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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-15

Another member of congress has
found that it doesn't pay to be dis
honest. John Newton Williamson. an
oregon representative, was sentenced
yesterday afternoon to Imprisonment
for ten months and to pay a fine Of
FIVE hundred dollars for conspiracy in
connection with the Oregon land
frauds.
While etwo senators have been found
out in their crimes and third has
escaped only on a technically, Will
hanson is the first member of the
lower house of congress to be con
vieted Of crime OF this kind. Oregon
is now one ahead of Kansas on this
score, but Kansas is not grieving.
Kansas VIII reprieve herself at the first
opportunity.
Two other conspirators were con
victed with Williamson. One, Marion
r. Briggs. was a former United States
commissioner. He received the same
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ouAKER REFLECTIoNs.
IF'rom the Philadelphia Record

From the Philadelphia Record-l
A touch of nature is worth two Of
the pocketbook.
Not even a mirror can enable US to
see ourselves as others see US.
The difference between junk and
bric-a-brac depends entirely upon the
point of view.
Many fellow feels that he holds the
key to the situation and then can't find
the key-hoie.
When a man has a guilty conscience
even a double chin won't help him to
aaol1 his head UP.
a book agent wastes his time trying
to sell an encyclopedia to the fellow
who knows It al
The people who say they believe only
half they hear generally near twice as
much as ANYBODY else.
Lots of things look easy to manage
until You try them, says the Mana
yunk Philosopher. Automobiles and
wins. sor instance"
Wigg-@ Bighedde always has his
clothes made too large for him. Wagg
yes; but he gets SO stuck on them
thas he swells ~ with pride until they
80.
That money taiks, of course IS true;
It greets US on the fly
Oh, would that it said How dye DOR
As often as "Good-bye!,
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sTA1E INsTTRANCE.

Webb McNalls VINO as superintendent
of insurance in Kansas made a number
of the big insurance companies tow the
legal mark, and who. It must be adj
mitted. is something of an authority on
the subject Of Insurance, believes that
the day. OF state insurance is in the not
distant future.
Mr. McNan believes it would be best
to experiment with fire insurance first,
for that is not so complicated as life
insurance problems. He says Kansas
is now sending hundreds of thousands
of dollars east every year in fire in
surance premiums, twice as much as it
receives back in the payment of losses.
He believes the state could keep this
money at home and at the same time
reduce the cost Of insurance.
The idea Mr.. 1gcNall has is to appro-
pirate a revolving fund as was done
when the penitentiary binding Irvine
plant was started. and then let the
business carry itself. He thinks a fund
of $4,000 would start it. He would
have the township assessors find out
from each person, as they make their
annual rounds, who desire to insure
buildings, and let the assessors report
to the superintendent of insurance.
This idea is. of course. socialistic,
and for that reason it viii not meet
with favor with great many people
who are opposed to anything that
savors of socialism. At the same time
the insurance scandals that have re-
Gently been exposed and the oppression
of the insurance trust will lead a large
number of people to favor any plan
that viii give cheaper insurance and
take away from the insurance mag
mates the opportunity to accumulate
vast sums of the peoples money with
which to speculate.
There is no danger of the adoption
of Mr.. AIcNalPs idea without an
abundance OF discussion, for it would
require an amendment to the state
constitution to carry it out If, how
ever, such a plan should ever be tried
and prove successful, life insurance by
the state would be sure to follow
Kansas already has a considerable
number of home fire insurance com
panies, most of them operated on the
mutual plan. and their number and
membership is constantly increasing.
The fraternaI societies occupy the
same field in life insurance and carry
on vast business, but it cannot be
denied that the big fire and life insur-
ance companies are also growing
rapidly, for insurance has become a
necessity for the average man.
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GLOBE SIGHTS.

LFrom the Atehison Globe.I
Courtesy consists in allowing others
to do as they please.
The average person places too much
confidence in an apology
Everyone is shocked when a mother
is impatient and surprised When a
father is patient
A country girl must be desperately
in love if she respects a man who can
not drive a horse
People would enjoy the fall season
more if they didn't know it was cur
tain raiser for winter.
There's-no use arguing about it: lots
of people think owning piano gives
them social standing.
II would like said co1ored man
to a reporter today. ITO have you make
an announciation for me-
A funny thing has happened: The
women look natural in their new fall
hats AS a rule you have to get used
to the new fall hats.
A hook and ladder truck went by,
the horses on keen run What 5
that2'' a man asked. "A lot of drunk
en- painters going home, probably,
bra KEENAN, replied.
When a man regrets that he didn't
get much schooling in his youth, some-
how his sons who have to go to school
don't sympathize with him as much as
he expected.
An old fashioned married man visited
Atchison lately who denied being mar
ried. The modern married man admits
his marriage and does not allow it to
interfere with his fiirtations.
A good many five cent cigars are
named without much care There is
the William Hampton" cigar Who
was William Hampton Why wouldn't
/ superb or Excelsior have answer
ed the purpose fully as well?
An Atchison man worked from the
time he was nine years old until he
was twenty five without losing day.
At twenty-five he married His wife
told him he worked too hard. He be-
lieved her. and kept laying off, and
now he has no work to do: Someone
else has his job.
Some of the magazines are making
/ q war on the newspapers because they
advertise patent medicines. Why not
4 make war on the bill boards2 Ever
remark the unreliable promises the bill
advertisements Look at the theateT
/ advertisements.
! A man must be cheered on and en-
/ Outraged when his shoes hurt when
/ his appetite is poor, and upon dozens
of occasions during the day. and his
wife must do the cheering The aver
age wife is kept 50 busy cheering her
husband on, that she never has time
for the blues herself.
An Atchison man had a sick head
ache lately, and his wife put cold
+ could for him, but finally she sat down
by a window and began to read. When
the sufferer opened his eyes and saw
lher interested, he said weakly, Please
put down that book and worry about
j me-"
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Insect MAJ Sic on E..

A remarkable case of an insect sitting
on its eggs is recorded by F. P. Dodd
in the Transactions of the Entomology
cal society of London. This strange
departure from the normal habits Of
the insect race is exhibited by a species
of bug. The female sits in a brooding
attitude over her eggs for a. period of
three weeks. When the young begin to
break through she retires an inch or so
from the eggs, and remains there for
some hours until the last egg is hatch
ed. She then departs. leaving the young
ones to take care of themselves. During
the whole time of brooding, and till all
the young are Matched, the mother eats
nothing. It is thought that this brood
ing habit may be a. means Of protection
against the attacks of ichneumon flies
London Globe.
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Missouri and the New York Lie.

tFrom the Chicago News.l
1t is not without reason that Missouri
bears a reputation for requiring fun
and satisfactory information upon ali
subjects affecting it's interests. That
state has now taken the lead in demand
ing of the great insurance companies of
New York that they give tangible evil
dence of their intention to reform.
superintendent of Insurance Vandiver,
acting, it is believed. with the approval
of Gov. Folk, has issued a demand upon
the New York Life Insurance company
that it restore to the treasury the $780,
600 contributed to campaign funds and
that its present president, vice presi-
dent and finance committee be removed
from office. Unless the demand is com
piled with in thirty days Missouri will
cancel the eonoany's license and for
bid it to conduct it's business longer in
that state.
AS a test of the sufficiency of state
authority to compel the reform of
abuses in insurance corporations the ac-
ton thus taken will be of great interest.
The New York Life Insur,A ice company
does a large business in Missouri Last
year it drew more than s., 600 in
premiums on the $60000,000 of outstand-
ing insurance there, while its new bust
ness in the state amounted to about
$4,000, 600 Tt will not surrender so profit
able a field without a fight If it is not
to accede to the demand of the Missouri
officials it may seek to take the case
into the federal courts for an indefinite
delay The expenditures for any such
litigation would afford the Missouri
policyholders food for reflection.
1t is hardly probable that the new
method of bringing the insurance man
ayers to a. sense Of their responsibilities
will be confined to Missouri. Similar
measures are in contemplation in other
states. The scope of the movement may
well broaden. moreover: for contribut-
ing to campaign funds is not the sole
evil brought to light. nor is the New
York Life Insurance company the only
one tainted with scandal. There is a
growing recognition of the fact. stated
by superintendent Vandiver in his letter
to President Mccall, that the unauthor-
lied diversion os policyholders' money
is "a gross violation Of a sacred trust,
If not embezzlement as defined by the
sta tutes-''
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

Don't borrow trouble" advises an
exchange. That's right. Get some of
your own. It's easy.
Wichita favors joints of course, but
when it caught a jointist giving good
liquor to an elephant it Immediately
protested against such a sinful waste
and closed up the offending joint.
While Jerry Black, J. ]. Byrne, E. j.
Shakeshaft and James Cornell are ali
rs you would scarcely refer to them
as jay bunch.
The opinion of the French savants
that kissing is an unpleasant custom
will not increase the value of the
French savants' Judgment IN the opin-
ion Of the Trindl Bed Trash and the
Dirty Faced Crowd in IEmpOrias
The Usage City Free Press prints two
columns about a woman club meeting,
but It evidently did not publish all the
news. for nothing is said about the
usual resolutions viewing with alarm
one G. Cleveland
Those quail that are loafng around
the state house have evidently diseov-
cred that they cannot be shot within
the city limits. Some men can get half
shot in the city but the law against
shooting irons prohibits them from go
ing any further.
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He rescued more than 1900 chill
dren from vice and degradation and
he leaves more than 1000 in various
homes. In those few words is told, in
brief, the story of the lifework of Dr.
Thomas John Bernardo, one of the
greatest and truest philanthropists. not
only of these times but of all times
and whose death last week in London
has caused deep sorrow wherever his
name is known. Under the charge Of
this one man was the largest family in
the world, every member of which
looked up to him as father, guide and
friend. He needs no monument to do
him honor, for he left behind him to
bear his name and to tell of his good
deeds nearly a hundred homes and
hospitals, nurseries and Orphanages,
dormitories and lodging houses, emf
grafton depots and rescue branches, all
of which testify not only to his sue
cess, but to the widespread influence
for betterment he exerted on hun
dFeds and thousands of children and
youths, who but for him would be adj
ded to the criminal classes in the slums
of a great eity.-BaIumore American.
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IFrom the washington star /

FROM the washington star
Football casualties are beginning to
appear. They come around every
autumn just as regularly as the foot
ball season opens. The rules require
rough play and the application of
physical force against opponents, and
a player with brutal passions finds
convenient opportunity to maui a
man. and this man finding it. desira bic
to maui in return, the game often be-
comes more conspicuous for mauling
than for skill. Football players as a
rule seem to resent criticism of need
less brutality in the game as "effem-
mate and academic Football is a
great athletic sport and would gain
rather than decline in public favor if
the roWdy feature and dirty BALI We're
eliminated and the dangers of break
ing necks and backs were reduced.
An authority on the game said at
the opening of the season that despite
the hopes Of many thoughtful persons
who have long followed the game
with an eye to its good, and in the face
of a great deal OF pressure brought
upon the rules committee at the close
OF last season, football is practically
the same game this autumn as last
That such is the case indicates that
the men who have been intrusted
with the destinies of the game must
have had what seemed to them the
weightiest reasons for turning deaf
ears to the strenuous cry of reform for
the partisans OF reform were not by
any means all college professors or
representatives Of humane societies, or
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-15
Confidence in His Ma.

Now run out and play and don't
bother me just now, Johnny Mama
is busy" said a fond mother to her
joy and pride the other morning. for
getting for a moment that school had
opened. Johnny didn't forget. and he
slid out of the back door in a hurry.
asked one of his little girl friends,
with her brand new books under her
arm.
Nope, my ma said for me to run
out and play so amt going"
Teacher will lick you"
mo she WON'T returned Johnny.
ssAIy. ma can lick teacher
How do you know?"
Because she can lick pa. and she's
on my side"
And his cubship joyfully SHED a
stone at passing cat.-Albany Jour-
nal.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the chicago News.I

IFrom the Chicago News.1
A good man may be great, but all
great men are not good.
Charity is the cream generated by
the milk of human kindness
A lazy mans clothes soon become as
threadbare as an empty spool.
Did It ever occur to you that the
easiest way to do a thing is to do it
right?
Bonds of matrimony are below par
when kisses are no longer acceptable
dividends.
Don't do all your talking with your
mouth. Give your money q chance to
say a word occasionally.
A poor man never fully realizes the
blessings of poverty until after he
breaks into the taxdodger class.
Occasionally you encounter a minis
ter who evidently made a mistake and
answered the call of somebody else to
preach.
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sentence as Congressman williamson.
The third conspiratOr On account Of
age was given a sentence of only five
months in jail. but his fine was
doubled.
All Of these cases have been appeal
ed. Of course but the moral effect of
these convictions cannot be anything
but good. They viii not only make our
high public officials more careful to
observe the Law. but they must also
tend toward the promotion of personal
honesty among the people-and that is
all imnortant
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KANSAS C0MMENT


When the legislature last winter re-
fused to abolish the use OF passes, a
leading New York daily severely ar
raigned the legislature for its incon-
sistency in attacking railroads and 9TH
er trusts while the members held onto
their passes. Now leading Massachus-
etts paper criticises the governor for
condemning passes and attempting to
justify the use Of them himself BY say
ing he pays for them in advertising in
his Marion paper. Greeley said, THE
way to resume is to resume" The way
to abolish passes is for public officers
to quit using them.-Osage County
Chronicle.
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It is well-established fact that the
average school teacher experiences a
great deal of difficulty when she at
tempts to enforce the clear pronuncia-
ton of the terminal go of each present
participle
Robert - said the teacher of one Of
the lower classes during the progress Of
a req ding exercise, please read the first
sentence"
A dininutive lad arose to his feet, and
amid a series Of labored gasps breathed
forth the following:
"See the horse runnin'."
Don't forget the 'g,' Robert . admon-
ished the teacher.
Gee! See the horse runnin'. Sep
TENDER LiDDincott's.
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Life is a game of hide and seek.
We play It first, unskilled and weak,
and when we hid, for all our care,
he came at once and found US there.
And 50 through youth we played it still
and hide from Him. and had our viii;
only He found US slower them
we had the strength the skill Of men.
and next it wss His turn to hide;
and was it careiessness or prideI
was he so quick or we so blinds
We sought Him and We could not finds
And we are old. and still NEe play,
But have not found Him, and today
The game Is only not despair
Because we know He must be there.
Hugh Macnaghten in Spectator.
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THEIR COMMON GROUND.

Stubbs says that if Kelly treats him
fairly that Kelly will have fair treat
ment at the hands of the accountants.
Kelly said at Wichita Saturday that
if Hoch would let him alone he would
not bother and humiliate the governor
any more. Under the circumstances it
seems probable that these chief
priests of the boss buster movement
will again get together. They have
common ground on which to meet.
They all want to be let >alone.-King-
man Leader-Courier.
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a DEMOCRATIC VIEW.

Ewing Herbert, of the Hiawatha
World, wants to go to congress if Cur
tbs is sent to the senate. Curtis has
not been elected senator yet, but should
he be. We see no good reason why Her
bert is not qualified for the museum
that Kansas maintains in Washington.
The majority in Kansas have not been
particular in the past as to the men
they elected to office. But If Tom Kelly
should take it into his head to estab-
lish residence in Topeka and run for
congress in this district he would be an
even more logical candidate than Her
bert.-Seneca Courier-DemOcrat.
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A proninendt se-blacksmidt sayss
IL dot der eppydemicl1 uf spring-halt
vich ISIS getting der HORSES tss due TO
der un-smoodth condition Ut der streede.
Der horse, sayss der informationist, hat
to hist hiss foots ofer der holes und
warts ind pimples on der pave, until
he get der happit in, und candt stop ID.
Der resent qualification uf Pat Grove
exposes der awful heartlessness uf der
Assisassinated Press. Id neglecticned
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or COURSE THEY Do.

Some Of the eastern newspapers have
been frightened out Of their wits as
they had because the president of
some womans club in Chicago opened
the season the other day with the
terse declarations: Women now own
the earth There's nothing in that to
brighten anybody. The word now
is redundant. They have always own
ed it and "all that therein is''-includ-
ing the men.-Chicago Chronicle
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BAsHFUL ABOUT IN.

There are lots of patriotic and dis
interested statesmen in New York, no
doubt, but when the call comes for
some one to stand up and be cheweG
by the Tammany tiger in November
they appear to be a trifie hard of hear
ing.-Newark Evening News.
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The day when telegraph matter
comes ia by freight-or its equivalent
lis rapidly passing, but some of the
smaller newspapers are stin compelled
10 get st that way and then late trains
make all sorts Of troubles every
body knows who has had experience
along that line. The Manhattan Re
public tells some Of its troubles to its
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-15

Fiery dwice in a vile We see someding
vich make US bunln our noodle on a
brick house to see uf We ISIS asleep. May
be We was not awake. but der oder day
We opserfed seferal tousand innocent
infants marching der streed oop. In
der midst dereuf, Juggling a banner,
walked a man vot vas kicked by a pub
lie chob vonce oudt. pecaus he vas too
crooked to foller a alley mitoudt climb
ing back yard fences Ofer. Ansers to dis
Won may be sent to der Inconsistency
Department"
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Science hopes to succeed in substi-
tuting the vital organs of animals for
similar organs in the human body, and
it is therefore not impossible that we
may yet behold some startling sur
prises as a result. Imagine man
with a lion heart and a chicken liver
Los Angeles Times.
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Frank FARRELL has started voting
contest at Holton to determine, the
most popular candidate for the Demo
cratic presidential nomination. The
first days poll showed Y for Bryan, 60
for Folk, II for Hearst. and 8 for Cleve-
land Tt is quite evident that the Mis-
souri, governor is likely to be an i'm
portant factor in the next Democratic
campaign if he win permit the use Of
his name in that connection.
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If Hoch would just take off his coat.
put paddock on his mouth, and do
the things he believes to be right with
out regard to political effect, he would
find it the best politics he ever played.
-Sabetha Republican-Herald.
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THAT RESOLUTION.

The Kansas W. G. T. q. at It's con-
vention last week, resolved for a law to
prohibit girls from smoking cigarettes.
The news was telegraphed all over the
country, and played up in the east
ern papers The w c. T. u. was
mighty hard pressed for something to
+tresolute" about. Kansas girls don {
smoke igarettes.-Holton Signal
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RiIex,s Rxe Patch.

James Whitcomb Riley was looking
over a fence on his farm at q field of
rye, when a neighbor who was driving
by stopped his horse and asked:
''Hullo Mr.. Riley. how's your rye do
ing?"
Fine, fine" replied the poet.
How much do you expect to clear to
the acre2"
"Oh, about four gallons" answered
Mr.. Riley, soberIy.-Success Magazine.
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Judging from the amounts paid out
in Commissions legal expenses. =
and Legislative funds" it would look
as though the payment OF death losses
by insurance companies ought to be
listed as nincidenfaIs,
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Mr.. John Temple Graves. lecturer
and orator, has announced his candida
cy for United States senator from
Georgia. If he is elected perhaps con-
gress VIII hear some real, old-time
sanfharn nratnrv-
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1t is said that Governor Hoch is de-
sirous Of giving Emmett Dalton ian
other chance" 1t is to be hoped that
Emmett will not make the mistake of
thinking that another chance has
any reference to the first chance he
took at ConeYvine some years ago.
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The Taft party. in returning from
Yokohama TO Washington in fourteen
dave lowered the record by two days.
It also broke all records in many
other important respects, and amply
proved the wisdom Of the expedition
New York Tribune