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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16

voices on the porch next door, There
was laughing, and Titus wished he
might join the gay party. He heard
the ripping notes of. the girls voice
and all night he dreamed of them.
It was at breakfast the next morn
ing that he again ventured to speak
of her.
"Oh. here she comes, now cried
MISS Parsons. "She's bringing over
the eggs I'll tell her what you said, -
the spinster giggled. Having been de-
pr1ved of romance in her own life, she
Immediately scented the beginning of
one here.
7 did enjoy your-voice." Titus
found himself saying, after he had
acknowledged the introduction.
The girl laughed. you save your
self" she said. with a reproving finger
raised toward him; you say my voice.
Can you honestly say you enjoyed the
song?" she asked
Titus Joined her laughter. LAS you
sang 1t-yes,' he admitted. Though
1 didn't think any one in the world
ever sang it any more
Did you ever cry over IT when you
were little?" she asked.
I did" John Titus confessed.
Then were even, aren't We? We
nave something in common with"
he thought she was going to say leach
other" but she continued-''the whole
world
After a half hour the girl asked
Titus how long he intended to remain
in the little village.
For month"; he told her quickly
though only that afternoon he had
decided that it was too slow and unin-
teresting to spend even another week
in.
When the month was up he took
home with him the promise of Mar
gerry True to be his Copyright,
1911, by Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16
FROM OTHER PENS
DIVERSITY IN FARMING.

i
| The farmer is in a hazardous bust
ness at the best. His success depends
to very large extent on the weather.
Drouths or excessive rains are disas-
trous to him. Early frosts threaten
him. AS in other hazardous businesses,
he must make large profits in the good
years to make up for the losses of the
bad years. His profits must be record
ed in ten-year periods. He can not
Judge from the record of one year
what his profits are Moreover, it is
evident that as a succession of seasons
must assist each other in maintaining
a general average of success, SO the
best insurance he can have in any one
season is the planting of diverse crops,
the harvesting of which will take place
at different seasons of the year. He
can thus escape a complete calamity
In the event of storm or other natur-
al disturbance.
The man, for instance, who has
made money on truck in the spring
can face the loss of his cotton crop
with eouanimity. In the average for
the year he finds things balancing up,
and although he has lost the profits of
the one crop in the destruction OF the
other, he has been insured against alb
solute loss on the entire years opera
TONS 1t is the capacity of the soil
in this section for widely diverse crops
that makes it SO valuable. This Is not
a one-crop section The lands are not
merely good cotton lands. They are
good truck lands, good orchard lands,
good pasture lands. They can be made
to yield wealth in varity of ways
Charleston News and Courier
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16
Eurekaf

Eureka exclaimed Charles Pap
pas, a peddler, in general sessions yes
terday when asked where he had OBJ
tanned a large knife.
whats that?" aked Captain Lang
of the court squad. 1.-The Judge wants
to know where you got the knife"
"Eurekal Eurekal" came from the
Greek in excited tones.
Hes crazy, your honor" said Lang
to the court.
mot at all, replied Judge Swami.
who remembered the story in McCuf-
fey's third reader about Archimedes.
HE means he found the knife and re-
manded Pappas to the Tombs for trial
on the charge of carrying a concealed
Weapon.-New York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16
REFLECTIONS OF = BACHELOR
EFrom the New York Press. ]

EF'rom the New York Press.
Where a woman is so often right is
never acting on judgment.
Some men can be good-natured
about everything in the world except
the wrong telephone number.
A woman has a bunch of children
so that looking after her husbands
comfort will be all the bigger job fer
her.
hair seem to curl that it would be
mock modesty for her not to say it
does it naturally.
man doesn't worry SO much about
what's going to happen to him in the
next world after ne has been bumped
and knocked around this one for
about SO years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16
Real Life lies NFiserabIes.v

Inspector Javert for his relentless
pursuit of Jean Vatican, who stole a
loaf of bread for a starving sister, was
bound over in $1,000 bonds yesterday,
and when he failed to obtain a bonds
man he went to Jail.
The author of this up-to-date YER
/ sion of Les Miserables'' was Magis-
trate Butts, sitting in the Morrisania
court. Jacob T. Heitz, of 591 East 165th
street, Was the avatar of the bounded
Vatican and William F. Delmage, a
butcher, was the merciless Javert
Heitz told the magistrate that four
years ago he pleaded guilty to stealing
meat valued at $3.50 from his employer,
Delmage. Since then, he declared.
whenever he got a position in order to
support his wife and the four children
of a dead brother Delmage would fol-
low him, tell OF the theft, and bring
about his discharge. Discouraged in his
struggle against these odds, he had
Delmage arrested yesterday on a
charge of conduct tending to a breach
of peace.
Il was wrong when stole the meat"
said Heitz, land pleaded guilty, and
tence. I have lived honestly since then,
but this man has had me discharged
every time L have been able to get a
place.
Delmage was put on the witness stand
and said he had told three men for
whom Heitz was working of the theft,
and that in each instance Heitz had
been discharged. He said he had deem
ed it his duty to tell these men.
did you investigate this mans life
to see how he was living?" asked Mag
istrate Butts.
mo; I did not" replied Delmage.
This is an incident in real life for
a DRAMA" said Magistrate Butts. rs
there any such thing as penance? Is
there any such thing as mercy? Is
there any place in the world for such
a man, or must he go through life with
every door slammed in his face?
This man. with q wife and four
children dependent upon him, has been
trying to lead an honorable life, and
has been bounded out of his positions.
You, Delmage, never stopped to in
Quire if he was leading a good life.
Every time he got his head above wa
ter you pushed him down. It is like
the story Of Jean Vatican, who was
imprisoned for years for stealing a loaf
of bread for his sister. Like the pitt
less Javert, you gave this man no
chance. You followed him and drove
him penniless into the street."
The magistrate then declared Del
mage guilty of disorderly conduct in
exposing Heitz, as an act tending to
q breach of the peace, and held him in
81 900 bonds to keep the peace for six
months. He refused to accept bonds /
man without the deeds for the real es-
tate, and in default of the bond Del |
mage went to 1ail.-NeW York Herald. |
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Good-natured people seldom seem
to achieve any very great successes.
X
Almost every human has differ
ent idea as to what constitutes pleas
ure.
v
If you always wait to be sure you're
right before going ahead, you won't
get very far.
y
Most girls are delighted to have ex-
travagant beaux, but later on they
haven't much use for the same kind
of husbands.
X
Not so many years ago in these
parts, when a. city man said he was
going to run his machine he had ref
erence to q laWn-mower.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16
Mixed Metaphors.

The latest mixed metaphor comes
from France, and is worthy of being
placed on record. The occasion of it
was q dock strike at Rochefort, the
lockers being filled with indignation
because the authorities refused them a
fortnight's holiday on full pay, and this
is how their spokesman rendered the
ancient sentiment that worms will
turn. Even the feeble Sheep" he ex-
claimed, when the fierce blasts of in
dignation makes it's fleece bristle up
on end, feels that it must thrust out
its talons- and scratch. Pail Mall
Gazette
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16
A SATURDAY SERMON.


| Be not thou envfous against evil men
| neither desire to be with them For their
heart studieth destruction, and their lips
| talk of mischief. Proverbs XIV 1 and 2
1t is not so strange, after all, that
| there is considerable Of fascination, if
you will. about the doors of things that
are evil. Except those OF the brute
type, who are really few and far be-
tween, but all too numerous at that,
they are generally clever people and Of
the companionabIe sort If they were
not their days among men would b.
exceedingly limited. The prisons would
have to be enlarged to accommodate
them. For the most part they make
their living by their wits by their abil-
ity to pull the wool over the eyes OF
others. It is this smartness of theirs
which makes them more or less at
tractive. They live easy and their
ways appear to be those of sunshine
and pleasure. Little is it to be won
dered at, then, that there should be
envy Of them among some who are apt
to look upon their own lives, in proper
spheres, as being a little monotonous;
who believe that. the companionship Of
evil-doers would be a welcome change.
Such envious feelings, however, are
decisions of the worst sort. With those
of evil ways, life may appear to be one
continual round Of joy and pleasure.
But such it is only as to it's outward
aspects. Behind the audacious smiles
against all things that are decent and
righteous, there are faces contorted
with pain EVIL brings nothing in the
long run-and it is never such a. very
long one at that-but misery, distress
and ultimate disaster that is over
whelming.
Evidences of this abound on every
hand. Every daily newspaper devotes
much space to its quota of tales ex-
employing the homely but expressive |
adage that he who puts his finger into |
the fire is sure to get burned. The |
wages OF sin always have been, and al |
ways will be death. There is no de- |
nying it. There is no escaping it. The |
pleasures courted through evil deeds /
are but a hollow mockery OF the real |
thing. The eventual damage done by |
them is sure to be great and the pun
Ishment melted out for them is always
severe.
All forms of evil should be Stunned
as are the vipers whose fangs spout
venom. SO should those who practice
it. AS Solomon so well says. their
heart studieth destruction and their
ms talk of mischief There may be an
attractive glamor to their ways. But
t is the veriest of dross. There is
nothing of substance to it. It's tenure
5 as uncertain as Is the stability of a
,ouse of cards, which wobbles and falls
# the first faint breath to touch its
vulnerable part. And even If the doer
If evil deeds is not caught in the
neshas of the law. nor rebuked by the
stracism of society, the memory OF his
ms harrows and tornents his soul
rom time to time with an anguish that
. almost rnbearable Life may seem
trifle dull at times to those who
rave1 along the right road. hard and
incult as it Is, but it is one of una]-
owed Joy compared to that pursued by
he sinner, regardless of his smirks or
pparent satisfaction and his insistence
nat his method Of living is the easiest
nd most satisfactory
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16

It's too bad that the rain could not
have been delayed for another twenty
four hours. Still it brought much need
ed relief from the intense heat. Ac-
cording TO the calendars summer will
officially end its performance next
week. It would be just like Kansas.
though, to keep it in working order
for quite a spell. Surely there will be
a general agreement that this has been
enc warm summer in Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16

A La Toilette boom has been started
in Nebraska. Mr.. Bryan is having
such a hard time in making a choice
among the Democratic candidates for
the presidential nomination, that he
may give UP the job in disgust and
lend his support to the political hybrid
of Wisconsin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State Journal
away from home during the summer
may have tlle paper mailed regularly
each day to ANY address at the rate OF
Rsn cents q week or thirty cents n
month (by mail OnIy). Address
changed as often as desired. While
oct Of town the State Journal Will be
60 you like daily letter from homo.
Advance payment fs requested or.
shese short time subscriptions to save
AoOkkeepfng expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16

Men are strange beasts. indeed. Here
is one living in Brooklyn, the City of
Churches, who stabbed his wife to
death, for no better reason than that
he was angry because she insisted on
wearing a negIigee shirt which be-
longed to him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16

New Orleans did not win out in the
contest for the location of the Panama
Canal exposition It was all stuck-up
the other day nonetheless. and with
sufficient reason. a million gallons of
meiasses broke loose from a storage
tank and overlooked many of the
streets Of the gay old town.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16

Evidently what is sauce for the
goose is not sauce for the gander in
Kansas in one particular at least. Mr..
Taggart, the prosecuting attorney of
Wyandotte county, has decided not to
quiz Governor Stubs as to what he
knows about violations of the prohfbi-
tory law in Kansas City. Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16

It is to be hoped, remarks the Chi
cago Record Herald. that Mr.. Carnegie
will so conduct the paper which he is
to establish in the interests of peace
that nobody will ever have a desire to
whip the editor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16

Facsimiles of the signatures of the
eight chief justices of the supreme
court of the United States, printed in
the Docket, make it certain that none
of these distinguished gentlemen could
have come near winning a prize in a
penmanship contest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16

That Kansan who carried a IS bill
for thirty years only to invest it in
mining stock evidently arrived at the
conclusion that he would have no more
use for it in the future than he had
during the long period it was in his
r1nssassion
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16

John Doe" is dying in the federal
prison at Leavenworth of cancer of
the stomach. Presumably all the hon
ors of the future similar to the ones
that have been thrust on John will just
naturally fall on the shoulders of his
first cousin Orchard Roe"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16

Professor Dyche, the state fish and
game warden. has the courage of his
convictions. And he is strong on
courage, too. A large part of the state
fish exhibit at the fair was made up
of carp of various kinds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16

To laugh at death is rather unpar-
donable. 1t is safe to assume though,
that many folk were tempted to smile
on reading the news that a captain in
Ohio's naval militia was drowned be-
cause he could not swim stroke.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16

Nor was the ex-shah of Persia able
to come back And he is now on
still hunt for a friendly and safe
refuge. Or, perhaps he is looking up
a vaudeville booking company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16

President Taft evidently does not
put much stock in the hoodoo number.
He has finally started on a 5000 mile
trip around the western circle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16

Aviator Ward has Travelled 1873 miles
IN two days on his coast to coast flight.
Marvellous as is the aeroplane, it
would have made poor substitute for
the pony express of the other west
eru davS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16

They seem to have almost as much
trouble counting the votes at a state
election in Maine as they do in Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16

That man proposes" is a dead one;
over 7s990 women have proposed to
Hetty Green's bank-rou within the
past two weeks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16

bers-" The Hearst papers have II
that 10000 preachers are after Hon.
Taft's scalp. Last week we considered
him a selling platter; now we viii back
him against the field.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16

Stoiypin is shot; it's worthy OF news
paper space under the head OF ''un-
usual" The normal condition OF a
vodka-drinker is only half shot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16

Be not thou envfous against evil men,
neither desire to be with them For their
heart studieth destruction, and their lips
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16

At a San Francisco dog funeral.
100000 worth Of mourners followed.
Your first guess is correct,-they were
blooded dogs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16

WANTED: A report OF some family
shooting scrape wherein one or all OF
the parties concerned are not formerly
of Kansas"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16

The value Of a dog. however. IS in the
opinion of this department, a matter
of personal opinion. We have owned
several 30-cent dogs that could not
have been purchased for a thousand
dollars each.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-16

A Kansas man carried a IS bill 50
years and then blew Il in mining
stock. This seems to be a prevailing
fault with Kansas capitalists,-they are
SO hasty about swapping up a PROPOSE
ton.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-12-02
PAUL FEV'AI;

lba vestida 4 la moda espanola.
Tres hileras de puntillas calan por
su espalda entire eLondulante azaba-
che de sls cabellos.
Aunque aun no tenla veinte amos,
en- las puras y gallardas llneas de su
boca, veianse va huellas de sufri-
miento y de tristeza. iQue luz, que
belleza deb1a prestar la sonrisa q
aquellos j6venes y divinos labios!
iQue brillo a aquellos ojos, larga-
mente sombreados por la cr1rvada
seda de las largas pestanas!
Mucho tempo hac1a que la sonrisa
no plegaba los labios de Aurora.
Su padre dec1a.
--Ya cambiara cuando sea Prin-
cesa.
Cuando todav1a no habla termina-
do la comida, Aurora pidio permiso
para retirarse. Dona Isidora arroj0
una mirada de sentimiento sobre los
dulces y conservas que los sirvientes
conduclan para postres; pero su de-
Der de duefa la obligaba a seguir a
su joven anna.
Despues de la partida de Aurora.
el Marques recobr0 su aire campecha-
no.
-Pr1ncipe-dijo,-me debeis mi
revancha de ajedrez. :. Estais dis
puesto?
-Siempre a vuestras 6rdenes, que
rido Marques replic6 Gonzaga.
A una orden de Caylus, les lleva-
ron una mesa de ajedrez.
En- los ounce dias que ell Pr1nci-
pc habitaba el castillo, la partida que
iban a empezar era la numero qui-
nientos y tantos.
A los treinta amos y teniendo la
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-12-02

en- sns funciones cerca de la senori-
ia de Caylus; y, por 1ltimo, en- ter
Ger llgar, fguraba Ell senior de Pey-
ROLES, gentil hombre agregado la
servidumbre del Principe de Coma
ga.
Debemos dar a conocer a este per-
sonaje, que ocupa un lugar impor-
tante en- nuestra historic.
Peyrolles era un hobre de edad in
defnible, delgado, palido y de cabe-
Hos escaso, de alta estatura y un
POGO encorvado. En- nuestra epoca
nos representar1amos con lentes un
personaje semejante; pero, enton-
ces, no los consentla la moda. Su
fsonomla era bastante vulgar. Sin
embargo, SUI miope mirada era atre-
vida 6 insolente. Gonzaga asegura-
ba que Peyrolles Sc serv1a muy bien
de la espada que llevaba al costado.
En- suma, ell Principe lie elogiaba y
distingu1a mucho porque tenla nece-
sidad de el. Los otros convidados
servidores del castillo, desempena-
ban en- la mesa ell papel de meros
comparsas.
Aurora de Caylus hac1a los homo
res con una dignidad fr1a y tacitur-
ma. Generalmente, puede decirse
que las muj jeres las hacen bellas y
amables los sentimientos que las
embargan en- ell instante en- que Sc
las observa. Son adorables cerca de
las personals que aman displicentes
al lado de las que las desagradan.
Era Aurora, empero, de esas mu-
jeres que agradan a pesar suyo, y a
las clales Sc admira, cualquiera que
sea la situaci6n de amino en- que Sc
hallen.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-12-02
Ell JOROBADO

medidas, Ell galan que hubiese pre-
tendido la conquista de Ines, habrla
preclsado pertrecharse antes de bue-
nos canOnes de sitio.
No Sc tfataba solamente de apo.
derarse de un coraz0n: ell coraz0n
estaba al abrigo de una s6lida for-
taleza. Los tiernos billetes no Ue-
gaban a su destino; las dulces MIRA
das perdlan su languido fuego; la
misma guitarra era impontente. La
hermosa Ines era inabordable. Min.
gun galan, cazador de osos, paisano
captain, pudo nunca alabarse de
conocer ell color de sus ojos. Estaba
blen guardaba. AL cabo de tres 8
cuatro amos, la pobre Ines abandon6
al Tin aquel triste albergue para ir
al cementerio. Hab1a muert0 de So
ledad y de fastidio. Dej6 una hiia.
Ell odio de los galanes burlados do
al Marques ell sobrenombre de We
rrou. De Tarbes a pamplona, de
Argelia a Saint -Gatdens, mo huhie-
rails encontrado nj una mujer, nj IN
hombre, nj un nino, que llamase al
Marques de otro modo o|ue Cavl,1s-
Verrou.
Mnerta su segunda e5sposa. trato
de volyer a casarse, puAs pertenecia
"a La potente raza de losi Barba Azul,
que no Sc desaniman ntanca pero el
gobernador de Pample5na no tenia
mas hijas, y las senoriA las casaderas,
conoclendo sn horrible reputation,
sc negar0n al ser solicAtadas.
Permanecio por 10 ltanto viudo,
esperanto con impacie5ncia la epoca
en- que su hija pudiera contraer ma
trimonio. Los gentilesl hombres del
pals le odiaban, y, deslpecho dc su
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-12-02

Ausu 6e Cayfus, Sc ie conoc1a en- el
pals con ell sobre nombre de Caylus-
\errou (cerrojo). V6ase por que.
Antes de cumplir los cuarenta ailos
y viudo de su primera mujer, que no
lie habla dado herederos, Sc enamor6
de la hija del Conde Sotomayor, 60
,bernador de Pamplona. Ines de So
tomayor tenia entonces diecisiete
amos. Era hija de Madrid, tenia los
ojos de fuego y ell coraz6n a1n mas
ardlente que los ojos. FL Marques
gozaba fama de no haber hecho di-
chosa "a su primera mujer, que vivi6
siempre encerrada Ell ell viejo cas-
tlllo, donde murio a los veinticinco
amos. Ines manifesto francamente
a su padre que no serla nunca la
companera de aquel hombre; pero ell
negoclo sc termino sin hacerla caso,
y la joven fue sacrifcada a mezqui-
mas conveniencias. Una noche, Ia
desgraciada Ines, oculta detras de
su celos1a, escucho por Ultima vez
la sentida serenata que en- honor su-
yo tocaba en- la guitarra ell hiio mas
pequeno del corregidor. AL dfa 81
guiente, parti6 muy velada para
Francia con ell Marques. Cuando
llegaron al castillo de Caylus, Sc
produjo un febril movimiento de
curiosidad entire los gentiles-hom-
bres del Vale de Louron. Y aunque
entonces no hab1a importunos "tou-
ristas," acometidos de la iebre de
la crriosidad, la guerra con Espa-
ila sosten1a en- La frontera partidas
de atrevidos aventureros que moles-
taban al Marques.
Y, aunque acept6 la situaci5n, por.
que no tenia otro remedio, tom6 sus