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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-08

request; she commanded, and before
the old man knew what had happened
he had Joined the little procession
which wound its way toward the big
house. The minister headed the line,
then the bride, crowned with her
white wreath and leaning proudly on
the arm of the groom, then the small
brothers and sisters and the friends
of the family, and at last the old man
and Miss Jane.
Josephus met them at the front
porch and preceded them into the par
Tor. The young people tarried for a
moment in the garden with Miss Jane
to pluck branches of bridal wreath
and great punches of roses. In a, few
moments the little front room was
transformed into a bower of beauty,
and there the poor child of the hol-
low was married.
and she had never enjoyed anything
so much. The nieces and nephews
who had come from the city in pre-
vious years were children of luxury.
To them even cocoanut cake and
chicken pie were somewhat common
place. To Miss James poor neighbors,
however. the wedding supper was a
feast fit for the gods.
They drank the brides health IN
grape juice, served in the thin glasses
that belonged to Miss James grand
mother. and after that the girl went
away with her young husband. She
kissed Miss Jane last. Its like q
fairy tale" she said. How can
ever thank your"
by coming to see me often. I like
your Joe. He is going to make you
happy"
After every one had gone Miss Jane
cleaned up the house and talked things
over with Josephus. "She said it was
like a fairy tale, Josephus. It's pity
1 haven't done such things oftener
Those poor people down in the hol-
low are my neighbors just as much
as anybody else. Yet I have sat here
like a selfish old witch and have for
gotten that there is anybody else II
the world
Josephus mewed plaintively. IL
her preoccupation his mistress hat
forgotten to give him his share of the
wedding feast. His soul yearned fol
chicken pie and he stood up at thu
kitchen table and eyed the remains
of the supper hungrily.
Miss Jane filled his dish and set i
down in the corner. cit was a goot
i chicken pie, Josephus," she told him
land 1 am not sorry now that cook
ed it. The chance isn't given to al
| old maid like me to serve many sup
pers like this, and it's worth a whole
| lot to make other people happy. =
/ copyrighted 1910 by Associated Liter
ary PreSs.)
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QUAKER MEDITATIONs.
TFrom the Philadelphia Record.

TFrom the Ph1ladelpnla Recoru.J
Many fellows who marry in haste at
least have to hustle at leisure.
The man who keeps up with his
conscience sets a pretty good pace.
Some people are so quarrelsome that
even their statements conflict.
The dishonest coal man lies in wait
for his victims, and then lies in weight.
The man who accepts our advice
usually makes US feel he is doing us a
favor.
The thermometer can take drop
too much at night, and still get up
early next morning.
The woman with baby and the
woman with a pet dog always feel so
sorry for each other.
It's a poor rule that won't work
both ways. In fact some people seem
to think it's poor rule to work at all
Scribbler-"Bjones prides himself
unon being a bohemian" Scrawler-
"Rohemian nothing. don't believe he
was ever dead broke in his life
Some men not only expect Fortune
tn knock at their doors, but they are
terribly disappointed If she doesn't use
a battering ram to break in.
"My diamond tiara has been stolen
exclaimed the star. How much is II
worth 2" asked the press agent. That's
mn to you" replied the star. ut ought
to be worth at least a column"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-08
AYHAWKER JOTS

Now that June is here the only thing
that continues to keep summer away is
the prevailing winter weather, is the
way the Ottawa Herald puts it.
Any number of men are just like
John Brassfeld, who is quoted in the
Vinland Vine as saying: Sometimes
1 just set and think about things and
sometimes just set"
For the benefit Of the astronomers
who have lost track of Halley's comet
the following is quoted from the Garden
City Telegram: 'tOnce more we have
the comet in our midst"
Bill kercher, of the Kansas City
Journal, explains the meaning of ''open
letters" as used in this campaign. The
name is derived, he explains, from the
fact that their authors never shut up.
Noting the fact that University Of
Kansas scientists have discovered a
process for making billiard balls from
buttermilk, the Hutchinson News re-
marks in a casual way: Thus has the
cause of education received another
big boost.
Sadly and in hope that it will do
good, the word is spoken by the Par
sons Eclipse. that this springs hats
are the worst in shape and decoration
that have ever disfigured the landscape,
shocked aristocratic taste, and trans
formed tolerably good looking women
into monstrosities-
Across the riv er in Missouri last year
1000 acres was planted in tobacco and
it sold for 1910 an acre, this year the
farmers have planted 5000 acres in to-
hacco. In Leavenworth county last
year acres of tobacco was raised and
sold for $3.50 an acre, This year $50 acres
has been planted in tobacco. Experts
who are raising tobacco i'll Leaven-
worth county this year, say our land Il
the best tobacco land they ever saw
IF the r,rOD is a success in ISeaVenW Ort i
county this year, at least 1000 acres
will be planted next year, and farm land
suitable for tobacco raising will double
! III Nalue.-I.eaVenworth Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-08
JOURNAL ENTRIES

1t ought not to take numerous indi-
viduals more than a moment to collect
their thoughts.
X
The more improbable a story is the
bigger the hit it makes with most
people.
X
Many woman goes to see couple of
ball games played for one admission
just on general principles.
X = 4
If it were only cold enough to skate
there would not be so much cause for
finding fault with the weather
X X X
Some men seem to go on the theory
that it is right for them to do unto
others as they would dislike to be done
by.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-08
KANSAS COMAENT
GOOD BUsINEss sIrUATIoN.

GOOD BUSINESS SITUATION.
There is considerable talk to the eff
feet that business is not SO good as
expected and that money is scarce.
Business is not so good as the most
enthusiastic boomers wanted it to be
ana there is some reason in the theory
that IL is better not Money is not so
scarce but that legitimate business can
be taken care of, but it Is being doled
out carefully to those who borrow in
order to speculate or to make large
profits.
The American people always want to
keep things moving fast, although ex-
per1ence has taught that when they 90
go fast for a while they must stop for
while. The country is in better shape
when business is simply good and
everybody is busy, than when business
is booming and it is impossible to get
labor to do the work
Generally speaking the conditions In
the United States are favorable. Labor
is employed at good wages. Manufac-
tories are running full time. Farmers
are getting high prices for their pro-
ducts. Screw everything up a few
notches and something somewhere will
break and there would be stop for re-
pairs.
Just because the banker tells you
that money is scarce, and the man you
owe urges you to pay part of the ac-
count, is no reason to be discouraged
or to think the country is in danger.
These are good signs that insure there
will be no crash and no panic. The
regular process of growing industry
beats a real estate boom or a corner in
grain for benefit to the people.-Hutcf1-
inson News.
CAUSE FOR CHAGRIN-IN SOME
QUARTERS.
1t is being whispered among certain
Americans who are accustomed TO
spending most of their time and money
hobnobbing, or attempting to hobnob,
with English peers and gentlemen, and
with the nobility of other countries in
Europe, and it has been printed in the
society columns, that the new king OF
| England will not meet them at the
| door with the glad hand extended, but
will give them the polar shoulder and
| look high over their heads. This will
be shock to the Anglo Americans who
were welcomed to a certain extent, by
the late King Edward, who made ac-
quaintances and associates among
some of the rich people of this country.
| 1t will be gall and wormwood to the
| American wives of some of the English
| nobility and to their friends and fam
| lilies whose aim in life has been to be
seer in company with people bearing
| titles. Americans, who have prided
| themselves upon their antecedentS and
| connections will be severely Jared by
| the knowledge that the new king
| doesn't recognize them as being made
of superior clay; that he looks down
| upon them and rates them with trades
men in his own country.-Wichlta
Eagle.
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GLOBE SIGHTS.


Town men think farmers have moth
ing to do but drag roads.
A brakeman's idea of nothing to eat
is cereal breakfast foods and milk
toast.
What has become of the old fash
Toned farmer who said: More rain
more rest?"
usually satisfied with simply taking his
own time.
Democratic victories and comets are
so rare that you are lucky if you have
nothing else to worry you.
A woman may gain mans love all
at one bound. but she is pretty apt TO
lose it on the installment plan.
You still meet man occasionally who
wants to i've Daniel Webster credit
for compiling the dictionary.
1t can be said of woman that she is
not hopeless man hater as long as she
believes anything that any man says.
farmers conundrum: Why is a
fancy poodle dog like a Judge? Because
they both sit on a bench for exhibition
purposes.
There are children who can't believe
on cloudy day that the sun will ever
shine again. and there are grown ups
who are just like them.
Don't talk about your enemy: If
you wish to praise him, you are a
| hypocr1te, and II you give your honest
| opinion of him you are vicious.
| No strike should be called until the
question has been submitted to the
wives of the strikers. In such a case,
| strikes would be extremely rare.
There are lots of people in the world
who won't be satisfied that the high
cost of living is bad enough until they
have bought books from agents on the
! subject.
1t is related that a blonde once
passed an undertaking shop In Cool
idge. ct have a coffin lined with pale
blue" said the undertaken, land it al
ways makes me think of you: One Of
your complexion would look so well In
it."
Some day the truth will appear ever
on tonabstones. and this will be cut il
marble over the grave of a Spin: "Sht
visited a married sister who let hel
husband boss her, which caused the In
Idignant Spin who lies under this stons
to snort and snin herself to death
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-08
THE GREAT ADVENTURE.

winds OF the world that call to me
oyer the sweep of the Seventh Sea,
Blown from the grotto, dim and drear,
J f.et NJ. .ne eo way OF vanished year.
Into the land of the brave and bold.
Winds of the world, I would seek my
Come to me at the twilight gate
Dear me on where the dragons lie
ana ana the giant waits with the evil eye
Where Sinbad sailed in the long ago
Or INTO the lists with an Ivanhoe.
scar me-alien and vagabond-
~ the Great Adventure that lies beyond
Gor lne Is stale with the modern life
~ petty struggle and toll and strife;
Is the last hunt done for the Holy Grail
-Grantland Rice in the Nashville Ameri-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-08

Hes very proud of his wife" He has
Of those straw poke bonnets. detroit
Free Press.
tsrT PsTdon me, sOvernor% began the in,
replied the tennessee executive. reaching
for blank, what are you guilty of?''e
Shakespeare says. you know. that some
rise by sin and some by virtue faii.'
nothing. i was merely going to say that
you needn't ever be afraid of getting a
fall of that ind."-Chicago Record-Her.
The huckster who used to cheat US So"
said Mrs. Byers. has been arrested
in a peck of trouble, now" wen. do
hope that peck isn't short measure. at
any rate."-Catholic Standard ana
weigIeru .J4.'T,- is your son. the young
He's improving every day He recentIv
operated on HIS tenth patient ana sths
man lived for nearly twenty hours.-Chi-
Il thought you declared after your mar
rage that wild horses could not drag yo,,
do you know the fare to Reno ?'EP li ia Say.
phia Ledger.
II don't want you to marry him" ..Whv
not, mother?' you may be a'bIa ~ ~ ly
much better in the future" wen. ce 10
cross the bridge when I come to If cesa
I?''-Washington Herald Gan
Knicker-What diet did the doctor -.
you onf Bocker-He said to eat AT P the
same place and not tip the waiter'NNyean me
York Sun. view
Figg-what's the matter. old
myself at all today. Ffgg-Oh 'co,i not
that's nothing to feel wrefched hSoine!
Boston Transcript ABOUT
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-08

slason Thompson, chief of the rail-
way news bureau at Chicago, is fast
earning the reputation of being cham
pion pessimist of the country. He de-
olares that at least $200,00O,00O which
American railroads had arranged to
spend in replacement as a result of
the increased revenue from the ad-
vance in freight rates they had ex-
pected, must now be used ito stave
off ruin" Apparently nobody but Mr..
Thompson has any idea that the rail-
roads face any such sorry plight as
ruin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-08
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
.rErorn +bo chicaeo News1


The barber belongs to shaving set.
Repartee is too often synonym for
impudence.
A mans idiocies look like real
genius-to his mother.
You will always have money IL you
save half of your earnings.
The thicker the letter a woman
writes the less there is in it.
Anyway, the man who boasts of his
ability as a liar isn't hypocrite-
When a girl gives a young man the
mitten she handles him without gloves
When you see a drunken man on a
weighing machine the chances are that
he wants to ascertain how noticeable
his load is.
Blobbs-"What is the quotation
about when doctors disagree ?" Slobbs
-"I don't know. anything about the
quotation, but I know that when doc
tors disagree it's time to call in the
coroner"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-08

A couple of months ago individ-
uals whose thoughts were fathered by
their wishes were insisting that the
insurgent movement was spreading
like wild-fire throughout the entire
country. and that the strongest of the
regular Republican strongholds would
feel it's assaults. These prognostica-
lions do not seem to have been borne
out by the Republican congressional
primaries In Ohio and Pennsylvania.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-08

Mr.. Meyer, the secretary of the navy.
is quite right when he says that a navy
is little less than menace and a need
less expense if it is allowed to de-
teriorate. But let us hope that the day
will soon come when expensive navies
will not be needed. Nor should the
fact be forgotten that there is plenty of
opportunity for extravaganza in the
maintenance of a large navy on an ef-
ficient basis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-08
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State Journal
sway during the summer may have
the paper mailed regularly each day
to any address at the rate of ten cents
a week or thirty cents a month (by
mail only.) Address changed as often
as desired. While out of town the
state Journal will be to you like a
daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-08

Even though Mr.. Roosevelt Offend
ed the British press and others in that
realm by his address at Guild hall in
which he told Great Britain how she
ought to proceed in the handling of
Egyptian affairs, that incident has evil
IDENTIFY not been noticed by the powers
that-be in England. The doughty col
onel and his wife were the guests of
King George and Queen Mary at a
luncheon the other day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-08

presence of the lower type of charac-
ter is also to be found as in every 9TH
er calling. Integrity and cleanliness
are not fresh assets exploited by Mr..
Watterson, but have been the bulwarlk
of newspaper influence during the
years in which the newspaper has
been growing to its present place of
high influence among men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-08

whistles on the boats in New York
harbor and in many factories and
plants along It's waterfront are going
to blow for two consecutive minutes
when Colonel Roosevelt gets in their
midst. Some folks, possibly the New
York World and the New York Sun
among them. will consider this use
of "hot air. as not inappropriate to the
aecasion
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-08
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
[From the New York Press.l

from the New York Press.l
Most any theory can be of interest to
a man unless it's somebody else's.
A pretty girl has sense enough not to
need any to get set along with men,
Some men can get along in the world
in spite of having gone through college.
Just as a hard row gets easy by hoe
ing on it, an easy one get hard IL you
don't.
There are no lies in the world 70
equal the lines Of q man who sets out to
tell a woman his past life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-08

If Kaiser Bill would marry off q
few of his sons to rich American girls
and he'd probably have no trouble
in getting as many such daughters-in-
law as he might want-he might be
able to keep the wolf from his door
without asking the Prussian Diet to
increase his pay to 100000 a year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-08

The manipulators of the cotton
market are continuing to do business
at the old stand. Prices this week
have already been forced up more
than 50 a bale over what they were
last week. And no good and suf-
ficient reasons can be found for such
a violent f111ctIatiOn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-08

Now comes Chancellor Day with
the opinion that automobiles are a
curse. That's putting it pretty strong.
But it is not so far off when 1t con-
Germs the mortgaging of homes and
the like in order that motor cars may
hA purchased
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-08

Editor White of the Emporia Ga
zette is of the opinion that muck
raking is being toned down. In other
words it is not being tossed about with
a shovel these days but is being daub-
ed on with brush. Most of the later
delicate efforts, though, are quite as
indefensible as were their cruder pro-
fYnaa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-08

WE ARE PANIED TO LEARN.
John Lyon while working in the
blacksmith shop Monday, had a cinder
fly in his eye. He came to town and
DR.. Summers removed it but it is still
very painful-Westmor Recorder.
THREAT OR PROMISE?
Lots of Beanvillians were in Atchf-
son trading last Saturday. When we
get that motor line through, we intend
to go down to Atchison every night
Beanville correspondent Troy Chief.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-08

And the bank clearings of Topeka
show a gain of 1917 per cent in the
last four years. This is all the testi-
mony needed of the substantial growth
that the business interests of the city
have enjoyed during that period.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-08

AS to the policies of the weather
man this year, howbeit, the insurgents
are overwhelmingly in the majority
rightly thinks the Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-08

The quality of gentlemanliness is
nowhere more necessary than in the
field of newspaper work, as Mr. Wat
terson affirms, and those who want to
discover it will not have to search
far. says the Baltimore American. The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-08
THE sEYLER VERDICT.

In acquitting William Sey1er of the
murder of Jane Adams on the Million
Dollar Pier, in Atlantic City, the jury
at Mays Landing Enthusiastically regis
tered it's disapproval of "third-degree"
methods. Both Seyler and his broth
err, Orvis, made socalled Confessions
under the prodding of the detectives
at the star chamber proceedings. The
accused man even signed a paper in
which he is alleged to have admitted
that he saw Jane Adams fall off the
pier.
On the stand Seyler declared that he
signed paper, which has been prepared
by @ detective, because he had been
assured that he would be given his free
dom by so doing. He testified that, as
a matter of fact, he had not seen the
girl fall at all. Orvis, his brother, was
said to have Confessed that William
admitted having seen the girl fall off
the pier. On the stand he told Diff
ferent story.
The jury believed the testimony
| that was given in court. The Il men
absolutely rejected the admissions that
were said to have been drawn from
| the two prisoners under the third
degree" There is a lesson here for
all the advocates of the third der
gree" Not only Is the method an
| encroachment on the rights of pris-
| oners but It is an ineffective way of
| obtaining a conviction. jury will
not believe evidence obtained in such
| a way.-Washington Post.
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.!7:ls6

In society, the highest place Is fire.
quently big bluff.
Sometimes a girl, in her effort 70
crush a man with a look, simply masnes
him On such occasions. however, dne
man is undoubtedly soft.
When a girl announces that she will
never marry. 1t is time for the 1Sar
friends to begin looking for wedding
presents.
A man may have his price, and not
be offensive. 1t is the man who wears
his marked-down price tag on the out
side who should be relegated to the
junk pile.
A woman always has the last word
and a controlling per cent Of all pre-
oeding words.
If a mans relatives all speak well
of him. 1t is sure sign he hasn't many
enemies.
HERO AND LEANDER (Is10.
THE night wind is moaning with
mournful sigh,
There gleameth nc moon in the misty
sky.
No Watchdog near to see.
And yet there is shining one window
light .
One lone incandescent to pierce the
night,
To lead me, sweet Hero. to thee"
Thus saying, he cranked up his
aeroplanc
| Still fixing his gaze on the distant
flame
And over the Hellespont few.
For a Curtiss machine is the one best
bet
For crossing the drink without getting
wet:
T0g
| 1T is my private opinion" says Fill
| ing Fuller, the prize knocker- that
| these long distance aviation contests
should be started from Topeka An
| aviator ought to be glad enough to get
out of here to do his dad-blamedest
| without having big purse put up on
/ the event."
Chancellor Day, of Syracuse. says
taken TO mean that the much advertis-
| ed chancellor does not own an auto.
Auto agents will kindly take action
| upon this hint.
The undertakers should be unanimous
in the support of the movement to let
amateur aviators into all the long dis
| lance events.
1t froze in Northern New York Sun
day night. heavy frost is also re-
ported from Pennsylvania where the
insurgents succeeded in nominating
only one congressional aspirant.
The worst thing about an airsl1ip is
| that the passengers can't swim out
| when it capsizes.
NOT RUSINESS-JUST PLEASURE.
| A man has no business to f1irt
If he's married to some other skirt,
| But when. he's at leisure
May firt as pleasure; -
It's not businesS-so what is the hurt I?