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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23
Ghost Was Picking Crabs.

For three weeks the old New Haven
house had ghost" said a former
manager of that hosiery. II don't
think any of the Yale men knew about
it, but some of the employees did, and
once policeman Investigated us on
account of it.
Johnny Hays. One morning at 8
night clerk when Johnny came down.
stairs
What are you doing getting up at
this hour?' 1 asked him.
Why, 1 thought you wanted me,
he said. Somebody came into my
room, aroused me, and lighted the
gas
This was the starter. A night or
two afterward a negro bellboy rushed
downstairs loking absolutely pale.
Dey's sure somethin' wrong on
dat top floor he said. Somebody
screamin' like they was bein' murder
ed. 1 looked around, but didn't see
anything We searched, but discov-
cred nothing. Almost every night
after that somebody came downstairs
and reported terrible yells and groans
coming from the top floor, but these
could not be traced. Then one night q
policeman came rushing in and said
there was somebody being murdered
in our hotel, as he had heard the
screams from across the street. He
went upstairs and looked around, but
everything was then quiet. Two OF
three nights later the room CLERK
heard the same sounds.
There were many in the hotel whC
went about worrying, but commence
ment week came on and the room
clerk and 1 had to give up our owr
rooms. One night the two of US an6
the steward bunked in the same room
About o'clock in the morning I was
awakened by a blood-curdling yell.
raised myself, to find the room clerk
looking at me. Oh he said, you have
Yes I whispered; what is it p
Look over there at Johnny Hays,
he replied. AS I did so there was an
other yell like the first. 1t came from
Johnny. He was sitting up picking
things off his breast and arms and cry
ing out that they we're snakes, / DOM
know what had been responsible fol
his previous Nightmares, but in this
case his illusion arose from the fact
packing soft-shell crabs, and as he was
unused to them they made a great i'm
preston on his mind
1.-THE last L heard of Johnny he was
being taken to Denver by a hotel man
Johnny had never slept in a Pullman
before, and when he awoke in the
night and with his right hand felt a
head and one at his feet and then put
his hand up and felt one overhead he
came to the conclusion that he had
been buried alive. He let out a yell
that got everybody else out of his
berth swearing."-New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23
QUAKER MEDFTATIONs.

From the Philadelphia Record.1
Takes things literally-the burglar
A shady reputation won't keep you
cool.
The roll of honor is too often bank
roll.
It isn't the well dressed man who
wears the latest wrinkle in trousers
The fool and his money never have to
look far for grounds for divorce
There are mighty few musicians who
can master the horn of plenty.
When women become aviators the
proper costume will probably consist of
just airy trifles-
No matter how disagreeable a pawn
broker may be, we can always put up
with him.
Every woman likes to see her hus-
band turn over a new leaf for her-in
his check book
Nell-seWhat a sad face Miss Antique
has" Belief guess you'd look sad,
too, if you had a face like hers"
Tommy-"Pop. what is philan-
thropist?'' Tommy's Pop-"A philan-
thropist, my son, is a man who gives
a dollar to charity and deducts 1t from
his wife's allowance"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23
JOURNAL ENTRIES

The supply of happiness seldom seems
to be up to the demand for it.
\
Many people never appear to be sat
isfied until they are financially broke.
4
No one has any trouble making a
fishing trip a success if he is equipped
with large imagination.
= =
Most folk probably get great conso-
lation out of the contention that a look
ing-glass does not do full justice.
+ 3 y
Z A mans vices are always exaggerated
while nothing much is ever said about
any little or big virtue he may possess.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23

Good for the Democratic leaders in
the house of representatives. They
have served notice on that "most
august assemblage in the world.'' more
Familiarity known as the United States
senate, that votes will have to be
taken in it onfthe Canadian reciproc-
ity, the farmers free list and the re-
vised wool tariff bills before July / or
there will be no recess ON that date
unti1s october 1, If the senate wishes
TO procrastinate on this legislation
after July 1, the house leaders declare
they will keep congress in session
during the entire summer. As between
remaining in Washington and sizzling
during "dog days" the senate will be
likely to rush these bills to a vote.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23
CORDIALITY IN CHURCH.

Preachers sometimes see the "offish-
ness" of their churches and sometimes
they do not. A Chicago pastor of a
PRESBYTERIAN congregation tells a story
illustrating this trait, found in some
churches. He said that q stranger at
tending a certain church wore his hat
almost through the services upon one
occasion but removed it smilingly
when requested to do so by the usher.
The usher afterward asked the man If
he had worn the hat purposely or was
merely absent-minded. Whereupon the
man said:
mo 1 have been attending this
church regularly for almost two years
and no one has ever spoken to me in
all that time. 1 just thought l would
leave my hat on my head this morn
ing to see if it would serve as an in
PRODUCTION to someone. l am glad to
meet you
While this story has sort of hu-
rnorous tinge. yet it is pathetic in a
wav. This man had attended this
church for a long time and was evil
IDENTIFY lonely. He craved human COM
nanionship and friendly sympathy. He
went to the church Sunday after sun
day to get it--but the members, In their
seif-sufficiency, failed to rec1procate,
and he took a rather bizarre way to get
the recognition he craved. Incidental
w no doubt, he took the opportunity
70 teach the church a lesson In Chris
fian friendliness and charity.-Ind1an-
anolis Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23
HUNOR or THE Day

Passenger-The engineer stopped the
train just in time-let's take up a sub
scription for him! Another Passenger
Vot! Undt me carrying ten tousand dol
lars accident insurance!-Puck.
The teacher was giving a lesson in
said, what animal do you think shows
the least amount of intelligence? Johnnie
Jones, you may answer" Please, ma am,
the cow" "And why the cow?'' BE
cause ma'am, 1t eats first and Fletcher.
ICES afterward."-Judge.
"Howold colonel. does a man have to
be before he can vote in Georgian That
sab, depends altogether, sab, upon which
way he intends to vote."-Life.
meal. Patient-But my meals comes I'M
reg'Iar doc. Doctor-Well. take 1t before
each meai-To1edo Blade.
DO you mean to say that you married
for money!" I'm a way did. 1 got mar
ried because couldn't afford to stay
gagged any longer. Detroit Free Press.
IAN old offender was introduced to a
new country justice John Tmmins
alias Jones, alias Smith, LII try the
two women first" said the justice. Bring
The Debtor-well, old man, I'm going
to marry rich widow next week The
I IT
me- old chapLToledo Blade.
I'm afraid" her father replied, you
would not be able to support my daugh-
ter in the style to which she has become
accustomed" WELL" the young man
said, after he had thought the matter
over briefly I'm not proud. I'll let you
help.''-Chicago Record-Hera1d.
Hank Stubbs-Jed Pratt don't pear to
hev much git up an go to him. Bige
to 1anr
down an stick.-Judge.
First Physician--Can you make anything
out of the patients trouble? Second Ditto
y think il we manage right we can
make about five hundred apiece out of 1t.
Baltimore American.
Come along to bed, Ethel I'm sure
YOU wouldn't like to keep the Lord up all
night, just to listen to you-"-Bystander.
nIant grow from "From the root Of allv
evil. nv son.'-Boston Transcript.
Mrs. Highupp-Your husband has
changed so that l didn't recognize him:
MRS BIase-It isn't that. I've changed
husbands--Puck.
Casey-Phwat kind av ohrse is cob7
Mulligan-It's wan thot's been raised in
toirly on corn, We ignoramus-Boston
Transcript.
Benham-The bulls are weak again.
Mrs. Benham-Can't they send them to
some animal hospital?-New York Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23
FROM OTHER PENS
STRAW HAT SEASON.

Among the unwritten laws recognized
in this section of our great and glori-
Gus country there is one which fixes
the middle of May as the time for the
official opening Of the straw hat sea-
son. Heretofore the wearer of a straw
roof has been regarded as a sooner,
and has been made "a target for the
jeers of hoodlums, young, old and mid
dle-aged. Indeed. there have been in
stances where the premature straw hat
seemed to affect spectators much as a
red flag affects a embarrassing a sud-
den and strange fury as a preliminary
to acts of violence. But now it is diff
ferent, for even the hoodlums ac-
knowledge the right to doff the derby
and don the straw, and there is none to
modest or make afraid. s.
Aside from the comfort afforded by
the lighter headgear, the opening of
the straw hat season is a matter OF
much Importance to other seasons, such
as the lawn-fete season, the picnic sea-
som the vacation season, the spooning
season and others that are Intimately
connected with the period of outdoor
life ranging from early spring to early
autumn. 1t will be seen, therefore. that
the opening Of the straw hat season is
an event not to be lightly considered,
but one that should be hailed with ap-
propriate ioyousness on the part of the
populace.-Pittsburg Chronicle Tele-
graph.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23

What the attitude of the Kansas
druggist is to ham sandwich is an
important question that is yet to be
determined at the annual meeting OF
the Kansas State Pharmaceutical So
ciety, the first session of which was
held here today. But the attitude OF
the ordinary plug citizen to a ham
sandwich is that it is mighty delect-
able morsel of food. Or rather it used
to be, for it has been a long time since
the ham sandwich was within the
reach of a man who did not happen
- be a plutocrat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23

Many folk insist that the world is q
small place after all, but it seems to be
one of magnificent distances through
which the right kind of good news
travels slowly. A prominent New York
banker. who has been visiting in Kan
sas, was surprised to find that the pep
pie of this state are generally out of
debt and that the farmers have plenty
of money to invest in home securities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23

Topekans seem to have more than
their share of luck. They escaped a
production by Sarah Bernhard on her
recent trip through this section. The
first. last, and only performance of
Bernhard in this city is one of pain
full remembrance. Some Topekans have
never yet recovered from the So per
ticket they paid to see the elderly
French lady in her agonizing presenta-
ton of Camille.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23
THE ROSE

THE ROSE.
took the love you gave, all, carelessly
Counting IT only as a rose to wear
little moment on my heart, no more
so many roses had I worn before,
30 nightly that scarce believed them
there.
But 10. this rose between the dusk and
Hath turned to very flame upon my
breast,
flame that burns the day long and
the night,
"A fiame OF very anguish and delight
1hat not for any moment yields me rest.
And I am troubled with a strange. new
fear
How would 1T be IL even to -your door
came to cry your plying one day.
And you should lightly laugh and
lightly say: -
That was rose I gave you-nothing
more
Garrison, in Ainslie,s Mag
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23

The terms of the peace pact signed
in Mexico indicate that the revolu-
tionists get about everything they have
been demanding. And considering the
large measure of success they have
achieved, they didn't have to fight
very much or very hard to get it.
Most of the battles in Mexico have
been of the bloodless variety with both
sides to them running in opposite di-
,-notfope
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
rFron the New york Pregs.J

IFrom the New York Press.1
After a man learns to love woman
she has to teach him to keep on.
Running a private garden wouldn't
be so foolish If 1t wasn't so expensive.
Next to showing how he could run
the government best, a man thinks ne
could write book.
A man is always afraid people VIII
notice his new clothes, and a woman
that they won't hers.
Men talk so much about supreme
court decisions because they don
know what any Of it means.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23
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 q week or thirty cents a
month (by mail only. Address
changed as often as desired. While
out of town the State Journal Will be
TO you like daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
hoOlkeeDing expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23

When the clouds hung dark and
heavy On Monday and the rain poured
down, it was one of the brightest days
for Kansas that has been experienced
in a long time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23

If the recall of judges were in oper-
alton in Ohio it is probable that the
distinguished jurist who has quashed
the indictments against %Boss" Cox
would be made target for such pro-
nnndinu
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23

That famous trial of the Camorrists
continues to progress in its usual way.
Accusers and accused take up most OF
the courts time in making faces at
each other
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23

Another score to the credit of higher
education: The upper class girls at
Campbell college see to it that their
sisters in the lower classes wash their
feet occasionally. t..rtl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23

How could it be otherwise than ex-
cessively warm in Washington, D. C..
with so much hot air emanating from
the capitol?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23

ne aeroplane, which has been de-
IlT as a harmless fad guarantees
1911 ~ AiiI only the passengers. is ranidI,,
he listal some class, and will soon
uS tIsteo with incipient wars and sfriI-
stander. Anoceht BY
AT hittaning. Pa, one gent drew five
N anu another drew gun. As
NJ ace is almost as effective a . c,,s ne
ioe or potassium.
lnneld women" saws a corras
l pUnoe en- are after cigarettes" To
Srien5 mem unnecessary effort, some
I.leno should advise the Winf7a,d -
oIes that cigarettes are taboo In 20
SIS 1S;; put that the mail orde, svsten1 :.
still in vogue. system Is
Dr. Loveland favors paid advertise
;ne ~ lor churches. And, by accent
ing the word paid" DR.. IgoveJa M M.
established New Idea. mas
me city Parents are considering the
PPo3ssInility of making the NationaI
blrtnday safe and sane. but If tbev
~ elrcuinVent the youthful American
VINO considers it his constitntiona1
rignt TO shed an eye or a finger on ~
7, tney will have accomplished a hig,
ger JOB than Mahomet laid ont for
himself when he whistled for tba
mountain oi 1he
furthermore, the accepted time for
consideration of plans for a. "safe and
sane Fourth, are from July to Q in
SluslVe. Nearly all the fatalities have
oeen recorded before July 10 and II ia
considered bad form to speak of IT
Hondo Murphy was in this MORNING
He first read the account of the two
Philadelphia artists who had hurried
matters, and then looked over some of
.ne work or this department, who was
just preparing the daily cartoon.
And when you kick off by drinlxin$ =,
bottle of 'Higgins'es Waterproof or
ventilating your gourd with a AS" saws
Aondo, 81 will not lay it to the heat.
what you pull off is sufficient incentive
Tor a personally conducted finish in
any kind of weather.
Answers: Not so, Sylvia; it is not
necessary to put an Indians gee
string on your guitar before playing
"R edwing.'
Some women get married Just to get
listener who can't jump the job.
suggestion to newspaper correspond
ents: When girl disappears why not
lay 1t to the white slavers?"
What more felicitie can fall to
creature
Than to enjoy delight with libertie.
And to be lord of all the workes
of Nature,
To rafne in tn aire from earth to
highest skie
10 iced on flowers and weeds and
glorious feature
Edmund -Spenser was full of prunes.
or some other contraband concocted
before the advent of the pure food
laws, when he wrote that Personally.
we hold that his brain was as full of
holes as Camembert cheese, and that
his idea was as poor as his spelling:
but, feeling that some cognizance
should be taken of the recent "raine,"
being too lazy to write anything on the
subject, and picking on Spenser as the
deceased bard whose junk was nearly
as bad as the original stuff in this col
yum, We quote him. If you have any
idea of what he was trying to say
about 'raine." you can get bet out
of this department.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member OF the
Associated Press and receives the fun DAY
telegraph report os that great news or
ganization 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, 1911-05-23

Just imagine the fine scorn Win
which Hetty Green greeted the news
that John D. Rockefeller's daughter
paid $21 900 for one of the famous books
in the Hoe collection.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23

The latest freak to come to the front
among humans is the Illinois man who
ate a gallon of ice cream In eighteen
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23

Detrolt's baseball team is assuredly
of the come back variety.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23
KANSAS COAAENT
THE CASE OF JENKs.

jerks, the young man from OTTAWA
university who won the state orator.
cal contest, and was given very high
grades By the Kansas judges on what
is termed thought and composition,
which means the literary merit of his
Grafton, was not even allowed to speak
in the interstate oratorical contest
The judges of the interstate barred
MIN because his Grafton was SO low III
the rankings of interstate judges on
thought and composition.
This illustrates one of the weak
nesses of oratorical contests. set OF
judges is asked to decide on the literary
merit of production in comparison
with the literary merit of some other
production. The Journal ventures the
opinion that not one man in ten who
composition is possessed even OF the
elementary requisites for posing as a
literary critic
Real literary critics are rare. A man
who is really competent to decide on
the literary merits of things can get
$4,000 a year reading manuscripts 1or
the big publishing houses.
The chances are that Mr.. jerks ora
ton was just as good as any or those
written for the interstate.
Yet jerks was kicked out of the in
terstate after all his labor and pre-
paration, because his production did
not appeal to some personal notions OF
one or more Judges. The opinion of
the Kansas judges was doubtless just
as good as the opinion of the interstate
judges. But that doesn't help jerks,
now.
Grading on Thought and compost
ton" however is only one weakness
are other weaknesses even more vital.
-Salina Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23

General Madero may be ace-hieb !,
49, 20, put General Precipitation i,
now the popular hero in Kansas =
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23
MRS. JOHNSTON.

The women who have in charge the
presentation of the cause of women's
votes to the men voters of Kansas,
made a wise selection when they
placed at the head of their organiza-
ton Mrs. w. A. Johnston. of Topeka.
She Is the wife of Justice Johnston,
of the supreme court, a woman OF
ability and business experience. tact
full and well acquainted with the state
A great deal depends on the manner
in which this reform is presented.
Whether they should or not, the men
voters are likely to be led by pre-
judice, and the actions of the wo-
men leaders will be taken as reasons
for or against suffrage. In such a
situation it is wise that woman Of
the standing and ability of Mrs. john
ston is in charge of the movement,
for she will know how to escape the
mistakes so often made by the we'll
meaning but thoughtless advocates
of votes for women.-Hutchiuso
News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23

ne aeropiane. which has been de-
~ Ilt'7 as harmless fad guaranteed
20 kiil only the passengers is ranidIv
b e 1tatp some class, and will soon
riots &c WIN incipient wars and strike
stander Annoceht By
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23

AT hlttanfng, Pa, one gent drew Eve
aces and another drew a gun. A
E 9aAer OF widows and orphans. the
fde of potassium. as cyan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23

wlnneld women" saws a cores
ponoent. are after cigarettes r.
So mem unnecessary effort, Soma
az teu snould advise the Winfield Ia
sas St cigarettes are taboo In Kan
saS; put that the mail orde, svste1,1 =
still in vogue. system is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23

". Loveland favors paid Advertise
me Tor churches. And, by accent
ing the word paid" DIR. LoveIand bas
established New Idea. mas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23

Furthermore, the accepted time for
consioeration of plans for a safe and
sane Fourth, are from July to Q in
eluslve. Nearly all the fatalities have
considered bad form to sneak Of ~
after that date. Vi IL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23

Answers: Not so, Sylvia; it is not
necessary to put an Indians gee
string on your guitar before playing
"R edwing."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23

IAN old offender was introduced to a
new country justice as John Tmmins,
alias Jones, alias Smith, In try the
two women first" said the justice. Bring
in Alice Jones.''-Argonaut.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23

The Debtor-Well old man, I'm going
to marry a rich widow next week. The
Creditor-Indeed? Well-ahi congratulate
me- old chapi-Toledo Blade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23

Inc city Parents are considering the
E Rirthy OF making the National
20, 'nuay safe and sane. but if thew
IAN clrcumvent the youthful America
VINO considers it his constitutionaI
[isnt TO shed an eye or a finger on JnIx-
I, tney VIII have accomplished a big.
ger JOB than Mahomet laid out for
rrilseII when he whistled for the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23

Suggestion to newspaper correspond
ents: When girl disappears, WHY not
lay it to the white slavers? %
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23

Some women get married Just to get
a listener who can't jump the job
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23

do you mean to say that you married
for money! I'm way I did. 1 got mar
ried because couldn't afford to stay en-
gagged any longer. Detroit Free Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23

Mrs. Highupp-Your husband has
changed SO that 1 didn't recognize him.
Mrs BIase-It isn't that. I've changed
husbands.-Puck.