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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-06-02

Manager Hill was the only one in
the Fhree-Eye league that did not ind
it necessary to do any trimming TO get
down to the regulation number of men
yesterday. Hill is still out of the game
on account of threatened attack of
sciatica
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-06-02

Manager Nicol has released William
Mcnamara, the outfielder. because ht
was toe weak with the willow. Me
Namara was given a tryout by thu
White Sock last year. but he was too
slow for the Three Eye.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-19
A KIND OF DISHONESTY.

One day the past week on Well
filed street car sat a man tightly
clutching his nickel for fare. The
conductor had been interrupted a
number of times by people getting on
and off, and as he approached this
particular passenger he was doubtful
whether he had collected fare from
the man or not. And instead of offer
ing his fare, the passenger studiously
looked out of the wiadow with the
air Of a man who had paid for his
ride and was at peace with the world.
A number of times the conductor
passed up and down the car. but each
time the passenger was oblivious to
hin-and incidentally he saved his
car fare.
Very likely that man would scorn
to steal nickel, but what else did
his action amount to than a theft? To
be sure, he was not sneaking the
nickel out of another's pocket, but
how much better was it? He was
stealing a ride for which he ought
to have paid five cents. and he resort
ed to fraud and deception to do it.
How many people there are who
seem to think it is perfectly legitimate
railroad! The element of dishonesty
in such an action evidently does not
appeal to them as such. for many peo-
pie who do such things would not
think of stealing the money equiva-
lent of their ride.
Yet such actions are the begin
nings of graft. fraud and thefts in
general. It is becoming hardened to
these little receptions that hardens
one to practice larger ones And in
principle it is just as wrong to steal
a nickel from street car company
as it would be to steal ten dollars
from bank. The difference is only
one of degree.
The day is fast coming, however,
when the public conscience will be
aroused to the wrong there is in these
little peculations, and the man who
takes advantage Of another. even in
little things, viii be frowned upon in
stead of praised for his shrewdness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-19
NorAvax,s kim

IRON the Chicago News
AS result of the election lust held
in Norway, all doubt as to the contin-
uation of a monarchicaI form of gov
eminent in that nation is removed.
The election gave the Norwegian peo-
pie their opportunity to make a choice
between establishing a republic and
calling Prince Charles of Denmark to
the throne to preside over them as
king. The majority in favor of the
latter policy is Overwhelming. more
than $4,000 ballots being cast in
favor of Prince Charles. as against
5000 cast by the republicans.
However strongly the lovers of dem
ocratc government might have liked
to see republic established in the
scandinavian peninsula there are rea-
sons to believe that the Norwegians,
taking into account all the circum-
stances, have been guided by import
ant practical considerations. Sur
rounded as 1t is by powerful monarch
les, the setting up of a republic in
Norway would have been obnoxious
to its nearest neigl1bors, leading pos
Sibly 10 friction that would have been
against its best interests. While the
people will be under a monarchy.
moreover, the character of their ruler.
selected by themselves, the intelligence
of the electorate and their advanced
ROSAtiO4 dAuOHS civilized peoples are
ample assurance that they will con
tinue in the enjoyment of a full mea-
sure of civic freedom. Following the
tendency of all enlightened monarch
les, they viii have truly representative
government the powers of the ruler
being so limited as not to interfere
with the exercise of the peoples will.
The new ruler, King Haakon VII,
as he viii soon be known, is reputed
to be man of broad mind and high
character, well fitted to I'll with dig
nifty the role of Independent sovereign.
For a number of reasons his selection
seems especially suspicious for Nor
way It viii tend to foster close rela-
tons not only with Denmark but with
several other powers. Charles is a SON.
in-law Of the present king of England
and through his grandfather. King
Christian, is closely connected with
leading royal families of Europe. In
taking its place among the fndepend-
ent sovereign states Norway thus en-
Joys at the outset the advantage of
close ties with the heads of the other
! influential monarchies. All lovers OF
the great Scandinavian race will hope
also that the near future will see
steadily increasing cordially in the re-
lauons subsisting between Norway and
its neighbor and former ally, Sweden
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-19
A FLIGHT INTO THE FUTURE.

Few people there be who do not take
pleasure in specializing on what an
other generation will bring forth. In
the current issue of McClure's Maya
zine Rudyard I1ipIing does some SPEC
ulating on the future which is almost
beyond the power of most of US to
grasp. He pictures a trip in an air
ship hundred and twenty years
hence.
The trip-or hight-that Mr.. Kip
ling chose was in the Night Mail from
London to Quebec. and the Kipling
imagination portrays the wonders of
the trip with Biplingesque -vividness.
The only trouble is that he talks the
airship language to such an extent
that it is difficult for a twentieth cen
fury mortal to follow him without con-
siderable study. The airship dialect
Of Kipling is even worse than the mo-
tor tongue or the golf dialect is for
those who have never studied them.
After reading of the wonderful jour
/ ney which Kipling made in that ten
/ hour night run from London to Que
I bee one is inclined to feel that this
! generation OF ours isn't so smart and
wonderful after all. Our powers seem
so limited. our achievements 50 puny.
/ anu We ourselves seem SO henned IN
/ that we almost wish that we might
live a hundred years later.
But when we come to reflect, it is
this age that is laying the foundation
for the wonderful advancement of the
human race that is to follow. In the
last century we developed the power
of steam. and we began on electricity
in the use of the telegraph. both ire
mendous achievements. In these later
years the telephone, the electric light
the motor, the x-ray, wireless teleg-
raphy, and hundreds Of lesser inven-
/ lions have added to our civilization
and now we are just beginning to de-
velop the airship.
Doubtless the year 2O25 win be quite
as wonderful in its achievements as
ar. Kipling pictures it. Even then II
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-19
- NO nrYsrRRTEs.

we know not what It Is. dear, this sleep
so deep and still;
The folded hands, the awful calm, the
cheek so pale and chilli
The lids that win not lift again. though
we may call and CALI
The strange white solitude of peace that
settles over all
We know not what it means dear, this
desolate heart-pain;
This dread to take our daily way and
walk in it again.
loved who leave US 90,
Nor why were left to wonder stills nor
why we do not know.
But this we know: Our loved and dead, If
they should come this day
Should come and ask us: What Is hte2'
not one of US could say
Life is a mystery as deep as ever oes1th
Yet Oh, how dear it is to US. this life we
live and see!
Their. might they. say-these vanished ones
and blessed is the thought,
80 death is sweet to Jus, beloved! though
we may show you naughti
We may not to the quick reveal the Inys-
terry of death
Ye can not tell as If We would. the mys-
terry of breath"
The child who enters life comes not with
knowledge or intent, -
So those who enter death must go as lit
tie children sent
Nothing is known. But DelieVe Enat
God is overhead;
And as life is to the living, SO death is
to the dead. -.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-19
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

LFrom the Chicago News
Money that comes easy is hard to
keep.
Nothing provokes a proud woman
like the lack of pride in her husband.
Competition is the life of trade from
the viewpoint of the buyer only.
1t sometimes happens that a meek
and lowly girl becomes a strenuous
wife.
A man often makes allowances for
his wife but not always in the form of
a weekly stipend.
one man believes everything he
hears; another doesn't believe any
thing he hears. Both are foolish.
When the cooking-school graduate
casts her bread upon the waters she
hopes II will return to her in the shape
of a wedding cake.
There is nothing SO tiresome as a
woman who is vain Of her beauty
unless it is a man who is vain Of what
he is pleased to call his brains.
When you write to a man read your
letter over carefully, then mail it;
when you write to a woman read 1t
over three times then burn it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-19
The President Is Rieht.

tFrom the Los Angeles EXPRESS
Men who have devoted their lives
to studying railroad rate schedules are
more COMPETENT to fix rates than are
members of the interstate commerce
commission" This is one of the stock
arguments of the railroads in opposf-
ton to President Roostveit's plan for
rate regulation. It has been uttered
by every paid railroad attorney and
published in every newspaper subsi-
died or controlled by the railroads.
such statement is made with intent
to deceive and therefore is not honest
There is a wide difference between. rate
making and rate regulation, and this
distinction is known and recognized
by all persons save those who for ul-
terror reasons refuse to see.
President Roosevelt does not pro-
pose to take the rate-ma king power
out of the hands of the railroads. They
VIII continue to make the rates as
heretofore. But in times past the rail-
roads have made unjust rates and
probably will do so In the future
is unjust he may make a complaint
TO the interstate commerce commits
sion. This body hears all the evidence
and determines whether the complaint
is well founded and whether the rate
is in fact just or unjust. At this time
II has no power to enforce its decision.
The president proposes simply that
when the interstate commerce com
mission finds rate to be unjust that
it be clothed with authority to substi-
tute a just and reasonable rate and
to compel the railroad to grant that
rate to shippers.
The additional power with which 1t
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-19
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

TFron the Philadelphia Record-1
Most of US know when to stop. but we
don't.
Riches have wings to enable them to fly
from poor relations.
Before you kick it is well to know just
where the shoe pinches.
The way of the transgressor may be
hard, but he has lots OF company.
It is quite possible to transform a
round steak into a square meal
No Maude, dear, there Is no similar
ftv between sun spots and freckles.
Even with an ak and a woOdpiie soma
fellows couldn't strike a responsive chord
The fellow who is afraid to take Z
chance generally loses his money on a
sure thing.
'Ofhcehclders are merely the servants
of the Ps3oPBi IeaTke a. ths wise Guy
land, ike alike all servants, they want
to run the whole shebanE.''
Tommy-Pop, what is the difference 1,a
tween a statesman and a politician? Tom
my's Pop-A statesman, my son, IS a man
who runs for office and q politician n =
man who gets elected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-19
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Stories do not always grow like the
s@Three Black Crows" tale. The trav-
cling man who lost a trunk with $780,
900 worth of diamonds" in it has now
scaled the amount down to 5000. And
there is a suspicion that we shall event
ually find they were Barrios diamonds.
You will notice that the man who
brags that he can either drink or let 1t
alone seldom chooses to let it alone.
Professor Valley, Of Manhattan, has
been engaged to sing a bass solo at the
State Teachers association man
with that kind Of q name. ought to be
able to sing down there.
After reading the evidence of Hyde,
Hartman and Odel. we are obliged to
conclude that somebody has lied.
While the way Of the transgressor is
hard, It is a well travelled thoroughfare.
we have now learned in what town
ship the Isle of Pines is located. Bring
on another geography lesson
A matador was hurt in a Mexican
bun fight the other day. The position
Of matador seems to be almost as dan
gerous as left guard.
There must be a cranberry trust.
The price has been put up to twelve
dollars a barrel.
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is proposed to clothe the interstate
commerce commission has been made
absolutely necessary in order that
shippers may not suffer unjust burdens
placed upon them by railroads which
IN ll21ng rates cling to the well-knoWn
plan OF charging all the traffic viii
bear"
Los Angeles shippers do not forget
that about i've years ago complaint
was made that the rate on oranges
was excessive and unjust. The inter-
state commerce commission held
nearing IN this city. The shippers and
the railroads appeared and gave testi-
mony. After q long time the interstate
commerce commission decided that
the rate was excessive and unjust, as
IN fact it is. Suit then was brought in
the United States court to compel the
railroads to make a reasonable rate,
ana a decision has been handed down
IaYoring the shippers and sustaining
the interstate commerce commission.
But the case was appealed, and after
nVe years this unjust and excessive
rate still stands.
Because Of the vexatious delays
which it is possible for the railroads
to obtain as the. law now stands, 1t Is
almost impossible for shippers to Sc
cure redress from unjust and excessive
rates nxed by the railroads. Few OF
them indeed will make complaint,
realizing that all the machinery Of the
law favors the railroads, and fearing
CnaI the roads may so discriminate
against them that they may be forced
out Of business before the rate Of
which they complain is finally rene
died.
Under the plan proposed by Presi-
dent Roosevelt, when the interstate
commerce commission decides a rate
fixed by the railroads is unjust, it will
substitute what it deems a just rate,
and the railroads must put this rate
into immediate effect. The railroads
may appeal to the United States courts
from the interstate commerce commits
sion's ruling, but during the tendency
of the appeal the roads may not
charge more than the rate fixed by the
commission. This Is absolutely neces-
sary and just If shippers are to be af-
forded any relief from the unreason-
able and unjust exactions of the rail-
roads.
Those persons who contend that the
law as it now stands is sufficient to
protect the interest Of shippers either
are mistaken or insincere. President
| Roosevelt Is right-everlastingly and
eternally right-in his position and
| should be given every possible aid and
announcement in his struggle to re-
/ lieve shippersf rom the unjust exac-
ton of railroads, bring rates under
! governmental regulation, and secure a
square deal' for shipper and carrier
alike.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-19
Frankie Broke Up the Game.

It was at a party out on Seventeenth
avenue. A young woman of 20 was the
hostess. Among those present was a
young man who had ben paying her
much attention for several months past
Another in evidence was frankie, her
little brother. For reasons of his own
the girls steady" did not like frankie.
but the latter bore him no i'll viii. Dur
ing the evening a new game was sug-
gested. It consisted merely Of guessing
each others weight, the person averag-
ing the best in all guesses winning. IN
due time it was the "steady's" turn 70
guess. When he reached the hostess ne
sized her 10 and said:
May, I don't believe I can guess any
where near your weight"
You oughter," was the unexpected
declaration from Frankie. It made the
steady" mad.
why ought I, now. II you know so
much?" he asked, scowling.
FRANKIE jumped up and down and
clapped his hands. you want me 70
tell how I caught you a-holdin' her
on
FRANKIE, mamma wants you, inter-
rupted the girl, blushing furiously.
1t broke up the game
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-19
JAYHA WKER JOTS

The Jewell Republican asserts mat
many of the bright things N the
Ieayenworth Post are written Dy a
woman, Mary Dudley, the exchange
editor.
Smith Center proposes to issue SIS,
600 with which to build school
house. Here's another chance for the
chairman of the school fund COM
mission.
It isn't everybody who wants a pub
lie office For instance, up IN norton
county it was necessary to discontinue
a postof1lce because no one would take
the job of postmaster.
The Beloit Call says it costs more to
send express from Beloit to Kansas
City than 1t does from LONDON 10 san
Francisco. OF course. Beloit to Kan
sas City is in Kansas.
A MONTGOMERY county man scored a
victory against the Santa Fe and then
got mad about it. He got judgment
against the road for one dollar ana
he only asked for $4,000.
A Smith county man tried to kill
hawk the other day. The explosion Of
the gun broke his nose, burst an
ear drum, broke a rib and tore off
thumb for him. The hawk few away.
Doctor" Edward Box. who has
been telling the country few alleged
things about medicines in the Ladies
Home Journal, has been elected to
honorary membership in the Allen
County Medical society.
Farmer Funston has not allowed
hunting on his farm heretofore, and
now he discovers that rabbits have
destroyed fifty young fruit trees that
he valued at five dollars each. He has
taken down his mo Hunting Allowed"
signs.
It was a Marquette man who. while
chasing some Halloween marauders.
ran into post and knocked out two
of his teeth The moral of this is that
you should chase your Halloween
marauders where there are no posts.
A Newton man made an automobile
himself, but he was so afraid it
wouldn't work that he waited for a
moonlight night to try it. Then it
worked so well that it went too fast
and threw him out. But that is to be
expected of a successful automobile.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-19
Roosevelt Initiates Racon.

Robert Bacon, first assistant secre-
tary of state, and former partner of j.
Pierpont Morgan, was today initiated
into the presidents kitchen cabinet. The
other members of the cabinet are Gift
ford Pinchot, forester for the United
States; James r. Garfield, chief Of the
bureau of corporations; Senator Lodge
Of Massachusetts, and one or two other
close personal friends of the president.
It rained pitchforks, and the president
had a reception to the American Bank
ers' association on hand. He got tired
after time and sent word to Pinchot
and Bacon to come to the White House
at 4 o'clock. Put on some old clothes"
the presidents message said, for I in
tend to initiate Bacon"
Bacon is rich, and so is Pinchot, and
the question of clothes docs not bother
them much. They were at the White
House at 4 o'clock in natty business
suits, patent leather shoes, and all that
sort of thing. They found the president
dressed in a very rough and very dis
reputable suit, with rough rider hat
and pair of rough shoes. The president
looked at Bacon and Pinchot, grinned
and said: Come on, we will take a
tramp"
They went out into the rain. The pres
ident led the way and took his compan-
ions out Pennsylvania avenue through
3
and to the bank of the canal. There was
bridge about a mile down the canal
but none at the point where the presi-
dent stopped
'fOh, welli" said Col. Roosevelt. cit
doesn't matter Bacon, you take our
and I will wade across. You go down to
that bridge yonder and meet us on the
other side"
mot by a darned sight" said Bacon.
who was an athlete himself when he
was in college. Il came out on this walk
with you and I am going where you
.'Buny!' shouted the president. Come
on thenr'
He plunged into the canal and Pinchot
and Bacon followed. The water was
about feet 6 inches deep at its deepest
point. The three men Waded across, the
president leading. They were thorough
~ wet from the heavy rain, so the fur
Their ducking made no difference, but
when the president got on the other
side and looked at teh patent leather
shoes and natty business suits of Bacon
/ and PinchOt he grinned again.
They walked several miles on the 9TH
er side of the canal and came swinging
back to the city about o'clock. The
president told Bacon that he had been
! initiated and was a full-fedged mem
/ Der of the kitchen cabinet Bacon Is
now open to all sorts of invitations
from the president for exercise in the
/ open air.
/ When Pinchot got home he was met
at the door by the ancient negro mann
my who has been in the family for
years. and who nursed him when he
was a baby.
''Weil, Massa Gift" said the nanny
holding up her hanRis in HORROR you
suttenly am a sight. You've been out
with that president again. Special
Washington CORRESPONDENCE in st. Louis
Globe-Denocrat.
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would not be as far ahead OF us as
we arc ahead of Revolutionary times.
so it is quite likely that Kipling has
underdrawn rather than overdrawn
the picture.
And when we consider still further.
the wonders and opportunities Of this
age of ours are all that we are capable
of grasping anyway It would not be
we'll for the human race to advance too
rapidly. These opening days Of the
twentieth century are pretty good ones
to live IN after all. If we really wish to
accomplish something for the advance
ment of the human race.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-19
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IRON the Atchison Globe.1

From the AfchlSon GAoDe.I
Ever notice that when your judgment
gets in its work it is too late?
There is So much trouble in the world
that yours is Of the TO- 20 and 80 order.
FSxtravagance does not merely mean
the waste Of money. Most peoples
greatest extravaganza is In the waste
OF time.
we have noticed that few poor men.
when making their dying requests, ask
to be buried in q one dollar coffin; that
is the dying request Of the wealthy.
When you see some women on the
streets. you can make one OF two bets
And stand one chance in two Of win
ming: That she is either going to Tor
coming from the doctors.
A man should not object so much to
walking the floor with the baby; isn't
it always at night when he has no
tight shoes on his feet, and can put on
comfortable old slippers?
Men find it hard to give satisfaction;
If they fall in love IN early life, the
world sneerss Calf love" If they have
a love AFFAIR late In life the world exc
claims: mo fool like an old fool
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-19
KANSAS COAAEN7
a WoRD % wARNfNe.

The men who make freight rates
now are also interested in coal mines,
brick yards, lumber fields, grist mills
and everything Of that sort. They
make a discriminating rate in favor
of their own fields, a rate that kills
off competition and creates monopoly.
The whole issue is, Shall disinter-
ested commission have power to in
vestigate these determinations, or
shall the railroads have power to ruin
every mans business that interferes
with their monopolies? Senator Long
of this state is counted as a man who
win line up with the railroads when
the issue is joined in the senate. We
shall be very sorry If this proves to be
the case, as it will mark the downfall
of an able and popular man. Kansas
has suffered too much from railroads
to retain in the senate a man who is
not right on this issue.-Jeweu Re
publican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-19
REFLECTIONS or A BAoHFT.ou

TFrom the New York Press-1
People seem to work only to live ana
to live only to work
One awful nice thing about cola
weather is the way It makes a prsffS-
girl snuggle up to you.
" men glfl laughs at a joke It is a
slg4 sns Wo4Io nave a sense Of humor
4 woman has an idea meu. will fh3og-
she wants to vote If she doesn't fs1--e
"nsn sns thlhks she sees mouse.
80 4u ~ Dul Wnen a woman has
= /. lAAs - " 1lsL own she IS always Civ
~ y 3 AsE husband put never gets