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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News

[From the Chicago News.J
A barking dog occasionally bites the
dust.
A mule by any other name would
kick just as hard.
Many a poor fisherman gets tangled
up in a string of lies.
Wise is the man who is able to shut
UP when he has said his say.
It's a poor architect who is unable
to draw his own conclusions.
Beauty is but skin-deep-and most
people are awfully thin-skinned.
1t isn't necessarily the most cheerful
man who "smiles" oftenest.
Some friends are ungratefuI and all
are more or less unremunerative.
A Widows effort to get married is
usually more strenuous than her maid
en- effort.
You would never know how bright
some children are if their parents did
not tell you.
Sunshine may be healthful. but the
lazy man seems to flourish best in
the shade.
Many a man fails to appreciate his
happy home because it is happy only
during his absence.
Nothing makes woman with a new
hat so angry as to have other women
pass her without looking at it.
Courtship has been compared to
strawberries srnothered with ice cream
and marriage to a beefsteak smothered
with onions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04
JOURNAL ENTRIES

There are people both in Russia and
in Japan who are Kicking on the peace
terms. The boss buster crowd seems to
be spreading.
Mrs. Taggart. it seems, is one of
these people who never-well, hardly
ever-take a drink. You know what that
means.
Some of the rest of us have not dis
covered the North Pole either, but it
hasn't made US famous nor put our
names in the newspaper headlines, as it
has Anthony Fiala's.
Judging from the experience of the
Bishop Potter saloon. rum and religion
mix about the same way water and
Standard Oil do.
The Dove of Peace seems to be as far,
far away from Wooster, o.. as ever.
When Japan comes to figure up the
board bill of the Russian prisoners, like
as not she will charge beef trust prices.
Statistician Hyde apparently believes
that the English climate is exceptionally
good for carbuncles.
That rasping sound that you don't
hear is Thomas T. Kelly demanding
that Accountant Morris go into court
and give him clean character.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04
Radiu,n in Mineral Springs.

While comparatively large quantities
of radium emanation have been found
in certain mineral waters and their me-
dicinal properties have been explained
by their presence, it is only recently
that these waters have been tested from
a biological standpoint. The famous
mineral waters of the health resort at
Gastein, which were found by NM
Curie and Laborde to contain the radium
emanation, have been examined by DR..
Kallman to test their effect on bacteria.
For this purpose he used the bacillus
prodigiosus and found that the water,
the sediment, and the gas issuing from
the spring were all capable of stopping
the development of these micro-organ-
isms while the germicidal effect of the
sediment was most marked and strong,
destroying the bacilli within a few
hours Now if this water is bottled
longer than forty-eight hours none of
the effects are to be observed, and the
water from the springs does not act at
all differently from ordinary water DIR.
KaIInan asserts that it is the presence
of a quickly evanescent radium con-
stituent in the water that produces the
beneficial effects in bathing, and this
would account for the lack of success
often attending the use of bottled min
eral spring water or of salts derived
from it. In the possible event of radium
becoming more common it might be
feasible to impart Tadioactivity to GER
tain mineral waters for medicinal pur-
noses. and thus secure all the advan-
tages of the natural substance--Har-
per'S Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04
Told of James j. Hill.

James J. Hill keeps the closest track
of all details egarding the properties
which he controls and this fact is
known to his subordinates. Whlie
journeying on the Great Northern
road some time ago, examining work
that was being done on an extension,
he asked the division superintendent
how many ties had been cut The SUI
perintendent did not know, but he felt
that it would never do to let Mr.. Hill
become aware of the fact. He hest
tateds a moment and then boldly
hazarded, up to this morning the
count showed S,00e-7S, 42O, the ex-
act number, believe The crisis
was passed. but the superintendent
feared trouble was ahead. At the
next station he left the car and sent
this message to the division engineer
who was to meet the train at a later
stop: eff J. H. asks how many ties
have been cut tell him 1920" True
to the suspicion of the superintendent,
Mr. Hill later asked the engineer how
many ties had been cut seventy
eight thousand four hundred and
twenty was the ready response of
the engineer, evidently a little to the
surprise of Mr.. Hill.-Kansas City
Journal.
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81 was travelling from Keokuk to c.
dar Rapids one evening, remarked
Martin Friedell of Rochester, who is a
guest of the Palace hotel Il was in
day coach, and as we approached the
station / lifted my suit case on the seat
to stow away my travelling cap Step
ping across the aisle to reach my hat
which was hanging on a hook, left my
suit standing upright on the seat, closed
but not fastened. Then an awful thing
happened. An old fellow who was oc-
cupying the section ahead of me grab
bed my suit case to place it in the aisle,
in order to make room for one of his
sleeping children, and the contents of
the case were unceremoniously dumped
ali over the floor. The tooth powder got
scattered through my hair brush and all
over my clothing, and it was an awful
mess. The old gentleman was sorry.
and so was his wife, and they helped
me pick up my property from under the
seats. The wife crawled out from I'M
der the seat with my shaving set. pair
of pajamas and a fat wallet It looked
easy. but 1 just couldn't take that wal
LET / don't know who it belonged to.
but it wasn't mine. It seemed an awful
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04

The signature elijah" at the close
of the entertaining letters that have
been published in some of the Kansas
newspapers under a Topeka dateline,
is disappearing. Instead the versatile
and gifted correspondent who is the
author of the letters is fathering them
with his own initials In a few in
stances Elijah" is still appearing, but
the purpose of the letters is now gem
orally understood and the nom-de-
plume is discarded. Some newspapers
have discontinued the use of the let
ters entirely because their object is
contrary to the policy of the editors in
standing by RooseveIt's policy of rail-
road regulation, but they are still in
use by number of papers on account
of the entertaining gossip they contain
aside from their railroad arguments.
What excuse there was for Elijah"
is not apparent. The letters would have
carried far more weight had the au-
thor's full name been signed to them,
and he is to be congratulated on hav-
ing discarded the nom-de- plume In
cidentally his work will be more eff
fective for his employers, the railroad
companies.
The railroads undoubtedly have a
right to present their side of The pre-
sent railroad rate agitation, and they
could secure no more forceful writer
than Mr.. Vandegrift to do this work
for them, but there is no reason why
the railroads arguments should be
sugar-coated with a lot of newsy Cos
sip. The arguments should be able to
stand on their own merit, if they are
worth consideration at all. There should
be no deception in the matter. Let 1t
be known that the fight against the
proposed railroad regulation which is
fathered by President Roosevelt, comes
from the railroad magnates. If they
can present arguments to convince the
people that there should be no legisla-
ton along that line, they are at liberty
to do so, but it should be done openly
and above board.
No one wishes to do the railroads an
injury. On the contrary, it is very
much to the interest of the country that
the railroads should prosper. But the
country cannot afford to allow certain
railroad magnates to Cypress the people
by excessive freight charges. The peo-
pie cannot afford to let some railroad
officials give special advantages to Ger
tain favored industries, nor to play one
community against another. The peo-
pie, for instance, cannot allow Kansas
City to hold a club over the Kansas
railroads and threaten to boycott them
if they do not make such railroad rates
as will compel Kansas to ship prac-
tically all of its products to Kansas
City. This is just cited as an example.
For this reason it is believed that
government commission, composed of
men who are experienced in rate
making and who thoroughly under
stand it should be given the power
to correct rates when lit is shown that
they are unjust or discriminatory Ger
tain railroad magnates are opposed to
this idea, wishing to be able to man
ipulate freight rates to suit themselves.
They have established literary bureaus
in a number of states, among them
Kansas, to get their arguments before
the people. Let there be a full dis
eussion of the issues, but let it be frank
and ODen
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04

The Rev. John Howard, a Liverpool
minister, recently explained the Song
of Sixpence' to his parishioners, and
gave an interesting exposition of folk
lore, as follows: Perhaps many who
often repeat Sing a Song of Sixpence'
have never heard this explanation of
it's meaning: The four-and-twenty
blackbirds represent the four-and-twen-
ty hours. The bottom of the pie is the
world, while the top crust is the sky
which overreached it. The opening of
the pie is the day dawn, when the birds
begin to sing, and surely such a sight
is fit for a king. The king, who is rep
resented as sitting in his parlor count
ing his money, is the sun, while the gold
pieces which slip through his fingers as
he counts them are the golden sunshine.
The queen is the moon and the honey
with which she regales herself is the
moonlight. The Industrious maid who
is in the garden at work before the sun
has risen is the day dawn, and the
clothes she hangs out are the clouds,
while the bird who so tragically ends
the song by -nipping off her nose is the
hour of sunset. Boston Transcript
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04
Over in China.

A physician has just returned from
China, laden with stories of Chinese
medicine. Medical consultations are
carried to their extreme limit In
China he said. There, when any
one becomes seriously ill, a consulta-
ton of fifteen or twenty doctors is
held. The doctors fill the house with
their arguments. They make as much
noise as a political convention. But
such consultation as that would be
considered small and futile If a great
mana mandarin, say, of the third
class-were to be i'll. To consult on
his case at least a hundred doctors
would gather together. A member OF
the royal family was taken sick while
I was in China, and my Chinese host
told me with a good deal of pride that
the largest consultation known to his
tory had been held over the sick man.
No fewer than 316 physicians, he said
had come from every part of the king
dom to study and discuss the case
The royal patient, / heard afterward
died. This mammoth consultation had
been held in VAIN New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04
Summer Vacations.

What is the most profitable way to
spend one months vacation? The family
Tor whom this question is asked is one
OF TOUR members-father, mother, and
Two children, a boy and a girl Their
annual income is in the neighhorhood
OF three thousand dollars. They have
a nat uptown, and two maids, who are
COOK and waitress, respectively. One
or the other of the servants remains in
charge of the home while the family is
away. The latter usually goes to a
summer hotel and lives the convention
al life of the golf-links and tennis-court
and country club. They are obliged to
dress in accordance with custom. and
the most delightful afternoons outing
is invariably cut short by the mandate,
Time to dress for dinner" They sigh,
leave the exquisite beauty of the APP
preaching sunset, and spend the love-
Hest part of the day in stuffy hotel
rooms The cost of living, with the in
eVitable extras" is large, and to it is
added the home expenses, which to some
degree run on as usual. After month
they return home, refreshed, it is true,
but unsatisfied. The change has been
only of degree, not of kind. Should not
such a family, accustomed to business
pressure and social pressure all the
year, with the exception of one pitiful
month, spend that month in a condition
approaching savagery rather than sum-
mer hotel civilization? Would it not be
better to alike a few tents and squat
for a month on some beautiful wild land
near a lake, to do camp cooking Che
real primitive bacon-and-brea Variety
and to fish and loaf and be free-to own
themselves for month at least out of
twelve? We pirate of liberty, but what
slaves we are in one way or anotheri
We celebrate the Fourth of July; but
what an Independence day we would
have could men and women free them
selves from the incubus of convention
fa1
one month in the year, P, in Har-
per'S Weekly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04
THOSE LAWRENCE BONDS.

Secretary of State Burrow is in favor
of cutting off some of the appropria-
tions from the state university each
year until the $4,000 Indebtedness
which the city of Lawrence owes the
state school fund in the shape of de-
linquent bonds, is made up. Perhaps
this is the idea of justice Mr.. Burrow
has evolved during his career as a
banker and financier, but to the aver
age citizen it doesn't look like just the
right thing. The university belongs to
the state, and not to the city of Law
renee. The state is interested in it, and
it is the states young people who go
there for a higher education. Just
how the state would benefit by taking
out it's spite on the state university
because Lawrence is delinquent in pay
ing its bonds is not apparent.
If there is any way to do it the city
of Lawrence ought to be made to pay
those bonds. 1t got value received for
them in the good it receives from the
university, and under those conditions
the city is morally obligated to pay the
debt. 1t is possible that it can escape
through some legal technicality, but
the matter should be tested in the
courts before the state gives up.
If Lawrence will not pay, and if the
state cannot collect the debt, the only
thing left for the legislature to do is
to reimburse the state school fund in
some other manner, for the constitu-
ton says it shall not be impaired. II
the Lawrence bonds are no good the
school fund commission that bought
them simply made a worthless invest
ment, and that's all there is to it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04
Two Definitions.

A certain beautiful and gracious
woman is the admiration of all the
school girls in her town. Even girls of
a larger growth are ready to declare
there is nobody like her. why do
you take such pleasure in herr an
older lady curiously asked of a plain
and rather awkward girl who was
especially given to the prevailing fas-
cination.
why" said she. at loss for a mo-
ment, cit isn't because she's so lovely
or so nice. It's because when m
talking with her she makes me feel
Just as lovely and nice as she is
The New York Times tells another
anecdote of the same complexion,
touching a young lady who gave
good deal of time to settlement work
and was a particular favorite with all
the children.
'sWhy do you love Miss Mary so %
somebody asked a devoted little boy.
"I like her. he said because she
looks as though she didn't see the
holes in my es."-Youth's Com
panion.
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PERFECTION.

l plucked a purple pansy-
Twas beautiful to see:
It's little face seemed filled with life
And gently smiled on me-
L looked across the distance
Against the dark ming sky
And saw the great, tall mountains,
Where heavy clouds passed by
Majestic in their outline,
And wonderful to see
Ineir greatness brought a stiffness,
A reverence Ger me.
For in this velvet pansy
Now slowly fading there
saw the same perfection
The self-same holy care.
That fashioned the great mountains
In all their mighty grace
The hand that wrought their splendor
Marked well the pansy's place.
The life of each is perfect
In low or lofty place
me God who raised the mountains
wrought out the pansy's face
-Natnieen A. Sullivan in the New World
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
[From the New York Press

Sometimes it is cheaper to spend
your money than to invest it and lose
a lot more on top of it.
1t makes a man very proud of him
self to think how well he gets along
with his wife when she is off on a
visit.
A man has lot of brains when he
has no fool idea that he is going to
teach his boy to avoid all the pitfalls
he fell into.
A girl can forgive anybody for think
ing she has a sweet disposition if she
has wavy hair and can wear shoes too
small for her.
Tt is awful hard. when you lend a
girl an umbrella, for her not to suspect
that you tried to make love to her in
the way you handed it to her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04
EDUCATION NEGLECTED.

The Sabetha Republican-Herald OBJ
jects to the way the Recorder spells
champagne and intimates that we evil
IDENTIFY are not acquainted with this
brand of booze. The intimation is
justified by the facts. There are so
many kinds of pain in this sin cursed
world, that it is mighty hard for a
country editor to keep from getting
mixed on them. We doubt if Major
Adjutant General J. w. F. Hughes
himself is always absolutely Invaluable
in regard to the matter.-Holton
Recorder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04
GRIEF FOR SHAW.

enty-one cases of marbles. 1t must
grieve Secretary Shaw to know that
American youth is so depraved as to
use foreign-made playthings.- New
York World,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04

waste of money. The wallet was just
filled to bursting. Wen, sir. the old gem
tleman asked everybody in the car ii
he had lost the wallet, and everybody
was just dying to claim it. but didn't
dare. The owner couldn't be found, so
the old gentleman finally opened it. 1t
was just bullying with fish hooks i''-San
Francisco Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04

Russia started out to gobble up some
more of China. Now she is only too
glad to escape by giving up what she
had gobbled before and half of big
Island beside.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04
COWS IN THE CAPITOL.

The magnificent stone foundation
which was laid for a capitol at Olym-
pia a dozen years ago is now being
used as a cowshed. Any visitor who
has viewed the old foundation and the
building now used as a state capitol
can hardly fail to be impressed with
the belief that the COWS are being shell
tered in the wrong building.-Portland
OregOnian.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04

In view of what Mr.. Stubs said
about treating Tom Kelly fairly, per-
haps Mr. Stubs will also treat Henry
Allen fairly if Henry will reciprocate
as to the Stubs senatorial boom.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04

Surgeons removed part of the spine
from man in Kansas City few DAYS
ago. It is suspected that the chief ex-
ecutive of Kansas must have under
gone that sort of an operation at some
time or other.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04

With the peace treaty and numer-
Gus other subjects to engross their at
ttention, Governor Hoch probably won
ders why so many people are curious
about why he doesn't make Tom Kelly
pay back that $4,000. to say nothing
about various other items.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04

Pastor Charles Wagner who wrote
ABOUT The Simple Life, is taking the
paths at Carlsbad just like the high
rollers. Is 1t possible The Simple Life
ism so awfully simple after all?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04

county devil then replied. ST have al
ways been a good devil, but these
other devils are villainous, bad, UNI
grateful devils.'' But the Miami
county party sat down to take a rest
and winked the other eye.
Mora1-All devils look alike in
Miami county.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04
WHO. FRINsTANcE?

w. A. White. after spending Sunday
in st. Louis, declared that there was
not a flaw to be found in the cid"
We shall have to have the statement
on some better authority than Whites.
Give a Topeka man a chance to see
what the lid really amounts to-
Leavenworth Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04
NATURAL SUGGESTION.

The insurance investigating commit
tee seems in doubt precisely how to
define its inquiry. Why not take over
the title of one of Fielding's tracts,
and call it AN Inquiry Into the Causes
of the Late Increase in Robbers p
New York Post
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04
ANCESTRAL HALLS DOOMED.

Mr. John Wanamaker of Philadel-
phia has lately purchased one of Brit
aims ancestral homes Ancestral
homes will soon be as scarce as grand
fathers clocks and antique spinning
wheels Those that are not occupied
by American heireSSeS are being
bought in by Yankee money barons.-
Ottawa Free Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04

time was a person of no consequence
at the age of 40. But such cases are
so numerous that DIR. Osler canaot be
expected to reply to all of them
Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
HONE NEWS wH11E AWAY.

Subscribers of the STATE Journal
sway during the summer may have
Gbe paper mailed regularly each day
tO any address at the rate of thirty
cents a month. Address changed as
often az desired. While CIT Of town
the state journal will lOe to you like
q daily letter from home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04
NERO AND ROCKEFELLER.

A Cincinnati parson says Mr.. Rookie
Teller is like Nero, who, according to
the latest historical reports, was jolly
old chap who merely wanted to live
well and play the fiddle at fires.-New
York Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04

Kuropatkin failed to eat his last
Christmas dinner in Toxic, as he an
nounced he would do, but he can eat
his next one there all right-provided
he has the price.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04

The peace conference, it seems.
agrees on China's integrity Now if
Tom Kelly could only get to agree on
his integrity, and if he could induce
the people to forget about "a. R.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04

Mrs. Taggart denies that she was
pinched by Colonel Miner under the
table or anywhere else. 1t was the
captain who was pinched. He was ar
rested and sent to the guard house
Won know
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04
MUST BE TRULY ARTISTIC.

"At last we have paid our debt to
Ethan Allen says an exchange. Then
the monument differs from many
which have been reared in honor of
distinguished men. Otherwise we
should owe him an apology.-Provi-
dence Bulletin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04
FROM OTHER PENS
WHAT HE WILL DO.

AS we understand Governor Varda-
man of Mississippi, he will suppress
the yellow fever atrocities if he has to
lynch the germs.-Detroit Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-04

Perhaps the tourist business is light
in Italy this summer, and so Vesuvius
is putting on a few frills as an extra
attraction.