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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-08

seat Just inside the door, and Mrs.
Trevelyn was very tired With care
fully clutched skirts and fearful eyes
she entered the retreat and seated
herself on the messy bench.
The day was unusually warm for
| that time of year and Mrs. 'Trevelyn
was not accustomed to so much exer-
else. Consequently, before she had
been seated in the cool place five min
utes her eyes closed and she slum-
bered peacefully.
Fifteen minutes later she came to
herself with terrified start. Some
thing sinuous and horrible was glid-
Ing away from her across the floor of
the old summer house and there was
queer numb feeling in the fingers of
her left hand. With a grasp of terror
she raised her hand and stared at two
round pricks on the tip of her forefin-
ger. With a muff1ed cry, Mrs. Treve-
lyn sprang to her feet and dashed
people came up the walk from the
gates.
Ooh. thank goodness for somebody
to help me!' gasped Mrs. Trevelyn,
thinking of nothing save her extremity
Do something for me, won't you.
ing out the wounded finger to the wide
eyed newcomers. "Tve been bitten by
a snake-oh, an awful thing! 1 know
I'm going to deny finger feels so
queer! Do something for mer'
"Ye gods and little fishes! gulped
Burton, helplessly patting her back.
Grace, poor girl, how'd you do it?
You're sure it was a snake :"
Let me see the bite, please" said a
quiet. low-toned voice from the trinity
She stepped quickly forward and took
Mrs. Trevelyn's shaking fingers. "Ah,
yes, see the two tiny punctures quite
plainly" she observed. after a brief
scrutiny Of the injured finger. Her
brows drew together as though some
thing puzzled her and she looked I'M
certainly toward the summer house.
rs the snake still in there?" she asked,
expectantly.
"Oh, I suppose SOP shuddered Mrs.
Trevelyn, feeling cold and i'll do you
think it's a deadly bite? Will I die?
Ooh. for goodness sake tell me how
long have to liver
The girls lips twitched nervously,
but her voice was gravely reassuring
as she made response. MANY years, I
to the equally concerned Burton. she
asked him to enter the summer house
and see If the snake was still in there
Burton grabbed a stick and went
boldly within the retreat. After a few
moments of brisk rummaging he re-
turned bearing on the point of the rod
shimmering length of yellow ribbon
with two pins sticking in one end.
This is the only snake can f1nd!" he
declared, with much gravity. From
appearances, should take it to be
summer house serpent of nonpoison-
Gus kind"
Grace stared at the ribbon while the
blood slowly returned to her cheeks
and fingers. Gracious me! so it was
just my belt" she twittered joyfully.
''Well, I might have died Of fright IT
somebody hadn't thought to ind the
thing. Burton. dear, aren't you going
to Introduce my rescuer?"
And Burton, with twinkling eyes.
cheerfully complied. = copyrighted,
1870 by Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-08
TRUE STANDARDS OF LIFE.

"It takes so long to learn how to
live; so long to get even a glimmer-
ing of what life is for and what we
ought to do with ours" writes Erman
]. Ridgway in The Delineator for July.
1--WE are so prone to live in the future,
to fret ourselves about it. We are so
busy yearning for the joys we imagine
other people have and worrying about
the trouble we imagine we are having,
that we make of the present-the one
thing we are sure of-an endless re-
greet.
"And of all the follies the limit is
to permit some one else to make our
standards for us. Haven't we intelli-
gence? Can't we think for ourselves
To want things we don't need. many
we don't really care for. Just because
some one else has them and wouldn't
understand If we didn't have them! To
struggle and strain to make a show
when all the neighbors know it is
only a show, and would respect US a
heap more if we had the courage to
be ourselves. Deaths standards ought
to be life's standards. Death does not
ask how big house we hail from, nor
how many university degrees we have
won, nor what Is our bank account.
Not what we have, nor what we know,
but what we are. And that's our
measure of everybody but ourselves -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-08

States senatorship in the state in the
far northwest
As Colonel Roosevelt says the selec-
ton OF candidates for office should be
brought about In a democratic man.
ner through direct primary nomina-
lions. But when candidates are chosen
in this fashion it is incumbent on them,
IL they are successful on election day,
to work with the party to which belong
the voters who elevate them to office,
and not against it. An efficient
party" can be created in no other way.
Men who refuse to act with the party
to which they claim to belong are do
ing nothing more than obtaining votes
under false pretenses. There are some
such men among the Republican '1n-
surgents" in congress. The doctrines
Of the Democratic party seemed
to appeal to them as soon as they got
in office and they acted in concert with
the Democrats in congress on many
important matters. In this category
are the men who insist they are Re
publcans but whole ieve in free trade
or a tariff of low schedules for revenue
only.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-08
AYHAWKER JOTS

It is proper to do the small things
well, remarks the Williamsburg Star,
but if you allow them to take all your
energy you will be incapacitated for
attending to the larger things.
When the occupation tax was pub
lished last week. says the Pratt Union,
colored bootblack announced: 1--WE
have formed a combination and shines
are now fifteen cents each. He made
sign and placed 1t over the chair A
stranger came in, got shine and
handed the Sinner ten cents He was
promptly informed that a combina-
ton had raised the price. The man,
in emphatic language said. "I won't
pay it, The colored man ran out the
door and exclaimed. "Oh Lord. the
comb ination is busted right now. Then
he pulled down his sign.
A prominent Lawrence man relates
the Journal is noted for being abb
sent minded. but of all the stories told
on him. the funniest and latest Is this:
One morning not long ago the man
was at home going over lot Of cor.
reSpondence and didn't wish to be dis
turbed. Suddenly the hired girl came
running into the room. to tell him the
news of q recent arrival in the family.
"Oh, it's a boy" she managed to gasp
out. The man looked UP from his let
ter writing. "a boy?'t he repeated. "I
can't possibly see him this morning.
The days of the smuttv newspaper
are passed. An editor cannot be too
careful what he puts into his paper. 1t
must be absolutely free from all filth
and coarseness. The editor who has
to be smutty to say something funny
has missed his calling. The stockyards
and section are still open to him. The
greatest newspapers in the land care
fully avoid all semblance of risqueness
in their columns. A smutty newspaper
reflects a coarse and filthy mind. 1t
isn't smart, independent nor wise to
say dirty things Any uncouth and
uneducated yokel can do 1t. The de-
cent, fair and particularly the clean
newspapers are the ones that endure.
Osborne Farmer.
Dick Wilson of the Leavenworth
Labor Chronicle. Is modest in his de-
mands on one of the candidates for
the legislature in his vicinity. Dick
writes as follows: If George Kaufman
goes to the legislature this fall we
would ask him to introduce bill abol-
ishing large airholes in bakers bread;
a woman from smelling her husbands
breath every fifteen minutes and go
ing through his pockets when he is
asleep; also a law to prevent agents
guaranteed to make hair on bald
head in ten days when they know they
are deceiving the poor man. We
bought bottle of hair coaxer from
a pale. bilious liar about three mdnths
ago and applied it to our intellectual
brow and have waited patiently for
results, but as far as we can see our
shapely head is about as bald as a sand
bar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-08
QUAKER MEDIrATIoNs.

From the Philadelphia Record
A good bit of the trouble in the
world Is home made. .
No, Maude, dear, doughnuts are not
always sold at holesale.
A woman will forgive man almost
anything except indifference.
In the sea of matrimony many a
man has been carried out by the
undertow.
We should love all our neighbors,
but the trouble is our wives are apt
to object.
81 am completely done up" re-
marked the boiled shirt as it left the
laundry.
Women have greater staying quali-
ties than men; the modern corset
demonstrates it.
In the matter of iew-cut gowns, a
scrawny neck sometimes masquerades
as modesty-
Jill hear you have been planting
a fine crop OF wild oats; how do You
feel? Jack-Oh. sow-sow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-08
PARTY EENCTENw.

In a signed editorial in the current
issue of the Outlook. Colonel Roosevelt
emphatically places the stamp of his
approval on the general principles in
volved in direct primary nominations.
He thinks that this principle has been
applied in too crude a shape here and
there but he believes that the right of
self-government is incomplete unless it
includes the right of voters not merely
to choose between candidates when
they have been nominated, but also the
right to determine who these candi-
dates shall be.
Incidentally, he remarks: with our
political machinery it is essential to
have an efficient party, but the ma
chinery ought to be suited to demo-
cratic and not oligarchic customs and
habits" On this proposition there will
be general agreement, except with the
few politicians of the country who have
made a living through being bosses,
and probably a few of the Republican
insurgents Certainly the actions of
several Of the latter in the recent con-
gress do not jibe with such political
doctrine. Among them are those who
have more recently come from confer
ences with Mr.. Roosevelt with smiling
countenances and intimations to the
newspaper reporters that Colonel
Roosevelt was with them hand and
glove. And in this connection it is in
teresting to note that Colonel Roose-
welt found it necessary to repudiate
statements sent out from Oyster Bay
after his conference with Congressman
Poindexter of Washington to the effect
that he was going to support Mr.. Pom
dexter in his contest for a United
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-08
Havana,s Famous American Club

Prior to 1898 although there were
large numbers of Americans in Hava-
ma. and the commercial interest or
our citizens on the island were consid-
cradle there was no organization
which had for MS main object the pro-
motion of a better understanding be-
tween the two: but after the Spanish
American war. the subject of a club
where men might meet socially was
agitated, and, finally in October of
1901, the American club was organ
lied. At present it has members of
several natfonalities who represent
the best element of the business and
and professional world of Cuba. The
management, however. is exclusively
in the hands of the American citizens
of our country who are maintaining a
business residence in Havana. While
the club is purely social one, it is
practically impossible for American
business men to meet and not talk
SHOP" and if the commercial and
business interests of the island which
are in the hands of Americans ever
suffer by Cuba's political autonomy,
the American club will likely prove a
factor in the settlement-Mrs. C. R.
Miller In Leslie's.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-08
BORN TOO LATE.


II 1 had lived when knights were bold
should have longed to be a knight,
My honor dearer far than gold
Ny lance terror in fight;
But Fate and Chance denied me that,
Yet l should be worshiped man
Ii possessed the skill to bat
AS well as "Honus'' Wagner can.
had lived when Richard swayed
i, hon-hearted, should have dared
TO join him in the proud crusade,
His hopes should have bravely shared:
1 should have chased the infidel
AND feit my heart with rapture throb-
wish that could bat as well
And sprint as swiftly as 'sTy'' Cobb.
l SHOULD have been a courtier. too,
II I had lived In Raleigh's day:
MY rufus and hose, I promise you,
should have been gay among the gay;
Alas! I'm but a common dub,
Doomed thus to live and thus to die;
l s cannot s grasp rusty club
S. E. Kiser, in the Chicago Record
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-08
HUAOR or THE Day

He doesn't seem to be awed by the
comet" Hes not to be awed by any
thing that he can see for nothing
Louisville Courier-Journal.
telling funny sfories?S SDepends alto-
gether upon the customer" replied the
travelling salesman. Sometimes I tell
trusts. "-Pittsburg Post
my Brooklyn. aunt has put me down
IN hono WI the a0e old shG #
do?" IT went into half-mourning the
time her pet rubber plant died."-Louis-
vile Courier-Journal.
"Out to luncheon-Back in five minutes
read the sign on the door. Are you
sure he will get back that soon?'. asked
WIS Wise oce poS ant got fSd Dr the
Of a 1O-minutee lunch in his clothes."-
Cleveland Leader.
tians managed to get the pyramids Whsre
they are? Mulberry-Oh. their congress-
men probably franked them.-Puck,
to doughnH that's Bet no you Great do oass
with food as high as it is."-Kansas City
Journal.
No %assT you bat th aaat s a5
intended for the customers.'-Life.
Mrs. .Hardup (pausing in her writing)-
after us? Hardup-Bn1 collectors, my
dear.-Boston Transcript.
Lawson-what sort Of a man is
wife always goes with him when he buys
a suit of clothes.-Somerville Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-08
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFrom the Atchison Globe

An Atchison man makes a specially
of making women cry.
1t is as a rule, easier to keep out of
trouble than to get out, and also safer.
The widower, you may have observ-
ed, usually manages to come back.
A foal is not only unwilling to stand
aside, but he demands the privilege OF
leading.
1t can at least be said for the Chau-
tauqua that it has been a great help
to the congressman and the chigger.
We are willing to admit that an old
dog can't learn new tricks, but why
waste your time teaching them to a
pup.
'.Atchison people," said man recent
ly, ARE the most unappreciative in the
world The man was the owner of
a snake show.
When some men hurry by you, they
have this expression on their faces:
'Id like to stop and tell you about
it, but haven't time
An Atchison girl is on the streets
so much that we are as familiar with
her hat as we are with the Lysander
John Appleton automobile.
Andy White retired two years ago.
ST believe" he said the other day, that
1 have done more hard work since ]
retired than I ever did before"
The foxes have adopted a new rule:
that hereafter chickens are to go out
into the woods to play with the foxes.
But the chickens won't agree to it.
A shiftless. idle girl lately married.
Much to the surprise of everyone. she
is making a good wife. and a good
housekeeper- Shiftless girls OCCASION
ally do that, but to let girl grow up
in fdleness. is taking a big risk.
VIII and Wesley Blar own a big
automobile, but did you ever see them
in it during business hours? They are
successful men. and If you hope to
succeed, you must not be seen in your
automobile during business hours.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-08
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Generally speaking. the tuition at the
school of experience Is rather high.
y y
Most men have an idea they could
shine as comedians If they only had
the chance.
y x
There are other things in college be-
sides athletics which are worth while,
but a few Of the college boys seem to
think otherwise.
Times surely change. It used to be
that the candidate who could afford to
hire the most brass bands had the
nomination cinched.
y
This is also the season of the year
when demonstrating husbands are free
with promises they never keep-water-
ing the flowers daily, for instance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-08
A Fruitless Conversation.

Mr.. James Bryce, the British ambas-
sador at Washington, had as his din
ner companion, one evening recently
the wife of a western senator. She was
not at all laxative, and the ambassa-
dor had put out several leads in the
line of conversation without producing
any appreciable results. In a pause in
the general conversation he heard some
one two or three seats from him men,
ton '+the Oranges that section OF
New Jersey which is patronized by
millionaires and automobiles.
Turning to his silent companion, Mr.
Bryce said:
.I have heard SO much about the Or
anges- Do you like them?"
The reply put an end to the, ambas-
sador's efforts for the evening. The
lady said:
ST never eat 'em.''-Popular Maya
zina-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-08
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR
tFrom the New York Press.]

Hogs don't seem to improve a par
ticle by walking ON two legs dressed in
mems clothes.
The longer girl is an old maid the
younger she thinks she can make you
think she is growing. -
About the time man RECEIVERS
from his college, education he has a
son going through the same idiocy-
The reason a woman understands
so many things she really doesn't is
her husbaRd thinks he taught her to-
The road to fnatrimony is all down
hill and perfectly smooth; then you
begin to climb, and the path gets
mighty rough.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-08

Commissioner Tandy spends his spare
moments knocking on the street car SER
vice. from which we may gather that Mr..
Tandy has never lived In a large city
1t is customary In Chicago to make the
passenger catch the car on the wing, and
then kick him or without stopping the
car II he complains about 1t.
Kansas City contractor who shot lady
friend because she failed to keep q date
with him may be right, but this depart
ment. which endeavors to be always fair
and conservative, feels that his method
of teaching respect for social obligations
may have been trifle drastic.
In revising the Bible to fit the new re-
igion, 1t is quite probable that the Chi
cago University faculty will not eliminate
any portion of the story about the widows
cruise of oil. or any other portions Of the
Word containing references to oil.
THE FALL GUY.
The Darker One got the decision
Likewise the Lighter Ones goat:
And. in the final division,
Promoters got all they could tote:
And the loser could easily suffer
Defeat for his share of the green
But a loser indeed Is the duffer
With the moving picture machine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-08
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers Of the state journal
AWAY during the summer may have
the paper mailed regularly each day
60 any address at the rate OF ten cents
n week or thirty cents a month (by
mail onIy.) Address changed as often
as desired. While out of town the
State Journal viii he to you like a
daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions. to save
booISISeening expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-08

Many misdemeanors, crimes, out
RACES and other things of like ilk have
been charged up to Fate but some
other cause or excuse will have to be
dug up for similar offenses in the fu-
ture. It is moral certainty that
poor, old Fate will lie down and die
when she reads that poem which has
been directed at her by a bigamist
who is languishing in an Indiana Jail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-08

Sporting men have a reputation for
being pretty smart but they are not
very bright at that Many of them
who attended the fight at Reno and
lost wagers on Jeffries tried to make
up their losses afterwards by taking a
chance in the gambling games which
were permitted to flourish in that eye
sore Of America. And it's safe bet
that not more than one out of every
ten of these games was on the level
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-08

Senator Bristow believes the long
and short haul clause in the new in
terstate commerce railroad law is a
strong provision provided it is con-
stitutionaI" If it is constitutional,
well and good. but If it isn't why did
the smart men in congress insist upon
incorporating 1t in the law in an
demonstrations form? Just for a
blum? Congress and state legislatures
have had the habit of doing such
things occasionally.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-08

A Michigan farmer separated from
his wife and then secured employment
with her as her hired man. But that
didn't end his troubles. He has now
been forced to go to court to collect
$500 back pay which he alleges that his
CORNER wife and erstwhile employer
nnrnan hin,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-08

United States senatorial candidates
in Texas are in a lucky sphere. Sena-
tor Culberson reports that it cost him
81 to get reelected. Members of the
Illinois legislature will also be likely
to have a pretty poor opinion of their
brethren in Texas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-08

To his teachers request that he give
the class his ideas on the subject of
bravery" little Johnny. according to
Brooklyn Life, delivered himself of the
following: Some boys is brave be-
cause they always plays with little
boys. and some boys is brave because
their legs is too short to run away,
but most boys is brave because some
bodvsa loot<fY'''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-08

After the trial in Kansas City which
lasted for seven weeks jury has de-
cided that "bleached" flour is an adul-
terated article. But this doesn't set
tie the question. The higher and then
the highest courts will have to take a
INhacl at IL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-08

No cause for alarm exists because
the deposits in the Kansas banks are
not as large now as they were a few
months ago. The farmers are with
drawing a little of their coin to pay
the expenses of the harvests. After
this years crops are sold it is safe to
predict that the Kansas banks will
have more money on deposit than ever
before in their history.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-08

Mexico and the United States may
Join hands to stop the revolution in
Nicaragua. If 1t is going to take two
big and powerful nations to end this
scrap It is evidently a bigger affair
than most people have had reason to
holfaxya
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-08

The better way. The officials of the
Missouri Pacific Railway company and
the photographers in its employ have
decided to arbitrate the question as to
whether or not the demand of the
telegraphers for a 10 per cent increase
in pay as q reasonable one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-08

Some people on Long Island made
themselves i'll by eating ink nuts In
mistake for mushrooms. The New
York American advises that this back
to the soiI'' business should be attended
h,r discretion
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-08

Brazil is going to try and hold UP
her end of the great universal peace
movement. She has ordered the con-
struction of battleship Of the super
dreadnaught type. y