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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-04
MOSQUITOES as Pilots.

Capt R. Rubelli, commodore skipper
of the Standard Oil company's fleet, and
at present master of the huge American
tanker Col f. L. Drake, which was
built recently at Cramps and is now
engaged exclusively in the oil trade be-
tween Port Arthur. Tex. and this city
has discovered mosquitoes to be the
greatest safeguard to mariners navigat-
ing the Gulf of Mexico.
This well known shiDmaster, who has
no peer on the American coast. is SER
ious man and seldom talks unless it Is
necessary and he has something of val
ne to say.
Several days ago upon his arrival in
the port of Port Arthur. from Philadel-
phia, he was approached by some gen
tlemen interested in the prosperity of
this important oil shipping center of
Texas with a petition which he was re-
ouested to sign The petition was ad-
dressed to the United States lighthouse
board and requested that light be
placed on Sabine Pass banks, so that
vessels making this charterless coast
would have something TO be guided by
After some hesitation the skipper sig
nified his willingness to sign the petition
bat at the same time said he did not
feel il was of much use When ques-
toned he claimed that he had found by
long experience and observation that the
MOSQUITOES which infest the locality al
ways meet him on what is known to
mariners as the six-fathom curve When
the weather is thick he always, upon
meeting the mosquitoes. let's so his an
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-04
GLOBE SIGHTS.

IF'rom the Atchison Globe.]
A good photograph is one that fiat
ters.
Out of thousand girl piano players,
only one can play.
Was there ever a visiting girl who
helped with the work?
woman's laundry bill in summer
must be something enormous.
When it comes to being a fool, it IS
no conceit to claim versatility.
You wouldn't be conceited if you
could hear what people say about you
The Good Old Summer Time" you
have been singing about has arrived.
In nine cases out of ten, the COM
pany" at a house was invited by the
wife or daughters.
Every time a man is hurt for being
where he has no business to be, he
poses as the innocent bystander.
AS people get older they regard any
change in their condition to be apt to
prove the fire after the frying pan.
Potatoes threaten to be so high this
winter that they will be afforded only
for refreshments at women's parties.
We would suggest to the boys that
they keep their finger nails clean; after
the Fourth they may not have any
fingers.
every time they look at you what you
intend to do with your money when
you de.
This is the season when the summer
girl goes visiting. and becomes a nuis-
ance to the mother of the girl she is
visiting.
We are always glad when July comes.
being worn to a serious state of nerve
collapse by the accounts of June we'd
dincs.
| 1t can't be such a feat that the hairs
of our head are counted, but do you
suppose any one knows how many bugs
we eat in our berries?
We have found that a certain Atchi-
son woman's injured and hurt look Is
due to her husbands purchase of =
Panama hat costing more than her hat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-04
AMERICAN FOURTH OF JULY.

Some alleged phiIanthrope has issued
a call for harmless noise makers with
which to celebrate the Fourth of July.
He calls attention to the numerous ac-
cidents resulting from the promiscuous
use of that dire combination of sulphur,
saltpeter and charcoal, and suggests
some means of causing a corresponding
volume of sound by means of COM
pressed air, after the manner of the
exploding paper bag.
Surely, the man who made this sug-
gestion was born in a foreign land.
Does he not know that powderless
Fourth would be like saccharineless
sugar? The American people enjoy the
smell of burning powder. They were
born that way. That dire invention of
the heather Chinee resembles altar of
roses to the REAL American. And the
element of danger which goes with that
pungent odor is what makes life worth
living. The small boy who fails to ex-
hibit bandaged hand on July Fifth is
considered poor company by his associ-
ates. The American boy has no fear of
powder Has Jimmie got anything
more to shoot off?' asks one small
patriot late in the afternoon when the
supply of explosives is running low.
Yes" replies q boon companion sadly,
He has one ear and three fingers,
but his mother won't let him come out ."
Some people consider the Glorious
Fourth wasted if they fail to fill up on
strong waters-but they are happily not
numerous The politician feels that the
day has been failure if he has not
been permitted to sprinkle a few eagle
yells on one of his last falls campaign
speeches and serve it up to a cluster
of yokels and tilIers of the soil in some
sylvan dell by a muddy stream in a
summer pasture. But the small boy is
confident that the Natal day has gone
to the bad if he escapes uninjured-
How quick the emigrant from foreign
lands gets in harmony with the Fourth
of July. The first year he gets a hoii-
day and knows not why. The second
season he learns the symptoms and
knows what is coming about a week in
advance. After a three years soJourn
in the land of the free and other things,
he will understand the language suffi-
GENTLY so that part of the story of the
First Fourth will soak into his system
along with the other refreshments he
has taken during the day, and then he
is an American.
The American who is caught in a
foreign land on July Fourth is liable
to be arrested for disorderly conduct
or as Nihilist before shutdown. No
true American has a normal tempera-
ture on this day of the year. He may
even presume to object to noise and
admit that the Chinaman who invented
frecrackers should be crucifed, but if
you watch him carefully all day you
will catch him trying to show some
young American how to make an ex-
ploded cracker serve as a lighter. He is
buffer if he objects to the Glorious
I Fourth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-04
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IFrom the Chicago News.l
A preferred creditor is one who never
asks for his money.
Bachelors may lead blissful lives. bit
you can't make spinster believe 1t.
Some women confide in men for the
purpose OF extracting secrets from them.
Many man goes to the bad because
he attempts to pose as a good fellow
There is certainly enough money spent
ON the road to ruin to keep it in excel
lent repair.
At the age of 127 this country's re-
maIkable vitality may be attributed 10
its wonderful constitution.
Men laugh at trouble and women cry
over it,. or at least that's the way they
usually act at a wedding.
Good advice has a monetary value. It's
the other kind that is handed out by
those who are running a gift enterprise.
While the easy-going individual is
trying to figure out which is the best
foot to put forward the strenuous man
gets there with both feet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-04

be a grocer's boy?" The Boy-"Even
grocer's boy may grow. sir
The average actress seems to think
that she can't be welded to her art until
she is divorced from her husband.
Edward got a stomach ache,
Just from eating too much cake.
Il don't care" said little Ned,
i won't have it when I'm dead
And why do you think you would
make good book agent?" asked the
manager. Well" replied the applicant
for a job. I used to be a professional
hypnotist."
Little Willie killed his brother
With an ak, which vexed his mother.
Don't do that again." she said,
"Or I'll send you straight to bed"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-04
AS VIEWED IN WALL STREET.

The Wall Street Journal says edi-
toriallv:
The July issue of McClure's Maya
zine contains short article, editorial
in character, entitled Patriotism, .
which deals with questions naturally
arising in connection with Miss Tar
bells History of the Standard Oh
Company" and with the articles on
municipal corruption contributed by
Mr.. Steffens. It gives us pleasure to
quote certain passages therefrom, as
follows:
I'VE chose the Standard Oil because
it is the standard great business con-
Germ, and we are laying before the
whole country the local disgrace of
particular cities because each is the
tale of a thousand cities. In these two
series is the one great story of a com>
mon ondition-corruption We
shall proceed with the story of the
Standard Oil and of the cities.
and if we can finally pursuade our
readers to recognize as traitors some OF
the great men among us who have
succeeded by means of boodling and are
excused because of success we shah
| have achieved our purpose. At any
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-04

rate, we shall try it. We propose when
we have got we'll acquainted with them
and their methods and excuses to turn
from the poor, miserable. petty traitors
who sell out their country to the re-
spectacle leading men who buy it
from the bribed to the bribers. A
briber is a traitor. He may be cap
tain of industry. he may be a United
States senator, he may be a philar1-
thropist. If he has won his fortune by
bribery. the art of his success is the
undermining of the Institutions of his
country. He is not an example to
youth; he is a corrupter of youth. a
corrupter of everything he touches, and
everybody he inspires. He is an enemy
of the republic. The only force that
can stop him is Patriotism.
1t is difficult to read these words
without a thrill They may perhaps
leave cold the heart of a corporation
lawyer who finds in them merely the
expression of envy of some one else
money-Mr. John D. Rockefeller's, for
example-but we are much mistaken if
they will not strike a responsive chord
in the hearts of a majority of those
who read them. For they at once en-
shrine a truth, terrible truth. an in
tolerable truth, and breathe the spirit
of determination that it shall not ever
continue a truth. And in directing the
public's attention to them we desire TO
offer a few remarks upon the subject
of law.
This is a democratic country, which
means that all men are equal before the
law-equal in rights, equal in RESPONSE
bilities. Our entire system of social or
ganization is based on the assumption
that all men respect the law and bein9
free are yet subject to it. There is no
such thing as freedom from law-free-
dom consists in voluntary subsection to
law. Respect for law does not mean
merely obedience thereto when it can
not be broken with impunity; it means
more than that. 1t means observance
in the spirit as in the letter. it means
determination that observance shall be
general, it means recognition of law as
the essense of liberty itself. Thus
obedience to the law is the citizen s
first duty to the state-the first duty
of patriotism Many people are apt to
forget that patriotism-like charity
begins at home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-04
JAYHAWKER JOTs.

Emporia complains of a too careless
stringing of electric wires.
A SNOWFALL bush is in blossom for
the third time this season in Clay
Center yard
Two Mullinville children were pois-
oned on canned corn just seriously
enough to spoil their Fourth of July.
A Hope young woman manipulates a
moving machine as gracefully as she
does a piano. And that is saying
much
Insomnia has prevailed at Hill City
the past three weeks. So has the brass
bands. every night, getting practice for
the Fourth.
The winner in the piano contest at
Leonardville was 10000 votes ahead.
Was this the fault of the piano or the
young men?
A Kiowa county farmer has caught
a rare bird and one new to that region.
ORTHODOXY tells him it is of the genus
geococcyx.
A Leavenworth county mule, bitten
by a rattlesnake. simply gave the SER
pent the haw haw and continued about
his business.
Homeless and forsaken dogs get even
with their former owners at Leaven-
worth by bowling all night long and
preventing sleep.
A Hamilton county ranchman will do
his marketing and shopping with th=
aid of an automobile the rest of this
glad summer time.
! Concordia announces Fourth of
July shoot" There are several other
towns in Kansas that are carrying out
the same programme.
! Fort SCOTS chief of police is about
/ to be investigated because of his re-
fusal to arrest swarm of bees which
! had invaded a private home.
I The Manhattan man who is building
an oven capable of holding 600 loaves
must be a Mormon or is expecting con-
siderable company during the summer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-04
LAW OF THE ANCIENTS.
Status of Women Under Code of
Khammurabi.

One of the most remarkable historical
monuments that have ever been recoV-
cred from the buried cities of the an
cient world has recently been brought
to light by a French scientific expedi-
ton at Susa. in the valley of the Eu-
pirates. The monument itself is a pill
lar of black diorite, eight feet high, and
it's value consists in the fact that 1t
bears engraved upon it the earliest
known code of laws in the history Of
the world. 1t has been photographed,
and the inscriptions on it translated,
and the whole published by order of the
French minister of public instruction.
The laws thus brought to our knowl-
edge are so wonderfully wise, and apply
so largely to the conditions of life to-
day. that, when reading them, it is
hard to believe that they were written
over 1000 years ago, and undoubtedly
many of them were made for some con-
siderable time before being codined by
the great king law giver, Khammurabi
the ruler of Babylonia, who reigned
somewhere about B. c. 2200. The code
is thus a thousand years older than the
Mosaic age. and older than any other
known system of ancient legislation.
But not alone for its age is this code
of laws remarkable, nor even for the
applicabi lity of many of its provisions
to modern usages; il is remarkable rs
revealing the extraordinarily high posi-
ton and legal protection then afforded
to women 1t is an axiom that the high
er the civilization of a race the higher
is it's respect for women. Judging by
the regard paid to their women folk
by the ancient Babylonians, their state
of civilization must have been as, in
deed we know it was, very high indeed.
Before, however, giving instances of the
/ legal protection extended by this code
/ to women we should first note three es-
| sential features of 1t which can be cas-
| lily classified Firstly, it is based on per-
sonal responsibility. and the rule of "a
tooth for TOOTH" tempered by the law
of ransom: next. on the belief in the
sanctity of the oath: and, thirdly, on
the absolute necessity of written evil
dence in all legal matters. In passing
we may remark that, excepting the
first these principles of legal proce-
dure underlie the law of Great Britain
today.
Incidentally this old code throws con-
sidera BILE light on the social and COM
merciaI life of the ancient Arab race
which then ruled Babylonia. 1t is
strange, for instance, to read that many
/ of the clauses relate to agents or ped
dlers, the commercial travellers of the
time. Others related to premises licens-
ed for the sale of intoxicating liquors:
and it is still more curious to note that
all wine merchants were females. Thus
we read that: IF riotous persons as
sem Sse in the house of a wine merchant,
and those riotous persons she seizes not
chant shall be put to DEATH" Though
on first sight it might look curious that
riotous persons should be driven to the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-04
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Since it began to rain:
Gotham-What do you call your
town?
Van Yuser-New York.
Gotham-I thought you had moved to
a place in the country.
Van Yuser-O! I'm back again. l
wouldn't dare tell you what call that
Press
DO you think that there is luck in a
rabbits foot?"
mot as much as dar is in a chickens
foot" answered Mr. Erastus Flnkley'
provided de res err de animal IS at
tached. Washington Star
Some mean sneak ran on with my
umbrella today"
with your umbrella"
'.WeU. with the umbrella I've been
carving all week "-Philadelphia Press.
His talk is entirely too coarse to suit
sOht he's merely gotten into the habit
of calling a spade a spade"
II wculdn't mind that, but he insists
upon calling lots of things spades thal
are not. '-Philadelphia Press.
Proud Father-Rick. my boy. if you
live UP to your Grafton you'll be an hon
or to the family
Valedictorian-I expect to do better
than that. father. / am going to try to
live up to the baccalaureate sermon
Chicago Tribune
II a man is about to do a foolish thing
they will go right straight and tell him.
Washington Qa-) Democrat.
The floating population of Kansas is
not so large as it was a few days ago
Pittsburg Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-04
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

LF'rom the Philadelphia Record
A finger in the pie is worth two out
of joint.
It's no crime to steal kiss if you
give It back.
A vein of sentiment is all right if it
isn't all in vain.
If brevity is the soul of wit the bath
ing suit should be extremely funny
The absence of gas during a court
ship isn't always an indication of econ
omy.
Robert with the garden hose,
Souirted wafer W his nose.
Mother ran to fetch the doctor;
AS for Bob, he only Knocked her.
TIL man who is satisfied with what
he has doesn't worry about what he
hasn't.
The Man-"Aren't you very small tc
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BAcHELoI
[From the New York Press.l

LFrOm the New York Press.1
No matter how pretty a girl is, 1t
never tastes as nice to kiss her the
second time.
Maybe they call it the honeymoon be-
fore it is over.
Women are pretty sure that all mar
ried men would make love to her IL
they did not know that she was the soul
OF honor.
When a woman dresses so as to be
credit to her husband the account for
it is debit for him to somebody else.
When a girl asks a man to guess her
age he doesn't deserve her confidence
unless he guesses lower than her
Youngest sisters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-04

One hundred acres of land in the sand
hills of the Dismal river forest reserve.
Nebraska, were planted this spring by
the bureau of forestry. On so acres 1OO,-
600 pine seedlings were set out; the other
20 acres were sowed with seed. The
work VIII continue this summer. The
nursery will be enlarged so as to cover
two acres. which will hold 1000, 900 seed
lings. The bureau intends to increase
the size of the nursery gradually so as
to make it grow enough seeding trees
every year to furnish sufficient stock
for the planting. 1t is intended ulti-
mately to turn the whole of the Mo
brara and Dismal river reserves. which
are now barren sand hills. into forest
by planting. The Dismal river reserve
includes $4,000 acres. the Niobrara re-
serve 12s.Oo0. A survey of the boundar-
fes of the Nobrara reserve will be made
this summer by E. ]. S. Moore. of the
bureau of forestry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-04

The attorney general of Missouri finds
himself in a position similar to that of
the King of France who marched up
the hill and then marched down again.
His suits against the tobacco trust and
various railroads which he started and
prosecuted with a great flourish of
trumpets have not only been decided
against him but he has been refused a
rehearing by the supreme court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-04

The Globe-DemOcrat is so busy with
worlds fair matters that it can scarce
~ find time for indulgence in its GUS
tomary pastime of carrying Missouri
for the Republicans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-04

St Louis announces that an auto
mobile line will be esta blished, for
transferrir= to and from the worlds
fair grounds persons who care to pa
tronize that form of locomotion, but
nothing is said about any additional
hospital accommodations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-04

Gen. Grosvenor predicts that Cleveland
will be the Democratic nominee for the
presidency next year, but contrary to
his usual custom he offers no figures to
back up his guess.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-04

While the Seventh Day Adventists
have spread all over the world, having
just closed a conference in Tahiti, the
Jews are discussing the propriety Of
adopting the day regarded by orthodox
Christians as the Sabbath. for their day
of rest and worshin
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-04

The depot master at Garnett was sur
prised to note a steer bolt in the watt
ing room the other morning between
trains. The animal was given berth
in the stock yards.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-04

This is the 127th anniversary of
American independence. and it would
be hard to persuade anybody that it
isn't noisier than any of the preceding
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-04

A Baxter Springs citizen. over the
half century mark. INDUCED in enough
green apples recently to keep the fam
lily awake all night. When does a man
cease to be a boy?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-04

A report emanates from Washington
that Gen. Bristow has discovered a post
Office contract on which there was no
rakeoff, but the story lacks confrma-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-04

Prof Heron and Carrie Rand have
a partnership baby. WIN its surname
be Heron. Rand. Herron-Ran or
Rand u enron?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-04

The Montana climate is not without
its advantages. The grasshoppers have
been devastating the state and now .
snow storm has come and buried them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-04

A Coffey county farmer who slid
down a haystack got off with one tine
of the fork through his leg. He shud-
ders when he thinks that there were
four tines .sore
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-04

In connection with the matter of the
Jewish petition the Russian newspapers
are beginning TO oriticise our treatment
of the Chinese.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-04

The old aGaGe that calamities never
come singly is again verified. Here is
the Fourth of July coming right on The
heels of the Hood.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-04

Hobson has announced that he will
vindicate Dewey. But who will vindi-
cate Hobson?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-04

Washington Post: Editor William AL
len White is again asking What's the
matter with Kansas" and we don't
know unless it's Senator Burton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-04

The Philippines are determined to be
on time al the st. Louis Worlds fair.
Already they have started 500 tons of
exhibits for the United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-04

Fireworks dealers might do a good
business by advertising a lockjawless
brand of blank cartridge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-04

The month of June appears to have
recorded about the usual number of
foundations laid for future divorces.