davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25
BY THE WY
BY HARVEY PARSONS.

New Jersey and other foreign parts
get another hearty. not to say nasal.
+ laugh at Kansas; Oleson, who by
! strenuous effort removed the head Of
an unarmed man, got % years, and a
/ bank robber who insulted Joe Dolley
/ by stealing some money that was fully
covered by insurance, got 40 years
And it follows that the bank rObber
VIII spend his in the coal mines, while
the brutal murderer works in the
prison library
The competition between the Christ
mas tree fire and the Fourth of July
! tetanus as depopulators will be settled
about day after tomorrow. Up to date,
the c. t f. leads
We are pleased to note that in the
write-up of his book the K. c. Star
spelled Dodd Gaston's name with three
| d 's-one upper and two lower case. 1t
was a secret. but we spring it for the
| hrst time: Dodd's badness is due to
premature age, and he was aged by his
Herculean effort to teach people to spell
Dodd with three DIS.
The report that old kansas post
masters who have attended to busin ess
tanned. is an inauspicious opening for
the Stubs campaign.
For. as YOU may have from time to
tilAlG ODSei Neu, majority OF the Ran
sas postmasters who came under the
above classification. were originally
named by one Curtis.
Kubelik is coming next month.
kUbelik. you may remember, is the
real violinist who violates all the rules
OF musical art by playing the violin
without using A combination of the
Australian crawl. the short arm jab,
and the Grizzly Bear movement
In other words. Kubelik is the must
clan who is not also an acrobat.
Bellefontaine Ohio is without a
Santa Claus because the preachers of
that town decided against the myth"
Whereby the little children of that
town lose what is coming to them, and
said preachers get the advertising they
were after.
A bunch of Chinese bandits swiped
abou- $4,000 on one raid. That is
making it faster than they could by
coming to this country and starting a
laundry.
Bad luck is whole lot like cur
dog; the more you cuss it, the closer it
will follow you.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Most great men are not that way
until they've been dead long time.
X
The really smart employer gets capa-
bic men to work for him for a minimum
wage.
=
Was there ever a bride of whom it
wasn't said on her wedding day that
she looked beautiful?
Most men who have q few leisure
hours occa sionaIly devote them to both
ering friends who have work to do.
X
This is also the season of the year
" hen many will be punished by being
made to pose in family group for a
photograph.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25
REFLECTIONS OF \ BACHELOR.
fFrom the New York Press.l

People are always firm i'm their ieno-
RANGES and weak in their faith
The only trouble with Santa Claus is lie
draws drafts instead of sending checks
Getting up early by the man OF the
house is harder on the rest Of the family
than on him.
woman gets through with raising her
children some time. but she never gets
through with raising her husband.
There 5 nothing 50 good for the COM
plexion of a young woman as for her
father to tell how she used to have the
collie when she was a baby.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25
DAFFYDHS
BY Z. NOALL.

If a man stole a bottle Of ink would
he get the pen2
keeper.)
II a piece of muslin fell into the
water would il still be drygoods?
CYou'll get the hair-pins at the next
counter
II the stats fell out would the bed
spread
maggie bring the ashes. Father just
slipped on his shirt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25

The unemployed in these United
States arc probably not viewing with
any great alarm the falling off in the
immigra ton for 1911, and the prospects
that it will continue to decrease during
7a19
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25

Tt seems to strike the Washington
newspaper men as unusual that Presi-
dent Taft should pass by the six best
sellers in the book stores and pur-
chase standard works It is no more
though. than might be expected of a
gentlemen of such discernment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25

At any rate. the United states is not
the only country where they fail to
send guilty trust magnates to Jail. The
coal trust promoters of Australia were
convicted recently for maintaining a
monopoly And each of them got off
With fnns
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25

Bomb outrages in the big cities do
not seem to be confined to the Italian
Black Hand. The yellow Hand also
appears to be active in this particular
At least. a bomb that caused consid-
cradle destruction was set off the other
day in New York's Chinatown.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25

More ammunition for the Republican
''insurgent" supporters Of LaFoIlette:
Charlie Taft did not hang UP a stock
ing on Christmas eve. The insurgents
viii undoubtedly insist that such
slight to Santa. Claus must be avenged
at the Republican national convention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25

Because an occasional Christmas tree
catches fire. and sometimes with dis
tressinsly disastrous results. it's a
wonder that some Ieather-lunged re-
former has not started an agitation to
prohibit people from helping Santa
Claus set up Christmas trees for the
kiddies
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25

TWenty-four hours appear to have
passed without blame for something
having been placed at the door of
President Taft Maybe the fact that
those hours comprised Sunday is re
sponsible for this condition of affairs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25

Here's something unusual: 4 prcsi-
dent of a South American republic.
Ecuador to he precise has died from
natural causes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25
KANSAS COAAENT
cALLING THE BLUFF.

You know how a story Will star ~
know now, the expert scandal monker Will
nod and insinuate when repeating tle
news without making direct statement
or accusauon2 You know how an IN
nocent little lie or suspicion viii grow as
it travels and how sometimes Il gains
such propositions as to gain the Afternoon
of the whole community How this
same scandal sometimes wrecks homes
and ruins regulations and how II U.s. az
only "A suspicion and "a little poiNoit
started 10y expert in hanuhhe ~Wch
things2 We had the pleasure OF witness
ing such as this called the other Gay
We had the pleasure or seeing a icllow
who had pedd1ed a bad story eat II. cai
every morsci OF il and admit that NJ
didn't know what he Was talking aoouf
When asked TO make good. To prove IN"
assertion and assured that proper pun
ishment would be accorded. the purNefor
Of news wiltcd and made baby excuse
When anyone tells YOU scandal story y
IS good idea 10 ask 30 they can prove
it.--Oaklcy Graphic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25

This heavy and timely snowfall
through the wheat belt is going to
make it hard next spring for the Kan
sas crop killers"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25

No doubt there are many men who
would like to be president of the
United States for no other purpose
than to have a chance of holding
session with those 40-pound turkeys
which are always sent to the chief
magistrate of the land on Thanksgiv-
ing and Christmas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25

Their attorneys are hoIdfng the beef
harons up as public benefactors, as
true philanthropists And it might be
we'll to remember in this connection
that these lawyers are getting big pay
from the packers. It's the ungrateful
dog that barks at or bites the man
Who passes out to it a leg of fried
chicken
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25

Professor Parker of Columbia uni
versity must be a man Of leisure with
plenty of money on the side. He is
going to make another attempt to
climb MI. MCKINLEY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25

Winter having officially arrived ac-
cording to the calendar. some unusu-
ally warm weather may be looked for
in the nsar future. The weather has
a Ia bit of being contrary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25

In a letter from Roswell. New Mex
leo. to the Sheridan paper, the Paola
Spirit. Barney J. Sheridan relates this
"Reminiscences:
Here's where Ed Ross of Kansas
Cleveland made him governor of New
Mexico and he served a few years
Like other politicians of years agone.
he's forgotten. So is another kanSan
whom Ross made warden of the ter
ritOrial Denitentiary-He G. Bur
nett of Lawrence Burnett was rod
man in civil engineer corps in which
| was leVeler, surveying line from
Salina to Newton. in 1878. Afterward
he was one of the prOprietOrs of the
LeaVenworth Standard-a Democratic
paper. which like Ross and Burnett.
is forgotten.
yet Ross saved his country from
everlasting disgrace by his vote
against the Impeachment of Andrew
Johnson. Here was an instance of
right unrewarded. or. rather it was.
after the substance of that old poem.
Right upon the scaffold and wrong
upon the throne But others are for
gotten with Ross. Only one United
States senator from Kansas is destined
to live in history and memory fifty
years hence. Yet there was Plumb.
big and good man; and there were
Lane Pomeroy, Harvey. Caldwell,
Martin. Harris PETER. Long, Curtis.
Bristow. and a judge from Leaven
worth whose name I have forgotten
Curtis will live with Plumb as the
business senator who never
tired and always had time to do
things i'm Washington for every one
from Kansas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25

For unto you is born this day in the
city of David a Saviour, which is Christ
the Lord. Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace. good will toward
men--Luke ii, II and III
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25

Tndica tions are good that the wool
tariff revision will be the chief political
goat Of the present session Of congress.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25

President Taft is of the same opin-
Ion as many other men that a rural
parcels post system Will not injure the
business Of the country merchants. but
rather increase it. And he also joins
others in the belief that it viii have a
tendency to reduce the high cost of
living. Surely this system should be
given trial. The chances that it viii
he arc better than they We're a few
years ago. when the express companies
were more strongly represented in con-
ETess-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25

Russia is planning to make reprisals
for the abrogation of the treaty Of
1892 by increasing the height of her
tariff wall on American goods and pro-
ducts by 100 per cent. Betting is about
100 to l that Russia does not increase
its tariff on American wheat. That's
needed sorely every once in while
TO keep the Russians from starving.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25
Let Us have peace. Grant.

At Christmas play. and make good cheer
For Christmas comes but once year
-Tusses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25

1t is the Christmas time:
And up and down 'twixt heaven and
earth.
In glorious grief and solemn mirth.
The shining angels climb
d. NJ NIuIock
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25

Which would you rather do. use a pub
Tic drinking cup or cat rabbit oNefe1
with bOils and sores Rabbits have bee
shipped out of this country by tho CO
loads the past Few weeks and We suppose
they will go to the eastern cities and sold
for table use. IL is "A very common thing
To- sec rabbit covered with large sores
and we can't see where there could hc
much pure food" about that. Another
queer thing is the marketing OF cholera
hogs. which is done frequently We Do
not know what becomes OF these sicklN
raj bits and cholera hogs but Of course
they arc used for food or some kind j.
would he better 10 have more iuspcc tors
along this line and not so many to look
after the "-ollcr towels.-Alton Empire.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25

A bunch of Chinese bandits swiped
about $4,000 on one raid. That is
making it faster than they could by
coming to this country and starting
laundry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25

That's a good place to end this chap
ter with the earnest desire that the
thoughts above so well expressed by
Mr.. White will be pondered and acted
upon by those concerned. White IS
better preacher than he is politician.
(Chapter I.NII Tuesday,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25

Bad luck is whole lot like a cur
dog; the more you cuss it, the closer it
Will follow you.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25

The competition between the Christ
mas tree fire and the Fourth of July
tetanus as depopulators will be settled
about day after tomorrow. Up to date,
the c. t. f. leads
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25

Bellefontaine Ohio is without a
Santa Claus because the preachers of
that town decided against the myth. -
Whereby the little children of that
town lose what is coming to them, and
said preachers get the advertising they
were after.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-25

The report that old Kansas post
masters who have attended to business
and kept out of politics will be re
tanned. is an inauspicious opening for
the Stubs campaign.
The Holbrook news., 1911-05-19
MILK PRODUCTION IS COSTLY
Connecticut Dalryman Who Has Not Profited Much Through Ills Busi-
 ness Tells Story.

A Connecticut dairyman writes the Rural New Yorker as follows, touch ing his experience as to the cost of producing milk:
 This Is my account for 1909: Aver age price of COW, $65. I have Il COWS but give just one. Milk produced in one year, 2,500 quarts; sold at four cents in summer and five cents in winter, $112.5O. Cost of feed, hay, two tons, at SIS, $36; seven tons silage at $4, $28; cost of grain, $36; pasture and bedding, $8; depreciation in value and interest, insurance, taxes, $14; to- tai. $122. This leaves me in, debit, $S.5O.
 Two hours every day carting milk to city, wear and tear on horse and wagon; we must whitewash our barns and keep clean; we must have brushes and clean towels, vaseline and medi- cine when wanted, salt, etc. For all this we get a calf worth $2 and $S worth of manure.
 I know that I am not producing as much milk per COW as some do, but I know lots of others produce less. have been trying to weed out, but it Is very hard to buy good cows, for it seems that everybody is in the same business. Nobody wants to sell a good COW. I am not in position to raise my own COWS.
 Every farmer who wholesales milk at less than five cents per quart is in a losing game If had sold my milk at five cents all the year round 1t would be $125. That would make me come out even. You understand that I have been selling my feed to my COWS at less than the market price. The only way for a man who produces milk is to retail it himself or get out of the business.
The Holbrook news., 1911-05-19
ADEKE" DOG IN A CHURCH
Pastor Was Not BuIIdoa-matlc, but the Canine Was Hurriedly
 Put Out.

Greencastle, Ind.-An incident oc- cured recently in one of the churches of this city that amused the congre- gation, if not the pastor. A large white bulldog belonging to the Deke fraternity house, DePauw university entered the church and for several minutes during the opening services 1t walked up and down the aisles, eyi- dently searching for member of the fraternity. Soon the dog saw Ray mond Jackson, a Deke. MT. Jackson is also a member of the choir, and the dog hurried up to the place where the choir was singing.
 The attention of the entire congre- gation had by this time become at tracted to the dog, which stood in front of MT. Jackson, wagging it's tail as if approving the singing of It's friend.
 Finally the pastor remarked that dogs were not allowed in the church. and said:
 q am not dogmatic, and especially bulldog-matic, but wish some one would be dogmatic enough to take that dog out"
 MT. Jackson, although embarrassed, grasped the dog by the collar and the two disappeared out back door. The services then continued without dis turbance.
The Holbrook news., 1911-05-19
MANAGE SWINE FOR PROFIT
Highest Quality Are to Be Grown Variety of Feed.

Hogs can be made a profitable class of stock on most Wisconsin farms with proper breeding and care, writes J. G. Fuller and A. s. Alexander of the agricultural experiment station of the University of Wisconsin, in a bull letin. No. 1S4, issued by the station. Swine production in Wisconsin is gen orally carried on as side line to oth- CT kinds of farming, principally dairy ing.
 For Wisconsin conditions the lard type is the most profitable to raise, although in a few instances bacon hogs have brought good returns. Good individuals of the Poland China, Duroc-Jersey, Berkshire or Chester White breeds are desirable for breed ing stock
 Good sires are very essential if hogs of the highest quality are to be grown and uniformly profitable herd built up, according to these writers. Only pure-bred boars should be kept, and these should be carefully selected to insure prepotency, quality and sound ness. Sows must be carefully selected to insure large and healthy filters.
 Rations for breeding swine must be planned according to the needs of the animals. The foods which will keep both boars and sows in best condition are preferable. Breeding animals should be grown, not fattened. Boars and sows need plenty of exercise and a variety of nourishing food, but no fatforming materials. Corn alone is a very poor feed for sows and should never be given exclusively.
 The amount of feed for the SOW should be changed to suit her condi- tion, the amount increased while she Is nursing a litter, and some wheat bran and oilmeal added to aid the di- gestive organs. Comfortable bed ding should be provided and the SOW closely watched at farrowing time.
 The care of young pigs is the foun- dation for fattening the market ami nal Common diseases and parasites can only be avoided by the constant, regular use of the best methods of pre- vention. Constant vigilance Is the price of clean swine herd. Regular dipping, close observation to detect the early stages of the various troubles, sanitary quarters and bed ding, with careful feeding, can alone prevent serious losses.
The Holbrook news., 1911-05-19
FIohtInq Waves with Water.

Berlin.-The latest idea for con trolling the rolling of ships in high seas is to balance the vessel by means of large bodies of water carried in in geniously arranged tanks. These com partments are built in the form of a sU'' and are run continuously down the port side through the hold and I'D the starboard side. The water is controlled by a special device for bal ancfng the upward swing of the ship The new device has passed its experi- mental stage An actual test has been made on the liners Ypiranga and Corcavado of the Hamburg-American line in the Buenos Ayres service. It was found, in an actual test that a vessel which would roll as high as II degrees under ordinary conditions can be controlled to two degrees mo- ton by the use of the tanks. At the recent congress of ship building engi- neers in Germany, the emperor per sonally congratulated the inventor on the success of his plan.
The Holbrook news., 1911-05-19
MONEY IN EARLY cUcUMBERS
PIantS Must Be Started in Hothouse on Sheltered Spot With Sunny Ex-
 posure-Sol Counts.

The earlier cucumbers can be mai keted the greater the profit to the grower. In fact, there is seldom any profit in late ones. To get them early the plants must be started in hot CTS use hotbeds heated with fire. They are usually five feet nine inches wide. and they can be made any length up to 200 feet. But a bed 75 or 80 feet long will prove more satisfactory than one of greater length, because 1t can be heated more uniformly and with less fuel
 It Is important to have the hotbed on a sheltered spot with a sunny ex- posture, and there should be slope covered with two or three inches of well-rotted manure, and this should be worked in and the surface thoroughly fined just before the seeds are planted
 The seeds are planted in dirt bands about the first of April. These dirt bands are bottomless boxes made of thin strips of veneering four inches square and three inches deep. They are placed snugly in the bed without tacking and filled with good loamy soil from the woods. The soil in the boxes is firmed down before the seeds are put in If the seeds are good, three in box are plenty. The soil should be screened for covering the seed and care should be taken not to cover them too deep. It is important to have the bed well warmed up be- fore the planting is done. If condi- tions are favorable the plants will be up in three or four days.
 Success in growing cucumbers de- bends much upon the selection of the soil They must have a loose, loamy soil with an abundance of humus in it. It is useless to plant them on compact clay soil. The ideal cucum- Der land Is a sheltered valley pro tected from the northwest winds and having a southeast exposure. From such land, heavily manured and prop erly prepared and cultivated, a prodt- gious yield of early cucumbers can be obtained.
 The land should be plowed in the fall and a heavy coat of manure worked in with disk. Thirty tons to the acre are about right. Flow the land again in the spring as soon as the ground is dry enough and harrow thoroughly. Mark of the rows four feet apart each way and put forkful of well-rotted manure in each hill and cover 1t with two furrows with one horse turning blow. If the seeds were planted from the 1st to the 10th of April the plants will be ready to go to the field about the 1st of May. The hills are then opened up and manure well mixed with the soil and the plants put in. If the plants are prop erly wetted down in the bed and care fully handled and properly set out they will hardly stop growing.
The Holbrook news., 1911-05-19
CANVAS STAND AT THE HEAD
Their 6right-coIored Flowers and Large Leaves Make Brilliant Show
 Ing All Summer Long.

Cannas stand at the head of the list of bedding plants for the American climate. Their bright-colored flowers and large leaves make a brilliant showing all summer long. Their cul- ture is easy and simple.
 Plants ready to set out after all danger of frost has passed may be obtained from most florists. There is an immense variety of colors, and several different towering types. Cannas are usually used in formal bedding and planting, but excellent results may be obtained by planting them in clumps among the hardy shrubbery or in a border. The best effect is obtained by planting them against a dark background. Cannas make excellent centerpieces for all flower beds The dark-leaved varte- ties have become very popular because of their rich color. As individual plants the cannas are not attractive, but should always be used for bcld planting effects.
 If plants which have been started in the greenhouse are procured this spring, they should be dug up in the fall after frost has killed the leaves. Let the stools dry out thoroughly and store them in dry cellar until the following spring. Divide the stools so as to leave as much tissue as pos sible with each bud. To keep roots of the large towering French varte- ties. place them in a warm cellar in boxes filled with earth, and keep them slightly moist during the winter.