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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR
IRON the New York Press.I

There is hardly any more fun than be-
ing afraid you are going to be caught, but
not being
A man skates on very thin ice when he
is engaged and never goes through 1t if It
is broken.
A man has to have a whole lot of faith
in himself to have none at all IN any
body else
A mother never has any doubt her son
viii be president If she can pick out the
right sort of a wife for him.
Some women seem to have an idea that
the whole world has no other business to
attend to except to insult them.
When the girl with short, thick neck
has the lznack of making it look long and
shapely her mother will never have TO
worry about her not getting married.
step ladder and got q black and blue sDof
on her arm she would be afraid to LEI
people know for fear they would be sus-
picious.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

possibly be as valuable as he would be
if he did not drink.
Now the governor of Indiana has
announced that no drinking man need
apply for appointment under him
His theory is that the state of Indiana
needs just as good services as the cor
porations which win not employ
drinking men.
on top of it all is the assurance of
solomon, borne out by the experience
Of naultitudes, that ''at the last it
biteth like serpent and stingeth like
an adder
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

Give the devil his due The rail-
roads seem to be perfectly willing to
give interior Kansas points jobbers,
rates equitable with those along the
Missouri river, if the railroad commits
sioners win make an order to that ef-
feet. Heretofore Kansas City has held
the threat Of a boycott over Kansas
railroads unless Missouri river jobbers
were given the advantage, but If equit-
able rates are fixed by the state board
the railroads can plead that they can
DO nothing but obey. Several years
ego when the Rock Island tried to give
central Kansas grain growers the same
rate to the gulf that Kansas City had,
inasmuch as the Rock Islands ship
ments from Kansas City had to pass
through Kansas. Kansas City. CONNER
eial interests Immediately prepared to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06
LICE o. LIE ~.

Casey-.D' yez think cigarette
smokin' do be harmful t the teeths2"
Corrigan-"Oi do that; a devil Of a
dude blew some cigarette smoke in me
face yisterda' an OF knocked out six
av his.'-Puck.
st suppose your constituents viii in
terfere with your summer vacation"
answered Senator Sorghum. Il get
rest enough while congress is in ses-
sion. '-Washington Star.
Let me see," began Mr.. Henpeck.
''the wooden wedding is the fifth an
niverary. isn't mol" snapped his
wife. When one marries a blockhead
the ceremony itself" But the mis-
cradle man had hed.-Philadeiphia
Press.
Upson-"Carnegie is a conundrum.
isn't he?" Downs-''Why SOP" Up
fast enough to suit himself, and yet he
says he doesn't want any worthless
dukes in his family. Free
Press.
Foozle-"Come, now, do you really
enjoy a game of golf2" Nibick-"Of
course not what a question. But I do
love to talk about a narrow escape
from death or long siege Of rheu-
matism. Boston Transcript.
Miss Pyne-"Did you notice, Mr..
Tacly, that up in Wisconsin they are
going to tax the bachelors SO a
head % Mr.. Tacky-fAre they? Well,
If they were trying any such law here
I'd ind q way to evade it mighty
quick, III bet you'll" Miss Pyne-"Oh,
Mr.. Tacky, this is so student '-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer
Excited New Reporter-''Say, there
was man named Smith killed a bit
ago down on Blank street," Cool City
Editor well, don't get excited.
more American.
Askitt-"Your friend Lambley is
quite well off, isn't he?" Knowtit-
HE was Askitt-''EIe WASP" Know
/ itt-"Yes; but he didn't realize it until
after he had taken a flyer in Wall
street. Chicago Daily News.
Mabel-"Now. Mr.. Sporty, suppos-
/ ing you were Paris, which of US three
/ thinking he sees a brilliant way out
of a difficulty Well-you see
there's such a sameness about you
/ alli"-Punch.
Smart Pastor-"Afy congregation is
made up mostly of fools" Parishion-
er-''Aht That explains it. Smart
1 Pastor Explains what?" Parishion-
er-"Your habit of addressing them
as beloved brethren cleveland
| Leader.
"Do you think that mans po-
litical influence depends on his ability
as a. public speaker Not altogetn-
/ err" answered. Senator Sorghum
| have found that the speeches which
/ sometimes counted for most were
made in the strictest privacy. wash
/ ingtoR Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

3 It must be gratifying to the friends
oG Secretary Smiley of the Kansas
grain trust to learn that he is pleas
alltly located in the Rush county Jail
at is stated that the jail is located in
an aristocratic portion of the town
and as Mr.. Smiley took some of his
own effects with him he seems deter
mined to take his confinement philo-
sophically and make the best of it. In
1act there is nothing else to do.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

The Wichita faker is evidently alive
after all. A Chicago paper publishes a
dispatch under a Wichita date line of
aAay 2, stating that Mrs. Nation. in 1ail
there, has sold her property in Topeka
Nnd win 60 to Oklahoma. Barring the
statement that Mrs. Nation hasn't been
an Jail in Wichita for a month. the state
ment is true. but it seems to have
reached Chicago by freight and was
sidetracked for several weeks on the
road.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

Former Senator ". A Harris of
E4ansas IS the first witness to be called
De1ore the senate committee on timer
STATE commerce commission to give the
Shippers side of the rate question. It
IS alleged in some quarters that Chair
man hllzins has been summoning only
railway magnates heretofore and that
their views have been exploited in or
der to create a sentiment against rate
regulation, but the testimony of such
witnesses as victor Morawetz has had
the opposite effect.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06
49,, ,1,E4E1 PRoDIGATis RETURN

ANENT THE PRODIGAIiS RETURN
When home returned the prodiga4
Great was the joy thereof
His Dad received him to his house
In token Of his love. =
And straightway feast was spread
For this his WayWard son; 3
But in the midst OF these re5o1c1ngss
We're told that there was one
Who Joined in neither song nor jest,
In quip nor merry laugh;
And If I was asked which one that WaSs
I'd say-the fatted calf.
-AndFeW Shaughnessy. in the May LIP
ntncott
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06
MISTAKEN IDEA.

Paderewski, the pianist, is laid up at
Boston with a strained neck, received
while rendering difficult composition.
We always had an idea that Paddy
played the piano with his hands, but 1t
seems we were mistaken.-Concordi
Blade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06
CHANGEs ~ KANsAs-

Out in Barber county one man is
a liar. How times have changed. Twen-
ty-fve years ago a case of that kind out
in the cattle country might have made
business for the coroner, but it never
would have got into court.-Iola Regis
ter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

"A Harvard astronomer has discovered
Ehat Saturn has ten moons. This is not
an especially new discovery, although
Inherent men have varied as to the ex-
act number, depending on the amount
they have had to drink.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06
rs HIs BIIsINEss-

You needn't thank the weather man
if the sun shines today, but you can
jump on him with both feet if it
doesn't shine. He won't care, either
way. He just smiles and goes right
ahead drawing his salary.-Los An
geles Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

Kuropatkin escaped at least one very
disagreeable task in being relieved from
the command of the European army:
General Linevitch had to kiss several
thousand soldiers on Easter day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

Rojestvensly was probably mistaken
when he told the car that if he is
beaten Russia will hear of it from Togo.
II Is likely that Mole st. Saigon viii
beat Togo by several lengths.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06
FRANK GRIMES JOKE.

The greatest political joke of the year,
so far in Kansas, is the recent utterance
of Frank Grimes that the published re-
ports regarding Senator Burton's inves-
tigation were gotten up by his, Burton's,
enemies for the purpose Of injuring the
senator's eputation.-Holton Recorder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06
KANSAS COMMENT.
pFRHAPS

Wichita, which encourages open sa-
looms, gambling houses, and brothels
has BY ordinance prohibited the posting
OF whisky advertisements and girls in
tights on the bill boards. Perhaps this
IS the small bit of 1eaven that will
IeaYen the whole Iump.-Concordia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

boycott the Rock Island and forced
the road to abandon its proposed cen
traI Kansas rates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

st. Petersburg says that Rojestvensky
has sailed south to meet Nebogatoff.
If the Russians are real smart they. are
probably lying about it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

Here is a peculiar coincidence among
rulers: Edward, king of England, and
Edward, governor OF Kansas, have both
just had a lot of teeth extracted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06
ME WRONG SIDE.

1t is superhuous to say that Mr.. Bige-
low was on the wrong side of the mar
ket." Any side of a speculative mar
ket is the wrong side for a bank off,
cial.-Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06
ANOTHER CHARGE

It is suspected that Joe Bristow plant
ed a few submarine senatorial mines
en- route from Panama to Washington
Hutchinson News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06
ANOTHER sTJGGEsTION.

While cotton raisers in the south are
talking about burning the surplus cot
ton they ought to get down to business
and advocate giving the boil weevil a
chance.-Wichita Eagle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

IF we understand Mr. Ware, he en-
tiers a general denial to the action of
Commissioner Warner, but admits that
ing plaintiff to make his bill of partic-
ulars more definite and certain.-Cha-
mute Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06
WHAT n Is.

The amputated leg of a Denver man
has started to grow again, and the Den
yer Post man asks. what do you
think of thatg" Frankly, we think it's
q he.-Washington Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

It did not take an act of the Iegis-
sature to create any special common
carriers in Chicago. Nearly everyone is
that now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06
TOUCH On GROvER.

It now loks as though Grover Cleve-
land will not be invited to address the
Kansas Federation of Women's clubs
at Topeka this month.-Parsons Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06
WAITING FOR TREATS.

Scientists now insist that the drunk
ard is victim of disease. He's al
ways ready to be treated for it.-New
York American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06
40 JoKTNG MATTER.

Consul General Wynne says he takes
Mae Wood as a joke. Apparently that
is the way Platt took her, too, and there
is the seat of all this Notwithstanding
son News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

The innocent bystander in Chicago
nowadays ought to be extremely care
ful in selecting the place to do his by
standing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

Perhaps those Chicago strikers will
home to Kansas next month and help
have the wheat crop. We viii need
nam
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

While Adam wasn't a millionaire, as
Or. GLADDEN. says, he had larger. per
centage Of the worlds wealth than even
John D. Rockefeller.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06
LIKE KANSAS WHEAT.

The Delaware peach crop has Just
been ruined for the sixth time this sea-
son, and there are no good reasons for
concluding that it may not have a ru-
ination or two still coming.-Chicago
Record Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

Probably it Is just as painful to the
bear to be shot by a president as by a
plain Colorado hunter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

What the public wants to know is,
which faction in Wisconsin is response
Die for Banker Bigelow?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06
"IT sHORELY AM,

The medical expert of the Atlanta
Constitution, after studying the south
ern situation, is inclined to the opinion
that ~Rocseveltitis is ketchin'."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06
ONE or THOSE THEORIES.

Possibly the acoustic properties of
the shores of the China sea are SO good
that the people can hear firing there
several days before it takes place
Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06
OVERnONG IT

Stubs wanted a man for governor
who would be governor in fact as well
as in name. Hoch seems to suit him toe
well.-Kingman Leader-Courier.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06
italians Coming.

According to the authority of the
daily newspapers an Italian syndicate
has purchased $500 acres of oil lands
near Rock Greek, Wyo., and is now
negotiating for extensive tracts in the
vicinity of Florence, in Colorado. The
syndicate is backed by some of the
richest men in Italy, and is of course
prepared to spend millions of dollars
for the development of Colorado re-
sources. An immigration project is to
be directly under the supervision of
the italian government which has al
ready appropriated $1,000,000 for the
purpose. The italian consul at Den
yer says: Since coming west have
become convinced that Colorado is the
best state in the Union in point of
climate. With water, Colorado land is
the best in this country for farmers,
so I am looking up some large tracts
of land in this state. 1t is the gov
ernment's purpose to bring about 49,
600 Italians to this region from the
large American cities annually. Each
family will be located on ten to twenty
acres of land, and each will be given
five or ten years in which to repay
the government for the porperty. -
Field and Farm
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

The Pittsburg. Pa, candidate for con
lgress is worth twenty million dollars.
8Zhat ought to help aome-in Psnnsyl-
ii7a rsFn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

The Milwaukee failure is another
which shows how much some bank ex-
huainers can keep from finding out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06
ROM THE HOG BELT,

Hogs are making for the six dollar
mark predicted for June. Here's hopin'
-Courtland Register
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06
FROM OTHER PENS.


A HARD FATE.
Still at the worlds unequal way
Must Justice look askance.
The umpire gets the smallest pay,
And takes the biggest chance.
Washington Evening Star,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06
TO HIS CREDIT

It is also to Banker Bigelow's credit
that he does not claim to have been
pnotized.-Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06
Rest for a Vigorous Man.

A very real side Of Mr.. Roosevelt is
that brought out by the vacation which
he is now enjoying. Rest is what the
accounts told Us he was seeking, and
rest no doubt he is obtaining. It is
not the kind of rest some hard-worked
men would choose. It is strenuous rest.
Lying in a hammock and lazily imbib-
ing poetry or merely listening to the
insects hum is not the presidents form
of relaxation. The best kind of recre-
alton is changed activity, and Mr.. Roose-
welt is constantly changing his activi-
ty and constantly recreated. If he lives
to be as old as Gladstone, he will be
no less vigorous than he.-Collier's
Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06
In the meantime. where is Togo?

Banker Bigelow's friends say that he
O. breaking down. The public thought
he was all broke up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06
al Paradise for NIen.

Paraguay would seem to present the
smallest chance for woman's rights
progress to be found on the earth. In
that country there are seven women to
one man.
Consequently the men are petted and
taken the greatest care of. Everything
that is unpleasant or risky is done by
the women. The streets are cleaned,
ships loaded and the oxen driven by
them, and they even go to war as sub
stitutes for the men.
It is only an application Of the law
Of supply and demand, and some lazy
men viii probably think it a benehcent
one.=BOston Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06
PROBABLY FROM KANSAS.

John W. Gates wants to know where
all the blamed wheat in evidence at
present came from, anyway.-Birm-
ingham Age-Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06
NIissDeIIed words.

Beginning with last Monday, the
COPY reader of the Globe has kept a
record of misspelled words handed in
bv the reporters. One reporters list
follows: Dandelion, jailer, armful
portieres, unanimous. This IS aneth-
er's: Storage, equipment, planning,
Sacramento, development and stere-
opticon This is another's: Tucson,
ankle, miniature, benefited. roper
toire worshiped Blanche, aza1ea and
Episcopalian Globe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

1.-THE crowned heads of Europe are
all afraid of their cooks" says a mag
azine writer. So are the uncrowned
heads in this eountry.-Los Angeles Ex-
aminef.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06
TOPEKA HAS a FULL sToCl

U I4tAA HAS a FULL oLOOA-
The Fourth of July is so close that
Kansas people have commenced to pick
out their orators at Topeka.-Atchison
Globe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06
JUST HINT IT.

About time to remind your neighbor
to get his lawn mower fixed. Never can
tell when you may want to use it.-Chi-
cago Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06
Worry HARD.

It is hard to say which is the more
diflcult-living down a past or living
up to a future.-Smart Set.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

Our hero is a man Of peace,
Preparedness he implOres,
His sword within its scabbard sleeps,
But, mercy How ii shores!
Tom Watson's Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06
ANoTHER HARp SIN.

Anyway, a Delaware senatorial va
cancy would be a very becoming thing
for Oregon or Kansas.-Atlanta Jour
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

mo, I wouldn't join that club. It's
too full OF stupid idiots You're mis-
taken There's always room for one
more. ''=Phladelph Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06
YES

Can a young man live on less after
marriage than before? Certainly. He
has to.-Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06
Unexpected.

The late Jay Cooke, the fnancier of
the civil war, was addressing, one
Sunday afternoon, the large Bible class
that he had at Ognotz
In the course of his address, a bou-
quet of roses was handed him. 1t was
a mark of appreciation from youth
who had just Joined the class.
This gift is unexpected" said Mr..
Cooke, lit is as unexpected as the an
swer that a colored prisoner made in a
burglary trial.
when this prisoner entered the dock
for examination. the prosecuting attor-
ney said to him:
g Are you the defendant in this case 2
{" No, sah,' the colored man answered.
I hired a lawyah TO- to do de defendin'.
I done stole de ahticles.' LOS Angeles
Times.
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What a Son!

Thomas w. Lawson said the other
day of a stock manipulation whose
methods he purposed to expose: HE is
ike the Paint Rock farmer, and shall
be like the farmers son. Only shall
act deliberately. whereas the son was
laundering.
This lad, in the wheat season, drove
up to the miller's and submitted hand
full of wheat.
How much has your father got of
this?''
He amt got no more like it, the
boy answered. He's been all Tnornin'
piclSin' that out Los Angeles Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

Upson-"Carnegie is a conundrum.
isn't hep" Downs-'Why SOP" Up
son-''He can't get rid of his money
fast enough to suit himself, and yet he
says he doesn't want any worthless
dukes in his family. "-Detroit Free
Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

Foozle-"Come, now, do you really
enjoy a game of golf2" Niblck-"Of
course not; what a question. But I do
love to talk about a harrow escape
from death or a long siege Of rheu-
matism. Boston Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

smokin' do be harmful t the teetha2"
Corrigan-"Oi do that; a devil Of a
dude blew some cigarette smoke in me
face yisterda' an OF knocked out six
av his."-Puck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

Excited New Reporter-''say, there
was a man named Smith killed a bit
ago down on Blank street," Cool City
Editor-'fWell, don't get excited
There's plenty Of Smiths left. "-Balti-
more American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

LET me see," began Mr.. Henpeck.
''the wooden wedding is the fifth an
niverary, isn't MOI snapped his
wife, when one marries a blockhead
the ceremony Itself But the mis-
cradle man had hed.-Philadelphia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

Askitt-"Your friend Lambley Il
quite well off, isn't he?" Knowtit-
''fIe was Aslzitt-"He was?" Know
itt-"Yes; but he didn't realize it unit
after he had taken a flyer in Wal
street. chicago Daily News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

Mabel-''Now. Mr.. Sporty, suppos-
ing you were Paris, which of US three
would you give the apple to? Mr.. s
thinking he sees a brilliant way out
of difficulty -'Well-you see
there's such a sameness about you
alli"-Punch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

terfere with your summer vacation -
81 don't need any summer vacation, 3"
answered Senator Sorghum. 81 get
rest enough while congress is in ses-
sion. w Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

Smart Pastor-"1Iy congregation is
made up mostly of fools" Parishion-
er-"Aht That explains it." Smart
Pastor Explains what?" Parishion-
er-"Your habit of addressing them
as beloved brethren Cleveland
Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-06

sfDo you think that a mans po-
liticai influence depends on his ability
as a. public speaker % mot altogeth-
err" answered. Senator Sorghum Z
have found that the speeches which
sometimes counted for most were
made in the strictest privacy. wash
ington Star.