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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-15

good salary and bore good character.
He quizzed the little stenographer until
ne found that her mother was what he
mad thought from the start-a widow In
| deed. he invited himself to the flat one
evening and came away charmed That
settled his plans. There was no finesse
about the Kid, He was just plain talk.
one afternoon he quit his post on the row
| half an hour before the outpouring and
started up town. He was waiting at a
certain station when the little stenographer
got on. She had just accosted him when
the young man of the brokers' office
came along.
lust a minute" said the Kid as he
held I'D his hand.
ing there, and what she saw in his eyes
made her blush.
"What-what is it?'' she faltered
Did you wish to speak to me?" queried
Ine young man in surprise.
It's all right and SERENE" replied the
KID as he looked from one to the other.
heres the case: I knows the gent, and
there's no discount on him. Steady job
ter. He meets up for long time with
a young lady that he'd like to know, but
them penny-slot machines are no good at
introducing folks
But must be going" said the b1ushing
girl, while the young man made an I'M
easy movement.
Just a minutel I knows young lady.
There's no discount on her. Just as
long time she meets around to do the
polite. He's been waitin' He's here now.
and Miss - this am Mr. -. and
OATS all. and may. you be happy all the
And then, as the Kid ran down stairs.
he thought of the guardianship he had
surrendered-the love he had loved-the
hopes that must surely be now crushed
forever, and he leaned up against lamp
post and wept.-(Copyright 1910, by AS
ISOLATED Literary Press)
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when he was motoring, Mr.. Rookie
Teller was a random story-teller and
joker. He once told me that if he
could not tell stories and could not joke
he would have been dead 40 years
ago. To illustrate his taste in stories
and fun, let me recall few. Here is
one Mr.. Rockefeller credited to one
of his New York lawyers. A farmer
was driving a team of horses with a
heavy load up a steep hill Down the
hill came man in a little light buggy
and cried out, IF you do not turn out
for me I will serve you the same as
did another man I passed back yon-
der At this the farmer with the
heavy load turned out. When the 9TH
er man had passed the farmer stopped
his horses and called after him, Hey,
what did you do to the fellow back
there?' Oh was the answer, I turned
out for him This story of success
full bluff seemed to tickle Mr.. Rookie
Teller hugely. American
MagaziuA
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IN THE BUSINESS WORLD.

Prior to election the experts in the
business and financial world were free
with their predictions that as soon as
that event had passed on, there would
be an increased activity in the world
Of trade, and especially If the Demo-
Gratis were at all successful in the
various campaigns. Election has come
and gone. The Democrats were just
about as successful as they possibly
could be, but conditions in the business
world haven't given much evidence Of
rushing headlong to an improvement.
Still there is nothing in the situation to
cause alarm. There has been no reac-
ton in business. And whatever rub
there is comes in the fact that there
has neither been any improvement.
These facts are set forth In a clear
fashion by Henry Clews, the New York
banker, who writes in his current
weekly review as follows:
General business remains quiet and
commodity prices are tending down.
ward. In the iron trade there has been
a still further contraction of produc-
ton, although at the moment some
Improvement is noticed in the demand
for pig iron. The railroads are not en-
tering the market with any freedom,
but instead are curtailing their pur-
chases as far as possible, partly in the
hope of securing better prices, and
partly with a view to waiting until
conditions become more satisfactory.
Much will depend upon the decision Of
the Interstate commerce commission in
regard to rates Should the latter al
low the railroads to make some in
creases. and thereby recoup themselves
for diminished net revenue in other di-
rections the companies will then be in
position to enter the market for sup
plies more freely. Although general
business is quiet, no great falling off in
volume can be detected when COM
pared with a year ago. Bank clear
ings in October at all points were re-
ported Is per cent less than a year ago
This decrease, however, was largely
due to the heavy shrinkage of 81 per
cent in New York. where the inactivity
on the stock exchange explained mucl1
of the loss. Outside of New York the
total clearings showed an increase of
about 1 Fer cent. In the middle states
dncluding New York; there was a loss
of Is per cent, in New England a loss
of 2 per cent. in the middle western
states a loss of per cent, while the
Pacific states showed an increase of 10
per. cent, southern states per cent
and other western states 1 per cent.
These figures do not suggest any i'm
portant reaction in business. Never
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
rFrom the Chicago News.1


Many man has lost a dollar in trying
to save A nickel.
But philanthropy usually draws the line
at poor relations.
No man can serve two masters and few
can master two servants.
A liquid laugh is said to. be less stinu-
lating than a liquid smile
The man who shoots off his mouth never
runs out of ammunition.
Sometimes there is a difference between
model girl and a girl model.
Most people make speciality of offering
explanations that do not explain.
Strange as it may seem, it's usually the
good liver who has a bad liver
A cynic is a man who loves the truth
more than he loves popular applause.
Being popular with the boys isn't
necessarily anything for a girl to boast
of.
What a good many people call luck is
merely being on the spot when the melon
is cut.
Why is it that when a girl is interested
in a man she always tries to make him
believe she isn't?
After a man has stolen a kiss from a
girl she tells him he is brute in a tone
of voice that sounds as if she really
meant it.
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QUAKER MEDTrAuoNs.

rFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
The weaker a man is the stronger his
habits grow on him.
All the worlds stage and all the men
and women merely kickers.
It's always the other people who should
be satisfied with their lot
Revenge is sweet" quoted the wise
GUY $50 is a sugar-coated pill" replied
the Simple Mug.
Some girls never improve their minds
because they are too busy improving their
compilations.
MANY a young fellow is so constituted
that a girl couldn't even dampen his ardox
by throwing him overheard.
The fringe around the bottom OF a
mans trousers is not the only thing that
tells US he is on the ragged edge of de-
spair.
Mrs. Newlywed-"Don't you just love
girl babies, Mr.. Singleton Mr.. Single
ton-tYes, very much indeed-er-Vvhen
they get to be about 49,
Ciosefist-"My daughter has never mar
ried because 1 feel that / could never put
lp with a son-in-law." Wigwag-'I guess
you mean you could never put up for
him.
when you were young" said the ro-
ideal?'' Mercy NO. replied the old
fashioned woman. Il started right out to
marry q real man
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

Truth would have to go some to be
stranger than much of the modern
fiction.
In the fall a young mans fancy
heavily turns to thoughts of winter
overcoats and how to get one.
X X X
Whenever a woman is unusually
homely, her 1attering friends insist
she has beauty of the dignified type.
X X X
After wounding another's feelings
some folk seem never to be content
unless they rub in little salt.
X X X
Most people find fault with the re-
suits they get from the dies they have
cast according to their own plans.
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The price of crude rubber has drop
ped from SO pound where it was sew
eral months ago to $1.40 a pound, and
1t is expected to go as low as $1.20 per
pound. This means a material reduc-
ton in the price of automobile tires
and other manufactures of rubber. It
wasn't so long ago that certain politi-
clans were insisting that the increased
prices OF rubber manufactures was due
to per cent increase in the tariff on
them If that had been the case. and
these prices were not controlled al
most exclusively by the supply of crude
rubber and the demand for it, there
would be no falling off nowadays in
the price of rubber manufactures.
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GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.l

[From the Atchison Globe.1
We don't care much for the robust
laugh"
No drunkard drinks as much as peo-
pie think he does.
Every man believes his experience
would make an interesting book.
One horse to a buggy doesn't seem
enough. while two seems too many.
Poetic justice is when some mine
promoter is held up and robbed by
bandits.
The world will never get rid of the
jokes about whisky and wornen's stock
ings.
A man is rarely as prominent and
popular in the town he comes from as
he claims.
a man who has his nose on the
grindstone is usually better off than
the man who hasn't.
You have learned something if you
have learned to say nothing when
there is nothing to say.
The fact that you lack words to ex-
preEs yourself may not be much of
loss to the rest Of the world.
People don't do az much talking
about you as you think they do, un-
less you are Leading Man in a scam
DIAL.
We don't know which is worse for
poor man: to make a campaign for
public office, or to buy an automo-
bile
Let Your enemy alone, and he'll
probably let you alone. It isn't neces-
sary to be eternally and forever in
scrap.
Mothers often say, Il believe in young
people enjoying themselves but faith
ers usually believe in young people
working.
The first time a man is elected to
public Office. his friends begin to tell
it around that he is a new factor in
politics to be reckoned with.
When a man buys a new suit. his
wife tells him it looks nice. When a
woman buys a new dress, her hus-
band has to keep talking about it un-
til it is worn out.
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IOwA's POPULATION.

The falling off in the population Of
Iowa, trifling though it is, will mortify
the people of that state. Yet 1t is not
surprising. Iowa has no great cities to
draw inhabitants from other states.
No great industries have started there.
There is no vacant land inviting set
tiers. There is practically no improved
land except the strips along the roads
and the railway tracks. While the
cities have gained something in popu-
lation the farming districts have lost
more. Men have left them because
they thought there were better agri-
cultural opportunities in Canada or the
far west.
But the loss in population, while It
may cost Iowa a congressman, which
would be regrettable, has not affected
the wealth or the productiveness Of the
state. The increase in the size of farms.
more noticeable this year than it was
ten years ago, has no effect on the
harvest. The work which used to be
done by the men who have departed
has been taken care of by farm ma
chinery.-Ottawa Herald.
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West Virginia secured a majority of
the legislature at the recent election
Quite the most remarkable feature of
Mr.. Davis candidacy is the fact that
on Wednesday of this week he will be
81 years old. If Mr.. Davis is success
full in his present quest he would be
SO years old, should he live. when ms
senatorial term expires. Not only that
but West Virginia's United States sena-
torial representation would all be IN
one family, as Mr.. Davis ts the father
in-law of Senator Stephen B: Elkins,
whose term as senator from West Vir-
ginia does not expire until 1913.
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SENATOR LAFAYETTE YOUNG.

Governor Carroll, of Iowa, has APP
pointed Lafayette Young, editor and
publisher of the Des Moines Capital, to
the United States senatorship made va
cant by the death of Jonathan P. Dol
liver. Mr.. Young will serve in this ca
pacity until the Iowa legislature meets
in January when it will elect a man to
serve out the DolIiver term, which does
not expire until 1913. And If the Iowa
legislature, which will again be Re-
publican, follows the lead of Governor
Carroll and keeps Senator Young in
the high station to which he has been
appointed, Iowa and the nation will
without doubt be signally served in the
upper house of the national legislature.
Lafayette Young has not trained
with the Republican insurgency in Iowa
under the leadership of Senator Cum
minis and the late Senator Dolliver,
but he is a man Of large parts, of wise
discernment and keen intelligence. In
his capacity as editor and publisher OF
one of the leading newspapers in Iowa
and the central west, he has always
fought for advancement in everything.
He is a progressive Republican of the
truest type, as he suggested in his in
terview of yesterday when he said his
policy in the United States senate would
be constructive not destructive. And
should a lengthy senatorial ca
reer be accorded him, it is a foregone
conclusion that his service to the peo-
pie of his state and the people of the
nation will be distinguished.
The salient differences between Mr..
Young and the Republican insurgents
of Iowa have concerned their attitude
towards President Taft and their critic
ism of him. Mr.. Young is an ardent
supporter of Mr.. Taft and believes that
he is making a great president. Nor is
he alone in this opinion, regardless of
the fact that certain Republican in
surgents hold contrary views. Where
the new tariff law has been assailed
by the Republican insurgents of Iowa
as being a betrayal of Republican prom
ises, and a measure of no merit, Mr..
Young has come to it's defense in the
same way that President Taft has.
And it is these differing views on the
tariff that have been responsible in the
main for the differences between Mr..
Young and the leading Republican in
surgents Of Iowa, although he is on
personally ITl6nOly LGTIlS Win SOudlOI
Cummins and other Iowa insurgents.
Mr.. Young does not hold to
the belief that the new tariff
law is a perfect measure, but he does
see in it a big step in the right direc-
ton, and providing through the tariff
board a means to get a better law.
This is also President Taft's view of
the tariff situation. 1t is a reasonable
one, and as the possibilities Of the new
tariff law are becoming better appre-
ciated by the people generally, more
and more of them are turning to this
view.
Governor Carroll certainly had the
interests of the people of Iowa at heart
when he selected Mr.. Young to serve |
as United States senator until a sue
cessor to Senator Dolliver could be
elected. Nor will the members of the
majority of the Iowa legislature he
making a mistake if they retain Mr..
Young in this high office.
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FROM O7EER PENS
FLOODS AS TYPHOID CURE.

Ever since the flood in Paris last win
ter the statisticians and scientists have
been figuring about it, each in regard to
his own special subject. One of the most
interesting statements is that made by
DIR. Jacques Bertillon, who declares that
the flood has caused a diminution of ty-
phoid fever. One of the worst results
predicted at the time was that epidem-
les would follow.
In the 54 districts that were flooded
there were A deaths from typhoid In
three months before the food and only
"a after it. In the district that suffered
the most, St. Gervais, there were seven
deaths in three months before the flood
and only one in II weeks afterward. On
the other hand, the 26 districts that
were not flooded had 20 typhoid deaths
before and Is in an equal time after. In
other words, typhoid diminished rs per
cent in the flooded quarters and 10 per
cent in the rest of the city. Statistics
collected from England, Germany and
Austria in regard to Is foundations
show that in only one instance (Vienna
in 1870 has there been an increase of
typhoid following a flood, and that in
a single district.-Boston Globe.
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KANSAS COMMENT
A NEW AUTOMOBILES DANGER.

/
In most OF the old-time burglary
news stories, the commonest phrase
was the robbers in their haste over
Iooked something or other worth
many times what they really got. In
the up-to-date robber story, the most
nackeyed phrase is, they made their
| escape IN an automobile"
recent instances were at Wellington
where thieves, after after robbing
geWelry store of several thousand dol
lars worth of diamonds, escaped in an
automobile; and another is bank rob-
berry reported from Beattie, Kan.
Mhere safe blowers, after getting So, 300,
lied In an automobile from a pursuing
posse.
The rapid growth of such use of au-
IonoolIes appears to be presenting
need Of readjustment of police meth
ods. Under old conditions, detectives
watched railroad stations to discover
what professional criminals were ar
irving, and in this way had a means of
knowing what particular operators
were at work in the community.
The use of the touring car appears to
be defeating the purpose of surveil-
lance of trains.
AS the use of automobiles for the
escape from scenes of crime in rural
districts becomes more prevalent and
dangerous it is very likely that drastic
measures will need to be taken to pro-
tect honest citizens from these men
VINO prey under cover of night, and
disappear in a whizz of gasoline.
one very great assistance at the pres
ent time would be a law placing the
licensing of automobiles in the hands
or the state instead of various munich
palfties, so that all automobiles used in
the state would be uniformly number
ed. Such is the CUSTOM in the eastern
states at the present time.
Another helpful measure in retard-
ing the use of automobiles by criminals
would be rigid enforcement of a law
requiring not only that an automobile
must be numbered with a number is
sued by the state, but that this num-
Der must be of such nature that it can
be identified both by day and night,
even from car going at great speed.
Any citizen who will notice the auto
mobiles which daily speed by him,
even In broad daylight, will agree that
NJ one in a score is numbered so that
the car can be identified; and it will
also be observed that many cars are
not numbered at ALL
Under rigid automobile regulation,
the car running without easy means Of
Identification is Immediately under
suspicion.
If robbers continue to find the auto
mobile facile means of escape, it is
not unlikely that the larger cities like
Wichita may find 1t advantageous to
begin system barking back to the
ancient time when cities had guarded
outer gates to prevent the entrance of
marauders. Under modern conditions
when criminals race by automobile un-
molested from one community to an
other. cities may find it practical to
establish on the chief automobile high
ways a system of toll gate which
would enable police officers to inspect
at close range those persons who race
about the country under cover of night
Wichita Eagle.
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HIS CHOICE.

I am acquainted very well
With divers maidens fair;
They seem to weave a wondrouS spell
No can could fail to care
For each of them if he but knew
How twould his heart rejoice!
| like them all-of course do
But still have my choice!
Cordelia's written, so they say,
Best sellers two or three,
And Mabel signs herself "B. A"
And Phyllis signs m. D.;
Fair Kate the path of suffrage walks.
While Sylvia studies germs.
And I'm enmeshed when Doris talks
In scientific terms.
like them all, these girfs I know,
Their deeds and titles, too,
find the lot congenial, though
Each has her mission" true,
Cordelfa, Phyllis and the rest
Quite set my brain awhirl:
But simple Sallie suits me best,
Because she's just a girl
Chicago News.
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VALUE OF THE SOIL.

The farms of the United States were
worth $20,50O,000,000 when the census
of 1900 was taken. In the ten years
since their value has more than
doubled, so that it is to he represented
by the figures 20, 900, 900, 000-far cas-
Ter to mouth than it is to conceive. In
1900 there was about $4,000, 100000
invested in manufacturing Industries.
It is believed that the present census
will show that agricultural values have
more than kept their distance ahead of
those of mill and factory Iowa, one
of the richest agricultural states, has
made an increase of III per cent IN
farm values. There is said virtually to
be no waste land in the state. almost
all the available acreage being under
cultivation. Illinois, Indiana. W1scon-
sin and the Dakotas have probably
kept pace with Iowa in agricultural
prosperity. 1t will be interesting to
see whether Ohio and states to the
east can show similar gains in spite OF
the tendency toward industrial domi-
rlance.-Toledo Blade.
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Another Belle Gilmore" has been
located, and many hundreds of miles
from where the first one was appre-
hended a week or so ago. It is not
unlikely that a dozen or more Belle
Elmores will be found in as many diff
ferent parts of the world between now
and the date set for the execution Of
DR.. Crippen.
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theless, tie fact that the forward
movement has been checked is a mat
ter of some concern. particularly In
establishments and corporations where
the increased cost of doing business
is already an item of Importance. The
fresh outbreak of labor trouble is any,
thing but assuring to business men,
and altogether the commercial outlook
is one that requires caution
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do you mean to say that you refused
the millionaire who proposed to your
him. "-CIeveland Leader.
Maud-Mr. Brownleigh tries to flirt with
every pretty girl he sees. Ethel-I've
seen him try to flirt with you, too.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
well, who do you think you are?" ask
ed David, unafraid. 81 am the man high
er up gruffly answered Goliath, looking
contemptuousfy down upon him. hut
David got him.-Chicago Tribune.
They met in the Hereafter of Fiction.
Fifteen men on the dead mans chest"
beloved Stevenson's Pirate. "Ha Jolly
old football song, thatrs exclaimed the
hero of the college novel; which, though
recent, was alreay dead.-Puck.
Farmer (proudly)-See what fine tattsrs
1 get by industry. Lazy Jeff (compla cent
ly)-Huh! All gifts 'zactly de same kind
by moonlight.-Judge.
The Fair Sponsor Gas the car slides out
the garage)-I christen thee Two-hundrcd-
and-tw enty -tw O. thousand six hundred
and-thirty- New York.-Punch.
even great men can pass unnoticeds in
a crowd" "Say, did you ever try to get
into a baseball game without ticketT"-
Buffalo Express.
And will you tell me Just what you
think of me- Miss Gardiner" inquired the
sIuggis hwooer. The fair girl hesitated.
L want you to understand, Mr.. Dolliver,'
she said, that 1 am using the term in
descriptiveIy, but L really think you are
a chuup "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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In view of the fact that Senator Gore
of Oklahoma is a Democrat, and is
always working for Democratic vic
tories, there may be something of an
Interior motive in his suggestion that
Senator Bristow would make an ideal
Republican candidate for the presi-
dency at the next national election.
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Count Leo Tolstoi has always done
the unusual. So perhaps there is moth
ing so strange in his latest perform
ance of deserving his wife and family
for the purpose of ending his days in
retirement. Tolstoi is a genius. And
there is always something of the queer
in the makeup of humans in that