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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24
GET TO WORK.

If the skies lock duh to you,
Get to work.
II the atmosphere is blue,
Get to work.
Fostering your discomfort
Will not pay the landlord s rent,
viii not gain for you a cent
Get to work.
Brooding. doesn't help your cause,
Get to work.
Nothing gained by picking flaws,
Get to work.
Weak are trampled by the strong?
You victim of mans Wrong2
'iStand the storm, it won't be long
Get to work.
If success shall come you must
Get to work.
There's no other way but Just
Get to work
Il may yield not wealth or fame
Much or little, just the same,
II you perish you'u die game
Get to work.
Nebraska State Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

Excited Gentleman: TITS alithrough
your wretehed paper!'
Editor (who is used to ito: whats
the matter now -
Excited Gentleman: "You stated the
day before yesterday that thief had
entered my room, broken open my
desk and stolen a sum of money. but
that fortunately he had overlooked the
gold watch which usually lies in the
bottom drawer
Editor: well. the facts are stated
correctly.
Excited Gentleman: They're COR
rect enough. But what is the result q?
The infamous man came again last
night and took the watch" Madame.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24
REFIECTIoNs oF 4 RAoHELoR.

From the New York Press.
A woman pretends that she likes to
go of on trips and a man that he
doesn't
1t is a sight easier to have a split
ting headache than to have to so and
cali on your wife's family.
If a man could Invent a way to have
a lot OF children without supporting
them there would hardly be any use
for money.
The better the yarn a man thinks up
to tell his wife about what kept him
from coming home the more suspicious
it makes her
One nice trick a girl has is to get
out of your way when you are trying to
kiss her so as to surprise you by get
ting IN your way when You aren't.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24
HoF a Nine was Nnnncd-

Senator Kittridge of South Dakota
says that one of the greatest mining
properties in the Black Hills country
was named after the wife of the pros
pector. He and his wife had been dig
ging together fer some time, when, one
morning, the man disturbed a huge
boulder, and beneath it he discovered
pay dirt" which led to quartz. When
the claim was entered, although the
man had discovered the mine his wife
insisted upon having it named for her,
and that is how it happened that the
great mine was named 1.-THE Holy Ter
roll
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

A deserter from the British army
was identified recently by the follow
ing tattoo marks upon him: A cross
on the left forearm. with the words
I'm loving memory" a jockey with
two flags, Buffalo Bill. a heart on the
back of the left hand a horse shoe
with crossed whips, a cross with the
figure of a soldier leaning on it, a
pierced heart heart on the right
forearm, heart with clasped hands,
q soldier and a girl.-Indianapoli
News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

A certain lady of wealth living in
the north of ireland was recovering
from a serious illness, and one morn
ing called for an egg, which she ate
with much enjoyment As she passed
back the cup and plate to her nurse,
she said: IAN egg is delicious
thing" Then with much melancholy:
What a pity" she added, 1T is so
common among the poor.''--London
Globe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

No sooner does Mr.. William H. Taft
reach home from the far east than he
prepares to visit the canal strip, whittier
he journeyed once before. Secretary
Taft is a living refutation of the say
ing that large bodies move slowly"
He moves rapidly and ehectively.-New
York Sun
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24
A DIFFERENT WAY.

Out here in the west when insure
anee officials disagree they come to
blows. In the east they hire the Office
boy to sign million dollar notes and
bonds and start rival company
Coffeyville Record
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

might sometime be left alone in the
world. But we may be thankful that
such cases of inhumanity are exceed
ingly rare.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24
A TEST OF STRENGTH.

When the new rule for slim waists
and long skirts goes into effect the
just how much of pull it really has
with the sex.-Albany Times-Union.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24
THE TARIFF HABIT.

The objection to a republic in Nor
way seems to be on the theory that it
would disturb business. There are times
when the monarchy habit seems to be
almost as bad as the tariff habit.-In-
dianapolis News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

Even though this does happen to be
a hard winter, it is generally believed
that the MeCurdy family win be able
to keep the wolf from the door with
out asking aid of the neighbors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

zone redeeming feature of the
simple life is that you don't have to
live 1t # YOU don't want To- remarks
Don't hey2 Maybe the editor of a
sborterass paper doesn't, but the most
81 us have to live a mighty simple
life for lack Of the wharewithal to do
otherwise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

Notwithstanding the fact that Kansas
nominally has but one United states
senator. the farmers are contented
and happy. All of which goes to show
that Kansas doesn't need two United
States senators half as bad as she
needs two good rains every August
Osborne Farmer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

President Roosevelt isn't a candi-
date for reelection to his job. but
President BIcCurdy intends to hang
on as long as possible. But then
Roosevelt isn't getting s15O.00O a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

incidentally we are securing a great
deal of Information, aside from the
frenzied sort. about life Insurance
companies that we might have learned
in no other way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

When a woman asks her husband if
he mailed that letter, we have an idea
that the recording angel doesn't make
any note of the answer.-W ashington
Republican, Register.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

A lecturer who has always dattered
himself that he was in the front rank OF
public speakers felt a tride indignant
over his introduction to a western audi
ence by the chairman of the committee
having charge of the town lecture course
# was the opening night of the course
and the chairman said;
Ladies and Gentlemen: This is. a s you
know. the opening night of our town
lecture course. I think that most of you
know also that our lecture course last
winter was not a financial success and
We ran behind nearly S100. To avoid a
recurrence of this we have this year ca
gagged cheaper talent the drst Of which
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

IL Mr.. Dougherty viii train his
telescope on New York. he will note
that the wave of reform" to which
he attributes his downfall is doing a
few things to some eminent New York
gentlemen also.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

Governor Pennypacker is support
ing the ring in Philadelphia. This
certainly ought to insure the success
of the citizens ticket as nothing else
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

The statement on the part of the
railroad officials that freight rates
have been declining in this country for
the past ten years" is, perhaps, true.
Declining to be lowered.-Salina Jour
nal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

Tt is pretty dihicult to see how Mr..
James Hazen Hyde is going to tell
very much that is interesting since
we have heard from McCurdy and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

It is no wonder that the AGcCurdy
family believes it pays to insure. mas
much as the family has made some
thing like i've million dollars out of
the business
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

Other witnesses who come before
the insurance investigation committee
viii probably be careful not to give
Attorney Hughes an opportunity 10
make any more perfectly obvious"
rass1a r.I-s
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

The men who brought on the crash
Of the Milwaukee and Peoria banks
were sent TO Jail, while the one re-
sponsible for the Topeka crash was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24
LOSSES At FOOTBALL.

The tendency to lose a RIB or two at
football is not so bad as the fact that
players SO often lose their heads-Phila-
delphia Public Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

Having written about sThe Winning
of the West the Chicago News thinks
the president now ought to tell us
about "The Winning of the South"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

So the mitten is coming back into
favor-fashionable favor, at that. It is
not to be of the sort that grandma
used to knit for all the farnily-begin-
ming her annual task with the first
song of the August crickets- But it is
to be fashioned of handsome materials
and edged and trimmed with handson-
er things till YOU almost lose sight OF
its real purpose as you admire the ap-
peal it makes to the eye The fashion
is revived, it is said. in order to meet
the short sleeves half way on the arm
and prevent the forearm and wrist be-
coming goose flesh And they do say,
too. that a poor man who receives one
of them will fall as hard, and as tar
as he would If sIugged by one OF the
heavy yarn afTairs Of the long ago.
Boston Transcript
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

October is certainly putting up "a
pretty good brand of late fall weather.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

Tha State Journal Is a. member Of the
Assoclated Press and receives the Lull cay
Telegraph report OF that great news Or
ganjsaHan foF exclusive evening punA-
eatian in Topeka
The state Journal receives for exeiusiye
pubiIqa ton the leased wire report Or Ens
EuRllsheFa' Press for the edition tqF sun
Gay morning.
The news is received IN the state Jour
nal building over wires for this sole paf=
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

ar Bryan evidently is not as popu-
lar i'm Japan as was Taft. At least
we have heard nothing about any
slened whale lately.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

of course everybody is in favor of
returning those campaign contribu-
tons except those who have to put
up the coin
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

was recommending Governor Hoch as
the logical man for United States sem
ator. the first of the year. And now
Chairman Stubs is recommending
Harry Bone. Deans opponent, as the
logical man for the position Dean
holds.-Douglass Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24
KANSAS coMNENT
JERRY sIMPSON.

JERRY SIMPSON.
Jerry Simpson sprang into prominence
in 1880 and was carried to congress by
the wave of PoDulism which at that
time swept over the state He was at
that time city marshal Of Medicine
Lodge. The convention was to be held
at Great Bend. He. with others from
his county, drove through in a spring
wagon picking up hewhiskered REFORM
eFs on the way; and these were the nrst
victims to yield to the strong personali-
~ of the man. The people on the route
of the return tri2-St. John was the
first sto9-were the first to hear the
campaign oPatOTy OF this man whose
name was inside os six months to be
carried over the entire country. In each
successive campaign he appeared to
better advantage, although party feel
ing had its ebb and flow, At one time
he carried with him a glee club, and
no circus has ever equalled the crowds
that greeted his combination. Woe
was unto the man who wanted to have
him explain etc. His replies We're
courteous, usually, but irresistible, ana
OF course the crowd was with him. The
following incident, which occurred dur
ing a speech at HoisingtOn. is a typical
one in his career. Morgan CaraWay was
chairman OF the Seventh district Re
publican committee and had sent out
campaign literature misquOting an ar
ticle SimDson had written. Mr.. Simp-
son saw him sitting on a hayrack just
outside the crowd. He stopped his
speech, and called out: If you'll come
up here and prove your assertion III
give you one hundred dollars" Cara
way refused to come. and Jerry came
at him again: IF you come on the
platform, I'll give you another hundred
if I don't prove you're a liar before you
get away" But Caraway knew his
man.-Stafford Courier
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

sWhy should there be all this fuss
about electing United States senators
by the peoples" demands the Washing
ton Republican-Registe in view of the
fact that the question was settled in a
red-hot debate in the Washington high
school some time ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

Canada is setting up claim to the
North Pole Well why doesn't Can
ada go and get it?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

Which one of the numerous candi-
dates for governor of Georgia came
out best after the presidents visit2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

Another mystery: Where did that
$4,000 of the Illinois Life Insurance
company's money go to?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

The real results Of the presidents
trip through the south will show up
when the next election returns come
in from that section.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24
TANIE sFORT.

What has come over the hunters? No
body has been shot by mistake for a
deer for at least two days. Portland
Prese.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

Every case of typhoid is a case of
criminal carelessness on the part OF
the guardians of the public health
Syracuse Standard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

AS sort of preliminary iyraetlee in
bringing about peace, the Hague con-
ference might practice on some Of the
South American revolutions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

King Alfonso says he viii not marry
q girl Inc does not love. Tt seems that
ATS affections are easily transfer
n bio.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24
ADVICE.

Lots OF young girIs who are devoting
lots of time to music lessons VII learn
after marriage that cooking is a more
valuable accomplishment than thun1p-
ing a piano.-Farmvill (Va.) Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

1t won't be very long row before We
viii quit talking about what congress
is going to do and tell what it hasn't
done
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

Governor Pennypacker OF Penhsyl-
vania IS also a distinguished" execu-
tive, but in an entirely different way
frefa Hanly. Folk. and La Toilette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

Tt seems that Governor Folk is a
fre-fghter as we'll as a boodler
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24
THE OTHERS.

Some men are born rich, some achieve
riches. and some get jobs under their
fathers in lie Insurance offices, and
then some live in Marion and are ap-
pointed to office by the gcvernor.-Par-
SONS Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

7 thought it was to be merely a boxing
match, but it looked to me like zeal
fight and a pretty stiff one at that
stReal2 You bet it was real1 One or Ehe
lighters was a stage Irishnlan and the
other was a genuine Irishuan. Chicago
Tribune
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

This flower is strictly up-to-date,' said
the florist.
What do you mean by that?' asked
the prospective customer.
why he explained, 1T was oDlalneo
by grating .''-Detroit Free Press
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

IIieks-senator Dullard seems to have
acquired a reputation for wit.
Wicks-Kes. he was interviewed once by
bright reporter.-Philadelphi Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

If the sweet girl graduate of last June
hasn't got a school or an enlargement
ring vet, it IS high time for her to study
short hand ana hustle around to get q
job at typewriting.-S Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

Goodness, but you are Tight" said the
girdIe to the corset.
well, you see rye been on a bust" an
swered the stays with merry laugh
Louisville Courier-Jo urnal,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

And you kissed Miss uglimugg? How
could you?
can keep her from singing. cleveland
Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-24

Another one of those lobbyists ap-
preached me today with an insulting prop
sition," said Congressman Graphter.
'tOh, joint exclaimed his wife then
you can AFFORD to buy me that sea1slkin
saeaue now, can't ?''-PhiladeIphia
Ledger.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-05-31

1.-THE SUBSCRIPTION PRICE OF
THE SPECIAL EDITION OF TRUTH
WHICH APPEARS WEDNESDAYS is
soc FOR A PERIOD OF THREE
MONTHS. THESE EDITIONS, oW-
ING TO PosToFFIcE REGULA-
TIONS CANNOT BE SENT
THROUGH THE MAILS TO SUB
SCRlBERS IN SALT LAKE CITY
WITHOUT EACH PAPER BEARING
A ONE CENT STAMP. THIS Is A
SOURCE OF CONSIDERABLE Elk.
PENSE AND ADDITIONAL WORK.
PARTIES (oLD SUBSCRIBERS AS
WELL AS NEW DESIRING THE
SPECIALS SENT TO THEIR AD-
DRESS WILL PLEASE NOTIFY
TRUTH OFFICE AND ENCLOSE SOC
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NOT PAY TO KEEP AN ACCOUNT
FOR EACH SUBSCRIBER AND
SEND A COLLECTOR AROUND
FOR THE THRILLING SUM OF SOC.
TRUTH is THEREFORE, CON-
PEELED TO ADOPT THE PLAN OF
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Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-05-31

Admiral Togo seems to have whip
ped Rojestvensky to a stand-still
the victory being nearly as decisive
as that won by Dewey at Manila or
Schley at Santiago. The little Japan
csc appear to be equally as proficient
as the American gunners, for the way
they disposed of Russian battleships
and cruisers was caution. 1t looks
as if Russia ought to sue for peace.
She has been larruped to fragile on
land and on sea and her power in the
far east is completely broken. 1t is
curious, the results of this war. For
a century Russia has had Europe "buf-
faloed," and now comes nation
scarcely sixty years of age, so far as
civilization is concerned, and punctures
the bubble and that too very effective
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-05-31

ly. From this time henceforth Russia
will not be a bugaboo. Almost any
nation on the continent, with the ex-
ception of decrepit old Spain, will
be ready and willing to take a fall
out of her. William of Germany will
doubtless feel no longer afraid of his
imperial neighbor. France will real
ize that her ally doesn't amount to
much and even Turkey will turn up
her Mohammedan nose
Internal troubles are prevailing in
the empire that bid fair to disrupt it,
unless a change is made in the admin
istration of government. The people
will eventually get them, although
much blood will doubtless be split ere
the condition of the peasantry and
the middle classes is in any wise
ameliorated. 1t looks as if the judg-
ment of Divinity was in all this and
that standing behind the guns of the
Meet OF Japan were the SpectreS OF
the dead, slain by cruel autocrats, and
that they pointed the cannon and gui-
ded the shells that sent Rojestven-
sky's fleet down to the bottom.
| The sad feature of all is that the
sailors drowned and the soldiers killed
in this war are the innocent parties
to the affair. The bursting shell kills !;
not those guilty of the grave offenses
against humanity that the autocracy
has been guilty of, but the ignorant
men who are driven forth to fight
However, it was ever thus and Time
will right the wrong sooner or later;
in this case the probabilities being in
favor of speedy solution of the ques
ton.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-05-31
WANTS HIS MONEY BACK.

Barney Mailer, who was going "
construct an inter-urban line OF raif
road south of this city, but VINO na'
changed his mind, wants the $zoo lie
deposited with the city council as an
evidence of good faith, returheu o
Through his attorneys he asked 'nv
city council for the cash, but that pouy
filed his communication, the presluen.
stating that the money would just pay
for extra sweat and labor" on Ihe
part of the council. OF course bar
ney will now file suit. And OF cou ise
Barney will get judgment. unless t tine
city refunds the money Because w .av
city cannot hold a man up tnaI m'.
you know. And if the council iol o +
minute thinks that Barney VIII not
spend some more money chasing 'h"'
5000 then the council is mistaken
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-05-31

On more than one occasion Truth
has criticised the policy that prompts
the moving of street cars during
large parades. In no other city is 1t
permitted. Take the capital city of
the republic, for instance. When
Washington gives consent for a pa
rade, it means that on the streets
used by the line of march street traf-
fic ceases. AT a given hour the cars,
and in fact all vehicles, keep off those
avenues. The same condition is true
of other places. But in Salt Lake it
appears to be different. Just as II.
Co. is ordered to Right Turn" the
Waterloo car sewers the second from
the first platoon while the movement
Squads Right" is chopped up by the
chariot from the Oregon Short Line.
The G. A. r. veterans are split open
by the Salt Palace line, and the
Philippine khaki dissipates before the
onslaught of the Jordan Bridge CT
boose. Spectators are rushed hither
and thither and run into the ranks to
escape being run over, and the clang
of the bells interrupts the music of
the bands. 1t is all wrong; it is a
nuisance; it is positive disgrace that
such things are permitted. Parades
have rights that street car companies,
express wagons and garbage carts
ought to be made to respect. The
Memorial Day parade in this city was
worth locking at it was a credit to
the men who planned it and to the
organization" that participated, but it
was chopper ,, interfered with and
in many instances endangered by the
street cars. The orders issued were
for platoon formation, but many COM
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-05-31

fancy, exaltation of sopI w.,
crossed somewhere in the TELEGRAM,
Office. All same Josh BILLINGS VOL
er representations "CI.,ar a'"'
clear; cold, but warm chilly bu, ,
hot" oul