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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18

AAo saA NtsSs -EecAilS the APOSTOLIC
zeal with which he took our little sin
fui community In hand, when he put
up for day or two at the judges:
and the wholesome castigation he
gave us all, one Sunday, beginning
with the two country beiies. who came
nuttering into the schoolhouse during
the sermon. decked out in their city
fnery; and ending with the Judge
himself, In the stronghold of his own
mansion. How soundly he gave II to
us The good. plain-spoken. honest
old man. He certainly handled us
without mittens; but / trust we are
all the better for 1t. How different he
was from the brisk, dapper, self-suf-
dcent little apostle who cantered up
to the judges door day or two ar
ter; who was 80 full of himself tina.
ne had no thought 70 bestow on our
religious delinquencies; who did moth
ing but boast of his public trials OF
skill In argument with rival preachers
OF other denominations, and how he
had driven them Off the field and
crowed over them. You must remem-
Der the busting. self confident little
man with a tin trumpet in the handle
of his riding whip, with which I pra-
sumo he blew the trumpet in Zion!
DO you rsmemher -ashins -ex--
petition in company with Congress-
man Van Allen to the little lake few
miles from Undertook: and John
Moore, the vagabond admiral of the
lake, who sat crouched in a heap ir
the middle Of his canoe in the center
of the lake, with ffshing rods stretched
out in every direction, like the long
legs of a spider And do you renlem-
Der our pirattcai prank. when we
made up for our bad luck In fishing
by plundering his canoe of it's fish
when We found 1t adrift? And do you
remember how John Moore came
splashing along the marsh, roaring
at US and how we finished our frolic
by driving off and leaving the con-
tickling ourselves with the idea of his
being scalpedA at least 2--=====
All. well-a-day, friend Merwin,
these were the days of our youth and
folly. i trust we have grown wiser
and better since then; we certainly
have grown older. I don't think we
could rob John Moore's fishing canoe
now. BY the way. that same John
Moore and the anecdotes you told of
him gave me the idea of a vagabond
character. Dirk Schuyler, in my
knickerbocker history OF New York.
which l was then writing.
You tell me the old school house
Is torn down and a new one built In
its place. i am sorry for It. / should
udFo 1Htu W see Tie Ola sCHuol-iouSS
once more. where after my mornings
literary task was over, / used to come
and wait for you occasionally. until
school was dismissed, and you used to
promise to keep back the punishment
OF some little. tough. road-buttoned
Dutch boy until l should come. for
my amusement-but never kept your
promise. I don't think | should look
with q friendly eye on the new school
hniEa hawagcr n3ra IL might he
1t seems that Merwin was Ichabod,
and that Irving was writing his boon
at Van Nesss, and that the preach
ing was in the village school-house.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18

me Ricnmond Vlrginian prints in
its editorial columns a letter written
by Thomas Jefferson to friend about
editors. Mr.. jefferson scores news
papers In general. declaring that moth
ing can be believed that is seen in
newspaper and that truth itself
becomes suspicious by being put into
that polluted vehicle" Again, Mr..
Jefferson says. Il will add, that the
man who never looks into a news
paper Is better informed than he who
reads them: inasmuch as he who
knows nothing is nearer to truth than
he whose mind Is filed with false
hoods and errors. He who reads moth
ing will still learn the great facts,
and the details are false"
1t would be unfair to the news
papers. and vastly more unfair to the
memory OF the greatest statesman in
the history of Virginia and OF Ameri-
ca to attempt to apply these strict
ures to the newspapers OF to-day. 1t
would be an insult to the Intelligence
of any public man of to-day to quote
him as saying that 1.-The man who
never looks into newspaper is bet
ter informed than he who reads
them" Even President Taft, who ac-
cuses the newspapers Of being unfair
to him; even Mr.. Aldrtch, Mr.. Bal
linger, Uncle Joe" Cannon or Mr..
Hitchcock. and even the rankest Of
publicity hating corporate pirates"
would admit that man must be an
ignoramus to make such q statement.
1t seems strange that the great ad-
Vocate or the free press should have
written in this vein at all, but II 10
possible that the conditions existing
at the time warranted the extraor-
binary pronunciation. And In con-
sidersng the statement quoted and
others appearing In the letter repro
duced In The Virginian. we must re-
member that the publications referred
TO by MT. Jefferson were not news
papers In the modern acceptance Of
the TERM. In the days before the tel
egraph made modern news gathering
methods possible. such q thing as the
present daily newspaper was un
dreamed of. Local AFFAIRS were han
died In the editorial vein. and every
thing printed concerning the outside
world was and had to be either mere
speculation or more or less time
worn second. third or fourth hand re-
ports. Under the circumstances, It 10
not altogether surprising that the
work or the century editor was
calculated to get him into the Ananias
club class,
II Mr. Jefferson were to como back
to the world to-day. ont even the
wireless telegraph. the flying machine
nor steaming steel battleship would
astound him more than q glance at a
moderately progressive daily newspa-
per.--Newport News Press.
A CrsatIor.
Ihat new position ID here created
seems very plain to us--a new once
with salary attached and providing
for regular term OF aer,,ina1 IL a cor-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-18
Tenncssee,s Shame.

The act of Governor Patterson, OF
Tennessee, in pardoning Duncan 3.
Cooper; convicted OF the murder OF e.
w. Carmack, was one of the most in
famous acts ever recorded.
The press reports say that Cooper's
pardon was written while the highest
court in the State was confirming the
conviction OF Cooper.
Duncan Cooper was convicted after
long and tedious trial, and in spite
of the most tremendous political in
fiuence exerted In his behalf.
The only explanation that Cover
nor Patterson could make of his par
don is that Cooper was his personal
and political friend; yet we do not
think that the Governor in his off,
cial capacity should be loyal to a
friend, when in doing so he commits
an act of treason to the State, whose
laws he has sworn to uphold and
whose good name and fame he Is hon
orably bound to protest.--Wincheste
Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-12
AYHAWKER JOTS

Faith may move mountains, but
don't lose sight of the man behind the
scraper," is good advice from the
Pratt Union
Colonel Bill Sapp. vino visited Wich-
il a recently says the Beacon. still holds
that somewhere in the course of hu-
man events the Democratic party is
certain to win.
A Sunday school picnic was adyer-
tised IN one of the western Kansas
counties the other day. reports the
Wichita Beacon, and SO candidates for
Office responded.
1t has been noticed by the Wichita
Eagle that although some of the air.
ship companies are beginning TO carry
passengers, none of them are selling
1oundtrip tickets.
A ST. Joseph woman shot at police
man ana. of course. missed him, notes
the Leavenworth Times and it adds:
THAT is all there is to the story. There
were no bystanders.
According to the Anthony Republi-
can a Wabaunsee county man adver-
tises discrepancy in health that
prevents him working at his business
but makes him just right for register
Of deeds.
Rabbits in Meade county have de-
stroyed as much as Is acres of wheat
for a single farmer, and there is no
trust combination between the Dummies
and wintry weather, either. says the
Hutchinson Gazette.
The latest craze in the east where
the crazy stunts are conceived is bare
foot dancing in the grass for the pro-
motion of health and grace. That is
the best news the chiggers have had
since the Kneipp fad played out, says
the Holton Signal
Heretofore" says the Manhattan
Mercury, visitors at Emporia were all
ways shown the towns. three attrac-
tions-Mrs. P. B. Plumb's home, Sun
ny Slope farm and a we'll known au-
thor toiling at his typewriter, writing
a hundred words minute for which
he receives fifty cents a word. But
new attraction has recently been add
ed to the list; visitors in Emporia
shouldn't neglect seeing Uncle Walt
Masons new pink barn, even if they
have to overlook the other attrac-
tons"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-12
FACTS DON'T BOTHER THEM.

For a leading editorial the other
day DR.. William Allen White present
ed to the readers of his Emporia
Gazette the suggestion that 1t was
about time for Mr.. Wickersham, the
federal attorney general, to read Theo-
dore Roosevelt out of the Republican
party. DR.. White says Mr.. Wicker
sham should do this because of the
comfort Colonel Roosevelt gave to
Congressman Miles Poindexter, who
is going to be a candidate for the
United States senate from Washington
against Senator Piles, the regular Re-
publican incumbent of the office.
Inasmuch as Colonel Roosevelt felt
called upon to repudiate the state
ments that came to the newspapers
from Oyster Bay at the conclusion of
the Poindexter visit, that he intended
to go to the state of Washington and
Mr.. Poindexter for the United States
senatorial nomination. it is apparent
that DR.. White will have to hunt up
some other excuse if he is to sustain
his sarcastic suggestion that Mr..
Wickersham read Mr.. Roosevelt out
of the party.
This matter is not a very important
the purpose of showing again that the
square deal'' editors and politicians
of Kansas are never bit particular
to keep within the facts when they
have a point they wish to make.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-12
TO THE PESsMIsT.

You are the most utterly useless of
Of all humans" writes Herbert Kauf-
man in the National Magazine for
August. 1.-The space which you occupy
upon the surface Of the earth is vast
ed spot. Without the ability to create.
you aim to kill the spirit of creation;
without the skill to produce, you seek
TO check the advance of progress.
you are a poison oak in the forest
a creeper without the strength to climb
on your own stem. You not only are
fruitless, but one degree worse than
sterile-you absorb vitality to no pur-
pose and hurt everything with which
you come in contact.
Despite the evidence of all the ages,
you still refuse to recognize that moth
ing can be achieved without trial-that
r.othing can be accomplished unless it
is attempted with courage and enthusi-
asm-and still you make of yourself a
checkrei. wherever there is call for a
spur-ycu persist in kicking with dis
couragement every striver who needs
the helping hand of confidence.
-Four hundred years ago you would
have stood in the ranks of the hooting
rnobs that stoned the reviled the chain
laden Columbus. AS a Puritan bigot.
yours would have been the hand that
fred the fagots at Salem.
Were all men cast in your narrow
measure, there would be no transconti-
mental rails: no 18-ho'1r trains from
Chicago to New York; 10 tunnels be-
meath the Hudson-the barber would
continue to WELD the surgeons knife
lpon patients tortured for the lack of
anesthetic mercy.
You're just an ignoramus-you won't
learn The indisputaible truths. Educa-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IFrom the Chicago News.l
It often takes a tidy sum to tide
one over
Many a cook is a poor singer who
has a good range.
( For obvious reasons very few people
die from brain flag.
Did you ever hear a married man
coax his wife to sing for him?
Some people who are out for good
time haven't time to be good.
The monopolist doesn't believe that
competition is the life of trade.
When money talks the only thing it
saws to most of us is ''goodby.'
planning things they never expect to
do.
Everybody is firmly convinced that
low.
Yes. the world is growing wiser
thanks to the trust and legislative in
vestigations.
But the one good thing you did yes
terday is worth a dozen things you are
going to do tomorrow.
There's lots of wickedness in your
neighborhood that you never hear of
until the explosion comes.
When a man proposes to woman
she can look just as innocent as though
she wasn't expecting it.
A Tennessee man while gathering
berries was attacked by a razor-back
hog He had a close shave.
A woman may be sure she is grow
ing old when her friends begin to COM
pliment her on her youthful appear
ance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-12

as the father was emerging with a
very strong cigar in his mouth He
gave Silas a looking over. uttered Q
.'humph" to himself, and then asked:
We'll, what is it ?"
sYour-your daughter was up az
Bellviile in July stammered the
young man.
We'll, what of it %
"She tumbled into the mill pond
"And got wet. Well. what of that q
TT work in the sawmiil there"
II thought SO. Go on
ST pulled her out of the pond"
ooh, you did? Did it strain your
back any?''
mo, sir"
eff it did, try a porous plaster"
"But I saved her life, SIR contln-
ued Silas. land she said she'd never
forget it,
''And don't think she will. She
lost her false hair and complexion. I
believe
'And she asked me to call on her il
I was ever in town.
"And being as you are in town, you
have come to CALL Well you can go
in and interview the cook If you wish.
My daughter has been married six
weeks and is still away on a bridal
tramp. She never mentioned any
thing about you, but if you really
saved her life, why, have a cigar with
me-
silas reached home that night at II
O'Clock. His jaw was set and his look
was determined. The villagers had
long since gone to bed, but that was
naught to him. He walked to the
house of Eunice's father and around
to her window. and, in response to
his calls, a head was poked out and
voice exclaimed:
MY stars. Silas, but what's hap
penedi"
Nothing yet. but something's go
ing to. You be ready at O'Clock in
the morning to be married. There's
been fooling enough about iti''-
copyrighted 1910 by Associated Lit
erary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-12
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
T From the Philadelphia Recort

From the Philadelphia Record.1
The man who marries widow must
expect her to be onto all the old ex-
cuses.
A girl should never throw kisses;
when she does she generally hits the
wrong man.
On the principle that virtue is it's
own reward, bigamy must be its own
punishment.
Many a man has gone broke owing
to the expensive habit of throwing
bouquets at himself.
A few troubles are just as necessary
to the development of q man as a few
heas are to dog.
dollar looks mighty small when
you borrow it, but it looks ten times
as big when you have to pay it back.
A runaway automobile can do almost
as much damage as a bunch of women
with hatpins in a bargain counter
rush.
Sillicus-''I had a dream last night;
I dreamed I was married" Cynicus-
st wouldn't call that a dream; I'd call
it a nightmare"
The sins of the father may be visited
upon the children, but the sins of the
weather man are visited upon the
present generation.
Blobbs-"Scribbler is one of our
leading poets" Slobbs-"Huh! Who
says so % Blobbs-'I have it from the
best authority; Scribbler says so him
self"
statistics prove that there is more
insanity among women than men,"
said the Wise Guy. Yes, most girls
are lust crazy to get married" MUIR
INJURED the Simple Mug.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-12
THE STATE FAIR.

Only matter Of two months time
now and the state fair to be held in
this city will be in existence. Present
indications are that it will eclipse any,
thing in the line of agricultural exposi-
lions that has ever been held in Kan
sas- Certainly no other list of prizes
and premiums has ever been offered by
Kansas fair for agricultural exhibits
of all kinds and for horse-racing that
can compare in value and variety
with the one that has been presented
by Kansas State Fair Association.
This list of premiums is attracting the
premier exhibits that make the rounds
of the big state fairs in the central
western section of the Countrywide
great agricultural region of the nation
and therefore the cream Of fair ex-
hibits. All of the big manufacturers
and dealers in modern farm machinery
are going to be on hand to exhibit their
wares. Entries have been received for
the horse races which will make them
better races than have ever before
been seen in Kansas. Numerous at
fractions, including an airship of the
dirigible balloon type. to furnish the
crowds with amusement and interest
have been secured.
All of these things will make for a.
big fair that will draw a big crowd.
But considerable of the value that
might accrue from the fair will be lost
to the agriculturists of Kansas unless
they themselves participate as ex-
hibitors. Many of them have made
known their intentions to do so. Many
more should. Kansas produces as good
farm products of all kinds as does any
other agricultural community in the
world. This being the case, the best
of them should be exhibited at the
state fair. 1t is only in this fashion that
the farmers of Kansas can compare
their products with those of the farm
ers of other states. And there is no
good reason under the sun why all the
big prizes for the best this OF that in
the way of cattle, horses. hogs, sheep
and farm produce which are going TO
be given at the state fair shoi$d be
carried off by exhibitors from other
states. They will be thrice welcome to
the fair, of course, and will deserve all
the prizes and premiums they can WIN
and they'll be applauded for winning
them. But the point is they ought TO
be pressed hard for their victories oy
Kansas exhibitors. The exhibitors
from other states will like it better, too
to compete with the best there Is IN
Kansas. A victory won by any of them
under such circumstances will be all
the more important to them. They will
have to fight for such victories If the
hest that the Kansas farms produce is
pitted against them. And 1t is to be
hoped that it will be. ri
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-12
when the Aeroplane shan Reign.

The conquest of the air means more
to mankind, will effect greater changes
in his customs and his laws, in his
avocations and his wars, than the dis
covery of printing, of steam, and 81
electricity combined. 1t will destroy
thu boundaries and laugh at frontiers
It will scorn excise officers and compel
new forms of taxes to take the place
of tariffs. 1t win put new face on
war and send to the scrap heap the
enormously expensive navies of today
for some day some man will dream a
new gun with new accuracy to fire or
drop a new missile with new explosives
lie a deadly hail from hidden heights.
It will invade the silent securities 81
the sky above maneuverfng armies and
na.vies, above camp and home and
fortress. Even our castles in the air
will be open to invasion. Will wars
cease from the very powers of wars
such as they will be? Will peace come
when sails can be safely spread all
down the sky? A world without a
boundary An empire without a from
teri Will these lead to universal
nationality founded on love to take the
place of kingdoms with frontiers
bounded by fear and hate?-Represent-
alive J. sloat Fassett. in Leslie's.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-12
Repartee.

I have been trying for months to
collect a bill of $40 which I had reg
ularly sent to one of my patients. On
the May l bill 1 pasted the following
poem by Ben King, thinking a remit
lance would then be forthcoming:
If should die tonight
and say,
Weeping and heartsick Ger my life
less clay
If I should die tonight,
And you should come in deepest grief
and woe
And say. Here's that ten dollars that
owe"
I might arise in my large white
And say. whats that ?"
If I should die tonight
And you should come to my cold
corpse and kneel,
Clasping my bier to show the grief
you feel
And say. if should die tonight
And you should come to me and there
and then
Just even hint bout payin' me that
might arise the while,
But I'd drop dead again.
Instead of obtaining the ..esired re-
suit, however, the poem sIve inspira-
ton to my patient, ana he replied.
IF I HAD DIED THAT NIGHT.
If had died the night before
The day your letter reached my door,
You'd feel yours was an awful plight,
If had died that night.
My vast estate, my wealth untold.
Which I would leave when was cold,
prompt payment would insure ali right
If had died that night.
Perhaps to you the size of ten
Is bigger than to most of men;
To me 1t would be but a mite
If I had died that night.
Twice. thought I, the coin to send,
My one Indebtedness to end;
But each time spent it to get tight
linking I'd die that night
But since I've learned a shock so great
A prompt remittance would create
do not like to pay you quite
For fear that you might die of
fright
So wait.
NJ d.
Letter to New York Evening Sun. |
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-12
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Another prank of fate: The fool who
rocks the boat Is generally among those
saved.
X y
A clergyman will preach a sermon on
economy and then frown at the small
ness of the collection.
X =
There is this to the advantage of in
somnia- person troubled with it fire.
quently sees glorious sunrise.
n y X
The chances are that while you are
saying unkind things about another,
somebody else is saying like things
about you.
Some people seem to have the idea
that if they behave themselves on Sum
day they can misbehave themselves all
they please during the rest of the week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-12

ton is wasted upon you-you don't use
1t when you possess it.
Opportunity is squandered every
time you are given a chance.
You bestow nothing upon humanity
except harm, you are a greater enemy
10 society than the thief-for you would
steal tre very seed of inspiration from
which betterment takes root.
10 be pessimistic in this hour OF IL
iustrious deeGs-to proselyte despair in
a century which has disproven the i'm
possibility of impossibilities. is to in
suit society and wear the livid brand
OF confessed incompetence"