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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27
HARVEST SCENES IN KANSAS.

HARVEST SCENES IN KANSAS.
The latter part Of last week Mr.. j.
Logan Jones, one of the proprieters OF
the Jones Dry Goods company. with
stores in Topeka and Kansas City, made
trip from Kansas City to Topeka As
consequence in the center of the Jones
advertisement in the Kansas City Sun
day papers was a little piece of descrip-
ton that is worthy OF preservation. 1t
is under the heading. In the Heart OF
Things" with Harvest Scenes in Kan
sas." as a subhead. Here it is:
up one side of the Kaw river on
the Santa Fe and back down the other
side from Topeka, on the Rock Island.
we yesterday had the exquisite pleasure
of viewing some of the most beautiful
harvest scenery it has ever been our
pleasure to enjoy.
BLACK green fields of waving corn
adjoining straw colored fields of close
cut stubble, thiclxly dotted with sturdy
shocks of wheat. There were the streets
and the grand boulevards of the prairies
formed by these thousands of wheat
shocks that made long, straight lanes
almost as far as the eye could see. Clo-
yer and elder blossoms filed all the
prairie breezes with their sweet frag-
rance. The vast carnival of wealth III
Kansas is at its joyous fullness. Whis-
pering dreams of the midsummer nights
in Kansas tell fairy stories of fabulous
wealth, and they are true stories
GIimpses of far away prairie stretches
were all richly garnished with green and
gold, and canopied by the blue clouds.
Down through the center of this land
scape of native wealth in all of its rich
abandon, rolled the turbulent river, fill
ed with the brown flood of muddy. swol-
len waters which were telling the must-
cal stories they had gathered from the
green fields and the prairies on their
way to the Kansas river. Then there
were the suns rays, shifts Of light 50
full of life and joy for all the vegetable
and animal kingdom.
IF we were to read of such a beauti-
full scene as this on the banks of the
Rhine, or the Rhone, or the Volga. we
would have thrills of romantic fervor,
because Of the distant far-away coun-
try. which would lend a sentiment of
enchantment. Why should not our own
rich and glorious western landscapes
also create a fervent thrill of romantic
happiness when we are permitted TO
glance upon, ningle with, and enjoy
these pictures Of Nature, which are
more superb than any painter can
paint2"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27
TIE NERVE OF IT.

With reference to the attempt Of
Fred DumOnt Smith to show that the
common carrier pipe line law, passed
by the last legislature to destroy the
monopoly of the Standard Oil trust
in Kansas, is unconstitutional, the En-
poria Gazette remarks:
1.-The Gazette said last winter when
the legislature was passing the anti
monopoly laws. that there was a col
ored person in the wood pile. Stand
ard Oil was surrendering too easily.
There was not enough fight put up by
the railroads and the corporations to
fool any one. The Gazette said that
the lobbyists and the men who were
pushing the bills against corporate en-
croa chments, had some sort of an I'M
Outstanding, and that the understand
ing was probably to the effect that
only unconstitutional bills would be
passed.
"And now comes F. Dumont Smith.
who is Il railroad attorney, and who
as state senator introduced some of
the anti-mOnopoly legislation He has
written a letter to the attorney general
stating that the law which he intro
duced with such a flourish of truuapets.
is unconstitutional. Mr.. Smith is some
thing of lawyer. He had the friend
ship of the best lawyers in Kansas.
The question of the constitutionalitv
/ of the laws he was working on was
discussed deliberately. Mr.. smith de-
| Tended those laws which he is now
! trying to discredit.
''If J. r. Burton or any other motor
iously crooked man should do such q
thing, the state would say that he had
/ been bought It would look like the
rawest case of treachery to the people
that Kansas has witnessed for severa
years. If a man who desired to be the
railroads candidate for the United
States senate should do such a thing
the people would not be surprised. But
for F. DumOnt Smith to do such a
thing-brands him either as the green
est chump that ever got loose on the
prairie, or one of the crookedest men
in Kansas public life.
elm any case it is easily the nerviest
thing that ever happened in Kansas
| The people Of Kansas were a lone
time learning the truth about Burton
They should get line on the crooks
in state politics before history .reDeat IS
itself. and if Smith is not to blame n
this matter, the people should ind out
who is to blame
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
The mosquito is no respecter of blue
blood.
No man can be popular and tell his
troubles.
one wife too many isn't always an
indication of bigamy.
Only a fool will rock the boat. espe-
cially on the sea of matrimony.
The great trouble with good inten-
lions is that they are often too good to
be true.
When a fellow tells a girl he isn't
worthy of her she doesn't believe it-at
the time.
The one time in mans life when
he feels that he is not in it is at his
own wedding.
Jagson-''It's hard to lose a friend like
BorroweH." Goodthing-'sH Hard? 1 find
it utterly impossible"
The doctor can't be blamed for not
taking his own medicine when the po-
liticaI heller shows no disposition to
cure himself.
Just cast your bread upon
The water; it will show
How many folks there are
Out for the dough.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27

"A nutmeg tree" said the New Ha-
ven gardener. 1T looks like laurel,
parts.
THE nutmeg tree begins to bear at
the age of ten years. It keeps on bear
ing until it is 80. The fruit resembles
an apricot. and when the fruit is ripe it
bursts open, showing at its heart the
black nutmeg enclosed in a network of
scarlet.
THE nutmeg, after plucKipg. must be
dried It is dried over a slow fire, and
the process is terious; it often occu-
pies two months.
Before shipping. the nutmegs are al
ways stepped in sea water and lime,
This is to protect them from insects.
They have nothing but insects to fear.
In an fnsect-proof condition they keep
wen, they keep practically forever. -
New Haven Register.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27
rAAfpING soNG.

Has your dinner lost its SAVIOR
Has your greeting lost its cheerf
Is your daily stunt buroenZ
Is your laughter half sneer?
There's a medicine to cure you,
There's way to lift your load.
With a horse and a saddle and mile OF
open road.
Is your eyebaII growing bilious?
Is your temper getting short7
Is this life a blind delusion,
Or a grim, unlovely sport?
There's a world Of health and beauty
There a help that can not fail,
In a day behind the burros
On a dusty mountain trail.
Come out old man, we're going
To a land that's free and large,
Where the rainless skies are resting
On a snowy mountain marge-
When we camp in Gods own country,
You will find yourself again,
With a fire and blanket and the stars
upon the plain!
Bliss Carman in The Reader Magazine
for July.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27
JOURNAL ENTRIES

The peace conference will not be
heid TIL August In the meantime
Peace will have to be put in the re-
frigerator to keep it from spelling.
The boy who loses the most fingers
on the Fourth has the most fun.
Industrial note: The promoters of
the Kansas City-Topeka. electric line
have commenced construction work in
the columns of the newspapers once
more.
It is taking Russia and Japan a
good while to get their f1ddles tuned
together since Japan has broken into
the concert Of the powers.
Besides having the boodlers. brew
ers ana gamblers against him. Gov
ernor Folk is also fortunate in having
the hearty opposition Of the Kansas
City Journal.
"I can sympathize with Russia In
this LODI business said Bill Doc
little today. i've seen the time when
I've had bigger loads than could
When the wheat belt farmers take
able-bodied men from passing trains
to help save the wheat, would it come
under the statute against train rob-
bling?
We will never run for the Office of
ambassador to Great Britain: All
Austin, EngIand's official poet is going
to read one of his original poems to
Whitelaw Reid at an official reception
to be given Mr.. Reid as the American
ambassador. That's pretty tough luck
for WhitelaW.
Mr.. Burbank, the plant wizard. is
now trying to raise cobless corn. There
are plenty Of farmers who are a long
ways ahead of him in raising cornIess
cobs.
Governor Hoch announces that he
is going to improve his newspaper.
Maybe he won't be so averse to hav-
ing people read newspapers after he
completes his task.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27
KANSAS COMAENT
4 SWEDISH sTANDPOINT.

It is with a feeling of sadness. that
the Scandinavians see the disruption
between Norway and Sweden. Both
are small countries and are in need
Of each others support. It is a case
of where one party of a partnership
wants to do business for himself.
Sweden viii no doubt allow Norway
to go without trouble, as both eoun-
tries have had enough unpIeasantness
during their union. Norway may have
a hard time in getting other powers
to recognize her as an independent
state. The Swedish Riksdag will con-
vene in special session the last of the
month and it is q mystery to all what
steps will be taken.-Lindsborg Rec
ord
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27
GOOD SUMMER RESORT.

The many people who 80 in the sum-
mer, to crowded resorts to regain lost
health, should go to some quiet place
on the western plains of Kansas, far
from the "madding," and often ex-
asperating crowd In western Kansas
from two to four thousand feet above
sea level, the air and water are pure,
the biilowy plains are a constant in
SEPARATION, and the atmosphere is per-
meated with an optimism which would
cause a chronic dyspeptic pessimist
to shout for joy. Therefore let the
weary and the heavy laden, the nerv-
Gus and the gloomy, spend their vaca-
ton days on the Kansas plains
Western School Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27
A Walters Wall,

Some interesting particulars are given
as to the ground covered by a waiter in
dancing attendance upon the guests in
a restaurant in Christiania. The waiter
had provided himself with a pedometer
before starting his work. According to
his calculations, he took rather under
100000 steps, covering some 81 miles,
between 8 a. m. and 1870 a. IN. Work
ing (and walking) four days a week,
he calculated that he covered more than
7 mn miles in a year. Which would seem
to show that Swedish walters take their
work very. seriously: unless, indeed, the
nedometer was fast. Westminster
Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27

concluded to make a contest for the
Franklin county delegation to the next
congressional convention. Mr. Scott
has been convinced by his managers
here that there is no sentiment for a
home man in Franklin county. and he
VIII accordingly seek the support Of
the county. Republicans generally
over the county concede that if Mr..
Scott carries Franklin county he will
be strong probability in the race"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27
THE OBJECTION.

No one objects to Nan Patterson
earning a living by going on the stage.
What the people object to is her bold
ness in Haunting her life of sin and
shame in the face of the public and
holding the gilded path Of sin up as
an attraction to the young and unso-
phisticated. If Nan must act" let her
travel under a non de plume and let
her manager pay her for her skill as
an actress and not for the attraction
which her unsavory reputation may
have for a morbid public.-Lindsbor
News
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27
JAPAN,s EQUIPOIsE.

Togo's victory will constitute the
true test of Japanese equipoise. If any
Caucasian nation had scored the tri-
umphs of Japan during the last eigh-
teen months there would be no living
on the same planet with that nation.
The rest of the world would have to
combine to thrash it because its vaunt-
ing and boasting would be unendura-
BILE. 1t remains to be seen whether
the Mongol shall rise superior to the
Caucasian in triumph as he undoubt-
eddy does in adversely. - Chicago
Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.l
A woman always has a reason for
not having a reason.
A girl never gets too big to kiss till
she falls in love with another fellow.
A man enjoys a baseball game almost
as much as a woman does funeral
A square meal three times a day for
the men is the corner stone of domestic
life.
It's awful queer how you can't recog-
nize a familiar shape when 1t is in a
bathing suit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27
JAROR AND CAPITAL.

The problem of the relations be-
tween labor and capital will sooner
or later be solved, but no adequate so
luton will ever be cached until both
employers and employees recognize
fully the legal rights not only of one
another, but also of men having at
the outset of a struggle nothing to do
with either. The right of a man to
to make his living in whatever legitf-
mate calling may please him, must be
recognized at all times and by all men.
Denver Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27

Although beloved by his men. Togo
IS known as The Demon because Of
the IRON discipline he enforces, says the
July Worlds Work. Shortly after the
war with China a naval officer asked
one OF his men If 1.-The demon Togo"
was the same man who had command
ed at the naval station, Kure.
Yes. said the officer. but why do
Because replied the ouestioner.
when 1 knew Togo years ago at Kure
he seemed to be very genial but silent
Togo conducts himself with great
modesty. When he returned to Toxic
after his triumphs at Port Arthur his
gfatefuI countrymen gave him a mag
innocent welcome. But he declined a
FORMAL reception, saying: 1.-The war
Is not yet over. When we are through
with the russians you may honor me if
I'VE When he left Japan he dis
appeared. The next that was heard
from him was his victorious enga ge-
ment with Rojestvensky.
Yet the admiral is said to be a very
gentle man. He is fond OF music and
sometimes plays the Japanese stringed
instrument called the biwa. Once he
invited number of naval officers to his
house. After he played one of the
SatsuInan airs he asked a professional
biwa player to divert the guests with
a patriotic song. Entering Formosa
which tells the story of Kitashirakawa
a brave and lovable prince, who died
fighting for japan in the Formosan
war. The monologue, with its musical
accompaniment, moved Togo to tears.
He was unable TO listen to the end and
requested the musician to cease,
In public Togo is most retiring. He
almost shrinks from the people. But
the moment he is on ship he becomes
the master. His very silence commands.
The sea is his home. Shortly before he
took command OF the fleets he took a
cold on land. He FASTENED to his ships
despite the protests of his family and
friends. IT always get well at sea- he
said
When he comes to his home in Toxic,
where he lives in a simple house in the
outskirts of the city, he ceases to be the
grim sea captain and takes up the sim
plest mode of life. About his house is
a garden, and here he may be seen dig
ring among his chrysanthemums, which
are his faVorite flowers. He loves the
sports of the sea and is a keen fisher
man. Sometimes during his leisure he
hunts in the mountains. He is a good
shot Unlike many. sailors, he has good
land legs and often tramps all day with
a gun and a bag of game.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27

A green subaltern. who was smoking
while on duty, was reminded by a SEN
try who had seen many years service
that it was against the regulations to
smoke near his post. and he advised the
subaltern to throw his cigar away. He
did so, and went on his rounds. The
soldier then picked up the cigar, and
was enjoying it quietly when the sub
aitern returned.
why, how is this?'' he asked. 81
thought no smoking was allowed near
your post %
That's true" replied the sentry. I'm
merely keeping this alight for evidence
against you in the morning. "-Harper's
Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27
THIS WAS NATURAL.

Some people are claiming that Mrs.
Aggie Myers was an unnatural woman.
This may be so, but there are some
things that can be said on the other
side. Did you notice how it was
brought out in the trial that Aggie al
ways made herself about seven years
younger than she really was Jewell
Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27
PROBABLY SETH WELLS.

An Erie man was invited to attend
a reception at the executive mansion
ambition is not causing him to have
gray hairs and sleepIess nights, and
he actually forgot all about the affair
and came off down town to Erie with
the governors invitation rustling in
Record
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27

Governor Folk is now getting the
gamblers against him. in addition to
the boodlers. the brewers. and the sa-
loon keepers. 1t looks as though he
may also have a round with officials
who refuse to do as they have sworn
to do. It's remarkable the number
of creditable enemies that man Folk
IS making.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27

There are enough French people
whose memories go back to the days
OF Sedan to keeS France from being
over-anxious for serious trouble with
csa~~1ar7vr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27
SLUMP IN PEDAGOGUEs.

Teachers will be scarce and wages
high in Brown county this coming
school term. Especially in the mat
ter of principals will there be a great
shortage. Robinson, Everest, Willis,
Padonia, Reserve and Fairview are all
in the market for new principals
Hiawatha Democrat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27
TREASON!

We live in revolutionary times. The
representative of the war Office In the
house of lords has declared that a let
ter written hy the duke of Wellington
on the subject of national defense can
not now be considered down-to-date.-
London Punch
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27

Possibly the cars hesitation to give
Russia legislature is caused by hear
ing Of the ioophoies legislatures some
times put ia the laws they pass. The
ear would probably like to make his
own Ioonholes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27
THF DIFFFRENCE.

When Americans win a victory they
scrap in the magazines and papers for
a year or two over who is entitled to
the glory. When the Japs win, they
say it is the virtues of the emperor and
the spirits of his ancestors that did
the business, and let it go at that
Jewell Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27

Grover Cleveland's failure to dis
criminate between plain stealing and
the use for personal gain of property
that Is held in trust says the Los
Angeles Express, will cause a shock
to more captains Of high finance than
are entrenched in the Equitable Life. -
For instance. there are those who are
On charge Of permanent school funds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27
AN ENTHUSIASTIC GROOM.

The editor of the NortonvilIe News
was married a few days ago. and his
leading editorial last week was
June roses" his second June brides
his third. June weddings" his fourth
June weather." his fifth June the
lovely his sixth Did you ever see
nicer June -OskalOosa Independ-
emf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27

While Marion may rejoice because
"Orley" Billings has decided not to ac-
cept the seeretaryship to the governor,
Governor Hoch and people who have
business with the governors Office
are the losers. Mr.. Billings would
have been an excellent man for the
DIace
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27

Perhaps the New York Central
abandoned that eighteen-hour sched-
uIe because it suspected the public
might hesitate about getting on a
train whose destination might be eter-
uitv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27
HOME NEWS WHILE away.

Subscribers of the State Journal
away during the summer may haN e
the paper mailed regularly each day
60 any address at the rate of thirty
cents a month. Address changed as
often as desired While out OF town
the State journal viii be to you Ike
q daily letter from home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27

Henry Allen is willing to concede
some things to his opponent for con
Cressionai honors. For instance. the
Ottawa Herald says editoriaiIy: Hon.
Charles f. Scott, Of lola. was in Otta-
wa today. comforting with J. n. Harrf-
son, DR.. Paramore, G. F. Kaiser and
number Of other Ottawa Republi-
IsnG. Mr.. Scott declares that he has
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27

Here's something peculiar: A Texas
centenarian has never used tobacco
AS a rule centenarians claim to have
used tobacco in every form since they
were seven years old.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27

It is suspected that the New York
World is half inclined to withdraw that
reelection in 1903 which it has ten
dered Mr.. Roosevelt. since it has read
the Morton correspondence
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27
lie AEAN Wno.s ArRATn-

We paid close heed TO the ways Of men,
I've observed what the world calls luck.
nave silently marveled, now and then
Al the potent power OF pluck:
And this as bit Of truth I hail
A sentence that's worth ones heed:
me man who is always afraid he'll fail
Doesn stand much show to succeed
-Hoy Farrell Greene in Success Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27
HIT THE NAIL.

Booker T. Washington says there is
no disgrace in being a cook, but there
is eternal disgrace in being a poor
cook. Booker T. has a happy faculty
Of hitting the nail on the head.-Leav-
enWorth Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27

Up in Nebraska. the State Liquor
Dealers Association met at the same
time as the undertakers' convention
and in an adjoining han. Which was,
of course. quite appropriate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27

David r. Francis now desires to run
for United States senator from Mis-
souri, If he can get the votes of all
the people with whom he has been
phOtogra phed, Mr.. Francis will be
elected by an overwhelming majority.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27

Germany and France got to the
point where they had to ask their
friends to hold them back to keep
them from hitting the other fellow,
but there really seems to have been no
5anaar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27
ERON OTHER PENS
IMPORTER DEPEW.

Senator Depew has gone to Europe
for rest and mud baths. 1t is reported
that he will also endeavor to bring
back a new story or two.-Chicago
RecOrd-Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27
Ike KANsAs CoMMIssIoN.

Lady managers of the St. Louis fair,
who had 100000 to spend, returned
$4,000. Now, let's hear no more
about women being equipped for poll
tics.-New York Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27

An exchange speaks of "the great
gulf between Sweden and Norway"
That editor s geography is faulty. It's
a mountain range and not a gulf.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-27
TouGH LUCK.

New York is reported to be de-
pressed by the news that it is only
seventeen hours distant from Chicago.
Minneapolis Journal.