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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-30
GLOBE SIGHTS.
rFrom the Atchison olobe.1

CFrom the Atchison Globe.1
Your opinion is of Importance to only
ono person in the world: yourself.
Remember, also, that getting I'D
early is less important than getting
busy.
Besides his other mistakes. the liar
usually over-estinates human cred
ulity,
Too many candy kids go on the
theory that little hard work would
melt them.
A woman can carry lot of stuff in
a handbag, including, occasionally, a
little money.
? Alfalfa always does better on lower
land, as the whiskers remarked to the
bald head.
1t is said of an Atchison man that he
broke down and cried out loud at his
own wedding.
When baby is homely there is al
ways somebody ready to say that It
looks like its father.
Your rheumatic leg must be pretty
bad IL you don't prefer q cold wave TO
warm and sloppy weather.
As people grow older they are less
inclined to put on" either in the mat
ter of talk or clothes.
Time flies, all right, and nothing ever
goes wrong with its propeller after you
are twenty-five.
We hope we hate it as much as any
one, but there Is this about insincerity:
it spares the feelings.
Cultivating thirst is another form
of intensive agriculture that doesn't
increase the net yield much.
Anyone who quarrels for the sake of
being forgiven, puts entirely too high
an estimate on forgiveness.
Men are so contrary they probably
wouldn't care to smoke if the habit
were generally believed to be beneficial.
Among other things in which woman
is mans superior, might be mentioned
her gift for blaming 1t on the men.
You can also get a pretty good line
on how badly a man is smjtten by the
length of time it takes him to say good
night.
No man has much faith in medicine
when he is well, and he is apt to be
disappointed in what little he has when
he gets sick.
Nearly every woman under 50, who
lives near a railroad. pretends to be
afraid that some man on train might
wave at her.
When 1t come to belonging to the
unloved variety. the fat man who
originated the complaint hasn't any,
thing on the mule.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-30
HUlHOR OF TIE D<Y

Raising the Temperature.-Fr has
been sent to the hardware store for
size?" asked the clerk "Oh" answered
Frank. gimme the biggest one you've got
It's to warm my bedroom with.
Unnecessary.-Pastor (from the pulpit
for the w of c s00k rh
buttons which some of the brethren have
dropped into the plate are consequently
DobbinsL hear that your neighbor,
ds1 paa Is s4i1s an SH1SS1sst ae gar
graft a strawberry plant with q uiIEwsed:
ersam sSf York Feiegrap a~'ss4''' anu
On the Tr,al:-..Dr. Junks ana | we're
this morning.. What did you want to
snsss i fo or well IA didn't Pst Est a se
he was just starting to propose to me-
Filegende Biaetter.
Advertisements, especially those of a
personal nature, are not always charac-
terized by q sense Of proportion. One re-
lam Seds as i foi Iss run to
your distracted wife and frantic children.
suicide7 You viii ill., il you do not let us
know where you are. Anyway, send BACK
your fathers, colored meerschaum. -
A. NJ Downes. late secretary of New
York's fire department, related at din
ner fire story. AT the end of the first
act of q Drama" he said, "a man leaped
hurriedly to his feet. I heard an alarm
of fire he said. I must go and see where
1t is His wife, whose hearing was less
acute, made way for him in silence, and
he disappeared. Tt wasn't fire. he said,
on his return. Nor water, either said
his wife, coldly"-Argonaut.
Gloomy Party-I bought revolver from
you yesterday. wish you'd take IL back.
I've changed my Tnind--F'liegende Biaet-
ter. ss-.
Bni-They're got bird down to brothers
house that repeats everything say, Jill
Indeed? Yes; what kind of q bird do
you call him?' "A Tyre bird, ! guess
Yonkers Statesman.
Real beauty is indeed rare" he re-
marked, glancing disapprovingly at the
crowd that poured past along the board
walk Though I know thousands of
women, there are but two / consider
beautiful. - who is she ~ the girl at his
side asked. with quick interest, and per-
haps a tiny flash OF jealousy.-Ideas.
Butcher-Twenty-eigh cents a pound.
Mrs. Murphy-Thafs awful high. I guess
that's the aviation meat Owe been read
ing SO znooch about.--Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-30

No wonder the Dominicans were
willing to submit their differences with
Hayti to arbitration. Just before that
decision was reached one of the Hay
tian generals addressed an open letter
to the foe in which he said. among
other things: 'HTremble. you Domini-
cansl At the first alarm, the heroes
of 1904 will fall upon you, like an
avalanche of Roman legions.'' And
unless all the soldiers of Hayti are
more than centenarians, this general
must have meant that the shades OF
the heroes of 1904 would get busy
Nothing is feared worse by the Do
minicans and others of their allied
races than ghosts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-30

tenant Smythers has been under tn9
Impression that-that-" The gil
stumbled over her words. You Ten
him what you thought while / get the
supper" She cast confused glance
at each of the men and fed to- the
tiny kitchenette.
''I can easily see how you mistook
Katrina for my wife. but how did you o,,
get into her studio instead of mine
Katrina's brother questioned laugh
iingly. "Oh, I've got it! My number -
SO and you thought the three Wa
an eight. Sis plays all day on the
piano and am at the violin most OF
the time. so we arranged for t"o
studios
Lieutenant Smythers was strangely
quiet. He was waiting at each SOUND
for the return of Katrina.
'Well-have you satisfied your
selves that am nobody's wife 2" sne
was standing in the doorway hoidine.
aside the curtain that they might
enter the dining room
For the present-yes" There was
laughter in the lieufenants voice.
but as he passed into the dining room
their eyes met and Katrina knew
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erary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-30

solution of many of the vexed tariff
problems. But now that the oppor-
tunity has presented itself for entering
into a tariff reciprocity with Canada
that would be worth while. many of
those unusually smart" men in con-
gress are putting large-Eized stumbling
blocks in the way. It is small mat
ter for wonder that q disgruntled citi-
zen of this nation hobs UP occasion
ally with the suggestion that 1t would
be g. good thing to abolish the United
States senate, or the house of repre-
sentatiyes or both.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-30
CASTLES IN SPAIN.


Far from this old sad world of Every
With its unceasing tread Of changeless
I know my castle waits to wel,,.ne me
with sentry hopes awatch upon its
towers.
Across the troubled sea of Time that
In sunny waves against its Fashioned
It shelters close within its harbor walls.
Inc resting, snowy sails of heart dreams
And some day I, with you. dear. close
Shell launch our little shaliop from the
And sail away DER gray and mist-crowned
waves
Until the sunlight wakens and we reach
That longed-for harbor where forgotten
dreams
Wait auiet-sailed. to welcome us once
more;
The little dream boats with their cargoes
Sent winging there so many years be-
But still we wait to sight the shallop's
sail,
And live within the world of Every Day:
And still the daytime slowly turns to
And evening shadows fade to morning
gray;
Content to see through mists of driving
The castle watch-fires cleaning far
Haskell Clark, in the Metropon-
tan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-30

[From the Chicago News. ]

lFrom the Chicago NeWS.I
[ Some tombstone inscriptions are too
good to be true.
Ever hear of pearl being found in
a church fair oyster?
/ All the worlds a stage. and life is
the greatest show on earth.
1t sometimes happens that the
black sheep of family is a blonde.
An undertaken knows lot of
dead ones that he is unable to bury.
Don't worry. You are not the only
person in the world who isn't appre-
ciated.
A woman never considers a man a
bore as long as he talks to her about
herself.
Here's a tip, young man. Convince
girl that she couldn't love you. and
she will.
Perhaps Mohammed went to the
mountain because it was cheaper than
spending his vacation at the seashore.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-30
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Money may not be everything, but
it makes a noise like it, at least.
n X \
No woman ever objects about a
mans extravaganza until she has mar
rted him.
So
The rich man can also generally at
ford to pay the penalty for making a
fool of himself. #f5ga BIO
= y y
Maybe the man who makes the
shortest speech at a banquet is not the
best orator, but he always gets the
most applause.
X n
Just suggest you're starting a cru
sade and any number Of people will
join or endorse you without taking the
trouble to find out what the crusade
is directed against.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-30

No less than $5,OOOOOO has been added
by the senate committee to the rivers
and harbors approximation bill. And it
is safe to assume that large portion
of this sum will go for pork of that
rich and palatahle variety that Is so
popular with the members Of congress
and their friends at home in the con-
tracing business. Enough money has
been dribbled away in appropriations
of this sort during the past quarter
century to have provided this country
with a system of deep water ways that
would have been adequate for all time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-30
FROM OFFER PENS
A FECUND PLANT.

The late Edward Atkinson, the emf
nent political economist of Boston,
made a tour of the cotton states few
years before his death and devoted
much study to the agricultural eco
nomics of that region. In a paper on
the subject Mr.. Atkinson ventured to
say that if the cotton plant flourished
in New England as it does in the south
the by-product would yield a profit.
That prediction as to the value of the
by-products is very nearly realized at
the south today.
The oil from the cottonseed equals in
quantity that from swine; its uses for
culinary purposes are varied, and 1t is
employed in tens of thousands of
households in this country and abroad.
1t makes an excellent salad oil, superior
to the olive in that age does not in
juriously affect it. For cake making 1t
is far better than the best butter, and
the finest toilet soaps have it for base.
1t is excellent for the mixing OF paints,
and constantly new uses are discovered
for it. Forty years ago all the uses to
which cottonseed were put was to feed
live stock and fertilize the SOIL Hun
dreds of millions of tons were absolute
T. wasted in the days of slavery-not
even employed. as provender OF fert1l-
izer.
In addition to the oil, the seed yields
a meal from which a pa1atable and
article of food meets with general favor
whel ever it has been thoroughly tested
Besides the lint, the oil and the meal,
the hulls are made into cattle feed anu
fertilizer and they yield no small return
to the miller.-Washington Post.
THE RETURN OF GOLD.
| The most cheering thing to be ex-
tracted from the end-of-the-year re-
turns is that the balance of trade is
running more strongly in our 1aVor'
although the exports of foodstufrs con-
tinue to decline in value w nile the
ove<p1us still runs behind what 1t was
| a few years back, 1t amounts to as
much as $3OO,000,000. This viii suf-
fee to Keep the loan sharks from the
1 door, which in this case is the clutch
| Europe has had on our gold IN recent
years. There is no present prosper
| of the usual January drain on our re-
sources. in settlement of obligations
to London and Paris. On the contrary'
exchange is at the import point, with
good prospect of good coming mere IN
settlement of cotton bills; for 1t is to
the heavy exports OF tnat staple we
| principally owe our immunity from
| the gold-grabbers of Europe. Lam
cashire and other spinning centers are
laying in a big reserve, paying the
high price that cotton commands,
| rather than take chances on there De-
ing large crop at io"eA soioe7 Aoes
year.
Next to cotton as a factor in i'm
| proving our trade position comes man
ufacturing, which shows an export
| gain of SIS per cent. over 10 years ago.
| The increase in manufactures accounts
i for the larger imports of crude ma
terials not obtainable in this country.
This accounts also, in part for the loss
in foodstuffs. as owing to the growth
| of Industrial centers at the expense
| of the farm we are. more nearly con-
Stunning the output of cereals and
meats, thus leaving smaller guam
tity to find consumers elsewhere
Washington Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-30
QUAKER MEDIrArIoNs.
IFrom the Philadelphia Recor

from the Philadelphia Record.1
The fact that we are all born equal
doesn't influence us to remain so.
Many a man dreams of what he
would do il he had a million. As a
matter of fact he would Immediately
start to get another. rssss
Never stretch the TRUTH cautioned
the Wise Guy. That's right agreed
the Simple Mug; ''it,s apt to fly back
and sting you.''
do you believe in signs?" asked
the superstitious man. mo. I adver-
tise in the newspapers exclusively
replied the great merchant.
Whats in name ?'' cooed the i'm
mortal Juliet; it was natural query
In Shakespeare's day man never
thought of putting all his property in
his wife's.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-30

Scarcely had the announcement OF
Colonel Roosevelt's itinerary for
swing around the southwest circle dur
ing March had time to reach all sec
lions of the country, than there came
the news from Washington that Presi-
dent Taft was going to make speech
making trip in the, same territory at
about the same time. Quite a coin
eidence eh2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-30

And speaking Of discernment, the
Chicago Tribune stands at the head
of the class. Not long ago the
Charleston News and Courier re-
marked: intensified feeding also pays.
There is a hen in this town that lays
twice a day. To this the Chicago
Tribune replied: If there is hen of
that kind she dwells in Kansas, not in
South Carolina. This is also evidence
of the fact that there are others be-
sides the newspapers of Kansas to
fight her battles and guard her good
name and reputation. It wasn't al
ways like this
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-30

Apparently the Standard Oil COM
pany is beginning to feel the wear and
tear of age and is falling into de-
cline. 1t has brought suit against a
magazine for libel. Heretofore the
Standard Oil company has paid no
mere attention to libels than does
duck to water on it's hack. Peevish-
ness comes with waning power among
humans Maybe it works the same
HAL Nth cnrnnratinnS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-30
RESTRICTIONS OF A BACHELOR
TFron the New York Press.1

One girl knows more about flirting
than whole regiment of soldiers know
about fighting.
There's hardly anybody who doesn't
think shouts, If they are his own are
arguments.
It's the wise man who understands
that the more he knows the more thers
is for him to learn
Women can get almost as much fun
out of sensational divorce case a.
n-en out If a dog fight.
Maybe a woman figures 1T out it is
better to trust her husband because he
might be worse If she didn't.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-30

It's up to the hangman of the Pro-
hibition party to make all necessary
preparations for the plying of his
trade. Charges of treason" to the
cause have been presented at the
meeting of the Prohibition national
committee which is in session in Chi
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-30

that the express companies are going
to shorten the time it takes to handle
packages between various points, and
especially on transeontinental business.
The announcement of few shorter
express rates would probably be re-
ceived with more enthusiasm by the
patrons of these concerns.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-30

james G. Blaine, who was one of the
most profound tariff experts that this
country ever had. and William Me-
Kinley, who also ranked high as an
authority on tariff matters, repeated
Iy expressed the opinion that in re-
ciprocity between the United States
and other countries on tariff matters
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-30
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The state Journal Is q member OF the
Associated Press and receives the fun day
telegraph report of that great news or
gantzation Tor 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, 1911-01-30

If Mr. Lodge resigns from the
United States senate in order to ac-
cept an appointment as United States
ambassador to the Court OF st. James.
he'll have q better opportunity than
ever to display his silk stockings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-30

1t is beginning to look as though
that New York senatorial toga Is as a
bunch of Sour grapes" to William F.
Sheehan. If he can only be con-
signed to the scrap pile as was Smith
in New Jersey. the New York Demo-
Gratis will have saved their bacon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-30

Now that the latest rebellion in Hon
duras has been brought to an end. it
is reasonable to expect that another
one will be started within few days,
or weeks at most
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-30

Kansas reputation has been sullied
again. A Kansas man held up a train
An Colorado the other day and did such
a poor Job at it that he was easily cap
fuFad
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-30
Almost a Murder.

Sure that murder was being done, a
a crowd gathered in West Hath street
and listened to shrieks of Help! Help.
Help,'' that seemed to come from an
open window of No. 1885,
No policeman was in sight, so civil
ians finally ran upstairs and pounded
on the door of top fat. Mrs. Argaro
Theologos came to the door. No guilt
was written on her face-only amaze
ment at the intrusion. The cries for
help, it was explained in broken Eng
lish, were uttered by parrot who had
been put out on the fire escape and
was indignant.
Neighbors say that every time Polly
is put out in the cold she objects. but
they have grown used to her shrieks.
New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-30
New Hawaiian Fodder.

-'(ff AAnWaAt0A OllGI.
To an accidental afterthought of the
OLD Spanish priests who came here
many years ago from the southwest
mainland is due the springing up of a
new industry as novel as it is Immense
ly profitable. This afterthought was
the introduction into the islands of
the lnsignihcant Mexican mesquite, the
nrst or which was planted near the
convent on what is now Fort street
The priests, however, were astonished
10 see this little scrub, with which they
We're so familiar over seas, swell into
large gnarled tree
Almost half century has passed
since that convent tree was planted,
ana now on the entire eight islands
the seml-tropfcal rains and fecundity
OF the. soil have produced immense
groves of the transplanted mesquite,
sometimes covering 5000 acres at a
stretch But the trees have lost their
old appearance. The former little
scrubs are now averaging the size of
large apple trees, sometimes twice as
large, but the leaves, the odor and the
scraggy appearance are unchanged.
The bean has grown with the tree.
The "kiawe" or 'algeroba," as it is
known in the islands, bears immense
crops or great yellow beans, twenty
tons to the acre being an average es-
innate For years it has been known
that this bean is one of the best fod-
ders for live stock ever discovered
1t possesses more nutriment to the
pound than the barley and wheat hay
does combined, and costs nothing to
raise. The wilder the trees are per-
mitted to grow the thicker and faster
they do so.
Until lately it has been impossible to
grind the bean in order to make II
palatable to the stock. Owing to its
gummy nature, it has clogged the me-
chanical efforts of 80 years. In that
time experts have even been imported
from Germany to devise means of pre-
pairing the bean, but all have failed
Finally a Honolulu man succeeded in
inventing a machine that met every
requirement, and tons Of the crushed
beans are now being turned out for
the diaries ;mm ediately surrounding
Honolulu. FssA 80
About two months ago japan. sent
flor a large sample of prepared bean,
and is reported to have successfully
experimental with it, preparatory to
adopting it as a food for it's cavalry
stock. On the great Hawaiian plan
tations, however, are hordeS of horses
and cattle, and an immediate market
is at hand 49,
The agricultural board has prepared
estimates which show great profit in
the bean. From one S,0o0-acre tract
on Molokai, covered with the Kiawe,
| it is believed that 10000 tons can
be harvested yearly. AT the current
rate this means a clear profit above
shipping of $4,000, 000.-Honolulu Cor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-30

determination to establish a reform
atory for the reclamation of criminals
HARDLY the estate Of George Washing
ton, at Mount Vernon, congress should
not only refuse to make any appropri-
ations for the development of the camp.
but should demand the removal of the
commissioners and the appointment of
others who would have enough sense
not to offer such an affront to the best
sentiment of the country.
It is said that the commissioner got
l'the land cheap, and that is is conven-
iently situated, and they propose to
establish on this white House tract
of $500 acres a convict camp for the
reformation of those who have been
tried and convicted in the courts for
crimes committed in the district. The
board of regents has protested against
the preparation Of such an outrage,
and it's protest should be sustained by
protests from every patriotic order and
all right-thinking people in every state
and territory of the United States.
To name such a proposition is to con-
| denim it. Washington and his wife are
| buried there. 1t is the most sacred OF
American shrines. 1t was saved by the
| patriot efforts of Pamela Cunningham
Of South Carolina, and the splendid wo-
| men of other states who worked with
| her for it's preservation. The Mount
Vernon Ladies association was organ
| lied in 1856, and acquired ownership OF
| the property three years later. The sum
paid for it was 100000, a large part OF
| which amount, we are told by the En-
| cyclopedia Americana. was raised by
| Edward Everett, of Massachusetts. The
| association has regent and 20 state
regents. The women have built up this
! place at an enormous expenditure OF
! energy and money. and to have the
| commissioners of the District of Col
unbia propose seriously to establish g
! convict camp as the next door neighbol
! of the most holy place in America is
enough to make the blood boil with In
| dignation.
In ancient times the Crusaders fought
| for the rescue of the Holy Sepulcher in
Jerusalem. from the hands of the In
| fidel, and there should now be organ
| ICED in this country a crusade against
| the infideis of the district who would
| commit this threatened sacrilege.-
/ n; Tiv,oc-niGnafnh