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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27
POINTED PARAGRApHs.

lFrom the Chicago News
It's easier to follow the races than il
IS to get ahead of them.
A girl isn't a poem merely because
she is averse to a poet.
Those few words we find on 4 tomb
stone represent fame boiled down.
Only a man with a good s11bstan-
tai income can afford to write Doetrv
Some men can see beauty where
others can't locate it with a micro
scope.
Contentment may be better than
riches, but little of both is more sat-
isfactory.
He who drops a penny in the colIec-
ton plate generally expects a IS SER
mon in return
Statistics can be made to show anv
Old thing that the man behind the
figures wants them to.
No women ever awakens her hus-
band from his afternoon nap to show
him her dressmaker's bill more than
once.
It's easy to understand why a little
learning is said to be a dangerous
thing when you meet a man who
thinks he knows it all
In some matrimonial com bines til
woman is the better half, and in some
others she imagines she's the whole
thing.
She who goes to all the receptions
in the neighborhood and never gives
one herself is apt to meet with cold
one by and by.
When a girl tells a young man that
she doesn't eat any more than bird
he should remember before inviting
her to lunch that an ostrich is bird.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27

Fred Rack, the young American
bootblack who goes around the world
packing the boots and shoes of kings,
emperors and chief magistrates has
succeeded in backing the boots of
PRESIDENT Loubet, and this the way he
reached the president: He went to
the Elysee palace, and the doorkeeper,
not understanding a word of English,
wanted to send the boy about his bust
ness; but the Frisco Kid" was not
discouraged by such little thing as
that and, seeing an officer pass by
VINO, as luck would have 1t, under
stood English, the kid spoke to him.
and. showed him all his precious GER
tlhcates. The officer introduced the
boy to NJ. Bernard, one of the secre-
taries attached to the Elysee palace,
who consented to inform the presi-
dent Of the Kids" request. NJ. Loubet
was about to leave the palace with
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, but was
much amused at the request, stopped
on the boys box to- have his shoes
BACKED, which. you may imagine,
were not in much need of it. The
Frisco boy, much delighted with the
result, asked NJ. Bernard for a state
ment, and the secretary wrote out the
following q, the undersigned, secre-
tary to the presidency certify that
Fred Rack, the globe-trotting boot
black, who goes by the name of Frisco
Kid, presented himself. on October IS,
at the Palais de PElysee, and was
granted the favor of backing the
shoes of Emile Loubet, president of
the French republic. Maxine Ber-
nard.''-BrOOklyn Eagle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27
ExTT-sTR. HENT1Y IRv1NG.

Lies act is Ger; Westminster rings:
No more he'll play the numbered kings
Deposed by Death. exactfng;
For there where Albion's kings are made,
Now buried with the kings he played.
Is Henry, king of acting.
He played them well, each in his part;
The Abbey's dead lived in his art,
Restored unto the throne;
And now his myriad self he brings
Where all the silent, cOffined kings
Receive him as their own.
Time gave his cue, he dropped the role,
And cast the semblance from his soul;
He is himself at last:
And meath the Abbey's scuIptured stage
He's conned of life the final page
With players of the past.
Charles D. Stewart in the January Cen
turE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27

Il suppose pee<-a-boo shirt waists are
a drug on the market with you just
Not at al." responded the department
cakes as sCo1nmon-Sense Winter Wear "
philadelphia Bulletin.
Folks is ongrateful." said Uncle Eben.
Il can't help s picionin' dat after de prod
igal son nod got through enjoyin' de fat
airs an maxim de res O. de fam'ly 1eal-
Gus bout de way he been roun' seem de
country. Washington Star.
my patrons are very exacting." come
planned the dry goods merchant.
You don't know the meaning OF the
term" retorted the florist. 4 m the man
who has exacting patrons. Every time
sell a potted plant the purchaser ex-
poets me to throw in the earth. Louis
Vile Courier-Journal.
The telephone. it is said. makes slow
progress in Russia, and small wonder!
Fancy a man going to an instrument and
'.HalIoa! Is that you. Dvisastzivsmart-
No. it is Observation-Disclosures
sgrowoff. Who is that speaking?
'SeximOchockrerbye raksTn akischchoke-
mOff. I want to know if Xliferomansf1-
efflskillmajuwe hzvastawskrweibiers ia
still stopping with Davisas thfvsnartvo-
iczski ?''-San Francisco Call.
Desk sergeant-what did you arrest
this man for2
atrohnan-steaIin' peanuts from a da-
Desk sergeant-Enter q charge. of inn
e es' '''''' '--'7 - ~ 7-'--'e 9'--
y don't see what fer dey wants ter
disfranchise US said Brother Williams.
mo mo- does T. said Brother Dickey.
| why. dey even gives de street railroad
de franchise! '-Atlanta Constitution
To Be Let-For hunting season or long.
er-Rectory; excellent stabling;. stands IN
hounds constantly run thruugh.-(Adver-
usement in Manchester Guardian
Punch.
why don't you do something philan-
I'm afraid to- answered Senator sor-
ghum. If I show that I have any mon
ey beyond my actual needs, somebody
| VIII be asking where I got it."-Washing-
ton Star.
w. What "a. did she say when you pro
Nothing. She merely shook her head. =
You're easily discouraged. And did
TT wasn't that that discouraged me SO
| much as her father. He came in at that
moment and shook his fist."-philadeI-
phia Press.
Bly-Ill bet anything those new gloves
OF yours are a size too small. They look
as if they pinched
Mrs. Bly-Well. what of it? I've heard
you say dozen times that you wished
men didn't have to wear collars thai
ehoked the life out of them!-Detroit Fres
/ Press.
All you who had nothing to eat for
DEeakIast buJ excelsior will be ticSled
man has had $50, 600, 900 eggs in cold stor-
/ age-Boston Globe.
Lady cat back door)-WelI. what is itg
| Hobo-Please, ma am, feels one NV me
| periodicals fits comm on.
Ild0V-MV ~
| have it here oil
Hobo-Dat's jist wot I wants ter see
youse erbout- Fer de small sum Nv a
dlme II go somewhere else an have If
| ma, am.-Chicago News -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27
JOURNAL ENTRIES

That Iowa woman who has applied
for a divorce because her husband
mas not taken bath in twenty-five
years IS certainly justified in it. No
man ought to go without a bath a
minute more than twenty years.
This is about the time for the small
boy to relax from that strenuous
period Of being good that he felt COM
P PS.l.a to go through just before
More than one Topeka man misses
the coal bucket in which to spit since
the Introduction of natural gas. 1t
might be remarked also that they
used to miss it occasionally before
even when it was right there.
Speaking of counting chickens be-
fore they are Matched we notice that
the individual who started the "popu-
lar subscription" for a wedding pres
ent for Alice Roosevelt has it figured
out that 100000 Will be raised by
February 8.
We wonder If Archie or Kermit
when Nick LongwOrth comes to see
Alice.
Cyrus Leland says the receivers
estimated the value Of one of the
Devlin coal properties rather high
when they fixed a half interest at
S194,317.06. Why. then, didn't they
throw off the six cents?
A Topeka man did not receive the
usual supply of neckties on Christmas
and he is at a loss to account for it,
Later: The neckties have arrived.
They were delayed in transmission.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

IFrom the New York Press.
It must be an awful lot of fun to be
so rich you can grumble about how
poor you are.
The more faith a woman has in her
husband, the more he had better not
try to test it.
People can go to states prison and
get out for good behavior, but mar
riage is a sentence for life.
A man in a novel never seems a
real hero to a woman unless, Just be-
fore he calls on the heroine, he stops
to give a nickel to a street urchin.
A man who lives IN the suburbs and
brags about how much he saves on
his rent always forgets to figure in the
Communication and the extra coal bills.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27

and had her bonnet of. Then she
turned and asked:
Ray. did you uppercut them p
yes, Aunt
And give them straight jabs?"
For sure
And deliver right hand swings
"a few Of them"
II guess you'd better stay hones
now that you are here. and # you want
the use Of the garrett I shan't have any
objections, providing you don't make
too much noisel''
Copyright, 1905, by E. c. Parcells.9
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27

The deadly basketball game is now
getting in its work One member
killed. two others fatally injured. and
the rest with their skulls fractured is
what happened to a basketball team
in New Jersey Monday. To be sure
they were struck by a train, but that
should be charged up to basketball.
fnasmuch as they We're returning from
g. game. The opponents Of football
charge up a death by drowning against
shat game.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27

Speaking of versatility, what's the
matter with DR.. A B. Jones-Jones of
Trego? He deals in wagons and imple-
ments. practices medicine and surgery,
and incidentally represents Trego coun-
ty in the legislature when there is any
occasion for it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27

OdeH gives out as an awful secret
the statement that President Roose-
welt was i'm on a scheme to beat the re-
election of DeDew to the senate last
year. Well, if the statement is true
1t is so much more to the credit of
Roosevelt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27

Dear Santosky C1ausovitch: Bring me
a bomb-proof cellar, a pair of wings,
a package of something to restore CON
f1dence, and eleven million dollars
worth of accident nsurance.-Yours, the
car. P. S. Don't forget the wings;
have often wanted them.-C.-Ottawa
Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27

A New England editor classes Booker
II. Washington and Jacob Riis as great
er men than Theodore Roosevelt. In the
senate cloakrooms it is said one can fire.
quently hear of thirty of forty more or
less eminent gentlemen who are classed
ahead of Roosevelt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27
A Fair EXCHANGE

A man who had purchased some
currant buns at a bakery was dis
tressed, on starting to eat one. to find
the bakery he made an indignant com
plant, demanding another bun in place
of the inhabited one.
I'm sorry, sir said the saleswoman
Il can't give you another bun, but if
you will bring me back the fly I will
give you a currant for it.''-Harper's
Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27

When Senator LaFollette gets to
Washington he win find a committee
craftsmanship already prepared for him.
1t is the committee on Potomac river
front. This, however, has nothing to do
with The straieht front
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27

Somebody out in Washington has
started a popular subscription as a
wedding gift for Miss Roosevelt. Bet
ter go slow. Remember when Ad-
miral Dewey was given a house by
popular subscription?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27

The Great Bend Item says Senator
Long has laid down and is now in
hearty accord with the president" "
And yet we had an idea Senator Long
was standing up for the people.
Paradoxical as it may be, perhaps he
is doing both.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27
NOT ALWAYS

This, by the way, is the season
when the plain. plug, cob-pipe citizen
tucks a 15-cent cigar at an oblique
angle across his countenance and trots
forth to display the symptoms of aris-
tocracy.-Ottawa Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27
CHAMP CLARK A KANSAN.
nT. r11-o- crIo-T- - Do.rrIi

MI. Champ CIaTK. o. boWIIIlg
Green, Mo, Democrat congressman
from the Ninth district, in a private
letter, asks US not to forget that he
was once a citizen of Kansas-eleven
weeks in the winter of 1875; and for
that reason he takes a lively interest
in Kansas affairs. In the meantime,
a good many Kansas people take a
lively interest in him, as he seems to
be standing nightly for the Square
DeaI=EI Dorado Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27

Up to date something like four "ad-
ministration bills have been introduced
in congress to regulate rates. The Dem
ocrats are expected to come forward
with an administration bHl' next.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27
RUssIA,S SoLDIERs.

Russia has a million soldiers in
Manchuria. But what good does that
do Russia? Her million soldiers in
Manchuria got licked whe nthey were
wanted and now they promise to re-
turn home and lick the government.
Russia alone is disnayed at the size
of her army. No other nation is
afraid Of it.-Salina Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27

If the president keeps on, the people
who go into politics will be devoted to
the good of the country sure enough.
There won't be anything else in it
Washington Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27

Doubtless Congressman Longworth
considers the Taft junket to the
Philippines a great success. no matter
what others may think of it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27

Many people have just got so they
can write 1905" without stopping to
think about it. And in only five days
more 1905" win be out of style
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27

The friends of William Tecumseh
Vernon have found Booker T washing
ton guilty of inconsistency" Others
have been suspected of the same crime.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27

The United States senate passed a
bill for the relief of a dead man just
before adjournment last week. But, I'M
fortunately, the dead man can do moth
ing for the relief of the senate.-Salina
Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27
DIFFERENT.

In the old days of American states
manship some Of our United States SEN
ators were famous; today come of them
are notorious.=Atlanta Constitution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27

1t seems that the car famine does not
deter the farmers from trying to increase
their crops. A big acreage of winter
wheat is reported in the Southwest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27

The interesting information is given
out by Mr.. Merritt of New York, whom
President Roosevelt is alleged to be OPP
posing in the New York speakership
fight. that the president is trying to get
control of the party organizations in
New York, Ohio and Connecticut. What
interesting things one can hear if they
are designed to hurt the other fenowsi
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27
BEST CURE FOR DIVORCE.

or course, the WONDER Is mat no
body thought OF it before The quick
est, surest remedy for divorce ls news
paper publicity.-Philadelp Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27

johann Hoch threatens to come
back and haunt" all his various and
sundry widows if he is hung. What a
busy life his ghost viii leadl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27

Mr. OdeH seems to have had his
BuspieiOns aroused until he believes
the president is not entirely friendly to
him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27

The Russian revolution is sup
pressed today Tomorrow the CORE
Bpondents VIII let the Insurgents win.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27

The state authorities seem to be
allowing the foolish finance of Thomas
q. Kelly to continue without protest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27

Next week this time you will be
diminishing around to get the money
60 pay the Christmas bills. They are
Inevitable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27

The next New York general assem-
bly, will reform insurance''-if the in
surance lobby is not too formidable
ancialIy.-Atlanta. Constitution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27

The agitation against the free seed
distribution graft has begun again,
and should be cessful.-Leaven-
worth Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27

Senator Foraker's proposition for
rate regulation leads US to believe that
he still carries buckeyes in his pocket
to ward off rheuma tism.- Trib-
une.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27

An exchange refers to the old idea
Of hanging up mistletoe. and the
oscuIatory processes that accom-
panied it, as zone of the happiest Gus
toms Of Christmas which has been al
lowed to lapse with the passing years .
If it has really been allowed to lapse
it is because the youths and maidens
of these latter days do not need any
uistletoe as an excuse.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27
RUSSIAN NEWS.

It takes careful reading of the news
from Russia to tell which is strike, which
is revolution and which is plain mob
devilishness; but it's all bad government
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27

that can talk. How could it be a pugi-
list if It didn' New York Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27

When a Russian Workingman sees
a new manifesto by the government
his first impulse is not to take 1t home
and try it on the piano.-Chicag
News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27
HE Will GET EVEN.

There is more than a suspicion that
later on those now cOnsOling J. Pier
pont Morgan will discover their sym
pathies are wasted.-Detroit Free
Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27
POSSIBLY

Shaw has quit making speeches and
resigning from the cabinet. His presi-
Dental boom must be dead.-Memphis
Commercial Appeal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27
FpON OTHER PENS
RUSSIA HAS EN-.

For a complete list of all possible
national troubles one need not go very
far outside the current news from
Russia.-Providence Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27
WOTe

Those corns on the ears from which
the Philadelphia telephone girls are
suffering are bad enough But they
are not so bad as Watts on the Mind
Boston Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27
NATURAI, sUPPOSITION

1t stands to reason that the man who
objects to having ballot boxes reOpened
is the man who expects to be hurt by
the exposure of their contents.-Phila-
delphia Inquirer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27

The State Journal is a member Of the
ASSOCIATED Press and receives the full day
telegraph report OF that great news or
4anlEation for exclusive evening publ
Eation IN Topeka.
The State Journal receives for exclusive
&a2iic4tion the leased wire report OF the
Gay morning.
The news Is received in the State Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27
THE RURAL SCHOOL PROBLEM.

THE RURAL SCHOOL PROBLEM
It is encouraging to note that the
present convention of the State Teach
ers' association is devoting considera bic
time and discussion to the problems of
the country school. It is encourag ing
because the country school has in the
past been the most neglected of any
part of our educational work, and it is
one of the most important, if not abso-
lutely the most vital, parts of the school
system of an agricultural state like
Kansas.
In the towns and cities educational
methods have made tremendous strides
in the last quarter century or so. The
towns have carefully graded schools;
buildings specially designed for the
work to be done in them, well ventilated
and equipped with the best apparatus;
they have physical culture, music and
manual training; and many of them
have teachers who have spent some time
in special preparation for their work
and who are acquainted with the latest
and best methods of teaching.
But how about the rural schools? Is
not the average country school teacher
doing Just about as her teacher did Is
or 20 years ago-not through any fault
of her own, because she has not had an
opportunity to learn the late methods
except such as she could pick up dur
ing the brief county institute? and if
she did know them they would not be
fitted to the country school The city
schools are able to pay the highest
wages and therefore they get the best
educated and most experienced teachers,
and as fast as the country teacher be
comes proficient she advances to some
town school. while her place in the
country is taken by some novice who
does just as she did.
In the country school there are from
/ 20 to 40 more pupils crowded into a lit
tie school house. heated with a stove
in the center in such a manner that
those nearest the stove are roasting
while those near the windows are freez-
/ ing The pupils range from the little
4 tot learning the letters to the big boys
/ and girls who ought to be in a high
/ school, requiring the teacher TO hear a
multitude of classes without sufficient
/ time to do Justice to any of them
Equipment and libraries of reference
are scarce in the average country
/ school. and the walls of the school room
( are usually innocent of any adornment
that would appeal to the aesthetic ma
/ ture of the child.
! In the vast majority of school dis
/ tricts it is impossible to improve some
/ of these conditions under the present
system, but the consolidation of rural
4 schools affords a solution to many of
the problems of country education. IN
der the admirable leadership Of Frank
4 Nelson as state superintendent, Kansas
made a considerable start in consolida-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27

Il don't see what fer dey wants ter
disfranchise US, said Brother Williams.
mo mo- does T. said Brother Dickey.
why. dey even gives de street railroad
de franchisei' Atlanta Constitution
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27

Folks is ongrateful,' said Uncle Eben.
Il can't help s'picionin dat after de prod
igal son nod got through enjoyin de fat
ted calf dinner he stahted in putin on
airs an maxim de res o. de family jeal-
Gus bout de way he been roun' seem de
country. w Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27

my patrons are very exacting." CONS
planned the dry goods merchant.
You don't know the meaning of the
term" retorted the florist. 4 M the man
who has exacting patrons. Every time
I sell a potted plant the purchaser ex-
poets me to throw in the earth. Louis
vile Courier-Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27

this man for2
atrolman-steaIin' peanuts from a da-
&c.
Desk Sergeant-Enter a charge of in-
personating an officer.-Cleveland Lead
er.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27
HUMOR OF TIE Day

Il suppose peek-a-boo shirt waists are
a drug on the market with You just
noW?''
Not at ALL" responded the department
store manager. They're going ike hot
cakes as 'Common-Sense Winter Wear
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-27

To Be Let-For hunting season or long
er-Rectory; excellent stabling; stands IN
park: large grounds; eleven bedrooms +;
hounds constantly run thruugh.-(Adver-
tisement in Manchester Guardian
Punch