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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-25
GENERAL MANAGER HURLEY.


The advancement Of J. z. Hurley to
be general manager Of the Santa Fe
is another recognition of a man who
has risen from the ranks to one Of the
highest Offices Of a great railway.
One sometimes hears it stated that a
poor boy has no chance to rise in the
world in this day and age. The ca
reers Of both Mr.. Hurley and of H. q.
Nudge, his predecessor, who goes to
the Rock Island as second vice presi-
dent at the princely salary of $4,000
a year, disprove such an assertion.
Mr.. Nudge began at the lowest point
possible in the railway service, that
of water boy for a grading gang, and
he has advanced step by step until he
fills one of the highest positions in the
railway world. The career Of Mr..
Hurley is almost identical with that of
Mr.. Nudge, except that he did not
begin with a grading gang.
Years ago the new general manager
was connected with the transportation
line between Strong City and Cotton
wood Falls. He handled the reins.
While waiting for trains at Strong
City he would go into the depot and
practice on a telegraph key. By put
ting in his spare moments in this way
he picked up biography until he was
competent for the railroad service.
He served as a freight handler tele-
graph operator, cashier and agent.
In 1886 Mr.. Hurley was brought to
Topeka as chief clerk to the general
superintendent. Then he became
successfully trainmaster, assistant su-
perintendent superintendent of the
Rio Grande division. general manager
of the western grand division, and
finally general superintendent, which
position he leaves to become general
manager of the road.
Like Mr.. Nudge, Mr.. Hurley has al
ways been with the Santa Fe. He
knows the road from one end to the
other, and his experience of more than
a quarter of a century in the operat-
ing department from the lowest to the
highest places gives him an intimate
acquaintance with every detail of the
work. He is a man of executive abiIi-
ty and it is believed that he will
maintain the high standard of the
Santa Fe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-25
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
The hardest work some fellows ever
do is looking for it.
There are none so deaf as those who
won't hear-except those who can't.
The graduate of the school of ex-
perience has more respect for his alma
mater than a thousand college boys.
A man may be a strapping big fell
low and not care any more about
hanging on to straps than the rest of
the trolley car riders.
First Goat-HPoor Billy is laid up
with jaundice.'' Second Coat Serves
him right. I told him to stop eating
those yellow journals.
Strange Where do take a car
to the depot?" Conductor-"Why do
you want to take a car to the depot
They've got lots of cars there already"
Little Tommy had received a severe
spanking. Pops a big coward" he
howIed. But you deserved it." said
his mother. ''Well, only a coward would
hit a fellow below the belt" replied
Tommy, as he realized that he would
be unable to sit down comfortably for
some time.
When eounterfeiters far and near
Get rid of change.
We say of them: '"They pass the
queer"
It's passing strange.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-25
The BARRIERS Tools.

The tools that he uses" said an esS-
pert barber, ''the barber personally owns;
that is all excepting the clippers. His
"a zors and his shears and his combs and
brushes are his own. Sometimes he does
have also a set of clippers OF his own;
but commonly the clippers belong to the
shop In the first place the razOTs, shears,
combs and brushes are essential tools,
which the barber must have wherever he
and he gets tools that suit him and that
he can work with to advantage. But clip
pers have not the individuality that raz-
ors or shears may possess with relation 10
their owner.
And. then, clippers being less common
~ used than shears, a barber does not re-
uuire a set for his constant individual use.
In a shop where a number of men are en-
ployed one set of three clippers will &C
tuallly serve the requirements Of three
BARRIERS, and that is the common allot-
ment.
Clippers cost, say. about 81 a pair; so
that a six chair shop equipment Of two
sets, or six pairs of clippers, costs Va
But the clippers are a nice tool, for all
that. They must be made OF the very pest
Of steel and be perfectly made and fin
ished and to do their work well they
must, besides, be very nicely adjusted
Originally designed more especially for
cutting hair close, clippers are now used
as an auxiliary tool. for the shaded close
cutting from the neck to the base of the
growing on the neck instead of shaving
there. as once was commonly done, the
close clip there giving d much softer ana
more harmonious and finished erect be-
low the head than did the bare neck
shaved with q. razor. New York sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-25
GLOBE SIGHTS.
From the Atchison Globe.1

IFrom the Atchison Globe1
Most people are not sorry soon
enough.
VIII Bowen has given up saying his
prayers during Lent; and finds it very
hard.
Some men refuse to be told anything
because they have lived in the town
forty years
You can't blame people much for hat
ing agents; an agent always comes in
when you are busiest.
There are persons so straight laced
that they viii blame a person for lying
about the number of fish he caught.
There are so many operations of late
that a man can become distinguished
by arriving in heaven all in one piece.
Occasionally a disagreeab1e person
will boast that at least he is sincere;
but that is no excuse for being dis
agreeable.
Boys would attract a great deal of
attention if they showed as much clever
ness in school as they do in learning to
roll cigarettes.
An Atchison man is such a poor talk
er that he can't make an ordinary ex-
PLANTATION, or give simple directions that
can be understood.
The women say of an Atchison wo-
man who is now rich, that when she
was first married, she wore an alpaca
dress three wears.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-25
PoINTED PARAGRAPHs.
From the Chicago News. ]

LFrom the Chicago News.l
Talk isn't so cheap when money
talks.
Matrimonial ties are not the only
ties that bind.
The smaller the man the harder he
tries to get even
No woman knows the secret Of
being able to keep a secret.
If a pupil is backward it is up to
the teacher to bring him forward.
A friend who knows your secret
holds a mortgage on your peace of
mind.
ought we to hold the human race
responsible for the multitude of
bookmakers?
No, Alonzo, it isn't proper to ask
a girl for a kiss until after you have
taken it.
When a young man begins to call
on a girl twice a week his mother
fears the worst
The small boy who plays marbles
for keeps may be giving away public
libraries in after years.
Give us an old fashioned rocking
chair by our own freside and let the
car roost on his little throne
He who doesn't think he could i'm
prove on the most of natures handi-
work viii never set the world on IRE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-25
yAYHAW7EER Jors.

Topeka women are kicking against
long skirts these rainy days
Paradise has an epidemic Of the
humps What's in a name?
A co1ored baptising followed the order
Of the mayor to clean up at Oswego.
Ducks ny so low at salina that their
wings answer the purpose Of chimney
sweeps.
As the Chilocco Indians are to attend
the Winfield assembly hair raising
time is expected
Anyway. Bent Murdocks people at
home hOnored him by giving his paper
the city printing.
A good looking woman barber at OF
tawa means less shaving at home by
the married men.
An Erie man who has been unable to
work this spring has managed to coax
40 hens to set during his lay off.
A Topeka paImist is being given the
glad hand by a number of maidens who
would find it much cheaper to read the
stars.
Half the ills that an Abilene man is
heir to comes from Indigestion. The
other half comes from missing his
meals.
Now comes the news from Graham
county that the peach crop is not killed.
Cats don't seem to be the only crop
that has nine lives.
Clay Center is to have a scalp special
list visit town this week. Whether she
is to take a few or only instruct the
wives the circulars fail to announce.
A pair Of Fredonia ponies, hitched to
milk wagon, ran around the square
without spilling a drop. This is par
TALLY accounted for by the fact that
the cans were empty.
After twenty years a Coffeyville woman
has received so cents for music sold to
Missouri woman. It's a shame more
people aren't troubled with a con-
science even if 2. trifle tardy.
The graft Of an able bodied stranger
at Ottawa was getting money by pre-
senting petition to help him through
a deaf and dumb school. The old, old
story Of silence being golden"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-25
A Remarkable Island.

In sapeake bay, south of Baltimore,
with which city communication by boat
three times a week may be depended upon
during the summer season, is the strange
island of Tangier, so completely isolated
from the usual lines of travel that it hard
ly seems possible that it can be part OF
the state of Virginia lima gine, if
you can, an island about five miles long
and three-fourths of a mile in width with
a population of 1900 where each house is
connected with Chesap eake bay by a tiny
canal an island where the population has
built houses along one narrow street but
nine feet in width, without sidewalks, road
bed or gutter; an island where the women
go about with bare feet and calico gowns
during the week. and where the men leave
for their work at an early hour on Mon
day morning and remain away until Sat
lrday afternoon; an island where intoxl-
eating liquors are not sold, where billiard
rooms and pool rooms are unknown: an
island where one physician and the minis
ter constitute the professional class an is
land where profanity is punished by fine;
an island without a jail or lookup and
where religion is the rule and 20 be
outside of the church Is to be out
side the pale of the best society; an island
where public cemeteries are unknown and
where the dead of each home are buried
in the front yard. If you can imagine all
this YOU may have some faint idea OF the
peculiar surroundings of the inhabitants
of Taagier.-Four Track News
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-25
An Arizona Diana.

Mrs. Kuoni, who, with her invalid
husband. prominent lawyer of
Peoria, Ill, has been spending the last
three winters at Cave Greek, has de-
veloped into a modern Diana. Her
tent housekeeping and nursing
though she makes the most of both,
require only a part of her time.
She is a healthy, handsome matron,
yet young and robust, in need of
strenuous exercise, and plenty of it
whereby to expend superintendent
energy.
So she has put into commission a
big saddle burro, and, clad in divided
skirts and armed with shotgun, or
rife, or both, she rides far and wide.
She is said to be the surest rife shot
Whereabouts. With shotgun, she
could clear that range of small game,
but is not ruthless-she has a true
sportsman's contempt for wanton, use
less killing, but she is sure death on
wildcats and coyotes.
She has several square yards of
nicely tanned lynx pelts-of big toms,
Weighing 5 to IS pounds, and meas
uring three to four feet from noes
to root of tail. Some of these she hit
while they were in the air leaping to-
ward her. That, to her, is genuine
sport. She has shot 5000 head Of
sheep with a camera and has a fine
collection Of such views. Lions she
cannot come on, for she has no trained
dogs.=Arizona Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-25
THE OTHER SIDE

Oranges that are cheap as well as
good and good as well as cheap, are an
appreciated luxury in these parts,
where they never were cheaper or bet
ter. But what of the other part of the
story-the condition at the other end
of the line? We know one woman who,
having visited the orange belt of Cali
fornia and knowing the conditions
there, can hardly enjoy cheap oranges
here because of the knowledge of the
disappointments and failures and de-
privations which it means to the grow
ers. In the orange business, it is the
railroads that get the plums'-to use
an observation-disclosures Independent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-25
The End of tlle WorId.

On February %, 1901, astronomers
saw in the constellation of the Bear
an enormous confagration. A star of
the first magnitude had just burst into
brightness, quite suddenly, for photo
graphs taken a few days before
showed absolutely nothing of it, It
was estimated that this star must have
been 5000 times brighter and hotter
than the sum-
This dazzling splendor was not of
long duration. The new star became
invisible to the naked eye about july
10. What had happened? Note that
the event observed in February, 1901,
did not really happen at that date
The distance of the catastrophe in the
Bear was such that the light could not
reach US in less than 800 years. The
confagration which was seen and pho
tographed in 1901 took place in re-
atty in Eliza beth's reign.
These heavenly CONGREGATIONS are
brought about in many ways. Let US
consider, for example, our own planet
We are floating about in space at a
respectable speed-some $4,000 miles
an hour. A meeting with another
heavenly body is not impossible, and
according to observations of the star
of the Bear it was by a meeting by a
violent collision, that the catastrophe
observed came about
If two planets such as our own de-
void of any save reflected light, were
to collide at the huge speed above
state. the shock would be so great as
to create a flaming sun of such a tenn
perature that it would continue for
many millions of years in the state of
a sun or burning nebula.
A direct collision of this kind, with
out being impossible, is improbable,
but indirect meetings are very possible
in the immense astral army.
The consequences of the meeting
of our earth with comet are hard to
determine, but they would be tragic
and disastrous. The speed of a comet
through space is equal to that of our
planet multiplied by the square root
of 2, which will be found to be about
81, 600 miles an hour. If the star met
US squarely, the collision would take
place at a speed of IA, 900 miles an
hour. The velocity of other meetings
would depend on the angle.
If the body of the comet contains
solid masses, we can imagine the bonn
bardment. The crust of our earth
would probably be STAYED in, and geo
logical ruin would result.-Camille
FlammariOn, the Astronomer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-25
IN WOTLDN'T WASH.

The customer was on the point of
making a purchase in the dry goods
department.
''I think this is about the pattern 1
want" she said aWin it wash %
mo, ma'am," replied the precise
young man behind the counter. It
viii not exactly wash, but it viii bear
washing without fading. I presume
that is what you mean Shall 1 wrap
it up?"
Yes, sir; you may wrap it up and
put it back on the shelf. if you Ike
have decided MOTTO take it.
Then, with her nose in the air, she
went to the store across the street
where the statesmen were not quite 50
dniclzy in the matter Of language
Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-25
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR.


T tOII tAIr new LUIh FTeSS.
Full dress for a woman is being onl,y
half clothed.
Sometimes man can be a very fair
farmer unless he has scientific ideas
about it.
A Mormon could have a good deal of
spending money borrowing back the al
lowanees of all his wives
A girl is sure to think you are irving
to fiirt with her if you are careful not
to look at her for fear she viii.
A woman thinks it is real mean of
her husband to be worried about bust
ness being bad when she has found a
new way to take spots out of his
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-25
INTERESTING EXPERIMENT.

In two Of the towns of the state
which went dry at the late election,
Winfield and Salina, the Kansas City
brewing houses which owned the fix
lures in the various joints are taking
them out and shipping them back home
Which looks as if they had a sort of an
idea that the law could really be en-
forced if somebody took it into his
head to do it. It will be interesting to
watch the outcome in these two towns.
lola REGISTER.
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PuBIICITY DOES IT.

There is a prospect that Niagara
Falls may be saved, owing to the pub
licity that the newspapers have given
to the scheme of the people who had
decided to destroy the great cataract
for their own profit. The power Of
the press is considerably greater than
that of the water which flows over the
precipice of Niagara. Chicago Rec
rd-Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-25
viz KANsAs PAPERs so.


-14~-<A4-N -A-4@%4AA9 81
General Bell has recommended to the
war department that Kansas be separa-
ted from the department Of the Mis-
souri, and made a department by her
and Riley. There is no doubt that
Kansas IS a war department without
the aid or consent of any other state,
50 the sooner the government recognizes
the fact the closer it will come to a
correct understanding of the situation.
Hutchinson News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-25
AND IN CANE

Tom, said the governor, looking out
of the southwest window with a wear
led expression on his sad face, what is
that spot on the horizon about the size
of mans hand?" That" replied the
private secretary, lis Bent Murdoch re-
turning home from California with the
Murdoch rebellion concealed about his
person. ''-Enporia Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-25
IN CHICAGO.

Chicago women are ridiculing Ed
ward Atkinsons claim that a woman
can dress on $65 a year. Every Chi
cago woman insists that she must
have a new dress each time she is
misunderstanding Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-25
THIs Is FROM WICHITA.

Governor Folk of Missouri has as yet
made no attempt to stop the Missouri
and Mississippi rivers from flowing on
Sunday and in the absence of action
of that kind it is little remarkable,
from the standpoint of a Kansan, why
so much fuss is being made about
thirst on the Lords day.-Wichita
Beacon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-25

When the Panama canal is finished
the government might move n few of
the Rockies to the neighborhood Of
Washington. Then our strenuous
presidents would not have to go so far
Tor big hunting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-25

commission, he bought some Smith
Center bonds from himself for the
state school fund, clipping off a lot Of
coupons as profit for himself. and the
people Of Kansas seem to have taken
thai al rig1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-25

If Thomas W. Lawson and Dr..
GLADDEN. receive any achievements,
Mr.. Rogers will have to employ an
other stenographer and keep his de-
nier working overtime.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-25

Sherman Bell. late adjutant gen
eral of Colorado. may become COM
mander of the Venezuelan army. A
war in Venezuela would be a small
affair by the side of a Colorado strike.
50 General Bells ability in that ca
Dacity will not be disputed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-25

If the spirit of the late lamented
Shakespeare is reading the State Jour
nal his attention is called to the case
OF J. p. Jones as indicating what's in
a name? Mr.. J. P. Jones' it viii be
recalled, is the gentleman whose bones
have just been eagerly sought by the
United States government over in
TT-er,0e
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-25

Attention is now divided between
Roosevelt and Rojestvensky, and the
wonder is what will happen to the
bearsky.-St. Louis Republic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-25

Tt really looks as though the pack
ers took the published report of Mr.
Garfield as an encouragement to raise
the price No other explanation has
heen forthcoming.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-25

Why is all this fuss made about the
Equitable Life Insurance company
anyway All the Equitable directors
did was to buy some bonds from
themselves for the insurance com
pany, on which they made a good
profit. That is nothing more than
Secretary Of State Burrow did when
6 chairman OF the state school fund
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-25

A feeling is becoming manifest that
Togo is not earning his salary in post
poning matters SO long in the east. A
deluded public feels that it is not get
ting the worth of its money, and a com
plant may be sent to the mikado about
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-25

France may do well to heed the sug-
gestion of Japan that possible accidents
may Overtaloe some of the French col
onies in the east. providing the little
Flowery Kingdom is not speedily as
sured that the Russian fleet has not
been accommodating a supply Of coal in
Kawranh Bav.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-25
ANOTHER VIEW OF TT.

future that out of $4,000 children born
in New York during the last four
months but ten came from the ultra
fashionable section Of Fifth avenue
Wichita Beacon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-25

For a little body of water only ten
by sixteen miles in size. Kamranh
Bay has been getting a great deal Of
column advertising during the
last ten davs.
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READY FOR BUSINESS.

They have new machine at the
state university which viii measure any
degree OF temperature from $50 degrees
below to 1000 degrees above zero Now
bring on your weather.-Iola Register.
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WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY.
ETTHER rs A GOOD DEAF.

EITHER IS A GOOD DEAL.
Why not a joint debate between
Mr.. Roosevelt and Colonel Bryan on
1.-THE Value of a Square DEAF versus
1.-THE Value of an Ideal ?''-Muskoge
Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-25

Mr.. Gates little April fool joke was
somewhat late. It seems that he let
people think his wheat corner was go
ing to pieces just so that he might buy
a lot more wheat at a lower price
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-25

Roosevelt will spend twelve hours
In Chicago on his way east He might
go hunting on the Chicago river dur
ing that time. and possibly he could
bag a beef trust or two.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-25

Now that the season of Easter hnery
IS here, the male portion Of the
church-going population will vote
unanimously in favor of the remov-
ing of women's hats in public ser
yyfons
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"a DOESN,T TROUBLE HIM.

Although it is the bright, joyous
vacation season for the president Sec
rotary Loeb carried few baskets full
of official correspondence to him the
other day. Does he expect Mr.. ROoss-
welt to dictate letters in his sleep p
Chicago News
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-25

A western farmer has written the
secretary of agriculture asking how to
treat land that is soaked with petrOle-
but will probably suggest to the farm
er that he drill wells in it.-Powhattan
Bee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-25

The world is gazing towards the
Far East very intently at present with
a strained look in its eyes. Unless
Togo gets busy before long the
worlds look-strainer will be worn out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-25
~ KEEP HIM -RuSY.

Several committees are now at work
thinking of things for the president to
do during the twelve hours he will be
in Chicago Chicago News.