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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-10-28
No sunday school.

There were goo .,uIdaN ~tiI.uI sertI ices
held 900 either ~ fI- churches or this
ftfF NssfrI.it. Ir compliance with rho
Nayor.~ proc laUIffiur ISSUED several
days ago ou account uf fl. epidemic uf
% .pntuerit now prevailing go This lily.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-10-28

fil EhlfAN Inv VIII 10 observed iu
the local Catholic church on next Fri
day evening ~ the church the Rev.
Father Hall will hold mass at O'Clock
In the morning. also At . a. "a. Ia the
cveniug the Nesp~ers viii be held ~
.1;s0 o'clock. ~ two O'clock IN the az
ternoon tho Rossry and t.itany service
VIII he celebrated IN the Slavtsh langu-
age
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-10-28

OF i- delivering ~U.-,.rrs or tle Eat.n-
+ t..f iuu co. the Prohibition anne ufrts 90
and handles 90. subject Ners nicely.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-10-28

Some unknown thieves 81 this city
deliberately stole an auto rim and extra
tire. also n pair OF gloves and robe
from the \ r France auto last Satur-
day evening while the owner WAS ia
tbe auditorium az the school building
att ending the Republican rally. The
local police We're notified Of the theft.
but have not discovered any clue 10
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-26
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATcHIsoN GLOBE.

Saying you are progressive doesn't make
it so.
It's easy to be a gentleman, but not
enough men try it,
1t is a rare man who has tact enough
to boss his wife without using a club.
AS we understand it, a college presi-
dent occasionally has to use a section
boss tactics
The public learns slowly, but it is learn
ing to suspect the man who is known as
Honest" Tom, Dick or Harry.
Court room spectators are often drawn
thither in hopes some of the lawyers will
be fined for contempt of court.
Notwithstanding all our swatting, the
common house fly is finishing the season
The American people boast about their
intelligence, but we notice fortune tel:ers
are still able to make living here.
When a woman has what she consul
erS good figure" she is as conscious of
it as man is of being a congressman.
Everyone knows that some horses can
run faster than others, but the Difficulty
in telling which one can is what makes
betting.
While Father is opposed to child labor
he is curious to know the formula by
which the employers induce the children
to work.
If a pitcher hasn't control he doesli' t
last long in the big leagues And this
control thing is equally important in 9TH
er lines of endeaVOr.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-26
QUAKER MIsDITAT1oNs.
[From the Philadelphia Record

[From the Philadelphia Record.1
Even train of thought should be On
time.
The man with a peppery temper is not
to be sneezed at.
The palmist thoroughly believes that
most people should be taken in hand.
1t is generally sheer laziness that
prompts man to rest on his laurels.
No, AIaude, dear; there is no similar
ity between the weather bureau and the
clearing house.
Those who neglect to make hay while
the sun shines generally make trouble
when 1t rains.
A poor excuse is better than none, and
many an old maid regards a husband as
a poor excuse.
when a man is really dead in love-
says the Cynical Bachelor, "he is gem
orally buried in oblivion
Many a man is so afraid of being hurt
that he hesitateS to put his best foot for
WARD for fear of stubbing his toe.
Blobbs-"The artist who painted Guz-
zler's portrait certainly gave him peach
of nose Slobbs-'Yes, he specializes
in still life
what becomes of all the budding
geniuses?'' asked the friend of the editor.
Most of them develop into blooming
idiots" replied the editor.
Muggins-'I quite agree with that ia :
nous statesman who said he would rather
be right than be president Bugglns-
'Well, you would certainlv fiT'd 1t much
easier"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-26
.LEYKAWKER JOTy

The circus does take a lot o;
money out of town, says the Independ
ence Tribune, but the mail order house
Goes not even give a parade.
Pete Celestus, the Oakley Graphic s
pious parson. says: That naming all
the books n the Bible in rotation is
not worth as much in the eyes of ihe
Lord as receIpted grocery bill.
Jim O'Connor. of the Leavenworth
Labor Chronicle and Resubmissionist.
has a half a ten-cent plug of KILL
kinnick to bet against a sour apple
that when the girls learn they are all
bow-legged the hobble skirt will be q
thing of the past instanter.
"A story of an unusual freak of Il
cyclone comes from a farmer near
kansan- publican. Peter Van CIeave,
one of the good farmers of that sec
ton, had driven a load of hay up be-
fore his barn and left it standing there
while he did some other work. The
doors to the loft were closed. Along
and stored the hay in the loft as neat
ly as if done by hand.
AT Daybreak" is the title of an
other prose poem by Arthur Riddle, of
the Minneapolis Messenger. as follows:
An, the rare delight of rising in the
fragrant early morn, when the sun has
hardly taken its first peeping at the
corn, that stands all fresh and gollcn
like an army in its strength each row
all silver tipped with dew adown IT'S
shining length. All, the rare delight oc
rising when the grass along the road
is virgin, clean and dustless yet, be-
fore a single load of new thresh ed
grain has gone to town; yes. even ere
the teams have been led out to labor
and are still in drowsy dreams! The
patient cows are waiting with the milk
that's to be drawn; the birds have
scarce begun to chirp their greeting to
the dawn; the hogs lie low with scarce
a grunt of satisfying ease; the hens.
with hidden heads. are huddled uD
there in the trees. And the lands so
calm and quiet, and the airs so sweet
and nice, it isn't like the world at all
but more like paradise! The joy CT
rising-have I not described it right.
beasts and birds and dew-kissed corr,
as all a rare delight? I wasn't sura
about it ALL guessed about the aic
because as far as I'm concerned.
that joy is surely rare.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-26
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

GFrom the Chicago News.J
Speech enables 4 woman to conceal
what she really means.
If you must write love letters it is safer
to use postal cards.
Some people seem to live a long time
just to spite other people.
People who travel at a rapid pace aren't
necessarily fast friends.
Any man who will jump a board bill
should be made to walk the plank
1t takes mighty little push to start
some men on the downward path.
An old bachelor is a man who has re-
Trained from making some woman I'M
happy.
The laundress may care nothing about
baseball, but she knows how to line 'en
out.
The pessimist stays at home and waits
for it to rain while his neighbors go to
the picnic.
The young man who steals a kiss prob
ably doesn't know any better, or anything
any better.
Some men have the happy faculty OF
being able to recognize their duty in time
to sidestep it.
It is waste of time for a man to make
a fool of himself when it Is SO easy to get
a woman to do it for him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-26
Speaking of Dignity.

Mrs. w. o. Davis, the charming chi.
cago woman who tried to stampede tho
said the other day:
Il still hear occasionally that my cor
duct at the convention was unidentified.
My answer to that criticism is that there
are finer, higher things than dignity.
Those who stand on their dignity too
much deserve the retort that the broker
got.
A rich Chicago broker was stroliing on
state street one day when his beautiful
young wife stole up behind him, thre ?,
him heartily.
q Tut. tut the man said, hurriedIy
Strengthening his hat. Tut, tut! This
sort of thing, my dear, is most undignI-
fled
His wife dropped her eyes and an
swered demurely:
oh. excuse me- John-I didn't know it
was you "-Louisville Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-26

statements have meant what they
said, nor is it probable that any con-
siderable part of their fellow country
men disagreed with them.
But such threats are savagery.
Civilized nations do not kill the Un-
armed subjects of other powers when
they go to war. 1t is below the level
of barbarism to slay private citizens
living peacefully in a country with
which their own government has been
on good terms, no matter what may
happen in the relations of the two
states The Mexican leaders who
threaten death to all Americans in
Mexico as revenge If the United
States should intervene for the pro-
lection of its own subjects in districts
of Mexico where there IS virtual an
archy, talk like Apache chiefs. They
may not bring about Intervention, but
they go far toward justifying it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-26
sAvAGERY CLOSE TO THE SKIN

1t isn't necessary to go far below
the surface in Mexico to get down to
what is essentially savage IN the char
acter of the people. Men high in
public life are more diplomatic and
less frank in their speech than the
masses would be if they were ques-
toned, but every now and then sig
nificant admissions come from the
leaders of the Mexican parties and
factions.
Zapata is the latest to say that any
interference by the government of the
United States for the protection of
Americans in Mexico would be fol-
lowed by the killing of every American
in the country. Months ago Orozco
issued the same warning. Farther
back similar statements came from
men high in the Madero movement.
There is no reason to doubt that all
of the Mexicans who have made such
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-26

road, in company with taller man,
as young as himself, but with the air
of master. At the sight of Corinne.
lie caught his breath, then wheeled.
turb her. A wood nymph mourning
slaughtered trees should be sacred 20
all men,
Thus Corinne, unknowink she was
watched, leaped lightly down, and ran.
bending far forward in her eagerness
straight up TO the hillside toward a
clefted rock which outcropped on the
ridge crown. She remembered vividlY
the tri-cleft trunk-the knife must have
been set in the crotch so as to point -
the rock-rift. Her heart, rather than
he1 mind, leaped to the knowledge.
Breathless, trembling she knelt, and
began to tear away f1eecer MOSES, and
toss out crumbling leaves and slivers OF
rock. Presently she come to thin slab
OF the rock, forced crosswise of the
cavity, clearly by human agency. Her
heart beat Suffocatingly. She tugged
and tore at the slab-it did not move.
The men watching her saw her run a
little way down the hill, seize upon a
light Sharpened stick left by the log
gers, and with it begin a desperate pry-
ing. Next minute they saw more-a
settling of a smallish upper stone. A
low cry, sharp with fear, followed the
settling. Running forward they found
Corinne, fast by one foot. AS yet II
was only bruised, not crushed, but she
had saved it only by throwing her
whole weight against the stake and
thus arresting in a measure the move
ment of the stone. 1t had evidently
been undermined by stormwaters, and
rested poised upon the slab she had
stirred.
The stake, already cracked. bent
ominously. Corinne shut her eyes, but
tried to cry aloud. The cry died in
her throat Instantly she felt a strong
hand laid beside hers, saw a pair of
bread shoulders pressed against the
tottling stone as a deep voice said
Don't move! Well save you-with no
more hurt than a scratched shoe"
And then to her own everlasting dis
gust Corinne tainted.
Corinne found the money, sure
-great-grandfather had hidden
it was there in the cleft. But she
need not fave minded had it turned
out otherwise. Major Chalmers, the
tall man, had several millions of his
own and would not take no for an
answer. II saw you there in the SUM-
shine and knew I had found my wife -
he said. TT was fate-who are you to
cross her?"
Though Corinne said nothing her
heart echoed. who indeed ?"-(Copy-
right 1912 by McClure's Newspaper
Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-26
WILL, AERoPLANEs END WAR?

The recent war maneuvers in Eng
land were brought to an unforeseen
end by a peculiar and significant cir
cunstance. The contending armies
found themselves face to face, after a
series of movements which had been
made abortive for both sides, by OPP
posing corps of aeroplane scouts.
Each found it impossible to do any
thing undetected by the men far
overhead in the swift flying ma
chimes.
If all the expedients known to mill
tary science were employed iii the ma
neuvers-and it is to be presumed that
they were-the condition of affairs
brought about by the use of aero
planes would have been the same had
the warfare been real Two armies
confronting each other and unable to
move without detection by the enemy
would. in actual war, have but one
course open to them. That would be
to close in on each other and engage
in a hand-to-hand death struggle. 1t
would be a reversion to savage war
fare. The slaughter would be some
thing appalling. if the contending
for ces were large.
Would the civilized world, in the
present advanced age, tolerate this
kind of fighting? Would any nation
enter upon war under these circum-
stances unless for self-preservation +?
Probably not. OF course, shot and
shell were not used in the English
maneuvers, but military authorities
are very doubtful of the ability of
any marksman, with any gun yet in
vented, to hit an aeroplane swooping
about with the speed of nearly a hun
dred miles an hour far up in the air
Does it not seem possible, then, that
the aeroplane may make warfare so
costly in human life that the world
will be forced practically to stop
vvarS2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-26

THE NOBLER BIRTH.
When death from thee thy nearest friend
hath taken,
Bear forth to Natures glowing bloom thy
grief;
From woods and waters, to thy souls
relief,
She whispers lovingly to thee forsaken.
Aye, though her bounding life in thee
awaken
deeper yearning for that life too brief
Thus to be garnered like ripened
Sheaf-
Nay, fruit half ripe, to earth by tempest
shaken
Lo. meath the sun-shot LEAKAGE by thy
side,
AS heard in dreamland, breathes that
voice appealing:
know am one with sea and sky and
earth,
My vision infinite, to flesh denied.
Vfstas of life unspeakable revealing;
Ye grope as yet unborn; mine is true
BIRTH
William Addison Houghton. in the Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-26
SAYS UNCLE CAV

If I have learned aught in my jour-
ney from the cradle toward the grave
it is that men do better to seek great
ness than glory For glory is but the
sheen of a general bright opinion upon
the surface of our characters. 1t is
but a reflection of that substance which
is itself greatness. Without the adj
miration of others, there is no glory.
That admiration may be withheld or
given to the unworthy. But the seat
of greatness is a mans self and is
dependent neither upon his neighbor
nor his fortune.
To little minds glory is greatness and
not turned her white light. It is be-
yond their comprehension that glory
without greatness is notoriety and
they do not understand that there are
names sounded in praise by every
tongue which are but shadows and
gilded shame. For, to have won fame
without having deserved it is merely TO
have made ones failure the more
shameful.
This habit of confounding the re-
Election with the substance has from
the beginning made little folk ludicrous
They are like monkeys chasing the
fitting brightness shed by a rapidly
turned mirror, or grasping for their
likenesses in the glass. They seize upon
glory only to find it impaIpable.
In a world where all men desire to
be great, a few attain nOteriety and
make themselves ridiculous one in a
hundred thousand disdains fame, and
setting himself to his task as one con-
secrated, and thus achieves greatness.
And the shining front of his deeds, re-
hecting the admiration of his fellows,
gives back that sheen which is glory
Copyright, 1912, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-26
HUNOR or THE DAY

What can use to clean carpets" ask
ed correspondent signing her name very
bashfully, Young Bride" Have you
tried your husband?' replied the answers
editor.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
''Alary is engaged" THAT so? How
since yesterday. when she arrived at the
seashore. But that doesn't make any diff
ference. since she's only going to know
him two weeks anyhow."-Detroit Free
Press.
What sort of woman is she?7 why.
in reading all the stun that's printed
about the new babies Of the idle rich
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
my papa's just been called by the
Lord to a new church." said the little
girl. 18th he goin' to go?'' lsped the
said the little girl. ''The Lord didn't men
ton the salary."-Judge.
Have you hot and cold water in your
new house?' TOO much OF both" What
do YOU mean?'' when my wife is not
pouring cold water on my plans she Is
keeping me in hot watSr."-Baltifnore
American.
s'In some cases." said the Industrial ex-
pert, I'VE find that the byproduct Is more re
have noticed that. replied senator
Sorghum, in connection with appropria-
ton bills. ''-Washington star.
''I'd like to see the man who could per-
suade me to promise to love, honor and
obey him." said Miss Wellalong- Il don't
blame you" replied the pert young bride.
Chicago Record Herald.
IT shall sweep everything before me. -
remarked the boastful candidate. We'll"
replied the snow-weary citizen, i wish
they'd take you out of national politics
and put you at the head OF the street
cleaning department. "-Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-26
EVENING CHAT
BE able to be alone
By RUTH CAMERON


Sir Thomas Browne.
Are you good company for yourself?
A young woman in the course of a va
cation trip was left alone for few days
in a strange city where she did not know
a single person. When the friends for
whom she was waiting Joined her, they
pathy for the terrible boredom she must
have suffered.
The young woman opened her eyes wide
in amazement. why, I had a lovely
time she said.
What did you do?'
We'll, I went shopping and then went
out to the park and looked at the ami
mails. Then 1 walked up and down the
avenue avenue and watched the people ana
thought about them and what they were
doing. Altogether, the time Just flew by. .
And you weren't lonely?''
Not a bit" said the young woman
frankly. 81 suppose 1 could have made
friends with some of the women at the
mouse, but, do you know, 1 didn't really
care 10; l guess she concluded with a
myself r-e''S sooo company Tor
=, Wasn't she a lucky woman, or more
likely, a wise one?
BE able to be alone saws Sir rrhor,, -.
Browne, thereby recognizing that the
a sdG to be content with only ones sci:
ought to be cultivated --i t''''-
Ihere are a great many people to whom
tnere IS no prospect more terrifying thar,
selves for company. To esca1e that te, =
rlble catastrophe, they will make friends
with the most fearful bore or read IN .
most stupid story II"
I wonder if they realize when thew do
!hat, what a commentary they are maxi
ing on their own boresomeness?
If such people are marooned a few
hours not only without human com
partnership but even without a book or
magazine with which to screen their own
stupidity from themselves. thew are fairlI.
frantic. The surest way of not having
any thoughts OF your own" some one has
SAD, is taking up book every time you
In
cheap and copious reading matter, that is
exactly what three-fourths of US do
Is 1t any wonder. then, that most of us
do seem to be rather short on thoughts
or our own and not very successful as
companions for ourselves?
Could you enjoy just watching a crowd
of people pass by?
Gould you be happy alone in strange
Could you enjoy a long walk in the
country by yourself?
In short, are you able to be alone?''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-26
by The WY
BIZ HARVEY PARsOSgA

Another candidate is running
against Bale Waggener in Atchison.
Innocuous desuetude must be preVa =
lent in Atchison when citizens have
to get out and run for exercise.
The answer, being of course, that
exercise is about all anyone could get
out of running against Bale Wag-
gener.
Regardless of the razor ads, no man
smiles while shaving himself.
The Frenchman who, after an oper-
alton for the removal of his stomach
and the substitution of the stomach
of an ape, gave the new equipment
country, would be equivalent to the
acid test of newspaper bromide.
Uncle Press Souther has quit smok-
ing. FarbeitfromuS to cast any re-
Elections or make any predictions. We
simply call attention to the fact that
Vesuvius has stopped smoking several
times.
After her experience in trying to
cop out an occasional nickel for per-
sonal use, it is a wonder that any Wo-
man can become optimist enough to
suspect that she can collect alimony.
frost was this week. The rest of US
know that the first frost of the sea-
son occurred last Saturday night
Sam Barbour is agin Stubs. We
predict that his confession will lose
him about seven votes. What said
confession will gain him is none of
our dang business, and furthermore,
a colyum devoted to light stuff should
not be crammed with Arabic numer-
ais.
The best way to rid yourself of an
undesirable friend, is to accept his
next invitation to point out his faults.
OF course, a lot of the hard feeling
in circulation was incubated by the
universal custom of viewing ones own
faults through smoked glasses. and
lars, but it is justifiable when there is
a chance of obtaining results.
Scientists have decided to make
eggs out of air. Now, if they will
agree to make beef steak out of wat
assured of a chance to eat-eXcept,
of course, in periods of severe
drought.
lists sounds something like making a
silk purse out of a sow's ear, but it
must be remembered that ancient
scientists invented a way to make
spareribs out of a sows Stats and
spareribs are a blamesight more paia-
table than silk purses. The popular
cIamor for silk purses is nothing like
the clamor for 10-cent bacon.
A crook is one who would pinch an
umbrella on a dry day. Some crook
has invaded this department within
the past "a hours.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-26
WHY NOT THE SAME SAUCE!

During the course of his speech i'll
Topeka, Colonel Roosevelt said ne
told George w. Perkins that any one
who would object to his assistance in
the Bull Moose movement on the
ground that ne had been connected
with the Harvester trust was a shTiv-
eled soul whose opinions were not
worth taking into consideration"
On the morning after John M. Har-
Ian and Adam Bede spoke in Topeka
in behalf of President Taft and the
Republican party, a Topeka newspa-
per reprinted an editorial from the
Chicago Tribune deploring the loss of
Mr.. Harlan to the political reform
movement and the alleged prostitu-
ton of his naturally high abilities
Just for a handful of silver''-be-
cause he was once retained as an at
torney by the Chicago Traction COM
pany.
And isn't it just as apt, as matter
of fact, to reuse the words of Coloncl
Roosevelt concerning Mr.. Perkins in
the case of Mr.. Harlan and say that
any one who would object to Mr.. sHar-
Ian because of his connection with the
Chicago Traction company was a
shriveled soul whose opinions were
not worth taking into consideration"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-26
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Most of the family exehequers are
decidedly Eek
=
Neither are so many of the good
regulations deserved.
A mans enemies are generally his
best advertisement.
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What has become of the old-fasn-
Toned party who used to eat with his
knife?
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You are also likely to make mis-
take If you estimate the size of Il
mans bank account by the grammar
he uses.