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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12
JOURNAL ENTRIES

We would like to inquire if Hutchin-
son got into the game by sending a con-
signment of salt to Portsmouth to put
on the tail of the peace bird This is
an opportunity Hutchinson should not
overlook.
OF course a Missouri jury could not
be expected to convict a state senator
Of taking a thousand dollar bride when
he proved that he received only 5000,
but isn't the senator running consider
able risk of being branded as a scab
by the Bribe Takers union for scaling
down prices?
A beef trust magnate was held up in
Chicago recently. Possibly this is the
exception that proves the rule about
honor am0ng-well, you know who.
People who dance must pay the fid-
der you know. From this people might
infer that Russia has been doing all the
dancing.
The Philadelphia Record says that
more Jeromes are needed. Kansas has
had enough. The Record can have what
is coming to us If it wants them
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above operating expenses. not only TO
pay himself per cent on what he had
furnished. and TO pay himself per cent
on what the county had furnished, but
to presently pay himself unlimited In
terest on an additional imaginary $4,000
LaFellette had sounded the tocsin, and
Rooseve1t's beIated echo had reached
farm house. factory and tenement
houses in the cities. Hence. the board
of county supervisors said to this turn
pike keeper: Divine law says, Thou
shalt not reap where thou hast not
sown," and the ancient law. which is
the peoples birthright, says, Tolls
must be reasonable and reasonable
means that the amount. exaeted from
territory under duress. shall be limited
to operating expenses and interest on
capital furnished. $50
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Glohe.

CFrom the Atchison G1obe.1
Some women talk, some Shrek, and
some cackle.
A burglar has his faults. but he
How kind people are to the man who
is going to diei
You always expect a circus man to
be about half drunk.
Women are never made vain by wo-
men; that's mans work.
No one is all right; but some are
nearer all right than others.
A man will always be manly when a
woman remembers to be womanIy.
Women do not object to work so much
as they object to the name of it.
After a woman passes 30 If her name
is Marie she should change it to Maria.
The greater wealth woman possess
ses, the more modestly she dresses for
the street.
It is a sign a sick man is getting
better when he begins to worry about
his doctor bill.
Age fills and rounds out a mans nose;
but the older q woman gets, the sharper
her nose becomes.
1t is unfortunate that after man
has work hard to get money in the
bank, it is sc easy to get it out.
The members of an Atehison family
are so cold and exclusive that the only
way to get into their house is to break
in.
When a woman loses all hope Of be-
coming any mans bride, she returns her
thoughts to religion, and becomes the
bride of the church.
The sun shines Just az hot on people
in an automobile as it does on those in
a lumber wagon, but the people in the
auto try very hard not to notice 1t.
An Atchison man stopped friend to-
day and told him of his approaching
marriage. His mother stood by and lis
tened, and Myl but she looked disgust
ed A mother never can see why her
son wants to marry.
There is a 1oafer In Atchison who
spends most of his time sitting in front
of a saloon. Occasionally q tipsy man
comes along. and invites the 1oafer In to
sihave sonething;'' q sober man will
not speak to him. It always occurs to
us that the 1oafer has a very hard time
of it. We would rather do our work
than his.
Here is one thing that all should
learn: Some people are smarter than
others OF course we are all coneelted
ana dislike to admit it, but 1T is an inn
portant truth man who is not very
Intelligent can be successful in life If
he will learn from others; if he will not
blindly insist that his way is the best
The trouble is q fool usually insists on
doing everything the wrong way, all
though smarter men are plentiful to
teach him by example. Your greatest
need is willingness to learn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

fF'rotn the Philadelphia Record.]
No, Maude, dear; buttermilk is not
goats milk.
There is room for Improvement even
in the mushrooms.
Many a failure has resulted from
drinking to success.
1t isn't a poor memory that causes
fellow to forget himself.
Hoax (at the opera)-''why did
Iohengrin ?" Joax-'iI suppose because
he heard William TELL
Tell a girl that her bushes are becom-
ing, and she will be on the lookout for
things that cause them.
A woman in a decollete gown is not
necessarily circus performer simply
because she does a bare-b back act.
iris wofnaas aim to change her name.
But often you will find
She fails because she stops to pause
And change instead her mind.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS
tFron the Chicago News.]
- s-ia;<. &c.,

Dead soldiers draw no pensions.
But the rank outsider in race
often has the inside track.
One can often measure a mans
debts by the cut of his clothes
So many Of us are anxious to do
away with viees-in our neighbors.
Wise farmers never attempt to raise
their crops in the political field.
On the day a man discovers that
he is a fool he begins to acquire wis
dom.
Culture enables one to dodge the
pronunciation of depot by calling 1t
station.
Most people are opposed to every
thing of doubtful pfopriety that can
not be concealed.
Women do not take kindly to the
telephone; when using it they have to
listen half the time.
With a tombstone epitaph the
trouble is that it comes too late in the
game to enable a man to borrow
money on the strength of it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12
IT'S OVERSIGHT.


The Novoe Vrefnya, the foremost
newspaper in st. Petersburg and of
worldwide prominence as an organ
representing Russian thought, finds
cause for discourage cement in certain
recent developments III the United
states. 1t has learned that the Stand-
ard Oil company has bought Sakhalin
island and that the United States has
a secret treaty with Japan by which
it is to acquire 'fKamchatha and a
part of northern Siberia" From the
fact that the st. Petersburg publica-
ton mentions only these two out
groupings of the American tendency
to ACKNOWLEDGMENT 1t must be inferred
that It is either brave1y trying not to
notice our other plans for aggression
or has not heard of them. In the
latter case it is destined to painful
surprises. 1t says nothing of the in
tended purchase of VladiFostok by
Tom Lawson. The plan by which
Pierpont Morgan is to get the Black
sea and run it as salt trust is not
mentioned. The secret treaty by
which America, England and Japan
are to cut Asia up into quarters like
a pie and fin a coin for the fourth
section is ignored. So is the equally
secret and mysterious convention by
which the Russian section Of the arctic
zone is to be annexed to the United
States for use in keeping the yellow
fever belt cool in sumner. 1t is to be
feared there are gloomy days anead
for the Novoe Vremya. Evidently II
does not yet foresee the full measure
of the horrors it may have 70 witness
| if it only keeps on dreaming long
enough.-Chicag News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12
REFLECTIONS or a BACHELOR
fFrom the New York Press.1

Next to those who are fools the most
people haven't any sense.
Women fall in love as easily as men
go around trying new brands Of cigars.
When a boy likes to get up in the
morning it Is a sign there is no school
that day.
The louder a man hollers about his
honesty the lower are the whispers OF
other people about it.
when a girl looks as If she had the
yellow fever and was breathing without
pair of lungs it is sign she Is only
engaged and hasn't seen him for seven
hours.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12
SUCCESS.

He, I0nged to escape
From oblivion dark
As he heard of the men
Who were making q mark
And he struggled and toiled
Till he finally came
through the pathway of sights
To the sunshine of fame
But the glare shone full fierce,
And the perfume oppressed
ana the thorns maize him long
For obliyion's rest.
He thought of the past
where sweet memories reposed-
And he sought to return
But the gateway was closed.
Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12
NOT A PARTISAN MATTER.

There is very little room for the
Democrats to point the fingers of seorn
at the Republicans on account of Tom
Kelly. Kelly was elected by Democrat
ic votes. When the mans dishonesty
and official misconduct was so fully ex-
posed enough Republicans refused to
vote for him to defeat him il the DEM
ocrats had not swarmed to his sup
port.-St. Marys Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12

Now that we have discovered that
Governor Folk sometimes takes a
drink OF whisky when he is invited.
the washington Post fears that some
body will again revive that story about
President Lincoln, who, when a re-
monstrance was made against the pro-
motion OF General Grant because
Grant was a great drinker, asked
ssWhat brand does ne drink? I want
70 know, SO that I can furnish it to
the other generals"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12

1t is to be hoped that the govern
Hnent will hasten the building of that
new laundry at Fort Leavenworth, so
that the army officers will not drag
their dirty linen all over the nation
In the future.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12

Secretary Shaw can console himself,
as he reads the dispatches from Ma
Mia, with the thought that a presiden-
tial boom in the Philippines doesn't
cut near as much ice as one in Iocali-
ties where the people go to the polls
and vnta
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12

Paul Morton was considerably Jared
the either day when his automobile ran
into a street car. It will probably iaf
him more, however, if the Santa Fe
contempt case brings out who was re-
sponsible for ''Authy 5401', on the c. r
& l. rebate sheet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Every one would be glad to see the
death penalty abolished, but murder
must be abolished first. We have
arrived at our present stage of civili-
zation by a long and bloody battle
with the savage instincts and passions
of the brute man. Let US not spike
our guns and break our swords before
the ape and tiger die, or the battle
may have to be all fought over again.
l-Pittsburg Gazette
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12
KANSAS COMMENT
JUST 4 HINT.

A German vessel has been captured
by the Japanese r,erflaps bv mistake.
and perhaps as hint to the kaiser to
keep on his side of the fence. and let
other people fight out their own quar-
rels.-Parsons Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12

Governor La Toilette will cease to
be governor Of Wisconsin in October
and in November he win go to wash
ington to help push railroad reguia-
ton law through the United States
senate. The wisconsin roads are in
clined to regard this as good news, but
not so some other roads.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12

Fifty detectives are unable to locate
a gambling house in Chicago, vet a
stranger with a roll of money can find
one in fifteen minutes. 1t is something
like the situation in Topeka, where a
thirsty drummer can locate a booze
dispensary in four minutes by the
watch. although the police could not
ind it in a week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12

The trusts that President Castro is
bringing to time down in Venezuela
doubtless wish that Castro would visit
the United States and see how a really
great nation does. or does not, deal
with them. according to the way you
lock at it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12

Recent events teach us that one of
the chief qualifications for a place in
the state treasurer's office is to be able
to secure a lot of signers for the treas
t1rer's bond, especially when those
siEners are hard to get.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12
NEW CORN LIE.

Neosh6 county farmers are complain
ing. Hot as it is these days they have
got to go to the woods and cut props
for their corn stalks. Their children
are also complaining, as they have to
be locked up for fear that they will be
killed by the fall of q stalk or an ear.
Another rain or two and conditions
will become observation-disclosures Tri-
bune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers OF SIas State journal
the paper mailed regularly each day
20 any address at the rate OF thirty
cents q month. Address changed as
often a. desired. While cat Of town
the State Journal will be to you like
q daily letter from home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12

The Russians. you know. have estab-
lished a reputation for keeping just
ahead of the Japs. Perhaps that is
why M White took a fast train and
got to Portsmouth just ahead of
Baron Komura. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12
WHY?

A queer duck is this man Stubs who
is trying to become factor in Kansas
politics. After pointing out the sins of
Kelly, he says: personally, 1 have
nothing but good will for Tom Kelly"
Why should Stubs have nothing but
good will for a man he proves to be
dishonest? Governor Hoch has also
apologized to Kelly a good deal more
than is eessary.-Atehison Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12

Senator Elkins says he will not lead
a divided Republican party in West
Virginia. If the people of that state
feel as the rest of US do towards SEN
ator Elkins, they will agree with him /:
he won't lead divided party, or any
other kind
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12
EROM OTHER PENS
MONEY MADNESS.

1t is a great mistake to suppose that
every rich man is money mad, for
many rich men are money sick, and it
is a still greater mistake to suppose
that the only money mad people in
the world are rich people. A man
who is poor but bent on becoming rich
is much more likely to be money mad
than a man who has an independent
fortune, only he shows it in a different
way. A man of large fortune who is
money mad shows it by his continued
activity in money making. The poor
man who is money mad shows it by
enyying and hating those who are
more ceessfuLEChicago Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12
reared the jury.

The tailor, rising to state his case,
and having declined the services of a
LAWYER for reasons best known to him
self. looked over the jurymen and
then turned to the judge.
Its no use for me to tell you about
this case, your honor" he said, de-
jectedly, mot unless you dismiss that
a man among 'em but owes me
Something for clothes. Philadelphia
Ledger
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12
CAUsE ZOE SUSPICION.

Whenever, suggests the Wichita Ea-
gle. there is a Doodle scheme discover
ed in any part of this country, papers
take the measure of Senator BJirton's
shoes and see if 1t will fit into the tracks.
Ottawa Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12

Mrs. Humphrey Ward, the English
novelist, is coming to America soon to
secure atmosphere for stories. We
recommend her to the weather bureau.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12
MAUD GETs EvEN.

Maud Muller on a summers morn,
Heard the toot of an auto horn. Z
She saw the judge go whirling past,
.'GeePs said Maud. Hes going fast"
Then she thought of the signs and tears
The judge had caused her all these years.
Hes breaking the law at that speed"
said she;
TIA! Hal Hal here's revenge for me-"
She set her teeth and ne7er cen finched
AS she took his number and had him
Los Angeles Express.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12

A New Orleans paper devoted ten
columns to the death of Archbishop
Chapelle, but it neglected to say that
the died of yellow fever.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12

What a pity it is that all that oil
that recently burned down in Texas
could not have been fed to those New
Orleans mosquitoes to cure them of
YELLOW fever.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12
WE ALL CONCUR.

Tom P1att who says his life has
not been we'll spent, knows for once
what it is to be in complete accord
with popular sentiment. Chicago
News.
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An oriental view.

There can be no doubt that Japa1l's
success may well cause grave rnisgiv-
iflgs to the white races. They have
so long been under notion that the
world was created for their exclusive
benefit and that they are the sole heirs
of the whole creation. The Japanese
victories have, however, given rude
shock to this delusion. But there is
no help for it. The white races may
froth and foam, but they cannot re-
sist the onward march of Japan.
England would be wise in revising her
policy in India in the light of this
sudden but significant awakening of
the East.-Calcutta Bengalee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12
PUBLIC OPINION.

The most difficult of all difficult
jobs, in these days of a1l-pervading
publicity, is trying to keep the lid on
public opinion. It is about as hard a
task as that of the lady who tried
to halt the rising tide of the Atlantic
ocean with a breom.-Scranton Truth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12

General Samuel veazie, of Bangor.
built the first railroad in Maine, and
also founded the Veazie National bank,
which is doing business today in the
city of Bangor. He had occasion to
visit Boston once, and made the trip
by the circuitous means of transporta-
ton used in those early days, by stage,
railroad and steamboat. He arrived in
Boston in the evening, and went to the
old fremont house for the night. All
he had with him was an old carpet
bag, and, as he was unknown to the
clerk, he was informed that, having no
baggage, he would be expected to pay
in advance.
"AIl right" said he, reaching into
his inside pocket. He drew out a
pocketbook and took therefrom a
thousand dollar bill of his bank. The
clerk took it, got out his bank detector
and looked UP the standing of the
Bangor institution. In a moment he
came back and said:
'"That bank has issued but three bills
of that denomination.
Yes said the general. land if that
one is not enough for you, here's the
other two and he laid the bills be-
fore the eyes of the astonished clerk.
Boston Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12

The Seneca Tribune has completed
twenty years under the management
of w. H. Jordan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12
rHEY ARE L11cKY.

wick will receive a total dividend of
about seven mills on the dollar. That
isn't so bad. Most of the high finance
concerns don't pay anything.-New
York Telegram.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12
NoRwAY's ACHIEVEMENTS.

The Norwegians conquered at one
time or another Iceland, England
Scotland, northern France and Sicily
A Norwegian republic might. in the
early future transform large part OF
Europe.-Louisvil1e Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12

A letter written by Senator Mitchell
last fall has just come to light 1t was
an endorsement of Senator Depew, but
1T probably won't have any great in
fiuence for the Vanderbilt senator.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12

It's about time for Oyama to put on
a little extra pressure in Manchuria,
Just as a reminder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12
FHE FINANCIAL CENTER.

We do not und erstand what a Chi
cago paper means by. saying that "the
financial center ) is moving west" "
when there are thirteen bankers in
the. Ohio. penftentiary. and only eleven
i'm Iseavenworth. prisen.-Rocheste
Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12
TAKE THE BANK ALONG

Reported that Cincinnati will build
an automobile to serve as a bank on
| wheels, which will be very convenient
| if a cashier should make up his mind
| to make for Canada.-New York
Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-12
KANSAS. GENTIE METHODS.

Men had to arm to rob the treasury
of Poland. Tom Kelly may congratu-
late himself on the use of gentle meth
DDS prevalent in Kansas.-Iola Record.
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Mrs Blinkers-What! Going away7
servant-Please, mum. when come yes
t sg s yoH rswsrs and CHESTS ana s%e
Mrs. Blinlxers-Yes,, did that to show
that trusted you " nat Is the me, 9 ~
York Weekly.
Alice rushed in front of the garden.
where she had been picking flowers. She
was badly stung by the. bee and was hold
i Vs o1 oh 20 nsr nnss she. cried. 4 burned
me on a bee!''~Broolk1yn Life.
what kind of punch did they have at
,lbow, principals. replied 18th the pr man
y was not drunk last night"
what makes you think SOP
II saw you trying to set your watch by
Cleveland Leader.
what can you do with 4 man when he
won't listen to argument?' said the ~
dignant assistant.
a RUE I finally give in and write him a
check. Washington Star.
Mrs Any husband has been out very
late every night this week attending i'm
poarat sl ; board meetings at the club. =
members, you know.
Mrs. Allow FUNNY My husband says
he hasn't seen your husband for week.
| Brooklyn Life
why did you refuse him7''
/ HE has past
But he can blot it out"
Perhaps; but he can't use me as the
Did tn. doctor find out what it is that's
| mo. He said th't nawthin' but a post
norton examination wud fver reveal ut
An l haven't enough curiosity about ut
to have ut done. cleveland Leader.
Katherine-The public is waging war
against the Milk Trust.
forced to take water, as ustiai.msan m Fra De
cisco Call.
Van Kidd Mrs. scantyfood make any
money in the boarding house business7
De Q-Not at first; but she finally hit up
on scheme that made her rich.
! Van X--What was It?
De Q.She turned It into a sanitorium
for making fat people thin, and it made a
/ hoWl1ng SucceSS.-Detroit Free Press,
"Give US tune urged the music rack
in the choir loft; .'be obliging.. Even the
No. growIed the organ, in Its deepest
tones. 'f'1l be bowed Il I do"NPhiiadei-
phia Press
He said he'd go through anything for
"And so she married hirn?"
+ Yes and now he's going through her
fortune. hiIadelphia Press.
i Miss Rosebud-Why did you make such
| fuss when Charlie kissed you in the con-
servatory? Were you shrieking for help?
Miss Oldglrl-No, for witnesses.-Life
scribbles-what did the editor offer you
| for your poem?
Jingler-Fifty cents.
scribbles--Fifty cents Why. that was
an insult. What did you say?
Jingler-Nothing. pocketed the insult
I-Chicago Daily News.
Mrs. Kidder-Oh. yes; he leads a regular
dogs life with her.
Miss Gaussip-Indeed? Do you know I
suspected she wasn't all that she"
Mrs. Kidder-Yes she's petting and
kissing him all the time.-PhiladeIphia
Press.
He-Those people in that next fiat talk
awfully loud, don't they?
She-Sh! They're talking about some one
; know, and I can't hear word they say
when you're talking--Detroit Free Press.
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THE CHIGGER.

A chigger is little rascal but he can
cause a powerful lot of argument and
the loss of whole lot of religion
Chanute Tribune.