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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-22

ptCtuFe OF an anger.
The new Santa Fe building will not
be accepted from the contractors until
some arrangement has been made
whereby Colonel Savage can view the
village from its top. He climbed lad
ders to get to the top last week. only
to find that the coping was seven feet
high. The colonel is not, and his view
consisted principally of blue sky.
They are just about to pass bill in
the Illinois legislature making it a
misdemeanor to publish the details of
crime. Had this law been passed
earlier, it would have conserved a lot
of newspaper space which was wasted
on the Lorimer case.
Another of Mayor Gaynor's daugh-
tiers has eloped. When the first Cay
nor girl beat it for Gretna Green, il
occasioned little speculation, but now
there is growing suspicion that Hon.
Gaynor has discovered some method of
avoiding the cost and worry of home
wedding. Many men in humber walks
of life would like to borrow his recipe.
In view of the recent damage suit in
a local court, this vital problem in
higher mathematics is not out of
place: At $1,000 per bite, how much
would a square meal cost? We haven't
time to figure 1t out, but feel assured
that if that price prevailed generally,
it would do much toward discouraging
cannibalism.
Ruth st. Denis got by with it,
dressed in pair of painted eyebrows
and string of beads: the girl at the
street fair was compelled by the pure
ones to do the hoochee stunt in the
costume of an arctic explorer. And
| if we are permitted to draw our con-
illusions from what we see. it is plain
that the difference is in the price of
admission.
AS we understand 1t, Madero has de-
cided to refrain from biting into that
| invitation to Mexico City until he is
| shown the chemists analysis.
Mothers Day. comes once a year;
Fathers day is every pay day.
Patient in Rome calls a doctor in
| Los Angeles. Evidently desires a
chance to get over it.
The custom of stealing it from the
widows and orphans, and then squar-
| ing it by giving the Lord 10 per cent,
is not confined to the trusts. 1t is the
favorite indoor exercise of many in
| dividuals.
I'm in Dutch" writes Les Lewis
from a Chicago art school. "They
tried to slip me some of that art for
| arts sake stun, and confided to them
those young hopefuls who think there
| is really living in art.
Flies never annoy a sleeping man.
They wake him up first.
Hep
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-22

Among the Oldest Inhabitants and the
goose-bone weather prophets in these
parts, predictions are being freely
made nowadays that when the rain
does come it will come in such volumes
that there will be floods of large pro-
portions They remember that the big
flood of years ago came along on Il
Memorial Day and they think the time
is ripe for another one. Here's hoping
that they are not any better prophets
than the professional weather sharps.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-22

How things are done up brown in
Kansas. A defaulting cashier of the
Holyrood State bank faces a trial on
an indictment that contains no less
than forty-nine separate counts. A
conviction on all of them with COM
mensurate sentences on each count
would make his term of penal servitude
run many years beyond his burial in a
grave unless he happened to live to be
as old as MethuseIah.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-22

Mr.. Carnegie says that universal
peace will come so quickly that many
will be surprised. Mr.. Roosevelt insists
that some affairs may devolp between
nations which it would be dishonorable
to submit to arbitration. 1t is not diff
4icult to guess which one of these
sentiments will get the loudest ap-
plause from Kaiser Wilhelm of Ger
many
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-22

Under favorable conditions, the call
Hope which was a noisy incident to the
street fair on the North side can be
heard a distance of eighteen miles. But
that is nothing to commend it to most
people. A'noiseless calIiope would suit
the average individual much better.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-22
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
[From the New York Press.]
A little success makes a big head.

A little success makes big head.
A man will run up bills on his expec-
tations, but won't pay even on his real
izations.
People need the government and III :
weather to blame for their an. rs not
going right.
It's the man who SHORES like foS
horn that gets indignant with his wife
for being restless in bed.
A husbands excuse that seems fine
and healthy downtown looks pale and
sickly when he gets home with 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-22

Some of the leaders in the Mexican
revolution have all the earmarks of be-
ing reformers of the right type. If they
can have their way they intend to
abolish bull-fighting and gambling in
that country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-22
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State journal
away from home during the summer
may have the paper mailed regularly
each day to any address at the rate of
ten cents a week or thirty cents a
month (by mail only. Address
changed as often as desired. While
cut OF town the State Journal will be
to you like daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to sa9 e
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-22

Naturally there is little difficulty ex-
perienced by the clipping daughters of
Mayor Gaynor of New York city in OBJ
tanning parental forgiveness. They have
the knack of hitcfaing their matrimonial
stars 70 rniIlionaires
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-22

Although the Illinois legislature has
defeated a bill that Sought to legalize
boxing bouts. this probably won't pre-
vent the members of that body from in
dulging in the up-to-date legislative
practice of fisticuffs whenever they are
So disposed go
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-22

More evidence that good things come
slow. Shawnee and Jefferson counties
have finally perfected joint plans for
the construction of a much needed
bridge across the Kaw at Granville.
But this is also a case where it is bet
Ter late than never:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-22

Scarcely had the present and second
armistice in Mexico been twenty-four
hours old than a most sanguinary bat
tie was fought by rebel and federal
forces at Cuautla. Declaring an armis-
fice in Mexico seems to be construed
as a signal to fight harder than ever.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-22

Kansas is also getting there as an
industrial center. The census reports
show that manufacturing activities of
all kinds are growing with leaps and
bounds in all of the cities in the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-22

AS in all classes of men. some base
bail players are wiser than others.
Take Walter Johnson, the star pitcher
on the Washington American league
team. He has a 160-acre Kansas farm
on the side. And Fred Clarke of the
Pittsburg Nationals has another one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-22
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
gRnization 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, 1911-05-22

There will be no argument on the
proposition that the meanest thief i'll
the world is at large in New York. He
stole a purse with 800 in it from an
elderly woman as she knelt at church
in r1TaVer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-22

Attorney General Wickersham now
proposes to do his best to convert the
lumber trust into a pile of sawdust.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-22

An expert on the Sherman antitrust
law. declares that all the talk about
"unreasonableness'' which was injected
by Justice UVhIta in the decision in the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-22
WHAT PRoHIRITIoN HAS DONE.

Thirty years ago last Monday the
prohibitory law went into effect in
Kansas. A generation has grown up
under its beneficence. It is as well en-
forced as the laws against stealing and
other misdemeanors and has given to
the world the cleanest, healthiest peo
pie on the globe.-Marquette Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-22
GOOD FELLOWS.

Very many men attain wide repu-
tation within the male circle of their
acquaintance of being good fellows"
when the men themselves know that
it is undeserved and that the term
bad fellows would more nearly fit
their case. Of course there are hosts
upon hosts of men-far more than the
world at large know of-who are in
truth good fellows in every sense of
the word, but it is a fact, nevertheless
that in numerous instances the desig-
nation applied to men whose only title
there is won at the cost of disquiet and
anxiety at home and among friends
and possibly of broken hearts and
ruined iives.--Glen Elder Sentinel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-22

Speaking of appropriate decorations,
the druggists. recently assembled, used
as decoration on their program, the
picture of an angel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-22

THAT fellow is source of great un.
easiness to me. He may be worthy, but
wish he would keep away from my
house" Occurring your daughter. is he?'
Nav, he's counting my cook. "-Lousvflle
Courier-Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-22
KANSAS COMMENT
WARNED of THE BUG.

Chinch bugs are threatening the
wheat crop of Kansas. There are many
of them evident at present and the new
Matched generation will soon be far
enough advanced to become destructive
to the crops IL no hard rain or other
check appears to stop it.
There has been disposition on the
part of many of the so-called "practl-
cal farmers" to scorn the work that
is being done annually by the experts
employed by the state in the State Ag-
ricultural college. The experts gave
ample warning last fall of the presence
Of the chinch bug in the bunch grass
over various sections of the state.
The college experts advised the I'M
mediate burning of the bunch grass
by the farmers. The Instructions We're
only weakly complied with and if the
wheat of Kansas suffers a big loss from
bugs this year, the Kansas farmers
will have themselves to blame for the
disaster. =~------- /.
1t is to, be hoped that Kansas will
escape much of the danger which, just
now, appears to be imminent. If not,
there will be one good example for the
farmers to profit by next year.-Otta-
wa Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-22
POOR sPELERs THE RULE.

The last issue of the Industrialist,
published by the Agricultural College
has a vigorous indictment of our pres
ent school system. though it was prob
ably not intended that way. 1t con-
sists of several hundred more or less
common words which were misspelled
by the students at that institution. The
point in this is that there is not enough
attention paid to the essentials of a
business education in our schools today
and entirely too much time wasted on
non essentials. 1t would have been
thought a disgrace by the ordinary
common school pupil of twenty years
ago to have missed such words as
these: recommend, bouquet, separate,
accommodate, Wednesday,, prisoner,
miscellaneous, rheumatism, etc, and
yet this was done by the High School
graduates now attending the Agricul-
tural College. What do the teachers
of the schools mean by letting pupils
get out of the eighth grade with no
better spelling ability than this ?-Val-
ley Falls Farmers Vindicator.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-22

Doctor (who has just mis1aid packet
with red 1abeD-Good heavensi did you
taste anything peculiar about that last
dose gave you?-London Opinion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-22

They are just about to pass a bill in
the illinois legislature making it a
misdemeanor to publish the details of
a crime. Had this law been passed
earlier. it would have conserved a lot
of newspaper space which was wasted
on the Lorimer case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-22

What a brilliant marriage" said tn
genial lady. HE is worth several mil
lions and she will inherit at least a bill
lion" would you call that marriage,
inquired Miss Cayenne, ''or a merger" =
Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-22

Happily Married.-Mrs. Quackenness-
Am yo' daughtah happily married, Sistah
Sagg. Mrs. Sagg-She sho' is! Bless good
ness, she's done got husband OATS
skeered to death of her.-Suburban Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-22

The custom of stealing it from thc
widows and orphans, and then squar.
ing it by giving the Lord 10 per cent
is not confined to the trusts. 1t is the
favorite indoor exercise of many in.
dividuals.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-22

Shell would like that lovely pearl neck
lace. Look what beauties they are. He
It's better not to have such large pearls,
my dear. People always think they are
false.-Journal Amusant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-22

II hate this commuting!'' "Why?" Zone
gets so tired of being squeezed out of a
tube like tooth paste. yale Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-22

HE is hard-hearted; whenever he runs
any one down with his auto he speeds up
and leaves them" That's because he's
tender-hearted. 1t breaks his heart to
hear their groans of pain Houston Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-22

when got through with my remarks.
said one lawyer, 1.-THE Jury was in tears:
YES" replied the other; they propanIy
realized then that your poor client hasn't
a chance in the world. '-Washington star
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-22

Roughing It.-"Serve the champagne in
tin cups, Oscar" directed the owner of
the bungalow. VERY good, sir These
hunting parties like to rough it a trifle."-
Washington Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-22

Owed Everybody.-Mo makes me
very uneasy IL I owe a dollar to anyone.
Borrow-Great Scott! II 1 felt that way
about it I'd have St. Vitus dance.-Ex.
change.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-22

AS we understand 1t, Madero has de-
cided to refrain from biting into that
invitation to Mexico City until he is
shown the chemists analysis.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-11
Current Comment
On the winning Side.

The Bellows Falls Times has given
ont some wonderfully strange advice
in regard to the vote of the Vermont
members of the upper branch OF Con-
gres on the Canadian reciprocity
agreement. The Times is of the opinion
that it would be good politics for Sen
ators Page and Dillingham; to vote for
the measure and be ON the winning
side" This might have been consid.
cred good politics years ago, but it was
just such politics as this that brought
politics into the questionable position
which it now finds itself. There is no
virtue in being on the winning side
just for the sake Of being there The
Messenger is earnestly DESTROYS that
the Taft-Fielding agreement receive
favorable action both at Washington
and Ottawa but II is just as DESTROYS
that Vermont's senators cast their
vote agreeably to their own best judg
ment as to what shall be for the bet
ter interests of the country at large,
as opposed to mere local desirabilities.
Being on the winning side on any
question for the sake OF being there
and at the sacrifice Of Judgment, is
menace to all institutions. Govern
ment would be as are the shifting
sands and voters like sheep in
pasture. The voice of protest is not
to be despised and an honest vote is
more to be preferred than a favorable
one
The Messenger hopes that both sen
ators viii find themselves on the win.
ming side if that side be for reciproc-
ity; it believes that if they interpret
conditions Alright, they will be on that
side, even if it We're self-evident
fact that reciprocity were to be de-
feated, it would not want them to be
on the winning side, neither does it
think that The Times would under
these conditions Adams Messen-
ger
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-11
RANDOLPH.

Henry Vail, who has been passing
the winter in Florida, has returned
home.
Mrs win Little was operated upon
for appendicitis at tie sanitorium
Monday
Mrs Spooner, who was the nurse for
Mrs S. II Howard is seriously III at
the Howard home on Forrest street,
Miss Annie Messer, who has been
with Mrs. g f. Cushmau for a week
has returned to her home in Barre
w. r, Messer left Monday morning
for Barre to arrange for his millinery
opening there on Wednesday Of this
week
Miss Minnie Carpenter has decided ia
60 to Middlebury to remain for an
indefinite time with an aunt, and will
leave here this week
Miss Helen Davis, normal school
student. went to Windsor Monday to
substitute us teacher in a school near
town for short time.
Mrs. c. J Rumrill was seriously
i'll Sunday, but is somewhat improved,
though still in the care of trained
nurse, Miss Grace Pitkin,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sinclair of
West Lebanon. were the guests of Mrs.
Lizzie Booth over Sunday aud on Mon
day visited Mr. and Mrs Ned Buck.
Carroll Granger Of Barre was with
his parents. Mr. and Mrs Charles
Granger over Sunday and returned to
his home accompanied by his son, who
had been here two weeks, on Sunday
night
Charles NJ. Mccall. who was detained
here from going to New York, Is
critically i'll with pneumonia AT Elm
cottage A specialist was summoned
from New York City Saturday. He
returned Sunday but gave little or no
hope Of his recovery Miss Gertrude
Hernandez and Arthur Hernandez
have been summoned and have ar
rived to remain indefinitely
At a meeting Of the Randolph grange
on Saturday night there was good
attendance and the program was in
charge Of Miss Kate Connolly and Mrs.
Russell Burridge, and consisted Of mu-
steal selections and reading followed
by several discussions upon the follow.
ing subjects: Parcel Post" by Rus
sci Burridge; "Shall We Raise or Buy
Our Western Horses" Judge d. IL.
Morse, Purchasing Seed at Seed
Time" A NJ Vaughan and Trials Of
the Milk Man. by John Curran. The
commissioners of agriculture will be in
Randolph on April 25 and will give
lecture at such place as the grange
provides, which win probably be the
hall nsed by them for their meetings.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-11
A Toast.

We have drunk, o my friends, to the
victors,
We have toasted the valiant and
strong;
To the great Of the earth We have drunk
in your mirth.
To the wise you have lifted your song,
1t is well--they are worthy, my broth
ers,
As augbt that the armament spans,
But pledge you a health to the 9TH
ers-
A health to the "also rams"
To the men who went down in the strug.
gle,
To the runners who finished unplaced,
To the weak and the young, the m-
known, the unsung.
The depraved. the oppressed, the dis
graeed.
Ye are blooded, developed, completed;
They were bred without stamina,
class;
It's to them. the surpassed. the defeated,
bow as | drain my glass.
Who are We that should dare to reject
them?
Do We know what the handicaps
weighed
Did We suffer the pain, run the race,
stand the strain.
That we scaT at the pace that they
made?
II may BE- that they ran overweighted,
II may be they We're left at the post
Far or near. It's to them, the i'll fat
ed,
bow as drink my toast.
They have lost, they are III, they are
weary;
Ye have won, ye are well, We are
strong
By the drops that they hled, by the
tears that they shed.
BY your mirth, by your wine, by your
song.
By all that has e'er helped to sweeten
Your lives; by your hopes, by your
plans.
pledge you the health OF the beaten.
The health OF the "slso rams
Los Angeles Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-11
PERSISTENT BEGGARs.
The More Egyptian Msndiosnts Get the
More They Demand.


In Egypt one should never give bak.
sheesh except for actual services rem.
dered Resist calmly but firmly every
attempt at extortion. Never pay till
the stipulated service is finished: then,
after you have paid little more than
the bargain called for, turn deaf ear
to the protestations and entreaties that
always follow. Bear In mind that the
more baksheesh you give the mora
clamorous becomes the applicant. Real
thanks and gratitude must not be ex-
pected for gifts.
A friend Of mine once broke one Of
these rules just to see what would
happen. AS we passed through a lit
tie mud village twenty miles from Cal
70 he gave a sturdy beggar a millieme
half a cent. This beggar, accompa-
MED by Others, followed us to the edge
of the village, asking for more. My
friend then gave him a plaster Is
cents)
They followed us a hundred yards
or so and were more persistent than
before. When they showed a DISPOSE.
ton TO go back he gave them pias
tiers. They followed us half a mile
and became very elamorous. was
afraid we should get into trouble and
wanted him to stop II, but when they
began to lag he gave them 20 plasters
They followed us two miles, and the
experiment might have ended serious
ly had we not met company of trav
elers with dragoman, who sent tina
beggars about their business. This
may help you TO understand Egyptian
character.--Christian Herald
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-11
WILLIAMSTOWN

There will be a social dance at the
grange hall Wednesday evening from s
to IL.
Miss Myrtle Seaver entered, yester
day, upon her work as teacher in the
Aver street school in Barre
Misses Mary II Taylor and Sarah
A Taylor are in town, acting in the
interests of the N. E. o. p. They
are staying at II s. Rrury's
The regular meeting of Fraternity
lodge of Rebekahs will be held on
Thursday evening. The business ses-
sion will be followed by a social hour.
A full attendance is desired
The Ladies Missionary society Of
the Congregational church will hold
their annual Good Friday thank offer.
ing meeting on Friday of this week,
at the church parlors at 1880 p m
A new feature will be a supplementary
social hour from $3.50 to 1880, during
which time new sugar win be served
For this there win be slight charge,
the proceeds to 60 into the missionary
fund Everybody is invited to attend
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-11
WATERBURY.

Miss Hattie Billings OF Rhode island
is employed by Mrs J. f. Crossett.
j. f. Crossett, who is suffering with
rheumatism. remains about the same.
Miss Beatrice Shonio of Stowe has
been spending few days with rela-
tives and friends.
At the Methodist church Sunday, Rev
w. c. Johnson preached his farewell
sermon to congregation who felt very
sorry over his leaving this parish. The
choir rendered Easter music and an
Easter concert was given at noon
Those taking part in the concert were
Ausie Demeritt, Eva Crossett, Helen
Cassidy, Lestina Bulwell. Eva Foster,
Beatrice Chapman. CLAYTON Jones, Rob-
ert Guyette. Belle Randall and Marion
Cooley. The successful affair was in
charge Of Mrs. d. Hopkins, Mrs. Hous-
ton, Mrs. Guyette and Mrs. Crossett.