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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28
JAYHAWKER LoTs.

The La Harpe ice factory has select
ed an appropriate time for enlarge
ment.
Pratt people were recently easy
enough to be worked" by a deaf and
dumb book agent.
Great Bend hasn't struck oil yet but
six couples were married there one day
recently which is equal to a gas well.
The Fatal Scar company disbanded
at Hutchinson. The blow that caused
the scar was the disappearance of the
manager.
Miami county has an assistant coun-
ty attorney who gets $25 for every joint
ist he convicts That fellow won't
make his salt.
Lyndon pupils are eating their soup
with a fork. What other foolish no
tions will pupils be taught in this day
and generation.
A Butler county man is worrying
through the miseries of a o leg
easier than h lodge that pays him
$500 insurance.
Lawrence is such a quiet town that an
Ottawa citizen lost a purse contain
ing $123 and did not discover h act
until he got home.
An Arkansas City hotel has received
a carload of bath tubs and the citi-
zens are all wondering where the wa
ter will be found to run them.
A Burlington woman drew a 5000 cash
prize in a guessing contest. The fol-
lowing sunday the woman VINO sat IN
her pew wore a seal skin cloak.
A Topeka man las recently gotten
into trouble by. marrying two wives.
But bless you heart more have gotten
into trouble by only marrying one.
Over a year ago a citizen of Cowley
county dug his grave. This week
the death angel came his way and he
was laid in the home he had prepared.
Said the young K. u. physician.
kissing is dangerous under certain
conditions" And his Lawrence girl
shyly remarked, mot if dad isn't look
ing"
A wellington pastor was donated $500
from his parishioners the same day
tina he received notification of $1,000
from a dead brothers will. The good
comes with the sorrowful in this world.
Said a Topeka man to a friend, IF
you hear of me going back to Pennsyl-
vania about the time the grand jury
meets don't mention it in the paper"
Now what profession do you suppose
he belongs TOP
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28
oUAKER -RRFLEOTToNs.

LFrom the Philadelphia Record.l
Flattery is the salt on The tail of
vanity.
Few of us get dizzy from climbing
the ladder OF fame.
1t would be fine if an umbrella could
find its way home like q cat.
The chauffeur feels that he doesn't
even have to have horse sense.
Some people couldn't even buy a pa
per of pins without getting stuck.
Many a rich man would exchange
his govt for a poor mans digestion.
Life is a constant struggle between
regret for the past and hope for the
future.
Not until it is all over do we realize
that a good time is seldom worth the
price.
Lots of men are not satisfied to take
things as they come unless they can
sell them at a profit.
tDissipation," remarked the Wise
Guy, sis a thief that steals the sense.
las well as the dollars ADDED tne
Simple Mug.
The can help a girl out with
her wedding gown, but not with ner
divorce suit.
'sOf animals I'm not afraid"
The wan dyspetic sadly said.
"And yet somehow I have h habit
OF running from a wee welsh RABBIT.
Hoax-saThe critics are poking lots of
fun at Scribblers new novel; JoaxE
YES: he must feel like the author of a
guyed book"
The weary hobo smote his breast
And nightly protested;
81 never seem to get a rest,
Yet always get arrested"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28
NnDwINTER EXPOSITION.

For the fourth consecutive time in
as many years Topeka will on next
Monday afternoon give to the people
of this city and the state the Kansas
Midwinter Exposition.
For a quatrain Of years have the
shows been remarkable successes, the
attendance figures alone displaying
that fact. II 1902. $500 people
passed through the Auditorium doors;
in 1908 there were 1000 people; in
1904 there were 10000 people. And
this year the figure is expected to ex-
coed all previous ones.
It is a show for the people of Kan
sas. Secretary Brigham has worked
hard and faithfully, and much harder
this year than before, if that is pos
sible. He states directly that it is an
advertisement, a displaying of things
though foreign displays are not
barred.
The attendance from over the state
has been satisfactory in the three pre-
vious years, but it proves to be greater
this next eason than ever before.
The people of the state are realizing
that the show concerns them as much
as anyone and they are attending ac-
cordingly.
The exposition is something of which
both the state and the city can well
be proud. 1t has received unstinted
compliments from exhibitors. The
manager of a matted milk company
stated recently that the Kansas mid
winter exposition brought more re-
suits to his concern than the display
last summer at the st. Louis worlds
fair. And the reason-it is immediate
the people see the displays because
they come for that purpose, and there
are not too many of them.
Everybody is welcomed at the fair.
The admission price is Is cents. and
covers everything. There are not a
thousand and n inside crafts to
lain as many extra dimes. The ad-
mission just about covers the expense,
and that is all that is intended. It is
an exposition for the people of Topeka
and Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28
TO PIPE. OR NOT TO PIPE.

Are all the cities and towns of Kan
sas not in the gas field to be shut out
from the use of natural gas and de-
prived of the cheaper fuel, cheaper
power and cheaper light that the nat
ural product insures2
If certain bills now before h pres
ent legislature are enacted into laws
which stand the test, then Topeka and
/ other towns located away from the
gas supply must give up all ideas and
efforts toward securing natural gas.
These bills provide that pipe lines
for conveying gas shall not be per-
mitted to cross public highways. They
also provide that pumps shall not be
used in forcing gas into localities.
These provisions can mean but one
thing: That they who have the gas
mean to keep it if they can.
1t is doubtful if any laws like the
ones which are proposed are legal. 1t
is claimed that it would be as sensible
to prohibit the shipping of coal from
the coal fields of Kansas as it is to
undertake to keep the gas for local
consumption only.
The sentiment of the people in the
gas fields is not by any means united.
One class claims that the gas should
be kept for home consumption and
that factories desiring to take adj
vantage of the product should go to
the locality where the product is.
On the other hand, in the gas belt
are corporations and individuals who
have gas to sell. They do not believe
in restricting the market to the de-
mands made at home.
Their are many gas companies
seeking franchises for pipe lines in
the cities. There is a wide divergence
of view about the price which the
cities, or the companies, name in their
ordinances. A rate which one com
pany declares is low, by a rival COM
pany is declared to be higher in pro-
portion than present prices for coal.
The claim is made that rates proposed
in some franchises would make the
cost of power produced by gas higher
than power produced by coal 1t eur
rent rates.
Whatever these conditions, all the
companies seem united in opposing
measures which will absolutely pre-
vent the piping of gas into towns out
of the fields.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28
MAyORAITY.

Ther Is a pronounced position on
the part of the Topeka masses to avoid
If possible a hair pulling and blood
curdling city contest at the forthcom-
ing spring election.
This would mean that there is a de-
sire upon the part OF more than a
majority of the people to rename
Mayor Bergundthal for the Office
which he now holds. He has not
claimed to be a brilliant man in the
executive chair, but there are qualities
which count for more than brilliancy.
He is very generally regarded as a
safe man not given to radical meas
ures, but with a general desire to do
what is best for the city and its well
fare.
His honesty of purpose and his
anxiety to do what is best for the
Capital city are unquestioned. These
are important above personal ambi-
ions and above special issues.
Topeka is fortunate in having few
municipal scandals. n community
loves honesty and conscientiouseeffort
on the part of it's officials to do and
stand for its best interests meets with
general endorsement.
While the mayor has not pleased ev-
- ~ N1(AC 10 ACaA1G AAA
be said in criticism OF his official acts,
except in those upon which is a differ
ence of opinion as to his duty.
There seems to be a general willing
ness to give him another term and an
opportunity to complete the solution of
a number of important problems which
are pending at the present time.
Among these may be mentioned the
final turning over of h waterworks
and it's operation under city control.
Another problem is the reconstruction
of the pavements on our main thorough
fares. More than four-ffths of the
paved streets of Topeka are in first
class condition, but a number Of the
main streets, Kansas venue, Sixth
street and a few blocks on Eighth and
Tenth demand early consideration and
this is occupying the serious attention
of the mayor and council at this time.
Mr.. Bergundthal's integrity, expert
nee and his desire to further the well
fare and progress of this growing city
are important matters that will help
him to another term.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28
WHAT OF TT2

The Kansas state accountant has in
formed the state that fourteen thou
sand dollars paid into III state school
fund during the last six years is not
in the fund and never has been.
What is to be don about it?
The same authority says that forty
odd thousand dollars which should
have legally been paid into h same
fund and appears to have been paid
somewhere somehow never got into
the fund.
What is to be done about it?
The report of the state accountant
lies in a-state Of %innocuous desuetude
in a pigeon hole in the governors Of
fee and among unfinished. not to say
unstarted, business In h Office of the
attorney general.
All the branches of the state gov
eminent are under full sway and
operation at his time-executive,
judicial and legislative.
Is the state accountant purely orna-
mental. or is the state to take useful
action to o its money and set its
affairs in order?
What IS to be done about 1T?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28
CLOBF SIGHTS.
TFrom the Atchison Globe

AOAAA LAC
A girl is usually doing some fgur-
ing when she buys a suit case.
We have remarked that a good many
men carry dirty handkerchiefs.
When a lazy man gets a clock that
is too fast, the family regards it as a
great joke.
The first thing a Jealous wife looks
for when nee aroused, is her has
bands KEYS.
ST have worn rubbers so long. owing
to the snow" said a man today, that
I feel like Gum Shoe Bill"
We are told to Accept the truth"
Will some one please tell US what the
truth is? The wise men do not agres.
No weather lasts long enough to get
used to it: The snow on a norses back
today is mud on his belly tomorrow.
While widows are very popular while
they are widows. they DO not seen .
be very popular with their second nus
bands.
A widow in Leavenworth tainted
thirty-four times at her
funeral. 1t is going to be hard 10
break that record.
Every time a bald headed man g2ss
to bed these cold nights, ne longs toF
an old fashioned night cap TO keep ms
head warm.
No matter how you dislike n one,
it is hard not to have q higher OPINION
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28

Some of the railroads are now begin
ming to feel the benefits of the big out
lays of the last two years, says CIews
g. Co.'S Financial Review, and if earn
ings continue on the present scale no
material recession in the values Of good
railroad properties is at present in sight.
The railroads, however, are not entire
ly free of vicissitudes. Public feeling is
rising against oppressive railroad man.
agement. As for railroad legislation, if
It goes no further than the stoppage of
rebates and securing of equal treatment
of all shippers. that viii clearly benefit
the railroads: but any attempt by the
government to fix the rate would be a
revolution in our economic and political
system. and expose US to serious dis
turbance in values.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28

The Nebraska farmer with whom I
was staying over night grew conhden-
tial enough during h evening to tell
me that he was going to town next
day and begin a breach of promise
suit for his daughter. laying damages
at $4,000.
Aren't those figures rather high %
I QueFied,
see 1 have an object. I begin big SO
as to have a chance to fall. If Sally
can't get $4,000 h is willing to take
$50 in cash and a secondhand bike"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28
woRk On rHE sENATE.

Eighteen days have elapsed Since
the senate was called to order for the
transaction of business.
A statement of what has been done
or what has not been done would Ill
folio after folio for the smallest part
of what is done transpires on the
floor.
The work for or against legislative
measures of the most effective sort is
done outside of school hours" That
this is true is shown by the change of
the vote on the child labor bill Thurs
day when at II o'clock the measure
was defeated by a vote of p to II
and at 2 O'Clock it was passed unani-
mously, with certain amendments to
suit those who opposed it two hours
before. Between the defeat and the
passage of the bill the senate was not
in session.; there were no bursts of
oratory; there was buttonholing and
work of the cheek to cheek, mouth
to ear sort.
In saying what was done in reIa-
ton to the child labor bill. on the SEN
ate floor, would require but a few
thousand words. but to tell what was
done concerning this measur in he
Hobbies, committee rooms, hotels and
corridors would take folio after folio
ulLl Il OOOA AAIAA az ~AO4oC
journal of two years & was con-
structed.
Therefore to say what has been
done is difficult. for the a standing
Of the state oil refinery, anti-gas
pumping. pure food, state depository,
state printing plant, institution APP
preparation, food relief, good roads,
and other bills is not known n to
say what effective work for Oh against
| them has been accomplished is impos-
sible.
The senate has passed at least one
highly important bill and that is
the bill to protect the state school
fund from the grafters and the
looters.
The senate has passed two educa-
tional bills, for a two mill state n a
small county levy for school purposes,
which will mean great good to the
commo schools if hey become laws.
The senate has passed a child labor
law which will protect the children
under IA years Of age from being
driver like slaves to work in mines,
packing houses and factories.
A hundred local bills have been
! passed which are of only local i'm
portance.
A few bills of more or less general
Importance have beer passed.
The most important question, re-
garding needed legislation. is what has
the lobby done against these measures
and what have the lobby interests ac-
complished toward the defeat of the
measures most important to the in
terests of the state, for h lobbyists
are here and while some of them are
open and above board and are work.
ing for the good of Kansas interests,
there are others, working quietly and
under cover, who are bringing to bear
every possible pressure to defeat
measures which do not suit the cor
p~orations.
1t remains to be seer whether the
senate will pass certain bills or wheth-
er the lobbyists will defeat them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28
USE OF THE TYPEWRITER.

What an indispensable thing the type
writer has come to be these latter days.
There is probably nc other feature of
the well equipped business office Of to-
day which would create a wider breach
by its. removal than the typewriter.
Next to the telephone, the typewriter
has come to be q patent factor in the
transaction OF business affairs. Recog-
nized for its worth. it has worked into
the inner circles of things. Alike the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28

OF the 9.2O4.59 negroes in the United
States, Porto Rico and Hawaii, nine
tenths live in the south. n per cent
work on 7,746 farms, and of these farms
p per cent are owned absolutely by the
negroes. Since 1890 negro nHteracy has
fallen from 81 to 44.5 per cent. There
are $4,000 colOred ministers, $1,000 car
penters. 1900 BARRIERS. as many doc
tors. 1900 dressmakers, 1000 musicians
and 1000 lawyers in the territory mem
TONED.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28

his absolute control Of the situation
throughout the session, he win do
more than the politicians think he
can do.
Altogether the session iE starting off
well. 1t is apparently trying to enact
some needed reforms. and it will be
observed thai most of those reforms
are those in the control of h state
funds which have been s~trenuously
urged by the State Journal from time
To tina
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28

The New York Commercial states
that within a very few years the for
tune Of John D. Rockefeller, s%upposing
IL to grow at its present rate. will ag-
gregate a billion dollars. His present
income is estimated at six million a
month, n undoubtedly he is the
richest man in the world. But then
Mr.. Rockefeller's name never was
used by Mrs. Chadwick.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28

OF his intelligence after he has laughed
at your jokes.
The champion good man lives in
Atchison. He says he knows a story
on an enemy. but it is so terrible nal
he will not tell it.
An Atchison woman wrote to the
country for q girl, and when the girl
came, she rode up from the depot in a
hack. Query: Did the woman take
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28
Greats in Demand.

Nothing is more in demand than a med
icine which meets modern requirements
for a blood and system cleanser, such as
DR.. Kings New Life Pills. They are just
what yoM need to cure stomach and liver
trOuDie8. Try them. At Arnold Drug Co.,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28

cost them at the beginning Of 1904
and some years previous thereto. The
advance is made on the grounds of a
shortage in the foreign o If the
trust will withdraw its opposition to
the Philippine tariff bill. and allow it
to pass thereby encouraging the sugar
planters of the archipelago to increase
their output, perhaps the foreign crop
in the future may not be 50 short.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28

It looks as though the statehood
matter will at least come to a vote
this session. Even If it be defeated,
members Of congress will be compelled
to go on Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28

The rehners Of sugar have made an
nouncement of an advance in prices
that viii make the cost OF granulated
sugar to the ordinary consumer s
cents per pound. This is an increase
IN an article of universal consumption
from the price Of AZ cents about a
year ago. 1t increases the cost OF that
article to the American people about
a15,00o.O0O as compared with what It
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28

The United States senate is to be
given a anc to share the response
bility connected with the administra-
ton Of San Domingo's financial affairs
by this country. 1t a endorse the plan
or repudiate it and become wholly re-
sponsible for any trouble which may
arise out of the attempt of some Euro
pean power to force a settlement OF its
claims
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28

Washington Post: Every man Who
has ever stopped at a Wichita hotel can
assure Booker Washington hat he was
in luck when he was denied accommo-
dations there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28

There are usually two sides to a
question. says the Springfield (Mass.)
Union. Yes, a right side and a wrong
side. Trouble grows out of the fact
that each party to a controversy
thinks he has the right side of it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28

Governor Lafollette is ~prolonging
the agony of his opponents by leaving
his acceptance of the senatorship, to
which he has just been elected, in IN
certainty until March 4.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28

Russian revolutionists in Chicago de-
clare hat their party at home needs
money. From this distance it looks
as though guns are needed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28

Both armies in front of Mukden
seem to have considered it a good time
to "get busy 1t is cold weather for
fighting. but the situation at st.
Petersburg probably has Influenced
the opposing generals.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28

With stwo men like Roosevelt and
Bryan pulling for railroad legislation.
there should be Something doing" in
that line before long.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28

Colonel Bryan is advising Demo-
Gratis to stand by the president in his
fight for whatever is good. but he does
not urge them to do so to the extent
of voting the Republican ticket while
calling themselves Democrats.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28

If Smoot shaI not be ousted by the
senate. all those who have insisted
that there was a bargain between the
Mormons and the Republican man
ayers will shout in chorus, IT told you
soD
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28

The Hepburn bill for the purpo of
regulating railroads is well calculated
to make a lot of business for the law
yers. but probably any railroad bill
which might pass would do
that.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-28

Russia has demonstrated her ability
70 whip fishermen and unarmed
strikers.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-08-12
BANK IMPROVEMENTS
Progressing Rapidly-New Lobby and
Interior Furnishings to Cost $4,000
Soon to be Finished.

Work on the new lobby being erect.
ed by the City National Bank is pro-
crossing rapidly and In the course Of
a few weeks the interior of the bank
will be transformed into the handsom-
est and most elegant building this
side Of ST Louis.
In addition to the annex which Is
being built on the north end of the
bank, on Ohio street, and which will
be used for lobby, the bank will be
entirely equipped with new and ext
pensiye fixtures. furniture, etc. The
presnt lobby will be converted into
handsome offices for the banks Of
ficers
The interior work Is to be done by
Weary and Afford Of Chicago The
furnishing will he of white Italian mar.
bic with bronze trimmings and rail.
ings The woodwork fixtures, etc.
will all be done in mahogany.
The improvements under way ant
Others planned by the directors will
cost over $4,000 and will make the
bank building one Of the most impos
ing and handsome structures In this
end Of the state and the banks off
GERS and patrons will have just caus,
70 feel proud Of the institution.