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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-05-02
FOR SALE-Sixty acre farm, twelv,

room house, barn, 36x4s, lean to
16x36. Orchard with 80 young
apple trees bearing, 25 peach trees
20 plum trees, pear trees, 35 old
apple trees. Running water on the
farm the year round. Five acres
timber; good cellar underneath
house, windmill, both kinds water
in the house. This farm is a clay
loan soil best on earth. Inquire
at Record office. Possession given
on ten days notice x
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-05-02
ITEMS OF PERSONAL INTEREST

Look oven the Wall paper at the N Y
racket store.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-05-02

Buy your timothy and clover seed
of the Alma Elevator Co., who are
prepared to meet your every require
ment in the seed line
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-05-02

Get your lace curtains Numbered at
! $50 Woodwork avenue.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-05-02

Farmers! Buy your seeds of the
Alma Elevator Co. Timothy, Alsyke,
Medium and Mammoth Clover, seed
beans, etc K
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-05-02

FOR SALE-Rebuilt and used Auto
mobiles; any make. Cash or credit.
Union telephone 202. JESS FINK.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-05-02

Dancing party NJ. w. A. Tuesday
evening, May 7th
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-10

p
ing allowed to drink Intoxicating
liquors on lake excursion steam
ers reused board of education to
investigation.
Investigating committee scor-
ed Chicago Is. Haven Steamship
Co. and Graham & Morton Trans
portation Co.
Chicago & S. Haven Co. oper-
ates City of S. Haven and Petos-
key. Graham & Morton Co oper-
ates City of Chicago and City of
Benton Harbor.
Investigating committee gave
Goodrich Transit Co. and Indiana
Transportation Co. clean bill of
health.
Death of Leota Hardy, inmate
of'Chinese resort at 213o Armour
ave-, may end in police being
forced to restrict sale of drugs.
Twenty-second st. police sta
ton first insisted woman died of
pneumonia. Physicians testi-
niony at coroner's inquest show
ed she died of cocaine and NOR
phine poisoning.
City Physician Joseph Springer
says there. have been a dozen
deaths from overdoses of mar
cote poisons in the leyee district
recently.
Another inmate of the Chinese
resort said that the Hardy woman
bought cocaine at Loseff's drug
store, 2Ist and Dearborn SITS.
j. Reardon, employee of Chi
cago postofice for 40 years, is
dead at his home, 2012 Lane
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-10

of being auto bandits who have
been reaping harvest in all parts
of city. =
Sullivan and Morgan have both
long police records. Sullivan now
is wanted in Pontiac, ILL.,, for vio-
lating parole.
Police are trying to connect the
three with murder of Vim. Meise,
ticket agent, at Central ave. sta
ton of Met. L. one week ago.
Mrs. Mary Farmer, rs N. 10th
court, fined SIS by Judge Dicker
for calling strike breaking news
paper driver names.
Illinois Railroad Commission
blames Western Springs wreck
on speed mania of public and U.
S. government.
The commission dragged the
government in by saying that it
demanded that mails be carried
at a speed not consistent with SAT-
ETY..
Residents in neighborhood of
Pine Grove and Wellington SITS.
complain of lack of police protec-
ton.
How can Harrison see that
citizens are protected when he
has to protect the trust news
papers from their own evil mag
nations of what might happen
to them?
Nick Mortensen, painter, 1880
Melrose ST., dead of injuries suf-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-17
EVENING CHAT
BIZ RUTH cAA6ERoN.

Is there anything in all this wide
world any sadder than old age without
any of the dignity, the sweetness, the
philosophy and the unselfishness which
ought to be old ages compensation for
the loss of the infinite riches of youth?
If there is, have yet to see 1t.
A little old lady has come into my
orbit lately. When I first came into
contact with her, had the natural feel
ing of friendship, pity and kindness
which one is likely to entertain towards
a fragile, white-haired, little woman,
especially If she is alone. When came
to approach her more closely, I found
that she deserved such sympathy and
friendship far less than many younger
people, for she was nothing but crab
bed, self-centered sour little creature,
more selfish and more oblivious of other
peoples interests than any thoughtless
young person ever knew.
What a tragedy
For where will that woman find
friends? Youth wins friends in spite Of
selfshness because of the eternal au1
inesca pable charm of youth.
But old age must offer some meas
Ure at least of sweetness and unselfish-
ness to attract friends.
I suspect some one of my readers is
saying Indignantly, 'HThat is wrong.
Youth ought to respect and be kind
to old age no matter how grabbed or
unlovable it isl
Quite so, my friend, that is all true,
but can tell you something still truer.
Youth ought to respect and be kind TO
old age no matter how grabbed or I'M
lovable it is, but youth will not. am
writing, you know, about life, not about
theories.
Now you and and all of us are grow
ing old. Unless an all-powerful Some
thing intervenes-an Intervention which
most of us do not like to contemplate
we are going to be old in COMPARE
lively few years.
Now what kind of people are We go
ing to be? I surely hope we will all be
the kind whom the young people love
to include among their friends, bu1
how can We make sure CT that?
Well, for one thing, we can cultivate
cur interest in other people; we can try
to grow more sympathetic and under
standing as the years go by; we can
tryto broaden our intellectual interests,
and above all, we can try to look on
the bright side of things.
The little old lady of whom I write
was huddled up in her house one bright
spring morning brooding over her
troubles, when one of her neighbors
called to her. Come out to walk with
me and forget your troubles" ST don't
want to forget them" said the unhappy
little creature. II love to brood over my
troubles"
And yet that woman probably won
ders why she doesn't have more friends!
Let's not prepare for that kind of an
old age.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-17
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
TFrom the Chicago News.J

TFrom the Chicago News.1
He who hits the pipe must pay tie
piper
Impressions made by beauty are more
than skin deep.
People never credit a mans virtues as
long as he has a vice.
Peanut politicians should not complain If
they get we'll roasted.
A beggar naturally has a, pinched look
if he is arrested for vagrancy.
Occasionally a. detective forgets to dis
guise his breath with Glove.
The winter of our discomfort is as like
ly to show up in summer as any other
time.
The epicure hates to waste his appetite
on cheap food. and no wonder,
You can't judge the Importance of p
thing by the fuss a woman makes over it.
A man seldom realizes that he's a fool
until other people have known it TOR
years.
But the man who masters a hard life is
of more Importance than the man who is
mastered by an easy one.
1t doesn't follow that a frenzied finan-
cier would make a successful farmer be-
cause he knows how to water stock
AS a matter of fact, there isn't enough
truth in the world to keep the tongues
of gossip Observation-Disclosures, you can
draw your own conclusion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-17
THE PAWNsHoP WINDOW.

Rings and things of diamond, ruby and
pallid pearl
Hang in the tawdry window marked at
price to sell;
Jewels that bedecked princess or merely
a chorus girl
(ROSenbaum knows the story each lit
tie gaud can telI-
This, says the broker, was Hunger"
touching a costly pin;
This sparkling tiara-.this was
Here a diamond betrothal, worn by 4
blushing bride
Yonder pistol that tells tale of muir
der and suicidei"
Rosenbaum knows each story-the baubles
banked to the wall;
Feeble beneath the sickly light, wonder
full once they cleaned;
rise and fall
Honor and Hope and sometimes Faith
are pledges marked ''Unredeemed!'
This was a tribute to Understanding
a wedding band;
t'This,'' circlet of gorgeous flame, came
from an actress hand
Bracelets of jade and jasper, worn with
a woman's pride
Yonder pistol that tells tale OF muir
der and Suicidei"
Rings and things of diamond, relics of
days of long gone,
Tagged in the tawdry window-half the
Rosenbaum knows the story of each trir-
ket marked "Out of Pawn
Playthings of Fate and Fortune pledged
and the tickets lost.
This says the broker, was Envy
showing an emerald green;
'fThis''-a collar of priceless pearls was
a one-day Broadway queen
Here some trifles of little worth with
stories of Love-, he sighed
''Yonder a pistol which tells a tale OF
Damon Runyon. in the New York
American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-17
AYHAWKER JOTsS

Excellent advice. from the Haskell
County Republican: Attend church, it
might do you some good.
Big crops solve more problems
than all the loud orators, points out
the Mound Valley Herald.
Any man. rightly declares the Mum
den Peoples Advocate, who won't de-
clare where he stands has no business
in office.
If the Darwin theory is correct.
says the jamestown Optimist, a lot OF
monkeys must feel mighty queer when
they see some Of their descendants
Pip Daniels of the Howard Courant
remarks that some men seem to ig-
more all the Ten Commandments, and
observe only the Eleventh, Thou shalt
not be found out y
A Wakeeney woman, reports the
Wakeeney News says that big men
make better husbands than us skinny
fellers. It's harder for them to get
into the house later at night without
being heard
Peter Schofield, farmer In Hodg-
man county, posted this notice on the
and school at Losser; The LORD mas
spared my stock My horses have
gone through the epidemic without
loss have twenty head of horses
to lend to my less fortunate neigh
bors without charge, for blowing.
Those who need are welcome to
them
Related by the Fort Scott Tribune;
A Young man with a severe stigma
tism in one of his eyes, went to see
his doctor. OF course the boy believed
that one dose of medicine should cure
him. so he kept telling the doctor he
was in a hurry The doctor took his
time and deliberately poured one kind
of medicine into another, shaking each
we'll. At last as he handed the bottle
to the young man he said: Put some
of this in your eye three times day
yes. DOCTOR returned the boy, but
shall 1 put this in my eye before or
after dlnner?
It is estirrat on good authority
that next to a monkey wrench, hair
min is the most used invention. A
woman can open a time lock, burglar
proof safe with a measly hair pin.
Thev use them to scratch their heads,
button their shoes, pick their teeth,
punch bed hugs out of cracks, run into
cakes to see if they are sufficiently
baked, clean finger nails. fasten up
stray bangs, pick out nuts, lit stove
lids. clean their ears and do many
other thinGs-Lebanon Times. TO
this, Editor White of the Ph1ll1psDurg
Dispatch adds: 'It is all true, or the
boys down there would not nave print
ed if. The other morning in reaching
for a match to discover the time, the
writer happened to get hold of one OF
these nins on the dresser and gave it
a swish across the appraised lImb-you
can guess what happened. A hair pin
is useful in many ways, but our ad-
vice is don't attempt using one as a
noatch-the difference is keenly pain
fully felt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-17

her program and was conscious of being
glad. Something about the big slx-toot
westerner attracted her. She even pouted
that two dances came before her first
waltz with Durant.
A sudden fierce jealousy swept over
Doreen when she saw Durant dancing
with another girl Yet when he stooo
beside her waiting for the first bar OK
music for their dance she realized tnat
he had not looked at the other girl as ne
was looking at her. She blushed, anc
smiled up into his eyes
The music began and Durant put ms
arm about Doreen. She caught a swirl
breath and felt strangely contented
You are very small person., he SAT-,
with a boyish laugh, and Doreen looked
up startled. His laugh was familiar III
some vague, sweet way.
Suddenly Durant was conscious OF
haunting fragrance. He drew deep
breath and his arm frightened about TN
girl whose hair was wild with the scent
that gladened his heart
DO you know" he whispered down
into her ear that held you in my arms
one evening-in London?" Durants voice
was not quite steady. SO great was the
sudden appearing of his dream girl
st knew-when you laughed, Doreen
whispered back, as If she were fearful
lest the very wonderment of the moment
be disturbed by aught save soft voices
Copyright 1912 by McClure's Newspaper
Syndicate)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-17
QUAKER INDICATIONS.
TFrom the Philadelphia Record

TFrom the Philadelphia Record.]
Many theories refuse to work; also
many theorists.
1t is one thing to gain experience, ard
another thing to profit by it.
Put man on his feet and he will some
times turn around and kick you
The fellow who follows his own inclin II
lions doesn't always have a good pace
maker.
A man regards his clothes something
to put on, a woman regards hers as some
thing to show off.
Our respect for old age and gray HAIRS
is apt to Wane when we find them merged
in the boarding house butter.
Some people are so fond of hearing them
selves talk that they don't know the DE-
ference between a conversation and
monologue.
We are told that economy is wealth, but
have you ever noticed that the peoI lie
who practice it all their lives are not the
ones who die rich?
Tommy-''Pop. a synonym means another
term, doesn't it?'' Tommy's Pop-''Ycs,
my SON." Tommy-''Do you think either
I aft or Roosevelt will get synonym -
Wigg-"Wo think too much OF
clothes" Wagg-"B don't know about
that. If Mother Eve had had more
clothes to think about she probaDIy
wouldn't have cared SO much for apples -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-17
GLOBE SIGHTS
eY THE ATCHIsON GLOBE.

So many things are possible but not
probable.
If a man is prosperous his ciOei4eS
should show it.
Somehow we always think of man
-nilIiner as a perfect lady
A secret ceases to be secret When II
becomes a partnership affair
When boy can't eat a little more II
is time to dash for the doctor.
1t is so easy to subscribe to worthy
cause and so hard to pay up
About this time of year dirty elbows
begin to disappear from view
Ever occur to you that you aren't as
polite to the merchants as the travelling
men are?
one trouble with the human race is that
so many minds don't grow up as the
bodies do
A man who contracts ivy poison white
seeking the pawpaw deserves little or
no sympathy.
Why doesn't some original magazine
publisher run a girls picture as a cover
page illustration.
man who boasts of his wealth before
trying to borrow money, might arouse
little suspicion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-17

body in the city who is blessed with
sufficient means should take part.
There is an exodus these days of
solvent manufacturing concerns, large
and small, from the big cities of the
country to smaller ones where the en-
vironment is better for their en-
ployees, where property and rentals
are cheaper, where taxes are lower
Topeka should be in position to get
her share of these industries that are
moving from metropolitan centers
With the proposed Industrial Bureau
in good working order the necessary
agency will be at hand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-17
Bic Husbands Best.

Big men make the best husbands
and little men with sharp, thin noses
are especially to be avoided, according
to Mrs. Anna Murphy. chief police
matron, in her official report to Chief
of Police McWeeny.
Mrs. Marie Leavitt. clerk of the
court of domestic relations, also for
warded a report in which she jolted
the little men.
Big men, whether it is in business
or in matrimony. are easiest to get
along with" wrote Marron Murphy
'They are more likely to be easy go
ing and less irritable and more gener-
Gus. The little man is more likely to
be nervous and fidgety.
"A man with sharp, thin nose is
apt to be a scold. Where a man of
small stature is endowed with a nasal
organ of this sort you have a bad COM
bination. There you have a prize
fault-finder. He will rail at every
thing from the way the steak is cook
ed to the way his socks are darned.''
Mrs. Leavitt added this:
The small men greatly outnumber
the big men in the cases that come
before this court. Most of our cases
are for nonsupport, and on this cCm-
plant the little, unskilled man is the
worst offender by far."--Chicago dis
patch to New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-17
washington a Model city.

There is much force in the conten-
ton that nations capital city should
be a model in its plan, administratio 4,
and civic results. Necessity makes it
a center to which influential citizens
must go at intervals in efforts to pro
cure legislation, modify administra
tive rulings, and await rulings of the
judiciary. If such representatives of
sectional and local interests find the
capital to be not only a seat of politi
cal power, nationally considered, but
also attractive from the esthetic
standpoint. wholesome as a place of
residence, and enjoying a maximum Of
service from urban officials for wages
and salaries received, then the Wis
its become educational, and what the
visitors see at the heart of the nation
they carry back to it's extremities.
This being so, who can begin to es-
innate the influence upon provincial
France of the emphasis placed by the
nation on adornment of Paris? But
a capital city is venerable, congeSted,
and notable for it's submerged TENTH"
New ideals are with difficulty imposed
on such aggregationS of humanity and
vested interests. The best conceivable
chance is when a commonwealth like
Australia starts a city de novo on u
selected tract, chooses a city plan by
international competition, and pl O.
vides that, so far as outward aspects
of life go, there shall be rational
order of development. washington,
with L'Enfant's plan, began with 81
fine scheme so far as typographical
evolution was concerned; and it bids
fair, under the more recently conceiv-
ed plan of development by esthetic
experts, to continue its growth as ono
of the most beautiful of capital cities.
But only of late have other aspects
of model city life been squarely faced
by it's residents, aspects that have to
do with housing of the common peo-
pie, elimination of slums, development
of suburban residence sections, and
equity in taxation. Efforts to make
the national capital model city only
reflect a rising demand within and
without the District of Columbia.
Americans want Washington to be
beautiful and more besides.
Not without some significance is the
growing sentiment within the city for
a larger measure of home rule. 1t is
possible to retain both federal control
and federal assumption of a major
part of expenditure, and at the same
time to concede to the people free-
use of ordinary rights of citizenship.
Christian Science Monitor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-17
HUNOR or THE DRY

Art First.-Artist Csurprising burglary
Stay Just where you are for five min
utes: The light effect is simply fine,
-F'iegende Blaetter.
Willie's View.-The Tired Business Mar
(sorrowfully)-Say, Willie, my wife died
this morning. won't be down this after
noon Be sure that the mail gets to the
postoffice. Willie (wistfullyJ-Yessi Say,
boss, If yer gifts der chanst phone some Jf
der score in--Chicago Record-Heraid.
That boy of mine has a great future as
a politician" proudly boasted the father.
How is that?r Nv hen a dispute arises
during a ball game his companions eau
him every name that they can think OF
and it never disturbs him in the Least
Buffalo Express.
Easily Arranged" BY the Sea. Is a
very pretty title for your picture" said
the interested onlooker. But the sea -
too green and the waves are too fury !,
That's So" replied the artist. 'I'H paint
some branches and twigs into it and cali
It The Woodland Way washington
Star. va
In Customary ParIance-sarhere's oriv
one fault / have to find with that finan-
cial hacker" said the candidate ira a tone
Of annoyance. What is that?" .sHe
keeps referring to our party platform a.
a prospectus '-Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-17
JOURNAL ENTRIES

He is also an unusual man who
gets out of a rut.
One mans failure is generally an
others opportunity.
Some men are even unable to fool
the people any of the time.
All is fair in love and war only
from the viewpoint of the victOrs.
Every woman makes a solemn vow
never to buy another thing from an
agent and she usually keeps it until
the next agent stops at her door.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-17
DAFFYDMS
BIZ U. NOALL.

If Cousin Jane was coming from
Oshkosh on the 9:15 train would the
taximeter?
(Call a court martial This man is
the boob that put the arm in army.)
If you have feet have mosquitoes?
(We're perfectly safe, pal They've
put bloodhounds on our Irail)
Can you use a door to put up pre-
serves in when it's a ajar?
(Out of my dooryard. No duck can
Quack at me-)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-17

Many politicians have talked them
selves black in the face over the need
of steps being taken to eliminate the
federal patronage evil from politics.
President Taft has made a big begin
ming in this direction by signing the
order putting 5000 fourth class post
masters under the classified civil ser
vice. President Taft is no. so strong
on talk. But he does things worth
while. And that is what counts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-17

Those Bull Moose editors who are
insisting that Schrank was aroused to
mis- terrible deed by the newspaper
criticism of Colonel Roosevelt's pres
ent political pretensions, surely do not
charge that any newspaper has ever
suggested that Colonel Roosevelt was
the real murderer of William McKin-
ley because he wished to succeed him
in the presidency. And this is one of
tho chief reasons that Schrank has
given for his attempt on the celonePs
fife
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-17

Governor Wilson assuredly arose to
the occasion in magnificent fashion
when he cancelled all his speaking
dates until Colonel Roosevelt is able
to take an active part again in the
presidential campaign. AS he says it
would scarcely be hitting that there
should be a single candidate on the
presidential stump engaged against no
active antagonist. President Taft has
not been active in the campaign He
has laurels a-plenty on which to rest
I,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-17

Apple jelly is likely to become Won
derfully popular with the lads who
are figuring on shining in the baseball
arena Rube Marquard insists that he
was able to pitch his second winning
game against the Red Sox because of
some OF this delectable stuff that he
received on the morning of the game
from his grandmother.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-17

struck eight. They had few min
utes Ieeway. Were they discussing
politics or the attempted assassination
of Theodore Roosevelt? No, indeed.
They were all talking at once with
good natured. gusto and with differing
opinions as to whether the New York
Giants or the Boston Red Sox would
win the deciding game of the worlds
series.