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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL-MONDAY EVENIffQ, FEBRUARY 8, 1S09.
T0PEK1- STATE JOURNAL
iBy FRANK P. MAO LEXXAN.
Entered July 1. 1875, as second-class!
uiniier at the postoflice at Topeaa. um
mmer me act or congresaj
evidenced by a case In Long: Irand
A woman and he four children- were
found in. a' starving condition which
was due . to the imprisonment of her
husband because he was unable to
furnish ball on- being arrested for the
VOLUME XXXVT No. 33 1 theft of some bread. He is lying in
Jail awaiting trial on this charge ana
. Official State Paper.
Official Paper City of Topeka.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
Dally edition, delivered toy carrier. M
Cents a week to any part of Topeka, or
oburbs. or at the same price in any Kan
sas town where the paper has carrier
fstem.
By man. one year
gy mall, three months. ....... -JJ
has therefore- been unable to- provide
in any way for his family. On the
other hand there Is many a bank
looter in the country convicted of the
crime of embezzlement, who is now
our on bail while his case is being
appealed.
THE SEW COMMERCIAL CLUB.
There Is reason for all kind of
encouragement that the reorganiza-
TKLEPBONR&
Bosiness Office... .... 12
ReerspRoom::;:: of tno Commercial club, which
reporters' Room . ...ana. i nas neen perrectea nnaer iae
JTank P. MacLennan 1 Hon of its new president. W. W. MUls.
- PERMANENT HOME. He will do much to place it on its feet
- Topeka State Journal building. W sad an(j develop it to the degree where it
:iwrk'omeS": aUron SSSdM. m be as uht to be' lm
Twenty-third street, corner Fifth avenns portant adjunct to the expansion of
Broadway. P"i B'!,mt- i th5 cihr f Toeka a1 ways.
uniearo omce: uartzora ouuuiu. -1 - - -
Hloek. mnnawr.
; OP THB ASSOCIATED PRTS.
Th fitftte .Toiirnl im member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
ganization lor tne nciunn n.wu
But the mere reorganization of the
club will not accomplish this. It does
I not matter much whether this asso-
1 elation of business men. be called the
Commercial club, the Chamber of
I Commerce, the Board of Trade, or by
any other suitable name, nor does it
deadlocks over the election of United
" Btates senators.
PVV1. 2 ZZZZSl f. t. St.,. Tout- matte mucb- Jus- how organized
ial bulldlne over wires for this sol par- I to carry on Its work. It wilt never
f"- I succeed in its purpose until all of the
L business and professional men of the
Lest any lovelorn lad or lass should 1 city, not a few of them, wake up to
forget It: St. Valentine's day will comet the- fact that an organization of this
around with its accustomed regularity I sort can be of inestimable benefit to
On February 14. 1 the city. Even a simple realization
of this fnct will not do. The business
f Kansas has a ehance to smile at TOen must &et together on common
those states which are in the throes or i ground ana with the common purpose
in view of working collectively for
the development of the city as a trade
center and In every other regard.
This will mean an apparent sac
rifice . of time on their part and also
of energy, but the forces thus ex
pended in the interests of the com
mercial institution of the town and in
the town itself, for these interests are
identical, will not Be wasted. As the
city develops In growth and expands
in every direction, so will the busi
tnmnoh a tbA foundation, of the I ness or its merchants grow. Thus
Gatun dam did not even quiver when I the time and the energy that the busi
Mr. Taft stood on them, it la reason- I ness men put into the Commercial
able to suppose that they are well club to make It what it should be will
fitted for All that Is expected of them. I be really good Investments on their
parts in their own businesses.
Reports from the southland tell oft Topeka is bound to get bigger in all
frosts and freezes which have Injured ways and she can be materially
the approaching fruit crop. This I helped toward these desirable ends by
weans that the prices of fruit Import- I an active and efficacious Commercial
This February will bo entitled to the
"dlstintion of being wittier than the
one of a year ago because it will be one
ifiajr briefer.
'Among the men of the hour is Gov
ernor Gillett of California. As fre
quently happens In this land he is the
right man in the tight place.
cd from that portion of the country
during the coming season will be as
high. as usual.
If the Tennessee legislature had not
passed over the governor's veto th
bill which will forbid the manufacture
of liquor and beer in that state, a rath
er anomalous condition of affairs would
faavA Tirvn.iled there. Thfi sala of rum
would have been prohibited but the I grateful.
making of It would have been per
mitted.
club, representatives of all of the
business Interests of the city, and
working with but the one idea to
guard these interests and develop
them. That this condition of affairs
is likely to be attained because of the
new order of things in the club is a
fact which seems quite probable
and for which all Topekans should feel
aa the perquisite Of" the poBtteians of
oa oaxts. - -
If there is one department of the. gov
eminent which demands th highest
abilities in its help it is that which has
charge of the taking of the census, a
proceeding which of lata years has
properly assumed large .proportions and
importance. That the best sort Of
public- service" can only be built op by
the creation of lists of competent can
didates for positions through competi
five examinations as to their inteui
gence and fitness is. a recognized fact
among an publicists with the exception
of certain dyed-irtthe-wool politicians.
Mr. Roosevelt did well to veto this
meaaure. because of this grave fault
that It contained. There is some talk
in congress of passing it over his veto,
but the congressmen will be making a
mistake if they do so. The people are
with Roosevelt on this proposition as
they have been, on many others. They
are the ones who have to foot the bills
for the taking of the census. They have
the right to demand that the force,
which is to be entrusted with the tak
ing of the census, shall be as efficient
as it can possibly be made. And this
desirable end cannot be secured by di
viding up the patronage of the census
department between the politicians of
the country.
JOURNAL ENTRIES
It's a lucky thing for the parents of
an obstreperous child that ne was nui
twins.
T a. widow sets her mind on marry
ing a fellow, about his only means of
escape is death.
It is better to forego the telling of
an unpleasant thing about an ac
quaintance even u it is ine truxn.
If dudIIs in schools are to be taught
to box, surely the teachers will have
to become a little more proficient in
this art.
'Is my hat on straght?" that favor
ite auerv of women from time Im
memorial has been supplanted because
of a change in fashion to "Is my hat
on crooked T"
JAYHAWKER JOTS
KANSAS COMMENT
OUR TRADE WITH JAPAN.
The California legislature has re
considered its intention of affronting
Japan. The postponement of action on
the anti-Japanese measures in the as
sembly is regarded as foreshadowing
the defeat Of all snirh leirlKlfltinn ex.
cept the a,lien land bill, which as now
amended is unobjectionable.
wnai me nation has at stake in the
maintenance of cordial relations with
japan is indicated by the Japanese
irauts returns lor Iho In- fiscal vear.
xney snow mat the United States i
still ahead of all other countries in th
volume of Japanese trade. In 190
our combined eXDorts to JaDan and
imports from that country exceeded
J107.000.000, an amount $30,000,000
in excess of Great Britain's trade with
Japan. Last year oiir exnorts to Jap
an reached $41,432,327, an increase of
approximately $3,000,000 over 1907. ,
Apart from the question of retain
ing Japan's friendshin as a moral as
set in international relationship. Is not
tne comercial prize too valuable to be
sacrificed to an exhibition of race ani
mosity? New York World.
A VAGARY EXPOSED.
The Louisville Courier-Journal is
extremely indignant over revelations
maae in connection with the exDOSure
of a "prohibition" whisky concern, op
erating m mat state, which made
specialty of filling mail orders in
ary states. it advertised to sell
fine Kentucky whisky' at 60 cents a
quart. The government has issued a
fraud order to put on end to its oper
ations, chemists who analyzed . the
bexerage stating that it was composed
or aiconoi, water and coloring matter.
tiere we nave one illustration of the
workings of prohibition." observes
Colonel Waterson, with a fine disre
gard for logic. Prohibition Is no
more responsible for- the sale of this
decoction than it is for the sale of love
philters. The responsibility rests upon
the people who were so gullible as to
imagine that they could buy "fine
Kentucky whisky" for 50 cents
quart. A considerable portion of the
public is always ready to be imposed
on if the unscrupulous dealer baits his
nook with- alluring promises and of
fers to sell something for next to
nothing. Leavenworth Times.
GOOD ROADS.
Senator Hodges' new bill
providing
them.
Presumably, Ike Stephenson who- is
trying so strenuously for a re-election
to the United States senate from Wis
consin, counted oh 'a few of his chicks
before they were properly hatched. And
iri the same boat is Mr. Hopkins of
Illinois. These be troublous times, in
deed, for the heretofore" "machine
made United, States, senators to re
main on deck.
It would appear to be cheaper in the for the creation of the machinerv and
long run for the people of thisVcity to U method to undertake the work of
pay out a good round sum in a lump constructing eood roads in the state
for the development of an adequate ha al, the earmarks of beinsr an ade-
water supply to fight possible fires than auate measure. It provides for a state
it would for them to dribble out this engineering department which will
money over quite a period of time in have general supervision over the road
Increased fire insurance rates. That is improvement and which shall devise a
a proposition which is confronting fnr thA- avstPmatio conduct nt
this work. Provision is also made for
the appointment of local engineers to
have charge of the work in the more
densely populated counties of the state
and' in the smaller counties the town
ship boards are made the commission
ers of the roads and highways to look
after the work. The division of the ex
pense for building the roads, one-half
by the property owners of the benefit
district where the road is to be built.
one quarter by the county and the
other quarter by the township is equit
able although there will be some per
sons who will be of the opinion that
the state should share some of the ex
pense in this good road movement. In
addition to that of paying the expenses
of the state engineering department.
And perhaps these opinions are good
ones.
It will be seen from the provisions of
the Hodges bill that any such satisfac
tory plan as this for the building of
good roads will entail considerable ex
pense. But surely every person who
is interested in this subject, and this
should include everyone in Kansas, has
long since disabused his mind of the
tneory Jtnat good roaas can De ootainea
without the expenditure of much
money. Regardless of their cost, how
ever, If the money put in them is spent
intelligently and on a comprehensive
plan for the eventual improvement of
all the roads in the state. It will be
money well expended. It will be the
best investment that the people of Kan
sas nave ever made of their public
funds. Some such measure as that pro
posed by Senator Hodges would seem
to provide the means for expending
the money for good roads in the best
possible why, is the surest way to bring
the largest returns. If any legislator,
or any one else, has a better plan it is
his duty to bring it to the front.
Reasons can be found for every
thing, so it is not surprising that some
folks have dug up one to explain the
fine weather that has followed Candle
mas day when the ground hog had
some ideal sunshine in which to put
on his shadow dance. It is to the
effect that this fickle creature did not
come out of his hole at all on that
day. Now, what is to be thought of
that? . .
.When Governor Haskell of Oklahoma
went to Muskogee the other day to
sign his bail bond so that it would not
be necessary for him to remain in jail
pending the bringing of his trial on the
indictment charging him with con
spiracy in connection with the town lot
frauds, fa was met at the railroad sta
tion with a brass band. This was per
fectly proper providing the band
played funeral marches.
It would appear to be unnecessary
for the Nevada legislature to pass leg
islation excluding the Japs from that
state. The chances ars that the Jap
anese as well as other people will be
a little skittish over congregating in
large numbers in any state which can
not preserve order within her own
confines and to which it is necessary
to send United States troops occasion
ally for such a purpose.
In the invitation of the students of
the Kansas University to the legis
lature to visit that Institution on Feb
ruary 12 is the opportunity tor the
holding of memorial exercises in cele
bration of the one hundredth anniver
sary of Lincoln's birth which will have
a state wide scope. Advantage should
be taken of it for Kansas ought not to
be behind many of her sister states in
paying tribute to the great emanci
pator. Suppose the California legislators do
not see the true light and insist on
passing legislation, even over the prob
able veto of Governor Gillett, which will
be likely to stir up trouble of more or
less moment with Japan. Well, then,
there will . be this distressing incident
among others. Captain Richmond Pear,,
son Hobson, who has been predicting
a war with Japan will have an oppor
tunity to Indulge in "the laugh that
comes tp the fellow who laughs last.
The inequalities of justice among
the wealthy and the poor is again
THE CENSUS BILL VETO.
That fallacy "to the victors belong
the spoils" which has ever held a
prominent place in the beliefs of a cer
tain class of politicians, has been de
livered a staggering blow by the veto
of President Roosevelt of the new cen
sus bill. This measure provided places
for thousands of employes who were
to be selected at the pleasure of the
heads of the census department Irre
spective of civil service. There was a
provision In the measure to the effect
that thje appointments should be made
without regard to political party - af
filiations. But as Mr. Roosevelt points
put, such a provision Is quite as Inimi
cal to an efficient publia service as if
the employes were to be selected from
one political party. He shows that this
provision would amount to practically
the same thing as if all ' the spoils
went to the victor, the predominant
party, because it merely means that
the appointments to be madia shall
be treated as the perquisites of the
politicians of both parties instead of
The Concordia Daily Kansan refers
to its "esteemed contemporary" as
"Windy Jones of the Daily Bladder,
This is a retort courteous, the ele
gance of which is not plainly appar
ent.
The papers at Wichita, Hutchin
son, and Topeka and otner jvansas
towns are beginning to devote much
space to baseball talk. In Emporia
the popular sport is shaving witn a
safety razor, says the Gazette. -
Men have not lost all sense of gal
lantry to the fair sex as was illus
trated . last week In Wichita when a
fair bewitching soulful business wo
man sold a prominent business man
a magazine over a year old and furth
er "enchanted" him into advancing a
year's subscription. The woman was
so beautiful and winning that he did
not know what the name of the pub
licatlon was until she had left his of
fice. Better charge it up to profit and
loss.Sallna Journal.
Hutchinson is the home of a man
who has lived in Kansas for sixty
years and who is hale and hearty.
This man comes forward with the
statement that the seasons are not
changing; that we had the same sort
of weather forty, fifty and sixty years
ago that, we now have; that tne only
difference is in the increased rainfall.
People who have lived in the state
twenty or thirty years and who call
themselves old citizens, and who,
every time there is an unusual wind
or a severe cold snap or a real warm
spell, insist that the weather Is un
precedented, should hark to the words
from the banks of Cow creek. That
the old citizen is telling the truth Is
evidenced bv the fact that he does
not recall wind storms which could
wear hobbles and then beat, out the
Kale of last week. He says we did
have such storms long ago, but he
can't remember that there was any
great difference. As a further evi
dence that he is truthful and the cli
mate is not changing, it is set forth
that he does not recall a blizzard comr
ing down from the north one . evening
when the wagon train was campea on
the bank of the river and of the ther
mometer dropping so fast the river
froze over and the wagons and mules
went over on the ice in the morning.
He says the country Is improving be
cause of the rainfall, and the . rainfall
Is greater because the country is im
proving. More than all that, he is not
worrying about -the weather-or the
crops which, he is convinced, will be
all right. Wichita Eagle.
i . POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
From the Chicago News.
And the old hen moves in a set of
her own. -.
Marriage is a. gamble when there
Is money back of it.
It's difficult for a stout woman to
get away from solid facts.
We would all have our rights if so
many things didn't go wrong.
If an actress is called an old stager
it's enough to make her fussy.
Some people are criticised because
they won't talk and some because they
will.
The average man seems to have a
natural talent for manufacturing hot
air. -
A woman forgets all her troubles
when she Is wearing a new hat for the
first time.
The rattle of pans and dishes in
ths kitchen sounds better than class
leal musio to a hungry man.
When it eomes to doing practical
housework a carpenter may have his
wife beaten to a frazzle.
Sometimes a divorce makes a wo
man feel nearly as good as If she had
taken off a pair of tight shoes.
When a very young, man is In Jove
It is awfully hard to interest . him in
the things pertaining to . the next
worm.
REFLECTIONS OP A BACHELOR.
fFrom the New York Pres.j
All a woman has to do to discover
brains in a man is to be his mother.
The thing a man likes, about wash
day dinners is that is the day he does
n't come homo to his.. -
There's hardly anvthlne seems so
wonderful to a woman as haw cun-
ningly the baby could talk if it knew
now.
A woman can thrill as deenlv nvpr
her preparations for housecleaning as
a man over getting ready to go fishing.
If a woman can't mary a man her
self because she already has a hus
band, she'll marry him to somebody
else.-anyway.
FEARS OF JEFF DAVIS. .
The Hon. Jeff -Davis of Arkansas,
delivered in the senate chamber at
Washington on Tuesday his periodical
assault on "the .money power," to
which he ascribed, among other
crimes, the assassination of Julius
Caesar.
Mr. Davis also made his usual pre
dictions of "civil war" i an another
"French revolution" in this country
unless "the masses" should somehow
be rescued from the conditions, which
now "oppress" them.
Doubtless Mr. Davis speech was in
tended for consumption in Arkansas,
where it seems to be the impression
that a patriotic service is rendered the
country by keeping him in the senate.
Of course, when a majority of the
American people -want what Mr. Davis
says they want they will get it. They
win get it without, any "French revol
utioh." They will get it by the com
con place process of dropping ballots in
a box.
When the majority so express them
selves the minority may feel like emi
grating to Canada or Mexico. They
may even move to Canada or Mexico.
But the 'majority ;v-M rule here just
the same. Chicago1 Inter-Ocean. '
FROM OTHER PENS
THE WAR ON OPIUM.
There' are abundant Indications that
the international commission which is
to meet on February 12. at Shanghai,
to consider the regulation of the opium
traffic, will find the United States fully
prepared for the business of ths meet
ing. The bill forbidding the importa
tion of opium into this country, except
for medicinal purposes, and providing a
penalty ' of two years' imprisonment
and $5,000 fine for violation, has been
passed by the senate, and there is good
reason for the belief that traffic in the
drug in this country has received a tell
ing blow. The bill," while permitting
importations for medical use, provides
strict regulations- to govern such Im
portations these regulations to be un
der the jurisdiction of the secretary of
the treasury. It Is expressly stated m
the bill that possession of the forbid
den drug shall be deemed sufficient evi
dence to convict.
The passage of this bill Is part of a
world-wide movement to rescue hu
manity from the . opium habit, which
has been Increasing the number of its
victims at an alarmingtrate, China has
taken vigorous steps in self-defense,
and other countries have placed them
selves on record in; similar manner.
Manchester Union. J
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CONCENTRATED FUNCTIONS.
In Massachusetts they are getting rid
of many of tho boards that amount
merely to useless lumber. A bill has
been introduced in accordance, with the
recommendation of the governor to ap
point a registrar to take the place of
the boards of registration in dentistry,
Pharmacy, medicine and embalming.
There are zu members on these vari
ous boards, and as their duties are
strictly regulated by law and the term
of registration specific, it has been
found that a registrar, a capable ap
pointment. of course, can perform the
duties quite as well as the 20, and at a
great deal less expense and confusion.
we refer to this to show the tendency
elsewhere to reduce, -the number of per
sons on the boards.. The reform has
been found to be more serviceable to
the people.
There is the state agricultural board
of 10 members. Four or six. evenlv di
Vlded politically, would do just as well
and better. There .would be less ex
pense, more responsibility would be
felt, , more detailed and intelligent re
ports would be given, and the public
welfare would monopolize every pur
pose. umo state Journal.
LAW OF PATRIOTISM.
There is no statutory law in relation
to tne rights or states to prevent a
legislature from enacting certain meas.
ures that may imperal the peace of the
nation. But there is a law of reason
and patriotism that should govern
every state legislature in dealing with
problems concerning aliens or other
subjects related to the treaty obliga
tions of the nation, -
In the ease of California, the legis
lature and the people of that state are
fully aware that the Japanese problem
with which they have to deal embodies
grave possibilities possibilities that
may mean war with a now friendly na
tion.. Therefore, this problem should be
turned over to the' federal authorities
for solution, and should be left there
unconditionally. For no state has a
moral right to precipitate unavoidable
hostilities when, in the event of such
hostilities, it would be defenseless ex
cept for the intervention of ths general
government and th nation as a whole.
Kansas City Star.
INSTEAD. '
WhenI am dead, forget me, dear.
r2Tr ? Bha11 never know.
Though oe r my cold and lifeless hands
Year burning tears should flow.
1 11 cancel with my living voice
Ihe debt you'll owe the dead
Give me the love you'd show me then,
But give it now instead.
AKorbl'n h 1? wreaths to deck my grave.
T&hU5?L.aU tha 'lowers I loved ths most
ti,, '"w ana witner there,
v.'ii my chance of all the flowers
You 11 lavish when I'mm dead
For one small bunch of violets now.
m5 mat msieaa.
What saints we are when we are gone!
use to me
,Praises written on my tomb
For other eyes to see?
One little simple word of praise
By lips we worship said
Is worth a hundred epitaphs
Dear, say it now instead.
Ai?a,ults nat now are hard to bear
Oblivion then shall win.
Our sins are soon forgiven us
When we no more can sin.
But any bitter thought of me
Keep it for when I'm dead;
I shall not know. I shall not care.
Forslve me now inatoori
Celia Congreve in the Windsor Magazine.
. Ruins of Month
Prof. Hiram Bingham writes of his
travels in Venezuela, savin,- r.r san
Fa.rI.s:, "In the tlme ot Bolivar (about
to is j ii was a place of great Impor
tance, boasted of 30,000 inhabitants
and many wealthy citizens. Today it
has barely 3.000 souls and n few In.
terestlng ruins. Earthquakes, revo
lutions, and cattle plagues have com
bined against it. A few comnanfps of
sad-eyed soldiers and a handful of
grafting politicians hardly make up
for its lost estate. The ruins of the
grand house where Bolivar is said to
have been entertained shortlv before
the battle of Carobobo are most ex
tensive, and cover a city block. Part
of the outer walls are still standing.
The corner room has recently been
roofed over and turned Into a butch
er's shop. Tho ruins of another house
not far away, remind one of Italy,
while those of the 'Casa Blanauerla'
are almost Pompeiian. Painted fres
coes, elaborate reliefs, carved wood
ceilings, and tiled floors now shelter
a polite, but poverty-stricken family
and their pigs and fowls. The exter
ior Is decorated with caryatides that
look like incas."
Of the ants In Venezuela Prof.
Bingham says: "At one place on the
sandy trail the ants had formed a liv
ing causeway over the fine sand of the
path, in order to facilitate the great
speed at which the majority wished
to travel. The causeway was over
two Inches wide, and from one to
three ants deep. So firmly did the
'bridgeites' hold together, I lifted the
causeway four inches from the ground
by thrusting a stick underneath with
out breaking their formation."
Concerning Colombian inns ' and
paper money; Corrazales- is a small
village of 30 houses. The Innkeeper
did not like our looks and denied the
existence of food and lodging. The
only money desired here is 'billetes
the Colombian paper, which Is at 10,-
000 per cent discount. A Colombian
nickel coin was refused in payment
for a spool of thread." Chicago
News.
TNE EVENING STORY
Roosevelt Once Augustus.
Roosevelt In a previous existence
was undoubtedly a Roman emperor,
Augustus, I think, and John D. Rock
efeller a Roman taxgatherer," declar
ed L. W. Rogers, national lecturer for
the Theosophical society, Thursday.
Mr. Rogers is the man who recently
said Miss Elklns was a princess in a
former existence.
Mr. Rogers was forced to admit that
from the point of view of power, Mr.
Roosevelt had taken an appreciable
lump since landing on this side of the
Styx last.
But President Roosevelt shows so
Dlainlv that he was equipped for his
position from the start that Mr. Rogers
thinks there is no doubt he had had
previous practice. He wouldn't Identi
fy him to a hair with Augustus, but he
recalls that' the emperor on occasion
eot off some pretty hot remarks In his
annual messages on the question of
family life and race suicide, and that
he had a way of knocking local abuses
that is strongly suggestive of the big
stick.
John D-. however. In the professor s
judgment, was not much different than
he is now, only the opportunities ror a
poor boy to get ahead and absorb the
earth were not so abundant in Rome
in the first century. He thinks John
was just a ''publican and sinner" in his
previous existence, but that the process-of
evolution dropped off the first
part of the title when he came to in
the United States of America and be-1
gan to accumulate. Detroit dispatch to
New York Times. ...
Its Meaning.
"Every occupation affords oppor
tunities of its own for the study of
human nature," says a Boston man.
if onlv there be a little aptitude for
putting two and two together.
1 was orowsing in a uikih onup m.l
the Hub which does a little business
in fctationerv on the side when a
young woman was asked by the genial
ldproprietor:
'And when does the wedding take
place. Miss Blank?
The weaaingi- racuimca me
young woman, blushing. -wny, you
don't think-'
" 'Ah, Miss Blank?' rejoined the old
bookseller. 'When a young lady
hum IfiO sheets of paper and only 25
envelopes, 1 know there's something
In the wind!". Harper's Magazine.
QUAKER MEDITATIONS,
t From "the Philadelphia Record.
Prejudices are merely other peo
ple's opinions.
Many a man who is well bred
needs the dough
It takes a clever girl to make a fel
low propose when he doesn't want to.
Wonder if any jealous - statesman
ever told Henry Clay his name was
mud. . .
The woman who tries to conceal
her age is generally old enough to
know better.
Blobbs "See that fellow?- He's
an actor." Slobbs "Ah, prize fighter
or ball player?"
When a fellow remarks that all he
asks is" to be let alone he Is generally
looking for a fight. .
Some people impress us as being
so meek as to feel sorry they have
nothing to feel sorry for.
' We are never quite as polite to
people we know as we are to
those we meet for the first time.
A man must be considerable of a
liar when he feels that he can't de
pend on anything he says.
The man who marries for money
often has a harder time getting it
than the fellow who works for it.
When a fellow gets married In
June he is apt to wonder whether
the summer days are really longer or
only seem longer.
Wigg- "There seems to be quite a
difference between a job and a situa
tion." Wagg "Oh, yes. For instance,
when a fellow loses his Job he often
finds himself In an embarrassing
aituatioa." . - -1
Booked - for Matrimony.
(By Newton Chance.)
Paul Ardmore nodded his thanks
to the conductor as he swung down
the car steps to the snow-covered
platform and made his way toward
tne waiting room.
No expectant committee srathered
about the stove, and the only sign of
lire was the cllckinsr of the tele
graph instruments and a thin film of
very rank tobacco smoke that curled
from under the closed window of. the
ticket office.
He waited a minute, then he
rapped on the ground glass, and pre
sently a face, appearing in the open
ing, evinced surly interest.
"I am Prof. Ardmore," explained
Paul, "I am to give a lecture at the
trotnic cnurcn. There is no com
mittee to meet me and there seems to
be no hack about the station." -
"There is one generally, but Jim got
a job driving a feller over to Moor
way. He'll be back to meet the 9:43
but If you don't want to wait, it's easy
to walk there. You go down the road
a piece till you eome to Pino street.
Then you go over to Maple, until you
come to Spruce. It's just around
the corner on Spruce. Are you that
feller that was to lecture in the Star
course last night and didn't come?
The ladles got up a , show, so they
wouldn't give the money back."
Paul clutched at his pocket and ex
tracted a letter. He glanced at the
fine feminine handwriting and
breathed a sigh of relief.
"It is for the 17th," he announced
In relief. "I am so absent-minded
that I have to be very careful of my
dates. Perhaps the committee has
discovered the error and will gather
the audience again tonight. In any
event, it would be best for me to go
over."
He turned ' up the collar of his
ulster to protect his throat, and, leav
ing the station, plunged through the
drifting snow.
It was not a long walk, for Maple-
wood was a small place, and presently
he was in sight of the church that
was attended by the town's fashion
able families.
To his relief the lights shone out.
and a little knot of people stood about
the door.
They eyed him curiously as he
pushed his way through to .the door
and entered the vestibule. Several
young women came forward expect
antly as he entered, and Paul, decid
ing that they were the committee of
the ladies' guild, grasped an out
stretched hand.
"They told me at the station that
the lecture was yesterday, or rather
that the audience had gathered yes
terday through somo error," ho said
cordially. - "I am glad that you were
able to gather them together again
this evening. I presume an error, was
made!"
The welcoming smile faded from
the girlish faces. "You are the lec
turer?" cried one. "We thought you
.were the bridegroom."
"Mercy, no!" exclaimed Paul, col
oring vividly. J
"The lecture was announced for last !
night," went on tho speaker. . "The i
guild members organized an im- I
promptu concert to avoid disappoint- I
ing the audience. You might at least
have telegraphed when you found that
you could not come.
. - "But I have come," declared Paul
as he produced -his letter. "Your com
munication says very distinctly that
the lecture is on the 17th.
The girl took the letter unbeliev
ingly, then gave a little cry of dismay.
"You are Prof. Ardmore?" she cried.
"It was Burton Brooks, the Egyptol
ogist, who was to have lectured last
night. Your lecture is to be given on
the 27th. - I made the mistake in the
date. This Is my letter. I am very
sorry."
I can come again on the Z7tn,
promised Paul aa he perceived the
girl's distress. "I take it that there is
a wedding here this evening. iay
stay until it is time for my train? It is
scarcely inviting at the station, and
the agent smokes very baa toDacco.
Yes. we ve reported his bad man
ners to the company dozens of times,
was the discouraged reply. "You are
welcome here, but it is a rehearsal for
the bridal party, not the wedding.'
She led the way into tne Doay or tne
church, and Paul slipped Into a pew on
the side aisle, glad of a restful haven
until train time.
Presently the organ pealed, and, at
the first strains there entered the
groom and his best man. An elderly
woman, who seemed to have consti
tuted herself the mistress of ceremon
ies, shouted to the organist to stop and
charged upon the sheepish groom.
'Go back," she cried. "You don't give
the organ a chance. He's got to play
the march all the way through, and if
you come out now you'll have to stand
like a toy figure waiting for the bride
to come In. Don't come until I say
'now,' and then remember the place In
the music.
The groom and his supporter stum
bled back into the vestry, and again the
organ pealed out tne weaain- marcn.
Paul turned curiously to look at the
bridal party, and for a moment ' his
pulse seemed to cease its beat.
The little bride was none other than
Eleanor Kingsland, the one woman in
the world that Paul worshiped, and his
worship was not the less intense be
cause he had never told of his love.
He had thought of her always as a
child, for he was very young himself
for the position that he held, and in
consequence fejt himself to be tremend
ously old.
- He had meant some day to tell his
love and seek her for his own, but he
had delayed his proposal until It was
too late. Now she was about to be
come the bride of that sheepish looking
Chap standing in the chancel.
He half rose as though to leave, then
he sank back into his seat again. He
would drink the cup of humiliation to
the very dregs. He would see the girl
he loved go through the form of mar
riatre. which on the morrow would be
performed, then he would go back to
his own narrow, loveless lire Bearing
the knowledge that delay had cost him
happiness.
Miserably he watched the procession
form, and break to form again, in re
sponse to the -directress, but at last the
rehearsal was pronounced perfect.
The groom and his best man made
their appearance on the very note that
brought them to pause expectantly be
fore the bride started, and yet gave her
time to step into place before the music
stopped.
With a brisk "AH right!" the direct-
res led the way down to the Sunday
school room, with the announcement
that refreshments were to be served
there. Paul rose, hoping to steal out
unobserved.
It never would do to meet Eleaqpr
now. She could read his secret in his
face, and he would not contribute
even so slightly to her unhappiness at
such a moment.
But even as he rose Eleanor turned
and came swiftly toward him.
"Paul Ardmore!" she cried as she
offered her hand. "And -I had the
funniest feeling that you were here, i
11 through the ceremony I felt it, j
and when Jeanne told me that you 1
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Dally matinee 2:30.
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details, see announcements In this paper
elsewher.
really were here- I was delighted. Did
you see the rehearsal? Isn't it going
to be lovely?"
"As ipvely as the bride deserves,
declared Paul gallantly.
"Do you know her?" cried Eleanor
in astonishment.
"You are she, reminded Paul, but
Eleanor shook her head gayly.
"I almost wish that I was," ahs
cried. "All tho excitement over ons
girl, even though she is as beautiful
as Letty Brace. I was Just her sub
stitute, because she had to have her
dress fitted. Paul, do 'you know, I
think a dress like that would tempt
me to marry anybody."
"I shall have to see Miss Brace's
dressmaker," said Paul gravely, "for
I want to tempt yoa to matrimony, I
thought that you were too young to
give up all men for just one, but whan
I saw you standing beside another at
the altar and felt that I had not spok
en In time "
"Mercy! I'm getting to be an old
maid." insisted Eleanor with a laugh.
This Is my third season, and I've
been waiting for the right man to
come along."
"And has he 7" pressed Paul.
Eleanor glanced shyly ud Into his
face.
"I guess he has, she confessed, and
Paul's face turned radiant.
"We shall have to have ths guild
secretary for our best girl I mean
the bridesmaid he corrected. "It was
she who booked me for matrimony, as
well aa a lecture. (Copyrighted
1909 by Associated Literary Press.)
HUMOR OF THE DAY
A slfm hune In a conspicuous clace In a
store in Lawrence: "Man is made of dust.
Dust settles. Are you a man?" Boston
Record.
The Little Bird That's an uslv lumn too
have on your back. The Big Bird What
can you expect with all these wireless
messages flying around ? Life.
Author How is this? I don't sret ths
usual stipend for that ioke. "Pa." xnid
Johnny, etc. Editor Only half-price for
children's jokes Judge.
"So he has ceased tn bo her "TJ
has." . "What disagreeable thing did he
dor "Married another girL" Louisvills
Courier-Journal.
'Captain, did you ever bp a an msr.
pent?" asked the ocean vorager. "No,"
replied the Captain of the liner. "I never
drank a drop In my life." Philadelphia
Record.
Q. There is onlv one snarker In n ttinlfi.
car. Isn't there? A. Not necessarily. The
numDer irequenuy varies with the num
ber of couples married. Kansas City
Times.
.
Ella Bella- never passes a ;mlrror with
out looking in it. . Stella Brave girl!
Harper's Weekly. -
"Of what did they accuse him conspir
ing or rebelling?" "They were all foxy
diplomats. They called It rheumatism."
Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
"Well. I tell you money talks" louder
than anything else." "Not on your life."
"No?" "You bet. Ever hear the roar the
lack of money makes?" Nashville Ameri
can. "No." said the girl, gently, "I am wed
ded to my art." "But In these days of
easy divorce " he began, eagerly. Nat.
urally it was decent to leave them to
thrash out this delicate point alone. Phil
adelphia Ledger.
An Even Break. "A girl will marry
without knowing how to cook." "And a
man will marry without the least Idea of
how to operate a furnace." Washington
Herald.
"My sturdy old grandfather came over
In the steerage. Forty years later he went
back in the Lusltania." "Not so much. I
know of an effete duke who accomnllHhed
the same trick in four weeks." Louisvills
Courier-Journal.
Exchange Editor Let me see Marlr
Twain had a degree of some sort conferred
upon. mm. aian t ney literary Editor Yes.
since he incorporated himself I believe ha
has taken the decree of Ltd. rrhloaim r-ri.
bune.
GLOBE. SIGHTS.
(From the Atchison Globe.J
Every man who believes in fortune-
telling, believes in every other form of
folly.. .
Perhaps the Lord sends deafness to
a man In a desire to be merciful, so
that when he reaches 70 he may not
hear his children . say, "You know
father Is getting old and childish. We
have to bo patient with him, for we
will have him with us only a little
while longer." -
Because people insist lii "taklne-
something" every time any thine is the
matter with them, is one reason so
much is the matter with them. "Take
something" before there Is anything
the matter. with you; something that
won't hurt your stomach, or need to
be enclosed in a capsule; take care of
yourself.
If Saint Peter keens dlarv. h
makes many entries like this: -"This
was woman day again. Alwavs mor
women than men seeking admission
here. Same experience with mn.t
women. They told the truth about
their sorrows and their sins, but when
it cams to asking them how many
proposals of marriage they had
received, almost every one of them
lied."
This is a rather funny world, and
hard to please. If a man talks about
himself, people very naturally say he
Is conceited. If he doesn't talk about
himself, and Is busy attending to bis
own affairs, they say he is stuck up
and unsociable. If he talks a great
deal about general topics, people will
say he talks too much without saying
anything. You can't exactly suit the
people, even if you haven't anything
else to dp. ,
We haven't much confidence in the
men who are always telling the peo
ple what they should do. But we have
a good deal of confidence In the peo
ple; anyway, If they decide on a meas
ure, and It Is a mistake, they have no
one to blame for it but themselves.
When we engage tn politics, we shall
pay a good deal of attention to the
initiative and referendum, which
means allowing the people to Initiate
reforms and express an opinion on
them. Why not submit to the people
at the coming election, the commis
sion form of government, and let them
decide? The question could be voted
on with practically no expense.