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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-21

caused the rates on dressed beef to be
lowerd until they are out of proper
ton to the rates on live cattle. This
gives the beef trust a tremendous ad-
vantage in the cattle market and
works as a discrimination against ship
pers of live stock.
The interstate commerce commits
sion sought to adjust this difference,
and it made an order requiring the
railroads to harmonic the rates by
lowering the live stock rate, and it
sought to enforce its order by enjoin-
ing the railroads from refusing to
obey. The court decides that the
commission has no power to enforce
its order, and that the live stock rate
isn't too high.
Perhaps the live stock rate is not
too high, but If it isn't the rate on
dressed beef is entirely too low. and
this works to the advantage of the
beef trust. The beef trust is prac-
tieally the only shipper of dressed
beef. If the dressed beef rate is too
low, other shippers must pay enough
to make up what is lost on the beef
trusts business.
It is very evident that this is a
great injustice to the cattle raisers and
bttiDpGL6- me peer mas q virtual
monopoly in the great packing cen
tiers, and the fact that the trust has
the best Of the rates east prevents
shippers from getting live stock into
eastern markets advantage ously.
At present the interstate commerce
commission can only determine that
a certain rate is unjust. but that is as
far as it can go. It cannot say what
is a just rate and order it put into ef-
feet 1t is this additional power that
President Roosevelt wishes to give
some other body created for the pur
pose.
With this new power the commits
sion. or other government body, could
have either ordered the cattle rate
lowered or the dressed beef rate raised,
according to the evidence in the case.
If the railroads thought the rate or
dered by the commission unjust it
could still appeal to the courts and a
decision would be reached in a COM
paratively short time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-21
Pretfv Weddine C,nstnnn

Amongst the quaintest of wedding
customs is that practiced at Rounan-
ian marriages, where at the banquet
following the religious ceremony the
bridegroom receives his bride over a
bridge of silver. A bag of silver coins
fresh from the mint is produced and
the contents placed in two rows across
the table. This done the father of the
bridegroom makes a speech. in the
course of which the latter is enjoined
to provide always silver pathway for
his spouse through life. The young
man makes a more or less suitable re-
ply, and then the bride is lifted on to
the table and steps very daintily across
on the coins, being very careful not to
displace any of them, for that would
mean the worst of bad luck Arrived
at the other side of the table she leaps
lightly into her husbands arns.-F,x
change
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-21
OuED ROADs.

If the experiment is the success that
is expected, the Kansas legislature new
er made a more profitable investment
than the $500 which it place. IN TIE
hands of the regents of the state Agri-
cultural college for the purpose Of ex-
perimenting in building oiled roads.
Of this appropriation one-half is
available this year and the othec half
can be used next year Thus Tar the
regents have made two experiments,
the second Of which is just being COM
pleted. The first was the Oiling of a
road a quarter of a mile long at Hutch
inson. and the one that is just nearing
completion is at Manhattan. The for
mer was chosen because it allowed an
experiment in sand.s and the latter in
gumbo. These are the worst two kinds
of road that the Kansas farmer has 10
complain Of
The results of the experiments viii
not be known until spring. II they
stand the hard freezing of the winter,
and do not work up when the frost
comes out Of the ground in the spring,
oiled roads in Kansas viii be tie
mendous success and it can be expect
ed that the road problem will be pretty
well settled.
The Hutchinson road was made 50
feet wide. and 1000 gallons was put on
the quarter Of a mile. The oil penetra-
ted from six to eight inches into the
sand. Heavy traffic has been kept of
of it for the present, but buggy wheels
make scarcely an impression. In Cali
fOrnia, where oiled roads are common,
nothing but wide tires are used for
heavy traffic. THe road at Hutchinson
has become perfectly hard for about
FIVE inches below the surface.
The gumbo road at Manhattan was
more difficult The road was first
graded IS inches high in the center,
with wide cutters to provide for ample
drainage. The heavy black soil was
1oosened to a depth of four inches and
pulverized thoroughly with disk and
harrow. An inch LAYER of the coarsest
grit obtainable, taking 124 loads in all,
was spread on top. and then the oil was
applied.
The oil used is residuum, or crude Pc
trOleum from which the kerosene and
gasoline have been removed. It is so
thick that if will not run through an
ordinary sprinkler but a special ap-
paratus had to be made. Three appli-
cations of oil have just been put on and
thoroughly packed with a steam roller.
Teams viii be kept off of the road IN
til it becomes thoroughly hard. If it
cracks and works UP with freezing more
oil viii be applied and It will be rolled
again.
If these ~o0@e ore a success there will
be no excuse for poor roads in Kansas
hereafter. The cost is so slight that a
small township tax each year would oil
all the roads in a township in very
few years, and the work of keeping
them in repair win not amount to much.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-21
1rnaE BETHEA,s RULTNG.

It is somewhat difficult for a lay
man to understand all the legal techni-
eaHties involved in the decision made
by Judge Bethea in the federal court
at Chicago concerning the powers of
the interstate commerce commission.
but it is very evident to everyone that
it knocks out the claim Of the railroad
magnates that present laws are ade-
auate to correct all transportation
evils If they are only enforced. The
Interstate commerce commission at
tempted to correct a certain glazing
evil. but the court decided that It has
not the power to do so.
Readers of the State Journal who
read the article by Mr.. Chester Arthur
Legg of Harvard, who is making a
special study of freight rates. under
stand how the beef trust has the best
Of the transportation rates from
Omaha and Kansas City to Chicago.
The eagerness of the railroads to Sc
! cure the business Of the beef trust has
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-21
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
lion the Chicago News.

Don't try to be anybody but yourself
Doing nothing IS equivalent to doing
wrong.
He who rides q. hobby never gets very
far from home.
Frenzied finance by any other name
would SAVIOR OF graft.
You may have observed that an easy
going man seldom gets very far.
A looking glass seldom shows a wo-
man as she would like to see herself.
If the public is willing to bite the
actor cares not for the critics bark
Wise is the employer who knows how
to do the things he employs others to
do.
Many a man who thinks himself a
born leader meekly surrenders the Job
to his wife shortly after marriage
However, the man who thinks he will
continue to have his own way after
marriage is apt to have another think
later in the game.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-21
GLOBE SIGHTS.
TFrom the Atchison Globe.l

TFrom the Atchison Globe.l
1t is never difficult to dig UP a hor-
rible example.
Almost every one has need Of more
sense than he has
After man passes middle age, the
only love affair the world allows him
are those with his grandchildren.
When a widower is having a love af-
fair he must wonder what idiot wrote:
1.-THE whole world loves a lover
When people are too easy with you,
be careful: They may be letting out
enough rope for you to hang yourself
with.
Occasionally a man marries to prove
that he can do as he pleases, and finds
when that is done that he no longer
can.
When the baby cries, its mother telQs
its father the baby is his as much as
hers, as indignantly as if he had ever
doubted it.
OF course you know it, but you talk
too much After thing is once over
with, learn to say: THE incident is
closed, +" instead of serving it up warmed
over in hash. croquettes, etc.
A family man who walks the floor
with the babies nights, helps his wife
nurse them through the whooping
cough, measles etc, denies himself to
send them to school and give them big
weddings: finds thar III his children to-
gether do not give him half the trouble
that one little boy with bow and ar
row and without q stitch 10 his back,
causes him after he becomes a widower-
In every community there are two
men who are pointed out as having
started cut in life At the same time.
IN their youth they worked side by side.
Both were given he sane opportunities.
One is an immense success, the other
a pitiful failure. ard the street corner
Ioafers say, as the lnen pass: Things
are unevenly divided fl this world" The
division is all right but one man held
on to his share while the other let his
slip through his fingers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-21
QuAkER REFTECTToNs.


TFrom the Philadelphia Record
It isn't the flowing bowl that makes
a good bowler.
The fellow who shoots of his mouth
isn't necessarily loaded.
It IS better to let a haberdasher col
lar you than policeman.
The man who acquires a reputation
is apt to ride it to death.
Children travel on half-fare until
they get to the dining car.
Faith without works IS as futile a.
genius without q press agent.
It isn't wise to draw on the frnazina-
ton in a game OF draw poker
A woman never feels comfortable IN
new shoes unless they hurt her.
Like the poor. the deadhead we have
always with US, although he Is a thing
of the passed.
EVigg--' They say he has been dis
appointed IN 1--we Wagg-ssYes. ra
thought she had money!
Nell-'fvIat a deep voice Mr.. silli-
Gus has" Belle-+Yes; especially
when you consider how shallow his re-
marks are"
True symmetry Is very rare;
'Tis very often found
That when a fellow isn't square
The fact VIII soon get round
BIobbs-"she always refers to her
self as lone widow" Slobbs-
That's nonsense She's too pretty to
be alone much.'
He slowly climbed the pinnacle Of
fame.
The world below set up a mighty
Above the din we heard his voice ex-
claim
Let me come down. It's mighty
lonesome here"
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THE TURNING OF TH1 T,T,AvEs

ALAA4A4ANT LIZ H ALA-AtA l2a9r
We are drawing. drawing near.
TO the yellow and the sere,
leaves;
And wonder what you'n bring,
That you've gathered since the spring
To the burning OF the leaves-fallen
leaves.
I have brought with me tonight,
Petals of lily, white,
To the burning of the leaves-autumn
I'm consigning to the fire
Withered roses of desire.
At the burning of the leaves-fallen
leaves.
All the promise of the spring,
All the summers wondering,
At the burning of the leaves-autumn
leaves;
Dance beside each ray of light.
Catch and spin it into night,
At the burning of the Ieaves-fallen
leaves
VIII their essence Hnger near
And within the coming year.
Enter into other leaves-vernal leaves;
Or will hands behind the veil
speed an outward laden sail
To the burning of the leaves-faHen
leaves2
Though you may not understand
Why my heart-incited hand
At the burning of the leaves-yellow
leaves;
Steals to thine and trembles so
Clasp 1t once, then turn and go
Sol 7, Long
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Arkansas City. Kan.
~. Stolles &C. Own ConI,.

WITS. 9AOAES A1CE OWH OOOks
Forty-seven Norfolk street, New
York, is a big. seVen-story tenement
that stands at the corner of two of the
east sides busiest streets. No. Al has
acquired great fame of late. for way
overlooking the teeming streets, lives
a multimillionaire and his bride
If you make your way through the
characteristic crowds on Grand street
and turn the corner at Norfolk, then
pass the black haired, black eyed
women with hands on hips and shawls
over shoulders standing around the en-
trance of the tenement you will find
yourself in the new home of J. G.
Phelps Stokes and his wife, who was
Rose Pastor, the Rose of the
Ghetto
When you walk into the blue and
white tiled hall and begin to look for
the Stokes name on the mail boxes
you viii run across a typical assert
ment of names of the millionaire
sociologfst's neighbors before the ele-
vator boy calls your attention to the
fact that this east side tenement is not
one of those narrow, dark hall affairs
with steep, winding stairs and dark
foreboding corners.
Being imbued with the working
mans principles of life the doctrine of
equality which has brought this man
OF millions and his bride to dwell
among the people on the east side,
Mrs Stokes is her own cook-Pitts-
burg Dispatch
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-21
THAT WILL BE DIFFERENT.

Homer Hoch. son of the governor.
has taken charge of his fathers paper,
the Marion Record. He says he wants
It distinctly understood that he viii
be responsible for what appears in the
paper. When the farmer boys around
Marion come to town and fill up on
booze and he publishes their names
he viii want to lay the blame on the
1old man. lola Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-21
UNCoNsTITuTIONAL.

President Roosevelt seems to be able
to make it plain where he stands On
railroad rate legislation. But Senator
Long is SO afraid he has not given it
careful consideration The position
Of Roosevelt in a nutshell is this: IN
der no circumstances must the rail-
roads be allowed longer to do injustice
to any shipper by charging one person
more than another for the same thing.
While Senator Long appears to think
THE Square Dear' Unconstitutional
wellington News
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ley" Frisbee answered. as he put &
SIC bill in Hawley's hands. Then with
and went into the city editors pres
ence.
II wish could look like that when
I'm losing" exclaimed Hawley- This
is the first time he has ever come back
defeated, and he looks as if he had
come straight from heaven"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-21
The Waiter Was On

Talk about a time getting things
done for yourself" said the dry goods
drummer Did I ever tell you about
my visit to Mexico? You should have
seen me. I could not speak a word of
the language, and every time that
wanted anything I had to draw
picture of it.
"One day at lunch I wanted a glass
or milk, so drew a picture of a COW
and handed it to the waiter. What do
you think the fool brought me? A
ticket to the bull fight. Pueblo
Chieftain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-21

The Russians have suffered terribly
from nisgoveFnment, but there is a
good deal of wolf In their blood. and
the minute the oppressor's heel is rails
ed from their own necks they are fierce
to fall upon others more helpless than
themselves. with fiendish crelties The
atrocious massacre of the Jews, men,
women and children, during the past
two weeks has put the Russian people
in a bad light before the world.-JeweH
City Republican.
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SOME SPECIFICATIONS.

It does not make any difference
who the man is who enters the race
for congress on the Republican ticket
in the Fifth district, he must not only
declare himself as with the president
and the people in the matter of
national control of railroad rates, but
he must have a record that will JUS
tify confidence in the honesty of his
declarations. Any man can make a
promise, but win he keep 1t, is the
queston.-Concordia Blade.
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SURE.

In his speech at the Newton ban
quet Hon. W. r. Stubs. chairman of
the Republican state central commit
tee, reJoiced over the defeat of the
Republicans in Ohio And yet only
little over a year ago Mr.. Stubs was
exhorting the Republicans of Kansas
to vote the ticket straight regard
less of who was on it. It makes some
difference whose OK is pefng gored.-
Hutchinson News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-21

Jack London aroused the pity OF his
readers because Of the sufferings Of the
poor of England, but he said nothing
about the suffering Of his wife, who has
Just secured a divorce from his because
az crneltY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-21
REFLECTIONS or A BACHELOR

IFrom the New York Press.
1t is better to be elected than to be
sure.
1t makes a man as vain to win a bet
as it does a woman to have curly hair
Sarcasm is the resort of people who
would like to be witty and can't.
A girl improves her complexion a
great deal by getting caught with a
mans arm around her waist.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-21
GOOD DOCTRTNE.

Remember this: the best friend of
the Republican party is not he who
always votes its ticket straight, ''yeller
dog" and all, but he who works to
keep his party standard so high that
no party and no independent move
ment can offer. better service.-Doug-
lass Tribune
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-21
BENT MURDOCK'S SAY-sO

Senator C. Isaac Long, having taken
the position that he is the boss and not
the hired man, should not object if he
loses his job. Long is a hired public
servant; his contract expires in 1909 and
he is paid a regular salary for working
for the state that hired him. In his
Wichita speech e.seemed to argue that
he owns the state instead of the state
owning him. c.. Isaac will have to come
down off his perch.-EI Dorado Repub-
ncans
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-21

According to Senator BurtOn's law
yers. when he. practiced before the post
ONCE department he. didn't really prac-
tice before the postofhce department
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FOR THE RURAL CARRIER.

Considering the weather, the number
Of hours put in, and the hardships en-
counteIed, the rural mail carriers are
the poorest paid of any government en-
ployes. They get $50 a month, and earn
more than the postmaster in a city,
who spends a few minutes in a steam
heated office and gets a thousand. The
rural mail carrier doesn't get his dues.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-21

Senator Plat has called a conference
Of Republican leaders to reOrganize the
party in New York. If somebody else
had called it the people would be more
likely to take out stock in the reorgan-
lzafior
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-21

The Dodge City Globe tells about
man getting of train there the other
day and shaking hands with the sta
ton agent as though he were a long
lost friend. The agent couldn't place
him. Don't you remember meg"
ealxed the visitor Ell shipped some
cattle from here in 1880"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-21

An Psychologist and an Assyriologist
were disputing about the relative ad-
vancement of the two ancient peoples
whom they were studying.
why, sir said the Egyptologist. s'do
you know that there have been found
in Egypt remains of wires which prove
that they understood electricity?''
'Humph!' observed the Assyriologist.
I'VE don't find any wires in Assyria,
and that shows they understood wire
less telegraphy. Harper Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-21

Mrs. Astor invited only 70 guests out
Of all New York's 400" - her dinner in
honor OF Prince Louis. Quite Iikelv she
didn't want to make anybody wait and
eat at the second table.
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MATERIAL FOR Be-.

The stories printed in the newspa-
pers about Philadelphia would give old
Ben Franklin lots Of material for his
almanac Telegraph.
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re REVERsE "a IT

Some men are born infamous, some
gradually lose their regulations and
some have their regulations taken
away from them by committees Of in
vestigation.= Houston Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-21

wall street is getting short of funds
and is telling the country that the
west has borrowed the money to
move the crops but the west not
only has money of its own to move its
crops, but western banks are also loan
ing wall street money to do bust
81 aeu on
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-21

The president has evidently used a
considerable portion Of the dictionary
lately 1t is announced that there are
20 900 words in his message.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-21

When workmen become strikers they
work "a hours a day at their new job.
and nobody objects. Why doesn't the
strikers union adopt a rule forbidding
q striker to strike more than eight
hours q dav?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-21

The big game in this country is
rapidly disappearing In a few years
there will be few bears left outside
of Wall and LaSalHe streets.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-21

The glass manufacturers are now
complaining that glass is too cheap. one
wouldn't think so, judging from the
value that jewelry drummer placed on
the trunk fun Of alleged diamonds that
he didn't lose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-21

The car is called the little father
in Russia. He is having about as
much trouble as the aittle fathers in
this country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-21

Tom Lawson might be surprised II
one of his panics should really come
some time according to the advance
notices he sends out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-21

Castro can ind all sorts Of reasons
for not paying his debts. Ever know
q Castro?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-21

A member Of the Panama canal com
mission refuses to tell how the canal Is
to be built. Possibly he doesn't know
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-21

II Cuba really thinks there is dan
ger of a revolution why doesn't she
hire another policeman or two2
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THEIR IDEA.


What does Secretary Wilson want
out of the Kentuckians? He has an
nounced that corn is becoming TOO
valuable to be used as food for live
stock. ''-Wi1mington IN. CO Mes
senger.
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NOT MUCH.

Governor Herrick has issued his
regular Thanksgiving proclamation.
OF course. he did not refer to the re-
cent eIection.-Los Angeles Express.
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Senator Depew evened things up by
agreeing with Hyde part of the time
and with Odeu the other part. Now
neither can say that Depew is a total
liar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-21

1t won't be many days now till Sena-
tor Burton viii know whether ne can
participate in the great government
seed graft this year or not.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-21

Secretary Shaw has concluded to re-
main in the cabinet and explain about
the deficit and its benefit to the coun-
try a few months longer.
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Her righteous Indignation.

Somebody had intimated. at the reg
ular Monday evening meeting of the
Mrs. Browning club, that Mrs Lapsling
was the author of an anonymous con-
tribution which had appeared in the
monthly publication Of the club
In great wrath Mrs. Lapsling arose.
Mrs President" she said, ''I refuse
to rest under any such imprecation as
that, and I hereby hurI the onus propa-
gandi back at the instigatress of the
same!'-Chicago Tribune.