress is undergoing q tremen,
new role?" mo. Trying to decide whetfy-
er she will get more advertising as suf-
fragette. or as an opponent OF votes Tor
They, seem to be hanging somebody.
Hes the man higher up" answered the
old resident of Shushan. Later 1t was
learned that the name of the man who
was hanged was Haman.-Chicago Trio-
une.
when order poultry from you again."
GER Il don't want you to send me any
of those aeroplane chickens" What kini
wings and machinery and no meat -
Washington S.ar.
Hank Standardization amt hardly
with while. Bilge Miller-why not? Hank
Stubbs-Waal, eff you are behind the pro-
cession you halter keep bumpin' into
liable to git Observation-Disclosures Herald.
Il hear Mrs Parvenu. that your son is
a great student and passes most of his
time over the midnight OIL" There isn't
a word of truth about that oil. ma am;
we have gas all over the house. and AL
fred has whole chanticleer in his room.
Oil, indeed." And the naughty dame toss-
ed her head.-Puck.
What you want to do is to have that
mud hole in the road fixed" said the
visitor THAT goes to show" replied
Farmer Corntossel, chow little you re-
formers understand local conditions. I've
purity nigh paid of mortgage with the
money made haulin' automobiles out o.
that mud hole."-Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-13
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
[From the Philadelphia Record

[From the Philadelphia Record.]
Don't kick unless you throw your
whole soule into it
II is almost as difficult to hush up
some children as some scandals.
The fellow who never knows when he
has enough is apt to get too much
When the bore cracks a joke it is
never all that 1t is cracked up to be.
You can't make the fisherman be-
iieve that all things come to those who
bait.
The theory. that troubles never come
singly is what keeps many a fellow
from marrying.
Many woman's only idea of acuuir-
ing wisdom is to know all about her
neighbors.
1t is to be hoped that the fool who
rocks the boat will not transfer his at
tentions to the aeroplane.
Wigg-'Tazicus is always talking
about what he is going to do Wagg-
We'll. If he didn't he would have moth
ing to talk about"
Blobbs-"It's queer how a popular
expression so soon gets overworked."
Slobbs-"Yes, even the truth in a nut
SHELF is a chestnut"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-13
IN THE WORLD OF TRADE.

Although the conditions in the bust
ness world, taking the country as
whole are not especially active just
now. still there is no reason for alarm.
Indeed, the prospects all point the 9TH
er way OF the big commercial nations
of the world. the United States is the
only one, which is not now enjoying an
unusual era of prosperity. And mas
much as the business of this country,
though tribe quiet, is on firm foun-
adtion, there is little reason for belief
that it will not soon begin to enjoy as
large If not a larger measure of pros
perity as now prevails in England Ger
many and France. These conclusions
are drawn from the current weekly I'm
ancial review issued by the New York
banking house of Henry Clews & Co.
Mr.. Clews is of the opinion that the
business world is becoming accustom-
ed to the political shocks. which used
to play such havoc in it, and If this is
SO there is reasons for congratulations
all around. He points out that the in
dications now are that the money value
of the crops of the land for this year
will approximate $3.50. 000. 600, a sum
greater than the capital stock OF all
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-13
IN THE SAND.

Chains and chains of hills / made
With streams and valleys in between,
And mountains tow'ring to the sky,
As high as any I have seen.
Seas and tides and coasts made
Lone rocks and wrecks and beaches
white,
And harbors denting in the land,
Where ships could lie all safe at night
Fertile farmlands, too, I made,
with orchards, pasture, meadow, wood,
All bright and handsome in the sun,
And ever smiling as they stood.
CITIES, busy, big, made,
All roaring, roaring through the gray,
with people walking up and down,
And walking up and down all day.
All this made right in the sand,
All sparkle-sparkle in the sun,
And told myself mustn't look
At 1t, at all, till 1t was done.
And when I'd smoothed and parted it,
caught my breath all sort of 'fraid-
And then nearly cried-oh, queeri
To see the lovely things I'd made
Laura Campbell in the Bostin Trans
cript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-13
AYHAWKER JOTS

There is an abundance of walnuts,
hickorynuts and haze1nuts this sea-
son, which. according to an old ira
dition, Is a sure sign of cold winter, y
cle's famous weather prophet. Men
who have been sitting in the glow of
the summer sun while the bluebottle
fly buzzed around their clear cut Gre
clan features will do we'll to clip this
item and paste it in their hats"
A political note from the Atchison
Globe: It's good thing for Vic. Muir
dock that Governor Stubs Joined the
church. When the people declare al
most with one voice that they want
Vic. to represent them as United States
senator to succeed Charley Curtis, Gov
ernor Stubs will not try to defeat the
Peoples Will with the powerful ma
chine he has built I'D among his ap-
pointees. A worldly man might have
done such thing. but man who has
been converted wouldn't.
An Atchison girl. reports the Globe,
who wore the shortest sleeves and
shortest skirts of any girl in town, and
who did her hair SO wonderfully that
it was the talk of the town. got mar
ried. AS a married woman she COW
cred her funny looking elbows, hid her
ankles under long skirts and stopped
experimenting with rats braids. puffs
and curls on her head She looked
like a real woman instead of a freak,
but her husband died shortly after
their marriage. and the young widow
is again exhibiting her queer looking
elbows Her ankles. in white stock
ings, have again appeared, and she
seems to have lost all sense of taste in
the Arrangement of her hair.
The fish in the Marais des Cygnes,
in and about the vicinity of Reading,
are a cute lot. or so 1t would seem
from a fish story which is being relat-
ed by a prominent Santa Fe official,
whose name. under the circumstances,
it may be we'll to withhold in order to
protect his reputation. Anyhow, he
was on a fishing expedition near Read
ing. He reached a point on the river
when he saw. a little ways ahead of
him, a spot where the grass sloped
right down to the edge of the stream.
Just as he was about to push aside
some bushes to reach this grass he
heard a Topping on 1t. Looking in the
direction of the sound he saw a big
fish putting on a few acrobatic stunts
on the little nature-made lawn. 1.-The
fish spotted me with his eye in a min
ute,'' relates the fisherman. land be-
gan to wiggle towards the edge of the
bank. 1 made two or three quick leaps
and was Just able to crook my arm
about the fish as it was rolling off the
bank into the river 1t was a daisy, a
four-pound bass Although the teller
Of this tale did not say so, it is rea-
sonable to assume that the fish was out
of the water on a graSshOuper hunt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-13
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.I

GFrom the Chicago News.1
And many a female hairdresser dyes
a spinster.
Don't blame a woman for putting
on airs in hot weather.
man never loses anything by fas-
tening a muzzle on his temper.
Lots of husbands bring home flow
ers to their wives-in novels.
It's awfully hard for some people to
be both good and interesting.
The successful man doesn't boast OF
what he is going to de tomorrow.
The man who is on the level is Of
ten compelled to make an uphill fight.
The man who swaggers is almost
as disgusting as the woman who struts.
1t isn't always safe to pin your faith
to the man with a big diamond min.
There is plenty of room at the ton
but high attitudes make most peo-
pie dizzy.
The patience and unselfishness of O
really good woman cannot be eouaisd
by the best man on earth.
It's easy to distinguish betwasr
married man and a bachelor. Tha
former always has an explanatinc
ready. Panatiou
It's as easy for a man to nron,;s-
woman TO give up smoking on the a. =
She marries him as 1t is for him 70
begin again the day after. ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-13

He tricks about the grounds a bit
To knock, and knock and knock and
knock
On pumpkins. chickens. cheese and
stock.
All day and far into the night
He knocks on everything in sight,
Until some person grabs a rock
And bounces it upon his block.
Harry Ginter, the aerial navigator
who is furnishing one of the attrac-
lions at the state fair. has this edge
over the common, or aquaous variety
of navigator: He can land on top of
a tree. This is a stunt which the most
experienced watercraft navigator has
been unable to accomplish.
ST took great pleasure in looking
love1 the live stock exhibit says Jack
Supp. "It is the first time for quite
awhile that I have ben able to view a
collection of beef. I went in on a
pass"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-13
GLOBE SIGHTS.
rFronn the Atchison Globe I

CFrom the Atchison Globe.1
Every man thinks he works hard. but
very few really do
So many people want us to apologize
when it's their turn.
Energy and careful plans make a
great team, but so many times they
aren't working together.
Some people explain everything by
the different phases of the moon, and
are known as moon cranks.
Pretty people always have a notion.
more or less violently developed that
the world owes them a living.
The young man who knows more
than his father usually wants to mani
fest it by not working So hard.
If you can't get into print any other
way, write an article protesting against
the marriage of the unfit.
After an Atcnison man has been to
New York. there is difference; he Is
a little loftier, and not quite so well
satisfied with Atchison as formerly.
During the eight hours you work.
possibly you fritter away some time.
Next week, keep a little tab on your
self, and see II you are guilty. So
many people are.
If a man accidentally steps on your
corn, the worse he hurts you, the more
he laughs. But If he accidentally hurts
you in any other way, he is ashamed
of himself, and apologize.
Wives of staid old husbands should
always remember that young and
beautiful girls are not running after
them. If the young and beautiful girls
are running after anybody they're run
ming after candy kids.
A man SO seldom gets his rights tina:
when we hear of a man who does, we
rejoice. Today we heard of a man who
has four women in his family: at din
ner recently, all of them were up from
the table at one time, waiting on him.
When a certain life died, the other
women said her husband would marry
again before his poor wife was cold IN
her grave. That was three years ago
and the man isn't married yet But
the woman who made the remark about
him has never apolcgized.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-13
Army as Training School.

The lessons learned generation
ago by the countries of continental
Europe, particularly Germany, as to
the value of the training from a citizen
brought home to the American people
in various ways. Maj. Gen. Leonard
wood, who has just assumed his new
duties as chief of staff, in succession
to Gen. Franklin Bell. has some de-
finite, decided views as to a scienti-
fically organized American army, with
an elastic coordination between reg
ulars and militia. He conceives of
the army as training school for our
young men, even if they are not fitting
themselves for a military career. Gen.
Wood returned only last month from
Buenos Aires, where he represented
the United States as special ambassa-
dor at the Argentine centenary cele-
brations. He found the youth of Ar
gentina greatly benefited, physically,
intellectually, and from the standpoint
OF social discipline, by the universal
compulsory military service in that
country. Gen. Wood is understood to
favor recommending to congress the
organization of ''time-expired" men
into strong. reserve. The present
energetic British minister of war. Mr..
Haldane, has already worked out such
plan in England and the colonies.
and his territorial army is admitted
to be an unqualified success. AS chief
OF stan, Gen. WOOD Will have to con-
slider the plan-already recommended
and approved by Gen. Belief assign
ing regular army officers to the ma
tional guard as instructors. This talk
an with more comprehensive school
ing for the national guardsmen and
the increase of the cadet corps at West
Point, would greatly increase the fight
ing worth of the militia in war, and
transform 1t into a highly valuable
training school for the manly ouaH-
ties in times of peace.-Review of Re
views
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-13

No man may be able to serve two
masters but lots of them try.
- x
Many people who finally get into
society are grievously disappointed.
:;
The girls who protest they would
MT marry for money never had q
chance in all liability.
Hope is one of these fine things on
which 1t is not well to put too much
reliance.
A straight line is the shortest dis
lance between two points, but you
can seldom go that way.