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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-01
AND NOW 1T IS A GOLDEN DUCK.


When Charles Reade died he left a
library of scrapbooks made of news
paper clippings about crimes, strange
incidents, queer trials and the like.
There's where I get my plots" he used
to say.
The writer's of today are not above his
practice but they do not take one-hun-
dredth part of the advantages a super
ior press gives them. For one moving
incident that Reade used to gloat over
there are hundreds now. Still, the wise
novelist takes his goods where he finds
them.
In recent novel 1.-The Midlanders,''
the author, to show the theatric and
temperamental freakishness of his
heroine when she is on the stage. Dor
rows from the real experience of FRITZ
Scheff and credits his mimic prima
donna with the trick FRITZ played when
she pulled the bell rope and stopped a
train out West because it was running
so fast it stopped over the water in her
bath on her private car.
And the same author. taking the in
cident of Dietz, the Wisconsin lumber
man who believed he was being Illegally
ousted from property he had held for
years and killed members of a mar
shaPs posse against which he battled,
has given it to one of the characters of
his tale.
There is fictional gold everywhere for
the mere taking. Real gold indeed, is
the basis of happening in Massachu-
sets that would make a rafting good
tale if properly expanded.
A Pittsfeld marketman is trying to
trace the birthplace of a duck he sold
to Miss Jennie Robinson who, on dress
ing it, found a lump of GOLD in its giz-
card. The marketman Things the duck
picked up the gold from lhe bottom
of the pond where it was rat7,ed.
He has called in the aid IF the local
sleuths and they have not Seen able to
help him. All the active members of
the detective branch ofthe 1nternation-
al School of Correspondence have also
enlisted in the search and the fellows
who wear badges by the grace of con-
fidence men in the big cities and call
themselves specials have started on the
trail. Nothing has been done, however,
and the marketman now thinks of writ
ing the ascertained facts to Conan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-01
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Not a few of every mans motives
are of the Interior variety.
Some people are only popular with
folk who don't know them very well.
X 4
Just because q man means we'll is
not much of an endorsement for him.
4
And the bee can afford to keep busy
when it works considering the vaca-
ton it enjoys.
X \
Presumably the bill collectors
wouldn't be pleased if all people set
tied their accounts promptly. They q
have to hunt other Jobs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-01
"SUNNY JIM"

In the presidential campaign of 1908,
no man was SO bitterly assailed by his
political opponents as James School
craft Sherman, the then Republican
candidate for vice president, and whose
untimely death occurred the other day.
No spots could be found at that time
in the armor OF William H. Taft which
invited attack. And so the burden of
the political abuse that it seems Gus
tomary for one party in this country
to hurl at another was heaped upon
the vice presidential candidate Be
cause he had always been a stalwart
Republican of the regular variety,
the charges were made that his pres
ence on the Republican national ticket
was all the evidence needed that the
Republican party had surrendered it
self to those sinister influences and
interests" that were then even more
prominently associated with big bust
ness" than they are now.
But Jim Sherman weathered that
storm as triumphantly as he had
many others in a long and useful ca
reer in public life. And there is nc
doubt that had any untoward event
made it necessary for him to have
succeeded Mr.. Taft in the presidency,
he would have served the people most
acceptably in that high station and
with honor and distinction for him
self. There can be nothing much that
is wrong with a mans moral makeup
when his good disposition and cheerful
optimism is of such a never-failing
variety as to earn him such a sobrl
quet as Sunny Jim This was
never applied to him in derision. Ii
was a tribute to his geniality and kind
ness of heart.
No man who is a political crook, who
would sacrifice the interests of his con
stituents, whether they comprise those
of a congressional district or the en-
tire nation, for a pot of gold or other
favor from a greedy trust or any other
agency of predatory wealth-no sue
man would ever be dubbed by his
friends and the strangers who knew
him only by reputation, as a Sunny
Jim" Constant cheerfulness and OPP
timism would be foreign to his nature.
Nor can these attributes be successful
Iy simulated. The crook, political or
otherwise, is generally a gruff crouch.
Instead of radiating sunshine he as
sumes the characteristics of an ice
berg. He is cold and repellent. his
handshake may be firm, but it chills
And whatever the place that may be
accorded to James Schoolcraft Sher-
man in the political history of the ma
ton when it is written in the future
it can be set down now that he was
wholesome man, one who went through
the political battles of a generation and
came out of them untainted. He has
long been held in esteem as the
first citizen of Utica. n. Y, his home
town, and even among his neighbors
who disa greed with him politically.
This is an honor, indeed, that comes
to few men. But the generally high
regard and respect in which Mr.. Sher-
man was held wherever he was known
is not strange. How could it be 9TH
erwise with a man who hau honestly
earned the nickname of Sunny Jim
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-01

Colonel Roosevelt's employment of
attorneys and private detectives TO fer
ret out any attempts at fraud al the
polls in New York state will be sure
to suggest to some persons that he is
taking the preliminary steps necessary
to provide some sort of substance for
a clain1-in the event of the failure of
his cause on election day, which is all
most a foregone conclusion-taat he
was deprived of an election to a third
term through fraud.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-01
HUNOR or THE DIP

Edith-That Mr.. Phan is conversation
ally impossible. Ethel-Why so? Edith
We were talking about the theater, and
when 1 inquired what was his favorfte
play he said if he had any favorite IL
was seeing a man steal second.-Boston
Transcript.
There's one thing want to see while
I am in Europe" 'And that fs?'' sorhe
Hungarian goulash in session."-wash-
ington Herald
'She has a naughty air." Some ex-
cuse for it, though She's been intro
duced to some of the most prominent gum
Observation-Disclosures Age-Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-01
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
IFron1 the New York Press.J

LFropl the New York Press.J
A girl specially wasn't flirting if she
got caught.
The biggest liar thinks you are a bigger
one to say he is.
A man can think he's an epicure if he
knows what's in corn fritters.
The depressing thing about the bracing
auf 1mE season is how close it is TO the
Christmas gift season.
Wher a wosnan's husband loses his joL
she knows it's because the head of the
firm was jealous of him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-01

Even if the higher courts reverse
the conviction of Lieutenant Becker
and he is eventually permitted to go
free, which is unlikely, his incarCera-
ton in a death cell at Sing Sing
ought to have a Christening effect on
the members of the New York police
force who have prostituted their pro-
fession by conniving with vice and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-01

This artificial milk that has been
produced by some European scientists
may be purer, more digestible, and even
more nutritive than the cows product
as they claim, but they have to admit
that it is not capable of producing but
ter. The COW still has d mortgage on
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-01

An ovation Of AZ minutes duration
was given to Colonel Roosevelt on his
appearance in Madison Square garden
the other night. However, it is a po-
1itical fact in this country that the
people seldom vote as they cheer. Had
they been in the habit of doing so,
Mr.. Bryan's ambition to be president
would have been gratified.s
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-01

s'Simplifed dress for men, is the slo-
gan of a band of reformers in Ger
many. They purpose to induce the
males of the species to break away
from such freaks of fashion as trou-
sers, waistcoats, suspenders, collars.
neckties and hats. OF course, they
propose substitutes in the way OF
smock or blouse suits for working and
ordinary wear, and knee breeches and
high buttoned jackets for evening
wear The latter will make either
shirts or linen collars unnecessary.
However. it isn't likely that this re-
form will make much progress OUT
side OF Germany, even if it does there,
which is doubtful. Modern man is be-
coming almost as fastidious about
wearing fancy fubdubs as is woman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-01
FROAF OTHER PENS
DEBS REATs ,EM All.

From the point Of view of physical
endurance Governor Wilson is not so
good campaigner as Mr.. Roosevelt.
and Mr.. Roosevelt has a serious COM
petitor in Mr.. Bryan. But none OF
these men can compare, for distances
covered and number of speeches deliV-
cred, with Eugene V. Debs. The So
cialists point out that with them the
presidential campaign does not begin
after the national convention in the
summer months preceding election
day 1t begins on the day after cleo
ton day, and extends over four years.
Thus Mr. Debs. as the permanent can
dldate of the Socialist party, has real
ly been swinging round the circle for
II years, and in that time must easily
nave delivered more speeches than
any orator or parliamentarian in his
tory. That he should have retained
his effectiveness as a speaker. that he
should have held out against the
tediu1n and monotony of the endless
repetitions to which he has been in
eV1tably subjected, argues extraordi-
nary physical endowment, as well as
exceptional powers of mental and
moral recuperation.-New York Even
ing Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-01

Land is not the only thing in Cali
fornia that comes high. A court there
has placed the value of a wife's af-
fections at 100000. Or perhaps this
judgment is merely due to the fact
that the man who did the alternating
has money and much of it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-01

Galveston again demonstrates that it
is one of the few wideawake cities in
the country that takes time by the
forelock regardless Of the expense. 1t
has adopted plans for the extension of
its famous seawall with accompanying
grade raising, at cost of $5,000,000,
that will provide raised area and sea-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-01

Disagreeable weather seems 10 be
far more effective than special police
men in putting the jinx on the merry
marauders of Halloween.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-01

Andrew Carnegie, who has appro-
priated a few of his millions tt bring
about universal peace, must have had
another night of bad dreams when he
learned of the recent launching of the
super-dreadnought New York, the
greatest of the worlds sea fighters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-01

Arnold Bennett remarks politely
that he can not understand the Amer
lean craze for baseball. This only
goes to show that Arnold never saw
the bases full with two men out and
the best batter in the league at tat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-01
KANSAS COMMENT
THE SENSITIVE MARKET

l.
You may have wondered why a
war cloud the size of a mans hand.
and far beyond a remote horizon,
may set the price of stocks and bonds
to trembling, tottering and topping.
You may keep on wondering, so far
as we are concerned, for it isn't our
province to pose as preceptOr of
high finance. You may have wonder
ed why a battle in the bleeding Balk-
ans should affect an investment in
Arizona copper mines or the Cape to
Cairo railway, or some other seeming
cinch in the far flung fields of finance,
but the fact remains that the sensitive
market continues to register disturb
{ ances that might pass unnoticed by a
nervous woman or the improved seis-
mograph. A layman's solution, which
might edge somewhere near the truth
without knowing it, would be the fact
that war is the worlds most expensive
discomfort, although there are others,
such as Pullman berthS and highball
headaches that run into money Being
the most expensive, tying up real mon
ey in munitions and such like, the
wide destruction of property and the
industrial stagnation which comes
when Mars is master of ceremonies
would have a natural tendency to re-
strict transactions along more produc-
tive lines, and the stocks would be less
profitable probably, and their future
more uncertain. But, whether that eX-
PLANTATION edges over even part of the
matters military is a cause for con-
graduation, rather than otherwise.
Money makes the mare go, as the old
saw saith, and likewise is the source
of motive power for the rest of the
cavalry, the infantry and artillery
Peace is prosperity's hand maiden and
lady in waiting, and the general de-
sire of men of money to make more
exerts their wide influence in the in
terests of peace. When the dogs of
war break from their kennels, it US
ually means that the useful influences
wasn't strong enough to prevent it, or
that some selfish section of the money
market saw a chance to profit by dis
turbance, which happens rarely, and
put one over on the others. Probably
Carnegies millions that are tied up
with the interests and industries pull
with which he dubs and dabbles in
the interests of universal peace. The
fact that war is no longer profitable,
if it ever was, helps more than lofty
sentiments concerning the brotherhood
of man and the parliament of the
world.-Atchison Globe.
PROF. DYCHE IS A WONDER.
Down at Wichita the sportsmen got
together the other day and proceeded
to run the harrow over Game Warden
Dyche. However, Dyche got the floor,
and succeeded in convincing the belig-
erent sports that he didn't do it. that
the fish and game law was not his at
all, but that the legislature changed
the whole thing, framed a new one
up and turned his perfectly good law
down. And then the sportsmen gave him
a vote of thanks. Which seems to be
conclusive proof that Mr.. Dyche is
too many for the whole state bunch
OF observation-disclosures Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-01

Andrew Carnegie will have to hurry
IL he really intends to die poor. His
holdings in New York alone are as
sessed at $4,000, 600.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-01

Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes,
and offering him fifty per cent if he Is
successful in trailing the duck to it's
golden lair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-01

No wonder the real thing in the way
of Panama hats, most of which, by
the way, are made in Ecuador, cost
$500 and more each. 1t takes as long
as twc years for whole family to
weave one
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-01

Score one for the orchards against
the burdensome cost of living. Not in
many years have apples been as high
in quality and as low in price as they
are this fall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-01

Those University of Illinois students
who demonstrated their manhood by
throwing bricks at chorus girls should
be attended to by the Pankhurst
ia milk
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-01
DYNAMIC PHILANTHROPY

TT. L
The town of Ashburnham in Worcester
county, Mass, is blessed among toUnS
pIessed IN It's continued hold on native
sons who have gone out into the world
and pr0spered. 1t has a GUSHING aca,,-
envy Stevens library, an Adams gram
mar school, and, of course, a soIdif RS
1WII2pnitG r benefactions. Now Ivers
w AItney ADAMS, a native of the town ANA
a wealthy Boston manufacturer has he
slowed his gift. 1t is worth mentioning II
rs an example to other gtvers. This be-
cause Of the character rather than tee
SIZE OF the gift. What Mr. Adams has
proVlued is not a church. or a school or
d d. nprary, or hospital. or public hall.
IL is a Unitarian water supply drawn
from a neighboring lake and sent bv pIr,es
through all parts of Ashburnham Center
ana south Ashburnham. Benefactors OF
while they Hve-they do NOT So often
Grape their charities in the shadovvs ot
the TOMB. But scarcely more than a be-
ginning has been made toward making INA
SWING more intimate in its relation to h-i-
man lives Nothing is more conventional
and initiative than philanthropy. Witness
tne oyer-endo wment of our educational In
Sututions-someth1ng that LED a leading
educator not long ago to excloin1 that the
pest way to serve many of the colleges
and universities of America would be TO
country is fairly well coileged and
churched. and hospitalled. But many
communities need better water supplies
and milk supplies and ice supplies ard
coal supplies. All OF the principal cities
need better housing If the next genera
uon Is to be worthy of the American
name. The boys and girls need more
places to play in. A proper market sys-
tenn would do more to reduce the cost Of
living and to make people contented than
dozen libraries. What the world needs
thropic NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. that do
instead of merely teaching how to do.
ire AShburnham water system is thus n
Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-01
FULL LEASED WTRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal Il q member of the
4eiexrnph report of that great news or
sanitation for the exclusive afternoon
Qualification in Topeka
The news is received in The State Jour-
mai building over wires for this sole pur-
mN@N.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-01

Nay Adelbert, last winters pantaloons
are not considered "old' by news
paper man. He looks upon them as
middle aged or at the worst, lin the
prime of life"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-01

Prime of life" is a newspaper term
meaning half-past middle age.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-02-29
Maiden Sneeches.

A member of the British parliament
writing in London Opinion of maiden
speeches" before that body says that
the record in promptitude in this re-
gard is held by John Redmond and
that no one is ever likely to be able to
deprive him of the honor, for he spoke
twice and got suspended on the very
day he took his seat. 1.-The most mod
est man in the matter of a maiden
speech" writes the M. p, was Sir
Robert Pullar, who represented Perth
in the last parliament. He was well
over eighty when he was elected. He
always spoke with splendid confidence
of his longevity and seemed to- feel
that he had quarter of century of
parliamentary life before him, and the
maiden speech was not delivered"
He recalls that the most notable of
the maiden speeches was that Of Dis
raeli, whose exaggerated gestures,
amazing and unconcealed belief in
himself and foppish dress all COM
bined to produce an unfavorable i'm
preston So this maiden speech was
laughed at from beginning to end. It
was then that he made his famous
prediction, .'You will not hear me to-
night, but the day will come when
you will hear me-" and that day came.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-02-29
The Rnckinn Of AXE Erie.

The $50 mile trough of Lake Erie lies
approximately in the direction of the
west to southwest winds which prevail
in that part Of the country. Thus the
lake offers an excellent opportunity for
studying the effects of the wind upon
large body of Enclosed water, and
very interesting these effects some
times prove. Rhythmic gusts produce
a rocking motion and great blows from
the west or southwest sweep the liquid
body of the lake eastward and some
times cause rise of eight feet or
more at Buffalo in the course Of few
hours. AS soon as the maximum force
of the gale has passed the water
swings back Continued BOOKINGS are
observed on days when the strength of
the wind fiuctuates.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-02-29
(Augi7 to Sept. ss)


Notice Of Sale On Execution
STATE OF WISCONSlN-lNC CIRCUIT COURT
Bayfield, County.
The State of Wisconsin. Plaintiff,
Lizzie Lebare G. H. Flynn and Philip
Gutnmiller, Defendants.
Notice is hereby Given, That pursuant to
and under and by virtue of an execution
duly issued out of said circuit of Bayfield,
county on the 18th day of July A. d,
1911, ON a judgment duly rendered there
in and docketed in the office of the clerk
of said court on the seth day of May. A. d.
1908. in favor OF said plaintiff and against
the defendants for the sum of FIVE
hundred and seventy six dollars and ninety
six cents (57e.9e) have levied upon and will
offer for sale and sell at public vendue to
the highest bidder, on the End day of Oct
ober. A. d. 1911. at 10 o'clock in the FORE
poon. at the front door of the court house,
at the city of Washburn, in Bayfield, County
Wisconsin. the following described real
estate, to witt
The south east quarter of the north east
quarter (SE n of NE ~ of section numbered
eight (Sec. 81 in township numbered forty
nine north ct 40 M of range numbered
four west Ora w or so much thereof as
shall be necessary to satisfy said execution
with interest and the costs of sale.
Dated this 10 day of Aug, A. ID. 1911.
John A. Mcdonald,
Sheriff OF Bayfield, County, wis,
G. F. Morris,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
The above sale has been adjourned until
October 18th. 1911 at the ga me II me and place
The above sale has been adjourned until
Nov. q 1911. at the same time and place.
The above sale has been adjourned unit Ill
Nov. 81. 1911, at the same time and place
The above sale has been adjourned until
Dec. 81. at the same time and place.
The above sale has been adjourned until
Jan .2lst 1884, at the same time and place.
The above sale has been adjourned until
Feb. 10th. 1912 at the same time and place.
The above sale has been adjourned to
March goth. 1919 at the same time and place.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-02-29
Breaking Boom Kill. J. Ar.eneau

Joseph Arseneau, an old and we'll
known resident of this city, was in
stantly killed at George S. Barnes
camps on Friday morning of last
week. Mr.. Arseneau was top load
ing on logging cars and a steam
TANNER was in use to hoist the logs
onto the cars. He was standing on
car and log scaling over 1000
feet had just been hooked onto. and
the hoist started, when the boom
broke and piece of it six or eight
feet in length flew in Mr.. Arseneau's
direction, striking him on the fore
head, and crushing his skull. The
unfortunate man was knocked down
and never showed the least sign of
life after he was hit. His body was
brought to this city Saturday after
noon and was taken to the residence
of Joseph Doucette, and on Tuesday
morning the funeral took place, the
services being at st. Michael's
Catholic church and the interment
in the Catholic cemetery. The
obsequies were largely attended and
the following old friends acted as
pail bearers; Joseph Andre, Joseph
Doucette, Adolph Carignan, ]. A..
LaLond, Henry Deschamp and
Michael aCosse. Iron River Pho
neer.