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The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Burton viii have the satisfaction of
knowing that Frank Grimes overrules
Judge Van Devanter whether the United
States supreme court does or not.
The Plymouth Daughters held a
meeting in Emporia at the same time
as the Lyon county poultry show. If
IL is Ia order we would like to inquire
of Bill White what connection there is
between the two.
Another thing this column has never
been guilty of is referring to the new
United States district attorney as the
Bone of contention.
Santa Claus would make a big hit
in their stockings before spending it.
Dowie has come out in favor of
Roosevelt for third term, but we
hope this Won't be laid up against the
president.
Although it has been two days since
the presidents message was made pub
lie, the corporations have not yet got
over their headache.
Very likely you did not read the
presidents message Well, Roosevelt
is likely to treat you that way when
you get to be president.
We have been scanning the news
columns in vain for a list of the killed
and injured caused by the crush at the
door of the Mutual when the McCurdys
made rush to get out.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

In the Republican state convention of
1908, Mr.. Bone was candidate for at
torney general, but a long spell of sick
ness had kept him from canVassing for
the place, and a railroad combination
gave it to c. c. Coleman.-Topeka Cap
itai.
WHAT Does the Capital presume to
say that its great and good friend, MI
Coleman, whose administration as at
tOrney general it has so valiantly up
held; whose record as a member of the
board of railroad assessors and the
school fund commission it has found
blameless-does the Capital presume to
say that Mr.. Coleman was named for
his job by the railroads?
Astounding!
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07
QUAKER REFLECTIONS

lFrom the Philadelphia Reeord.7
And it came to pass-the deadbesa
Even a frost won't nip the bloonins
:. a good listener maketh a good hus-
t,,o91 Only y.t5 the rich have more friends than
The luck Of fools is proverbiaI 60
the unsuccessful. among
all uD with him Ae i1 3
). The egotist need not be an oculist h
against breakaze s'i i'eeed
nss II ft;2ss me [eiiow nss who can't sing that
Out of the frying pan into t,,. -
Always afouses a fellows ire.
II you'd keep out Of the are w.. -
simply keep out Of the frying nan .1''' g
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

OF the benefit that will accrue to
Korea from a japanese protectorate
there can be no two opinions. Korea
has been called the fland of the morn
ing calm," but it would fully as well
be designated the land of the after
noon slumber. It's government has
been a despotisna, accentuated by oc-
casional massacres. The japanese ad-
ministration will direct itself to de-
veloping the resources of the land. IT
will set the Koreans to work, but it
Will see that they are paid wages, and
it will introduce modern. enlightened
ideas of justice and the rights of the
citizen. Existence will not be so sooth-
ingly stagnant to the Koreans as here
tofore, but they viii be safe from the
caprices of a gloomy despotism for
tilted at Seoul Their native misgov-
ernment will be succeeded by an i'm
ported government, energetic, tireless,
but humane.-Boston Iranscript.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07
REFLECTIONS or A BACHELOR.
IFrom the New York Preszl

There wouldn't be much satisfaction in
getting mad if there were no swear
words.
Mourning would not he so bad if YOU
could pick out those you had to wear
it fo-.
The only time a girl is more miserable
Than when she isn't in love is when
You can't take the pride out of soma
people even by seeing them slip down on
L IS easier to be rich than to be happy
put nobody ever got any satisfaction
out of that thought 'i'
A good way TO supply your wife with
pin money is to leave it in your pockets
when you Indress.
What is the use of advising peoole mt
to borrow trouble when they Enery thew
can get it given to them outrighta
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07
HUMOR OF THE DAY

Manama-Why don't you marry TomF
lies hes such a good boy, has no bad habits,
Psnel ~. women. He would be true to you.
Daughter-No, Tn afraid he's too good
TO be true.-Cleveland Leader
Dora .Hope-Are You prepared for any
stHilng that papa may say when you ask
Kleene Gawn-Yes. dear. or anything he
may DO I've taken out a s.. 600 accident
insurance peliey'-Chicago Tribune.
Deacon Brown-That was a. welI-timed
sermon you preached this morning, sir
Parson Jones-Yes. 7 noticed that half
the men in the congregation were le;SIine
at their watches.-CleveIand Leader.
w hat interested me most in my tray
els said HenPeck. was the mummy Of
a queen I saw in Egypt"
..Wonderful, eh?" asked the friend.
es, it's wonderful how they could
make woman dry up and stay that
way Philadelphia Press.
Pa" said little While Undertl,un.
what does a mans better haIf' lnean2''
CsUally, my son. replied Mr.. Under
mum, Iillii Ishe means Just what she s&rs.'f-
Philadelphia Press.
Il have diagnosed your ease IS dyspep-
sia, due to eating too much pic" said the
| family physician.
How can you prove it?'' the patient
Your expression said the physician.
lis crusty. y."-Philadelphia Press.
- But p t9!! xoa are not an orphan. are you.
I might as wen be. Pa is a travelin'
man an ma is always a delegate TO
somethin or other.'-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Seems to me those people who set
caught at the losing end of eIoarrow
and such like bets amt got much sense
Granted, responded the practical cit
| izen But how about the man who drops
q bundle of good. hard cash?' Houston
Chronicle
People who wonder why the girls are sd
eager to go to foot ball games forget hesV
many practical ideas they get there for
use in the Eushes at the bargain sales
Somerville Journal
Mr.. Iingerlong-You may have noticed
| that l limped when I came in. I gave my
ankle severe sprain the other day.
Miss Tartun-Thats too bad. Ii binders
your walking, doesn't it2-Chicago Tri-
bune.
I'm dlsgusted with all this advice 10
wcme:F to begin their Christmas shopping
''Why?"
Because the earlier my wife begins the
longer she keeps at it. Cleveland I1ain
Dealer.
The wife-What luck?
The husband fwearily1-None whatever
The Wife-Were there no servants IN
the intelligence office?
The husband (sadly)-Lots, of them but
| they all had worked for Us bcfore-VVo-
mans Home Companion.
Mrs. Noeoyne-Jaclz, wen have to set a
divorce.
Mr.. Nocoyne-What do v9u neane
Mrs. Nocoyne-Its either divorce or
ruin. Eighteen of the people who gave
US wedding presents are going to be mar
ried next month. Shall I apply, or will
you?-Cleveland Leader.
Gracious DEAR said the Chicago
bridegroom, you were awfuliy nervous
during the CEREMONY
Il know" replied the bride, cts lust
my temperament and nothing win ever
change it. I'm sure III he Just as neg-
Nous the next time. -PhiIadeIphia Press.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

Fancy the following converse tion
between an enthusiastic college
alumnus and scholarly prep. school
student:
''Vhere are YOU going next year?'
ITO Alevard."
ssWhat are the inducements2'
s1Weu. we have won the intercol-
Iegiate debates six years in succession.
There's prestige in belonging to our
debating team.
''What else2
"I can promise you your room rent
free, and get you elected manager OF
an eating club, so you II not nave 10
pay for your board. -,
s'How about midnight oil %
sAlI you want for nothing
ssT break my spectacles about once
a month"
'I've heard that Harnen is a noisy
e0t!fss II can put you in a study room
where you won't be able to hear
S@.af aAiovard has offered me all this
and more.
"What more?
"0b that's understood in my offer.
Wen supply you with books, too.
well, III think about II.
ST might add that every VICTORIOUS
T4arnell debating team divides $1,OOo
at the end of the season we lhlhk d
good deal of our colleges honor, you
Sec. when we're willing to support II
with hard cash"
II like the proposition. You'll put
all this in writing, of course
stSnre. I'll bring the contract around
this afternoon. Newark News.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

While it is now possible to ship grain
4 1000 or 5000 miles from Kansas City
60 Europe for 284s cents a hundred,
it still costs 3O5a cents to ship it the
500 miles from the Kansas wheat belt
TO the Gulf and 49, cents to ship it
the zoe miles from the wheat belt to
Kansas CITY
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

When congress actually met and Gov
ernor LaFollette saw the battle for fair
railroad rates waging from afar, he
couldn't keep out Of it, but announced
that he would take the senatorship. La
Toilette would not miss a chance like
that, even TO be governor Of Wiscon-
rfr
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

eff Senator Burton says the Chi
cago News, were just bright enough
10 tender his resignation, Kansas prob
ably would get up three hours earlier
than usual in the morning to accept it
But Kansas has little prospect of being
compelled to do any such an early ris-
ing stunt
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07
THE FEAIININE Wa

A girl feels eternally mortified # a
man catches her some morning with
uneombed hair and a dressing sack,
but she Will let her hair down a foot
and take her skirts up two feet in some
home talent show for the benefit of
her church and think nothing of be-
ing gazed at by hundreds for ten cents
per gaze.-WashingtO Republican,
Register.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

Coffeyville has decided to have a
population OF $4,000 in time for the
1910 census-and Coneyville gen
orally gets what it goes after. Like
as not Coffeyyille viii be wanting to
annex exCherryvaIe and Independence as
suburbs before 1910.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

r. u. Kelly told a reporter in kan
sas City that he is "out Of politics for
the present" The people of Kansas,
however, VIII undoubtedly give him a
permanent leave of absence.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

John Brown at Harper's Ferry. No
one in Kansas would have thought Of
it had not John Gilmore of the Ere
donia citizen, come forward with the
information. John Gilmore remem-
bers more early Kansas history from
personal recollectiOns than even
GEORGE Martin.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

Since Probate Judge Hayden has de-
cided that cigars are not drugs, the
Kansas City star suspects that he may
decide, one Of these days that tending
bar is not pharmacy.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

Although flowers are no longer allow
ed on the desks of the members in con
gress. no rule like that viii keep the
Third district newspapers from throw
ing bouauets at Phil Campben.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07
GOOD ADVICE.

Dont, among other things, turn on
the gas and then strike match Pro-
time, but in the matter of lighting
natural gas it's the highway robber of
health, happiness and household Sc
eurity.-Ottawa Herald
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

Naval battles are fought construc-
lively in giving the navy practice.
why not introduce fist fighting con
structively into the naval academy.
and thus avoid the disagreeabIe fea-
lures attending the killing Of a cadet?
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07
ERON OTHER PENS
THE POB- AMENDMENT.

John P. Poe. of Maryland. has de-
cided that he is not a successful writer
of constitutional fiction, after ALL
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
WHERE THE FROST Is ON THE
RYE.
There are sixty-eight counties in
Kentucky where it is not lawful to sell
iskey.-Cleveland Plaindealer.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07
CAMPBELL

There is this much to say about Con-
gressman Phil Campbell: He is as
good an advertiser as there is in the
Kansas congressional delegation, and
Of that sort, too, that does the state no
nJury.-Lawrence Journal.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07
A TRINTAr. MATTER.

It has been consldered worth a ca
blegram TO inform the people Of this
country that IN the recent election in
Spain, the price of three dollars was
paid for votes. Things like that never
create ripple in this cpuntry.-Wa Wash-
ington Republican Register.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07
THE COITNTRY GREENH0RN.

When a country greenhorn comes to
town the girls all give him the stony
gaze when he should be taken in and
married. BY and by he will be one OF
the prosperous bankers and like a deer
in chase. But If will be too late for the
girls and he will go to the city for a
bride.-Counefl Grove Guard.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

The confession Of Senator Platt thas
ne collected annual contributions
varying from ten thousand dollars
down from each of the big insurance
companies. leads the Pratt Republi-
can to believe that Burton might do
better if he had another chance and
wider opDortunities
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07
DOUGHERTY's BROOMs.

Newton G DOugherty, the convicted
Peoria, ILL.,, f1nancier, has been set to
making brooms in the penitentiary.
The purchasers cannot expect the
brooms to sweep as clean as Dough-
erty swept school funds at PEORIA
Wichita Beacon.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07
DEPEWS OFFENSE

Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew has re-
solved to give no more interviews to
the press. Nov if Chauncey will only
refrain from unloading stories of the
chestnut type on the public. perhaps
all will be forgiven him.-Hutchinson
News.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

Probably the car would appreciate
it more than anything else to wake up
ON Christmas morning and find an as
surance of internal peace in his stock
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

So far the sultan of Turkey has not
modified" his views any more than
has President Roosevelt; or if he has
the notifications are not visible to the
naked eve
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

The State Journal is a member Of the
Aesoclated Press and receives the fun day
telegraph report OF that great news or
EaHization for exclusive evening publ
cation in Topeka
The State Journal receives for exclusive
publication the leased wire report OF tas
Fuplisherg' Press for the edition for sun
cay morning.
The news IS received IN the State jour
nal building over w1res for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07
KANSAS COMNENT
THE NAVY QUESTION

The emperor of Germany says he
will be uneasy until he gets a larger
navy If he has reason to Worry, there
are some other rulers who should be
losing some sleep.-Wichita Beacon.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

Judging from the howls about the
''car famine which you constantly
hear. you would never suppose that the
railroads have placed orders for 217, GOO
freight cars in the past year. And in
addition 20 the freight cars they have
ordered 2,3OO passenger cars and 41SO
locomotives. There is certainly no lack
Of business for the railroads.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07
ARE THERE orHERs?

Christmas is coming.
And Santa Claus. too;
And being dead broke,
Lord, what shall I do?
The children will cry,
Their mother will pout-
III have to go try
Put my watch up the spout.
Florida Times Union.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07
a SERPRISE

Surprise that J. Pierpont Morgan
bought a gold brick in the c. H. & D.
railroad is only exceeded by surprise
that he didn't succeed in unloading it
on some one else before the fact was
covered.-Hutchinson News.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07
FOLK IS WTLLING.

Tom johnson predicts that Folk
will be Roosevelt's successor. If the
Missouri governor is not careful the
Populists will discover him also
Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

In speaking of Roosevelt luck, how
the emperor Of Japan must admire the
able and efficient corps of nIustrious
ancestors that our president keeps in
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

Coneyville ought TO be glad to see
people who live in glass houses throw
stones at one another, since that is
where they make the glass.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

Very likely the ear would be very
much relieved If he could trade his
present job for a quiet situation in a
boiler factory.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

The tarmeT VINO drives ten miles 20
town IN snow storm has laugh
coming when he sees the town bugs
walking around under their umbrel-
las.-Councn Grove Guard.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

Just watch how hilarious the railroad
magnates don't get when they see how
ahe people do not fail to enthuse over
the Roosevelt rate regulation bill!
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

"a college professor has attacked the
nebular hypothesis. A man must be
pretty hard up for something te attack,
90 jump on TO a thing like that.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

Some of the insurance officials are
likely to be indicted for forgery in the
third degree. They could be indicted
for grating in the thirty-secend degree.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07
circumstances Alter Gases.

Ny maid Norah went to consult a Tor
tune teller, and returned wailing DIS
i'isi11y ..1id she predict some great trouble?'
asked sympathetically
s.Och mem. sich therrible news .
noaned Norah, rocking back and forth,
wringing her hands
TEL me-" I said. wishing to comfort
ssshe tould me thot me father wurks
hard shovelin' coal an 'tindin' foires
fer a livin'."
But that's no disgrace nor sorrow .
I said, trifie veXed at such af1ecta-
@Oeh. mem, me poor father!'' sobbed
Norah. Hes bin dead these nine
years! s!"-Answers.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

Watch for the amendments that
somebody will try to insert in the
Roosevelt rate regulation bill.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07
A POINT FOR RITssTA,

Russian students may throw bombs.
but as vet none of them is reported to
have tied an associate to a railway
track.-Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07
THE TOWN WAS WORKED.

Philadelphia lost S6sO0O,00O through
graft in three public improvements.
This shows that the gang worked
while the town slept.-Toledo Times.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07
REsULT % -ApVERTIsTNG.

Secretary Wilson should have kept
still about the prosperity in the rural
districts. Already thousands of
sehemers are preparing to take away
a part of the money from the farmers.
Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

Probably those revolutionists down
n Cuba are doing it just from force
81 habit.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

FOOTBALL AND FINE CLOTHES.
General Miles is out with a letter
condemning the brutality of football.
And football is not only brutal but it
muses. up fine clothes. like General
Miles wears.-Ottawa Herald.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07
MORTON,s FIGuRES.

Mr.. Morton figures out a saving of
more than half a million a year for
the Equitable company. It is hoped
that this is not some of the erratic
mathematics that occasionally gets
into a prospe spectus.-yashing STAR
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07
No ProvOcation.

YES. Judge, the man who has just
moved in next door threw a battered
can. over the fence and hit my wife"
where was your wife at the time? %
tsShe was looking over the fence.
s'And your neighbor deliberately seized
the can and smote her with it2"
Yes. Judge"
tion?'
''Sir?"
Didn't she give him any provoca-
tion?"
..N-no, sir All she give him was a
piece Of her mind and a couple o. clouts
over the head with q clothes poIe!''-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07
LONe DEFERRED.

There is no doubt that deferred
dividends" in life insurance are named
all right.-Indianapo News.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07
MTSFORTUNES.

Meats are going up. coal is to be
higher and winter hats for woman
kind are to be more elaborate, and,
of course, more costly.-New York
Herald.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

December. second was the forty
ulzth anniversary Of the hanging Of
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07
VERY P0PuLAR

Somehow it would cause little regret
if Indian summer acquired the staying
habit.-Detroit Free Press,
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07
NOT A TURKEY.

The American eagle can be thank
ful that he is not an edible bird.-Bal-
timore American.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

What interested me most in my tray
els said Henpec1. was the mummy Of
queen I saw in Egypt
Wonderful, eh2' asked the friend
Yes, it's wonderful how they could
make woman dry up and stay that
way philadelphia Press.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

Pa said little Willie U-ndertllum.
what does a mans better half mean9'
Usually, my son.. replied Mr.. Under
thum, she means just what she sNgrs. -
Philadelphia. Press.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

Deacon Brown-That was a welI-ti1ned
sermon You preached this morning, sir.
farson Jones-Yes. 7 noticed that half
the men in the congregation were lG0Izine
al their Watches.-Cleveland Leader
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

Il have diagnosed your case as dyspep-
sia due to eating too much pie, said the
family physician.
asked.
Your expression, said the physician,
is crusty. .'-Pliladelphia Press.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

Seems to me those people who set
caught at the losing end of wheeIbarrow
and such like bets amt got much sense
Granted responded the practical cit
izen- But how about the man who drops
q bundle of good, hard cash2 Houston
Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

People who wonder why the girls are so
eager to go to foot BAH games forget hesv
use in the rushes at the bargain sales
SOmerville Journal
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

Mr.. I4ingerlong-You may have noticed
that / limped when I came in. I gave my
ankle a severe sprain the other day
Miss Tartun-That's too bad. Ii binders
your walking, doesn't it2-Chicago TTf-
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

kleene Gawn-Yes. dear. or anything he
may do. I've taken out a 5000 accident
insurance pelicy.-Chicago Tribune
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

Mamma-Why don't YOU marry q,on ?
hes such a good boy, has no bad habits
ana has never Lad anything to do with
I'm sure. s
Daughter-No, Tn afraid he's too good
to be true.-CleVeland Leader
The Topeka state journal., 1905-12-07

But you arc not an orphan, are you.
little boy?''
4 might as Wen be. Pa is a travelin'
man an ma is always a delegate TO
Somethn or other.'-CleVeland Plain
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-05-09
An Exclusive Trip.

The Pittsburg Leader says: "Ex-
elusive indeed are to be the river ex-
curslons INDUCED in by the members
qf the congressional rivers and har-
hors committee in the course OF their
inspection Of Pittsburg's greatness
next week. In the inspection of the
Allegheny river this is particularly
teh case, since no passenger boat
could be obtained thar will go under
the bridges, ard the trip win be made
on the government boat Iona. which
can take only TWENTY-FIVE people; Oh
this only the congressman and the
members Of tho councilmanic enter
tainment committee viii be allowed
to 70 The MonongaheR excursion IN
tile afternoon will be made ON Capt.
Klino's new pleasure steamer, the Is
land Queen.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-05-09

heiae notified that the waters We're
very high at Paducah and Table 10
make Ii announcement for the handling
Of such a large boat at this time, the
Lee Brothers decided to hold her over
another week, or until more favor
able time. Arrangements were all
perfected and 1t was expected that the
Georgia Lee would Immediately de-
Part for Padueah after her return from
Ashport, but she did not return until
late and other arrangements were
n,a1c for this week. at least The
Sadie Lee, which was 10 take the place
cf tho Georgia Lee in the Ashport
trade win lie up at the wharf until
the Georgia Lee IS ready TO 20 to Pa
ducah. Memphis Commercial-Appcal.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-05-09
Weather Conditions.

Depressions or disturbances center
this morning in gho lake region, and
in northern Nebraska A general area
Ut relatively high pressure overlina
the Ohio and lower NJ ssissippi val
leys and the east Gulf ans Atlantic
states. An area If high prt ssure, at
tended by temperatures ranging
slightly below freezing point. centers
in the northwest. Killing frcsts were
reported this morning from North Da-
kota. and heavy frosts from eastern
Soath Dakota.
Within the last "A hours, showers
have occurred In the south Atlantic
states, in eastern Virginia, District d
Columbia, Tennessee, Mississippi
Louisiana, middle and western Texas
southwestern Kansas and along tbs
Pacific coast.