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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-26

cure-and stay there three months. .
Allonby's hands went over his
working face. He also had been told
"a large part of the sting of losing
lay in the knowledge. And now the
winner, the plain girl he had con-
demned and rejected. made this un-
believably generous offer. He could
not accept it-neither could he refuse
this father must decide.
Brokenly he said SO to Lura. She
was trembling little, but held her
self very Straight as she went beside
him into the bare unhomelike place
that was both workshop and living
room
John Allonby the elder sat propped
with many pillows in the one easy
chair, a frail wrath of a strong man,
piteously feeble. He smiled a queer
twisted smile as Lura took his hands
in hers. With swimming eyes, she
bent and kissed his forehead. making
somehow in low, broken words her
plea to help him. He heard with
his withered cheek.
"You-you-say there is a chance"
he gasped at last And then his head
fell back-he had tainted from joy.
Lura chatting his hands and temples
almost glared at his son. "If you
hesitate now you are a murderer" she
said.
II feel like one already" Allonby
replied, very low. Years ago I muir
dered my chance for the rarest hap
pinesc.'
you mean you tried to-" Lura
snapped at him. But she flushed like
the dawn.
When the sick man came to he
looked wonderingly from one to othec;
as if in answer to his pleading eyes
1912, by the Asso-
ciated Literary PreSS.)
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says UNCLE CAV


Happiness is largely a matter of
cuitivating your corrugations in the
proper place. A good many of US are
putting creases in our faces when we
should be putting convolut1ons in our
brains. In the end this amounts to say
ing that we are guilty of the mistake
of all ancient physicians and not a
few modern ones-we treat the symp-
toms instead of the disease.
We are wont to confuse pleasure
with happiness the two are by
no means the same thing. Pleasure
may become pain; happiness never
anything but happiness. Pleasure is
a sensation; happiness is an attitude.
If you would be happy, be big,
broad, liberal, forbearing, Industrious,
eficient-write the story of life
worth while into your brain, and it
will reproduce itself a thousand times,
graph And the consciousness of re-
ing all these things is happiness. Thus
you establish the attitude and prevent
the disease of unhappiness. Thus only
can you prevent or cure.
Unhappiness is deeper than its
symptoms. 1t goes as deep as the
least fibre of body and brain. Where
health is not, there is no real joy in
living. Where efficiency is not, there
is a dearth of smiles. Where bigness,
hroadness. Hberality. forbearance and
industry are not there is no happi-
ness.
Pleasure may for time soothe the
ache of an empty life, but not Tor
long. Diversion may bring fntermit-
tent forgetfulness, but the brain END
Drawn that are not doing. their parts
are living unnatural and therefore un-
happy lives, and the blues breed IN
woe take the fallow field that should
bring forth the wheat of many deeds.
-(Copyright, 1912, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-26
HUAoR or THE Day

Miss Screecher-I wonder If Uncle Jim
remembered me when he made his wf.I7
used to sing to him. Lawyer-Yes, he
name isn't mentioned in the document.-
Houston Post.
That man has spent all his life wasting
his unquestonable talent and ignoring
opportunities for success" Yes" answ1r-
ed MSS so Ga ysssf;n a as has positive
o. victory. w ashington Star.
Couldn't Fool Jimmie.-Teacher-Aw
champion. Jimmie-Aw! Whatchu rivins.
US? The Washington team never won the
champeenship!-Judge-
Fashion Proyerbs-A rolling fashion
gathers no wardrobe. When fashion en-
A woman is known by the length az fin.e
she keeps fashion Styles and sales
wait for no woman.-Judge's Library.
The difference between the amateur ana
the professional is the amateur knows it
all.-Judge.
Sportsman (after his tenth miss)-Oh
hang the birdsi Keeper-Sorry sir biIs
I'VE we amt t got no string; but II you likes to
Manchester Guardian.
Bigger Brother-Its saying. ssNo. fIarpe
Judge.
do understand you to saw. prison.-
that you knocked him down because 80
called you dirty -lisr7" yes. Won.
thing I have always prfded 1,S.,s. is ono
more than anything else II is NV cIea nh ~
ness. detroit Free Press. 'eoi"-
The Duke of Mudbury-Novz. AS,..
nattan' III wager you know your r51,,i1-
better than I do. Miss ManhaffanOtzhe
on Bradstreet.-Ldfe- stump NE
mi MIS- Proudman-our Willy get MERTON
Mrs. O Bull-Well. welli Afn,t e. rrecsk-
the number Of strange disease, tHauu.ls
ketcneo by school children ?-Tff-5ltS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-26
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Moro people are wiser than they
get the credit for being.
Another handicap that a true genius
labors under is that he seldom takes
a bath.
Every man has a number of theories
he would like to have some other fell
low practice.
n
There is this great advantage to bor-
rowing trouble. Nonod5 ever urges you
to pay it back
If there were more songs without
words life would be a little pleasanter
in some neighbcrhoods.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-26
Produce your Hoonsnake

There is a reward of $50 awaiting
the man who will send Professor H. A
surface, state economic zoologist, what
is known in tradition, but never as a
reality. as a hoopsnake. This hoop
snake is represented to be a reptile
that, when excited forms a hoop of
It's body, completing the circuit by
Selling its tail with its teeth, and starts
to trundling like a hoop.
Near the tip of it's tail it is said to
have horn somewhat resembling the
sharp spur on rooster, and when in
its rolling career it strikes a tree it is
supposed to sink that sharp spur. or
pror g, or whatever it is called, into the
Tree which brings its trundling to a
matt, and prevents further progress
until the snake can extricate the bone
prong and resume rolling, If it chooses
to do so. This snake also, according
to tradition, crawls like an ordinary
reptile, and it is only when excited
that it does the hoop act. Hence it is
called the hoopsnake.
In the course of many years. work
in collecting all kinds of reptiles Pro-
fessor Surface has had sent to him
many specimens of what were alleged
to be, by the donors to the states col
lection, hoopsnakes, but he has not
yet found one that answers the de-
scription, and he has never yet discov-
cred anybody who saw the snake grab
its tail between its teeth and go rolling
along In order to stimulate search
for this mythical reptile Professor Sur
send him a perfect specimen of a hoop
snake, Socalled.
One day a man in BernviIle, Berks
county, thought he had won the re-
ward, and he sent to Professor Surface
the same kind of a snake that many
others have sent, and called it a hoop
snake 1t was a house snake, a milk
snake or spotted adder, with q bony
point to its tail, but never a sign of a
bone prong. and it is perfectly harm
less.
In face, it is a great mouser, and
rivals cat as a mouse catcher. The
Berks county man will not get the re-
ward. 81 have had letters from all
parts of the country, from Florida to
New York. said DR.. Surface, "but not
a single specimen of what is called the
horn or hoopsnake. 1t Is yet to be
found. In fact, it will never<be found.
1t only exists in the Imagination" The
offer of $50 is still open.-Harrisburg
correspondence Philadelphia Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-26
DAFFYDHS
BY u. NOALL.

IF the assessor happened to be a
beautiful woman would the tax-dodger?
(All those that came in late may re-
main over for the next show)
If it takes Germans to make real
beer what can the Hebrew?
(The tickets for the big concert af-
ter the main show are dime, ten cents
eacE-)
If the tent blew down would the cir
cus2
John Henry! How many times must
1 tell you to wipe eff your feet before
coming into the house?)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-26

Congressman Captain Richmond
Pearson Hobson is certain to look with
suspicion on Japan's Intentions of
erecting a 100000 building at the
Panama Pacific exposition and making
it a permanent gift to the people of the
United States. Mr.. Hobson will surely
insist that this fine evidence of friend
ship is merely blind to throw the
United States completely off its guard
so that it will be totally unprepared
for the war against it that Japan is
preparing to wage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-26
HONE NEWS WHILE AWAY.

gubsCa Tbers of tho state journal
away from home during the summer
may have the paper mailed regularly
each day to any address at the rate OF
ten cents a week or thirty cents a
month Thy nail only. Address
changed as often as desired. While
out of town the State Journal VIII be
Tn you like daily letter from nome.
Advance payment is requested ON
these short time subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-26

No wonder the Baroness Won KIie-
fuss wants large alimony as an Incl
dent to her divorce from Percy Proc
tor. one of the soap magnates of the
land. She has no less than 100 cats
to support. And a man with the
money should be perfectly delighted to
pay well to rid himself of a wife that
insists on Juggling that many felines
Sround with her
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-26
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
[From the New York Press.]

TFrom the New York Press.J
First a girl marries man, then she
marvels why.
A girl knows enough to let any man do
most of the talking, except her fatner.
THE Lord made little green apples, but
the Lord knows who made little boys to
eat them.
what makes anybody have an extra
good opinion of himself is for there to pc
no reason for it.
1t would be easy enough for a man to
make a speech if it weren't so hard Tor
people to listen to it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-26

railroads are not alone in this pre-
dicament. Taxation is hard nut these
days for every one to crack. However,
there is nothing of justice in discrim-
mating against the railroads In the
matter of taxation. All property
should be taxed on the same basis as
long as the laws so provide.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-26

Charles w. Morse. the New York
banker, who was released from prison
because he was dying, is about to put
feet of ships on the Atlantic. One
cannot help wondering what he would
dc if he only had his health.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-26

SEEING THE ELEPHANT.

doubtless many readers of the In
oex remember the piece in McGufrey'G
LcLrIn reader about the six blind men
OF dlndoostan, or some other place.
VINO Went to see the elephant, though
an OF them were blind, that each by
observation, might satisfy his mind. II
we remember rightly, and we are
GuOting from memory, and a very poor
memory at that, each one approached
the elephant and the first one took
nold or the elephants tail, he declared
mat the elephant was very much like
a rope. Another happened to take
hold Of the elephants trunk and he
swore that the elephant was just like
snake end a third happened
to fall against the elephants side
and he argued up and down that
wall, and a fourth touched one Of
the elephants legs and ne wanted
to bet that the elephant was
Just like post. And so on around,
esch one went away arguing that all
tho others were fools and that only
he had the right idea of what an eie-
plant looked like. Well, isn't the world
filed with people who think that they
knew what the elephant is and that
all the other fellows are bughouse?
Taking the present political situation,
the people of one section of the coun-
try think their neighbors are all blind.
they have approached the elephant
from different standpoint and some
have grasped his tail, and others his
cars and some others his trunk. and
now they will argue and quarrel and
DISPUTE over which one is right. But
there is one thing we can't see into,
but we won't say what 1t is here, but
don't it seem strange that people in
the same line of business, will differ
IN politics. 1t looks like us farmers
orght to all be agreed upon whether
VIC want high tariff or a low tariff,
whether we want change Of admins
tration or not, but we can't. We will
keep right on chewing the rag like the
blind men, and while We are all right
so far as our means of knowing goes,
yet we are all wrong so far as the
ele plant is concerned.-Frankfor in
deX-
PULLING TOGETHER COUNTS.
The prosperity of a town is not
guarded by the wealth of its inhabi-
tants, but by the uniformity with
which they pull together when any
important undertaking is to be ac-
complished. A man with a thousand
dollars at his command and a love for
town in his heart, can do more for
the building up and improving of it
than the millionaire who locks up
his capital and snaps his fingers at
home progress.-Grainfie Cap
Shear.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-26

Those baseball wiseacres, who pre-
dicted that the New York Giants were
on the toboggan. had their eyes opened
the other day when -Mugsy McGraw's
men captured a doubleheader from
the Pittsburg Pirates, one of the
strongest teams in the National league.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-26

That Brooklyn woman who mad
vertently exchanged a suit case con-
tanning $500 worth of jewelry for one
filled with broiled chicken should not
worry. Nobody but a Inalefactor of
great wealth would be trying to get
away with suit case of broiled
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-26

One of Boston's scientists insists that
It is easy to destroy the gypsy moth
with germ called gyrococcus, which
he has discovered. Nor will there be
many doubters on this score. The
mere mention of such a ferocious
name in the presence of such a trail
thing as a moth should be sufficient to
make it wither up and die.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-26

This will be a joyous and golden
season for the hoboes. A gentleman
of Tennessee has just been .bequeathed
an estate of $4,000, 600 by a tramp he
befrfended some nineteen years ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-26

There are nearly thirty murders a
day. ii the United States. Not count
ing, of course, what is done to the
--latest popular songs" in the moving
picture houses and on the vaudeville
stage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-26
RY THE WAY
BIZ HARVEY PARso1sA

1t is reported that Orozco is due
to be caught like a mouse in a trap.
We are laying odds that, when the
time comes, he will squeak like one,
too.
A woman is very particular what
she wears when having her photo
graph taken, but as a rule, she tries
to avoid having anything more taan
string of beads show in bust por-
trait. And a girl will point with pride
to the recent picture taken in low
necked gown, but view with alarm her
baby picture, which was taken In moth
ing but washbowl.
1t is natural to want to brag about
something in the home town. SO, be-
cause our ball team is in the base
ment, we point with pride to our po-
lice force, which is composed of a small,
but choice bunch of the decentest,
nerViest bullcops to be found any
where.
The gent in Farmerville, Texas. is
peeved because he was fined 81 for lead
ing a lynching party and threatens to
appeal from the fine We sustain the
decision of the court; it served him
right In fact, he should have been
fined at least SIPS.
TIE wild man captured near Fort
Riley, had been eating wild plums, so
1T will be unnecessary for a lunacy COM
mission to waste any time searching
for the cause of his nutful condition.
When running for office, a man must
go out and mingle with the merry viii
layers freely, but ne may get practice
enough so that he ca1 come back later
as a chautarQua. sneaker and mingle
at about 20 bones per mingle.
Nearly every office boy has a private
list of people he intends to whip when
he grows UP.
His Royal F'libbiness. the Oyster,
will be with US in few days, and it
v ill be UP to about a hundred para
graphers to white out wheeze
the arrival. As there is
nothing funny about the oyster except
the idea that he is fit to eat raw,
the wheeze will require careful thought.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-26

A Shortage is the excuse for the
predicted rise in the price of hard
coal The real shortage will be in the
wind of those who try to make the
public believe this.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-26

Neither should there be any worry
over the report that ]. Pierpont Nor
gan is becoming feeble. He has the
price of a good cane or a pair of
frutcbes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-26

II will be sure to strike some folk
as an appropriate evolution that beg
gar down in Georgia, who has been
forced to quit that profession by the
public authorities, should decide to
become a preacher.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-26

No doubt about it, the Filipinos are
becoming civilized. They are giving
up cock-fighting and beginning to
throw things at the umpire.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-26
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State journal is a member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report OF that great news or
EanizAtion 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, 1912-08-26

N. H. Loomis. general solicitor Of
the Union Pacific railroad company,
is undoubtedly quite right in his con-
tention that taxation is a hard nut
fer the railroads to crack. But the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-26

In what righteous contempt must
the real grafters of the country hold
the Detroit aldermen. Most of them
got only 500.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-26

This is the open season for hay
fever, hereabouts, and there doesn't
appear to be any effective way to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-26

Ward McAlIister's 200 has been cut
TO 2Ss by one of his disciples. The
next desirable step is to cut off the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-26

Jones-Is your son still on the stage?
Powell-No; he has a speaking part now.
Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-26

1t is reported that Orozco is due
to be caught like a mouse in a trap.
We are laying odds that, when the
too.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-26

The Duke of Mudbury-Novz. Ar,s~ ~.
haitian, IN wager you know your rs I, M
better than I do. Miss Manha4t.-De .e
bur dare say your grace cou1d s...1,.n-An,
on Bradstreet.-Idfe @'uinp NE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-26

Mrs Proudman-Our Willy get nos-,.o.
ious coIamerdation at school isst 1., UT
the number Of strange disease, ~ ~ ~.
ketched by school children ?-Tff-Ts1rtss nae
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-26

Little Brother-Whats etiquette Tst.1.
Bigger Brother-Its saying, mo tl1sn<
you, when you want to boiler "Gimmer'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-26

Sportsman (after his tenth miss)-oh
hang. the birdsi Keeper-Sorry Sir, bug
let me have the gun 4 II shoot 'en1 for -,on
Guardian. 49,
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-10-10

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASH
INGToN, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF PEND
OREILLE.
Thomas Grant, Plaintiff, VS.. Adolph Kirchner
and Ella Kirchner, His Wife; Thomas A.
Taylor and Mary E. Taylor, His Wife; Isadore
Mari, Mary Mexican and E. A. Mexican
Her Husband; Alice Westerman, Julius
Moe and NJ. G.. Hoag, Defendants Summons.
The State of Washington to the Said NJ. c.
Hoag, Defendants:
You are hereby summoned to appear within
sixty days after the date of the first publication
OF this summons to wit: Within sixty days
alter the 29th day OF August, 1912, and defend
the abOve-entitled action in the d bove-entitled
court, and answer the complaint of the plain
Tiff. and serve copy of your answer upon the
undersigned attorneys for plaintiff, at their
office below stated; and in case of your failure
so to do judgment will be rendered against you
according to the demand of the complaint,
which has been filed with the clerk of said
court
That the object of this action is to foreclose
that certain mortgage given by the defendants
Adolph Kirchner and Ella Kirchner, his wife,
to the plaintiff herein, on the 17:h day Of
August 1909, said mortgage being for six nun
dred dollars ($600), with interest at 10 per cent
per annum, payable semi-annually, said mort
gage and the de bit secured thereby being past
due and unpaid, the said mortgage covering
and being lien upon the following premises,
to-W1t: The southeast quarter (seLy of Section
two (2) of Township thirty (3l) North of
Range forty-four (44J E. w NJ, in Pend Oreille
county. Washington
CORNELIUS & HOOPER,
Attorneys for Plaintiff, 1914 Peyton Building,
Spokane, Wash. 1871
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-10-10
GOULD BAGGAGE is SEIZED
Trunks and Contents Are Said to Be
Worth 100000.

New York.-Thirty-si pieces of
baggage which Frank J. Gould, his
wife and her three sisters brought to
America when they arrived from
France are being held up by the GUS
toms authorities. With their contents
of gems and gowns the trunks and
cases are said to be valued at $4O0, 900.
The seizure of the baggage has been
made upon technically. Mr. Gould
contended he was entitled to have
the baggage all entered free under
the nonresident clause of the customs
laws giving such right to an American
who for two years has maintained a
bona-f1de residence abroad. The GUS
toms authorities claim that Gould is
not strictly in the nonresident class.
It is understood that Collector of
Port Loeb personally ordered the seiz-
ure pending a settlement of Mr..
Gould's status.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-10-10
Neapolitan Dishes.

In the matter Of curious dishes that
Neapoitan favorite. the polyp. should
be mentioned The beautiful bay
abounds with them. and the fishermen
who make the little harbor Of Santa
Lucia their headquarters spend most
of the day and night catching them.
They are served whole and are not so
repulsive as might be supposed. turn
ing up in the mixed fish fry" nice
golden brown. The Neapolitans have
strong teeth and digestion. Polyps are
tough. and | have always limited my
self to the tentacles. which are crisp
and tasty. They are usually accom-
panied by rings cut from the cutie
fish. These are tougher still. but
what with butterfly fish. gurnets. null
let's and other unknown varieties.
fritto misto pesche at Naples is not to
be despised. London Standard.