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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-28
JAYHH WKER JOTS
ia thinks It is getting big enough

lola thinks It is getting big enough
to need a police natron.
Newton is expecting an exciting
time this winter in a whist t0urna-
ment. Whist is almost as popular at
Newton az eFOquet is at Abilene.
The Orient railroad has got far
enough along that the courts have
given an emplege a verdict of $1O,O00
damages against it.
The Hutchinson News is inclined to
be critical because Governor Hoeh adj
visea people to stay at home and hold
family reunions on Thanksgiving day,
and then he made a date to speak at
Smith Center.
Albert Reid tells this one: at that
your little girl I hear ta1king?" the
caller asked. YES" said the hostess,
''she's out there playing with her doll.
It's really amusing to hear her some
times. She talks to that doll exactly
as I talk to her" Just then the child s
voice was raised, and they paused in
their conversation to listen. young
woman said the voice sternly, "if you
don't have yourself, I'll beat you with
a board.
Observations observed by. Mabel
ChiIcott Amrfne: A girls brain is apt
to be in proportion to her waist.
oysters are more popular
than pretty girls at present.
Nothing is so slow as carpenters When
you want your house. Ever
notice how tagged they look the next
day after the dance? A Wo-
man can't have company and bake
good bread at the same time. .
AS we rise early and look down over
the town these fine mornings we never
see a light in the homes of girls who
have bad cOmplexiOns. So
far this fall the men have done pretty
we'll kindling fires, but their wives
will probably be called on when the
first real cold snap comes.
Somehow a big Bingham apron always
looks more domestic to US than the
little ruffied embroidered one about
the size of a Mexican half dollar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-28
GLOBE SIGHTS.
TFrom the Atchison Giobe.I

From the Atchison Globe.J
Every man adnires the woman of
whom it is said she "spoils" her hus-
band
Do the right thing by all of your
friends, and you haven't anything but
the core of the apple left
This is the season of the year when
a girl adds to the cost of her new furs
by having her picture taken in them.
The average man thinks about the
worst thing in the world is a doctors
bill until he meets an undertaker's
The average married woman doesn't
know so very much about nope, but
she is wonderfully long on patience.
Remark heard in passing: Now
adays you have to look out what you
say" Didn't people always have to
look out?
When a man does something to dis
gust his wife, she can put lot of
scorn into the expression. isn't that a
MAN for you?"
Men and women get along surpris-
ingly well, considering how much the
men know about the women, and how
much the women suspect about the
men.
If the family living depends upon
the horse, what good care is taken of
it. But when it is a man upon whom
the living depends, that's something
different.
Brides are so important that it
would not surprise one of them if the
world should stop going around on
her wedding day to get a better
chance to observe her.
An Atchison woman advertised for
a cook. saying in the advertisement
that "a man was employed to do the
heavy work" But we haven't any
man. protested her husband. That's
YOU" responded his wife.
Could it be possible that the farm
are Sryixras fell how hard turkeys are
to raise. with a hope of raising the
price, Every time as many as three
country women get together it de-
velops that at least one of them has
been sitting up nights with a frail
turkey. If they do not exaggerate, all
the pouItices medicine bottles and
foot tubs on the farm are used in the
turkey house
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-28
Jaeki ,,5I., liks. Thankasivin' bstter'n al
QUAKER REF1EcTIoNs-


Iron the Philadelphia Record
If it wasn't Tor folly we wouldn't an
preciate wisdom.
Glittering generalities are tbs fraffa-
ton gems OF speech.
It is often only a step from the heIzht
Of folly to the depths OF despair
The egotist may be near-sizhted In
spite Of the fact that he has capital rs.
Some people are so absent-ninded As
to forget everything except their trou-
bles.
When a fellow kisses a girl on the
spur of the moment he is apt to be stucE
on her.
II the countenancs is an open book
when It is wrinlled we should be abe
to read between the lines.
The cynical Bachelor rises to remars
that the fair sex IS so called because Il
is generally 50 unfair
De Tanque-"The philosophy Of drink
ing is to know when to treat" o'goaaus
Also when to retreat
The fellow who INDUCES IN horevea
phrases and whispers sweet nothinrz
doesn't mind being forced to eat his ov-r
words.
Wigg-aoId Getrox says he contrib
uted 900 to charity last year" yva.wr
Yes $1,000 as a gift and $4,000 Is
advertise it
Blobbs-sDid the new opera create
much TALK" S1obbs-~I should say ~
The night was there there was -
much talk couldn't hear the opera .
A woman's conscience is a thing
That's really quite fantastic
Her garter often has more sting
Although not so elastic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-28

public sentiment as they have hereto
fore seemed. When the revelations con-
corning the Acknowledgement Of the big
life insurance companies drst began to
leak out their presidents 1sst assumed
an air Of injured innocence As the
proof Of wrong doing and the misuse
OF funds piled up, they assumed a what
re-you-going- to-do-abeut-it air and
continued to draw their salaries for let
ting Somebody else do the work. But
little by little the force Of TubIic senti-
ment asserted itself. and the companies
which are, and of right ought to be.
owned by the policy holders, passed into
new homogeneous. First the old on
GERS Of the Equitable gave up, and now
the McCurdy regime in the Mutual
passes away. Mr.. Mccall OF the New
York Life should be next.
All OF which illustrates the power Of
public opinion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-28
THn MEAT or ruB MATTER.

In the last issue Of the Marion Rec
ord. Homer Hoeh devotes a column to
a very intelligent discussion Of the rate
regulation question, and he gets down
to the meat Of the matter when he says
that what the people want is not
theory but justice, and if the railroads
do not give it to them voluntarily
they will insist upon it through gov
eminent commission.
''Those who are defending the
railroads" says Mr.. Hoch, "say that
rate-making is q subject Of greatest
completely and that those who have
given their lives to the subject and
have gathered knowledge In actual
railroad experience are the most com
petent to correct whatever ineduali-
ties and discriminating rates exist.
Granted. But the blunt fact re-
mains that competent or not they have
not ana are not doing it. Theory
doesn't go with the unJustIy treated
shipper. He wants practical results;
he wants justice. He has waited for
the Competent railroad experts to
give him a square deal and has wait
ed in vain. He is tired waiting. He
may not know much about the tech
nicalities Of ratemaking. he may not
know Just what it costs to haul car
load of lumber between two given
points, but when ne sees that car
load of lumber hauled right through
his town and a thousand miles beyond
at a cheaper rate than he can get it
brought from the same starting point,
ne can't help feeling that something
is wrong. And when he finds himself
being driven out of business simply
and solely because some corporate
competitor is receiving a secret rebate
from the railroad he keeps on feeling
that something is wrong. Railroad at
torneys may talk about the intrieaoy
of schedules and the inability Of any
government commission to fathom the
depths of the subject and intelligently
fix rate that viii be equitable to both
shipper and carrier, but it's no use.
Ordinary folks somehow have no
ton that there is nothing so mys-
terious about the transportation ques-
ton, however complex it may be, that
experienced and able men when put
to the task couldn't learn something
about it. The railroads owe their ex-
istence to rights granted by the gov
ernment-by the people. They have
contributed largely in return. But they
are today showing disregard of indi-
vidual rights and making and Destroy
ing cities by the sure process of traf-
f1c discrimination. And having failed
to find relief elsewhere the people are
turning toward the government fer it.
In resisting reasonable demands the
railroads but injure themselves and
prove that they mistake the temper
of the American people. And the peo-
pie are going to take notice where
their public servants stand on this
question. And they are going to re-
member"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-28
There was a crooked man
The Triokster a. fi,4 Flair

James J. Hill, At the Fillmore coun-
" tair, pleased the Minnesota farmers
with an apt illustration.
Reforlners Of that stripe are re-
actionists. are tricksters,' he said.
Ihle sy are like the city chap who went
to the state fair.
This chap stood looking at a fine
steer when a couple OF farmers came
up and Joined him All three praised
the steer. Then the city chap said;
] wonder what he weighs
Well, said one of the farmers.
slowly, 1t should be easy enough to
guess pretty nigh his weight.
rms farmer, you see, was an ex-
pert cattle raiser. He could, without
difficulty, guess a head of cattle's
weight within a few pounds But the
city chap scoffed at him.
Guess its weight Ho, no, he
sneered. You couldn't guess its weight
any more than I could
I don't say I could guess its
weight precisely, said the farmer. I
say 1 could guess near it
Well I'm a greenhorn,' scoffed
the city chap, but here's $40 that I
can guess as near to that steers
weight as you cam
I'll take your bet, young man.
said the farmer quietly.
The other farmer held the stakes.
Guess first said the city chap.
Well said the other calmly and
slowly I guess 1875 pounds
guess the same said the city
chap Now give me the money!
WHAT gasped the others.
Why, I bet I'd guess as near as
you, and I've done it. I've GUESSED the
same Give me the money Los
Angeles Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-28
Where. Oh. Where2

Kentok Hori. the Japanese mission
airy now in Chicago. was criticising
education in the Oceident.
"A western education" he said.
lays too much stress on dates, facts,
general information-ai those things
that one can look up in a jiffy in the
encyclopedia.
THE Oriental educatf is better in
that it deals only in such things as de-
velop the mind, leaving general in
formation quite alone.
"Of what great good is general in
formation after aIl2 The futility of
it was well brought out the other day
in the conversation between two
students.
" Think of it, said the first student
1T would take 100000 years to
pump the sea dry, pumping at the
rate of 1 900 gallons a second.
The other thought. Then he said:
" And where would they put all the
water p Denver Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-28
JOURNAL ENTRIES

One of the first things due from the
new king of Norway is a diagram of
the correct pronunciation of "Haa-
kon."
Advice from a Topeka expert: Don't
kiss a girl on the spur Of the moment.
She Will appreciate it more on the
mouth.
As we understand it, a detectives
testimony is as good as anybody's in
any other kind Of q criminal case, but
it ought not to be considered If there
is any danger of its convicting a
jointist.
When a girl indignantly denies that
she is engaged, look out for the we'd
ding announcements.
We have often wondered why the
Wall street quotations never say any
thing about lamb. Wall street is sup
posed to be the greatest lamb market
in the world.
1t seems that Egyptian cigarettes, as
we'll as most Egyptian dancers, are
made in Chicago. U. s. A.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-28
RockefeIIer's Share From Oil.

John D. Rockefeller will onaDecem-
Der Is next draw s5.000.006 as his
share of a dividend of $40 a share de-
clared yesterday by the Standard Oil
company. The total dividend will be
0,000.0 900, and Mr.. Rockefeller now
owns so per cent of the capital stock
Of the company, in addition to 40 per
cent Of the capital stock of all sub
sidiary companies.
The $40 a share declared yesterday
for the quarter compares with IS per
the previous quarter, and 81 for the
corresponding quarter OF last year.
The increase of IS per share explains
the advance made in September by the
Standard Oil company in the price of
oil. The consumers of petroleum were
thereby forced to increase Mr.. Rookie
feller's Christmas present.
The declaration of yesterday makes
the Standard oil dividend for the year
1905 40 per cent, or $40, 100000. OF
this Mr.. Rockefeller's share is S20.-
100000. It is estimated that his in
come from his railway gas, subsidiary
oil companies and other investments
will be at least S20,00O,00O more, so
that his income for the year on the
most conservative estimate has not
been less than sac, 900, 000.--New
York World.
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ne knows liquor is to be served. One side
argued that he ought not to eountenance
such things by his attendance at them.
while the other side commended that it
was perfectly right toRttend. It is very
likely that he would have much
stronger influence by attending and by
quietly but firmly refusing to drink
than ne would by refusing to so at all,
for he would command much more re-
spect by the former cause. The man
who runs away from evil instead Of
meeting it boldly cannot command the
respect Of his opponents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-28

Rufus Choate was once counsel in a
suit on trial in Nantucket IN which a
large amount of ship property was in
voIved. The opposition had as a wit
ness Captain Stephen Bailey. a local
celebrity, whose every sentence told
that he was sailor born and bred.
Mr. Choate questioned him politely.
but in a way that the old sailor didn' t
quite relish, because he didn't under
stand what it led to. Finally the cap
tain said. in reply to a question: ''Mr.
Choate, you remind me of an old right
whalel'
Mr.. Choate was, of course. astonish-
ed. and rebuked the witness for his
impertinence. In defense Captain
Bailey said: s'I don't mean any i'm
pertinence at all, Mr.. Choate; but
when you go down there's no telling
when you are coming upi'
Mr.. Choate excused the witness
Exchange.
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10 Bury steel for Men.

An immense mass OF metal will be
buried here in the next few days be-
cause it contains the bodies of two
men. Three men were toiling beneath
a cupola filled with molten steel one
day last week at the Midvale Steel
Works. Suddenly there was a warn
ing cry. A mechanic had seen a crack
in the cupola and shouted to the three
men to fee.
only one needed and reached
safety His companions labored on
until the cupola opened and the
molten mass fell upon them Their
bodies were destroyed completely.
Not a vestige Of flesh, bones, or cloth
ing remained.
The company announced yesterday
that it would take about 5000 pounds
Of steel from the spot where the men
were last seen. and have it buried out
Of respect for the dead workmen.-
Philadelphia Ledger.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the chicago News. ]

Pity may be akin to love, but it's
only a poor relation
It isn't safe to bet on anything
especially a sure thing.
A coward is a man who knows he's
wrong, but refuses to admit it.
Unless a man has horse sense he is
apt to make a donkey OF himself.
Your ship will never come in unless
you go out with a tug to meet it.
Trials in court may be postponed,
but it's different with domestic trials.
Experience begets wisdom=but
usually too late in the game to be Of
any value.
Wise is the man who knows himself
thoroughly and doesn't try to find out
things about his neighbor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-28
TOM WAGsTAFF.

Tom Wagstaff was elected county at
torney of Montgomery county last fail
Montgomery is one of the big counties
of the state. Wagstan was elected
merely as all the other Republicans
on the county ticket there were and
without any particular issue being In
volved He took his oath of Office and
since that time he has enforced the
law against all corners. He may never
be reelected. Possibly he don't want
to be. But he will quit the office with
a consciousness of having done his
duty and observed his official OATH
(ingman Leader-Courier.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-28
THE NAvIeABLE ARKANSAS.

It is not generally known that the
Arkansas river is navigable to any great
distance above its mouth but such seems
to be the case. A I'VE ton fat boat with
an eight horse power engine and four
men has just completed a trip of four
hundred miles, having been launched at
Pond Creek, o. T., and anchored atMus-
kogee, on It's way to Little Rock, Ark.
The craft draws but eight inches of wa
ter. The trip Is being made by w. T.
Bozeman, William Hite, c. G. Bozeman
and E. c. Bozeman as an autumn out
ing, The party hunts and fishes along
the route and is enjoying delicious
boating trip.-Coffeyville Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-28
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHrroR

Iron the New York Press.1
Some girls don't have to eat cniouz
not to be kissed.
A woman can nearly always prove
a thing by crying.
II a E1rl doesn't like being squeezed
it is because it is the wrong fellow.
Lots Of the money that a man mar
ries doesn't pay interest on the Fnv,srf
ment
Half the time when man thtal.z
he Is having fun It is only becars- -
is Forgetting his misery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-28
THEN AND NOW.

Women certainly don't love their
husbands as they used to love them.
A few years ago a woman would spend
the whole morning doing up his fine
shirt SOS he could go to meetih' Sun
day" and the afternoon she would
spend darning his socks. Now the
laundry docs up the fine shirt" and
the rag man gets the holey socks
Erie Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-28

A right good mind reader can get
several jobs in Kansas just now from
various gentlemen who would like to
know Just what Governor Hoch thinks
about appointing a successor for Joseph
Ra10h Burton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-28
THE NEwsPAPER's WORK.

DON'T show hostility to the Square
Kicksie- Wicksie newspaper, civiliza-
ton would today be living in a cave,
wearing a breech clout and gee string,
while going out with a stone hatchet
TO kill something for dinner. as 1t did
in the prehistoric age and before the
advent of the printing press.-ElD0r
-Iado Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-28
Like Good Indians.

A representative in congress from the
west tells Of an amusing request which
he received from one of his constitu-
ents. Dear General the letter said,
"for a long time you have failed to send
me any bound volumes containing
eulogies of dead members of the house.
If convenient, please remember me in
this respect, for there is nothing that
enjoy more than reading obituaries Of
dead congressu1en. ''-Eiarrer's weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-28

BEr. Lloyd returned to the 1leltoz
household 70 dinner as piacy az
usual. AS time progressed he ienet
whether his decision as TO enc EIn
baby in particular was to BE- 1at
by q higher court, from wnlla tlers
is no appeal.
(copyrignt 1905. by P. G. -
ment.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-28

GOOD tines 1919 - 1.+ Forever and
we see the truth of this prediction in
the fact that wages are already coming
down. President McCurdy of the Mutual
Life has had his salary cut square in
two in the middle; SOS q day is all the
poor man gets noW.-JeWell Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-28

"Think what the people Of the United
states would do to the United states
senate if they had a chance says the
lola Register. It is suspected that the
editor Of the Register would break into
a. if he had a chance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-28

Another interesting thing for the poll
cy. holders to contemplate is that man
who knew something was paid money
each year for IL years to keep his
knowledge to himself. The policy hold
ers' money was paid out to keep the
policy holders from finding out things
they ought to have known.
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EROM OTHER PENS
MOST OF THEM HAVE IT.

About four years ago one of the
big insurance companies issued to its
agents a volume entitled, How to
Sell Assurance Some of the agents
of our acquaintance are clamoring for
a few more chapters to bring the book
up to date.-New York Mail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-28

The ''nonchalong" Of General Metcalf
when his case was handing fire in
Washington was In striking contrast to
the anxiety that is evident on the bald
headed features OF Harry Bone and the
worry that is making burrows in the
countenance OF J. s. Dean. General
Bfefcalf was OF on a hunting trip when
he was reappointed pension commits
aioner. Bone and Dean have both been
on hunting trips for some time also,
but they have been hunting endorse
ments instead of wild game.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-28

Former President CIeveland's trib-
ute to J. Sterling Morton, the founder
of Arbor day, will be greatly appre-
ciated in Missouri, where the Demo
Gratis occasionally take to the woods.
st Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-28

NOW that President 8lcCurdy has re-
signed. perhaps Secretary Shaw win
conclude to leave the cabinet after all
provided the Mutual directors will look
his way when selecting a new president.
panl Morton set the example.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-28

Senator Burton is not the only person
IA the market for technfcahties. Sen
ator Steve Elkins would like q few
hrst-class technicalities for insertion in
the senate rate regulation bill. They
must, however, be sufficiently blind as
to escape notice until the courts begin
70 examine the measure sometime in
the henceness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-28

ticket spectators are buying up
tickets to the Thanksgiving football
game in Chicago. and the little pieces of
pasteboard are expected to bring SIS
when the real rush comes on. When
it comes to observing Thanksgiving day
the American public is right there with
fha min
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CONCORD1A CONSENTS.

Just now It looks as though Turkey
was about to receive long needed pun
ishment for her manifold sins. The
Porte, having refused to accede to the
demands of the powers, the naval dem
onstration will proceed. The matter is
now in the hands Of the naval command
ers Let the good work proeeed.-Con-
cordia Blade.
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THOsE sMoKERs.

Joe Bristow says he sees no use in the
Santa F'e company replacing its old
smoking cars with stronger ones-the
old ones were always strong enough, at
least they smelled that way.-Concordia
Kansan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-28

Mayor Tom Johnson's society for
the prevention Of suicide wants the
names of all who are talking OF kilhng
themselves Wen. there is Senator
Chester 1 Long, for instance.
mighty good man who ought to be
saVed.-Jewen Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-28

ut must strike Senator Burton as
much more pleasant to get rich quick
than to get convicted slowly says the
Chicago News. Senator Burton seems
20 have picked out way not to get
aioh quicker any other way, when
carried through to its legitimate end.