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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12
Pup Swallowed Hatpin.

Gypsy, an American pull pup belong
ing to Miss Mabel Barnes, surgical
nurse, living at Il West 101st street, is
rejoicing over the removal Of a hatpin
615 inches long which had been circu-
lating in her system for more than n
month. Miss Barnes performed the OPP
Grafton and proudly exhibits the hatpin
as the chief exhibit in what many sur
geons have told her is a most remark
able case.
Miss Barnes was for eight years in
the operating pom Of DIR. William I.
Bull. Gypsy was a month old when
Miss Barnes first acquired her. and re-
ciprocity of affections promptly results
ed. Like most puppies, Gypsy had
habit of eating at random without
reading any pure food labels or caring
much whether the thing was digeStible
or not, so long as it could be swallow
ed.
She began on handkerchiefs, lace cur
tains, gloves, slippers, and once she ate
a cuff link. These did not seem to in
terfere with her enjoyment of life Next
she tried several pins and needles, and
these upset her for few days, but the
discomfort WAS not acute.
"I was afraid that she would sneeze
and the pins and needles would break
out all over her." said Miss Barnes.
Then we would have had a porcupine
instead of a bull pup"
Late in February, Miss Barnes says,
she noticed one day that Gypsy kept
her head projected straight in front of
her. She seemed to be unable to move
it. and when it was turned forcibly
the dog whined with the pain. A vet
Urinary diagnosed the trouble as acute
rheumatism and left remedies, but the
dog appeared to grow worse.
The suffering of, her pet was unbeara-
BILE to Miss Barnes. She put hot ap-
plications on Gypsy's neck, and as a
result an abscess formed and broke.
Then a swelling started on the dog
left side. On March Is, while examin-
ing this new swelling, Miss Barnes felt
a sharp point She surrnised that Gyp-
sys trouble was due to foragtng in her
darning basket. She brought home a
hypodermic syringe, some cocaine, and
a pair of artery forceps.
Gypsy's faith in her mistress was so
great that she did not make move
while the hypodermic was being insert
ed Then Miss Barnes seized the sharp
point with her forceps.
"At the most I expected to get a
darning needle" said Miss Barnes,
"brt I pulled out a hatpin."
Miss Barnes is a great lover Of ami
mails One bitter night IN the winter
she picked UP white rat in Manhat-
tan avenue, brought it home, and made
a net of it. The rat is named Peter.
and is a great friend Of Gypsy. The
dog and the rat are inseparable, and
Gvnsy sleeps on the floor under the
bureau drawer where the rat lives
New York Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12
KANSAS COMMENT
LEAVING KANSAS.

Occasionally good man becomes DIS
satisfied with Kansas. The milk is too
yellow or the honey too sweet, ana ne
doesn't like to have them flow over ms
land anyway. So he parts with ms lam
and sells his live stock and other Things
too numerous to mention and moves 70
Oklahoma There he takes GOOD Ran
saS money and buys farm Wnlcn To-
day and tomorrow is not, because the
wind has blown it away. Or tries COL
orado and SluShes in mud trying TO
irrigate strip of bottom so narrow q
COW could jump across. Then ne nears
OF Texas and goes down to hunt tn7
bag at the end of the rainbow. In the
daytime he scratches the SandDurs out
of flesh and at night the cenupedes
crawl over his face. When his money
is gone he begins to feel like he did the.
first night he stayed away from home
He yearns for good old Kansas and the
yearn sticks in his throat and chokes
him till the tears come in his eyes. He
would give months of hard work to see
cows standing at the barn of his old
kansas farm and hear the horn for
supper. Memory is marvellous painter
and paints the things we love the best.
l. pictures to the traveller the corn
s1lk1ng in the fields he used to own, the
wheat yellow for harvest, the clover
stretching away in harvest Of red and
green richer than the rugs Of Persia.
1t shows to him the elms as they whi5-
pered to his children at play under
them, points to the roses in the corner
OF the rail fence and in infinite details
paints a thousand things that touch the
heart and prove it's whimsical power.
Happy is the man who wakes to find
he has wandered only in dream
Seneca Tribune. M
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Pleasing everybody is another one of
those impossible tasks.
4
The more talk a man INDUCES in the
less worth while he has to say.
n
The good boy at school is more than
likely to make up for it after he grad
yates.
Hobble skirts are also another ex-
cuse for women missing trains and be-
ing otherwise unpunctual.
x
Nature is said to maintain a balance
but she generally appears to be Off 1t
as far as the weather is concerned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12

Recent reports from Mexico are to
the effect that the next move Of Ma
dero and his revolutionary cohorts will
be to march from Juarez to the City
of Mexico. If such a march is under
taken, the Mexican rebels have a nice
little walk ahead of them. 1t is 400
miles farther from Juarez to the City
of Mexico than it is from Topeka to
-TuaraZ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12

Bangor. Me-, one-third of which was
recently destroyed by fire, has already
adopted new and stringent building
laws that seek to prevent a repetition
of any such confagration. Why
wouldn't 1t be a good plan for all of
the other cities of the country to take
time by the forelock and adopt SINH
lar rules and regulations? Few of
them probably viii, though, until they
have undergone a similar experience
60 the one which has given Bangor a
little wisdom.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12

A strong movement is said to be
under way among prominent Republi
cans in congress to force the next Re-
publican presidential nomination on
Colonel Roosevelt. 1t is also said that
he would be willing to accept 1t. And
it wasn't so long ago that Colonel
Roosevelt told his friends in the far
west that he had enjoyed all the hon
ors of a political nature that it was
possible for a man to obtain in the
United States, and that he did not seek
anv more
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
rFom the New york

rFrom the New York Press.J
When Islander is denied is the time 1t
really gets busy.
Marriage is a dream that very easily
becomes nightmare
The best treatise that can be written
on how to manage husband is a good
cookbook.
A man regards himself as patriot for
abusing other nations he doesn't know
anything about.
Anybody likes to make out he has more
money than he has except to his borrow
ing friends and the tax collector.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12

An investigation of the postoffice de-
partment has been ordered by the
house of representatives for the pur-
pose of ascertaining If politics figures
in it's conduct. Isn't this an unneces-
sary expenditure of energy? If politics
does not now figure in the conduct of
the postoff1ce department it will be the
first time that this condition has pre-
vailed since the department was es-
fnbIfShed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12

Two thousand pounds of tobacco to
the acre has been grown in Leaven-
worth county. 1t sold as high as 121s
cents a pound. This makes an acre
yield worth $3.50. OF course the expense
of tobacco culture and curing is larger
than with other crops. But no ordinary
Kansas crop produces any such returns
not even alfalfa Where the soil is
suitable. and this is the case in many
sections Of Kansas, it would seem to
be good idea for the farmers to try a
little tobacco growing on the side.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12
UNDERSTANDING OTHERS.

The baseball fan can't understand
why everybody isn't. The fisherman
can't understand the strange indiffer-
ence of some people to the delights of
the angler. The man who lives in books
thinks it a shame the way so many
people never read anything. The bust
ness man who spends all his energies
in his business can't see how other fell
lows finds time to do a lot of things
just for fun. Blessed is the man who
can understand the other fellow
Marion Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12
FROM OTHER PENS
MAKING A WILL.

A man may have moved among his
friends for many years with no ques-
ton as to his sanity, but after death,
when he has bequeathed his money in
way his relatives do not like it will
suddenly be established in court that
the testator was a lunatic and didn't
have enough sense to know what he
was doing. There Aused to be an old
lawyer in Hartford, Conn.,, who said
that he could break any will no matter
by whom made or in what state, and
the success which attended him in his
practice emphasized the truth of his
contention.
An effort was made not long ago in
Massachusetts to provide for the pro-
batting Of wills before death. It was
proposed that a man upon making
will should go to the probate court
and offer it for probate. Any objections
to be made to the will were to be made
then. after due notice, and If they were
not sustained at the time no further
contest of the will was TO be permitted.
1t seems to US that this was very
good scheme and it might be followed
in other states with benefit. Some peo
pie get around the difficulty of will
making by giving away their money
before they die, keeping the usufruct
in the meantime, but that is very
dangerous practice as Shakespeare SO
eloquentIy showed in King Lear. Our
tenn of transferring real estate, is ex-
pensive, unsatisfactory and antiquated.
Charleston News and Courier.
GETTING RID OF TRAMPS.
Some of the railroads have entered
into a campaign of aggression against
the sturdy Migrants as they were
styled in the time of Queen Elizabeth,
who constitute the tramp nuisance of
the United States. Figures show that
tramps cause a loss of not less than
twenty-five million dollars to railroads
by their depredations. thefts and the
like. They are a source of constant
danger, through their propensity to
tamper with air-brakes and other
equipment. They are distributed over
the country through their system of
free rides on freights.
BY this means the country commu-
mites have trampS unloaded upon
them. The losses to private property,
through stealing and burning, as well
as the attacks made upon persons and
the intimidation of women are factors
that count much in the total of the
tramp nuisance. The activity of the
roads comes at a time when tramp
movement is in full swing. and should
do much to correct the conditions.
Vigorous prosecution in all cases Of
roundup of tramps would root out the
fevil were not the local authorities
loath to assume expense for the main
tenance of the traInps while in Jail.
| Tramp colonies are maintained in
European countries, and would do
much toward eradicating the nuisance
here, but the matter has not advanced
this far as yet in the United States.
The roads. by cutting off free rides,
would strike at the root of the evil
baltimore American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12

Lady snake-charmers, without whom
a circus side-show would be an oasis
in a desert without a pool of water,
will all be looked upon with suspicion
in the future. One of their number,
'Zoma, the Queen of the Reptiles"
who has been disporting in Connect
cut, has turned out to be a giddy
young man
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12

Thousands of farmers are reported
TO be signing pledges to vote for none
who favors reciprocity If this is the
case, they will have to cast their votes
outside the Democratic and Republi-
can parties. The Democrats, through
their representatives in the lower
house of congress, have gone on rec
ord to a man as favoring this bill.
President Taft and many men of
prominence in the Republican ranks
are also in favor of it. So the farm
ers in question viii have to set up new
political gods of their own.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12

seek and ye shall find" A religious
fanatic of Oklahoma sought the bite
of rattlesnake. He found 1t, and at
last reports was headed on the way
for regions unknown.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12

1t was not so long ago that the Re-
publicans in the United States senate
were soundly berated from many quar-
tiers because they did not take favor
able action on the New Mexico and
Arizona statehood bill. And now the
Democratic majority in the house of
representatives has let it be known
that it will not pass on this bill until
some of the features in each OF the
constitutions, which are deemed to be
Objectionable. are eliminated. And the
recall of judges provision in the Ari-
iona constitution is one Of these pro-
visions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12

teaching until he reaches manhood.
There is less examining and instruc-
ton is slower, more thorough, more
reasoned, than it can be under our
American system of hurrying children
through school,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12
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
ganizafion for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news is received in The State Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12

The way has been paved for another
divorce in prominent theatrical circles.
Margaret Anglin has taken unto herself
q husband.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12

Three men were killed and several
others injured in the crash Of another
Kansas bank the other day. But this
time It was a sand bank near McPher-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12

Nay, Pauline; you are wrong In the
premises,-get back over the fence.
simply accepted it as slight token
from the unterrified rebs who oper-
ated under his copyright
QuantreIl has been located in Mex
leo. The locator failed to state In his
brief communication, just how Mr..
Quantrell enjoyed getting along with
out his shin bones, which are now
putting up at the Kansas State His
torical rooms.
From his name, we gather that our
esteemed Mr.. Home-run Hopke claims
the weinerwurst as his national flow
err, but outside of that, he seems to be
all right.
We have it from an eye witness
that, although Mr.. Hopke may be
Dutch in name, he seems in no way
embarrassed by the best English a
visiting pitcher can deliver.
We desire to add, near the head of
our list of nothing to print, the cur
rent boiler-plate instructions for the
propagation of popcorn.
The inability of the American sol-
diers of fortune, now playing villain
parts with the Mexican Revolution
comedy company, to, shoot without
hitting something, may save Diaz the
trouble of resigning. If they keep up
their batting averages, he won't have
any army to call off.
1t is alleged that prunes are brain
food, but there are those among us
who prefer mental weakness to board
ing house fruit.
But there is strong suspicion
that the "prune" theory originated
with a press agent of the boarding
house trust.
This movement by the drug store
syndicate to put the vendors Giz-
card Oil and other Household RENEE
dies down and out. is boost for
Christian Science. Many of our lead
ing agriculturists want a guaranteed
remedy for everything, and If they
can't get 1t in bottles, will take it
in books.
OPEN SEASON FOR GLADNESs.
There is gladness in the bleachers
when local batter scores,
But it isn't like the gladness of the
kiddo on the street
Who, by parents is permitted to per-
ambulate out doors
With nothing but crust of dust to
cover up it's feet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12

When a number of aviators were
dashed to death last summer through
fails from great heights, It was sug-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12
WHY REGIsTER MAIL2

The order of the postmaster general
eliminating the Individual envelopes in
which each piece of registered mail has
been placed in the past, has gone into
effect, and from now on registered mail
will be placed in pouches without any
mark of Identification except the
stamp.
Under the old system each clerk who
had handled the registered matter was
required to receipt for each individual
piece and signify that it had not been
tempered with when it reached him.
BY that system a thorough check was
kept on all such matter and in case OF
theft 1t was an easy matter to place
the responsibility.
The elimination of the envelope
makes the detection of the identity of
the clerk in whose possession piece OF
mail is when tempered with practically
impossible.
1t is a part Of the retrenchment sys-
tenn installed by the postoffice authori-
ties.-Mound City Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12
THE FARMER WILL GF

The farmer who owns a farm is the
particular person who is fixed. Banks
may fail and factories close, workmen
strike and mines suspend, merchants
fail and towns burn, times may be
panicy and even crops may be short
but the farmer who owns his acres will
get along. He will live in comfort and
quiet, with plenty to eat, drink and
wear. He is the most independent man
on earth. Yet there are lots of them
who do not appreciate their situation
Buffalo Advocate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12

Lii Russell says she is not going
into matrimony again. Perhaps she
has laudable desire to prove that
matrimony Is not like absinthe or
opium.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12

In the First Ward, women date
things from the Big Flood; in other
parts of the city, they usually date
from their marriage; it is but natural
for woman to date. from some CAL
amity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12

The discovery of a new brand of
possum in South America is of no
benefit unless it can be demonstrated
that said marsupial fits gracefully and
gastronomically into q surrounding of
sweet potatoes and brown gravy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12

1t is alleged that prunes are brain
food, but there are those among us
who prefer mental weakness to board
ing house fruit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12

We have it from an eye witness
that, although Mr.. Hopke may be
Dutch in name, he seems in no way
embarrassed by the best English a
visiting pitcher can deliver.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12

From his name, we gather that our
esteemed Mr.. Home-run Hopke claims
the weinerwurst as his national flow
err, but outside of that, he seems to be
a1I right.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12

But there is strong suspicion
that the "prune" theory originated
with press agent of the boarding
house trust.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12

We desire to add, near the head OF
our. list of nothing to print, the cur
rent boiier-plate instructions for the
propagation of popcorn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12
re-
r9szs:l,S

Nay, Pauline; you are wrong in the
premises-get back over the fence.
Madero did, not capture Juarez,-he
simply accepted it as slight token
from the unterrified rebs who oper-
ated under his copyright.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12

A Luxury.-"But," protested the plain
citizen. don't you consider honesty a
good thing?" Sure" replied the poll
thing; you've got to make money before
you can afford it."-Catholic Standard
and Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12
HUN0R or THE Day

Mr. Struckoil-That there sculptor Teller
says he's goin' to make a bust of me. Mrs.
Struckoil-Henry, it's Just turrible the
way, you DO talk; say burst" not "bust"
Philadelphia Record
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12

do the children still write letters to
Santa CLAUSE" mot now. All the kids
have amateur wireless stations. Pitts
burg Post,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12

"Can you spell C string with five let
ters? No; nor you either" 'S, t, T, /, n.
string. There you are" "But don't
On, yes; see."-Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12

Official State Paper.
Official Paper City of Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-12

Mrs. Myles-Did you ever see man go.
through things like that customs inspec-
tor! Mrs. Styles-Oh, yes. I've seen my
husband go through a bureau drawer,
looking Tor shirt.-Yonkers Statesman.
Arizona republican., 1911-03-03
THE DIARY OF A BEGGAR.
And What It Shows Regarding Care
 less Giving.

No such vivid light has been thrown upon professional beggary in this town as by the diary of John r. Doyle the old man who fell into the hands of the police says the Brooklyn Eagle The diary shows that Doyle made a busi- ness. of canvaSsing the town syste- matically, street by street, and he en- tered the blocks and house numbers where he had called in his diary. in order that he might not reappear too suddenly to any of his victims In fact. he transacted his business of beg gary with systematic care and q jealous attention which would have gone far to insure success in an hon est industry. He kept at begging in stead, no doubt, because it paid bet ter
 Almost all the entries of money re ceived show small sums. and 10 cents for the most part The gift of dollar and dinner from d family on Grand avenue, elicited the entry of fervent God bless em" in a record which is for the most part strictly a business document with indications Of the houses at which it would pay to call dSdll, and dlSo bA NAib-t SiA1iliA ttA0 families on whom it was not worth while for thrifty beggar to waste his time But the old man, with the CO., operation of the police. has taken a subtle revenge on those ncighborhoods which were kindest to him. He has marked in his diary certain blocks on which the begging was good as 70 K. an entry which will no doubt cause the families in those neighborhoods to be flooded with appeals from other inn posters who hope for luck as good as Doyles
 This arrest raises the whole veXcd question of charity to unknown appli- cants IL seems heartless to turn from your door any man or woman who has the appearance of poverty and suf- fering. The petitioner may really be hungry and 10 cents or a breakfast is not much to lose on the chance, where as there are people who could not sleep soumdly at night if they believed that they had sent a really needy person away hungry from their door. The casual gift would not be much if that was the end of it. But this case shows that il isn't The multiplication of those small SifiS, makes source pl l'- come which t,mpts hundreds of impos- ters like Doyle. who find begging easier than work. We all knoW that the stray pennies tossed to organ grinders make a better living for them than ditch dig ging would, and the beggar gets larger coins than the organ grinder. and ap- parently quite as many of them. Thus the tender-hearted perpetuate imposi- ton on themselves and their own kind. For those people who cannot bring themselves to send unknown applicants to the organized charities the best plan probably is to confine their gifts to food and clothing too worn to bring much at a pawn shop. No one beSgar can assimilate such gifts indefinitely, and if he fails to get money he will qui' fhp buSineSS