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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-30
FROM OTHER PENS
ANoTHER VARDAMAN-

When former Governor-noyv Tinted
States Senator-elect-Va rdaman. Of Mis-
slssippi, was at the height of his negro
er,oD -. ~ vas doubted II any other south
Srh state could produce his equal In pub
Tic life. All doubts OF this score ba,e
DSen ulssipated by the recent speech and
SSonouct OF Governor Cole Blease OF
south Carolina Governor Blease NOT
only refused to call out the militia 10
prevent the lynching of a negro Al bfa
state but publicly expressed his regret
tnat ne was not one Of the mob that did
the lynching, and declared that he would
pardon any person convicted by a lur1-
OF participating in mob action.
IN consequence Of Governor Blease's
action in this and in other cases fber.
IS a movement in South Carolina 10 Irn-
peach him, and for the good name Of the
state 1t is to be hoped that IL win suc-
ceed. The executive with the name suc-
gestiVe Of intense heat. however is de-
Ilant OF decent public opinion and asserts
that IL Impeachment proceedings ar.
brought around he is removed from Office
he viii become a candidate for United
states senator, resting his case with the
voters OF his state. who, he asserts. ap-
prove ana applaud his rabid policies
Governor Blease, perhaps, has been In
splred TO his present attitude by the case
OF the notorious Nardaman. II will be
remembered that the decent elements in
Mississippi finally united against Varda-
man, and the fire-eating. negro-hatiilg
governor was repudiated by his own
party. 1t was only for a short time
though, for Nardaman, after a failure in
a legislative contest for "a United states
senatorship took his case before the peo-
pie OF his state In the next election, and
by a spectacular display Of his old-time
negrophobia and a direct appeal to race
prejudice won out by an overwhelming
majority.
Governor Blease presumably thinks the
temper of the people OF South Carolina
does not differ from that Of the sovereign
citizens of Mississippi. but in this he may
be mistaken We doubt II the South
Carohnians care to bear the st gina Of
Nardamanism.-Sp Union.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-30
THE HUNTER,

The wind blows Ger the marshes,
There's music in the reeds;
Beyond the busy city
A winding roadway leads
From where the strong are stralning
And weak men are complaining
At wrongs that never cease;
By wood and yellow stubble
1t winds away from trouble
To pleasure and to peace
The quail forsakes the thicket
To venture through the glen,
And in the busy city
Men cheat their fellow men;
The warning rivals wrangle,
The tumble and the jangle
Continue all the day.
But by the forests edges
And down past singing sedges
long road winds away.
The wild ducks wings are weary,
For it has Travelled far
From where the sky-blue waters
And northern lowlands are
Far from the busy city,
Where few men yield the pity
For which the beggar pleads,
A wide road winds serenely
Where south winds, blowing keenly,
Make music in the reeds.
S. E. Kiser, in the Chicago Record
Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-30
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Many poet is one only in his
own Imagination.
Any number of persons who keep
busy all the time do not accomplish
much.
And it would also be impossible for
a lot of people to practice what they
preach.
1t would be better for the peace
and happiness of humanity if many
more people talked only to them
selves.
K < =
Most folk have no difficulty in I'M
derstanding why nearly all of the COM
pesers of classical music died poor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-30
HUMOQ or THE Day

White-Got all equipments for your
car? Green-Yes; an extra tire. an alias
an alibi and enough cash for baii.-Har-
per's Bazaar.
She-Poor cousin jack And to be
Yes, my dear child; but he gave them
their first taste in religion.-London
Opinion.
John is making quite lot Of money
nowadays. I guess. Has he paid you
tried to borrow any more."-ToIedo
Blade.
Miss Foy-George was reading a book
called How TO Propose Without Getting
Excited A1ai-Yes. Helen sent one 10
every young man she lSnew.-New York
Globe
Mother-You have accepted Georee7
Why. you know very well that / don't
approve Of him. Daughter-That's an
right, mother. Neither does he approve
of you.-Tit Bits.
Town visitor-That's the village doctor.
isn't ft2 Townsman-Oh. he's all right-if
you've got strong constitution.-Puclc
The Anglers this public water Tor
fishing in2 The Natve-Oh. aye The
4 fish, The Native-No; II 'ud be q bloom
IN rniracie.--The Tattler.
Autoist-Hfow do yol4 folks get alone- h,-
ing so far away from a doctor2 Nafive-
Wal-al, ye see. mo Of us have e. de a
nat'ral death--Judge.
Hubbubs-Have you aly late trains Ont
to Lonelyvtllex Subbubs-Sure All -
trains are iate.-Phiiadeiphia Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-30

Another excellent reason why more
news is not coming from the Turko-
Italians war is because the Italian
government has denied permission tc
foreign newspaper men to accompany
the Italian army in the field. And
those newspaper correspondents who
have managed to reach Tripoli by
hook or crook find themselves up
against censors who deny them the
privilege of sending out any kind of a
dispatch. It's difficult to figure out
how the Italians expect to wage a sue
cessful campaign without the advice
and assistance of the militant war cor
respondents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-30
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

rFroun the New York Press.1
The ,atchstring always hangs out to the
rich
Won car, whale morals into a child, but
he has to be coaxed into manners
A woman would be ashamed to admit
che had cold feet If they were in a tub OF
ice.
BECAUSE a girl likes to be all tied up in
ribbons a man needn't think there isn't
dynamite in the package
man is just fool enough about bust
ness methods to want the baby nursed
bv the double entry system
What a woman can never understand IS
how her husband can remember the name
Of the President of the United States and
vet not what date her sisters third child
was born on.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-30
by THE WY
By HARVEY PARSONS

California woman wants people
fined $3.50 for eating meat Tor preak
fast. California woman should pc ad-
vised of real facts, to wit; that pay
ing for breakfast meat is almost
equivalent to her proposed fine, and
sufficient punishment
As we understand it, Mr.. Treleaven,
of the gas company, predicts that 1t
will be less cold when the Weatner
grows warmer. And, for such cheeT-
ing words of cheer, let US pc ouiy
thankful.
Norman e. Mack, in his current
monthly, prints the story ABOUT the
two boys, commonly known as Jule
and Bill, who went to school- WiieH
h e gave his name, julie was corrected
by the teacher who said: Y GU mean
julius" Whereupon Bill, to get in
right gave his name as Bllllus: Inc
story first came to our attention IN
1883, and at that time had creolt
mark attached. Hon Mack evidently
believes in permitting 'em to rlpen on
the tree before plucking-
The New York woman who shot
her husband to save his soul has been
acquitted. but whether or not she sue
ceeded in her purpose, the jury fails
to state
1t appears that the "Play Boy al
lot of space that should be paid for at
regular rates. The play Boy may
not be much of a show, but it has a
good press agent.
You can't blame baby for crying
Some simp is continually charging II
with a resem b1ence to some moth
eaten old relative.
If experience is the best teacher.
how comes it that Solomon fell for
the second dozen of assorted wives?
A snob is a half-baked wop who
recognizes as a superior every one
whose bank roll is larger than his
own.
One who is a careful. first class OBJ
server, may observe that poor people,
cessity rather than choice. never IN
cIude sftackey parties in their list of
entertainment
Chaloner, the noted millionaire
nut" of New York and other points
isn't so bad off. after all. Many Will
hold that it is better to be half crack
ed than broke.
WHAT WE THINK OF YE TURKEY.
Cry this on your new carving set.)
Would that his price We're SO DANCED
high
That no one dared to lay him out,
And we were fed on chicken pie
Fried oysters steak, or even kraut,
The blooming cook was more than
Who named this turkey thing
food
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-30
MILITARY VAcAT1oNs-

How shall the college student in mod
crate circumstances spend his summer 10
the best advantage Hitherto he has
shown some affinity for the dining rooms
of resort hotels. But a colonel OF the
regular army is out with the opinion
that three months OF soldering would De
a better thing for him than three months
of watering.
Not that so short a time would make
him much OF q soldier. But IL would
give him some notion OF military routine
and requirements, it would provide out
of-door life with systematic training for
the body: IL would give him board cloth
ing, medical attendance and SIS month
and It would furnish the country with "a
large number Of partially trained men
who would he available as corpornls.
sergeants and neutenants for a large
force of volunteers.
Colonel Foote figures out the number
of male students in the colleges and uni
versities Of the country to be some 236.-
600. He thinks the army could handle
about q. 900 of these annually IN small COM
panies of so. Perhaps his suggestion viii
prove attractive enough TO divert stu
dents from eastern summer resorts or
even from western harvest fields. The
experience would form a salient rccollec-
ton and the uniform would remain as a
souvenir.-Chicago Record-derald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-30
DAFFYDHS
BY u NOALL.

If a dog bites does the ginger-snap?
(No more cranberries. thank you.
Dne is q great plenty.)
Does the village belle give tone to
society2
(Kick him again, boys. He's down
and out0
The elevator may be lowered, but
is the boy who runs 1t hired?
(WiIIiamii Take your feet out of
the oven.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-30

Don't forget to credit the diseour-
aging drouth of last summer with the
responsibility for the unusual supply
OF turkeys, and the correspondingly
lower prices for them. Turkeys, like
quail, thrive during dry weather.
They are not so clever. however, at
hiding out when the time comes for
their slaughter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-30

Senator Bristow's insistenee that
President Taft cannot win reelection
would be nearer correct if there were
many more Republicans in the country
like the junior United States senator
from Kansas. As a matter of fact,
though, such Republicans are few and
far between. regardless of the amount
of noise they make.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-30

There's a church edifice in New
York city which is 125 years old
George Washington was present at the
laying of its cornerstone. And in all
likelihood some old colored nanny
will soon make known the fact that
she saw Mistah Washington at these
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-30

Just after Champ Clark announced
that harmony had once more been
restored in the Democratic party. the
news came from washington that a
serious squabble has broken out
among some of the leading Demo-
cratic members of the house Of repre-
SentatiVes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-30

All kinds of frigid weather. with real
billiards. thrown in here and there,
have prevailed of late all over the
North American continent. And still
no news has come from Medicine Hat.
1t is unreasonable to suggest again
that a searching party be sent out to
find out what has happened to that
famous bad weather breeder?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-30

Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst. the Eng
lish suffragette, must have thought
she was at home the other day when
her efforts to make a speech in Wall
street were howled down by a mob of
messenger boys and brokers' clerks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-30

Those Chinese rebels who were on
the run the other day were able to
retreat in more or less dignity. The
Chinese rebels have discarded their
rr1,n,,ne
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-30

China's government surely won't be
able to hold out against the revolution
lists much longer. Not only is the gov
ernment's treasury nearly depleted, but
there is no incoming revenue and the
government is without credit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-30

was produced in this country last year
than ever before, that is not an argu-
ment that prohibition is a failure, al
though some folk will so insist.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-30

VICIOUS TASTES AND EXAMPLES.
" men society woman makes a pet OF
monkey and provides for 1t a superbly
Iqrnlshed room, an ivory bed for IL 70
slesp upon silver dishes for 1t to eat from
aAq mar dozen or more servants to
wait upon 1t. IL indicates not simply a
weak mind, and q foolish hobby but Is
one or those straws which show the trend
OF NE among people who are possessed
or Iar more money than sense and who
nave no idea Of their obligations to the
Such people BY their manner OF life are
nnltatlng the practices Of the idle rich
during the Degenerate DAYS Of ancient
rome, and which practices were LARGELY
responsible for her decadence. Il is NOT
70 De supposed that the idle rich in THIS
country VIII exert so great an influence.
out undoubtedly they get many initafors
anu, what Is perhaps Of more concern.
discomfort "a
II social revolution ever does occur
IN TINS country the responsibility for II
WI lie mainly with the class that makes
more or monkeys and dogs than of chill
oIen which turns night into day. which
misuses wealth. and has no scrup1es ~
smashing to pieces the decaiogue-Norton
County News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-30

As we understand it, Mr.. Treleaven,
of the gas company, predicts that 1t
win be less cold when the weather
grows warmer. And. for such cheer
ing words of cheer, let us be ouly
thankful.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-30

California woman wants people
fined $3.50 for eating meat for break
fast. California woman should be ad-
vised of real facts. to wit; that pay
ing for breakfast meat is almost
equivalent to her proposed fine, and
sufficient punishment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-30

II costs a country newspaper r,or.,.
SsNeIS uine Il takes a stand on anv ouee
ION. Almost any citizen besides a move
b,,,vo man can DO II without injuring his
business. II the editor Advocate -
proNements the sore heads 20 after hir,
ina sometimes stop their paper. II he
opposes improvements the pronrno..f,-s
sort get on him and call him a has. - ...' ~
per ana knocker. II he publishes noii-
Ccs the opposition gets into his hair ana
II ne does not he is charged with bei,s-
AFRAID to stand out for his opinion III
ne condemns mail order houses. there are
some people who ask him to attend ~ bis
own business as they have a right 10
man order advertisement some az Inc
merchants are after his gore. No coun-
~ paper can come out squareIy without
~ me run OF year or more viii incur
some criticism from everybody rrbe
newspaper that undertakes to please ev-
aid '.A Aer-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-30
CHAPTER XIV.

Great as the preparations were for the
dinner, everything was so contrived that
not q soul in the house should be kept
from the morning service of Thankssiv-
ing in the churchill. B. Stowe in old
town Folks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-30

white-Got all equipments for your
car? Green-Yes. an extra. tire. an alias.
an alibi and enough cash for baii.-Har-
per's Bazaar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-26
Hog Killing Weather

Alabama grew two million more bushels of corn this year than she had made many previous years, and when so much corn is in sight it stands to reason that more pigs would be procured to eat it. This brings us to the present hour when meat is going into the smokehouses freely.
 Some may dislike to shiver in weather below the freezing point, but such weather is the delight of those who have plenty of corn and plenty of hogs on the farm. The full smokehouse spells prosperity in Alabama. It means a farmer who can hold his cotton, if need be. It outranks even a bank account, for no one has to go to town in order to utilize it.
 If the truth were known, it would be seen that more smokehouses are being filled in Alabama in these chilly November days than have been filled so early in the season in many years. Every full smokehouse is a blow aimed at the meat trust and the western producers, and the south can never become independent and self reliant until every smokehouse is filled in hog killing weather. More corn means more hogs, and more hogs means more meat, and it may be the boil weevil is coming to drive the people of this state into indepen- dence by forcing them to produce more corn and meat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-26
I nm one. my Iiege,
Production of Lumber

Recent census reports show that the south yielded last year 53 per cent of the total cut of the country, whereas 10 years before it furnished but Al per cent. Yellow pine is still holding its own. Last year it con- stituted more than one-third of the total production of all lumber in the United States. All told 53 kinds of lumber are utilized in this country, but only 40 are cut in commercial quantities. Yellow pine comes first, followed in order by Douglas fir, oak, white pine and hemlock.
 Alabama's production last year was 1,465, 1928 M. feet, board measure. This was about 15 per cent less than the production of 1909. Louisiana is the leader in the south, and Missis- sippi comes next, followed by Texas, Arkansas, North Carolina and Vir- ginia. Alabama comes next. She is the seventh states in the south in lumber production, outranking Geor- gia, Tennessee or Florida. Ala bama's place is eleventh in the Union. Washington is the chief lumber state, and Louisiana is a good second.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-26
Pulp and Paper Muddle

The government which hurried through bill to put Canadian pulp and paper on the free list did not wait to get any concessions from Canada. Canada, in fact, voted down any and all equivalent. The conclu- sion is irresistible that what we grant to Canada without equivalent We must, in all fairness and national honor, grant to the favored nation countries.
 The arrival at southern custom house of cargo of paper from Sweden has brought the question up Duty was charged against the cargo from Sweden. Diplomatic representa- taons followed, and various official. q Washington reported that all coun tries enjoying favored nation rela lions were entitled to terms as favor. sble as those granted to Canada There the case at present rests.
 The matter is, however, in thu hands of Secretary of State Knox vho is endeavoring to decide what Shall be done as to collecting duty or &hi cargo of Swedish paper landed ir
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-26
Issues and Candidates Next Year

issues ana CandldateS Next Year
 Colonel Roosevelt's statement that he will not take personal part in the coming campaign" is not bit sur prising. No one has run for third term in this republic, and perhaps no one ever will. Grant tried to break the firmly established unwritten law, and failed, and it may be said that Colonel Roosevelt has no intention of attempting the impossible.
 The republican national convention is only about six months in the future, and steps are being taken to bind the delegates to MT. Taft. He is to be renominated. Iron bound in- structions and the strictest care in personal selection mark every stage of the Taft campaign for a second nomination. The men selected as delegates will be men who cannot be stampeded. This was done in 1908, and similar tactics will be employed next year. No matter how many dis couraging features may be involved, it is practically determined that MT. Taft is to be renominated.
 Against the man of Winona, who vetoed no less than three tariff re- vision bills this year, and who never fails to avow himself a protectionist for protection's sake, the democrats will assuredly present a man that stands for a revenue tariff-who be- lieves in just enough protection to support the government and none for private or corporate profits. This is why Oscar W. Underwood is the logi- cal candidate of the demoratic party, and his course this winter will make this so plain that he who runs may read.
 Every day clarifies the situation Every day adds to the strength of great statesman, and it is," says the New York Sun, "agree- able to note the absence of geogra- phy in the regard in which he is held in all parts of the Union." His cleo tion will bind the Union together and render the civil war a memory and a piece of history-sacred and tender it is true, but still part of our past without relation to present issues or present duties. This of itself will make for prosperity and peace and security in the entire country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-26

the south. It is difficult to under
 stand how he can see any question whatever in the matter. Either the administration must admit it blun- dered when it hurried through the free listing of Canadian pulp and pa- per and endeavor to have it repealed, or else it must admit free of duty pulp and paper from other countries. Secretary Knox really has no ques- tion before him-that is to say, no question which was not decided by Canada when it rejected reciprocity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-26
An Unspoken Speech

'"That Lobby I read in todays Age Herald on banquet speeches reminds me of little experience I once had myself" said a lawyer last night Some big fel- low, a capitalist or politician or some thing like that, visited the city in which
 I was living at the time, and of course 1t was up to the citizens to spread the banquet board.
 '"The visitor was billed to make speech
 upon the burning questions of the day.
 but of course there had to be few local
 speakers to open the game just as Q
 few bouts between local pugs precede a
 prize fight. Well, I was one of the
 chosen few and my subject was one of those high sounding abstract propositions such as schoolboys choose for essays. At the proper time the toastmaster called upon me and rose with great gravity and deliberatlon, something after the fashion of Baalzebub as described by Milton. Hav- ing coughed and cleared my throat and done everything that great speakers usu- ally do, I began by expressing my appre- citation of the honor, etc., at the same time reaching to my hip pocket and pull | ing out big roll of paper, consisting of about 50 closely typewriter pages I handled the papers in such way that everyone could see them. and while doing sn kent eo talkins about the importance