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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-31
KANSAS COA4NENT

MAN WHO WAS NOT THANKFUL.
Once there was a man who was not
thankful. When good things camN
his way he raked them in and never
said a word. He never saw any
beauty in the fields or the woods and
no sunset ever pleased him. He never
heard a bird sing. never said howdy
to a stranger and never gave a child
piece of candy. His morning and his
evening salutation was s. grunt. He
dragged along through tEe years until
He was too dried up to die. He just
sort of shriveled up and blew away.
And the happy onlookers who gath
cred near saw a green vapor hover for
a few minutes over his old clothes and
then pass with a weird and mournful
sound into an abandoned well. And
they filled the old well with tin cans
and erected a monument over it in
the shape of q cucumber. And this
was the epitaph-"Here Lies Crouch.
Blessed Are the Grateful" Marion
Record.
CITY STREETS NOT ALL SHADY.
There are hundreds of very rich
folks in the city, many thousands who
live up every cent they make, and tens
of thousands who would be rated as
miserably poor by Jewell county
standards. Boys are lured to the city
by one sided view of city life. They
see only the wealth of the great pros
go farther and look at the city's mis-
cry; then average things and compare
it with average country life and coun-
try opportunities. A failure to make
good in the city is a tragedy.-Jewen
County Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-31
DAFFYDHS
BY U. NoALL.

your uncle?
(No wonder the banks won't trust
that guy He's the boob that put the
broke in the broker.)
If a Chinaman takes his queue, and
beats it, will a billiard ball?
Cali 1 want for breakfast is some
gefitlefish and a radish.)
If you couldn't get rid of a spawned
mare could the horse trader?
Aw, cut it! If you had little more
sense you might at least be half-witted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-31
JOURNAL ENTRIES

All times are hard times for the
shiftless fellow.
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Few arguments are brought to salts
factory conclusions.
+ j. !.
Most women, who play cards, are ex-
perts at delaying the game.
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Convincing a man he's wrong is diff
hcult enough; with a woman it's i'm
possible.
20 p =
Many a complainant against the
high cost of living forgets to figure in
the alimony he's paying.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-31
HUNOR OF THE DIP

Farming methods have changed,
haven't they?' Yep" replied Farmer
Corntossel; now a man thinks he's I'M
lucky if he has to borrow money on his
place. He used to think he was lucky II
he was able to.'-Washington Star.
81 want some concomitants with my
oysters" Just out of 'em, sir, but I'll
bring you some crackers and pickles IN
stead. baltimore American.
casey, do you know what corporal
punishment is?'' Sure, I do" said
Private Casey. ITS having a blaclSguard
over we who thinks he's as good as his
colonel" Birmingham Age-HeraId.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-31
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
[From the New York Press.l

FROM the New York Press
. Maybe it's so hard to inherit a big
brain because it's so easy II it's big
nose.
81 What makes a girl so sure of the man
hshe is engaged to is she never will be
HeThen they are married.
"A What makes the baby look so much like
'Gts father is it is never going to have
suck in anything
Il \ woman never needs to make up her
mind when she can make up her hus-
bands.
4 A man will spend money on borrowed
cigars, that the lender can't afford to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-31

If friends" of Arthur Capper con-
test the election of Mr.. Hodges on
their own initiative. it is likely that
among them there will be some gen.
tlemen who are comfortably situated
in appointive state offices that they
might possibly retain should Mr.. Cap
per sit in the gubernatoriaI chair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-31

be only a handclasp. a slap on the
shoulder, but either will bring the
pulsebeats of two desperate men back
to normal if rightly applied.
If you're down in the dumps with
holiday blues. it's UP to you to get into
the glad game and be one of US. You
may amount to very little but you'll
pass for more than face value if you
get yourself into circulation.
Come out of it. Forget it. Smile.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-31

Nor should the verdict of guilty
against the SO labor union officials for
conspiracy in the dynamite outrages
of the McNamaras be construed as
stigma against organized labor These
criminals betrayed the myriads of
honest men who make up the bone and
ainew of the labor unions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-31

A raise in the price of gas that the
receivers of the Kansas Natural Gas
company insist must be made if the
concern is to become solvent, would
not be so bad, if a good gas pressure
is also assured. But a raise in the
price of gas and scarcely enough gas
for cooking and lighting when the
weather gets the least bit cold would
border on the intolerabIe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-31

Fred Merkle is another of the ball
players, who received a share of the
receipts for the worlds series to be
sued for damages. Fred punched a
man who wants monetary balm to the
extent of $1,000. In other words, if a
man is Lot blessed with considera BILE
funds, he can get away with almost
anything without being called to ac-
count
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-31

Any man who might be elected pres
ident would be given just as hearty a
reception by his old home town as
Staunton, Va, extended to Woodrow
Wilson. Under other circumstances in
many instances, though. the results
would probably be far from being the
same
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-31

That Spanish dentist who had the
temerity to dun Mulai Hafd, the erst
while sultan of Morocco, is a most
unsophisticated chap. To collect a bill
from a sultan on the job is difficult
enough. But to have any such designs
against a deposed sultan is the height
of folly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-31

Neither was the march of the suf-
fragettes from New York to Albany
such a futile undertaking so far as one
of the hiking band is concerned. at
least. 1t threw across her path a
youthful millionaire sportsman. who
happens to be a newspaper reporter on
the side, and she made the most of
her opportunities. They'll be married
soon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-31

If that young English girl, who is
being shipped across the Atlantic as
freight, is at all pretty, there is little
chance she will be handled as such.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-31

Just what might have been expected.
A New York man killed his wife be-
cause she had been so extravagant as
to provide a beefsteak for the family
supper.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-31

Winter arrived officially some ten
days ago. But it hasn't been making
the noise for which it is famous. And
the folk who are getting along in
years are just as well pleased.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-31

Clarence Mackay's drawing room in
his house at Roslyn, L. L, is to cost
more than $5OO,O0O but it takes even
more than that kind of a drawing
room to help to make a happy home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-31

According to the recent census, there
are $4,000 idiots in the country. But
of course that doesn't include the men
who believe they can fool their wives.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-31

Is Topeka enjoying substan-
tial growth? Well just listen again!
The new dwelling houses that were
erected here in the year just closing
had an aggregate cost of $3.50, 900.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-31

A St Louis man has made $4,000
as a rag-picker. Many men, though,
have made more than that as rag
chewers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-31

Mr.. Morgan's assertion that there is
no money trust seems to be borne out
by the difficulty there is in getting it
at the banks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-31

Much of the Christmas shopping that
was done early is yet to be paid for.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-31

1t beats all how the supply of Maine
guides holds out. Another one has just
been killed accidentally by a hunter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-31

The atate Journal II a member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report Of that great news or
ranfxAtion for the exclusive AFTERNOON
publication IN Topeka
The news Is received in The State JoCr-
mai building over wires Cor this sole pun
BOSE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-31
BY TIE WAY
BY HARVEY PARSONS.

While he was president of Vene-
zuela, he spoke of them as american
pigs" Maybe he may remember that
when they refuse to let him into their
nice little pen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-31
FROM OTHER PENS
MODEST MR.. MORGAN.

The money car of America, as he
talked on the witness stand before the
congressional committee, probably
furnished precisely the information
desired to point the way toward legis-
lation designed to impose salutary re-
strictionS upon the money power. Mr..
] srgan deprecates the power OF
money and employs an unintelligible
apotheoSis of credit for the purpose
of showing the impotency of mere
money. The general public will STUN
Bile in its effort to follow him through
this labyrinth of reasoning. 1t is to
be expected that a man would enter
tain singular notions of wealth who
would deny the exercise of power, as
Mr.. Morgan did, and who would have
to search his memory to recall the
trifling investment in banks stocks of
"only a million or So" The matter of
interest, however, is what the Morgan
syndicate does and how it does it.
rather than what Mr.. Morgan thinks
of the proceeding; and this is pretty
well disclosed. Apparently the great
financier talked frankly without mani
festation of desire to withhold any
thing. The manipulation of millions
was told with Indifferent candor. II
Mr.. Morgan had terminated the Incl
dent by lighting a cigar-his own IA
vorite brand of strong Havana-with
$4,000 bill, he would have been sur
prised at the wonderment it provoked.
st. Paul Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-31
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.

FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-31
ANGEL OR FAKE. WHICH?

ANGEL OR FAKE. WHICH?
Reports that Portugal intends to
spend $40,000,000 on new warships
and that American shipbuilders may
construct part of them, raise the very
interesting question, where is the
money to come from Portugal is
probably the most thoroughly bank
rupt nation in Europe. The country
was hopelessly insolvent when King
Manuel was tossed from his throne
and since then the republicans have
succeeded only in making a bad con-
dition worse. Matters are so bad, in
deed, that the membe ) of the govern
ment are in constant fear of a new
revolution and the establishment of
the monarchy as the less of two evils.
A few days ago a plot to establish a
military dictatorship was discovered
and part of the army was supposed
to be involved in it. The Warships
were cleared for action and those
troops believed to be faithful kept
under arms. This is only a sample
of alarms which are constantly recur-
ring. Portugal has no money and lit
tie credit. If it spends $40, 900, 600 on
ships it must either squeeze a dry
lemon or find an angel. Is some other
European country the angel, or is the
story fake Detroit Free Press.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-26
India Spun Cotton LONG Ago.

Lancashire's proud record Of 300
years in the cotton trade is far behind
midas. Cotton was manufactured to
perfection in India more than 1900
years ago. Thus Thomas Ellison in
his Cotton Trade of Great Britain"
Fabrics as fine as any that can be
turned out at the present day by the
most perfect machinery In Lancashire
were produced by the nimble fingers
Of Hindu spinners and the primitive
looms Of Hindu weavers q thousand
years before the invasion of Britain 10y
the Romans" When Britons, In fact
were suffering from their skins In
dams were Illustrating in garments Of
a texture so fine as to have earned the
poetic description Of woven wind. +"
What Lancashire makes today India
made the day before yesterday.-Lon-
don Chronicle.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-26
'THE REVIVAL At
CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Are you coming tonight? Rev. Chal-
mers Mcpherson will preach another
great sermon. Hear him. If you want
YOUR Bible to become luminous and
alive to you, hear him. Night services
are at 7:45 o'clock; morning services
at 10 o'clock.
Rev. Mcpherson conducted chapel
services at Allen Academy this morn
ling and gave a great message from
the eighth of Romans. In this he set
forth the two personalities in all OF
us, the carnal man and the spirit man,
who is the real man. The animal man
Is good, but must be controlled by the
spirit man or it will destroy the spirit
man. The final thought was that our
mastery of the animal man is made
sure by the aid of Christ. This thought
was emphasized by Paul's cry for help:
who shall deliver me out of the body
Of this death? | thank God through
Jesus Christ our Lord
The academy boys will attend the
services in the morning. A great SER
non awaits all who come. The men,
oers are urged to ocme. Friends and
yisitors have most cordial welcome.
James N. Thomas, Pastor
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-26
1rainind Her.

Once little sister was not very well,
ind all day long she had been fractions
ind domineering. At last six-year-old
Iohnnie's patience came to an end.
Mother" he demanded. don't you
want sister to be good wife like you
vhen she's big"
"Of course. my SON."
well. then. why don't you start her
light? You insist on my giving her
sverything she wants just because
he's a girl and littler'n me. but you're
great deal littler'n daddy, and yet
very night when be comes home you
Jump out Of the easy chair and say:
Here's your chair, John. dear; here's
he new magazine: let me run and get
four slippers" And before his sur
,rised mother could frame reply
Iohnnie swooped down and tore his
ars from the hands Of the screa ming
ably.
She'll be turrible wife If we don't
egin to train her. he remarked calm
as be strobe from the room, his
teasures under his arm. = Ladies'
Home journal.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-26
Naming the Boy.

Old jun. gardener and general fac
totum. was accompanied one day by a
bright looking lad eight or ten years
old
rs this your boy?" asked,
"Yassuh, he mine, de las one got.
sub. Junior you wuff1es niger, mex
you manners ter de white folks"
Junior" I commented. $50 he is
named after you"
"Nawsuh.' the old man replied rather
Indignantly. HE ain name fuh me.
My name Jumbo, whar my nanny cit
out'n de Bible. Dis hyah chile name
Junior cuz he wuz Dawn In June
Lippincott's.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-26
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
March &c.

March 20.
l1519-First regular battle of the Span
ards under Cortez, with the In
dams on the plains of Ceutla,
near Tabasco; Spaniards vic
torious.
1609-Henrik Hudson prepares for
voyage in which he discovered
the river which bears his name.
I 1741-British took Bocca Chicca, in
Carthegenia, by assault.
1761-First tree cut for cultivation of
land in the town of Benning-
ton, VT.
1S04-Great change was taking place
in mems dress, trousers taking
the place of breeches and long
stockings.
1S54-England and Russia on the
verge of war over Crimea.
1S94-Governor William Mckinley of
Ohio prepares extensive speech
hohiiS IOui III lis pan W ihdhC
bid for republican nomination
for president of the United
States.
1903-Betting in England shifts brisk
ly because of the showing made
by Americans during practice
for the Cambridge-O Oxford uni
versity games.
1904-French government threatens
bill debarring religious teachers
from France.
Observation-Disclosures Trust Company
of New York reopened for bust
ness.
General Hitchcock
announced that after July /
magazines would be carried as
freight
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-26
STE|N-BL0CH and
ROSENBERG BROS. & co.,
OF ROCHESTER, n. Y.
OF ROCHESTER, n. Y.

In blues. grays, tans and browns In tailoring,
these clothes reach the highest standard Of excel
Ience and in fabric and style they can not be
criticised.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-26

have had no recurrence. | consider
Doan's Kidney Pills the finest remedy
in the world"
For sale by all dealers. Price soc.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y, sole
agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-26
HOME ENDORSEMENT.
Hundreds Of Bryan Citizens Can Tel
You All About II.

Home endorsement, the public ex-
preston of Bryan people, should be
evidence beyond dispute for every
Bryan reader. Surely the experience
OF friends and neighbors, cheerfully
given by them, will carry more weight
than the utterances of strangers re-
sizing in far-away places. Read the
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-26
Rstort of a Bonaparte.

The rormer king of Westphalia, a
ian of wit. was one day examining an
nbhkstand upon the table of some one
Be know. The writer. at whose house
|-erome Bonaparte was at that mo-
Event. had brought back from a trip to
lie Alps, made In company with
.jbarles Nodier. some years before, a
It Of steatitic serpentine, carved and
I, ollowed into an inkstand, which he
1 Id purchased Of chamois hunter of
lie mer de giace. Jerome Bonaparte
Elas looking at this.
/, rWhat Is III" be asked.
exs'My inkstand replied the writer
hen be- added 1T is steatite. Ad
ire nui,ire. who takes this charming
Ia cen stone ont OF a little dirt and
hreide."
he II admire much mere the men," re-
| A dondetl Jerome Bonupurte. who
L-ake an inkstnnd out of this stone
For brother of Napoleon this was
i a bad reply. and he should he
edited with 1t, for the inkstand is TO
DESTROY the sword Victor Hugo.
Irr,l
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-26
Pleasant For SIithers.

We'll. Tommie.' said the Joyous
Slithers. you must congratulate me.
| am going to marry your sister,
"Oh. thunder!" growled Tommie.
why. Tommier protested Slithers.
Don't you like me?"
"Oh. yes. like you well enough"
said Tommie. but bet Mabel a
pound of candy you wouldn't be fool
enough to ask her. and yhe bet you
would. "-Harper's Weekly.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-26
December IS, 1911

Mr. Miller was interviewed on May
2S, 1908, and he said: about a year
ago | used Doan's Kidney Pills, pro-
cured at Emmel's drug store At that
time | was having pains in the back
and other symptoms Of kidney trouble.
They disposed of my trouble and |
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-26
Making a Monkey Of Him.

Making Monkey Of Him.
II have hired genealogist to look
up my family tree"
He'd better be careful"
"Whyw
Lest one of your ancestors soaks
him with a nut."-New York Tele-
graph
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-26
following:

w. F. Miller, Burleson Street, Bryan,
Texas, says: Il have no reason to
change my high opinion of Doan's Kid
ney Pills and still recommend them.
They have proven a valuable remedy
in my case and have given satisfac.
ton in every way Statement given
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-26

We do not learn to know men through
cir coming to us. To find out wha.
lyrt Of persons they are we must 81
them .-Goethe
Bismarck daily tribune., 1912-04-05
THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS

Sunday, April S, is Easter, the an.
niyersary of tne resurrection Of the
Saviour of mankind. The occasion
will be celebrated by the entire
Christianized world. Hymns of exul-
tation and voices of gladness will
commingle with songs of angel hosts
in commemoration of the conquest OF
the grave. All men will raise their
eyes to the cross Of Calvary, whereon
Christ was crucified. They will see,
in memory's vision, the stone rolled
from the sepulchre door. and hear the
sweet message from angel lips, He
is rsen."
On this day let new JOY fill our
hearts. The conquest of death and
the tomb by mortal body lends a
symbolism to the triumph OF mortal
beings over all obstacles. Nothing
there is. however seemingly impos-
sible, but may be performed by man.
When petty discouragements and
fears assail us, let us lift up our eyes
to the cross of Christ, and gain inspi.
ration to surmount all difficulties.
The cross of Christ! Its shadow
fall athwart our pathway and tells
a story Of the redemption Of all man.
kind 1t raises it's wooden frame on
high to bear US a message of victory.
applicable to our lives each day. The
cross of Christ! May its power in
crease as time rolls on, until we shall
behold, somewhere in the vista of
future years, the salvation of all ma.
tons of the world.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1912-04-05
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Entire Change Of Program Tonight.
The new bill that is to be pre-
sented tonight looks to be the best
offered for long time. Buckley and
Hall "The Trouper and the Tad are
singing, talking and dancing coined
ians that are sure to please every Bis
marck theatre goer. The picture pro-
gram for this change has been select
ed by Manager Bauer and will con-
tain the following subjects, "A Slight
Mistake" a Bum! !graph that is a
scream. The Voyager," dramatic
tile of o.; Canada. "A Siyal Seein"
Trip Through Boston," one of the
principal cities Of the world. "Hypno-
tizing the Hypnotist," throws you in
to fit of laughter. "His Better Self,
is Selig rural comedy drama. Pathe
Weekly No. will have many of the
latest events, and Myrtle Degnan will
have new song entitled, "Baby is
Calling for you" Go early tonight
if you wish your favorite seat.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1912-04-05
ROBERT L, TAYLOR

Senators Taylor's death Shocks a
large circle of people to whom he
was personally and fondly known as
friend, says an eastern contempor-
ary and a still larger circle of those
who knew him in his public capacity
Still compa ratively young man, be-
ing only sixty-one years Of age, his
career was nevertheless exceptionally
active, touc hing the public interest
at practically all points. He was un-
usually fitted for service in Office
possessing the qualities that make
for success in legislation or in ex.
ecutive position. When political and
financial adversity overlook him. he
turned his talent to account, and for
long period was familiar figure
on the lecture circuit. giving large
numbers of people wholesome enter
tainment in the course of his unique
combination Of oratory and music.
Probably Bob" Taylor was more
satisfactory as contributor to the
public diversion than many whose
offerings are more profound and Sc
date. He touched a chord of symp-
athy in those who heard him and they
forthwith became as his friends, and
they now feel personal grief at his
untimely death.