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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-10
GLOBE SIGHTS
BY THE ATCHISON GLOBE.
rFrom the Atchison G1obe.1

IFTOfn tne AtcnISOn GIODe-J
An Atchison man is so unluc6y he ex-
poets his nightmares to come true.
Men probably wrote a lot of the fool
ishness blamed on Mother Goose.
If you are excessively polite on rare
occasions you are not foolng anybody.
At some spots on the social scale a
prince is the party who can purchase and
punish the most Pilsener.
At this distance, people are apt to nurse
the notion that a king does his chores
with his crown on his uneasy head.
Heaven will have to be large and COM
pick place If 1t is entirely satisfactory to
all who figure on getting there.
while I'm not hungry for the great
cities, don't care to live again in a town
so small pool hall is considered a Gilded
Palace of Sin.''-Rufe Hoskins-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-10
a BACKYARn GARDEN.

A BACKYARD GARDEN.
Once more take my trusty spade
And work begin.
I'll nave to have a subsoil made
OF battered tin.
I'll mash a lot of rusty pans
Into mass,
Top dress the same with empty cans
And broken glass.
Some ashes on the beds I'll dump
From time to time,
With now and then a handy lump
OF builders lime.
And soon I'll have a garden fine
In my back yard,
And sit beneath a spreading vine,
A happy bard.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-10
DAFFYDHS
By U. NOALL.

Because a man visits Boston you
can't call him a good church mem
Der because he's at Mass.
6Sure she's well heeled. Get the
dfamcnds.)
If Detroit leans on Cobb to win the
pennant this year who is it New Or
leans on?
OF you all does that, you does it
at your own risk-)
If King George weaves does
Alfonso?
tAnd I lost another chance to be
a hero.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-10

endorsed President Tafts endeavors
in this direction he says that further
investigation of the matter on his part
has convinced him that had this reci-
procity been effected it would have
been a bad thing for the farmers CT
this country The Canadian farm
ers who voted against reciprocity in
such large numbers took a directly
opposite view of the matter. They
thought it would give the American
farmers undue advantage over them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-10
SAYS UNCLE CAV

| You're never beaten until you've
quit. And the one thing that the OPP
position can't do to put you on the
retired list is to quit for you. There's
always hope until you surrender, and
nobody can surrender for you.
The man who never knows when
he's whipped has a vast advantage
over the fellow who does. He's mo al
ly unconquered; by the same token
being able and ready to come back.
Moreover, while the world hates a
gutter, it loves a slayer, and is ready
to lend hand out of sheer enthus1-
asn.
AS good a definition as any FOR a
leader of men or a captain IF industry
or any synonymous term is man %ho
doesn't stay licked, which is the same
thing as saying that he has never been
licked
No man who handles men has ever
attained and held that position with
out getting good taste of what comes
to the under dog. Thereby he obtains
great understanding and knows where
to put in the good ticks when ticks are
needed. If he had known when he
was whipped, a lot of natures costly
discipline would have gone to WASTE on
misfire.
for the statement that the tattered and
sore-footed colonials didn't know when
they were whipped. If they had, ;hey
would have been whipped at Concord
and Bunker Hill. And if the colonies
hadn't got an awful drubbing without
getting licked the American govern
ment wouldn't have had the enduring
foundation that was given it by the
war-chastened forefathers.
The moral is that when you're get
ting yours, keep on taking it. If need
be, but don't quit. You're getting
hammered into you a lot of useful in
formation about yourself and )tne-
men that will comprise an invaluable
little homemade reference work; and
sometime you'll find use for it
Copyright, 1912, by w. E. Willialns.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-10

Something of a serious setback has
been given to, the real reformers who
have been slowly arriving at the con-
c:iusion that the only way to benefit
the whole people materially was tc
be found in the removal of the tongues
OF many of them. Some surgeons found
10 necessary to remove Cincinnatian's
tongue in order to save his life. But
this operation hasn't interfered with
his powers of speech in the slightest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-10
KANSAS cOMMEET
LAKE GATUN A REsORT


II is told that Lake Gatun, a portion
OF the Ranama canal may become a
f1ne winter resort for all North Amer
lca- The climate is like that of Italy
during the cold weather In the north.
ana the improved sanitary conditions
give II almost guarantee of health.
The lake is as big as Reno county and
all of the trans-isthmus traffic passes
through it, In the lake the water IS or
such depth that the ocean-going vessels
run under their own power and are al
lowed to run at a fast rate of speed It
is eighty-five feet above the sea level
and is reached by hug locks or lifts
1t will be In signt of some Of the most
important commercial movements Of
the world and VIII be an especially at
tractive place in the winter time.
The trade winds of the coast country.
from ocean to ocean, the general oft
ness of the climate in the winter
months, make it desfr~ Bile for visitors
who search for winter zones. The gen
eral trend of some people is to find a
spot which may be made into a more
attractive winter home and Gatun may
finally be that chosen place.
First the consent of the government
must be secured toward allowing build
ing to be carried on in the Canal Zone.
If that is accomplished, j. is probable
that a move may start that way which
will lay out pleasure grounds for the
people of the country who can afford to
have winter homes where the climate is
such as to be attractive a portion OF the
season.
Panama. the Canal Zone and Lake
Gatun may, after all, turn out to be OF
much interest to the public in ways
that have nothing to do with commerce
and the traffic OF the world.-Hutchin-
son News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-10
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

Women get so little because they ex-
pect so much.
Types that used to be gallant pirate
captains are only admiralS of finance
now.
Anything less than four hours of sound
sleep in an armchair a man calls just
doing off for a second
It's not wrong for little girls to kiss a
man, because they have such wet kisses
he never wants them to do 1T.
A poor excuse isn't really a bit better
than none at all, but the poor devil des-
perately needing one has to think it is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-10
PRoTEcT THE TRANSFORMATIONS.

The Indiana Republican convention
wisely and justly protected against the
new doctrines urged by ex-President
Roosevelt and others which would sap
the foundation of societJ by destroying
the impartiality and independence Of
the courts through the recall, either Of
judges or of decisions.
This is not Republican doctrine. It Is
opposed to Republican principles It's
adoption would change first the states
and next the nation fro i a government
of law to a government of men, In
which agitation can reverse the action
of the judiciary and destroy the power
and protection of constitutions
The Democratic party is already COM
mitted to this perilous doctrine. It Is
the heir of Populism and has had three
times for its candidate the greatest
Populist of all. William J. Bryan. Even
Governor Harmon turns on these is
sues, after some opposition. and other
candidates for the Democratic nomina-
ton, led by Governor Wilson, accent
the initiative and referendum and are
moving toward the judicial recall
The attempt to carry the national
Republican party in this path has thus
far failed. and should fail.-Philadel-
phia Press
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-10

Englnnd's great coal strike is thing
of the past. Nor did the striking miners
gain much. And this much is certain.
Their gain can scarcely be reckoned
as compensatory for the large losses
and the extreme suffering that she
strike occasioned to the miners anC
many other classes of British workmen
whom the strike threw out of employ
ment for many weeks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-10

of the 1,416 delegates so far chosen
to Iowa's Republican state conVen-
ton, TAI are for Taft, $50 for Cum
minis. and % are for Roosevelt. Pre-
sumably the seven governors also had
Iowa in mind when they were telling
Colonel Roosevelt of the nationwide
public demand that he toss his hat
into the presidential ring.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-10

Residents in the Mexican cities that
are the fighting centers of the pres
ent revolution are assuredIy up
against a tough proposition. Their
homes and business places are no
more secure against looting on the
part of the soldiers defending the pc
sitions than on the part of the forces
which are successful in their attacks
Rebels and regulars seem to vie with
each other as to who can pillage ne
most extensively
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-10
HARD TO KEEP STILL.

We have long had an idea that re-
preston was hard on most people. We
have noticed children that Just could
not sit still. They wanted to be NOV
ing. 1t is the same way with grown
ups. Everybody wants to be moving
The one who sits quietly does It forci-
bly, and at the expense of a good deal
of nerve force. Our theory is that
people ought to be allowed to move
around more. The children ought not
to be rebuked for fighting. Grownups
ought not to be rebuked for swinging
their feet or moving their hands. It
is the hardest job on earth to keer
still, absolutely still.-Lawrence Jour
nal World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-10
when Colonel Roosevelt insists that

When Colonel Roosevelt insists that
the conditions in Illinois, and natural
" the rest of the country, are of
similar purport to what they were in
1858 to 1860, he may possibly have
reference to the price which hay is
bringing these days 1t was quoted
recently, not so far from Illinois, at
$50 a ton, which is a higher price
than it has brought since the Civil
r~ar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-10

That most of the crowds which
gather to hear Colonel Roosevelt
speak are drawn by curiosity is made
plainly apparent by his recent trip
through Indiana. He had big audi
ences in several localities in that state
the other day, and the delegates to the
Chicago convention from Indiana
have already been chosen, including
the four delegates-at-large, who have
bsen instructed for Mr.. Taft
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-10

Ward Speelman's sentence to the
penitentiary for five years won't be
of any particular advantage to society
in general unless it makes decided
impression on other young men who
are inclined to be careless in their
habits and are not particular to the
road through life they are travelling.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-10

in advising Topekans to take 'em
off when the nights are so cool and
the mornings so much colder, Sunny
Flora, the local weather prognosti-
Gator must be an agent before the
fact for the undertakers' trust.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-10

That thief who was able to pick up
a suitcase filled with campaign cor
respOndence of woodrow Wilson,
and walk away with it unassisted,
must be a perfect Samson for
sfrann
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-10

That a Mr.. Graft should be sent tc
the Kansas penitentiary is highly ap-
propriate and in keeping with the senti-
ment of the folk in the Sunf1ower state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-10

And speaking of taking time by the
forelock, some of the major league
baseball clubs have already made ar
rangements for their spring training
for the season of 1918.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-10

Colonel Roosevelt has also snapped
horses on the Canadian reciprocity
proposal, even if it is a decidedly dead
issue at the present time. Notwith-
standing the fact that he emphatically
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-10
EVENING CHAT
By RUTH CAMERON.

! One of the comments which my little
| talk on the psychology of names called
1t on. wrote about the way in which
names seems to be used in cycles-now 4
generation of Ruths, then one of
Dorothys, then flock of Islizabeths. Ny
letter friend writes:
% Uncle Toms Cabin, which was pub
lished, think, early in 1852, read aloud
/ to about twenty women and girls in July
| of that year. One of the most lovabie
characters in the book was Eva, and
know Tor have known, as some of them
lave passed away seven girls who were
born between that time and July OF 1855
who were named Eva. To one who can
recall as far back as I can 1t is interest
ing to see that some of the names of my
youngest schoolmates 1--WE went to school
then at five, and sometimes at four, years
| of age) are being duplicated now, such as
Priscilla Esther Hester Margaret
Barbara Olive Molly Miriam and
many Others
To any of my readers who can remem-
Der the days Of which she speaks, L think
this comment must be especially interest
ing.
1T is a great trial to me- said wom-
an who was born into very large family
remember with gifts all the birthdays IN
our two families, but it is simply impos-
siDle Why, just think, have fifteen
sisters, and brothers, real and in-law,
twenty-seven nephews and nieces, and
about thirty-five uncles and aunts and
COUSINS. mat would mean more than one
gift a week If 1 tried to remember them
all
To this woman and to you, If you are
one of those people who like to remem-
Der the birthdays of your friends and
relatives, but reckon too many of them to
afford any real gift. L suggest the plan
which one dear old lady OF my acquaimt-
ance follows. She has a book, IN which
she keeps the birthday dates of all her
friends. With the help of this memo!an-
DUN she sends each of them a card, tell
ing them that she is thinking of them and
wishing them happiness throughout tbs
coming year.
cards, know the thrill of pleasure which
one feels on being thus unexpectedly re
membered and congratulated by some one
who was under no obligation to do so.
I recommend the plan to anyone who
likes to do kind things.
"I have made up my mind that many
unpleasant things are said and done"
writes one of my 1etteF-friends most cha |
ftably, simply because people have not
had their attention called to them and [
think you might really surprise some peo-
pie by letting them know that operations
are not pleasant subjects for a luncheon
table. I have several times had my appe-
tfte leave me on account of some vivid |
description of an operation, the speaker |
even going so far as to tell what the doe
tor found and the amount of pus re- |
moved. Now I know that everybody will |
say It must have been a very ignorant |
person who would talk of such things, but !
that is not SO. I have in mind a woman |
of education and standing who did this |
very thing
I trust that my friends optimistic belief |
that people do things this simply because |
they have not had their attention called /
to them will be justified.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-10

Arbor Day in kansas for 1912,
which happened to be yesterday.
seems to have been conspicuous for
the general failure of the people to
ohserVa it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-04-10
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Champ CIarks houn' dawss hasn't
been kicked around as much. at any
rate, as has the hat which the col
onel tossed into the ring
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-08-30
A 1000 ACRE PEACH ORCHARD
About Bert Johnson and His Big 600 Acre Orchard at
Highland.

fair % o. successful
This season. on account Of the un-
usually heavy crop of fruit in The
South the Highland orchards accord
z to Mr. johnson, have only net'ed
/. 0 D. n. their station $3.50. oo0. To
Try to bring the net receipts 70 an or
binary income Mr.. Johnson IS selling
Delaware grapes at $l.75 a crate
These are finding ready e at
Northern markets. These grapes are
planted on about 40 acres of land in
the Bert Johnson orchard. and much
larger YIELD will be gathered next year.
In addition to the grapes, there are 200
acres planted in pecans, which from all
appearances will further augment the
income from the orchards. Of course
$3.50. 900 is not much of net income for
a $l00 900 capitalized business, but &C
eording to Mr.. Johnson, hewill endeavor
to get the company to run the business
on at the same old stand
They are shipping peaches only as
far as Japan this year. and expect with
in few years to be shipping them to
tic Souit VI Tile hliiS Vi Ddiiiod mig
George has been the recip ient of several
crates of these peaches and he pronoun-
ces them fairly good.
Of Bert Johnson personally we would
say, that although yet in the prime of
ife, he has attained a success which to
many is but the reward of lifetime of
hard work, but being ambitious,
sharp, energetic and aggressive, he has
forced his way to the front alone and un-
aided, by the exercise of his own intelli-
gence and powers. In years past Mr.
Johnson has had his ups and downs like
the rest ofus. hut now after having Sc
cured a competency for himself he at all
times atfable and approachable, always
has hhe the public good at heart, and
with mind as. bright as ever, and mel
low as well as wise, by experience in life
rightly taken, he is in position to look
both forward and backward and think
well of the world.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-08-30
W. A. HATLEY & co.
Doing Exclusive Real Estate Business
Residents Nevada County Sc Years
and Know the Land

The unprecedented growth of South
western Arkansas and the unexcelled
opportunities offered to homeseekers,
investors, merchants, manufacturers,
and, in fact. to all classes who wish to
better their conditions or enlarge their
business operations, are attracting
many new citizens to the state. To
intelligently present to the new conner
the desirable properties on the market
and inform him correctly and impair
TALLY as 10 their respective values and
possibilities in Nevada and adjoining
counties is the mission of w. A. Hatley
and son, j. W., who compose the above
firm. The word "old timer" used in a
joking way, can be truthfully applied to
but few. but in mention of w. A. Hatley
it can be rightfully used Mr.. Hatley
was born in Tennessee but came to Ne
vada county when less than two years
old, and has resided here more than sc
years. For many years he was promi-
nent in the lumber and mill business,
before entering the real estate line.
and although past Sc years of age Mr..
Hatley could be taken for 40. His son
is graduate of the Cumberland Uni
versity, of Lebanon, Tenn, in law. and
is especially valuable in the business
by attending to all such matters as alb
stracts. transfer papers. etc. The firm
has large number of most desirable
properties for sale in this and adjoining
counties, both improved and unimpro-
we'd. as well as raw land that can be
easily cleared and put into cultivation.
also considerable town and city proper
ty upon W hich money can r e
made by buying as aspeeulation. Both
Mr.. Hatley and his son are owners of
residence and farm property here, and
from having lived here SO long are per
fectlY familiar with the character and
value al lands in this part of the state
eHd tnelr motto IS to always sell a man
A piece of property in way that when
thcy meet him afterward they can look
hum square N the face and know that
- IS their lend Ifyou desire To buy
nor" 1r ~ investment. these genie
ZEN ca" ae depended upon for rel
.ble ..F.-e. aad # Vol wnl write
1em for lists O. bargains. they will
nswer YOU orow9.!y ard give yoq all
formation les red. Call on or write
hem at snre. Their representations
may be absolutely relied upon,
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-08-30
NJ. w. ericsson
A Citizen of Prescott Twenty-Five
Iears--Doing Large Abstract
Business

Intuitively the good man who Is
among the people for any length OF
time becomes so understood by them
that bad men cannot harm him, and
in this issue we cannot omit q short
sketch, at least, of M. w. Greeson,
who has been one of the real build
ers of our city and no man has done
more or given more time and money
for the betterment of the conditions
In our community than he. Mr.
Greeson was born and reared in
northwest Arkansas, but has resided
In our city for twenty-five years. He
received his early education In the
common schools of Clinton, Van
Buren, county, near where he was
born and raised. Later he taught
school three years, the last year be-
ing located at Morrilton, from where
he went to the Cumberland Univer-
sity of Lebanon, Tenn, and after
full course In law came to Prescott
and engaged in the practice until
four years ago, when he retired frcm
the profession to look after his pri-
vate interests. Today, besides eight
or ten thousand acres of land which
he owns and sells to homeseekers or
local people when they desire it, he
has a set of abstract books showing
every foot of land in both Nevada
and Pike counties, and furnishes alb
stracts fully guaranteed correct on
short notice at most reasonable
prices. Mr. Greeson has served the
city as mayor and for several years
on the city council and school board,
and is a member of the sewer COM
mission at this time Did you ever
meet a man that impressed you At
the first acquaintance as being en-
dowed with all the good qualities
that go to make up progressive
refined and cultured gentleman2 1t
is but just to say that NJ, w Greeson
is just such man, and charity, the
greatest of all virtues, is the most
marked trait of his character. Up
right. of answering honesty, beloved
by all for the good that he has done
and is still doing, Mr.. Greeson is a
man among many. He always places
the interests of his town and its peo-
pie in line with his own, and in all
his dealings he is at all times ready
to assist with anything that will
benefit his town or his neighbor. y
thorough business man, true friend,
a jolly fellow, and a gentleman, will
describe his marked characteristics,
and he belongs to that class of which
so many towns are so sorely in need
to build up and look after their every
interest