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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26

she was alone, and nobody seemed to
care for her, and since 1 came here
among strangers know how it
feels"
Then. lest she should seem to claim
his sympathy. she turned it off with
little laugh. But I have enough
to eat
"As if that sufficed," the Judge So
illoquized; when she had left him.
why, what she needs iS-love-"
The suddenness Of the revelation
brought him up with jerk. "Oh,
look here" he admonished himself,
you mustn't think of such a thing, you
know"
But he did think of it. and the out
come was an invitation to Miss Staley
to go with him that afternoon in his
car to hunt for the Office cat. Under
stress of the circumstance, Miss Staley
consented. They did not find the cat,
but the judge found out where Miss
Staley lived.
During the second search, the judge
discovered that Miss Staley's name
was Margaret, and on the third trip
of violets.
The fourth day Miss staley de-
clined to go with him. 81 am busy,
and I'm afraid it's no use to look
further" she said.
meditation, and having come to a
decision, he went back late to his
office to look over case that was COM
ing up the next day. Thus it hap
pened that at midnight, he heard in
the hall an unmistakable NEW"
He was out of his room like a shot,
to find before Miss Staleys closed
portal shivering, foot sore creature
who dragged herself to him over the
stone floor
why, Pussykin, Pussykin," he said,
and petted her and carried her back
TO his office and made her comfort
able beside his radiator. Then he
telephoned to the corner lunchroom
for bottle of milk and a box of
fried oysters, and they had their late
supper together, happily.
The rapture of Miss Staley the next
morning was his reward. But he was
not content to let it end there. We've
got to plan it out" he said, firmly,
and shut the door of Miss Staley's
sanctum and sat down and faced her,
while the regenerated Pussykin
purred at their feet. THAT cat can't
stay here-it isn't really businesslike,
81 know" Miss staleys tone was
deprecating. but 1 live in board
ing house, and
81 don't" said the Judge
You mean" her glance met his,
''that you want her?'
'T want both of you," the Judge
| declared bluntly; my house is empty,
and my heart is empty. Margaret
when they planned their wedding
| journey the judge suggested England
| in general, and Cheshire in partic-
| ular.
Because of the cheese ?" was Miss
| Staley's demand
Because of the cats" was the
| whimsical response.
So away they went, and they were
not missed greatly by Pussykin, who
was absorbed in raising a snowy
family in unparalleled ease and opu-
| lence.-(Copyrighte 1910 by Associ-
ated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
[From the Philadelphia Record. ]

Begins at the foot-the chiropodist
Love is seldom blind to a big bank &C
count.
You can't convince the divorce lawyers
that marriage is a failure.
The trouble with good intentions is that
they don't always make good
A striking situation-when the hands
of the clock both point to u.
Some people only tell the truth on the
twenty day of February.
The fellow who blows his own horn
isn't apt to come out at the little end
of it.
Contrary to the old tradition. the world
is full of people who dance and don't pay
the piper.
Women would be better if they looked
into their hearts as often as they look
into their mirrors.
The careful man doesn't believe in
doing things by half, especially when he
tips the waiter quarter.
First Doctor-The only sure cure for the
grip is whisky. Second Doctor-What do
you want to do, start an epidemic?
What has become of our poets?'' asked
the literary editor, sadly. Those that
haven't starved to death are working for
the advertising agencies remarked the
sporting editor
Il suppose you noticed there were Is
people killed in my play" said the au-
thor of the melodrama, proudly. Yes
replied the critic. but I think the audi
ence would be more pleased If you num-
bered the leader Of the orchestra among
them"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26
JAYHAWKER JOTS

A Great Bend girl it is said, wears
her stockings inside out on the plea
that it makes her cooler to have the
hose turned on her.
Kingman claims the distinction of
having the only high school in the
state in which the boys outnumber the
girls in the Freshman class.
Harper county farmers are said to
have made so much money that they
have given up work and are spending
their time buying more farms.
The Ladies' Aid society at Oska-
loosa has raised $1,000 for the Pres
byterian church. The sum was COM
pleted by the addition of $40, cleared
on chicken pie supper.
The Manhattan Mercury thinks
about the most intolerable thing on
earth is youth with a new SIS suit
and a pair of 25 cent colored sox visit
ing in town with a population of
about thousand less than there is
in his home town.
1t has been decided to organize a
ladies' brass band at Emporia. and
the Hutchinson Gazette saws it is only
talr to give the women a show, for
certain men folks have been making
all of the racket which has come ont
OF thar town for years.
The Lawrence Gazette publishes the
Following warning: Strangers in town
ele WdIneu that II isn't good form to
go walking with girls in East Law
renee after nightfall. In addition to
losing caste in society, the stranger
is likely to lose his roll.
A man named Dam, living at Corn
ing, fell from the roof of his house.
says the Emporia Gazette, and landed
on his shoulders. Neighbors ran to
his assistance supposing he was dan
gerously injured, but he rose to his
feet, repeated his family name 81
times and then retired to the roof, re-
freshed and inVigorated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26
HUNOR or THE Day

know much about scientific fighting, do
your Perhaps not" replied the porcu-
PPne WITH e think gG Tae can give you
few points. "-Catholic Standard and
Times.
Mrs. D. visite-You don't mean to say
that your splendid cook has left your Mrs.
beea tse the doctor saS Mrs
Holmes had observation-disclosures
Press.
people waited on me and urged me to run
for office this year and only eleven voted
for me."-Detroit Free Press.
aPes y pastG3fh inR NUS soq He S Started his
sermon by. saying, I see many absent
people in the vacant pews this morning.
Cleveland Leader.
What's beeome Of that - crank aS,r wR 10
spend his time in an uplift movement?
Hes running the hotel elevator. "-Balti-
more American.
do you believe in fairies, little grip
mo; but 1 pretend to. just to please
of her harmless ions?"-Louisville
Courier-Journal.
And what is your reason for wanting
a divorce?" MY husband and can not
agree" But he wants divorce, too; he
told me so this morning." THE wretch
He shan't have ftr'-Houston Post.
More-Uncle. John--weI. don't call
that a bad dinner for t11ree-ard-six. do
you? His Sturdy Nephew-Not so dusty,
was it? Let's have another.-The Sketch.
His Daughter-Mr. Higgins has pro-
posed to me. Would you advise me to
accept or decline. Her Father-Decline.
by all means. His Daughter-why? Her
Father-Because If you loved him you
wouldn't ask my advice.-Chicago News.
Has Lofty Notions.-Griggs-Wha Is
Singleton's view OF matrimony? Briggs
Sort of a bird s-eye view. He looks down
on it.
A Slick Excuse-Mrs. Subbubs-Henry
that is twice you've come home and for
gotten to bring the lard. Subbubs-Yes,
my love; its so greasy 1t slipped my
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26
THE WANING ARMY.

The annual gathering of the Grand
Army of the Republic differs from
most other great popular gatherings
in an essential and pathetic respect. 1t
is the meeting of a dying body, which
grows inevitably smaller year by year.
Conventions of other bodies report in
creases of membership and growth in
numbers and strength. Not so the vet
Grams of the conflict which is still pre-
emin emily called The War. Their re-
port is invariably one of losses, of di-
minishing numbers of progress toward
ultimate, and now, indeed, not very
remote, extinction. The circumstance
invests the encampment with pathos,
and perhaps it also strengthens the
bonds of attraction which hold the
veterans together and which draw
them to their reunions. Passions, too,
are waning in the lapse of years, and
that is cause for rejoicing. It is not
because the actual combatants are
dying and disappearing that the ami
mosities which once prevailed are also
vanishing. Rather is it because of the
increasing perspective of history and
of the practical and experimental DEM
onstration of the benefits to all parts of
the notion proceed from the re-estab-
lishment and perpetual confirmation of
the UniOn.-NeW york Tribune
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26
FRON OTHER PENS

SINCERE HATING IN TENNESSEE.
Tennessee's claim to be a state of
sincere haters has generally been sub
ordinated to that of Kentucky. Per-
sons familiar with the situation, how
ever, declare that people hate just as
fiercely and just as long in Tennessee
as they do or ever did across the state
line. Why shouldn't they? Tennessee
has large population of mountain
GERS and a good deal of mountain
blood in the lowlands. And these
people, with their ideas of personal
vengeance. their traditions of hating
people out of a community" are no
toriously the haters who gave Ken
lucky one of its distinguishing charac-
teristics. In Tennessee, as in Ken
lucky, the old ante-beIlum line of di-
vision between mountaineers and low
land planters, between the aristocrats
and the poorer set. which cast the lat
ter into the arms of the Union during
the rebellion largely because the 9TH
ers went the other way, though no
longer maintained, is still discernible
in a certain added popular capacity for
hating. But it is not necessary to go
into the racial, historical or traditional
arguments to show that Tennessee is
entitled to a place by the side of Ken
lucky. Recent political events would
alone be sufficient to establish the fact
beyond all cavil. When even an in
dependent Democratic convention in
dorses a Republican candidate for gov
ernor, the force of bitterness in a
southern state, at lease, can no fur
Their go."-Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

GFrom the Chicago News.1
A stitch today may save a patch e.,
morrow.
Some politicians are too modest to faaM
the nude truth.
A woman hates her enemies longer than
she loves her friends
When the patient man is once aroused
he makes up for lost time.
When it comes to giving uppercuts p,e,-
lists are not in 1t with BARRIERS
When it comes to facing an enemy
some men show their retiring dispositions,
And the ratio is about sixteen million
opportunities to spend money to one to
Only woman can speak sentence the
length of half column without na,,s ING
to take breath. H@NihS
a New York girl eloped with her IA
thers chauffeur, but the fines brouet,+ =
up to the cost Of an Ordinary homes III 1T ie
ding. n'ine we'd
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26

The testimony of William NJ. Ellis,
counsel for the st. Paul railroad. given
before the interstate commerce com
mission at Chicago, indicates that the
more business a railroad does the less
money it makes. Yet, it has been no
ticed that the transportation lines,
throughout the country are continually
striving to increase their traffic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26
Their CurIs Boiled AWAY.

John Bloom, proprietor of hair hos
pital at 726 Sixth avenue, had such
a busy day Saturday that it stretched
into a busy night, and when a number
of young women who usually bring
their curls in early on Saturday night
to have them fixed up in time for Sun
day school arrived late, he put the
curls in a large pot of water on a
lighted gas range, saying to himself
81 shall come down to the store to-
morrow and find that the stove has
worked while I slept
Bloom oversight yesterday morning.
which explains why Policeman Lewis
Bernan saw a curl of smoke issue from
under the door of the hair store yes
terday morning. To enter Bernan had
to break the glass pane, severely cut
ting both hands in doing it. In the
back room he saw the pot on the light
ed gas range. There was no water in
the pot, but, alas-Which was one of
the many words used by the young
women customers when they heard
about it-there was a large quantity of
blonde and brunette curls, marcel
waves, and just ordinary hair burned
beyond rewear.
The list of injured was not obtain
able last night, but Bernan inconsid-
erately estimated the damage at 500.
New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26

zone of the curious developments of
Roosevelts quotation from Lincoln in
justification of his criticism of the
supreme court" says the Boston Tran
script. 'is the excerpts which have
been reproduced, showing how vigor-
ousIy the colonel himself berated Mr..
Bryan in 1896 for his disrespect for that
tribunal when the Nebraskan was US
ing in support of his position the same
passages from the great Emancipator."
But look who Roosevelt is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26

insurgency has about reached its
limit when Western golfers insist upon
seeding from the National Associa-
ton and erecting one of their own on
the prairies," says the Philadelphia
Bulletin. IF The Hague Court of Ar
bitration is of any value at all, now is
the time for it to display its powers.
Ten years ago the people of Kansas
didn't know a mashie from a stymie
and now they are trying to dictate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
[From the New York Press.I

LFrom the New 1OfK PTess.I
One reason why woman can't play
poker is that she generally wins.
After all, there's only one real trouble
with life-it's a thousand years too short.
The most economical woman hates to
be caught in the rain without silk stock
ings.
himself saves somebody else lot Of
trouble.
When a summer girl can't find her way
to the most romantic corner of the We
randa In the dark it's time to consult an
oculist.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26

Mr.. Roosevelt has been severely
criticised for snubbing Senator Lori
Iner of Illinois and then associating
with other Republican leaders whose
reputation is not just what it ought
to be. But Lorimer was caught with
the goods
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26

Secretary Ballinger is about to start
a backhre in Alaska in hope Of check
ing the conhagration, for which Mr..
CLAWS is held responsible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26

New York is said to have made a
vast sum of money in real estate by
acquiring land when it was cheap. What
has she done with it?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26

Time was when the Republican
party was the only genuine and reli-
able savior Of the country. Now the
financiers are telling US that we must
depend upon the crops. Perhaps they
think the party has its hands full saw
{np itself
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26

A New York youth who recently re-
ceived a legacy of 100000 says the
money bores him dreadfully. By ap-
plying to Bob Chanler he might learn
something to his advantage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26

1t is only year since President Taft
made his famous Winona speech, but
much has happened since then, affect
ing the political map Of the country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26

A cat attacked a chantecher hat in
Des Moines. Probably there is a joke
concealed somewhere in this story, for
everybody but the wearer of the hat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26

The Santa Fe is planning to spend
$66 900. 900 next year. 1t is evident
that the road does not expect to be
nut out Of business for a while.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26

Opponents of the primary election
law in some quarters are asserting
that it does not bring the voters to
the polls to the extent promised by
its friends. It seems to have brought
out too many to suit some people.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26

Now there is complaint that Mr..
Loeb, collector of the port Of New
York is diverting traffic from the
metropolis by his rigid enforcement of
the customs laws. Travellers are enter
ing the country by way of Canada.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26

The Kansan is ubiquitous and nearly
always somewhere near the head of
the procession. AS an instance, it is
noted that Max Wardall, a former To-
peka boy, is acting mayor of Seattle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26

It is reported that Foraker is pre-
pairing to go on the stump. Troubles
for Ohio Republicans appear to be
coming in punches.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26

It is said that Berlin policemen know
nothing Of graft. There are a number
Of good schools in operation in the cities
Of America
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26

The good roads movement appears to
be going right along regardless of grow
ing popularity Of airships.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26

Hereafter the Maine will be remem-
bered in September as we'll as in
February.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26

Taft and Roosevelt met at New
Haven last Monday, but did they. get
together?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26

"That guy" says Jack Supp, indicat-
ing one who passes by in an auto,
loves his remarkable success and
rapid promotion to his voice."
"Ah, a singer?"
Never" replies Jack Supp. HE IS
head clerk of corporation depart
ment, and he owes his success to the
fact that he always laughs loudest and
longest at his boss's jokes"
PURE, DOUBLE-REF1NED NON
SENSE.
Drink to me only with thine eyes,
And I will pledge with ink;
Or, better, pour it in your ear
And give your brain drink.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

With william ]. Bryan in the lead
It looks like a great year for boilers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26

In August. according to the Govern
ment report, this country's foreign
A.ada again resulted in an excess Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26
Not in the Papers.

Sir Ernest ShackIeton at the lunch
con in his honor, given by the Pill
grims in New York, said of piece
of geographical ignorance.
''It was incredible 1t reminded me
of a little waiting maid:
LAS she brought me my tea and
toast and bloater one morning. said
to her:
"a What a rainy morning. Mary!
It's almost like the flood
The flood, sir?' said the little
maid. She looked at me with a puz-
zled smile.
Yes said 1, The fiood-Noah. you
know-the ark-Mount Ararat.'
She shook her head and murmur-
ed, alphabetically:
''I amt had no time to read the
papers lately, SIR Nashville Ban
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26

Women have been known to marry
but it should be said in
justice to the fairer sex that they.
seldom fall in love with mollycoddles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26
KANSAS COMMENT
MODERN MARTYRS

MOOEHN MAE1 ks.
The heroic spirit of the old-time
martyrs is not dead. and so there is
no reason why our faith in the human
race should be shaken. There are
many men still on earth who will I'M
dergo any amount of suffering for the
sake of principle.
A Lindsborg lawyer refused to
answer certain conundrums PROFOUND
ed by the probate court. and was sent
to jail. He announced in ringing tones
that he would rot in Jail before he'd
answer these questions. He remained
in his dungeon for many months, and
seemed to think he was doing pub
lie service. 1t is not known whether
he rotted to any extent; neither it is
known in this office whether he gained
his freedom by answering the Ques-
lions, but he is now at large, and is
bringing suits for damages against
sundry newspapers which referred to
his martErdom with ill-timed levity.
1t is expected the publishers of those
papers, in case they are convinced,
will express a willingness to rot in Jail
rather than pay up. When it comes to
rotting in Jail, regardless of expense,
newspaper editors and publishers are
singularly capable.
A citizen of Great Bend was ar
rested for drinking a large quantity Of
mail order booze and making life a
burden to his family. He was assessed
a reasonable fine and, although he
could have paid it, he announced in
court, with the noble clOquence of a
Patrick Henry, doing a give-me-liber-
given -death-Stunt, that he
would rot in Jail before he'd pay a cent
of the fine He seemed to think there
was something particularly heroic and
sublime in this determination, although
it seemed foolish to everybody else. He
was locked up in a cell, and at last
accounts he still was there, rotting
patiently in the interests of principle
and justice.-Emporia Gazette.
HE NEVER CAME BACK.
1t isn't the merchants alone who
get stung by the travelling advertis-
ing grafters In spite of what the
merchants collectively say about the
travelling artist who makes his money
by advertising CRAFTS. individually
they fall for his talk and place their
orders. One of these gentry was in
a little folder gotten I'D for one of
the restaurants. He took a proof of
the ads out to the merchants who
signed, collected the money for the
same, got drunk and blew. All he
wanted was one copy of the ads to
make his collections with. He never
came back and the Office doesn't
know how many programs are wanted
nor where its money is coming for the
same. The next CRATER will have to
put up something more that a hard
luck story to bring the tears to our
eyes, if some merchants will fall for it.
Great Bend Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26

After observing her pictures in the
magazines, we feel that the champion
girl swimmer, Rosa Pitnoff, should
adopt, as a professional name, Rosa
Takemoff.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26

A Chicago chump drank a quart Of
whisky and two quarts of beer at enc
sitting, and died. This item is not so
good total abstinence argument as it
might be. What this boob swallowed
was 80 ordinary drinks of whisky and
four ordinary drinks Of beer. Had he
swallowed So portions of mashed po-
tatoes,-which are a healthful and
harmless form of food in reasonable
doses,-it would have killed the fool
just as dead.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26

A New Yorker who has $50, 00o, 900 and
is 50 years old and has no grown FAM
lily to interfere, has just married
nurse who is 30 years of age. The
proper definition of the American slang
expression, "a snap" may be found in
this item.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26

o, wud some pow'r tn giftie gle us,
To dodge the guy who comes to see US
And with some fool conundrum tree US
When we are busy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26

willum Allen White has advertised
for reporter to work on the
Emporia Gazette. The kind of re-
porter he wants is a bright, energetic,
truthful, honest, neat, clever, willing
young man. He does not name the
salary in the advertisement. but 1t is
barely possible that William Allen
would pay this perfect paragon eight
dollars per week. This is only a posi-
bility however. He would be more apt
to start the perfect one at $3.50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-26

THAT'S queer What is?'' Eighteen
people waited on me and urged me to run
for office this year and only eleven voted
for me."-Detroit Free Press.