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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-14
A Stringent Rule.

A stringent rule was adopted for
the enforcement of the salary limit,
and each representative pledged his
association to live up implicitly TO the
agreement. Umpires are to be paid
not exceeding $3.50 per month and
their travelling expenses. 1t is the
determination of the league to en-.
force the salary limit. An amend
ment was adopted to the old constitu-
ton and bylaws providing that any
club which fttempts, by trick or sub
terfuge, or evasion of any sort. to pay
a player more than the salary pre-.
scribed in his written contract will
forfeit its franchise and the deposit
of $3.50 The player who accepts ad
ditional remuneration will be subject
to fine and suspension. The only way
by which a player can secure add
tional compensation will be by playing
for it, and getting the customary
donation from the bleachers and
grand stand when Pn unusual stunt as
pulled off
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-03-14
Market For Players And Managers.

Each of the cities composing the
league is in the market for players
and a manager, and players who de-
sire a berth in either of the associa-
tions can either wire or address Pres
ident Crowder direct or the associa-
ton of any one of the six cities.
F. D. Millett who represented the
local association at the meeting, re-
turned from Jackson this morning
ard reports that it was an unusually
enthusiastic and harmonious one. Sc
far very little has been done toward
the organization of the local assoc.a
ton, but it is expected that at a
meeting to be held in the near future
all arrangements will be perfected
and the selection of the manager ant
memters Of the team made. The Civ
| ing out of any berth on the team tC
local men is not anticipated. The
local club will be under the manage
ment of local business men, and thu
books and affairs of the club will b'
open at any time for inspection AM
investigation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30
FROA OTHER PENS
UNREST IN PRUSSIA

The riotous outbursts of public dis
content do not cease in Prussia, despite
the rigorous measures taken by the
government to suppress demonstrations
of popular anger. Everything indicates
that the troubles of the kingdom will
grow more serious before the country
quiets down. unless the government
shall consent to real reform in the cleo
tora1 system of the state which con-
stitutes about two-thirds of the German
Empire.
The maGses now practically disfran-
ch1sed demand the abolition of the sys-
tenn which gives one very rich man the
voting pow er of 20 men of small means
and prevents really poor men from vot-
ing at all. They insist that the suf-
frage shall be as simple, as fair and
as universal in Prussia as it is in all
Germany, Including Prussia, in imper-
ial elections.
In the end this demand will have to
be granted. Germany as a whole can
OF go backward in respect to the right
to vote. Therefron. Prussia must go
forward. The KINGDOM must advance
to the empires position. 1t is unreal
sonable to suppose that the people of
Berlin, for example the capital of Prus-
STA and also the capital of Germany,
will ever rest content with less than
universal manhood suffrage in cleo
lions for the royal congress while they
have that privilege in electing the i'm
peria1 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Leader.
POLITICAL CORRUPTION IN ENG
LAND.
In comparing political conditions in
the United States and Great Britain
the usual practice has been to draw an
unf1attering picture of election meth
DDS in this country. British observers
of the recent campaign over there have
another story to tell. That the London
press on both sides was so violently
partisan as to color and suppress news,
that free speech was often impossible
that meetings were packed and that
rough-house tactics were constantly
employed, was accepted as a matter Of
course. In addition, however, charges
of bribery and intimidation and the
dealing out of free beer In unlimited
quantities have been common. Espe-
cially noticeable was the lavish use of
money in electioneering.
Contrary to the universal rule in this
country, the saloons remain open on
election day in England. Where the
interested in defeating the government
as they were this year, free beer was
sure to be a popular argument. The
protectionist forces for some years
have commanded immense resources.
Numbers of organizations formed for
political purposes have provided means
of evading the corrupt practices act
Supplied with large funds for carrying
on their work, they were not compelled
by law to account for their receipts or
disbursements. At the same time they
were free to do electioneering work for
candidates on a scale which they could
not legally pay for in person.-New
York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30
IN THE WORLD OF TRADE

That the business and trade condf-
lions throughout the country are now
in generaIl:- good shape is the opinion
of Henry Clews, the New York banker
and publicist. Writing in his current
weekly financial review on this subject
he says:
General trade is fairly active. Here
and there weak spots may be found
especially where an excessive advance
in prices has checked consumption and
distribution. Cotton goods have al
ready receded somewhat owing to the
conditions just named, and the decline
was quickly followed by a better de-
mand for fabrics. Our cotton manu-
facturers, however, are still embar-
raised by the high price of raw ma
terial. In the wooden industry the
large mills are generally busy. but
some of the smaller concerns are SUI
fering from a paucity of orders. The
iron and steel trade is in good form.
and the outlook promising. Later on
the railroads are sure to be heavy buy
ers of equipment, and other materials:
and this industry will be stimulated by
recent security issues more than any
other. In other branches OF trade a
conservative spirit is displayed, owing
10 the nigh level VI HElC6S WHICH IN
duces caution on the part of bankers in
making advances, and prevents dis
tributors from carrying large stocks
The commercial outlook, however, IS
generally satisfactory. Thus far agri-
cultural prospects are equally so.
Farmers are enjoying almost I'M
precedented prosperity, and appear to
be possessed with the idea of holding
their produce back for the highest
possible results. Whether or not they
will over-reaeh themselves in this re-
spect remains to be seen. The new
crops are not very far distant. and
there is point beyond which it win be
imprudent for producers to hold their
products from the market. 1t will not
do, moreover. to overlook that the high
cost of living and the high tariff are
producing q strong undercurrent of pc-
litical disquiet. A renewed period OF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30

"A man who stands around pre-
dieting dire calamities," remarks the
man who couldn't find a can il there
came q shower of SOUP"
If, declares the Leavenworth Times,
there is a meaner man than the dog
poisoner he Is the father who in
veigles his small son to spade the
the Indians burytng gold in that neigh
borhood.
After a ramble in the lighter
realms of philosophy, Bill linn, the
office boy, returned with the follow
ing: Politics is like game of poker.
You put lot of money in it and then
lose" mo one can eat banana
without making a fuss about it.
1.-THE man." observes the Holton Sig
nal, who let's himself be dragged into
friendship for one of the parties to the
strife, invariably finds himself out In a
lonely field holding the sack for snipes
whe- the trouble is adjusted
The World knows a Kansas school
teacher who has taught on an average
forty-two weeks out of every year Tor
a generation, who has found time to
complete Ave courses in education him
self and to educate his six children, and
yet has been able to accumulate 1,4oO
acres of Kansas land. A man with
capacity like that ought to be secre-
tary of state, or observation-disclosures
World.
If you chance to stop in Hutchinson
and are awakened in the morning by
the sfrieking of whistles, don't imagine
that the town is on fire. 1t is a. method
the town has adopted OF letting
strangers know that the place Is
awake. Every institution in the town
that has a boiler, including the old
soaks. has been urged to add a whistle
to their equipment SO that strangers
will be made to believe the town is a
manufacturing center--Wichita Eagle
In Coolidge, there is an old tough
named Colonel Wilmington, who is
always trying to f1irt with the women.
have a rule in Coolidge that any Wo-
man whose name is connected with
that of Colonel Wilmington, Will be
tabooed in society. GOOD many are
whom there has been talk" but
Coolidge draws the line at woman
whose name has been connected with
that of Colonel Wilmington.
Editor Brady is sarcastic in discuss
ing the opposition to public play
grounds in Lawrence. He says: why
have Fairgrounds at all? Why not just
let the children loose on the street!
Thew have such fun running In front OF
street cars. They do so enjoy lodging
teams and take such delight in their
hair-breadth escapes from automobiles
Whv not Just let these youngsters have
all this sport? Suppose that a dozen or
SO do get killed, what of 1t? Do not
they deserve killing? Have they any
business in the world, anyway"
ANY one who is interested in sim
plif1ed spelling may find in the daily
newspapers frequent examples or
what he may take to be misprints,
but are really correct spellings- That
is. they are spellings that are intellig-
ible and reasonable in themselves,
and must come in some cases from
the conscious working of the human
mind says Simplified Spelling Bull
letin No 4, Vol. 1. Presumably this
explains ''tonite" and "trtxters" which
anneared in the March "a issue of the
Garden City Telegram, edited by the
erudite Mr.. Faxon. late of Washing
ton. where simplifled spelling first
hecama populaN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30
GLOBE SIGHTS.
rFrom the Atchison Globe.I


People never hear half you say.
When times are dull. singing reso-
buttons do not make them any better
Ever go into big restaurant ana
note how funny people are when they
eat?
A big North Atchison dog preached
ali last night, taking burglars for his
text.
A drunken man is like a fly: he has
nothing to do and hunts up a busy
man to play with.
People never grumble more than
they are doing now, or had more rea-
son to feel satisfied.
Every inpudent, nervy person
should be called" promptly, and as
brutally as possible
being crazy about her husband is
rarely insulted by other men.
The greatest drawback In this coun-
try is the excitement every four years
to please the politicians.
Don't believe men who say the
country is in danger, and that you
should quit work to ''electioneer."
There should be a law Furnishing
meanness. Many people are naturally
mean, and justice will never be done
until a means of Furnishing them is
found.
An Atchison girl Is wearing such an
immense bow this spring that it an
swers for a spring jacket. She wears
1t pinned to her Dutch collar. and
it is so big that it entirely covers the
front Of her waist. and gives a Jacket
department of The Ladies' Home
Journal should take notice; it Is an
original idea to wear bow big enough
for a Jacket.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30
THE MIRACLE.

She's but a little colleen gay,
scarce thicker than me thumb
BUT, oh, the word she spoke the dayi
lis blind am, and dumb.
her small mouth had pleadin' twist
As though twas wistfui to be kissed;
I tnought 1t gave the true word whist,
And hope leapt In the heart OF me.
But when tried it--oh, the blow
me little hand laid on my cheeki
vas but feathers weight know,
sui sure, 1t left me faint and weak
s Aanos on the look that changed her eyes
r L1was like the change of Er1n's skies
from SHINE to storTn-the black surprise
ana sorrow burst the heart o. me.
she stood there Iashin' me bold ways
co 80 weak the gentle tongue Of her.
Thsn sore ~.In some We got twas prAss,e
xr1tttsSsn somethin. sudden, seemed to stir
NM asnln me breast The truth II 1eapt
Sstra1gnt out belize as ifvt had slept;
1nen-rtght into me arms she crept.
sure. joys near crazed the heart OF me
-Harpers Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30
QUAKER fluctuations.
[F'rom the Philadelphia Record

IF'rom the Philadelphia Record
The average corkscrew wears out
sooner than it rusts out,
Many a man marries a woman for
love. with her money as collateral.
The man who strikes an attitude
would hit a fellow when he is down.
knowledge may be power, hut many
q. girl is single because she knows too
much.
The waiter who is bringing the drinks
to a poker party can raise the deuce
by dropping the tray.
The people who complain that they
have never found their level have prob
ably never done their level best.
Many an aspiring actress longs to
be welded to her art when she can't
even get so far as an engagement.
Blobbs-Who was 1t that caid the
first shall be 1ast?" Slobbs-'1 suppose
it was the original bettor on a horse
race"
Wigg-.Even the n1ilkman's profits
are not all velvet" Wagg-"No, I sup
pose they are more in the nature of
watered silk"
DR.. Fizzucks-"Claret makes blood.
SO much whisky" Guzzler-"Well,
claret may make blood. but 1t is very
seldom that 1 feel bloodthirsty."
What impressed YOU most abou.
our western country" asked the re-
porter 1.-The cyclones" replied the dis
ttnguished visitor from foreign shores
II met one in Kansas. and was quite
carried away with 1t"
Muggins-"There goes a man you
could argue with all day, but you
couldn't convince him that Advertising
pays" What's the matter
tised for a wife, and got one"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
TFrom the Chicago Novel

From the Chicago NeWs.l
Safety is the pessimism of society.
Life is a conundrum that few OF US
care to give up.
Some people would rather pick flaws
than strawberries.
1t takes a long time to get rich by
earning your money.
A woman's tears scare a man more
than they hurt him.
Some people are respectable in spite
of what the neighbors say.
Adam raised Cain. but he didn't do
business with the sugar trust.
Down with the egg trustl Set out an
egg plant in your back yard this
spring.
Moral support is all right IN a way.
but it seldom boosts a political candi-
date into office.
Occasionally woman has such a
vivid imagination that she almost be-
.lieves her husband is as smart as she
tells the neighbors he is.
While it may be easier for a camel
to go through the eye OF a needle than
it is for rich man to enter the king
dom of heaven, the majority OF us ara
not losing any sleep because Of It.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30
JOURNAL ENTRIES

It's more difficult for many men to
play than to work.
" n
Considerable of the romance in the
world Is purely imaginary.
Y "
Slaves to pleasure don't have any
better time than do slaves to work.
n n
Some people have q habit of burn
ing their bridges before they get to
them.
u X
Much unhappiness is due to the
fact that too many desires are not
backed by the requisite abilities to
bring them about.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR
IFrom the New York Press-l

From the New York Press
When we ask the Lord to bless any
body we want Him to have all the
work there Is about it.
A considerable part of a boys coll
lege expenses is how often he has to
telegraph home for money.
It's always a great shock to a girl
to find that another can swim better
than she even in an old bathing suit.
The more man can run down his
home town when he is there the more
he can brag it up when he is away on
trip.
A mans idea of a generous act is
having a chance to take all another
fellows money and leaving him some
loose change.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30

voters of the city ordered built as long
ago as last August. Verify, do good
things come slow. The time is not
ripe, however. for too much enthu-
siasm over the realization of this ne
cessity. A site for the plant has not
been selected as yet. It's to be hoped
there won't be much further delay on
this score
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30

Former Senator Chester I. Long is
not so far out of the way in ascribing
the political Insurgency to envy. As
the late Bent Murdoch once so cleverly
put the matter, it is a case of the
ssn11ts'' wa ming in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30

Newspaper correspondents at wash
ington have been particularly lax in
their duties of late. They haven't re-
ported as yet how Charlie Taft came
out in the egg-ro1ling contests on the
White House lawn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30

Many of the convicts in the states
penitentiary are making excellent pro-
gress in their studies at the night
school which has been established
there. This may have a tendency to
make some of them cleverer crooks
when they get their freedom. But, on
the whole, it is worthy undertaking.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30

Mr.. Wfckersham, the federal attorney
general, has denied emphatical1y that
he was ever connected in any way with
the American Sugar Refining company,
the sugar trust But probably this
statement of his will not be accepted
for it's true worth by the gentle
mem who made these charges. 1t is
too good a trumpet up point against
the TAFT administration for them to
DROP
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30

The killing of eight sailors on the U.
S. S. Charleston through the explosion
of a breech block in one of the guns
during target practice in Philippine
waters, is but another one of those
horrors of peace
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30

In their endeavors to find a gas leak
in the vicinity of Eighth and Kansas
avenues the employees of the gas COM
pany evidently have mind to give
the fine asphalt pavement the SEM
blance of a porous plaster. Nor are
these efforts going to help the pave
rnenf much
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30

Considering the number of candi-
dates in the field and the warmth Of
the campaign the results of the recent
primaries left but few sore spots. ex-
cept, Of course, among some of the de-
feated candidates for reelection to the
school board, men who have "sacri-
f7ced'' so much Of their time for so
many years in building up a school
system along inadequate lines
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30

tarfH agitation is almost certain, but
this is q matter of the distant future.
and may not have any immediate bear
ing upon the stock market"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30

The manner in which the first $50, 900
was raised for the state fair fund is re-
freshing. The rest of the money need
ed ought to come just as easily. A
real state fair is going to be a great
thing for Topeka and Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30

Alice Roosevelt Longworth has just
received large inheritance from her
grandfather's estate. Presumably she
can now buy balloon and take a trip
in it without waiting for the consent
of her husband.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30

What will Governor Stubs and a few
other admirers of Colonel Roosevelt
say over his thanks awfully'' for three
gallons of rare old whisky which a
friend forwarded to him in the wilds of
IA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30

Fifteen thousand feet of new water
mains will be laid in Topeka this year
And yet there are some people, friends
in other parts of the state, who make
light of any remarks to the effect that
Topeka is growing and growing fast
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30

Business will pick up and there'll be
something doing at Cheyenne in Au-
gust Colonel Theodore Roosevelt is
going to be there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30

Now the shoe is on the other foot.
The gas company is of the opinion the
city ordinance requiring it to install
gas cutoffs in front of certain buildings
is illegal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30

Active work has begun on the Melan
bridge extension. 1t should be hurried
along or a flood may put in an appear
ance which will wipe the new work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30

If Colonel Roosevelt were president
of the United States or chief exalted
ruler of the entire universe he could
not be accorded more distinction than
he is now getting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30

Colonel Roosevelt has also broken q
few precedents in Egypt. He never
was very enthusiastic over such things,
ANYHOW
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30

Even the March lion has failed to do
his duty thus far and every one is ac-
cordingly much delighted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30

New York states criminal laws have
much in them worthy of commenda-
ton. man convicted under them
the other day of arson goes to the
penitentiary ror 20 years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30

The silver Lining: What an awful cold
your husband has He coughs and sneezes
All the time" He does. but 1t amuses the
baby splendidiy. SQUIRE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30

WIN f's this? The contract has ac-
4,,all,s been let for the construction of
tI,n rMehaee disposal plant which the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30

AN 1DYL OF SPRING.
I'm thinking very much of gladstone
spring,
Imagining
The birds have long been piping in the
trees
Sweet melodies,
Although I only hear-the truth to tell
My baby's yell,
Or some soprano setting up a roar
think, next door.
seem to see springs varicolored flowers,
Although for hours
MY eyes are glued on the wallpaper that
Adorns my flat.
smell the fragrant roses in my dreams,
Although meSeems
A boiling cabbage odor just now rose
Upon my nose
Beside Hmpid lake dream sit,
And-think Of It'll
The lovel1est maid of all doth tenderly
Smile down on me.
Although only see a house upset,
And have to fret
Because my wife's spring cleaning all the
rooms
With mops and broomg.
All, all my visions of the vernal day
Are swept away,
And will have to look for solace in
Spring medicine!
Nathan NJ. Levy, in the New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30

Who is that swarthy man watching the
gyToscope carr" asked the inventor.
That a Nicaraguan," whispered his as
sistant. Indeed Does he contemplate
using our car down in the TROPICAL fun
gles?" "Oh no. He is only astonished at
seeing anything that has more revolutions
Snan his home country. "-Chicago Daily
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30

Penley (stuck for a word)-Iet's see
What Is that you call man who marries
more than one wife? Grump-An idiot
call him.-Boston Transcript
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30

Mistress=-Do you clean rooms with ALAG
rity? Applicant gin'rally prefers patent
sweepers. mum.-Baitimore American
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-30

Cynicus-When a man gets all the money
he needs there's only one thing he wants
Sillicus-And that is? Cynicus-More
money.-Philadelphia Record.