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The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21
ROOSEVELT ON wEAITH.

"Do not denOunce a man because he
happens to be rich, but because he is
dishonest" is the underlying idea in
President RoOsevelt's speech at Atlanta
yesterday on the subject of corpora
tions. 1t was a speech which was full
not only of good sense, but of sound
principles clearly and forcibly ex-
pressed. Here are some of the strik-
ing "Rooseveltisms'' in it:
Envy is, of course, merely kind
of crooked admiration; and we often
see the very man who in public is most
Incorporate in his denunciation of
wealth, in his private life most eager
to obtain wealth. in no matter what
fashion, and at no matter what moral
cost"
'In my judgment. all corporations
doing an interstate business, and this
means the great majority of the largest
corporations. should be held account
able to the federal government. be
cause their accountability should be
co-extensive with their field of action"
'The man Of great means who
achieves fortune by crooked methods
does wrong to the whole body polite
But he not merely does wrong to, he
becomes a source of imminent danger
to, other men of great means; for his
iH-won success tends to arouse a feel
ing of resentment, which If it becomes
inhamed fails to differentiate between
the men of wealth who have done de-
Gently and the men of wealth who have
not done deeently."
There are men who do not divide
actions merely into those that are hon
est and those that are not, but create a
third subdivision-that Of law honesty;
of that kind of honesty which consists
| in keeping clear of the penitentiary.
It IS hard to reach astute men Of this
type save by making them feel the
weight of an honest public indigna-
ton
s'It is. of course, to the great advant-
age of dishonest men of wealth If they
are denounced not for being dishonest,
but for being wealthy. and If they are
denounced in terms so overstrained
5 and hysterical as to invite a reaction ia
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21
JOURNAL ENTRIES

You know the old saying about "un-
easy lies the head that wears a
crown" It seems, however. that
crowned heads can lie just as easily
as other people.
This is the time Of year that the
eorn-husking liar gets pretty husky.
The chicken people viii fight this
injunction against holding the chicken
show in the Auditorium. and very
likely General Hughes viii call out the
army and navy OF tile state to take
part in the fight.
Modjeska was evidently SO we'll
pleased with her last farewell tour
that she is going to give it over again.
OF course the insurance maenates
only used the funds entrusted to their
care in private speculation, but there
is really very little difference between
speculation and peeulation-
The worst fears of Jack Fritts'
friends are realized: He is writing
poetry in New York.
A Topeka man who decided three
months ago that it was essential for
nm to take a cold plunge bath every
morning Immediately upon arising, is
--~AS-e--1 ~AAe-AAs ssAAA5 his lli4liG-
Police Judge Urmy is a fine fellow:
At least he is always fining fellows.
The central Kansas newspapers are
busy building a railroad from Salina
to Tipton just now. The bookkeeper
who makes these entries has built that
road three or four times in years gone
by. even extending it through to Os-
borne on particularly dull days. Let
the good work go on.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21

IFron the Chicago News.I
Uneasy lies the lad who sl1ips from
school.
When might attempts to make right
it seldom gets left.
with a friend in need it is usually
q case of touch and go.
Most men turn their backs on good
advice and follow the other kind.
Bad luck ruins one man in a hun
dred; good luck spoils the other
ninety-nine.
Many a man has been true to his
trust and made millions out of the
combine.
There should be a tax on old bach
elors, but the married men are already
overtaxed.
Two of the greatest bores on earth
are an oil drill and the man who says
''I told you so.'
AS a rule those who fail to chip in
when the collection plate is passing
are the first to critieise the sermon.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFrom the Atchison Globe. ]

EFrom the Atchison Globe
People are not so much interested
in your grievances as you think they
are.
We do not object to a man wearing
a handkerchief sticking out OF his up
per coat pocket so long as it is clean.
The most impolite, impudent thing
you can do is to unnecessarily bother
a man when he is busy with his work
The poor who are discontented
should read the papers: Every day
some man who is Independently rich
kills himself.
Up in the northwest. the name
"Rogue river is as common as
Deer creek is in this section. The
northwest must have been very
tough country in the early days.
If the women's charges are true,
washwomen first tear a garment up,
then they split it across then they
wet it, dry it, and send it home with a
bill.
We do not see what fascination doc
tors can have for women, consider
ing that q doctor spends so much of
his time with a woman in thinking of
her liver.
There are not many more like
this. An Atchison woman has two
pitchers on her breakfast table: One
and the other is filled with cream for
her
Sea sick stories are always terrible.
Here is a new one on an Atchison
stingy man: On his way home, he
kept watch ali the way, hoping to
ind that which he threw up on his
way over.
An Atehison bride of three weeks re-
Gently rehuked number of older Wo-
men: She said she had heard all her
life of The dckleness OF husbands, but
shs wanted it understood that they
We're ali Good and True. Q, her faith
in her husband was Just Beautiful!
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21

o suns and skies and clouds of June,
And flowers of June together,
Xe can not rival for an hour
October's bright blue weather
When loud the bumblebee makes haste,
Related, thriftless, vagrants
And goldenrod is dying fast.
And lanes with grapes are fragrant;
When gentians roll their fringes tight
To save them from the morning,
And chestnuts fan from satin burrs
Without q sound of warming
When on the ground red apples lie
In piles like jewels shining,
And redder still on old stone walls
Are leaves of woodbine twinings
Q suns and skies and flowers of June,
Count all your boasts together
Love Ioveth best of all the year
October's bright blue weather.
Helen Hunt Jackson.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21
KANSAS C0MAGENT
0. K. ny THE PEOPT.E.

~ p 4LlE1 E&l0E
Governor Hoch is receiving from all
parts of the state very hattering in
dorsements for the firm stand he has
taken in regard to closing the "joints'
popular thing he has set about doing
since his election. Let the prOsecu-
ton be vigorous and thorough and he
viii find all the people behind him, not
because it is a prohibitory law, but
because 1t is law. He would receive
the same hearty support if he would
enforce the law relative to the doings
of State Treasurer Kelly, not because
1t IS Kelly, but because it is law. The
people want to see the law enforced.
They look to the governor to see that
it is done. They are proud of the man
who Furnishes law-breakers. It is inn
material whether the vfolators are
horsethieves, "jointists" or treasury
grafters. Hoch has room to work.
there is work to be done, and all will
help the governor to do it.-Onaga
Republican
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21
Girls Getting Blown.

Seven girls, most of them in the pre-
vailing white Of the season, their ages
ranging from 10 to IA, had fun with a
hot blast from the bowels of the post
office Sunday afternoon. Vast volumes
of air issued from a grating at the
northeast corner of the building, and in
turn they walked or hoped and skipped
across it. So cyclonic was the current
that their skirts were lifted over their
heads. It was q novel entertainment,
and you would have been surprised to
see how large a number of men were
ashamed to be caught looking on. Such
a feature may reasonably be expected
in comic oDera.-New York Press.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21
The Greedy Girl.

Mrs. Clarence H. Maekay the new
member of the school board Of Roslyn
L. L, made an informal little speech
when her election was announced to
her.
L am glad to get this post she said
but I hope I am not selfshly, not
greedily glad. There is no harm in our
desiring reasonable, moderate things;
but when we desire too much, then we
merit blame. Then here Mrs.
Mackay smiled-.we are like a little
child whom I talked to yesterday.
This little ehilds birthday comes
next week, and I said to her:
Do you want me to give you a
birthday present2
Yes she answered: I do.
I'll give you a doll said I.
All right said she.
And what kind of doll,' I asked.
shall it be?'
''she thought a moment. Then she
said eagerly:
~ think I'll take twins. Los An
geles Times.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21

A simple little bobtail flush
Need never cause your cheek
With modest shame to hotly blusn,
Unless yoflr nerve Is weak
Your friend may have a better hand,
But you may get the stun
Provided, always understand
That you put up a BLUM
OF two-spots have known lot
Who. seem to have a way
OF collaTing the biggest pot
Because they always stay
They're smiling. bold and confident
Their hides are good and tough.
They get there to a large extent
Because they run a blum.
The worlds a sort Of poker game,
Sometimes good hands win out
But poor ones often do the same
OF that there's little doubt.
So, though with justice you may teel
Your cards aren't good enough,
Dear friend, stand pat upon the deal
And push It with a bluff.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21
REFIEcIoNs oF a BAoHELoR
IFrom the New York Press.

TFrom the New York Press
A young man married is a man
broke for the rest of his days.
The devil knew his business when he
invented the furnace.
Faith is what you think you believe
because you want to believe it.
Being a sinner wouldn't be such d
bad Job If people would let you alone
at it.
When a girl has curly hair it Is a
sign she does not think much OF the
beauty Of girls who haven't
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21
Would Need the Others.

Robert Christy, a venerable Britisher
now visiting washington. Interestingly
narrates "reminiscences of his long ac-
quaintance with the Prince of Wales,
now King Edward. He says that on
the evening of his christening, all of
the stores and public houses of the en-
pire were illuminated, and Albert Ed
wards initials, "a E." were displayed
in all windows; when one of the cour-
tiers remarked:
Before he wears the crown, the Iad'n
have need of the other three vowels. -
Exchange.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21
a AEisslllg Egg Found.

Dave Wallace, who lives north Of
Mesa and who can be depended upon
telling the truth, says his little boy
killed a gopher snake near the house
and upon investigation found a china
egg inside the snake Dave states his
folks have been missing eggs but could
not locate the cause. but this no doubt
Hean
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21

Foreigners speak of our president s
popularity as phenomenal" To them
it may so appear. but it not an ephem-
eral popularity or one springing from
any but entirely natural causes. The
nation admires and respects not only
the man in the office. but the man him
self, the type of all that is best and
strongest in American citizenship
Pittsburg Gazette.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21

OF course the announcement is made,
in connection with that Pennsylvania
bank failure in which 100000 Of state
funds are mixed in the wreck, that the
state win not lose a cent Sounds
1atr1raI doesn't it,
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21

Perhaps one reason why the enroll
nent at Harvard and other eastern col
leges is falling off is because the west
has discovered that it produces a pret-
ty good brand Of learning as well as
r.tIler crnna-
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21

'eThe death of 53S persons in the
Philippines from a cholera epidemic has
been suppressed by the war depart
ment." says the washington Post.
How kind of the department to sup
press the death instead Of the news
-
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21
ER0M OTHER PENS
HELPLESS NAN

The "self-made" man is doomed, says
a professor of the University of Chi
cago. Efficient manhood can no longer
be home made. But Pliny the Elder
preceded Prof. Butler: Man is the
only one that knows nothing without
being taught. He can neither speak
nor walk nor eat and in short, he can
do nothing at the prompting of nature
but weep. New York Evening Post.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21

Why was 100000 belonging to the
policyholders of the New York Life
paid out to an Albany lobbyist? What
is the explanation of that 100000
worth of alarm or prudence or benevo-
lence at company headquarters P
Hartford Courant.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21
JOB FOR VANDERLIP.

Mr. Nanderlip, of the Standard Oil
bank, warns the nation that wild stock
speculation at this time would bring
keep out Of wild stock speculation. If
Mr. Vanderlip Will hold Wall street
dOWn.-Eutchinson News.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21

She reached for the strap.
"If You wanted to go swimming"
she said, why didn't you ask me, in
stead of running of p
Because I wanted to go SWIM
ming" the hoy blundered between the
strokes.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21

A London clergyman is trying the
efficacy Of prayer on King Edward in
the effort to have him separate sport
from gambling. Meantime, the king
continues to play bridge.-Mobfle
Register.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21
IA srRE RENEDY

King Edward is reported as being
annoyed at the superabundance of
Americans in London. He might re-
move to New York for a change
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21
A PARAGRAPHER'S SPASAI.

A war poem is said to have been re-
sponsible for the uprising among Hun
garians. 'Rah, 'rah, 'rahl Ziss boom,
zet! Poetry, poetry amt dead yet
Chicago Herald.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21

oregon still has one member Of its
congressional delegation who is not in
Eicted. That member win have lot
81 work to do the coming winter
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21

The failure of that bank in Ale
vheny IS another reminder that dfree-
tors really ought to direct and ex-
nrnlners examine.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21

Charley Luling says that if the in
YesGgation goes back far enough it
viii be found that the life insurance
companies contributed large amounts
10 the Cleveland campaign fund At
any rate the insurance companies
seemed TO have been successful in
picking winners.-Parsons Sun.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21
PREFERABLE.

have nothing to love but a cat, but we
would hate whole lot worse to be a
married woman and have to coax money
from a man that chewed tobacco
Yashington Republican-Register
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21

The sorrow that was caused because
N. express company was robbed Of s101,-
900 is apt to take the form of some
very pronounced giggles among the peo-
pie who have been robbed by express
..or.,r,a ri les
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21
HOPE SO.

It is to be hoped the cars new
peace movement viii be more success
ful than his recent war movement
Houston Post
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21

It is said that Banker Dougherty viii
plead insanity as his defense for steal
ing $750000 It is not known whether
he was attacked before or after tax
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21
An Estimate of Jerome.

In the October Worlds Work NJ. C.
Cunnin describes the unique person
ality Of New York's district attorney
in an article. jerome: a Man" The
following incident is related:
New York reporter once tele-
phoned to the proprietor of a gam
bling house who had defied the law
for years and said, inquiringly:
I'VE have heard that you were
raided this evening. Is it true?'
mo, it isn't true" replied the gam
bier. Me run gambling house!
What are you giving US ?"
But our information came from
the reporter.
"Oh. jerome told you, did hep"
came after a pause. ''Well, if you got
it from Jerome it's straight. was
raided, and you can take 1t from me,
young feIler, that anything Jerome
tells you is on the level don't care
what it is
1t is just because the public too, be-
lieves this that District Attorney
Jerome, of New York, has become a
unique force for good in our public
life. He has told US things that have
made many cuddled delusfon
wriggle with discomfort-the Kansans
that their prohibition law is sham
cultivated New Workers that the
shames and evils of the city are ''up to
Them college men that they shirk
their duty, public officers that they
compromise with political corruption
reformers that they deceive them
selves.
''I believe" he said one day. that.
somehow or other, telling the truth is
better than lying, if only for the man
you have announced what many other
people think and daren't saws
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21

stiu. Mr.. MoCurdy isn't the first
fvnolant person who has been on
witness stand.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21

Those gentlemen who were kind
enough to oneF Joseph L. Bristow d
FEDERAL Job as general detective for the
entire government, in order to remove
him from the race for United States
senator in Kansas, are perhaps some
what disappointed that A1r. Bristow' s
friends were not more enthusiastic over
their oheF.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21

Minister Powell Of Hayti is the latest
government official to learn that the
report of his resignation was correct,
although he did not know it till ne read
Yt in the newspapers.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21

If this printing reform in Washing
ton is really in good faith, let some
congressman move to cut on printing
''The Speech That Never was Made
Cor nolitical purposes.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21

1t wouldn't really be much wonder Il
the car really means it this time IN caii-
gnr. another peace conference together.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21
AND THERE ARE OTHERS.

Pat Grove wants to Flead an hon
est life" The penitentiary viii be an
excellent place for him to make
start. He viii be shut away from
temptation there-Dodge City Globe
Republican.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21

The enrolment at Harvard has fall
en- off this fan. and President Eliot
cannot understand it. Why doesn't
Harvsrd start a postgraduate course
to train men to understand such
thinFs2
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21

Mr.. Carnegie proposes to have the five
great nations get together and fix up
Z. peace compact. That would be all
right if they did not fall out and get to
dqhtine over its terms.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21

Governor Jem Davis Of Arkansas has
worked himself into such frenzy that
ne declares that he won't eat with
President Roosevelt if the president
should come to the state. It is quite
likely that he won't. There are also
others in the same fix.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21

Mr.. Rockefeller has learned to ride
the bicycle. For a man who has made
so many wheels go around, the thing
should have come easy to him.-Globe-
Democrat
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21
CAHONATJV

It may be true, as L. Y. Sherman
says. that cit is better to tell the truth
than to hold Office" Still. some men
manage to do both.-ChicagO News.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21

This proposed legislation against
dealing in futures that is agitated
about every two years, will never
matrimony would be sure to fail.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21
Masonic sign New to PhlladeIphia.

A rather good story was related at
banquet given ia the Masonic temple
few nights ago. The speaker said
that a certain individual had express
ed desire TO become associated with
the order, and asked if it was true that
2 member could travel the world over
free of cost, merely by giving one OF
the many secret signs. Being an
swered in the affirmative, he said that
if his Masonic friend would conf
dentially give him q sign that would
take him to Pittsburg and return,
without being required to purchase
transportation, ne would join the order
The friend, something of a wag, in
structed the candidate to raise his
hand to the right side of the head
whenever the conductor approached
him for his ticket, and, learning the
train he was going to take, purchased
the transportation, explained matters
to the conductor of the train and
l'awaited developments. The candidate
for Masonic honors followed instruc-
| tiOns, and all went well, of course, un-
J til he was coming back. AS no re-
| turn ticket had been provided for he
was forced to pay his fare.
Naturally this made him angry, and
upon meeting the friend he was not in
the least ba edward in denouncing him
and the order.
Did you follow the sign instructions
/ I gave you ?" was asked.
Il did, was the reply.
/ What did you do coming back?"
''I placed my hand on the right side
/ of the head and wriggled my fingers. -
That's where you made mistake.
/ You were returning. and should have
wriggled on the left side
He subsequently relented and be-
came A member of the order.-Phila-
delphia Telegraph.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21

1t is reported that the consumption OF
Scotch whisky in Great Britain has fal-
len off more than ten million gallons IN
the last year. King Ed must nave
switched to some other brand.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21

There really Is no reason why John
d. Rockefeller should be lonely, if 1t is
true that money talks. Seattle
Times.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21
IN EDIToR,s Schedule.

A western editor has come to the
conclusion that people who desire
'puffs" in his paper may pay for them,
and established the following schedule
of prices: For telling the public that
a man is a successful citizen when ev
erybody knows that he is as lazy as a
government mule. S175; referring to a
deceased citizen as one who is mourned
by the entire community when he is
only missed by the poker players and
crap shooters. $1.0S; referring to some
gallivanting female as estimable lady
whom it was pleasure to meet, when
every business man in town would rath-
er see the devil. horns, hOofs and all,
than to see her coming toward them,
S3.20.-Horton Headlight.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21

g that Colorado evangelist who re-
Gently pronounced a curse on Corey
VILE unless it should repent, would
come back and see it now with the nice
new lid County Attorney Wagstam has
atted on it, he would let it stay on the
man awhile longer after all.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21
ne IEssIE- cocKTAII-

There was an item IN the Kansas City
papers this morning which we hope all
girls VIII read, II they think it is smart
to drink liquors at a dinner because
others do. Miss Jessie Herd, of Tre-
mont, Mich, was visiting in Kansas
City with her father, and they were the
guests of a man for dinner at the Bal
timore. He drank a cocktail, and the
girl was persuaded to do the same
against the wish Of her father. That
cocktail caused the girl to tear her
clothes, scratch her face, pull her hair,
and carry on SO terribly that her father
had to call a police officer to help him
get her home. But they don't mind
little incident like this in Kansas City.
No doubt they are already advertising
the Jessie cocktan.-Atchison Globe.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21
FROM HOCH TO FTOK2 ?

Possibly if Kansas City. Kan, does
not like the brand of prohibition which
Governor HOch is preparing to dish
out, that benighted community can
discover some way of seeding from
the state and going over into Missouri.
Miami Republican.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21

The grand dukes really seem to be
getting into trouble in Russia. The
Grand Duke Alexis got fred from his
Sob as head boss Of the navy. and now
the Grand Duke Cyril has been ban
ished for marrying a girl whom the
czar told him not to marry. We all
have our troubles.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21

County Attorney Gibson says he did
not know there were any joints in kan
sas City, kan. until the chief OF police
sent him list of 165 some time back
This is the first intimation Mr.. Gibson
has given that he is blind, deaf and
denrived OF the sense Of smell.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-10-21

dat beautiful hymn, 1--WE Hain't Got Long
To Stay Here after singing which dey
viii consider deTnseIves discharged and
file out quietly We will hab only congrs-
gational sinGin' hereafter.-Puck.