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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATS JOUENAL WEDNESDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 4, 1907.
TOPhKA mn JOURiUL
By FRANK P. MAC LEXXAX.
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OP THE ASSOCIATED PKKSS.
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Associated Prena and r-;vs the Wll day
taletrrarh rer"rt of that grea new or
ganisation 'or tne exclusive m trawM
po Mica t ton !u Topka.
The news is rene'.vwl In Th State Itot
nal building over wire for tola sole pur
pose. William H. Taft. secretary of war,
V. S. A., was welcomed to Moscow In
a way quite different from that ac
corded to Napoleon.
R. F. Hayden, Judge of the probate
court, evidently does not think much
of "spotter" evidence. There are lots
Of folks like him In this particular.
Commendation is due the city coun
cil for passing a drastic ordinance to
prohibit the. indiscriminate sale of
morphine and cocaine which has been
Indulged in too freely.
"Far more exciting; and interesting
would it be for the units of the bat
tleship fleet to indulge in a real race
from Hampton Roads through the
Straits of Magellan and on to Frisco.
R, C. Home, who shot H. J. Grove,
and O. D. Woodward during an alter
cation over the affairs of the Kansas
City Post, expresses sorrow over the
resulting death of Mr, Groves. That
doesn't help Mr. Groves at this time.
Because Aokl. the Japanese ambas
sador to the United States, has been
recalled at just about the time that
the big United States fleet is to set
sail for the Pacific, the Jingoes will
have a fine chance to yell that a war
is imminent.
Robert M. La Follette, XT. S. senator
from Wisconsin, has added materially
to his qualifications as presidential
timber. He has returned recently
from a bear and deer hunt and has
had his pictures taken with the tro
phies of the chase.
Not a second glance, is needed at
the "batting" averages of the ball
players in the Western association to
realize that they refer to work on the
diamond with the willow. Some of
them averaged nearly 1,000 in "bat
ting" along other lines.
Senator Curtis of Kansas can no long
er pose as the only wearer of a toga
Who Is a descendant of the original
American race. He will have to divide
the honors with Senator Owen of Ok
lahoma who is proud of one eighth
Cherokee Indian blood in his veins.
It's a case of out of the frying pan
and into the fire for John R. Ha Re
man, president of the Metropolitan
Life Insurance company. Maybe he
can get some satisfaction out of be
big freed from charges of forgery
only to be held on charges of perjury,
but the average Individual would, not.
Good for General Hughes, the
Councilman from the Sixth ward.
There may be some .differences of
opinion over the propriety of fining
men and boys who are caught riding
on bicycles in the state house grounds.
But there Is no good reason why the
fines of some should be remitted and
the fines of others made to stand.
Coincidences are peculiar things al
ways. So is this one In particular.
Whenever a cold day comes suddenly
and the gas stoves are needed at full
blast, then there is a shortage , in the
gas supply. And the reason that Is
given by the local gas company is al
ways the same "They're fixing the
pumping plant at Sciplo."
Chicago comes to the front with
something novel In the way of clubs.
To be eligible to membership in the
new organization one must be a grass
widow or a grass widower. Already
18 9 men and women have applied for
membership. Probably the funda
mental idea underlying the club is
how to profit by the mistakes of the
past and not get lemnnized the next
time.
Washington dispatches say that
Joseph L. Brlstow came near getting
another federal appointment from the
president the other day. Mr. Roose
velt is reported as saying that he
would like nothing better than to give
Mr. Bristow another Job. The next
Job at Washington that Mr. Brlstow
hankers after is a United States sena
tOrship from Kansas. There are
others.
The verdict of "not guilty" in the
Mrs. Bradley case only goes to dem
onstrate again that it is well nigh Im
possible to secure at the hands of an
American Jury, the conviction of a
woman for murder in the first degree
when there is any evidence to show
that she has been wronged grievously
or otherwise be her victim. The fa
pioua Nan Patterson case will be re
called, as another example of this
fact.
PAY YOCB BILLS PROMPTLY.
Now that the scarcity of money seems
to be the. "root of all evil" countless
discussions are going on as to the ways
and means of bringing out the foolishly
hoarded millions.' In most cases the
echoes of the talk are about the only
results and little of account Is actually
accomplished. To do a thing, some
thing must be done -and the ability of
the business men and the merchants
throughout the country, irrespective of
bank officials, to "get right down to
brass tacks" and do something is to be
relied upon in the present emergency.
It would seem that much could be
accomplished to restore business condl-
tlons to their normal and prosperous
state through the medium of "accounts
payable" and "accounts receivable" in
other words through the prompt pay
ment of bills not only between bust
ness men, merchants and manufacturers
but between these gentlemen and their
hosts, of debtors who have accounts
with them. Particularly is this true of
local conditions' where the people as a
whole are treated with great courtesy
by the merchants and manufacturers
In the extension of credit.
Of course it must be admitted as a
fact that a business concern, a corpora
tion, or an individual cannot pay out
money, or its equivalent, unless it has
a large cash surplus or can collect from
its debtors the moneys that are due.
Collections are now slower than normal.
not only in this locality but all over
the country- It logically follows, there
fore, that to resume payments of ac
counts due, accounts receivable must
be started coming in. If that can be
done it will serve as a helpful factor at
the present time. There does not seem
co be any good reason, as far as local
conditions are concerned, why the aver
age debtor to the business men and
merchants should not meet his obliga
tions promptly. Salaries in all fields of
endeavor in this vicinity have been go
ing on as usual either In real money or
its equivalent. It Is just as easy for
the individual to settle his ordinary
debts now as It ever was. - And it Is
senseless for him to let these debts run
along on the theory that he ought to
hold on to his money for the hard times
that the pessimists have been howling
about but which hard times are largely
a state of mind" as President Wood-
row Wilson of Princeton university so
aptly puts it. Quite as easy. Is it, for
the average Individual to meet the bills
presented on the first of the month
within a few days of that time as It is
to meet them at the middle of the
month or at the end of the month when
another bill is about due. Prompt pay
ment of bills by individuals will give
the business men and merchants a
working capital on which to conduct
their business and will permit them to
be prompt in settling their obligations
with each other and with manufac
turers.
So the prompt payment of bills by
everyone at this time would go a great
ways, it would seem, in restoring con
fidence and prosperity for all concern
ed. The spirit of patriotic co-operation
should govern every one at this time,
and, the most practical method la for
everyone to pay each other the bills
which are owed.
American merchants and manufac
turers and American individuals have
never been found wanting in a patriotic
emergency.
Nor will they In this one where the
shoulder of everyone to the wheel in
the prompt payment of bills will help
so much.
A CHANCE FOR REFORM.
One of the obnoxious, in fact one of
the really pernicious practices which Is
indulged in and permitted in this city
is the annoyance and disturbance of
two-thirds of the audience at the im
portant and interesting theatrical pro
ductions by the other third which finds
it convenient to reach the theater all
the ay from one to 15 minutes after
the curtain has been rung up. Such a
noise is created by the seating of this
tardy one-third that it is impossible
for the rest of the audience to hear a
line that is being said upon the stage.
And the necessary bobbing up and down
of the folks, who have reached the
theater on time to allow the dilatory
ones to get their seats, makes it equal
ly impossible to see what is happening
on the stage.
At the two big shows, which have
been at the Grand recently, the Otis
Skinner production and "The Man of
the Hour," great annoyance was caused
to the majority of the audiences by late
arrivals. A few late arrivals might be
tolerated but when they come in droves
as they did on these occasions there IS
no reason or excuse for their tolera
tion. And it's a sad commentary on the
consideration and good manners of the
people of the community, when It must
be said that the chronic offenders In
this particular are those who wish to
be dubbed on all occasions as of the
"society" of the city, members of the
"ultra smart set," designations by
which they seek to convey the idea that
they are a little superior in all ways
to the average citizen. It would appear
that they are the very ones, they of the
leisure class, who should have no trou
ble In arranging their time so as to
reach the theater promptly.
There is one remedy for this annoy
ing practice. Just one. The manage
ment of the theater should see to it
that persons, who arrive after the per
formance has started, are detained in
the lobbies until the end of the first
act when they can be ushered to their
seats without hindering the bulk of the
audience from enjoying the play In its
entirety. This Is done in theaters In
other cities. It should be done here.
Dollar for Dollar.
Congressman Victor Murdock met
Taylor Riddle he who used to be
chairman of the Populist state com
mittee on a train a few days ago. Mr.
Murdock asked Mr. Riddle for his
"views" on the present situation. Rid
dle replied In substance that in 1896
when Kansas and the west was almost
bankrupt as result of crop failures
and scarcity of money, the east rose
up as one man and demanded of the
west that they meet their obligations
promptly ln good 100-cent dollars,
with no repudiation. Taylor said that
the west "came through." but it
took luxuries from the home, the
clothes and food from the children
and left the homes almost desolute.
but the west raid in good, bard dol
lar. "Now." said Taylor to Vic
"when you get back there we don't
want any asset currency. We want
you to see that the east comes through
and pays the west what It owes In
good, hard money." Kansas City
Star.
JOURNAL ENTRIES fl
It is a mighty 111 wind that can
not raise the dust on Kansas avenue.
-
Right soon now an admonition to
keep cool will be superfluous.
Old but good adivlce. If you stick
your finger In the fire you're bound
to get burned.
A hundred in the pocket Is more
useful just now than ten thousand in
the bank.
Natural gas is Cheap and like all
cheap things it cannot be depended
on. -
Nickeldom is having its ups and
downs at Wichita. The downs are in
the lead now. There are only three
five cent shows in the city, where there
used to be six. This is hard on the
theater going public of the Peerless
Princess.
Brown county is proud of a nine
teen-year-old mother who has three
children and who was not married
until she was seventeen years old.
The first child was followed thirteen
months later by twins. All the chil
dren are hale and hearty.
In Garden City the Santa Fe re
fused to pay telephone rent and the
telephone company took out the
phone. They did the same thing in
Canton, but the business men mads
such a roar that they have a phone
ln now ana are paying lor it.
August Schmidt, an employe ln the
Carr mine at Leavenworth, has brought
suit for $500 for the loss of one finger
nail which was occasioned by an acci
dent in the mine a couple of months
ago. It is interesting to conjecture
what Mr. Schmidt would have wanted
had he lost a finger.
While ojhn Shellhaas'- delivery
wagon was passing through the Bartell
House alley ln Junction City one day
last week, a live electric light wire fell
striking the delivery wagon and horse.
The horse's right front leg was severely
cut, and its entire left side was para
lyzed for a short time, ine norse would
have been killed had not some one cut
the wire.
Cyrus Le Land's men finished the
fourth cutting of alfalfa last week on
his Burr Oak farm, near Troy, and It
is estimated they put up 100 tons from
35 acres. The hay Is worth 114 in St.
Joseph, about $10 in Troy. This har
vest makes $1,000 on the fourth cut
ting off this land. This cutting was
much smaller than any of the other
three harvests.
A strange condition of affairs pre
vailed ln Atchison on Sunday last, as
is evidenced by the following para
graph ln the Globe for Monday: "Atch
ison was good yesterday. Not a sin
gle arrest was made for drunkenness.
A reporter who was on ' Commercial
street several times yesterday after
noon and last night did not see. the
slightest evidence of drinking,"
Ah Interesting and exciting rabbit
hunt occurred on Thursday in Sumner
county near Clearwater, The party
consisted of citizens of Clearwater and
Wellington. A wire 400 feet long was
fastened between two wagons that dis
tance apart. The hunters stationed
themselves along the wire at various
points and ln this way they drove across
the country. There were about 30 peo
ple in the party and the hunters In
their day's hunting report the killing
of 103 Jackrabblts. They also say that
some of them were as large as coyotes.
Dr. Reynolds sold a bull to O. M.
Keats. The bull felt pretty good and
when a farm hand came Into the field
it knocked him down. The man
might have been pawed or gored to
death but he instantly put up his hand
and accidentally caught hold of the
ring ln the bull's nose. That's the
tender spot about a bull and by hang
ing on to the ring the man led the
snorting bull to a fence. Jumped over
and got away. He can't be induced to
go near the bull's field , any more.
Horton Headlight.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
From the Chicago News.
No well-bred millionaire boasts or
his dough.
When a man lo full he Isn't fully re
sponsible. Justice, it would seem, Is both blind
and deaf.
Wise is he who kicks only at the
things that can't kick back.
A woman can keep a secret if no
body cares whether she does or not.
Things you can't explain are gener
ally none of your business anyway.
How easy It is for a man to think
of the right excuse at the wrong time.
Count your own faults before at
tempting to enumerate 'those of your
neighbor.
A good many men who get credit
for being close-mouthed are in reality
too lazy to talk.
The Kansas man who, at the age of
95, recently took unto himself a wife
Is a living example of the fact that
one never gets too old to be foolish.
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
From the Philadelphia Record.!
Heated discussions are apt to result
In cool friends.
A horse doesn't always win on form,
neither does a chorus girl.
Breezy conversation is generally
tinctured with the breath of scandal.
The fallow who feels that the world
owes him a living is generally a pretty
poor collector. . .
Beggers should ' be provided with
slots in which you could drop a nickel
and see them go.
The beauty about loud attire, from
one point of view, Is that it has the
courage to speak for itself.
The man who throws a banana skin
on the sidewalk is to oe condemned
almost as much as the banana skin
that throws a man ln the same place.
Nell "How could she ever fall In
love with that red-headed fellow?"
Belle "But, my dear, he is devotion
Itself. . He has even said he would dye
for her."
"Do you think my case Is bad, doc
tor?" asked the nervous patient.
"Bad?" exclaimed the enthusiastic
young physician. "Why. It's beautiful
sir; beautiful. There are no less than
a dozen complications." .. ..
A warrior bold who knows no fear,
j. sing me moving man; - ...
For though he may bring up the rear.
He's always in the Tan. . . r
JAY HAWKER JOTS j
KANSAS fOMMENT
ONLY THE IGNORANT SWEAR.
' The more Ignorant the man, the moro
he swears. When you hear a man
swearing it la a sign that he Is an Ig
norant man. and has lived ln uncul
tured surroundings all his life. A well
known writer, on the development of
language asserts that the use of ex
pletives has been steadily diminishing
as a result of the cultivation that ren
ders coarseness generaly distasteful.
Apart from the moral aspects of the
case. It Is held that what may be call
ed the explosives of talk not only repel
the listener, but weaken the argument.
An excess of gestures or facial expres
sion, of grimaces, shrugs and manual
flourishes, either show the poverty of
the tongue, or the lightness of the
cause advocated, and what are intend
ed as intensives have an opposite effect.
Atchison Globe. - ;
EVIDENTLY AGIN HIM.
The one clause of the federal consti
tution which President Roosevelt takes
seriously, and which, as he construes it.
makes all other clauses supernuous ana
nugatory. Is the "general welfare
clause. He regards himself as the sole
judge of the general welfare. He knows
nothing and he cares nothing Dut ror
the - general welfare. Constitutional
limitation on power or upon the powers
of congress must be ' regarded as
straight-jackets and shattered accord
ingly. For to him general welfare
means Roosevelt's political welfare, the
increase his power, the destruction of
local self-government, and the concen
tration of all political power in his own
hands. This Hamitonlan interpretation
of the constitution Is nothing new. It
Is merely intensified under the present
administration. Parsons Eclipse.
- WOULD SEEM SO.
The Kansas supreme court has held
that when a railroad company puts
automatic couplers on Its cars in com
pliance with the federal law, the com
pany's obligation ceases. It cannot be
forced to maintain the couplers in good
repair after they are placed on the cars.
Is this an intimation that after a com
pany has built Its road it cannot be
compelled to keep the tracks in repair?
Kansas City Star-
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FORGET THE DATE.
"There will be a further drop In the
prices of provisions and meats," says
an Armour manager. lie rorgot to
name the date of the supposed previous
drop. There has been a drop per head
on the price of the animal on hoof, but
sausage holds to the same old Inflation.
Wichita Eagle.
KANSAS REGULATION.
Seeing how the joints prospered ln
certain cities under the system of reg-
Sia"LB.S ZXLZ-SK
harvester trust to conclude that ln
view of the ouster proceedings the reg
ulating process wasn't as bad as at first
thought. Sallna Journal-
A SPREE SOMETIMES GOOD.
Prof. James, the most distinguished
psychologist of America, If not of the
world, says that a spree does some men
good- That doctrine, however, will not
tend to make psychology popular in
prohibition circles, Kansas City Post.
IS IT NOT THE TRUTH?
The fortune of : $3,000,000 left by the
late Robert Plnkerton shows that it
sometimes' Is profitable to mind other
people's busIness--Norton Telegram.
FROM O THER PENS
RATHER ; PERTINENT.
President- Woodrow Wilson objects
to President Roosevelt because he Is
told that as mon as Roosevelt thinks
he talks. The only way to make a
thought valuable to anybody, but the
thinker is to give it expression, orally
or in writing. A great many people
get a reputation for wisdom by saying
nothing, when If they started to talk
their shallowness would be discovered.
Roosevelt has given the world a great
many good thoughts, whether they
were uttered as soon as formed or not.
If the president of Princeton college
has contributed as much to the
world's progress or the world's peace,
or the world's prosperity by his ex
pressed opinions, as has President
Roosevelt, the world Is yet to learn of
It. Lynn (Mass.) Evening Item.
FOOTBALL PROCEEDS.
Yale and Harvard divided $68,000
between them as the proceeds of last
Saturday's football game. Yale's to
tal receipts for the season were $80,
000. It is suggested that the charac
ter of college sport would be raised by
making It free, the expenses to be met
by endowment or tne colleges, un tne
other hand it
inniia nmHmfa ns ir
the colleges might rather be endowed '
by football. That would still be an j
advance over the lottery as a source
of funds. Nebraska State Journal.
UP AGAINST IT.
Joseph S. Lauber of Waterbury,
Conn., a successful legal practitioner
and a Yale graduate, gives a new
reason for quitting the profession. He
wishes; to engage ln some occupation
where he will not see so much suffer
ing. He will not find It ln the minis
try, and certainly not in meaicine.
And If he takes to farming wnat musi i the present demoralization
we rotnMmTCfdm,ot the United States
away the cow's
pnuu : mumcv
Journal. . . . S
MAY LOSE A FRIEND.
John D. Rockefeller says the worst
part of the money stringency is over,
and, furthermore, he refuses to believe
that Roosevelt was wholly responsible
. i . v., v. ri 1 - iiitaIi. n
wake up some morning ana aiscover
that he has lost the unanimous sup
port of Chancellor Day. Chicago
Record Herald.
CERTAINLY.
Of course. You can not lower the
tariff when times are ticklish lest It
mav make them worse: and you can
not lower It when' times are good lest
it mav unset things. The only states
manship, it seems, is postponement of
the necessary and inevita-Dje. mew
York World.
PLENTY OF MONEY.
An Oregon farmer disposed of his
wheat crop the other day for a little
more than $70,000. Under the cir
cumstances he probably takes only a
mild interest ln the rumor that the
country needs more ready money.
Washington Post.
PROBABLY SO.
It is thought that the Texas man
who predicted that the world would
"come to an end" on the first of Jan
uary next is an antl-prohlbitlonlst who
left Georgia when the late legislature
adjourned. Atlanta Constitution.
TO WAIT ISTO STARVE.
They tell us the price of food nec
essities Is going down, but man, un
happily,, can't live on expectations
however allurlng.4-Cleveland Plain
dealer. - , -v 1
A SOVEREIGN REMEDY.
Peep breathing is the thing to try If you
are feelintr slarrk.
It brightens the lack-lustre
eye
and
straightens ud the hack.
It soothes you when you cannot sleep; it
makes you hale and stout.
And furthermore It's sure to keep your
hair from falling out.
Deep breathing Is the thing for you if you
are on the fritz;
It drives away the devils blue and sharp
ens up the wits.
To broken hearts or livers bad relief it
soon will bring.
Deep breathing is the latest fad; it's good
for everything.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Crippling Power of 111 Health.
There are probably very few people
in the world who could not be per
fectly well and strong if they had
known the secret of right thinking in
their youth and had practiced it
through life. That a right life must
follow right thinking is as scientific
as the laws of mathematics. Unfortu
nvtely' some of u were not taught
this. All sorts of discordant, weak,
criminal thoughts played havoo with
our minds before we learned what de
vasation was being effected in us.
Habit had so fixed the trend of life,
and the tendencies of action, that we
were almost slaves to it and to our
environment. .
How many thousands of homes
have been wrecked by poor health!
What tragedies have been wrought by
shattered nerves and broken down
constitutions, even in the lives of
good-intentioned people! "Mentally
able, but physically weak," would
make a good . epitaph on the tomb
atone of many a failure. --
If we only knew the secret of think
ing ourselves into health, Into a suc
cess ghpere. or how to aurround our
serves with a healthful prosperous
atmoscphere, we should know how to
solve the greatest problem of life, I
lie brain gets a great deal of credit
which belongs to the stomach and to
the muscles hpysique with a good will
back of it all, will accomplish more in
life than ten talents ln a weak body.
What we need is a strong, vigorous
vitality which will stand a tremendous
strain.
Who can measure the disaster to
the individual and to the world which
is caused by botched work, due to ill
health?
Health Is the very mainspring of
life, for, without it, dispositions are
ruined, lives are darkened and made
wretched, efficiency is destroyed,
freshness and enthusiasm and the
zest which comes from normal living
are all gone. What a blessing It is to
feel that equipoise, that splendid baU
ance which exists between a sound
mind and a sound body! Orison
Swett Marden in Success Magazine.
How He Escaped Being Rich.
' concur a Ter charrctrrlsticeich
of Uncle Joe Cannon by George Fitch.
McCutcheon made the cartoons for
the article. Here is Mr. Fitch's de
scription of how the speaker avoided
becoming an ordinary plutocrat:
"Cannon saw that, barring acci
dents, he was going to be very rich
indeed. He was going to wear clothes
made for him instead of for humanity
in general. He was going to build a
stone house, eat off an assortment of
plates every meal, fall Into the hands
of a-valet, slide downhill Into a sum
mer home, then into New York, and
finally Into liver complaint and a mar
ble sarcophagus, an ordinary- model
'D' millionaire, cut, set and polished
like any other one-carat financial
light. As a Cannon he would be a
smooth bore, and nothing, more. .
"Wher. .the. Danville man had finish
ed mapping out this awful fate, he
vowed a vow that, no matter how rich
he became, he would never be an
ordinary millionaire. He would be
neither a kid-finished plutocrat nor a
wild and woolly new-rich. He would
combine the best features of both Into
something entirely new. He would
retain al lthe habits of honest poverty
which were comfortable and would
acquire all the tricks of wealth which
weren't uncomfortable. He would be
as refined as he could be without be
ing ordinary, and as primeval as he
could be without being eccentric, in
short, he would make a merger of
luxury and simplicity beside which
Morgan's merger of steel mills and
Harriman's merger of railroads would
look childishly simple."
Dr. Wiley Did It.
"Rest, ye unsettled minds,". for the
true cause of the bankers panic
has been discovered. Dr. Wiley, chief
chemist of the department of agricul
ture at Washington, "did it." The
American - Extract Manufacturers' as
sociation so decided at their conven
tion held In this city on November 18.
Their counsel, Mr. Hugh Gordon Mil
ler, therein stated that he believed in
giving "the devil his due," and that he
did not propose to place all the blame
for the . present business depression
and stagnation upon
certain well
known bank speculators, as bad as
they might be; that Dr. Wiley of
Washington, under the banner of "Re
form," had been attacking and de
stroying the general credit, honesty,
and lawfulness of the nation's great
est, most Important, and absolutely
necessary Industry, until an amount
of capital, labor, and scientific devel
opment had been absolutely and for
ever destroyed. Furthermore, the
said Mr. Hugh Gordon Miller claims
that in the Judgment of many Dr.
H. W Wiley, the government's so-
called food expert. Is as much respon-
" - ,.., m the countrv
Ha any uno '
Thi revelation will come as a stag
gerlng blow to your readers who have
been laboring and revelling under the
Impression that the pure food law was
-on hnef1t to our country at
Kut vt- nrp now able to see from
tw- TTneh Gordon Miller's Remarks
ot. honev and other
law l rial, rcmuvra
KlU SJnO i . -
nniunn dves rrom our pre
serves,' ground socoanut shells from
our pepper, sulphate of copper from
our canned peas. Improper acids from
our vinegar, extract of logwood from
our red wines, salicylic acid from ar
tiMu uinra sulnhur from our mo-
in. and no end of adulterations
from the many drugs that the ill.
aged, and decrepit were forced to ab
sorb, has instead of being a benefit to
the community, only been another
thoughtless "hit at capital" and the
"Industries of our country. Cannot
something be done to stop the doctor?
E. W. A. ln New York Evening
Post., ' .
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.
When a girl Isn't married by thirty
she acts as if she would soon be old
enough to go to school.
When you didn't lose your money
ln a panic you have to give It to your
relatives and frlenda who did.
A reception Is a place where women
don't have a good time If they are in
vited and get mad If they aren't.
The list of invited guests to a wed
ding given to the papers by the bride's
family are the ones who don't come.
If a man doesn't make much noise
ernlalnlnsr how much he knows about
a thing he probably understands it.
THE EVEN 1ft G STORY
lake Unto Caesar.
' IBy J.: Ludlum Lee. '
The giant steamship tossed and pitch
ed. The decks were wet with spray
from the angry waves, and you could
count the passengers on deck on one
hand. Two husky men lurched against
each other as they turned the corner,
both muffled to their ears, puffing vig
orously at their pipes to produce a
welcome speck of warmth.
"Beg pardon didn't see you in this
rotten fog," said the younger of the
two.
-J'Rotten don't describe It, sir, it's.
Well I'll ie hanged my pipe went out
in that collision I guess got a match?"
. Sure I have, but what good is it out
h?.1"7 A torch wouldn't stay lighted in
this wind. Come inside a minute and
light her up."
They were back on deck ln a moment,
and, as so often happens on board ship,
in that time seemed to have made
friends. Arm in arm this time they
brved the wind and weather. The
older man was talking. - - - - '
"I suppose you think a man of my age
ought to be in his cabin a night like
this, but, you see, my wife is sick In one
bunk and my daughter down and out
ln another. Guess you and I are about
the only ones to venture out, aren't
war-
"Guess we are, sir, unless of cowrM
the girl with the sable coat Is on deck.
Nothing keeps her below."
"Girl in sable coat. Who's she?" de
manded the elderly man, his attention
somewhat aroused.
"Well, I don't know. She is the usual
mystery found aboard a boat of this
charaoter. Captain says she's a titled
woman from the continent going over
to see the states. Whoever she ls she's
a stunner, old man. Here she is now."
he whispered as the figure of a woman
passed them.
The old gentleman turned, but too late
to see anything save the outline of a
woman, clad in a long sable coat, which
enveloped her from head to heels.
"Looks pretty good in the dark,
young man. I'll take a better peek in
the daylight, and, in the meantime, I
guess I'll go below and look after my
sick. Good night, sir."
"Good night," said the younger man,
as he left his newly made friend at the
companionway.
Eaton Hollis, representing an English
syndicate and bound for New York, was
not ready to turn ln. He had no one
below to look after, and fell into a long,
steady stride around the deck. He puff
ed at his pipe and wondered what the
girl in the sable coat was dolng.He didn't
want to appear officious, but he could
not help wondering, and as he walked
he kept his eyes well open for the fur
clad figure. He did not have to look
long for she passed him very soon. Try
as he would he could find no plausible
excuse for speaking to this evidently
self-reliant young woman of title, so
on he strode.
Just amidship he heard a voice
such a voice that today he can shut
his eyes and hear it ln his dreams
saying:
"Oh, I beg your pardon, but would
you help me to open this door? I
simply can not do it."
He sprang to her side In an instant,
but the door did not yield so easily.
"Do you want to go In? you know
the moon is Just coming up and I
think the storm is all over." Hollis
had grown bold of a sudden.
"Well, really, I do not want to go
in, but you know my maid is dread
fully ill, and it seems cruel to leave
her alone," answered the sweet voice.
"Oh, bother the maid.- Take my
arm and let's see how It goes driving
double you can fight the wind so
much better with two abreast." urged
Hollis, as he extended his left arm.
She looked up at the strong features
and then at the glimmer of the moon
breaking through the clouds, hesitated
for Just a moment, then without a
word took the proffered arm, and off
they went.
The next morning broke clear and
bright, and the girl in sable had
changed her raiment to a suit which
bespoke the art of England's best
tailor. That night her gown was of
sort, clinging material which showed
her figure to perfection, while the
cloak that covered her shoulders was
the envy of the women passengers.
With every gown were bits of Jewelry
that seemed to belong to them, and to
Just suit her who wore the gorgeous
raiment. Hollis stared as did the
rest, then shut his eyes and lived over
again the walk of the night before,
with her frail arm clinging close to his
strong one, and that sweet, distracting
voice chatting In his ear.
He started up as from a reverie as
the purser passed him. Hollis offered
him a cigar
I say. purser, who's the woman
over there that nobody speaks to. and
every woman on the ship envies for
her clothes?
"Oh, that is the Countess of
Brienne. ueautirui creature. Isn t
she? Gad, but shed make a good
show piece for some of those newly
rich Americans," he murmured as he
passed on with the cigar In his mouth.
Hollis turned ln disgust at the last
remark, to be confronted by the
"beautiful creature." His attempt at
an explanation was cut short by her
rippling laugh.
"Oh, don't," she cried laughingly.
"I was tickled to death to hear It. You
see I had no Idea I was going so well
making such a big hit, as It were.
I am going out for a few turns on
deck. Shall It be single or double
breasted?" she asked naively.
"Don't you want to change your
wraps?" suggested Hollis as he glanc
ed nt the beautiful dranerv that was
about her.
"Oh no. It doesn't matter?" care
lessly remarked the countess.
They circled the deck onlv once.
because the crowd was Inconvenient
ly large, and soon they were seated
side by side In their chairs. The air
was chilly and Hollis offered to go for
extra wraps, out just tnen the maid
came up and asked if she would be
needed again tnat night. The count
ess asked for a coat. The pale-faced
servant soon returned and heedlessly
tnrew tne saoie nnea wrap of the pre
vious evening over the feet of her mis
tress. Hollis was dumfounded with
this display of extravagance, yet star
ed in onna aaoration at his compan
ion. "I suppose all men are ' fools," he
ventured to remark.
"Oh. are they?" answered the coun
tess with a ring of disappointment ln
her voice. "You see I am very young
and I don't know, but now you are a
man of the world, a man of experi
ence, and I suppose you know. I
thought some day I might meet a man
who was not a fool, and then I should
fall ln love with him."
"Lucky man," murmured Hollis,
but his throat seemed to go dry and
his pipe went out. "Do you think I'm
a fool?"
"Well, really, I don't know you so
very well, but I think you're dreadful
ly stupid. .. You seem to have so little
to say."
Hollis was just going to say some
thing, but he looked at the sable coat
and the beautifully gowned figure of
the woman within it, and he closed his
lips firmly.
Thereafter they mat at rare lnter-
vals not oftener than Hollis could
help, and the day the boat docked in
New York, he went over to say good
by.
"I wish I could call Just once," he
pleaded as she hesitated.
"This Is my card, Mr. Hollis, and It
you will come, you may," she added
as she handed him a neat little envelope
with a card Inclosed.
Hollis slipped It into hla pocket.and
once more said good-by to hla lady
with the silvery voice. How queer that
sounded. "If you will come you may.
What had the meant?
The next night Hollis hailed a, han
som at the corner of his hotel and gave
the driver the address. When,' they
drew up ln front of a little apartment
house he wondered, but went ln. Every
thing connected with the girl seemed i
mystery, so he did hot hesitate; The
card had read: "Ask for Miss Tousley.
He did so, and the maid said she would
be in directly, tie gianceu
room. Nothing elegant, yet of ex
quisite refinement. He looked m m
pictures. There sue was as pmiu,
here as a young glrl.and there again she
was standing in flesh and blood In the
door, with two hands outstretched.
Somehow she seemed more real, mora
alive than ever before as she held out
her hands, and he took them. She was
liivMnH in nmo simnle rown. and they
sat on the couch together while he told
her of his hopeless love, nia longing ior
her, and of his salary of a few thousand
a year. ,
"My darling. I want you, and by
Heaven, I'll have you, even if you are
a countess. Won't you let me try to
win you? Oh, if you only knew If you
only knew!"
"I know too well," the sweet voice
said, "but I'm not a countess at "all.
I'm a poor girl and my name Is Tousley.
Just Sarah Tousley. There's nothing
royal about that, is there? I am not a
countess and all those fine clothes were
not mine. You see we lost all our mon
ey, and I had to do something. Well. I
could SDeak French and knew good
clothes, so a big firm sent me over to
buy model gowns. I wore them to
avoid duty. Of course I soiled them
some, but the model was Just as good
to copy, and oh, please, please don't
hold me so tight, dear," she almost
sung into his ear.
But he did not seem to hear her. He
was saying to nimseii over uiu uwt
again:
"Not the countess of Brlenne, but
Mrs. Eaton Hollls."(Copyrighted, 1907.
by N. E. Daley.)
tiVMOR OF THE DAY
City Editor Did you interview that hlgl
public official on the cocktail Incident?
Reporter I think I did, but I'll not b
sure until after he's had a chance to re
pudiate the interview. Detroit Fr
Press.
"No." said the stubborn man. "nobody
can alter my regard for Jlgglns. He's a
man you don't meet every day."
"I admit that," replied Markley. "but 1
attribute It to the fact that I loaned him
$10 several months ago." Catholic Stand
ard. Mother Now, you sit down ln that chair
and be good for ten minutes.
Son I don't want to. Pa'll be home In
ten minutes, and I'll have to be good, any
way. Judge.
She For nearly an hour I suffered un
told agony.
He What was the trouble didn't you
have anyone to tell it to? Chicago Daily
News.
Poet Darling, I have sold my sonnet at
last!
Wife Oh, Algernon! And now I can
have that Persian lamb coat, and -. . ,
Poet Not yet. dear. I had to spend th
money to get a pair of socks. Cleveland
Leader.
"Mlke."sald Plodding Pete, "what wouM
you say if some one was to offer you
work?"
"I wouldn't say anything. Such a bad
judge of human nature wouldn't be worth
talkin' to." Washington Star.
"Tom, It's dreadful for you to loss m
much money gambling."
"Do you want me to renounce the carr
tab-e?"
"No, dear; I want you to play a bettu:
game." Judge.
"Isn't ho one of the most successful t.
nanclers of the times?"
"I should say so! Why, three grand Ju
ries have tried in vain to get him ln Jai: '
Baltimore American.
Singleton Your wife seems to be an u;
to-date woman. ;
Wedderly Huh! She's away ahead '
the date. . Why, she has a lot of troutm
borrowed for next year. Chicago Daii
News.
"Do you think, colonel." asked the beau-
tlful girl, "that there Is ever likely to 1.-
anther clash between the north and tl..
so.uio " he replied a little sadlv "wh-
beThe"u my deah younglad?, ci
trying to save the south now? Most of 1
has gone dry." Chicago Record-Herald.
GLOBE SIGHTS.
From the Atchison Globe.
When you can't do things, yout
enemies think you won't.
Your friends may not always know
your strong points, but your enemle.
are well posted on your weak ones.
Being a hypocrite Is bad enough
but It docs not make as many peopl
uncomfortable as brutal franknes,
does.
Even If a woman Is economical, he
husband will go to bed better conten;
if he finds she hasn't been down towr
all day.
The people who have most charltj
for the erring are usually those who
refuse to give honest men the credi;
they deserve.
What has become of the old fash,
loned girl who put a quiver In her
voice when she sang that suggested
v.Aii.s niiu ilia iujiiu I
We have offended a good deal as
an amateur, but we have the satisfac
tion of remembering that we never
charged anything for our services.
Fashion notes: A man used to
stand ln danger of getting a single hair
on his coat, but he is fortunate these
days if he gets away without a etrlna
of curia
A rare plant ln a hothouse isn't
guarded more tenderly than a girl
during her engagement, but. as the
years go by. she faces storms unnro
tected like the weed. pro
When a man meets a woman, hla
first question is, "Where have you
been?" ln order that she will JZ
Interested ln telling she will forget to
osiw nuciv iiv aA ex. sa 11
Being successful in business la a
constant worry that those who owe vou
will not pay; failure in business Is a -constant
worry that those you owl
will demand payment. ow
If nature didn't Intend a girl to tnV.
to frills, ruffle, and curls. 1? V, la
it. An Atchison girl was bSm Xtm.ILt?
but she is trying to make herself ov"
and Is wearing marcelled hair etirll'
waves, etc. Sometime, these wave,
hang on to her left ear, and somS
time, on to the right ear. but they are
never in the right place. It isl? f
her to be frigged, and she milht i-
taw'iffi U drP b
ii a i a ii l. iimuiB aa ri rt iinAii.
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