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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25
THE INITIATIVE or KANSAS.

Kansas has started something with
its oil refinery measure. It seems to
be the particular faculty of Kansas to
start things. For many years other
states have been oppressed and
ground down by the Standard Oil mo-
nopoly. but at the first opportunity
after Kansas feels the heels of tie
monopoly on its struggling oil in
dustry she puts on her lighting clothes
and Standard Oil finds trouble on its
hands. Now, less than ten days after
the state refinery IS decided upon,
half q dozen other states have followed
her example.
For many years Standard Oil has
had Pennsylvania oil industry in its
grasp California, Texas, Colorado,
Indiana and other states have been
suffering from its oppression, but not
until 1t got into fight with Kansas
did the oil trust meet with any great
difneu1ty. 1t is the wealthiest and
most powerful of all the trusts, and it
threatened dire calamities to Kansas
for daring to oppose il, but threats
only stimulated the Sunfiower state to
fight the harder.
The dispatches seem to Indicate
that the Standard is now badly fright
ened. It has never had a proposition
of this kind to deal with before. Fol-
lowing the action of his state. a Kan
sas Congressman has instituted an in
quiry by the federal government
which promises to add much to the
trusts troubles
Other states may now carry on the
fight about as vigorously as Kansas.
but the point Of it is that Kansas had
to start 1t. AS soon as Kansas did
so any number Of states Joined in the
idea. There are at least half dozen
legislatures now considering PROPOSE
tons to establish state refineries. It
takes Kansas to start things.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25
MIR BRYAN,S SPEECH.

In his speech to the Democracy of
Kansas one evening this week William
Jennings Bryan devoted almost his en-
tire time to proving that the Republi-
cans are now coming to the reforms
which have been advocated by the Dem
ocrats in the past. 1t is frequently
charged by Democrats that President
Roosevelt is stealing Democratic thun-
der, and that the measures by which he
proposes to regulate the trusts are
Democratic ideas.
Conceding that this is approximately
true, it only proves that when an oc-
casion demands action the man to act is
usually on deck. This is not always
true. of course, but it is the rule, and
therein lies the hope of popular govern
ment. Pessimists see all sorts of evils
in the future and little hope of heading
them off, but when the demand is suf
ficient1y great the remedy is usually
found. When the people become
aroused to any great danger they can
generally be trusted to find a way tc
avoid it.
Mr. Bryan and his followers may
have seen the trust evils approaching,
but no one doubts that Theodore Roose-
Welt viii do just as good a job in Crap
ping with the trusts as Mr.. Bryan
could have done. 1t looks now as though
the Republican party is more of a
trust busting" party-taking the rank
and file Of the parties into considerat ton
than the Democratic party. In the re-
cent campaign there is little doubt that
the corporate interests were against Mr..
Roosevelt personally and for his Demo
cratic opponent. IT is true that the
Republican United States senate stands
for corporate powers, but Mr.. Bryan
himself says the United States senate
is not representative body.
If the assertions and conclusions made
by Mr.. Bryan in Topeka Wednesday
night are correct, there is little differ
ence between his democracy and the
republicanism of Theodore Roosevelt,
and there is not sufficient room for
quarrel between them. And there is
very little doubt that the Republican
party as a whole will follow the lead of
Mr.. Roosevelt
In which case the political alignments
Of three years hence will be looked for
ward to with interest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25
oTrAKER REFLECrToNs.

EF'rom the Philadelphia Press.1
A tasty color-dark brown.
Something in the wind-microbes.
A dull razor is full of the old nick.
Some false teeth look so natural that
they ought to ache.
When some men offer to bet the only
thing they put up is a bluff.
The fellow who turns up his nose at
wages isn't worth a, salary.
No fellow can get much Of a show
unless he has the price of admission.
NO, Maude, dear; a wooden wedding
is not a marriage ceremony between
Poles.
Even the pessimist may hope for the
best, but it takes an optimist to really
expect it.
Many a girl has discovered that it is
easier for a young man to make love
than to make money
NelI-"She plays classical music,
doesn't she?" Belle-s'It's either that
or the piano needs tuning"
The trouble with the people who re-
peat everything they hear is that they
don't hear everything they repeat.
Blobbs-''Adrs. Oldgirl is a grass wild
ow, isn't she?" Slobbs-'Well, judging
from her age, I should say that she
ought to be a hay widow.
Wigg-sI suppose you would go
through fire and water for Miss Got
rox" Wagg-s.Fire and water? Why,
I'd go through her bank account
Some girls are surely on the bum
And yet some girls are beauts:
But, oh, good Lord preserve me from
The girl who elOcutes-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25

NFhen the shadows Of evening are falling,
falling,
A8 the close OF q busy day,
And the work. left undonss for the NOR
row
u ali YEARLY laid away;
When She slow car st last draws nearer
And stops sc a wayside street.
3hs tho light from q cottage window
Makes me hasten my tired feetl
&cr know that my baby Is waiting
And standing on Hptoe 10 see
&f her papa gets orr at the corner.
Brr then she'll come toddling to me,
@11d say ''1icte pRpal my papa!''
And when her sweet lips meet my own
&ld she hsps: ''Kisste baby, now papa
The cares OF the day have all flown
So then she must try papa's hat On.
And hold papa's ooh to her ear,
ARD ride on his back to the kitchen
10 tell mamma papa fs here.
When her yellow head droopS ON my
shoulder
Rnd ahq sayss @Baby R'eep-ns more
play
DA1 know 'tis q wee bit Of Heaven
EA&t has come to our cottage to stay
SARA JOSEPHINE ATBRTCTTT
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25
TIE VALUE OF STATISTICS.

A Kansas man recently visited an
other state. Wishing to know some
thing authentic of the agricultural re-
sources of different localities of the
state he made inquiries for statistics
regarding acreage and production. He
is familiar with the figures which the
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
complies for the Sunfower state, and
it was something of this nature that
he sought.
Nothing of the kind could be found
Newspapers. boards of trade, shippers
growers, public officials, chambers of
COMMERCIAL were ignorant of any
thing along this line. People of
whom inquiries were made seemed
surprised that anyone should want in
formation Of this kind. 1t was new
idea to them.
Then the Kansas man realized the
value of F. d. Coburn to Kansas as
an advertising asset. There is hardly
another state in the Union that gath
ers authentic and complete figures of
its products as does Kansas through
the secretary of it's State Board of
Agriculture. Information of this kind
is invaluable to homeseekers and land
buyers. Kansas would not begin to
receive as much advertising-th right
kind Of advertising-as she does, were
it not for Coburn,s statistics. It is of
tremendous advantage to any state to
have the world know Just what its
land viii do, with indisputable figures
to back it up, especially when the
performance is as creditable as that
of Kansas farms.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR

LFrom the New York Press-I
The Hottest impulse most men have
is a high ball.
In the matrimonial gamble the sure
winner is bachelorhood.
If church pews were like sleeping car
berths more men would go.
A woman can get awful fat without
realizing that a mans knees were not
built to be a coal wagon scales.
When a girl is kissing man against
her viii she vVol1Id he sure to scream if
she weren't afraid her mother might
hear.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25

sic company. Another concern doing a
retail cloak business spent about the
same amount A list of one hundred
advertisers averaged nearly 5000 in the
same publication during the year. Ad-
vertising has been the chief factor in
building I'D hundreds Of fortunes, yet
there are those who say that advertis-
ing does not pay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25
HeaIth

Means the ability to do a good days work
without undue fatigue and to find life
worth living. You can not have indiges-
ton or constipation without its upsetting
the liver and polluting the blood Such a
condition may be best and quickest OBJ
tanned by Herbine. the best liver reguia-
tor that the world has ever known. Mrs
D. W. Smith writes April 3, 1902: II use
Herbine and find it the best medicine for
constipation and regulating the liver
ever used Price 50c- Sold by RowIey &
Snow and W. S. MiIla~-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25

A Kansas editor ordered a package of
paper from Omaha by express The
transportation charges were only four
dollars on it. and the editor sat down
and wrote Senator Platt a le-ter of
thanks for not charging him more.
There's nothing like taking things
philosophieaIly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25

Fred Dumont Smiths scheme for
trial marriages seems to have been
lost sight of Has the senator from
Edwards and seventeen other counties
allowed such trivial matters as rail-
road legislation-in the interests of
the railroads-and Standard Oil to
sidetrack his celebrated reform meas
ure2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25

Isn't IL about time that some other
European monarch was informing His
CxaRshlp OF conditions in the east? Per-
haps ne does not know Port Arthur has
fallen. either
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25

The eastern professor who announces
that Americans are losing their inagt-
nations" certainly does not know the
Kansas correspondents OF eastern news
papers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25

1t looks as though there are a num-
Der Of individuals in the Kansas state
senate who ara candidates for member
ship in the Ancient Order OF Has Beens.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25

An Osborne county man claims there
IS four million bushels of corn cribbed
sn that county, worth thirty-five cents
a bushel- That ought to keep the wolf
from the doors of Osborne county farm
houses for a few minutes longer at
least
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25

A Kansas farmer announces that
crude oil is a sure cure for the liquor
ana tobacco habits. A man named
Rockefeller II also reported to have
found IL 3 great preventive Of poverty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25

Kansas people win be glad when the
Chicago Hoch is retired from the
newspapers. When they see the name
in the headlines they don't know
whether It refers to the bigamist or
the governor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25

In the next campaign viii any Re
publican campaign speaker have the
nerve to say that the Kansas Iegisla-
ture carried out the promises of the
Republican state platform with refer
ence to railroad Iagislati ton
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25

Although Governor vardaman of
Mississippi has declined to attend the
Inauguration OF President Roosevelt
next week, it is thought that there
viii be enough present to see that it
IS properly attended to.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25

Senator Burton Is home from Wash
ington but so far as heard from no
vacuum is reported on the floor OF the
United States senate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25

Before the spring poets begin their
annual task why does not some one
write an Owed to the Standard?,.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25

70 Anxious Inquirer: No, there is
no great amount OF censure directed
towards Congressman Campbell even
though he In trying to lower the
Standard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25

OF course It was q western dokesnith
who said that Mrs. Cody may have Bill
bufaloed before Colonel Cody gets his
divorce.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25

The chief object OF the United state.
senate seems to be to maintain gts
''prerogatIves.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25

Il seems to be the policy OF the kan
sas state senate to find out what the
people want and then do something
else
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25

Deacon Jones-'.r \ hairs Of our heads
are all numbered, you know PewbuFy-
so are the automobiles. but then tnfi e's
so much grease On them you can't Icad
them half the time. Boston Tranecrixt {.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25
FIDELITY. SANITY. DRIFT

Fidelity on the part of each one to
each other one in all things, at all times,
is the Scripture standards. This re-
duirement summons to the best possible
development of ones powers. Nothing
less than the highest degree of prof
cheney attainable should satisfy. The
best is none too good. In time of peace
prepare for war. So in time of pros
perity prepare for possible adversely. If
more of sanity characterized our ordf-
nary habit less of insanity would mar
our lives when under the stress of dis
aster Poise of soul, cultivated in the
calm, will serve US well when beset by
storm Exceeding the calamity of fire,
water and other forms of physical des-
truction is the constant drift down
ward Of the victims of moral and
spiritual evil. Listen to the tramp.
tramp of the vast army of slaves to
drink and lust and of those whose feet
are tending thither. What an occasion
for all lovers of God and man to arouse
to endeavor to rescue the perishingi-
Rev. Richard H. Bosworth, Congrega-
tionalist, Brooklyn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25

Does advertising pay? Two soap COM
panies spent over $4,000 each in 1904
In three magazines published by a sin
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25

Every legislator a known BY the cam,
Bany he keeps out of.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25

EH that resignation OF Tom Kelly
Be1u ssRa escrow 2"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25

Simplicity is not SYNONYMOUS with
either worthlessness or inbecility in
kind or matter. The simple and COM
monplace carpenter shop at Nazareth
became the dwelling place of God, and
the most commonplace sermon in life
may be fit for the indwelling of the
Holy Spirit. It is not wise to turn
away from either contention to say,
TT is too commonplace. Rev. M E.
Harlan, Church of the Disciples,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25
TRUE HAPPINEss.

True happiness is not far from
every one of us. God means to have
us happy. There are three things that
satisfy and give joy. First life in a
full stream. The moments of deepest
happiness and most exuberant joy
Secondly, growth. The sense of the
increase of life or mental or spiritual
power brings peace and exaltation.
Thirdly, faith. Uncertainty brings
fear and torment.-Rev. J. F. Loba,
COngrega tionalfst, Evanston III.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25

America is a great nation with a
great responsibility. The mission of
America is to be a world power-not
a world conqueror by the power of
arms, but world conqueror by the
example of peace. Let US be true
Americans. teaching the American
principle and holding fast to the
American idea. Here self government
is to find its full development. Here
the social progress of which the sages
men of the world, have dreamed for
centuries may find its realization.
Here are to be worked out the prob
lens of the highest civilization
Rabbi Moses ]. Cries, Hebrew, Cleve-
land q
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25

When the world insists that a man
shall practice what he breaches the
world is rig hit When the world cries
out against the hypocrisy of the pro-
fessed Christians it is right. When the
world demurs with a man who makes
long prayers and gives short measure
it is right. There never was IN honest
criticism made by the world against
the church that was not true. The
standard which the world has always
set for the followers of Jesus Christ is
a high standard.-Rev. E. H. Libby,
Congregationalist, Englewood, Ill.
PLACE FOR EACH PERSON.
A place in the world is prepared for
every person, as a place is prepared in
a piece of intricate mechanism for a
wheel or in the heavens for a star. From
the beginning of the universe a place
has been preparing for the individual
man and the individual woman in a
vast plan, a social organism, an eternal
order-a place where some particular
person is needed and which no other
person or thing can exactly fit or fill,
prepared so exclusively for him and so
related to everything else that the king
dom will lack something if he is not in
place. 1t is a serious matter not to heed
Gods call to ones place in his eternal
order. Along Iife's highways many
wrecks are made simply by being out
of place. Other persons, not complete
failures, are stumbling along the road
doing poor work from the same cause
Rev. T. P. Frost, Methodist, Evanston,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25
PEACE ON EARTH.

We used to speak of glory at Christ
mas time, but the theme of the pres
ent day Christian should be that of
peace, If we are at peace with one
another and if we are at peace with
God, then, indeed, will glory reign
supreme. To gain this peace or clear
conscience it is only necessary to fol-
low out the Golden Rule, but the rule
should be observed not only at Christ
Presbyterian, Chicago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25

Recommended by Hundreds of Women Whose Dear
Ones Have Been Cured by White Ribbon Remedy
Endorsed by C1ergy1nen Physicians, and Lovers
of Temperance Everywhere.
swiftly that whIe the qs
has a a
bcn
wh e,a al
dandrec n
wEiGHTMAN's DRUG STORE, e33 Kansas Ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25

HAEEINE SS AND MERCY.
Happy is the man who sees his own
faults, is conscious of his own infirn-
ity and secret sins. Such a man has
little place for harsh, bitter or CEN
serious judgments of other men.
Possessing a merciful disposition, we
share one of Gods attributes and so
become more like him. Whatever
mercy we show to another God will
take care to show the same to US
Rev. William J. Russell, Christian
church, Pittsburg.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings Of
All Denominations.


The industrial problem will never be
solved on the principle of class sell
dshness, but only on the basis of the
highest welfare for al--Rev. J. H
Speer, Presbyterian, Denver.
A MANS RANK.
The true secret of a mans rank is
to be found in the region of his de-
sires- Find out what he most earnest
" covets, most ardentIy desires, and
you have placed your man.=Rev. DIR.
w R. Huntington, Episcopalian, New
York.
MEMS EXCUSES.
Men who offer excuses for not be-
coming Christian are for the most part
not satisfied themselves with the ex-
cuses they offer. They know and feel
that they are trifling with their highest
lnterests.-Rey. DR.. W. F. McMurry.
Methodist, st. Louis
ADAMS CURSE.
Why should be in danger of
eternal troment because 5000 years
ago man chose to eat an apple after
he was forbidden? I say deliberately,
II there were a power in the universe
capable of doing anything like that,
there never lived since the beginning
OF the world a man that was a thous-
Savage, Unitarian, New York.
TRUE FRIENDSHIP.
Friendship has certain essential
characteristics, without which it is I'M
worthy of the name. The basis of true
friendship is self sacrifice, disinterest-
edness, truth, virtue and constancy. It
is commonly said that there is honor
among thieves. but there can be no
honor where the aims annd pursuits
of life are vicious.-CardinaI James
Gibbons, Roman Catholic, Baltimore.
HAPPINESS Nh RrEpTv
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-11-17

The sanitarium was for women only
- women dipsomaniacs "a luxurious
place. The rate was $50 a week.
This" said the superintendent, els
our museum. Odd, grotesGue, ehT'
The museum was collection Of instru-
ments for secret drinking that had
been taken from female dipsomaniacs.
There was a carriage clock with a
false back that would hole q half pint
Of whisky; there was a muff with q
round flask of india rubber in its hol-
low inside; a mouthpiece like that on
a babys bottle was hidden under a rO-
settle. The owner of the nun would
press it to her face. a very natural
and common movement, and at the
same time take a stin drink. There
were a dozen sorts Of bonbons. candies
of all shapes and hues, each containing
two or three fingers of brandy. A fan
lit would not open-had room for a
half pint in it. A number OF purses
were nothing but whisky TASKS Gov
cred with beadwork or leather or sill
yer or gold. There was even a prayer
book with a flask inside. - New York
Press.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-11-17

Mature never intended that parrots
should be confined in cages" said a
bird fancier. They get equity feet, be
come irritable are liable to fits and
commissions, lose their feathers and
pick themselves till they are a mass of
mutilated defOrmity. Confinement and
improper diet are the causes Of all this.
II a parrot gers an irritation Of the
skin and draws blood while picking
himself he viii keep on till he is a hor-
rid spectacle. Once tasted. a thirst for
blood has been created and win never
cease.
i made a trip to Guinea once, and
when I saw the happiness Of the birds
In a state OF freedom 1 declare my. con
science smote me. / saw thousands Of
them. from the lovely little grass para
Eeet 70 the king parrot. and nothing
can exceed their grace and delightful
expression in the open country. Mil
waukee Fron Press.