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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
PoINrED PARAGRApHs.
LFrom the Chicago News.l

LFrom the Chicago Newsl
Bugs are hort-lived-espeeially hum
bugs
A stunning-looking girl isn't neees-
sarily shocking.
Many a woman's hair is not as golden
as it is plated.
EveSy man thinks his wife has the
best husband n the world.
It is easier to talk about ruling man
kind with love than it is to do it.
When the wise guy fails he considers
the man who succeeds a lucky fool.
A woman's idea OF frankness is to
have some man tell her how nice he
thinks she IS.
Life is short at best-and perhaps
that is the best thing that can be said
about it,
Even the man who boots at supersti-
ton is apt to refuse a loan Of s1s to
some Of his acquaintance on a Friday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
THE sKEPTIo.

His lip was curIed with patent scorn,
At the MOSQUITO theoTee,
mo scientist that e'er was born,
He seemed TO say. can muddle mel
Fool you. perhaps. but never mel
Oh, no. Not metz
And when they spoke of germs, his face
Grew hard with incredibly;
with that to the marines go chase,
But never talk such rot to me.
Germs2 Twaddle, rot and gun 10 mel
I'm Wiser-meP'
One day he passed upon the street
A fakir selling Indian tea
As cure for human ills completes
THE very thing he said for me-
Say, mister. wrap some up Tor me!
Say, gimme threet''
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
naneerons RaiIroad TIaveI.

a newspaper writer. meeting LORD
Brassey at Red Bank, N. J., asked the
DISTINGUISHED foreigner if he feared to
travel on American railroads. "Oh, no, d"
Lord Erassey answered, your American
railroads kill good many people in the
years course. but we must remember
that they carry a good many people a
good many miles. In proportion, prob
ably. they do no more damage than the
railroads of France or of scotland me
about 10 set off on a long railway jour
ney through Scotland Just as the train
was pulling out the clergyman servant
mt his head in through the window and
said;
:. Haze We tai en- an insurance tcketF
I have. said the doctor
Then said the servant, write Yer
name on It and gle it to me. They Ia c
an aVgfu' bad habit o. Robin the corpses
on this line New York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
TFrom the New York Press.l

IFrorn the New York Press1
Even a woman's way of looking at a
man is on the bias
The warmest thanks a man ever gets
is before he performs the service.
Every woman would like to be pluunD
if she could pick out the special spots
to be it.
When people ask US to do something
we don't like to do they try to make
it easier by calling it duty
A man relies absolutely on an opin-
ion that he paid a lot of money for
when he would not listen to it II he
got it for nothing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
11le Ilnnatferine Bnrber.

John Drew. as he lunched. talked
about BARRIERS.
ssFhey are so uneomDlimentary, . he
said. ''They tell You such unhattering
things
"A friend of mine went to be shaved
at the Dark Harbor hotel one day last
summer. and the barber said to him:
Your hair is getting thin sir
YES my friend answered. I have
been treating it with anti-fat. I never
did like stout hair :"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
A DTFFTRENT sORT.

Governor Hoch says he endorsed J.
ernor. It might be Interesting to know
how he endorsed John Madden for the
attorneyship of the Katy road. This
seems TO have been a purely guberna-
it the use of the name of the state in
a suit that viii cloud the title to over
half a million acres of land and would
enrich the road to the extent of $1,000
600 If it won it.=Kingman Leader
Courier.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
DID HOCH KNoW2

Inquiry by Bent Murdoch. When
Governor Hoch stood in the lobby of
the Copeland hotel Friday noon, talking
to Colonel Bill Hackney and the colonel
asked him if it was true that his ad-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

IF Russia's defeat by the japanese con-
that has just taken place. whereby the
Russian people secure civil liberty, that
defeat was far better for Russia than
though Russia had thoroughly con-
auered the entire Orient
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
THAT WAsHRuRN PARADE-

1t seems that Progress grew lame
and stumbled when passing through
Topeka. Sixty Washburn college stu
dents gave night-shirt parade there
Saturday night to celebrate a football
victory, and only twenty of the num-
Der wore their own night shirts The
rest rented them, and two or three
had to wear sheets. Rented a night
shirt! In the onward march of Pro
gress, nights shirts have been left even
in the dugouts of Kansas. Something
slow about Topeka.-AtchisOn Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

a WIRFTFsS TIP.

a party from Fort Leavenw orth
which had wireless telegraphy appara-
tts UP in the air the other night caught
some Of President Rooseveit's mes
sages sent in to Washington from the
Atlantic coast. As soon as the appara-
tus IS more delicately adjusted the
kite viii be sent up again to find out
whom Senator Long is thinking of ap-
pointing district attorney.-Ottawa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
New Test for Timber.

It is claimed BY the lumbermen
that timber which has lain in water
seasons more quickly and lasts longer
than that which is freshly cut. From
priOri reasoning it would be quite
natural to suppose that the water
would soak out certain of the gummy
matters of the wood especially Of the
sap wood. making it more easily dried.
Moreover, the washing out of the sap
from the young wood removes most of
the sugars, prOteids, etc, which nor
mally furnish food for the bacteria
and other fungi which cause the rot
ting of lumber. The bureau of for
estry believes that it is worth while
from a practical point of view TO find
out the truth about these impressions
of lumbermen and reasonings of scien-
lists, and is beginning a series of tests
at its new experiment stations in
Michigan and Wisconsin. To make
the eXperin ents as practical as posi-
BILE they will be conducted on tele-
graph and telephone poles. articles
whose period of usefulness is a matter
of no small economic Importance. The
poles will first be soaked in water for
varying lengths of time. and then
piled and seasoned, careful record be-
ing kept of the lime required for sea-
soning and the quality of the seasoned
timber-From Golfers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
BEAT THE RAILROAD.

Railroads are liberal. A Missouri
Pacific passenger train went through
The line in South Kansas the other
day. and a lot of Fort Scott football
players, who were in the scrimmage
collected $741 from the claim agent
one OF the players got S125 for a
broken nose. Had he received the in
jury na game he would have gotten
lemon to suck.-Atehison Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

"Retau prices of meat are five cents
higher I'm Germany than they were a
year ago" says the Chicago Record
Herald. which adds. Prosperity must
be getting a firm hold in that country"
This is the first time we have ever heard
the beef trust referred to as Prosper
itv."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

ministration was so truly good that
it would not read a newspaper on sun
day. we wonder if his excelleney, the
governor, really knew at the time that
there were four yvide-open joints within
two hundred feet of where he stood2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

AS we understand the resolutions
passed by the Parry railroad rate con-
ventiOn in Chicago. the convention was
in favor of regulating rates and prohibit
ing rebates, provided It doesn't interfere
with anything the railroad magnates
wish to do.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

A Jackson county Democrat. believes
the Democrats should put up no presi-
Dental candidate in 1908 but should
Join in re-electins Mr.. Roosevelt unan-
imously. Now will Colonel Bryan please
second this motion?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

President Roosevelt's next peace prob
lem wiz be how to make it between
himself and the United States senate
on the railroad rate proposition. Watch
how he does il.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
SOMETIMES THEY DO.

An Abyssinian nobleman being en-
tertained in New FORK asked if the
skyscrapers We're built SO high in or
der that the inhabitants might be
nearer heaven when they pray He
should be informed that the powers
that prey do not invariably have their
offices in the skyscrapers.- Pittsburg
C.azafta-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
A STANDARD PICKzUP.

Al is grist that comes to John D.
Rockefeller's mill. Because of the
trouble in Russia which has para
lyzed the petroleum business in that
country, stock in the Standard Oil
company has advanced fifty points dur
ing the past week. It means a pick
up of fifty million dollars for the
Standard outft.=Ottawa Republic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

That Neodesha storekeeper who ad-
vertises stamps at cost might draw
certain class of trade by giving cut
prices on those that have been only
slightly used.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

Now is the time for every loyal kan
san to begin to push for the Semi-Cen-
tennial exposition in 1911. But push
don't shove.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

They are still arguing in Russia
whether it is a strike or a revolution.
It really doesn't make much difference.
just SO it does the business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

Doubtless the grand dukes viii now
Whoop & UP for the revolution in the
hope that they can control it sufficiently
to keep their salaries from being re-
duced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

If the car wants another turn of
The strenuous life,F says Joe Bristow,
che might come to America and run
for governor of Colorado
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

When the czar saw that his people
were just bound to have it anyway he
generously granted them anything they
desired in the way Of their rights.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

How long do you suppose it will be
before Grand Duke. Mccall and Grand
Duke NcCurdy win have to give in to
the revolution?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

General Trepon. chief of police in st.
Petersburg, has joined the reformers
Look out now for Chief Goodwin's an
nouncement that his sympathies are
with the anti-ioint crusade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

The car has given up, but Boss Dur
ham in Philadelphia and Boss Murphy
in New York are still holding out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

Even the actors in Russia went on a
strike. IN this country they never do
that, but they sometimes get struck
when decayed garden truck is plentiful.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

The failure Of that "ideaI' daily pa
per in Chicago indicates that the peo-
pie do not wish an adeal9 paper so
much az they wislaza news paper
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

A woman in a hospital in Kansas
City has been asleep since last Thurs
day. If it had happened in Philadel-
phia it would be no phenomenon
Ottawa Republic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

Some Of the Russian ravolutionists
apparently intend to keep on revolut-
ing until they are sure that the thing
IS a success.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

The cat has been let out of the bag
by the insurance investigation com
nittee in New York. and it bears a
marked resemblance to the polecat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

In a few days more the country viii
know whether New York desires to re-
form or otherwise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
THIS IS REFINED TORTURE

Cabinet officers have been instructed
by the president not to talk to report
ers. And there are four presidential
aspirants in the cabinet fairly bursting
to tell the public the things they are
doing. Cruelty could not go to greater
Observation-Disclosures News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

Bets are now ten to six on Jerome in
New York Very likely when jerome is
reelected he viii prosecute some Of
those gamblers for betting on him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

You viii notice that when the Prince
of Battenburg came to America he
brought a special message from King
I'd to President Roosevelt instead of
some Battenberg work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

IT'S a safe bet that the insurance
companies are not making any eontri-
buttons to Jerome's campaign fund this
Gan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
TRINITY CHURCH TO STAND.

There should be national rejoicing
that New Yorks old Trinity church.
which stands so restfully in the midst
Of Manhattan's busiest life. is likely to
long there remain. An offer of $3,-
600. 600 for the site has been refused
by the vestrymen- What a pity 1t
would be if the quiet Gods acre there
so full of the story Of old New York,
should ever be given up to CONNER
cialism-Springfeld Republican
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

A MISSIONA B1 ENII1RP RISE
The money spent by the Mutual to
get its own reports of the investigation
published NAV be another illustration
of what President McCurdy meant by
the missionary function of q life in
surance company.-BufTalo Express.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

II is said it viii be great many
years before the deer in the Maine
woods are exterminated. This is doubt
less due to the facility with which the
hunters exterminate each other.-At-
lanta Constitution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
LONESOME ron LA TOILETTE.

Governor LaFOIlette of Wisconsin is
by no means certain that he will take
that seat in the United States senate
to which he has been elected, but may
decide to remain governor of his state.
Mr. LaFollette probably thinks he
would feel lonesome in the senate
Hutchinson News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
H0W ARnIIT EATING n?

Of course, all angels are women.
Else who would bake the angel cake
Toledo Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

a policy holder VINO WouId surren-
der. his policy now would be in the
situation of the bank depositor who
would throw his money at his bankers
head because he was dissatisfied with
the interest paid on his deposit.-AGil-
Waukee Sentinel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

Some of the king grafters of the life
insurance graft swear they will never
resign. They ought never to be per-
m1tted to esign.--Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
FROM OTHER PENS

HAMLET WITH HAMLET OUT.
The threat that the elimination of
brutality from football viii eliminate
the interest also is beginning to be
heard altogether too frequently for the
peace of mind of patriotic citizens
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
Proved an Abb.

Old Ben is a familiar character of
the north side, Chicago, and is well
known in the Twenty-third ward.
where he has been driving d mineral
water wagon for some years past. 1t
is an old joke among those who know
him that. although Ben is always. 'on
the water wagon it does not help to
keep his gait steady. In fact, jokes
about Ben are as common on the
north side as those about our veneer
able city hall and the pOstoffice are
downtown. He spends most of his
money for beer, and consequently his
person is always dOleful sight.
Not long ago some one asked him
why he did not drink mineral water
instead of the beer which he took in
such quantities. He answered: ''Wau-
kesha water is all right for the Methy-
7ists. but give me somethin with a
RFsIv17a,4lSea laFa1 - Pom hae = -Nec1llio T.
high nasal twang which renders his
conversation very cOmlcaL
About a month ago he was taken i'll,
SO that he was forced to give up deliv-
eriner water to his customers A doc
tor was called, who diagnosed the
case as one of dropsy. Poor Ben was
getting worse all the time. and one
morning the doctor said: We'll, Ben,
I think we will have to tap YOU
Tap me- said Ben, flor what %
For water, of course replied the
doctor.
at amt teched a drop in twenty
years. Chicago Record-Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

Grover Cleveland has settled the
question of the future of our eX-presl-
dents. They shall become the bulwark
of public opinion.-New York Com
mercial.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
Railroads Make abandoned Farms.

AlalAEOSUS Mike 'ADdlll6lOI0Q r GElElS-
At the same moment that the SpO-
kane merchant is asking why, though
nearer Chicago. he must pay higher
freight rates than his competitor in Sc
attic $50 miles farther west, the dairy
men Of New Hampshire and New York
state are looking up the rates on but
ter. Shipping to the markets of New
farms depend on the prices they get
for their products, their butter, eggs
and cheese, in the cities. To their as
constituent they discover that butter
from the state of Iowa, manufactured
many times as far from New York
city, actually pays no more freight
than their butter The result is. that
the Iowa farmer, who can produce his
butter more cheaply anyway. owing to
plentiful loW-priced food for cattle, can
undersell the New York farmer in the
city market. The New York farmer
naturally complains:
Il must either be contented with a
very small profit" he says, cor go out
of the butter business entirely. In eth
err event the small return decreases the
value of my land. I not only lose in
come. but my capital is impaired
Thus, indeed, and largely through
the influence of railroad rates, have the
/ prices of farm land fallen all over the
east, whereas the fortunate farmers of
Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and other mid
/ die western states have seen their val
ues rise enormously within few years.
/ east of central Ohio have been steadily
falling for years to the gain of the
/ west where lower railroad rates can be
/ obtained. We have heard much OF the
development of the west by the rail-
roads but very little of the consequent
decline Of the east-F'rom 1.-THE Rail-
road Rate" by Ray StannaFd Baker,
( IN, no No1-ar7l her Mc(NlTrnfG
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

Still other clergymen arise to assure
us there are no woman angels in
heaven. This reconciles US to a long
life in this world.-Columbia State.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03

The State Journal Is a member Of the
Associated Press ana receives the full day
telegraph report OF that great news or
8antsatiou for exclusive evening puDu-
cation in Topeka.
The State Journal receives for exclusive
publication the leased wire report or the
E'ublishers' Press Tor the edition for sun
DAY morning.
The news Is received IN the state Jour
nai building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-03
AIaska's Charms.

Frank L. Stanton,
in the Atlanta Constitution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09
BUTLER TO KEEP
TROTTERS' WINNINGS

NEW YORK, December 9.-James Butler
won substantial victory yesterday over
the National Trotting Association
The board of review of that organfzat ton
after long investigation into the charges
that Buffers East View farm trotters were
not entitled to about $50, coo they had won
during the Grand Circuit meeting of 1904
dismissed all of the cases except one
This was trivial charge, and as less
than $500 was involved IT is quite possible
that this money may be paid over by Mr..
Butler. as directed by the board, without
resorting. as he has a right to do to an
appeal from the decision
The case the board decided against MIR.
Butler was one in which the black stall
lion. King Direct. and the bay gelding, Ben
F.. figured in races at Cincinnati and Co.
lumbus.
The latter was one of the four meetings
that Mr.. Butler did not attend during the
campaign of 1904. His horses on that oc-
casion were controlled by Charles de Ry-
der. his driver. As a result of the board s
decision in this instance Mr.. Butler is di-
rected to distribute the winnings of the
two horses to the owners of the horse that
finished behind King Direct and Ben F.
]. A. Richardson Of Denver. Col, the
complainant in the case, in filing the
charges made the East View farm and
EdWard D. Gears the defendants. It was
brought under rule 8, section l. which says:
AS many horses may be entered by one
party, or as many horses trained in the
same stable as may be desired but only one
that has been owned or controlled wholly
or partly by the same person or persons,
or trained in the same stable within ten
days preceding the race, can start In any
race of heats. but nothing In this restric-
ton shall be construed to prohibit MEM
Der from opening a stake or purse race with
condition that a nominator therein may
start two or more of his entries"
1t was maintained by the complainant
that King Direct and Ben r. were not
eligible for the races and therefore were
not entitled to the winnings. Gears, 1t
was alleged, trained King Direct.
The board also dismissed the charge
against Monroe Salisbury, who is employed
as trainer by Mr. Butler
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09
AFTER NEW YORK
AMERICAN LEAGUE CLUB
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
The American League of Professional
Base Ball Clubs met in Chicago recently
and q wild story was sent broadcast that
there would be merger with the National
League. This was positively denied by
President johnson and all of the club own
ers although such action was unnecessary.
Frank ]. Farrell, the owner Of the New
York Americans. got tip some time ago
that the National League men were work
ing tooth and nail to effect some sort of
combinati ton looking to a twelve-club cir
cult, but 1t remained for him to effectively
block the contemplated deal as far as New
York city is concerned. While the Sara
toga race meeting was In progress Farrell
one night was approached by welt-known
bookmaker, who said:
''Will you sell the New York Americans?'
For whom are you acting?" asked Far
rell.
THAT is a secret" was the reply. ''but
you can get $500. 900 cash If you want TO
retrer
Nothing doing" retorted the club owner
and the matter dropped. month later
the bookmaker again hunted up Farrell
and made a new proposition.
who's your MANI" again queried Far
KNOW
Well I won't lie to you" said the book
maker 1T is John McGraw!"
THAT settles ft!' calculated Farrell.
''The club cannot be bought at any price.
We are loyal to the American League!
Farrell confirmed this story yesterday and
said that ne had heard nothing further