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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-27
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Ever notice that nobody ever punet-
yates to suit you? It's easier to find
fault with other, peoples punctuation
than anything else.
The next time that Pennsylvania
state treasurer runs for Office he will
probably have to resign in escrow to
start with.
The gas company gives us a good
deal of hot air but not enough for the
practical purpose of heating our
houses.
Both sides in Kansas city. Kan.
having adopted resolutions. why not
consider the incident "closed ?"
Now that Homer Hoch has come
home to run the Marion Record, it is
expected that the exchange editor
viii not always make a water haul
when looking through that paper.
1t seems that the state treasury will
not allow anyone but Tom Kelly to
draw out the states money illegally in
the future.
Colonel Joe Richards ought to make
an admirable criminal lawyer with
reasons why a railroad company
should not obey law than any other
three lawyers in Kansas.
General H. Roaring Smith has
again. Remember which Smith this is !.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-27

Senator Long has an opportunity.
a great one. For a long time KAN
sas has been without big political
leader. We had two of them at one
time. The famous team of Plumb
and Ingalls,. They trotted singly or in
double harness. Either way they al
ways pulled for Kansas, and they
pulled the Kansas wagon up toward
the front
Senator Long has done a good many
good things and this paper has been
and is friendly to him. He has done
many brave things. He did many Of
these things when he was in con-
gFess. Now that he has been eIevat-
ed to the senate he is developing a
senator's shyness about committing
himself
He is inclined to parry at times; to
stave things off; to not come out
Square footed. He doesn't hit as
strongly from the shoulder as he used
to when he wasn't so big a man and
when he was in the lower walks Of
public life.
Long ought TO be a leader; a strong
leader He ought to pick up the po-
Utica reins in Kansas which have
been rather loosely lying around the
dashboard for some years, and drive
straight. stiff gait. In the first
place, he ought to come out souarelv
on the railroad question. That is. on
the regulation of railroad rates by the
government
In other words, he ought to follow
Roosevelt. Roosevelt is a leader. Ev-
erybody admits this. He is leading the
nation If Mr.. Long should trot close
up by the presidents withers he will hit
pace which win be a wholesome thing
for Kansas politics, the state in general
and a mighty good thing for Long. be-
cause he would be Right as well as
Long. Roosevelts politics ought to be
good enough for any good Kansan. not
excepting the PopuIists and Democrats.
and above all for all decent Republicans.
Roosevelt talks out scuareiy on the
railroad question. Long should 90 the
same thing, even If ne is a senator
United States senators are under a
cloud generally on the railroad PROPOSE
ton. Does Mr.. Long wish to stay I'M
der the cloud, or does he wish to come
out in the sunshine? If he comes out in
the open he viii be by the hide of
Roosevelt. which is a good side to be on.
Some of these remarks are oceasioned
by Mr.. Longs rather wobbIy statement
made to a State Journal reporter yes
terday afternoon. and printed in this
paper last night, as follows:
81 have nothing to say concerning
my position on that matter at this
time. A special committee of the
| senate was appointed at the last ses-
sion to take up this whole question of
rate regulation, examine into the mat
I ter, and formulate a bill. That COM
mtttee will make a report before the
] opening of the session. I am a mem
/ Der of the senate, and I shall certain
/ " wait for that report before express
! ing myself. OF course I do not mean
4 by this that I shall necessarily endorse
/ the action of the committee
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"a Goon sTEEPER.

I do not Ike to rise at O'Clock.
That seems to me the proper time ~
I much dislike to wake up with a start.
And leave the downy mattress with q
leap.
I like to lie abed until eight or nine,
Or even ten, If ] can have a choice,
And much if troubles me to have my rest
Disturbed by some unkind, dlscoroaAit
voice.
It makes me angry when a needless noise
Awakens me before the proper time
In such a case the awful things I think
Gould hardly be referred to in this rime-
So everybody ia the aeighboFhoad
WIN kindly due precautions take
To let no careless voice disturb my resi-
And let me sleep until choose TO wake.
-Somerviile Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-27
a Skinner in tle Weather.

lffe-saver. was walking the deck in a
storm. The big ship rolled horribly.
and despite the canvas awning spread
everywhere, spray and foam dashed
every moment over the seaman's oil
skins.
Out of the salon came a pale young
woman in a white rain coat. Doxrud
hurried to her assistance.
s'Oh, captain" she exclaimed, did
you ever see worse weather than this p
The captain laughed.
Take an old sailors word for it,
madam" he said. "the weather is
never. very bad so long as there are
ladies' on deck inquiring about it.
Los Angeles Times.
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coon WORD FOR K. q.

It ought not to be necessary for the
police to keep college and university
students in order. They ought, at their
ages. to have enough regard for the rep
utation and welfare Of their school and
enough respect for law to do it them
selves. There has been a good deal Of
student rowdyism and lawIessness in
recent years at Lawrence, the seat of
the University of Kansas. This years
freshman and sophomore classes have
united without a dissenting voice in
passing resolutions reprObating such
misconduct and pledging their utmost
efforts in future to prevent it. Their ex-
ample is well worthy being followed
in other schools.-Chicago Tribune.
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KAMSAS cOMNENT


Richard A. McCurdy, president Of
the Mutual Life Insurance company,
sits in a 81, 600 chair at a $4,000 desk
on a $4,000 rug, and the floors OF
his horse barn are made of rosewood.
The man who has been serimping hin-
self to provide for the wife and chill
dren, in case Of his death, or to have
a little saved for old age if he should
live, has a right to call such conditions
as have been brought to light by a
pretty plain nane.-Jewen Republican.
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EROq OTHER PENS
AGE.

Distinguished scientists have been
telling us of late that 1.-The right to life"
means the right to at least a century
of happy and joyous existence on this
interesting and pleasant little planet.
Professor Metchnikoff, the Russian
savant who presides over the Pasteur
Institute in Paris, and who OCCASION
ally INDUCES in delightful extra-scien-
tif1e excursions, would add fifty years
more to the mortal span. To die at the
age of ninety or a hundred, according
to him. is to be cruelty cut off in ones
prime.-Chicago Record-Herald.
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on a "WAR BASIS.

They are having lots of fun with
Topeka. It is sent out from there
that J. W. E. Hughes, adjutant gem
eral of the Kansas National guard,
is making plans for increasing the
size of the organization. General
Hughes says 500 men are needed to
put his guard on a war basis and he
intends making campaign to get
them. He has heard rumors to the
effect that Wyandotte county may
secede because of the persecution of
Governor Hoch and that the guard
may be called out to keep the little
county on this side of the state line
Atchison Globe.
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PROVES IT

Dispatches from San Francisco state
that Congressman LongwOrth calls
Miss Roosevelt alice and she calls
him Nick She gives him her bun
dies to hold and he runs her errands.
Now, If that doesn't prove something,
in the name of ali the authorities on
sengagenlentb ON the footstool, what in
tbe world does. it. prove Hutchinson
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SAME MOTIVES.

We gather from the statement of the
superintendent of that venezuela as
phalt trust that he contributed to the
revolutionary campaign fund from the
same pure and lofty motives that i'm
PEELED Patriot Mccall to contribute the
widows mite to the Republican cam
paign fund last falI-Hutchinson IN
dependent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-27
a "REMARK, NEEDED.

The state line between Connecticut
and Massachusetts is being remarked
A remark of this kind would not be
out of order between Kansas and Mis-
souri,, especially near the mouth OF
the Kaw.-Salina Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-27

1t was not very surprising that lot
of the rebate receivers should use their
railroad transportation to go to Chicago
and try to pack that convention Of
shippsrs that was called to back up
President Roosevelts railroad rate rec
..r.srl1en6a lions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-27

Gaylord Herald: The foreman Of the
sang that is putting down the new steel
On the Central Branch IS having all
kinds of trouble He has shipped in
several carloads OF laborers. but they
disappear almost as fast as he can get
them. il seems that the railroad com
many will pay but $3.50 per day and
when the men find out that they can
hest chat with almost any farmer and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-27
WHO KNOWS?

Kansas students have organized a So
ciety of redheaded people, claiming that
they are the light of the world. It would
be interesting to know if those who
were not born that way but who have
become red-headed from thinking
about the doings of the Standard Oil
octopus are eligible to membership
Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-27

The New York mayoraIty campaign
seems to have developed considerable
interest after all. Now it is asserted
that Hearst and Wins each have a
show. and Tammany VIII at least be
able to place a little money, as usual.
on the result
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-27

Since Mr. Hartman failed to lower
the. record Of the Death Valley special
1T is announced that he wasn't trying to
race across the continent but was simp-
ly making the trip with as little delay
as possible
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-27

The railroads have discovered that
Senator Foraker is a great statesman.
OF course. They WI leave it to any
fair-minded person If he isn't-and if
any fair-minded person doesn't say so
they viii leave it to the senior senator
from Ohio
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-27

Young Mr.. Hyde doubtless considers
it a piece Of the grossest impudence
that the public should be asking ques-
lions about such private affairs of his
as that insurance company that his
father built up for him.
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On q catalina Boat.

They were seated on the upper deck
Of the boat that churns its way across
the water from San Pedro to Avalon
Bay.
His face wore troubled look and it
was evident that the billowy waves
had something to do with his subdued
spirits.
Thinking to take his mind off the
subjects of the seasickness and its at
tendant horrors, she had taken up a
magazine and was reading aloud.
Occasionally she would steal a
glance at the depressed countenance.
which slowly began to relax. Think
ing that his mind had been finally di-
verted, she laid aside the magazine.
They chatted happily for a time.
After a silence and in an unguarded
moment she said:
''See how restless the waves are,
Howard. They seem always to be
clamoring for something"
The light faded suddenly from his
eyes, his jaws closed tightly together
and he muttered between his clenched
teeth:
s'Wen. they won't get it if I can help
it.''--Los Angeles Express.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-27

The thousands of criminal hooters,
grafters and boodlers, who are not in
the penitentiary, but who ought to be
and would be but for the technical
courts, congratulate themselves that
curing technical court decisions. The
McCurdys, the McCalls, the Burtons,
the BIitchells and the other rich or in
fiuential grafters will not go to Jail
as long as they have money and as
long as we have technical courts.-EI
Dorado Republican.
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no cONNEcTION.

ing this winter will be pIaids. This
has no connection whatever with the
probable result of some of the inves-
legations now going on.-Wichita Bea-
con.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-27

John Rockefeller has grown OLD IN the
drudgery of piling dollars one
upon the other. Editorial.
NickeIs on nicloels.
Dimes upon dimes,
Silver on silver
Lovingly chimes:
3 Quarters on quarters,
Halves upon halves,
Wading in bullion
Up to my calves;
Bonds upon specie,
Stocks upon stocks,
Gold double eagles
Bring a fresh box.
Iired2 Oh. I never
See It that way
could continue
Piling all day.
Bill, fetch a ladder
Here come some more.
lShovel those dollars
on of the hoorD
Here goes a stack, sir,
High as the moon
Ladders too short, Bill,
Fetch a balloon.
Freight cars and fiat cars
Loaded with dough
Might frighten some folks
III risk 1t, thought
Nickefs on nickels,
Dimes upon dimes,
Silver on silver
Lovingly chimes,
Should my vocation
Seem like a bore,
Then I go blithely
Piling up more
Quarters and dollars,
All can make
Nice little game for variety sake.
FTrlI1 elf,a TT~y4rf kTrrrr XrsFAr lfraf0e
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-27

Before the polls are closed in the
election Of a king for Norway, we
would like to inquire if Prince Charles
is running as the Cfti2ensi candidate or
on d Municipal Ownership platform
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-27
WI Y.

Senator Dryden's Prudential Insur-
anee company is to be probed into
next. Senator Dryden faVOrs national
know perhaps the senator's reasons
for assuming this attitude.-Hutchin-
son News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-27

Governor Vardaman and Governor
JEFF Davis can get together and console
with one another. They are about the
only ones who are left opposing the
president in the south.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-27

In another two weeks the New York
grafters will know whether they can OBJ
serve Thanksgiving in the proper spir-
1t. BY that time they will have ascer-
tanned whether or not they have de-
feafad Ierome
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-27

Thanksgiving was doubtless arranged
to come about three weeks after cleo
ton, because by that time the defeated
candidates begin to realize how lucky
they were to be defeated and thus
escape the onslaught Of the job
seekers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-27

A. D. Walker announces that he Will
not be a candidate for reelection as a
member Of the board of railroad COM
missioners, but quite likely the rail-
roads can find some other good man to
take his place.
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KEEP CLEAN.

Frost effectively puts an end to the
pernicious activities of the Stegomyia
fasciata, but that is a foolish commune
ty that trusts TO it alone and supinely
awaits its coming.-New York Tribune
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-27

have their board and lodging thrown in,
they are not slow to leave the company
in the lurch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-27

Astronomers claim that they have
found another spot on the sun. How
glad Chauncey Depew must be that it
isn't on him!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-27

Boss Cox, Of Cincinnati, could not
help but feel it When a man Of Secre-
tary Taft's 900 odd pounds avoirdupois
sat down on him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-27
DON'T AZ A MILLIONAIRE.

Hall Game has arrived in this eoun-
try, and viii begin at once the study of
the American millionaires. Verify, the
ways of the transgressor are hard
Dayton News
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Music VS.. DIPLOMACY.

Is Mrs Patrick Campbell, at a luncheon
in Philadelphia, said, apropos Of di-
plomacy:
st have a diplomatic friend. She
house near Central park. In the apa
ment adjoining her there is a piano,
and morning, noon and night this piano
used to rattle and clatter away
But it is played more softly and
more rarely now. My friends diplo-
macy brought this improvement about.
She made the acquaintance of the
piano player. and found her to be a
woman of thirty, with a daughter of
six or seven years. She waited for per-
haps a week. and then. after she had
gotten on quite friendly terms with the
woman. she said one day to her, in her
sweetest voices
Your little one plays remarkably
well for her age. I hear her prac-
ticing every day Exchange.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-27

Philadelphia is doing all sorts of sur
prising things now. A municipal officer
has now resigned a job that pays a
salary of $4,000 a year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-27

McCurdy does not see why he ought
to retire so long as the pplicyholders
keep on paying.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-27

The state Journal IS a member OF the
Associated Press and receives the tul cay
telegraph report Of that great news 81
gani1ation Tor exclusive evening publ
ca ton tn Topeka.
The State Journal receives for exclqatE g
publica ton the leased wire. report or Ins
publishers Press for the edition lot 0uiA-
oEV morning.
The news Is received IN the state Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-27

Chicago is thinking of getting out
an injunction against New Works
teamsters' strike. Chicago claims a
copyrlght on that form Of trouble.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-27

1t seems that william Randolph
Hearst has Tammany scared after all.
And it is really no easy job to frighten
q tfa-al.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-27

The Prudential comes to the bat next,
and a number Of Insurance companies
are afraid they are on deck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-27

Very likely in the next presidential
campaign Colonel Henry WRttersOn
viii be posing as the original Roosevelt
Democrat
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CHTCAGO on RUSSIA.

Thirty thousand workmen are on
strike in Moscow. That town is in a
fair way to earn for itself the sobri-
Duet of "the Chicago of Russia. Cal
weston News.
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TIle PonY Exnress.

The Pony Express.
The worlds record for organized and
schedule" riding was made by the
Pony Express. Never before nor since
has mail been carried so fast, so far and
so long, merely by horse power; and if
I am not in error, never elsewhere have
horses been so steadfastly spurred in
any regular service. The Pony Express
carried mail between the east and Cali
fornia lat IS per half ounce for about
two years. It ran from Independence
to San Francisco, 1850 miles. Its time
was ten days, and it never needed eleven.
It employed 500 of the fastest horses
that could be found, of course all west
ern horses, 200 station keepers and
eighty riders. It had 100 stations
crowded down the throat of the wilder
ness, sixty-five to 100 miles Cor even
more) apart. according as water
CHANGED. The rider was allowed two
minutes to change horses and mails at
a station.
William F. Cody, Buffalo Bill" was
the most famous of the Pony Express
riders-and as a fourteen-year-O kid
got his first Job" from the man that in
vented the Pony Express. Cody made
the record llere-a round trip ride (ne-
cessitated by the killing of his relieD
of 3s4 miles without stops. except to
change horses and to swallow one hasty
meal.
Another Of the Pony Express riders,
Jack Keetley, made run of $40 miles
In thirty-one hours: and another. Jim
Moore, rode 2so miles in fourteen hours
and forty-six minutes!
Such men got 800 to SIPS per month
and found" Their mail was limited
to fifteen pounds. Postage was IS per
half ounce for some time: then the
government ordered it cut down to 81
per half ounce, at which figure it staid
till the completion of the overland tele-
graph to San Francisco October q
1850 ended the life OF this gallant en-
terprise-From "Pioneer Transporta-
tion,' by Charles r. Lummis, in the No
yember AfcC1ure's.
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TIE REASON.

Mr. Hughes could easily see that a
successful insurance investigation would
be more to his credit than an unsuecess-
full race for the mayoralty.- Houston
Post
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The woman suffragists might as well
give up trying to reform Grover The
best they can do is to pass some resolu-
firno
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-27

That anti-talsing order of the presi-
dents indicates that he is also sitting
On the cabinets lid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-27

That fire in the Missouri executive
mansion was probably due to the FIRE
works Governor Folk manufactures
when he is at work on his speeches.
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1t Was An Right.

rs that a looking glass in front of
US, or have I got 'em again ?" inquired
a man seated at a wall counter in
quick lunch cafe of the man next to
him the other day. "a looking glass
Why, sir, you must be extra near
sighted" said the man addressed. mo,
sir;-I'm not near-sighted. was the an
swer, but if it really a looking glass I
certainly need to see an oculist." The
other man looked interested. do you
see that sign2 Does it read all right %
continued the inquirer, pointing toward
the glass. "Of course see it, and it's
all right. 1t says, Small stew. Is
cents " was the answer. We'll" said
the first man excitedly, IF it's in a
looking glass. why isn't the sign re-
versed % This rather stumped the man
who had been sure. It never thought
of that" he said, and he put out his
hand to touch the glass. 1t took the
two of them five minutes to figure out
that the sign was rejected through
two glasses, and, being in that way re-
versed twice, was made to appear the
same as il there were no glasses there
at all-PhfIadeIpl1fa Record
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-27

The Russian zemstvoists demand
freedom of the press. 50 they may hear
how the war came out.-Detroit jour
nal
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RANK IMPERIALIsM.

How can this country hope to remain
simply democratic with royalty increas-
ing so fast among US! Here we have a
new baseball king and a golf queen
within a week.-New York Commercial.
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WHEN BOLTING IS JUSTIFIED.

An unfair nomination is no binding
nomination. When this is understood
there will be no dishonest or unfairnom-
nations and the party will be all the
ronger.-Nashville American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-27

Il want to do great thingst' exclaimed
the ambitious young man to the cid
financier How. sir would you advise
me to go at it2''
ITO begin with" drav7led the elderly
millionaire. calmly, 'I would advise you
first to accomplish something small. -
Detroit Free Press.