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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1911-10-28
"Dinner Of Deadly Enemies"

Lady Randolph Churchill once gave
at her house in Connaught place what
she called dinner of deadly enemies.
1t was thought, says Mr.. G. W. Small.
ey in his "Anglo-American Memories -
a hazardous experiment 1T proved a
complete success. They were all well
bred people. They all recognized their
obligations to their hostess as para.
mount for the time being. In some
cases ancient animosities we're soft,
ened. In all they were suspended"
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1911-10-28
A Queer Customer.

VUoeT OUSCONIcFs
Mandy" said the village tailor to
bis wife. "I'm going to give Sam Bill.
lings suit of clothes for pig"
MY goodness. papa" exclaimed his;
little daughter. what does pig
want with a suit of clothes ?"-Nev
York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATCHIsoN GLOBE.

More people say they do their best than
do it.
Nearly everyone uses few words he
can't find in the dictionary.
Very few conventions are as important
as they seem to the delegates.
When it comes to regulating taxes, this
isn't a government by the people.
What a woman calls refreshments,
man designates as an aggravation-
On the dead: Isn't it nearly always
mans own fault when his business is
Patriotism will always get a lot OF
credit which belongs to the spirit of ad-
venture
If you think you are a prophet. get
job in the weather bureau and get paid
for it.
Neither is the cold bath the only thing
that scares people worse than It hurts
them.
A man who is always willing to take
chance may not be very smart in other
particulars.
Now the Rhythmic stroll is to sup
plant the dance in Paris, and one won
ders If it is more so.
What has become of the cld-fashioned
man who used to wear pants with
patches on them?
Every woman hopes her husband viii
some day be so rich that her dresses
Will be called gowns
If your enthusiasm is still going good
at the end of a hard days work, 1t Is
apt to get you somewhere
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05

ly's eyes when he had touched her
hand.
After a restless night she was
awakened by the postman's whistle.
There was letter for her from
Helen Ware. After Virginia had con-
quered the emotions that had arisen
at sight of Helen's writing she broke
the seal.
Dearest vingy: This is just a
scratch to tell you that am almost
sure I gave you the number 3O2 in
stead of 203 for Jim's Office. 1 hope
you haven't written yet there are
probably a dozen Kelleys in each of
those great Office buildings-''
The letter dropped from Virginia
| nerveless fingers. The whole awful
mistake dawned on her. A storm of
weeping burst over her. What had
her companion of the evening before
thought of her? There was no ques-
ton in her mind save that and Vir-
giIia blushed at her own reflection
when she realized it.
The question was answered before
9 o'clock when Virginia descended for
4 breakfast.
A dozen of the most exquisite pink
chrysanthemums awaited her. In the
box she found a note. Kelly had spent
a restless night, being unable to for
give himself for having taken so mean
an advantage of a girl from the West.
His apology was abject. Virginia found
room for a smile in her eyes as she
read Keliys note.
ut wasn't entirely his fault she
whispered into the biggest of the
| chrysanthemums. IF hadn't put the
wrong address on, he couldn't possibly
| have done-what he did
"And what did he d. p" Virginia
| questioned herself.
| quick little laugh followed
I'VE know-but we won't tell" the
flowers nodded Copyright, 1911, by
Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05
ADVERTISING TALKS
BY WILLIAM G. FREEMAN

The value Of the trade OF a small body
of people was brought very forciply 70
my notice the night Of the recent ~ ana
maker Jubilee Dinner in Philaaeipiias...- ~. -
In the march made by the Grand St4no
there were seven thousand Wanamahel
employees. and 1t took them one hour anu
five minutes to pass this sta no ,.-s,a-
maker. as it did others who study thn S
value Of advertising, that even hanaIui
of people like that seven thousand. COM
pared with the tremendous circulatona
that newspapers now give to their adNcr-
tisers. would be valuable 70 any merchant
who got their trade through intelhEent'
honest advertising.
There are some newspapers in the
United States that have ten. fifteen ana
twenty times as many daily SUBSCRIBERS
as this number of employes-people sim
liar in character. and similar IN buying
power.
Just think what their trade means TO
any advertiser Just think how necessary
il is to appeal TO them in the right way
to win their tradel
I wonder if we newspaper people really
realize what great power is In our hands
what il means TO merchants 70 give
them the privilege OF advertising our
readers through the advertising columns
every day.
Instead Of the newspapers belng--as
some people think they are-wholy de-
pendent upon the favors OF advertisers.
isn't the shoe really on the other foott
Is not the advertiser in great need OF the
publicity that the daily newspaper gives
him.
The trade OF seven thousand people
given u one store would mean a business
to that store on most conservative
basis, of at least 500. OO0-an average OF
only 500 per year for each person.
Now, when that is multiplied by ten.
or fifteen or twenty, as 1t often is by
merchants who win the confidence and
/ trade of readers OF newspapers, IL repre-
sents a tremendous force.
| Advertisers should never overlook the
value of a newspaper with even small
circulation, so long IL has the power
to influence the readers representing that
circulation
Go be continued)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05
JAYHAWKER JOTS

viii Palmer has figured it out that
when a girl declares she hates every
thing, one or two things is the matter
It's her lover or her clothes.
The Marquette Tribune is evidently
able to see the silver lining in any
cloud 1t opines that taxes are lighter
this year than they will be next year.
one thing that makes a cook sore,
saws Mrs. Tom Thompson, Of the How
ard Courant is to stand and fry dough-
nuts half the morning and then h$tVe
the head of the house come luggng
home a big sack full from the bakery
A hint to bachelors from Miss Carl
son OF the Lindsborg News: If a girl
is good to her old daddy you can bank
on her getting out of the wagon and
helping her husband push when they
come to a steep hill on the matrimo-
NAL highway.
AS re-told by the Mulvane News:
The fellow who bought an advertised
pump that would work without pips
when he complained, got the answer
back: '"Try it again. Perhaps you've
sol the sucker on the wrong end.
Speaking Of snow, says the Toronto
Republican, if there is anything that
tici1les a girl clear down to her toes,
If is to be able to tface-wash" a boy
she dislikes, and if there is anything
that will make her fighting mad, it is
to have the boy she likes to face
wash her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05
ouAKER NIEDITATIoNs.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record-l
Irlportunity knocks at the door oftener
than his brother Op-
Many a man with a check book feels
that he needs no other library
The quarrelsome man should bear in
mind that chip on the shoulder never
won a jackpot.
The Sunday school kid who sings Il
want to be an ager' IS really in no hurry
about Il.
When a man tells a woman he viii love
her always she is sometimes young
enough to believe II.
There was a fire IN a Kensinston shoe
factory the other night, and over 1000
soles were lost
1t is just as well to remember that a
woman's shoelaces are almost as easily
broken as her heart strings.
The man who breaks himself OF a bad
habit is never so successful in breakins1
himself of Boosting about IL.
Blobbs-"Poor Bigheddeg His illness
has developed into st. Nftus' dance D
Slobbs-''Well. he's no great shakes. ar
that"
We have two ears and only one tongue
but the one tongue can generally repeat
more than the two ears can possibly
hear
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05

HEN AkA1lEkN
Neither wise nor yet discerning,
All her little store of learning
Consisted of such trif1eS as she had learn
ed by chance.
In her talk she was not witty,
And you couldn't call her pretty,
Yet she never lacked admirers nor for
partners at dance.
In face and form this fairy
Was-well very ordinary;
Her clothes were inexpenSive-the women
called them loud;
But at every ball and party
Her reception was most hearty
From the men, who all would gather
about her in q crowd.
She was tiny and soubrettish,
And just bit coquettish,
But for music, art, and letters she had
no gift at all.
Her fortune was most meager,
Yet all the men seemed eager,
On the slightest provocation at her little
feet to fall.
Her cooking was atrocious-
1t would make man ferocious;
But by men this girl was voted most
engaging elf.
Yes every man who knew her
Persistently would WOO her
For-she gave him rapt attention While
he talked about himself!
Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05
FROM OTHER pENS
TO CHANCE INAUGURAL DAY.

TO CHANGE INAUGURAL DAY.
Again they are trying to chahke tne
date of the presidential inauk ut al. 49,,
from March TO some day later ia Aplii-
This we take TO be slam on the eu-
mate of the District of Columbia " hlci.
pleases us immensely OF all the ihIetlal
snring climates OF all the rest OF the
limited states commend TO our worst
enemy a visit to Washington n TIRE
spring Politically, in accordance Win
civil war times, the District. Of CoiunDia
borders closely upon the sunny south, y
is politically "sunny" only. From a cu-
matte point Of view about March We
prefer the northern boundary OF Maine
or the pinnacle OF Pixies Peak
There have been unnumbered profess
from inauguration day visitors 10 WASH
ineton that a washington March Il apout
e limit of disagreeableness, rive times
ont OF four II it isn't raining, u -
snov-ine. if IL isn't thawing It is freezinE' .
n neither of these. the weather is an al
mixture OF all four. And the III
fluenzas. pneumonias, bronchiuses, cpl
zootics phthisics and the rest OF snuulnS
ills that have followed inaugural VS.
TORS TO their homes. and often 70 the
cemeteries. have made the quadrennlal
siclx and death lists appear as special
and malignant visitation OF providence
Probably the Both doy OF April might De
a better day for the inaugural ceremonler
in Washington. Surely II couldn't be any
worse than March f. Change the day
and date IL they Will. There's strong
n congress can't do this, what can IL
do that is full of commonest horse
sense ?-San Antonio Express.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05
JOURNAL ENTRIES

No one has to try very hard to be-
come unpopular.
It's as easy to place the blame as it
is difficult to get any one to shout
der it.
If people were not so much alike
they probably wouldn't find so much
fault with each other.
X =
Nor is there any mystery about the
infrequency with which doctors adj
wise patients to take rest from brain
work.
1t ought to be discouraging to the
man with a high opinion of himself
that it is not shared by others. But
it seldom if ever is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
rFrom the Chicago News.1

IFrom the Chicago News.l
It takes a lazy man to make good as a
Most people try to be good on the in
stallInent plan.
a pretty girl never envies the brains of
It is easier to hold man off than it is
to hold him down.
Fine feathers make thin pocketbooks.
so a married man says
The great domestic problem: Where is
nv wandering boy tonight?
Being agreeable means agreeing with
people. regardless of your own opinions.
When a hard working man remains
poor his wife says he is too conscientious.
BY placing it low, many a man has been
able IL come up to the mark he set for
himself.
Most women seem to think that they
can settle perplexing questions by crying
over them
A man might not be able to recognize
pened to meet them with their COM
plexion OF.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05
DAFFYDuS
By U. NOALL.

If the plane shaves does the saw
GPass the camphor. Phyllis, I feel
faint-)
A bunch of bananas they call hand.
But never saw its fist.
Thev say-They say-Ye Godsl Ye
DesistI Desist!l Desisti!I
(Out of my store, 1 say No man
can force me to buy.)
Why do blondes generally weigh
more than brunettes when they're
lighter?
(Aias. A1asi. She may have seen
better days.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05
by TIE WY
BY HARVEY PARSONS.

The reason so many labor unionists
desire the ultimate suspension OF the
McNamaras is not because they favor
capital punishment as a rule, but pc
cause they know by experience that
some fool official with power to par
don the miscreants may be elected az
any time
In other words. they object to the
chances that living reminders OF the
crime against unionism as well as out
siders, may, in time, be exhibited IN
vaudeville.
The Illinois girl who wed sutton
after he had shot ner IA times. propa-
bly, did so on the theory that he would
undoubtedly make generous nus,
band. And it is a safe bet that one
who was so prodigal in his expenditure
| of ammunition would not be close
| when it came to household expenses
The report of a four-day poker game
on an ocean liner, strengthens our con-
! tentiol that necessity and luck do NOS
go hand in hand except in stcry BOOKS
The winner of the long distance poker
tournament was millionaire
The Orphans home has 1.-TWO twin
babies to give away. Any one inter-
ested should remember that this is an
exceptional offer. Just two tWlns-a
complete set. Three twins might be
too many, but two twins is just right
for twins.
81 never could bring myself to in
clude a bumper popcorn crop to the
list of things to enthuse over. Jack
Supp.
The trouble hunter always has bet
ter luck than the quail hunter. The
trouble hunter doesn't have to be a
crack shot. and there is no closed sea-
son on trouble.
A Stubs spotter has been arrested
for selling booze without a government
license. This should be a warning to
spoilers to always take out govern
ment stamp before selling it.
Maybe the popular novel does have
a moral, but the characters therein, as
a rule. do not
All men may be born equal. but
some of them develop a faculty for
getting over it.
Before knocking too hard on bridge,
the preachers should take into con-
sideration the fact that bridge lessons
the volume of soft-boile conversation
Truth crushed to earth is kept busy
rising again.
Great inventors of the past were I'M
doubtedly friends of mankind, but
Nhosoever creates fashion of button
ing dresses up the front will be hailed
as the greatest of them all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR
IFrom the New York p

rFrom the New York Press.J
A successful politician is always doing
something for everybody but the public
A girl with a good figure hasn't any
doubt that's the way she can prove she
II seems as If the only way to make
some men want to come home early at
night is for their wives to be away on a
visit. -
hat seems to a girl to have lots more
brains than one who only knows how 70
run a railroad
a 81 bill always seems mighty small to
a man till he has to give it to his WIFE,
when it looks bigger than a government
bond.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05

1t will soon be too late to do your
Christmas shopping early, If you
want to find the clerks in the stores
at their best call on them now. 1t is
too much to expect them to be in I'M
failing good humor when they are
rushed to death in the closing days of
the Christmas trade. And besides
there is a larger variety of things on
the Christmas counters to choose from
than there will be later on.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05

New York state is to expend at least
a million dollars in its display at the
Panama-Pacific fair to be held at San
Francisco in 1915 Kansas must make
plans to see that the many wonders
of its commonwealth are adequately
exploited at this big exposition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05

Another sign that times are not as
prosperous as they might be in this
country is TO be found in the falling off
in immigration. al sorts of business
conditions in the central west. though.
are in much better shape and more
actice. than they are in the eastern
section of the country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05

Andrew carnegie's s1O.ooO.O0O gift to
further the cause of universal peace,
seems to have been made at an mop
perfume time. Almost every nation on
the face of the earth seems to have
had a fight in its system that it is pro-
ceeding to get rid of.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05
.lChapter e next. ]

Related by the Howard Courant:
The other Sunday at sunday scnoOi'
the teacher asked a little girl if she
understood what bearing false wit
ness against thy neighbor" meant. She
said she did and proceeded to explain
that lit was when nobody said nothln'
and somebody went and told it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05

Presumably Senator Simon Guggen-
helm of Colorado has seen the hand
writing on the wall He says he won t
be a candidate for reelection to the
United states senate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05

Colonel Roosevelt refused to give
the newspapers an interview on the
outcome of the Mcnamara case But
his attitude in the premises seems to
have been fully conveyed in the brief
telegram of congratulations he sent to
Detective Burns.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05

Hens of high degree and their over
lords are striving for blue ribbons and
gold medals at the Auditorium. The
consumers would be better pleased if
they were working at .sleir job of lay
ing eggs and encouraging by their
example of industry less blooded sis
tiers to do the same.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05

Although 1.-The Jungle was some
thing of a mlsnomer for the subject
matter, Upton Sinclair probably has
Sufficient material nov to write book
On 1MnnI,ex-I .nxe'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05

New York city, which poses as the
home of everything that man might
desire. is in sore distress. A strike of
the Chinese cooks in that burg has cut
off the supply of chop-suey.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05

Success to the efforts of the several
Western league magnates who are
working for a shorter schedule for
next season. Among other things. it
is unnecessary to prolong the agony
for the taiI-end teams.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05

AS is usual with him. Sam Gompers
seems to have talked too much about
the Mcnamara case. He is now going
to remain silent for a few days until
he can prepare an authoritative and.
official Interview on the subject.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05

There has been more building ac-
tivity in Topeka this fall than usual
The construction of no less than
eighteen new dwellings, was contracted
for during the month of November.
Cnrnllent is unnecessary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05

Surely are the French curious peo-
pie They are ignoring the Madame
Curie-I.angevin affair, simply because
it is merely a family quarrel" This
kind of fuss is one of the things that
attracts the most attention in this
country
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05

It ought to be possible to find a pot
of gold at the end of one particular
rainbow. The stock certificates of the
SO companies that formerly made up
the Standard Oil trust are printed on
naner Of 80 different colors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05

Here's a big field for conservation.
The railroads are said to lose $50
100000 worth of fuel each year, and
further waste s120.000.OO worth Of
fuel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05

All is not gloom in the Washburn
athletic arena. Think of it! The
prospects are excellent for the college
having a star basketball team this
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05
FVTTT,r, LEASED WIRE REPORT
or TTIE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Now for conflicting testimony in the
Hyde trial. The experts have been
called.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05
KANSAS COAAENT


A FABLE.
George Davis and John Black were two
young men who started in business in the
town of H at the same time. They
each had many friends, and capital
enough to run their business. George was
a hopeful guy and always had Good
Word. John was a Griper- When Gus
toners came into Georges store he would
give them the Glad Hand and the Jocund
Visage. He said his trade was never bet
ter and that H was Good Town. lie
told them there was A movement on FOOT
to get the Car Shops and MIX con-
densery and a Foundry and many other
Enterprises. He said H. was the best
town of its size on the Map.
With John ii was Different He grlped
melons He grouched because the People
didn't patronize him more. He said H
was bum town and never would amount
to a Hin Of Beans. He said Trade was
Dull and not like IT used to be, ana
thought he would move TO a better town
if he could sell out JIG told his custom
ers that H was going back every uay
and People were fools to invest IN prop
erty there.
After they had been i'm business three
years George built fine house with Two
Bay windows. Hard Wood Floors, bath
Room and Steam Heat and his lraue
increased so he had 10 hire Ihree EAtia
Clerks But John is still hanging on MS
Eyebrows and gripping himself IN an
Early Grave. He still lives I'm a Rented
House. his bills go to protest ana ms
trade is Nothing 10 Speak or
Moral-Don't Bellyache. IT does not
pay.-Seneca Tribune
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05

In other words, they object to the
chances that living reminders OF the
crime against unionism as we'll as out
siders. may, in tine, be exhibited in
vaud evilIe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-05
KEEPING BOYS on THE Farm.

KEEPING BOYS ON THE FARM.
Just now there is a great deal SAID ana
written about keeping the boy on the
farm. Agricultural colleges and speclal-
lists are studying the matter 70 learn why
the bows leave the farm and discover IL
possible a way to keep them there. Inc
question is still unanswered. one laIintr
farm bv the simple method OF co-opefa-
ton When the boys got big enough 20
do a mans work they were taken mo
nartnershfp Instead Of the father saying
have 10 head of horses and nave I'VE
head Of cattle and have 60 head OF hoEs,
etc, he always said. we nave 90 I i
II was partnership deal The boys
STAYED on the farm and worked early ana
i,,,si,ess and their every energy was put
i'm to make II success--Holton Signal.