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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-06

She f1tted into it like a Jewel into
its proper setting. She had a city
woman's knowledge of the proper
thing; and it came about that Wills
Lamphear's home became the center
or hospitality in the town. His wife
told him what to get and he bought
II. His clothes, made by city tailor,
ntted him and gave him an air OF a
man of the world. He was no longer
Siow-Coach Willis;' the townspeople
wife.
But there were some women to
Wnom Willis success was sour
grapes. IT wouldn't have had him
with all his money" they would say
spitefully
But Willis wife knew that she
mad won a prize: she had seen be-
meath the surface into the heart of
the man.-(Copyrighte 1911 by Asso-
ciated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-06

if-he last summer in seven orchards, IN
cluding both commercial and home
/ types, made up of practically all
standard varieties, spraying alone in
creased the average yield by -four
bushels of merchantable fruit from
every tree.
In one of the home orchards. con-
sisting OF 200 trees. including SS va
rieties, the yield of II trees selected as
average for making accurate counts
was 10 bushels of merchantable fruit
to the tree. while the unsprayed or
chard produced practically nothing
worth picking. In another home or
ehard the sprayed trees produced
eight bushels of merchantable fruit to
the trees as compared with three bush
els from the unsprayed.
These home orchards are like yours.
One consisted of Red June. Roman
Stem, Maiden Blush. Jonathan. Ben
Davis, Haas, Willow Twig, Rails
Genet, Dominic. Mammoth Black
Twig. Missouri Pippin, Northern Spy,
Yellow Transparent, LAWYER, York
Imperial, Arkansas Black. Tetofkey,
Fall Pippin, Lowell. Gano, Romantic,
Winesap, Wagner, High Top Sweet.
Fanny Rambo, Early Harvest, Wolf
River, Rome Beauty, Baldwin. Pri-
mate, Smith Cider and Belle Flower.
The other consisted of Winesap, Mis-
souri, Pippin, Ben Davis. York Inn
perial. New Town Pippin, Rails
Genet, Wealthy, Red Astrakan, Low
eli, Huntsman's Favor.te, Rambo,
Early Harvest. Chenango, Strawberry,
Smith Cider, LAWYER Jonathan,
Maiden Blush, Belle Flower and Red
Winter Sweet.
Are not these results worth while ?
Would you like to know how they
were gotten? Write to the agricultural
college and learn about it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-06
some strange Occupations.

perhaps the strangest business in
the world" said a West Side matron
the other day, sis that in which a man
who knocked at the door OF my apart
ment this morning engages.
"'Have you an aquarium? he in
uuired, politely. I answered that we
had, and then he said:
"'Well, I am the snail man.
ST thought he was trifle mad, and
was about to close thu door, when he
explained:
g You see, a great many folks have
their snails die in the aquarium, and
it's not for days that they notice the
snails are dead, snails being naturally
that nobstrusive it's hard sometimes to
tell if they are alive or not. Now, a
dead snail spells the water in the
aquarium and makes the other things
sick, so my business is to look at the
snails to determine as to their health.
LAS the last caller 1 had before the
snail man man was a red-nosed person
who said he was an eye glass cleaner
come to shine the eyeglasses of the
family, and who stayed just long
enough to get away with my husband S
umbrella, I sent the snail man upon
his way."-New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-06
HYHAWKER JOTS

It's been discovered by the Green
leaf Sentinel that the only corn cure
is to quit wearing tight ones.
A doctor who knows his business,
says the Atchison Champion, will not
keep a patient too sick to earn money
enough to pay him his bill.
Noting that leather collars are the
latest fashion freak. the Atchison
Champion insists that they would be
strikfngIy appropriate to leather heads.
The young woman who refused to
swear to "obey'' at the altar and so
lost her husband was unlike, remarks
the Parsons Sun, the rest of her kind
who swear first and refuse afterwards.
Noticing that Senator Editor Brady
says that the legislature is a bunch of
good Indians, the Emporia Gazette is
unkind enough to call attention to a
popular belief that the good Indians
are dead Indians.
Abilene is finding some comfort in the
fact that whatever else other more
ambitious towns may take away from
it, they can't get its supply of Abilena
water. That's optimism for you.
l-Leavenworth Times.
| In concluding a local story about a
woman being a bit chewed UP by a
vicious dog, the Independence Star
losses in this observation: Taken on
the average, a dog in town is about as
heaven"
What in the world will happen
when all the hunting laws, all the
newspaper laws and all the reform
! laws are passed. We will be so good
and everybody will be so happy, we
will not be able to live here any long
| er.-Independence Reporter.
| There is this much in my favor"
said old 81 Chestnut the other day,
ito the Sedgwick Paragraph. ST have
| not petitioned the legislature to vote
for or against any measure this ses-
right thing without my butting in.
there doesn't know enough to do the
right thing without my buttign in.
then we will help to can him next
time and send somebody who does.''
An Anthony man, who is inclined
to peace but prepared for war, has is
sued the following proclamation
through the medium of the columns
of the Anthony Bulletin: "Neighbors,
am a man of peace. want no
trouble. 1 want to make no trouble
for others. 1 have a wife and child
rem and they need me. also have u
house a lawn and a garden. I am
about to put some seed in my garden
| beds. I have bought a gun and some
Shells and while I am not a crack
! shot, think I can hit chickens. 1t is
my purpose to try if any come
around where my blue grass is strug-
Cling and my onions are showing
their bald heads.
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

The fellow who makes a reputation
for being "rounder'' hasn't achieved
much.
A mans idea of his own good points
is more than likely to be very faulty.
y 4
Favorable criticism is the only kind
expected from husband on his wife
gowns.
One thing that's worrying the men
these days is that spring house-clean-
ing will soon be in order.
X \
Much consolation must be found by
many of the fair sex in the saying that
every woman is beautiful in some ones
eyes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-06
WILL AND BEss.

My grandpa is the greatest man in all
the world, bet
And all his hair turned as white as
1t can ever get;
But one day, when they didn't know that
I was there, I guess,
My grandma called my grandpa Will and
he called grandma Bess.
My grandpa's kind OF tall, and once he
held me on his knee
And said was the kind of boy my father
used to be;
And then he laughed and grandma cried
don't know why she should.
Because my father hasn't died, and his
health's awful good
My grandpa.s very old and seems to know
most everything,
And people bow to him so low you'd think
he was a king;
But something funny happened once;
think about it still
My grandpa called my grandma Bess and
she called grandpa, VIII.
IS. E. Kiser, in the Chicago Record
Herald.
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GLOBE SIGHTS.
From the Atchfson Globe.


every man breads ridicule.
Every man is a hero after an ope--
alton.
A last years straw hat never gets
over it.
Don't try to do so much you do it all
wrong.
Don't talk about trying to do right,
but do right.
A boys idea of good time is to eat
too much.
There isn't much hope for the drunk
ard who is proud of it.
So many men can get enthusiastic
about everything but their work
When a bad man turns good sudden
ly it is a sure sign he is frightened.
It is hard for baseball fan to I'M
derstand why anyone wants to go fish
ing.
- good deal Of bile is gotter rid Of
by abusing hotels. They never fight
back.
Some loafers get reputation for
restlessness by their efforts to dodge
work.
Too many men turn down the real
opportunities, and hang on to<what are
merely slim chances
There is a good deal of talk about
henpecked husbands, but did you ever
really know Of one?
You may have observed that the
man with a fool idea gets a lot of en-
couragements from his friends.
You may have observed that the ties
of friendship slip a good deal when
you begin pulling on them.
A drunken loafer delights in telling
how sober, industrious men are grind
Ing him down and crowding him out.
When a man advocates a measure oy
saying 'it will be good thing for both
of u.s." he expects to get the big end.
So many people know how to keep
hotels and run newspapers that the
wonder is there are SO many poor ones
It is the hired mans theory that a
farmer invests in hand corn-shellers
and tanning mills so there will he
something to do on rainy days.
when a man tries to break all speed
records in an automobile, he is the one
who lives up to that old-fashioned
slang wager of betting his neck.
If farmer does his joy riding on 4
manure spreader this time of year he
will have more money next fall to buy
gasoline for joy riding in his automo-
bile.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-06

Young L.ady-You say you were on q
rstt for six weeks. and had nothing to
mutton from? Old Salt--WeiI. you see.
iaiss' INC sea was very choppy.-Tit-Bits.
Were you nervous when you proposed
70 your wlie?' asked the sentimental per-
son, NO. replied Mr.. Meekton, ''but If
would have been."-Washington Star
DO you think I could keep the wolf
musical young man. you Could : repl id
Miss Cayenne, 'if the wolf had any sort
OF an ear for music. Washington Star.
anE Wop rskys 9 9s try , piece Of my wife;
Of life you have led."-Houston Post
At the Dentist's.-rhe vfctim-to-Be-Er
Just hair cut, please.-Tfe Sketch
Teacher-.To what use is cotton chiefly
put! Pupil-For maxim wooden goods
ma am.-Judge.
What some men manages to mistake
ION is3n a clear conscience" said Uncle Eben,
Star. '0-
Mrs. Highupp-Your husband has
SS1nanged SO that I didn't recognize him
Mrs Biase-It isn't that. I've Changed
husbands.-Puck.
Mature knew what she was doing when
she deprived fishes of a voice. How do
you make that out?'' What if. a fish
nad to sackle over every egg it laid?''-
Toledo Blade.
II, 1T was very romantic says the friend.
He proposed to her In the a,itomohije
esq? we murmur, encouragingly. And
sne accepted him In the hospital. Life.
.. But = these look like cold storage eggs?'
eggs, madam" said the dealer g.N @B fSi tsS
We'll. you see, lady, the hens that laid
v, eggs are In cold storage. tool
She Forgave Him.-Shoemaker (who,
customer instead)-A thousand sn par 1ieS =
madam. Fortunately it was your own
shoe, the smallest 1 have in the place
Fliegende Blaetter.
The Consultation.-First Physician-Can
you make anything out of the patients
age right we can make about five hundred
apiece out of it.-Baltimore American.
,s sieaI would Ike that lovely pearl
He-Its better not to have such large
pearls, my dear. People always think
they are faise.-Journal Amusant.
Elderly Gentleman--Now, my boy, what
are you going to do with that SNOWFALL?
BOY ern YOU'D yia Z, you have done when
past with plug hat on?-Life.
confessed the Squam Corners merchant.
Il judged so.'' replied the baking powder
drummer. when I observed that they
town clockv"-Puck. 0'' '"e
"Bgnt. why do you object to my man
your knife. wen. p have s0 to- fan T ieft1
handed. Toledo Blade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-06
Qualified for Free Trip.

ST want a pass said forlorn, look
ing individual as eentered the Office
of. J. J. Geary, general passenger
agent of the Northwestern Pacific.
"Pass?" queried Geary. You're not
entitled to a pass. You are not an en-
ployee. Sorry"
mo" answered the individual, "but
here the anti-paas law says free trans
portation can be granted to necessary
caretakers of live stock, poultry and
fruit Well, I'm going on this trip
with an aunt that's a hen, there's your
poultry; a girl that's peach, there's
your fruit, and a nephew that's a mule,
there's your live stock I think I am
entitled TO a pass."-San Francisco
|nCau
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Helped to Bury Booth.

James Clendenin Eckert, the elder son
of the late Gen. Thomas T. Eckert. for
mer president of the Western Union
Telegraph company, who is contestine
his fathers will, which left him a small
part of the estate, seemed to make
great progress in the surrogate's court
where the second week of the trial was
begun before Surrogate Cohalan.
Mr.. Eckert contended that his father
was not of sound mind when he made
his will in August, 1910, two months be-
fore his death, and that he was in
finenced in his distribution of his estate
which was prejudicial to the elder son,
by Thomas Z. Eckert, Jr, and his sec
ness was Thomas Reilly, a nurse, who
attended the general in his last illness
at Elberon, N. j., and who before that
cased had acted as nurse to Russell
Sage.
Gen. Eckert was assistant secretary
of war when President Lincoln was kill
ed; and was said to be the last man
that knew positively what became of
the body of John Wilkes Booth, the as
sassin of the martyr president. There
offered Gen. Eckert an extravagant
price for his story of his connection
with the affair. Reilly related what Gen.
Eckert had told him of the disposition
of the body Of Booth.
The nurse was telling on the stand
about the generals memory.
His memory was very bad said
Reilly. I'VE used to talk over the war
telegraph corps and his activities in
the civil war. He told the same hap
penings one way one day and another
the next. I supplied the missing names
of generals, battles, and places. He
would go over the details of the cap
ture of Booth. I told him I didn't be-
lieve there was a man alive who saw
him buried, and he told me where he
was buried
Reilly said Cen Eckert recognized
the body of Booth by splints around a
broken limb, and also by his pictures.
Reilly said that after Gen. Eckert had
told him the body of Booth had been
buried and the supposed place of burial
he told him on another occasion of TAX
ing Booths body out on Delaware Bay
with three other men and throwing it
into the bay. Gen. Eckert said he was
the last to survive of the four men
who took part in the secret task.-New
York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-06

Even though Tom Platt is among the
missing, the express companies appear
to have a few friends left at court.
During it's closing hours, the United
States senate, on the initiative of Sena-
tor Bailey, killed the plan for the es-
tahlishment of limited parcels post.
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adopted by party councils seems al
most inconceivable. But if there Is. il
should certainly be enacted into law.
This writing a platform by those in
control of party council and jam
ming it down the Threats Of all the
members of the council without any
chance of a full and free discussion of
its provisions hardly savors OF the mod
ern politics where a square deal is sup
posed to be given to all
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
IFrom the New York Press.]

IO1II Ute INV IOI n 7 lC5o'J
The heroic soldiers of life don't show
off their medals in public.
A judges point of view would seem
strange to him If he were the. judged.
The most successful thing about a
joke is when you tell it ahead of the
other fellow.
If a woman didn't have to open the
envelopes she might like to receive the
kilograms.
aEven when a girl is a bride she in
sists upon keeping her ideals till she
gets home and has to manage the cook.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-06

Pascual Orozco and his rebel force,
who shone with such distinction at
what was to have been the Battle of
Juarez. have added another strand to
their laurel wreath. They captured a
freight train the other day. If such
activities keep up the Mexican rebels
ought to have enough equipment soon
to operate railroad on their own ac-
cof111f
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-06

An English boy has been arrested
for taking revolver and a knife to
the school at which one of the SONS
of King George is a pupil, notes the
Chicago Record-Herald and it adds:
Americans who insist on carrying guns
will regard this as an ugly blow at
personal liberty
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-06

1t was little too much to expect
that the congressional committee which
investigated the sale of the Friar lands
in the Philippines would find anything
irregular in those transactions. The
mind of man runneth not back to the
time when congressional committee
ever found any wrong-d doing any place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-06

A movement is now on foot in New
York state to make st. Patrick's Day
a legal holiday. 1t will probably be
successful and then spread throughout
the country. If this thing keeps up
there will soon be as many holidays
in the United States as there are in
Russia and the Latin countries.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-06

A vaudeville war of Is years standing
between a couple of the big booking
agencies has been settled. And if
raising of the standard Of vaudeville
acts results it will be one of those wars
that was not fought in vain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-06
EpOA OFFER PENS
REFORMING COMMA.

RETURNING ENTS.
This is an age of discomfort, and
that state of mind seems to include
about everything in sight. Its latest
object of reform is the Ten Command
ments, and the Very Rev. Furneaux,
dean of Westminster, England, has
been intrusted with this delicate task
of abridgement, for that will be the
scope of the work. The dean is to re-
port next May.
AS an illustration of what is expect
| ed to be done by this abridgement or
reform, the tenth commandment is re-
ferred to. That says, Thou shalt not
covet thy neighbours house, thou shalt
not covet thy neighbours wife, nor his
man servant, nor maid servant. nor
his OK, nor his ass, nor anything that
| is thy neighbours"
| 1t is thought that If this is changed
| to Thou shalt not covet,'' it will be
more comprehensive and completely
| fill out the meaning and purpose of
| the commander for to covet any,
thing that belongs to anybody is what
| the commandment means We haven't
heard any call for these changes, but
| if there had been any, why should it
| be needed. If these are the words
that broke forth from the thunders of
Sinai. Jehovah certainly knew what to
say and how to say it. What will be
done with Deuteronomy iv. 2?-Ohio
State Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-06

Inasmuch as the New York legisla-
ture has thus far failed to elect his
successor, the seat held by Chauncey NJ
Depew if the United States senate is
vacant for the time being. And as far
as the people Of the nation generally
are concerned it might just have well
been in the same condition during the
mast - years
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-06

'I-told-you-so." shrieks are in order
from Congressman-Captai Hobson.
Word has just been received here that
Japan has ordered the construction of
two more dreaduoughts. Still if the
war between the United States and
Japan is to be post ned until these
battleships are completed. it will be
two or three years yet before it begins.
This thought ought to be comforting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-06

Wonderful as it is, Glenn Curtiss' hy-
hroplane is far from being III the same
class with ducks. When it landed on
the water the other day it sprung
leak and sank to the bottom.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-06

In one respect, at least, the 1911 leg
islature, about which so many unkind
things have been said, will go down in
history as one of the wisest legislatures
that has ever sat in Kansas. It has
actually repealed several laws that had
long since outIived their usefulness.
If there could only be "a special ses-
sion Of the legislature at which moth
ing would be in order but the repeal of
existing laws and lot of business of
this nature was transacted, the state
would be the gamer in a great degree.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-06

FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal Is a member OF the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
gaRization for the exclusive aIternooa
publication in Topeka.
The news is received in The State Jour
nRl building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-06

That wealthy New York Socialist
who is being sued for a breach of
promise is not alone in his quandary.
He knows about '1ove" but can not
define If
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-06

AS the pessimists view it: The fine
weather of the past few days is indie
ative of freezes that will come along
Just in time to destroy the fruit and
berry crops
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-06

Having won their fight against an
increase in the postage on their adver-
Using sections, the magazines, or sonie
of them, will likely extend their muck
raking activities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-06
IS Anna M. GiIday. a tea,

Miss Anna NJ. GiIday. a teacher in
the Kansas City manual training
school, delivered herself recently of
this sentiment: After n,o.--re investi-
cation. must yield the palm for a
correct moral standard for men and
women to the ancient Egyptians as
compared with the present day code
And some one will be sure to rise up
and suggest that the Egyptians missed
lots of fun and the good things of life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-06

That there should be any necessity
for legislation which win permit of dis
cussiOn Of pIanks in the platforms
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-06
EMPEROR WILLIAM ON SUICIDE

Emperor William, in expressing the
view that suicide is not a crime against
society, but matter between man and
God, once again challenges the opinion
of the world. His majesty recently let
it be known, but in rambling way,
that he believes in the divine right of
kings. His state of mind relative 20
suicide further attests a tendency to
cling to discarded dogmas. with the
difference that his opinion that the de-
sire to end life springs from nom
criminal motive is direct and unequlVo-
cal. Overriding the verdict of a court
of honor declaring an army officer who
attempted suicide to be guilty of hav-
ing violated his military oath, MS
majesty says: He is responsible only
to God and his conscience. Therefore
his deed can be judged neither by reg
uIar nor honor tribunals
His majesty's Catholic SUBJECTS Ger
tainly will take issue with him on doc
trinaI grounds, and in these matter-of-
fact days not many people OF any per
suasion assent to his verdict hteraily-
LatterIy the conviction that SUICIDE
should be incorporated in the com
mandment, Thou shalt not XIII, mas
crystalIized in the form of Ieglsiatlon
classifying attempted suicide as
criminal offense and prescribing severe
penalties.-Washingto Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-06

1T was very romantic" says the friend.
he proposed to her In the automobile
Yes?' we murmur, encouragingly. And
she accepted him in the hospital. Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-06

Nature knew what she was doing when
she deprived fishes of a voice. How do
you make that out?'' What if fish
mad to eackle over every egg it laid pr
Toledo Blade