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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-05

I'm THE SWEET BY AND BY
The wheat fields Of Kansas give promise
of wealth:
The farmer heaves nary a sigh;
He simply goes merrily forth to his toll,
AS he sings In This Wheat By and By"
Miss Mae c. Wood evidently intended
to edit volume under the title, Love
Letters of a Statesman"
Just because Andrew Carnegie threw
a bouquet in their direction, and Jim
Hurley started as one once, the hack
men ought not to become too aristo-
cratic.
Don't blame Rojestvensky for loahpg
around Kamranh Bay just as long as
ne can: Just think how you would feel
if you knew Togo were laying for you
just around the corner.
The supplement to WHO'S Who in
Topeka promises to be larger than the
original volume.
Mr.. Cleveland is said to be very much
worried since he got his copy of the
State Journal telling what the Kansas
club women think about him.
Society note from the Short Grass
Herald: The chigger is in our midst
once more.
II mlghty Iunny, commented Dea-
con Twogood today, "how much harder
work it is fer a boy to beat a carpet
fer ten minutes than it is to swing a
club at battin' up flies fer half the af-
ternoon."
This is the time of year that the
weather man gives US a good deal of
hot air.
After hearing that the most beautiful
man in America has just died, a lot of
Topeka girls will be surprised the next
time they meet Tom King to find him
still alive.
''Ay tank dare bane nobody seeting
on dose lid in Sheecawgo, remarked
Paul Paulson today, but Ay tank Ay
Note want dose yob meselluf''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-05
JAYHAWKER JoTs.

The Gospel Truth is the name of a
new paper at Lacrosse. Must be try
ing to usurp the field of the State
Journal.
Bristow for senator and Henry Allen
for congress Off-hand. SO they might
just as we'll quit.
If Governor Hoch pardOns Willie
Sell he will have such d rush of par
don applications that he won't have
any time to make commencement ad-
dresses this summer.
IN deciding a bet in Sherman coun-
ty a few days ago it was found that
the ground is moist to a depth of
twelve and a half feet. Since then
four inches of rain has fallen in that
region.
John Royce may think Sixth district
papers ought to be flush when he pays
out seventy-fve ora hundred dollars in
cash subscriptions to them, but it is
doubtful if any Sixth district editors
go to Europe as consequence OF It.
A Jewell county farmer some time
ago invented a thingamabOb that com
bined a dozen different tools into one,
and he sold the patent for $25,
Now he has invented a cane which
becomes a buggy whip by pressing a
spring, and it is said he has been Of
fered $1,000 for the patent on that.
This cane-buggy whip invention will
appeal to farmers who have to carry
their whips around when they go to
town to keep them from being stolen.
Matthew Gengler, a farmer who set
tied near Cawker City in the GAYS
when the settlers lived in one-room
dugouts and hauled their wheat a
hundred miles to the railroad, is still
{ in the business and now has three
telephones on his 400 acre farm, be-
sides all other modern improvements.
Poor old wicked Topeka saws the
hutchinson News. "A woman who
finding lots of pupils there" That's
what comes to Topeka from being the
state capital. The girls are simnII
trying to keep up with the men. who
learn to play poker from members ri
/ the legislature and other denizens ri
! Copeland county.
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Senator NeWlands of Nevada was
talking about farming.
Farmers are progressive and go
ahead" he said They keep in touch
with all the new agricultural inventions,
and such inventions as are of value
they adopt as soon as they can.
Senator NewIands laughed.
In my boyhood, in Mississippi" he
said, Il knew a farmer who adopted
eagerly every new farming device that
came out
4 inspected this farmers chicken
house one day, and found several rats
scampering about in it. A chicken
house in such a condition seemed to me
depIorabIe, and I took the farmer to
task about it Immediately.
Look here, Mr.. Jones' I said, why
don't you clear the rats out of your
chicken house?
they don't do no HARM said Mr..
Jones.
Don't they eat the eggs@ said I.
Not now he answered. They used
to. but not now
How is it, asked. that they have
stopped?'
slight smile that had appeared there.
q I think he said, that these here
new-fangIed china nest eggs has sort O.
discouraged EN- Los Angeles Times.
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solIoquy Of a Russian Admiral.


Togo or not Togo-that is the question
For If to go be not Togo yet still
To stay may be TogO-so there the EuDs
Say, is it-nobler in our .huIls to take
The shells and mines OF these unerrinB
Japs,
And being ratified in the thick Of fight
To add our own to help the work along,
Or show clean heels across the C1i4neSs
sea.
To rest in peace secure, perchance to
dream
Of trawlers that we think torpedo boatsE
And yet to go may be Togo, alas!
His very name by losing is not lost
His multifarious spirit walks abroad
Ger all the worldwide seas. And should
we fee.
The undiscovered Togo. from whose tran
No mariner escapes, confuses the viii
And makes us rather face the Japs we
know
Than needless fly to those we know not Of.
It's thus these Japs make towards OF US
all
Could once set a steady foot on land,
I'd hit the trail across Siberiais plain,
Where Togo's not allowed to go and nasts
To throw my sword before the mighty
And hear with joy his word of punish
Back to the mines!"-be they not Jap
EGarret Smith in N. 7. Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-05
TIME TO sTOP

Now that w. R. Stubs. Senator
Fred Dumont Smith, John @. Rovoe
and everybody else who had any chips
in the game-to use a Copeland county
metaphOr-has had their say in the
bank commissioner controversy. with
the exception Of Governor Hoch. isn't
1t about time to stop? We all know
that Mr.. Stubs did everything he pos
sibly could to head off the appointment
Of Mr.. Royce as bank commissioner
We all know, too, that Mr.. Rovce
magnanimously urged Governor Hoch
not to appoint him because of the
trouble it might cause. We further
know that Governor Hoch asserted his
Independence and refused to allow
Stubbs Royce, or anyone else to die
tate to him, and for the sake of 7,fs
own self-respect appointed Mr.. Rovce
bank commissioner. We know +ba,
Mr.. Stubs did not like it. In fact All
the facts in the case seem to be before
the public, and the public rasll1
doesn't care anything more about If =
The banking interests of the state 4,
not care particularly who is bank eor,,
missioner-just so the affairs of I'll.
| department are run in a just and com.
petent manner. It is up to Mr.. Rove,
] to make good, and Governor Hoch an,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-05

how far apart the plants should stand
afterward He viii get some help
from the catalogues as to distances,
but whether he should transplant or
tim IS the kind Of thing that is not in
the books It requires a good deal of
nerve to pull up and destroy the I'M
necessary Seedlings-more nerve than
the average amateur possesses.
Ihey say that a person never becomes
a good gardener until he stee1s his
nerves to this ruthless sacrifice. A
vegetable must have plenty of room to
develop its best size and flavor, and
one can take no pride in small or com
monplace vegetables. True it is that
the worst weed in corn is corn. -
Garden Magazine.
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all the rest of his friends believe he
will do so.
Mr.. Stubs is too big man to keep
hopping around on one foot and e1-
hibiting a sore toe, and those VINO
know him believe that he viii nave
the breadth to overlook any real or
fancied slight that may have been put
upon him, and that he will proceed TO
help Governor Hoch give the state a
good administration.
This seems to be a good time to close
the incident and to let Governor Hoch
climb on the lid and hold 1t down
himself
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-05
aGin,Iets,, Bored Them.

Though Robert w. Chambers is a
popular author he will rarely talk
about his books. ''I hate literary con-
ceit," he said the other day. "If an
architect builds d good house his
friends on account of it don't regard
him as a god, and he doesn't regard
himself as a god. The same with an
engineer. If he builds a good bridge
it is in the days work and that is all
there is about it. But if a man writes
a good book, why, then, there must be
genius in him and before this genius
he himself, as well as all the world,
must bow down. Rot Literary con-
ceit is distasteful to me-" Mr.. Cham
hers said. land [ like to see it taken
down 1t was we'll taken down in the
case of a New York man last month.
He has written a novel, 'Gimlets,' and
the public Libraries have put this book
on their shelves. The man called at
one of the libraries to find out how his
work was going with the public. He
hoped to have his vanity tickled a lit
tie is "Gimlets" IMP he said to the
librarian. Tt never was out, was the
reDlY.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-05

Among the other things that there is
little legal sense in, and something
which is practiced in every city in kan
sas when it is determined to close the
Joints, is the system of going around
and notifying all the law-breakers that
they must close and giving them a Ger
tain length Of time in which to clean
c1lt their stock. It would be just as de-
densible if the officers Of the law knew
~ man who committed murder and
went around and served notice on him
that IL he did it again he would be ar
rested. This is one reason why so
many Of the efforts to enforce prohibi-
sion are failures.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-05
Blest the Tie.

Bishop Potter tells story of a
Young minister who came to grief
while delivering his first sermon. He
had dressed under a great deal of ex-
element previous to entering the
church and neglected to fasten his
necktie down behind. During the
course of his sermon the tie gradually
slipped up over his collar, until nearly
everyone in the congregation noticed
his predicament and smiled radiantly
at the situation. Concluding his re-
marks the young minister, sparring for
an opportunity to adjust the tie, asid:
net us join in singing hymn No. So"
He had announced the hymn at ran
dom. not knowing the nature of the
words. The congregation turned to the
hv1nn. then gave gasp and nearly
strangled The hymn read: "Blest Be
the Tie That Binds"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-05
Els RIGHTEoIrs go

"A woman in this town." says the
Hickory Ridge Missourian, whose hus-
band owes us $9.75 on subscription. had
the SWEETEST hat that was seen at church
last Sunday, while our wife had to
make a new hat by turning her old
one inside out and putting on 25 cents
worth of trimming she bought at a
remnant counter. It is such things as
these, brethren, that cause the iron to
enter our soul and make US regret that
we spoiled a promising career as an
auctioneer by becoming an editor in this
burned town. Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-05
The Whittiers.

one day stranger strolled into the
old Berry Tavern at Danvers. A num-
Der of men were seated in the office,
and were asked by the newcomer: '"Wil
you kindly tell me where 1 may find
the Whittier House?"
A young business man, not a native
of the town. to be sure, but who had
lived in it number of years and be-
longed to New England, spoke up, say
ing: You mean Joe Whittier, the con
tractor? He lives in Danversport"
tier"
John G. Whittier? Never heard Of
him. The only other Whittier in this
town is Clarence Whittier, Janitor Of
the Town House. He lives on Essex
street"
The stranger became both amused
and impatient and said: 81 am talking
about John G. Whittier, the poet; he's
dead, you know. I want to find out
where his home was
ooh, well" said the young business
man, with a sigh of relief at his abil-
ity to impart information eff it's any
body who's dead go right over to viii
Crosby, the undertaken, across the
street; he'll tell you all about it."-Bos-
ton Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-05
.sIafMolsrArrrY ;,

Two caterpillars crawling on a leaf,
By some strange accident in contact
Their conversation passing all belief,
was that same argument, the very
That has been '.proed and oonned'' from
Yea, ever since this wondrous world be-
The ugly creatures
Deaf and dumb and blind,
Devoid of features
That adorn mankind,
We're vain enough in dun and wordy strife
70 speculate upon a future life.
The first. was optimistic, full of hope:
The second, quite dyspeptic, seemed to
Said number one: I'm sure of our saliva
Said number two: I'm sure of our dam
Our ugly forms alone would seal our faces
And mar our entrance through the golden
Suppose that death should take US una
How could we climb the golden stairs?
If maidens Shun US as they pass US by,
Would angels bid US welcome IN the sky?
wonder what great crimes we have com
That leave us so forlorn and so unpitied,
Perhaps we've been ungrateful, unfofgiv
It's plain to me that life's not worth the
living.
Come, come, cheer up the jovial worm
replied,
Lets take a look upon the other side:
Suppose we can not fly like moths or mill
ers,
Are. We to blame for being caterpinars?
VIII that same God that doomed US crawl
the earth
A prey to every bird that's given birth.
Forgive our captor a he eats and sings
And damn poor US because we have not
wings?
# we can't skim the air like owl or bat,
worm will turn for a. that
They argued through the summer; au-
tumn nigh,
The, ugly things composed themselves to
And 50 to make their funeral quite com
plete,
Each wrapped him in his little winding
sheet.
The tangled web encompassed them fun
Each for his coffin made him cocoon,
All through the winters chilling blast
they lay,
Dead to the world. aye. dead as human
clay.
Lo. spring comes forth with all her
She brings sweet justice from the realms
above;
She breaks the chrysalis, she resurrects
the dead;
Two butterflies ascend encircling her head,
And so this emblem shall forever be
sign of Immortality.
-Joseph Jefferson
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an omciaI,s Advice.

The prosecuting attorneys office is a.
very busy place, but it is not nearly
such hive of industry as it would be
If all the grievances brought to Mr.
Macintosh were allowed to ripen into
law suits.
rs this the prosecuting Attorney" It
was a high feminine voice late yester-
day afternoon. TT is? Well, wanted
to see you about garment"
What kind Of a garment %
'tOh-er-ladies' garment"
whats the matter with it?''
"Why, it doesn't fit. It's two whole
sizes too large. My. I should look like
a fright"
rs there any way I can help you?"
why, yes. The nan wouldn't take
it back. knew you could fix it, This
confidence touched Mr.. Macintosh, and
he drew forth this well-considered ad-
vice.
well. you see we haven't any dress
maker here. Better see a. dressmaker. -
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
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ton: Chicago never realizes how
large it really is until some great event
that sets the whole world talking is
pulled off in this city. If they did not
read it in the papers about 10000
Chicagoans would never suspect that
there was a teamsters' strike running
at large in the streets"
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WHOM WAS HE DRIVING AT?

A Hiawatha clergyman puzzled the
whole community by. declaring he in
tended to do az thing the devil hasn't
done" The demand for an explana-
ton became so strong that he finally
yielded He said: Il intend to leave
Hiawatha. ''-Atchisons Globe
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al MARNIN4 n H0CH-

Governor Hoch says he will consult
Attorney General Coleman as to some
of the duties of the gubernatorial Of
fee. Governor Hoch should remember
that his predecessor followed the legal
advice of Mr.. Coleman once and got
into peck of trouble Governor Hoch
would better consult lawyer.-Hutch-
inson News
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-05

People in the rest of the country i'm
aeine that Chicago is all tied up by
eaa teamsters strike; that every street
as hlockaded by rioters, and that it is
-iuost unsafe to step out of the
nouses. The fact is that the majority
a Chicago people know very little
eSo7ft 1t. The following from the Chi
go News indicates Inc real eondi-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-05

A represents a ticket Office.
B represents lines of people waiting to
purchase tickets.
c represents the point where Jones
stood at g a. m.
D represents the point where Jones
stood at ten minutes past g.
E represents the point where Jones
stood at Sis
Query: What will Jones say when he
reaches A and finds he has been stand
ing in the wrong line?-Chicago Jour
nal
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A good many well-meaning people are
calling on Governor Hoch to call out
che militia. to enforce the prohibitory
law. What would you do if you had
militia you could call out? What would
you do with it when you got it out? A
soldier would have no authority to ar
rest ANYBODY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-05
May HE SAIL OFTEN.

Europe a new story Of his splendid mu-
nifcence is disclosed. The SO, OOO. 600
fund for teachers pensions could not
have been better bestowed.-New York
Commercial.
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TESTIMONY, NOT EVIDENCE.

The International Railway Congress
is meeting in Washington this week and
doubtless Senator Elkins and his con-
ferees can get all the evidence they may
want that the government hasn't q
shadow Of an excuse or a right to inter-
fere in the sweet pleasure of the rail-
roads in the matter of rates by inter
viewing any of the distinguished gen
tlemen who are delegates to the con-
gress-HutchinsOn News.
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FROM OTHER PENS.

ALWAYS SOME DRAWBACK.
ApriPs showers make May flowers
As all the land they flood.
But also they, I'm prone to say,
Produce a deal of mud.
Louisville Courier-J ournal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-05

Opponents to municipal ownership
will doubtless find some method of ex-
planning how the Glasgow traction COM
panies pay an annual profit of about
315 per cent, with an average charge of
2 cents for fare There must be some
thing rotten with a system that gives
the benefit to the people instead of to
the franchise grafters.-Los Angeles
Examiner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-05
Living Example.

A professor of natural history who
was delivering a lecture to his class
on the rhinoceros noticed that the at
tention of the students was wandering.
Gentlemen" he said sternly, IF you
expect to realize the remarkably hid
eous nature of this beast you must
keen your eyes fixed on me."-Har-
ner's Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-05

There was a lot of sbeeAng'' out here
in Kansas about Commissioner Gar
fields report on the beef trust before
that gentleman got here, but so far as
the newspapers have reported nobody
said it to his face. lola Register.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-05

Since Mr.. Lawson is credited with
cleantng up million dollars in one
aay 10 Wall street. a good many peo-
pie would like to have him tell some
ahinB about his own System. instead OF
50 much about the game run by
Rogers, Rockefeller & Co.
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KANsAs ooNlNlENF.
HOW S THTs?

with apologies to Eugene Ware.)
Dewey was the wheat feld.
On the first of Nav
Dewey was the farmers eyes
on the bright spring day.
Dewey were the prospeets.
Believed by tears of hone:
ana dew we feel discouraged
To lie like that, we'd choke.
-Huee hinson Bee.
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DIFFERENT ~ DEGREE-

The bank clerk with mania for
playing the races is bad enough, but
not so bad as the higher official who is
convinced that he has a genius for spec
uIative fnance.-Wa Washington Star.
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WANTS IT IDENTIFIED.

The country club at Newton wants
to build garage. if it can find out
biles, or an institution to burn trash
Ottawa Herald.
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IN NTINNFsOTA

The Minnesota legislature has adopt
ed the Connecticut plan of giving a
gratuity of $50 to each reporter who
represents a newspaper during the ses-
sions OF the house and senate. The
newspapers ought to announce that
they viii discharge every reporter who
accepts the bribe.-Boston Globe.
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It has been said that more good
vegetables have been ruined for want
of being thinned at the proper time
than by any other cause. However,
that may be, one of the most pulling
things for the beginner is to find out
whether any particular vegetables
should be thinned or transpIanted and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-05

An east side girl who was going to
do 1t once before, is once more on the
list OF this months brides-to-b e.-Em-
poria Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-05
WHATs ~ A NAME.

In another month you will find that
the steady, everyday man who was the
of his class was burdened
Reginald, while the belle of the class
will be called Polly or Mary.-Emporia
Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-05

Speaking of mean tricks, how about
Ehet action of County Attorney Hun
gate in stepping in and disturbing the
fointists just as they seemed to have
arrangements all fixed up with the new
city administration?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-05

There is a pretty good fish liar on
one Of the New York papers. He
sighted a whale in New York harbor
Ghe other day-but he evidently had
suat run out of bait
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-05
HUNEoR OF THE DAY.

If the present interest in checkers is not
abated soon Kemp will be able ere long
to turn out some Cracker jack checker
players.-Kemp Voice.
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YOU TELL US.

There is nothing your brave and glo-
rious Kansas needs one-tenth as badly
as the rest of the country needs kan
sas,' says Tom Lawson in a telegram
to Governor Hoch. What's the answer?
Washington Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-05

It viii either be necessary for St
Louis to widen the Eads bridge on
Sundays or put sideboards on it, if
Governor Folk is going to persist in
keeping up this emigration to East st.
louis every SUNDAY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-05

The Chicago teamsters expect to
make at least two bases on this strike,
but the employers hope that the UNI
pire will call them out
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-05

adsalEa is evidently getting ready for
9aataAood. It has had strike Of con-
l9Eable proportions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-05

The Equitable can probably offer
4Gr. Cortelyou larger wages than can
your Uncle Samuel but the old gen
aleman would like to have Cortelyou
STAY e. his hired man if he will do so.
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MIGHT -OBsERVE rHE I.AW

Railroad managers who say that
there is ample law to prevent rebates
might demonstrate that they have the
will and conscience to keep the law
New York World.