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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-27
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
From the Philadelphia Record

FROM the TuiiduelpHld R6cOru.J
A maiden's blush isn't always the pink
of propriety.
It's the tiresome people who bore their
way through life
It's better to eat sparrows for reed
birds than to eat crow.
The fellow who marries deaf mute
should make her unspeakably happy.
The fellow at the top of the heap is
bound to look down on the rest of us.
Most women derive a great deal of sat-
isfaction from being considered martyrs.
man shouldn't find it hard to get along
after he starts on the downward path
Even fat people are not proof against
finding themselves in reduced circum-
stances.
1t is well to remember that the buzz-saw
won't hurt you if you don't monkey with
it.
A leech may be an unpleasant sort of
creature. but at least it never gets stuck
on ITSELF
After man is dead it's funny what a
lot of unsupported good traits we dis
cover he had.
Blobbs-'1 hear you have new type
writer" Slobbs-.'Yes: it's the first job
she's ever had
Wigwag Success merely depends upon
how hard you work." Borrowell-"And
also whom you work"
The chap who invents flying machine
doesn't care about leaving any footprints
in the sands of time
Nell-.'She pinches her feet terribly with
those little Shoes Believes; they are
SO tight they actually squeak
Does "a vacation pay?
Two things about it may
One is the going away;
The other getting back!
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billboard Profanities

The abuse of the billboard has gone
to great length. In a majority of the
cases that come under my observation.
and l live in university town where
1000 students are gathered. the pictures
advertising theatrical shows are, as
rule, artistically abominable and morally
offensive. They abound in coarse and
brutal bar room scenes. IN representa-
lions of murder and theft. in figures of
repulsiye ugiiness and in portraitures of
women in every variety of indecent po-
sitions What criminal suggestions they
put into the minds OF innocent children
pictures of criminals and ruffians with
dagger, pistol and poison! What fuel
they add to the Games of lawless pas
sion that burn In the untamed breasts
of hayward young men-demons of the
highway paraded as heroes! What dis
tressing ensations they bring to every
person who has an eve for the beauti-
ful-exhibitions of ugliness beyond des-
cription! What sense Of shame and
humiliation they create in the minds
of every decent man and every modest
woman-such outrageous descriptions
OF the sanctities Of human lffei-Unity.
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POINTER FOR PREACHERS.

When one goes to a place of worship
on Sunday he wants to leave feeling
refreshed, invigorated-that he has
gained something for his outlay of
time and for the energy to walk from
his home 20 the church service. Even
though he be not communicate of any
denomination he can be influenced In
way that will make his feel stronger
and better.
But there are some contingencies aris>
ing under which the best men are driven
from the churches; and those not so
good who are simply Disguised ana
estranged forever from ministers and
places of worshipping. One means to
this end is the practice as followed up
in one or two leading churches in To-
peka of the pastors in indulging in a
hsrangue having no logical outline,
possessing not the slightest arrange
ment with regard to sequence-simply a
scattering volley of words in this direc-
ton or that. which ever the speaker
cares to direct-and with little care or
constancy. either. The whole service
may be long one: usually there is a
special musical programme lasting
from 10 to 20 minutes, exclusive of other
parts of the service. Then aside from
that congrega ton is obliged to sit
and listen to a talk of an hour and a
half, frequently a little less. upon the
themes from which the preachers mind
fits here and there. There is no ex-
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ground all around and dragged several
feet In the rear.
The short skirt. hailed with SO much
JOY by the apostles OF dress-reform has
practically disappeared. 1t was no less
fugitive and evaneslent than the pulley
belt or the Psyche knot.
The same is true OF high heels. When
women first began wearing the common
sense heel 1t was said that they would
never go back to the old barbarous and
injurious French heel but they are al
ready back Although the common sense
heel Is still worn on street shoes, the
French Feel Is here for all other occa-
sions and is higher than ever. smaller,
more curved and altogether more un-
hyRienic.
Considerations Of health have nothing
to Go with the favor which feminine
fashions enjoy. Comfort has nothing to
do with 1t. The average woman is q
slave to fashion. Clothes with her are
the paramount issue. She will willingly
endure torture in order to achieve fash
iona Bile effect and look her best accord
ing 10 modern ideas. without regard for
aesthetic Ideals. Women adopt sensi-
BILE f. hion not because it is sensible
but bes',use it is the fashion. People
who 10y seeing women with natural
waists had better make the most of
them while they last. In another year
or SO there will be lightning change
and miraculous disappearance act and
those % and "a inch belts will shrink to
IL and 20 In the twinkling of an eye.
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haustive treatment of any one thing
taken up for confederation in which the
auditors may become interested. The
benches very soon grow hard: we won-
der how they could have been made so
i'll fitting. Every once in q while the
minister tries to make an effort to reacls
q climax. and one thinks he is surely
winding the thing up: but alas! he has
only failed to reach it and has hopped
to some other branch, staying with it
little. working the people up to the
point OF a second disgust, and the FIRST
is repeated.
What is the mission of sermon? Its
object is much the same as that sought
in this editorial: to present it's argu-
ment briefly. pungently and with force
to those who perceive 1t, and to let 1t
go at that. The human mind f. not
capable Of holding itself dxediy upon
one subject for a long time. Half an
hour of solid preaching twice = Sunday
IS about all the average church goer
can tolerate. But when that time Is
heightened to an hour and half, can
anyone blame the people for getting
angry at themselves because they go to
service of that sort? The rule Of this
day, in particular. is that doctrine shall
be served up Hastily, concentrated and
in such way that 1t shall impress
those who listen to 1t most strongly.
Right there is where the newspapers.
books and periodicals of the age are
getting ahead of the religious denomi-
nations. They reach the point at once.
without worrying the life out of thelS
readers. And SO in this way II the
churches are to get at the people. the
younger ones in particular. they must
make a better study OF such subjects:
how to give service that will be salts
factory to their own members and an
occasional outsider. Perhaps that is the
cause of the wall that the Christian
church is losing its prestige
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-27
PRESIDENT RoosEvELT,s TOUR

1t is to be regretted that President
Roosevelt was prevented from making
his western tour. The people of the
west have a genuine admiration foi
President Roosevelt. and he would have
received an ovation quite in keeping
with the sentiment.
The west likes the rugged. honest
manhood of President Roosevelt. His
hostility to the trusts may not please
the eastern millionaires, and his recog-
milton of merit in politics may not ap>
peal to the professional politician, but
his attitude satisfies the people, espe-
ciaily those of the west, and it is un-
fortunate that they were not given an
Opportunity to express their approval.
1t may be that President Roosevelt will
yet make his promised tour, but if he
does not there will come time whea
the people can express their approval
OF the course of the president in diff
ferent but more substantial manner.
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JAYHAwKER JoTs.

The Garden City schools have started.
but number of boy loafers have not. 8
The joke seems to be on the Emporia
policemen who lad a dozen prize fowls
stolen.
Rfnglings' circus refused to pay
license fees at lola, and the city stoppec
the parade.
Out in Happy Hollow, Phillips coun
ty. the young folks are still enjoying
watermelon parties.
worth of cabbage this season from a
plot of ground 75x125 feet.
Considering that they had no books.
Pleasant Prairie school has held q
profitable two weeks session.
It took two colored men to whip one
did the job successfully and escaped
Baldwin landlord advertises fur
nished rooms for girls with the privilege
of the bath room and piano when neces-
sary.
Speaking of Jaclsonian simplicity re-
calls the fact that one of the candidates
for clerk of Mcpherson county is max
ing his campaign on foot.
An Armenian has great success SELL
ing resurrection plants at Emporia, not
antee of their landing powers"
The gate receipts for liquid air
seance at Wellsville were less than ex-
penses. Where the professor made his
mistake was in attaching the air.
A Ffnney county merchant has found
1t necessary to purchase hand organ
to keep the thirteenth child quiet. Sing
ing answered for the other dozen h.
says.
The Moundridge marshal bids fair to
become bloated bondholder The city
council has allowed a fee of Is cents for
burying deceased cats and so cents for
dogs.
The Newton boy who cracked a rail-
road torpedo with a hammer to see
what 1t contained had evidently never
heard of the man who starts fires with
gasoline.
At Agra the Salvation Army captain
publicly berated several town institu-
tions. There was no meeting the fol-
lowing evening owing to the tent ropes
being cut up.
Lawrence papers quit being horri-
fed" long enough yesterday at Topeka's
wickedness to discover another saloon
| in their own town. The. Athens is q
great old hypocrit
A Phillips county young woman who
tended 90 acres Of corn this summer
will tend the Agra school this winter
Unruly small boys will probably be
turned over to her for correction.
The Kirwin Congregational pastor
announces a heart-to-heart talk with
his flock on Sunday. Those members
having already overdrawn their bank
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-27
KANSAS A MILITARY CENTER.

The military maneuvers at Fort Riley,
Kansas, point to the fact which has
often been suggested, that Kansas, with
her two large military posts, is one of
the military points of vantage in the
United States.
AS the late Senator John ]. Ingalls,
said, kansas is the marvel of the
nation The geographical center of the
states and territories bounded by the
Atlantic. the Pacific, Mexico and Can
ada. is to be found on the Fort Riley
military reservation. A monument
marks the exact center Of the country.
of course, not including Alaska, Hawaii
the Philippines and a few other lately
acquired outposts. The two forts in
Kansas are close to two large railway
centers.
The recent appropriations of several
millions of dollars by congress for the
improving of Fort Riley and Fort Leav-
enworth mean that these two posts
will be the principal ones of the coun-
try. Fort Riley is today the second
largest garrisoned post in the world.
Fort Leavenworth is destined to be
equal in size and Importance to Fort
Riley, for what with an officers school.
a cavalry school and military training
uSpftI llleutS, IL Will ne d training rcOSL
of the army men. When the improve
ments are made, for which appropria-
lions have been made, congress will not
yet be done with Riley and Leavenworth
and other appropriations will follow.
Kansas may yet have the two largest
garrisoned military posts in the coun-
try.
With Omaha and Kansas City easily
accessible, the troops from these two
forts could be on their way to any point
in the country with a few hours notice
With the quieting of the Indian troubles
in the West the policy has been to les
sen the number of posts and mobilize
troops. No better locations than the
Kansas posts could have been found for
the strongholds of the army.
The annual maneuvers will increase
in proportions year by year. The militia
of various states will assemble with the
regulars at Fort Riley. This will soor
prove the abilities of the railroads to
handle large bodies of troops between
Riley and other points.
Besides pointing out the advantages
of Fort Riley the plan of assembling
state troops with the regulars will prove
an incentive to the militia of the West
and may be the means of bringing the
national guard of the Middle Western
states up to the standard set by the
regiments of the East.
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From the New York Journall
The horrible brutality of Michael Led
dy. of Brooklyn. has sent a shudder
through every community where ac-
counts of his deeds have been read.
After forcing his hungry little girl to
swallow tumblerful of whisky this
mad beast fell upon his wife and kicked
out her remaining eye, the sight of the
other having been destroyed in the same
way two years ago.
OF course Leddy was drunk. Men who
do these acts of wanton and ferocious
cruelty are always drunk. Even men
who when sober prove kind to their
families are often transformed by drink
into murderous demons. When they re-
cover from their madness and learn
what they have done they cry out in
amazement, shame and remorse. Yet
fthey are aware beforehand that drink
will turn them into maniacs. And their
crimes committed. they will. If left at
large. generally drink again. 1t is vol
untary lunacy. Therefore they are
rightly held responsible by the law for
what they do.
No man who drinks and has ever been
drunk enough to be perilous to others
has any right to drink at all. Short
of being q total abstainer, he is dan
gerous animal, and knows it.
No wonder that those who give spec
ial attention to the effects of the drink
habit cry out against it passioEa tely.
Its ravages are to be seen in all grades
of life. Women as well as men are its
victims. 1t robs countless homes of hap
piness 1t deorives children OF their
rightful joys and cheats them of their
chances in life. No man whose child
hood was spent in drunken home. no
matter how long he may live. can ever
shake off the memory of the black mise
ry of those years that should have been
his brightest.
| Drink is the master curse of this
country, as of every other in Christen-
DOM 1t spreads physical disease, men
! tai incapacity and moral blight. It de-
grades the homes oe the rich and sends
squalor, want and bestiality into the
homes of the poor. Itrots out the man
hood of men and the womanhood OF wo-
men.
| Every intelligent agency exerting it
self to lessen the drink evil deserves the
sympathy and cncourag ement of all
who wish well to their kind. 1t is easy
to be critical of zeal but too much
zeal is incomparably nobler than too lit
tie.
This country needs great temper
ance revival-the old-time mass meet
ings. the old-time enthusiasm, the pop
ular pledge-signing and a revivifica ton
of the societies devoted to total abb
stinence and ardent missionary work
for members. and the churches of the
land could lead in no cause more worthy
of their religious energies.
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IF WE GET THE PLANT.

If the city of Topeka gets possession
of the water plant one of the prelimi-
naries to actual possession will be the
passage of an ordinance by the city
council for the government of the plant
To manage a great system of water
works will be new branch of munic-
ipal industry for Topeka The city
will in great measure have to be guided
by the customs in other municipal own
ership cities. Most cities govern their
water plants through board of COM
missioners similar in authority to the
board of police commissioners which
existed here under the metropolitan
police law.
One thing seems to be the almost
unanimous opinion of the people OF
Topeka, and that is that the officials
and employees at the plant should be
removed from the influence of politics.
1t viii be necessary to operate the plant
at the highest possible efficiency to
make the city's investment profitable,
This can not be done if with every
change in the city administra ton. or
with each succeeding election, there is
a complete overturning in the-force en-
ployed to run the plant. The city can
do no better than to initiate the present
management of the plant in such mat
ters.
It has been suggested that the board
of water commissioners should be APP
pointed by the mayor, and that the
mayor should be obliged to appoint
representatives of different political
faiths to the positions. Another scheme
is to have the water commissioners
elected by the people, and enforce some
sort of civil service rules in the employ
ment of men for the plant
The Topeka fire department is an ex-
ample of what civil service can ac-
complish. 1t is not only the best depart
ment in the city administration, but
ranks among the best fire departments
in the country. The fire department has
been kept out of politics simply be-
cause people have confidence in Chief
Wilmarth His long service has won
him a prestige which no mayor would
care to defy without osher than political
reasons. But Chief Wllmarth has won
his enviable position by length of hon.
orable service His civil service system
is not protected by law.
The man who becomes the head OF
the waterworks plant, in case the city
get possession of the plant, will have
to make his own place and establish
his record. He should be retained in his
position Just so long as he gives salts
factory service, and the same rule
tons in the water works department.
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accounts VIM probably take to tie

accounts VIM probably take to the
woods.
An Ottawa man asks divorce simply
because his wife, desiring little early
morning exercise, pounded his head
with a kettle and b1acked his eyes with
the full arm movement.
An electric motor is OF great assist
ance to the Agra school teacher. Wheth-
er It Is used for spanking unruly pupils
or throwing light on dark subjects the
item falls to state.
A Lyon county man Is defending his
record In court against the charge of
being habftual drunkard. 1t isn't the
charge that hurts SO much as the prop
erty that goes with It If proven.
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FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

The State Journal is member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
ganization for exclusive afternoon publica-
ton in Topeka.
The news is received in the State Jour-
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose busy through the entire day A
Complete copy of the night report is also
received.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-27

Why, asks the Omaha World-Herald.
Is the American citizen required to pay
$3.50 per 100 pounds for galvanized barb
wire, and $3.50 for painted or vanished
barb wire per 100 pounds? This same
barb wire is sold by the American
manufacturer to the foreigners for s.. z5
and s1.S6 per 100 pounds. Here is a
difference of 20 and 40 per cent. in favor
of the foreigner
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PLAYS AS THEY ARE

season
that melodrama is losing grace in the
eyes of the theater-going public. The
mortal combat, the spasm of over-done
stock struggle scene where the hero ana
heavy villain collide. seize each other
by the wrists and do a right and left
all ceased to cause cold chills and bated
breath. me ehee-ild, me long lost
chee-ild." means the injured mother.
and the heartless audience grins au-
dibly. AT last" says the long suffering
hero. Il have you in me power!' Does
he get applause? Not so you could
something laughable. They have
most any time without effort When
the average citizen visits q tneater 1t
is for the purpose of seeking amuse-
ment. How does he know he will not
be confronted by a slaughter house
scene, a few death-bed confessions and
a display of alleged agony which will
cause dyspepsia? The worst of chess
melodramas are the best Some of them
are bad enough to be fascinating. They
are worth seeing, If the spectator has
a properly cultivated sense of mumor.
Topeka is frequently assaulted by bad
melodramas. Although they are care
fully lampooned by the press, they con-
tinue to come. A town of this size
should be overlooked by the barn
stormers who play Tonganoxie and
Wamego-o Topeka may
not be large enough to support two
good amusement houses, but it should
have one at least. where stranger
could go and pay a reasonable price
without being victimized
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-27

There appears to be difference of
opinion regarding the existence of a
connection between the tariff and the
trusts The question might be determ-
ined by removing the tariff from the
product of one protected industry as an
experiment, just to see what would hap
pen. Paper would be good thing to
begin on.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-27

Between the strikes and the trusts it
begins to look as though the public has
no rights which combines of capital or
of labor are bound to respect.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-27

Weather men say there is no such
thing as an equinoctial storm. What,
then, do they call the weather we've
been having for the past week?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-27

Mr.. Carnegie should found a library
or something soon. just to remove the
appearance of any doubts regarding his
sincerity. It is long time between
donations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-27

The governor of Panama has notified
the American officers that Colombia has
ample force to protect lives and pro-
perty on the isthmus. Then why hasn't
she done it?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-27

There is rumor about that Senator
Tom Plat was thrown down. at the
Saratoga convention but the public
must be shown before it will credit the
story
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Maybe it was not generally noticed
but the president started on Friday to
make that trip which ended so suddenly
at Indianapolis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-27

Clearly, Secretary Shaw means to
have it understood that the spectators
can't swamp this country while he has
hold of the country's purse strings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-27

An early and rapid advance in the
price of votes may be confidently ex-
pected In Montana. Millionaire Heinze
has declared his intention of organizing
an anti-Clark party.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-27

General F'unston's utterance on the
subject of the army canteen makes 1t
evident that if he ever had any inten-
ton of becoming a candidate for Office
In Kansas he has abandoned it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-27

Soft coal shows an advance of 81. SO
for the week in Boston. The effect of
the anthracite strike is certain to be felt
throughout the country unless soon
brought to an end.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-27

It may be that P1att was beaten at
Saratoga, but If this be- so, somebody
would better watch OUT in November.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-27

Indianapolis News: There is always a
great fear in some quarters that talk
of tariff revision will cause a panic,
except when the talk is to revise it up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-27

Now that Funston has declared his
opposition to the anti-canteen law, will
Kansas disown him?