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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

TFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
The coal man should stick to the right
of way.
Even hunger isn't an infallible cure
for laziness
Never Judge a woman's beauty by her
makeup.
People who wear glass eyes shouldn't
throw stones.
\ marriage for love is prompted by
Cupid, one for money by eupidity
The average politician gets all the ex-
ercise he wants running for office.
The fellow who takes a tumble to him
self doesn't always land in a soft berth.
The only difference between an old
maid and a, bachelor girl is a difference
of opinion
Faint heart ne'er won fair lady, which
may have been lucky for faint heart in
the end
The canal boat captain seldom has
rings on his fingers, but he can have
bells on his lows.
Many a fellow who tells a girl he can't
live without her demonstrates in the
divorce court that he can't live with
her.
Are you married or unmarried2'' ask
ed the lawyer. Summarized. three
tines replied the fair divorce on the
witness stand
The trouble with people who lay some
thing by for a rainy day is that they
seem to so thoroughly enjoy seeing 9TH
er people out in the wet
The. social dame when men she sees
And wonders how to seize them.
Should not invite them out to teas
Unless she wants to tease them.
what books do you find of interest
in married iife2'' asked the bachelor A
cook book for the wife and a checkbook
for the husband, replied the married
man.
It is some consolation to a youth when
a girl refuses him on the installment
plan. It's the instantaneous process that
hurts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

In the studio Of Gutzon Borglum.
the sculptor whose female angels of
the annunciation and the resurrection
had recently to be destroyed, a young
woman was admiring group Of
graceful garden termes.
TELL me, Mr.. Borglum.' she cried
impulsively, is sculpture very diff
cult2"
No replied the artist, smiling. cit
is very simple and easy. You have
only to take a block or marble and a
chisel and knock off all the marble
you don't want
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14
HER BIRTHDAY.

Oh, little girl. but still not so,
So very very wee,
F'ourteens a right smart bunch OF years
But. dear II could be
Fourteen I'd be as glad again
As You are glad. I Ween;
Tor IN a long and toilsome way
The wrong side of fourteen.
You do not know, you can not know,
How mans heart careens,
When he is old, to see a girl,
A sweet girl IN her teens
Glad for the adding of a year
To her short life; the lees
OF life are hidden, hidden deep
When ones fourteen, Louise.
meant to write a lifting lay
To you, my dear Louise
A rhymes so easy found for you.
There's bees and trees, and squeeze,
And lees and leas, and seas, and please,
And cheese, and peas, and knees;
And dozens more-but, bless your heart
I wish you well, Louise.
y. II. Lewis in Houston Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14
JOURNAL ENTRIES

There seems to have been a sort of
frost on the boss crop last week.
Provision market note: Ohio Demo-
Gratis are looking forward to a bounti-
full supply of pIums the coming sea
son, but it is predicted that the de-
mand will be heavier than ever before.
Two women are fighting for possess
sion of a baby in the district court.
Why doesn't Judge Dana recall the
legend of how King Solomon once de-
cided such a case?
Is there any truth in the report that
Indian football teams travel on scalp
ers' tickets?
Make the best of everything. If you
do you won't have any trouble sell
ing it.
There is this about it: There won't
be as many railroad passes issued this
winter as there was last.
The average woman never can
figure out how man can do so many
things with his hands when he is hold
ing a lighted cigar between his
fingers.
Judging from the number of bosses
who were sent into Oblivion last week,
they are probably having 3 mighty
warm time in Oblivion about this time,
trying to decide who is boss.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

The mission workers on the east side
frequently see the humorous as well
as the sadder side of life. A man
prominent in reform work recounts
the experience of a certain young wo-
man, new to the task, who set about
posting herself as to conditions in a
neighborhood near Avenue A.
The ambitious missionary had en-
tered the house of an Irishwoman. and
had made some preliminary inquiries
when she was suddenly interrupted by
the woman, who said:
Say, youse is fresh at dis business,
amt youse?"
The amateur in mission work blush
ingly admitted such to be the case
adding. Il have never visited you be-
fore, Mrs. Muldoon''
Thin, explained the Irishwoman,
81 tell ye what to do. Ye sit down in
that chair there, We read me a short
psalm. We gives me fifty cints, an thin
We goes. '-Harper's Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
TFrom the New york Pre-

[From the New York Press.
A boy that won't fight other boys
probably will girls.
Money makes good figure in the
dressmakers it hires for it.
In an argument most men shout so
loudly that you can't hear their ideas
A girl is about as modest as she can
ever hope to become i she will admit
there is one other girl in town as
pretty as she.
If a woman had all her family
around her and no money in the bank
she would faint only three times when
she received a telegram.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

eomotiye's putting, coughing sound
said an engineer. LAS the trains speed
increases, the puffs increase in rapidly,
and when ten a second are emitted the
ear can't distinguish them separately
any longer-it hears them as a contin-
uOus roar
a good many people, on this account,
think a locomotive puffs only at start
ing. Really she puffs all the time, only
the puffs are too rapid to be recognize
able.
"A train going a mile a minute gives
twenty Duffs a second"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14
NICHOLAS II.

oh, better be a lowly plant
Than some exalted tree
Which, shattered by the passing storm,
Lies prone where all may see;
Better the humble citizen
Who keeps q corner store
Than one VINO vas an autocrat
And isn't any more.
Among the words of tongue or pen,
Which we in sorrow see,
z en- sadaer than sit might have been,
Are these-''it used to be-
No melancholy epitaph
Can make the heart so sore
AS this He was an autocrat,
And isn't any more"
washington Star
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

Stanislaus V, Henkels, Philadel-
phia,s authority on books and auto
graphs was describing the Governor
Rennypacker library.
suddenly he paused and laughed.
That was an error" he said. "If
such an error as that got into print, I
would feel as uncomfortable as the
lawyers wife.
This lawyers wife lived uptown,
and one evening her husband brought
a friend home with him to dinner
There is only one bottle of wine
the lawyers wife whispered to him in
the hall. That's a glass around.
Don't ask Brown to have more. He
might accept, and then where would
we be2'
Very well, dear said the lawyer.
But at dinner he asked Brown
again and again 10 have more wine
Brown, though, refused steadily and
firmly. A dozen times he was urged to
drink. A dozen times he declined with
great determination.
James, what allied you at dinner? 2
cried the wife. as soon as Brown was
gone. Didn't tell you there was only
one bottle of wine. Why did you in
sist SO on Mr. Browns having more
wine, more wine, more wine?'
My dear, said the lawyer, I for
got entirely
His wife frowned impatiently.
=" But what did you suppose I was
kicking you under the table for?' she
asked.
THE lawyer, puzzled, answered.
My dear, you didn't kick me- -
Exchange.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

What was the information given
Mr.. Garfield by the beef packers that
is now being used against them in
criminal prosecutions2 A careful
perusal Of Mr.. Garheld's report doesn't
indicate that he secured any such in
formation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14
A DoubtfuT Compliment.

Gem William w. Belknap, secretary
of war during the second Grant ad-
ministration. went to the war of the
rebellion as the major of the Fifteenth
Iowa infantry. He often told this
story on himself. In one of the COM
panies of that regiment was a young
fellow named Darby Greedy; but they
pronounced it CRAZY. When the regi-
ment was marching over the gang
planks onto the steamer Sucker State,
the major sat on his horse close by. As
Darby Greedy stepped on the plank.
his mother grabbed him and pulled
him to her bosom. With intense Irish
emotion she cried and crooned over
him. and then, seeing the major the
barney IN her dubbed forth, and she
cried:
DARBY, be by, stick close to the
major, an yen niver git hurted.''
Very doubtful compliment, that
Los Angeles Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

Pennsylvania, says Joe Bristow,
''is more particular as to the material
she uses for state treasurer than some
other states on the map. Kansas. for
instance. Still, Kansas would have
done just as Pennsylvania did had not
Governor Hoch persuaded the voters
to re-elect Tom Kelly so as to give
Hoch a chance to fire him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

President Mccall testified before the
insurance investigation committee that
Andrew Hamilton. the lawyer who ham
died Legislative matters" for the insur-
ance companies at Albany, has not had
any money from the companies for
months. OF course not. This is TIE
closed season for legislators.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14
College Girls Make Best Mothers.

AOE1CSC AHAIAS NAuAC 41CSA NAOLA1CES.
An instructor at Vassar college has
an odd and interesting collection of
photographs-the photographs of ba-
bies of young women who are college
graduates
The babies in this collection are
strong and beautiful They number
over 800. The instructor said of them:
It began to collect pictures of the
children of female ABS and ANS
because 1 had heard so much talk
about the higher education uniting
woman for her natural sphere, and so
on.
my collection proves that the high
er education makes mothers of an ex-
cellence hitherto unknown. Highly
educated women don't weaken them
selves with tight corsets, with over
much dancing and eard-playing. They
are athletic and strong. Their bodies
as well as their minds are developed.
They enter upon the duties of
motherhood with unique courage and
wisdom and strength, and the result is
that their babies are the biggest
strongest, handsomest little crea-
tures-"
She pointed toward the 500 photo
graphs.
But just look at those pictures. -
she cried. Just look at them Fix
change.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

The beef packers are sending out
newspaper clippings to prove that
they never did anything that required
them to have immunity from prosecu-
ton, and that now the department of
justice is going back on Mr.. Garheld's
promise to give it to them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14
PROTECT THE MAIL CLERKs.

New steel mail cars are being put in
service on some of the progressive
western railroads. If there is any class
of government employees that needs the
protection afforded by these cars it is
the men who handle the mails on the
fast trains of the country, making it
possible to get letters and papers hours
sooner than it could otherwise be done
Their peril in the past has always been
greater than that of the traiumen on
the engines or elsewhere, for cooped
up and busily engaged as they are
they have no chance to see a coming
accident nor to make an effort to es-
cape.-Arkansas City Traveller.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

There are other places besides the
unmentionable hereafter where a little
water counts for much. Have you OBJ
served the change in every western
Kansas man you meet since the rains
of the last two weeks ?-Kingman Lead
er-Courier.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

in some one line is today on the most
direct road to practical success. The
educational Institutions Of the country
are adapting themselves to this condl-
Goa.-Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

az am quite sure that congress will
PASS some kind of a railway rate
measure" Senator Ell5ins is quoted as
saving. ssbut just what kind it viii be
nobody knows at this time. Which
shows that Senator Elkins is also a
little in doubt as to whether he and
the railroads can run things against
The president.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

Governor Pennypacker of Pennsyl-
vania asserts that he is poorer than
when ne went into Office. It probably
isn't every Pennsylvania politician
who can truthfully say that.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14
KAMyzS c0AMENT
TOOK nHE HINT

When Secretary Of War Taft, a close
friend of President Roosevelt, spoke in
Ohio a few weeks ago and told the
Buckeyes that it was not unrepublican
to rebuke graft in the Republican party,
1t was thought-he WINS expressing the
personal views of the president. 1t
seems that the people have taken the
hint.-Burlingam Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

Very likely President Mccall would
give Mr.. Vandiver of Missouri a little
inside information about Legislative
and legal expenses. provided he
would keep the information to himself
and allow the New York Life to go
ahead with its Missouri business. 1t
IS understood that its Legislative and
legal fund is for Just that purpose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14
Puas All the Tinie.

run. DuH, Dun-
The train was starting. The Duffs of
the locomotive. at first slow, grew faster
and faster, and finally seemed to cease
in the roar of the train.
1T is the emission Of the waste steam
through the chimney that causes the 10
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

Very likely if the New York and
Philadelphia elections had been pulled
of in Warsaw and Odessa we should
have read the next day about "the
dreadful riots in Russia"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

The money. spent by the Mutual to
get its own reports of the investigation
published may be another Illustration
Of what President AcCurdy meant by
the missionary function Of a life insur-
ance company Buffalo Express.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

Among the other things that Senator
Foraker viii probably remember with
thankfulness on November 80 viii be
the fact that he doesn't come up for
reelection this winter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

We can understand the elimination
of William Cullen Bryant and others
Of like mold from our hall of fame
but who is responsible for the absence
of McGraw, of the Giants from a
niche in the temple New York
Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

It isn't Boss 'Iz'' Durham now. but
Was Boss Durham.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

a 81 Louis paper states that SENATOR
]. r. Burton and State Treasurer Kelly
Of Kansas were closeted nearly all day
Tuesday in Senator BurtOn's room IN
st. Louis. Evidently a cheerful meet
ing. Wonder who the victim will be?
Miami Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

Speaking about the sex of angels, a
chorus of men of the Taft girth and
with wings outstretched would add to
the Substantially of paradise-BaIti-
more Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

The Salina Journal says cts all
over-even the shouting" Must be
Salina cannot hear Colonel Bill Sapp
of GaIena. If Colonel Sapp gets over
shouting by Thanksgiving he will do
r.-aII
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

Notwithstanding the presidents order
to cabinet members not to talk. Secre-
tary Wilson continues to tell good
things from time to time about farm
inc
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

Cuba, says The dispatches, fears an
other revolution. Therefore another po-
liceman has been added to the force.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14
TIE CINIIITIES

The dispatches quote Governor Her
rick Of Ohio as saying that he bows
to the peoples viii" It is likely
that Governor elect Pattison takes off
his hat to the people.-Ottawa Republic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

The suicide habit was fixed on
Cleveland before Tom johnson be
came mayor, but he proposes to break
1t if possible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

This much has been accomplished to-
ward reformation in Russia. The gov
ernor general requests instead of de
mands. '-Wichita Beacon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14
GRAFT AND WASTE.

The difference between graft and
understanding to the government
printing Office tigatOrs-seems to
be that in case of waste the CRATER
takes it out in Washington
Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

The country viii be ready for Mr.
jerome to start the fireworks towards
the insurance grafters just as soon as
the football season is closed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

Those Japanese are impartial people
and astute diplomats. Colonel Bryan
is carrying the country by just as
handsome a majority as Secretary
Taft recently did.-Atlanta Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

If Tammany stole the New York
election it may have some trouble in
keeping it stolen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

Senator Burton ought to be used to
being indicted by this time, SO it prob
ably doesn't affect him much
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

The insurance investigating commit
tee seems to be taking the election re-
turns as a sort Of encore, and it has
started in a1ain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

Judging from the returns from Cleve-
land and Cincinnati it would seem that
Lincoln Stenens might have had some
thing to do with it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

When a woman stands with her chin
in the air, one hand on her hip, and
look out for what's coming.-Leaven-
worth Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

General GrosvenOr refused to give out
any figures on the Ohio election You
can see WHY now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

officials it appears that it costs about
as much to insure the companies
against adverse legislation as it did to
insure the policy holders.=Dallas
News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14
PARTY vs.. PRINCIPLE.

It was again DEMONSTRATED by the
election results yesterday that the peo-
pie OF the country are beginning to
consider party less and principle more
The American pebble don't admire ras-
cality in politics any more than they
do in business transactions. Good gov
eminent is what this country is de-
manding now, and If the masses will
keep up the fight they have started
their fondest hopes will soon be realiz-
ed.-Coffeyville Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

The Kansas City Journal has an ed
itoriaI on Mr.. Bristow's Bad Logic,
Bad for the railroads?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

Probably Governor Douglas has con-
shoe advertising at regular space rates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

The Mormons are now after Sen
ator Reed Smoot. This win really be
worse for him than having the women
of the country after his scalp.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

Murphy says he is not satisfied with
his majority. Neither is Hearst.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14
GREAT THING

A kansas boy has noticed this about
natural gas, that it solves the kindling
and ashes problem. If it would only
rake the leaves!-FoFt Scott Republi-
car. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

eve stand for Roosevelt said
Governor Herrick during the cam
paign. but Ohio couldn't see it that
NEaV.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

The proper thing for a traffic man
ager to do is to obey the law and see to
it that his competitors do not violate
it.-Kansas City Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14
WE'LL HAVE TO GUESS.

But how are we to know just what
the election means with BRYAN away
off there in the Orient, too far away to
interpret it for us.-FIutehinson News
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

The name Of the battIeship knaiz
Potemkin, the crew of which mutinied
been changed by imperial order to
Pandleimon. This is, no doubt. the
Russian word for pandemonium.=
Boston Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

One of the saddest features of James
II. Hyde's case will be the manner in
which people viii hereafter wonder
whether it is proper to accept his din
ner Invitations Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14
THE "RULWARK.

Grover Cleveland has settled the
question of the future of our ex-presi-
dents. They shall become the bulwark
of public opinfon-New York Com
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14
EROM OTHER PENS


Watch Ben Tillman's hands 90 up.
The colored peOplesof Chicago have is
sued society blue book.-Los An
geles Express.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

The State Journal Is a member Of the
Associated Press and receives the fun day
telegraph report Of that great news Or
Ba2ization FOR exclusive evening pupu-
cation IN Topeka.
The State journal receives for exclusive
publication the leased wire report OF me
Publishers Press for the edition Tor SUM
Gay morning.
The news Is received in the state Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING IT.
st. Petersburg and Moscow are hav-
ing a regular Chicago of time
Roch ester -Express.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

THEY'RE NOT WORKING AT IT.
Norway seems to be inhabited by
the kind of people that republics are
made of.-Globe Democrat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

Parke-"There' only one way to
manage about money matters. When
ever I see a thing I want I invariably
ask myself this question, Can afford
it2' Lane-But do you always stick
to this2" Parke-" Always If I find
I can't afford it, buy it."-Town and
Country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

''The last time I saw Packer he was
looking pretty blue; said he had moth
ing to do HE told me the same
thing today when I met him, but he
was quite cheerful "Ah, resigned to
it, I suppose Resigned to 1t? No,
just appointed to it. He's got a polfti-
cal job. Philadelphia Press
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-14

DO you think there will be any auts-
mobiles in the next world?'' said she
be anything by flying machines. De
troit Free Press.