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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26
JUDGE GARvER,s szFFORTs

Although he has met with number
of discourage ments in finding the
goods, apparently because wrong-doers
have had notice Of his coming, Assistant
Attorney General Carver seems to be
getting sufficient evidence to make at
feast a portion of the 1aw-breakinF ele-
ment Of Topeka regret its disposition to
override the laws of the state. While
there is doubtless considerable Houor
selling going on in Topeka, Judge Car
yer has succeeded in frightening some
of the most persistent Iav-breakers. and
violations of the prohibitory law are
probably more secret now than thew
have been in Topeka in many months.
It matters not who enforces the law.
or how it is enforced; the important
thing is to have those who are inclined
to break the law taught to respect it.
As the State Journal has repeatedly
pointed out, the greatest harm that
comes from the open and notorious vfo-
lation of the prohibitory law is not the
simple act Of itself. but the disrespect
for all law that it fosters. If the 1ointfst
can openly sell liquor without being
punished the thief is apt to think that
he can possibly steal without being
caught # one criminal IS allowed to
pick out the law he does not like and
break it, another criminal is apt to think
he ought to have the same privilege
For this reason. If for no other, it is to
be hoped that Judge Garver's efforts to
teach the law-breakers of Topeka a Sc
we're lesson will be successful.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26

General Rosecran's Reply.


When Grover Cleveland was nomi-
mated for a. second term. the writer
asked General ROsecrans how he liked
the nomination. Now ROsecrans was
a Democrat of prominence, and Cleve-
land had not treated him right during
his first term. The writer felt sure
that Rosecrans did not like his re-
nomination, but in reply to the ques-
ton, the old soldier said:
When I was in the junior class at
West Point, we went out on g camp
ing expedition. 1t fell to my lot to
cook for our company, until someone
should complain, and then the com
plainant would have to do the cook
ing After two or three days I got
tired of the job. but nobody COM
planned. We had a young fellow from
Massachusetts, and he liked pie. He
wanted pie at every meal. So, [ made
hne apple pie, and the way I sailed
1t was actually wicked. 1t was sailed
good and plenty. At the breakfast
table I cut him a nice large slice, and
he poked half of it into his face, and
in a second he was jumping about.
spluttering and damning the pie and
the cook. I took off my cooking
clothes and got into my uniform as
quickly as possible. He became our
cook, and cook he remained during the
entire outing of a month
But, general" I said, chow about
that nomination ?''
"I'l not be the first to complain, %
said the veteran, with q quiet chuckle.
Los Angeles Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26
GLOBE SIGHTS.
rFrom the AtehIson Globe.l

TFrOm the AtchfSon Globe.I
A woman can't be said to be really
old fashioned unless she has a lot of
remedies lying around which are good
for something you haven't got.
An Atchison woman who never
travels and never expects to, recently
bought a book Of a book agent, en-
titled. "How to Behave When on a
Sleeping Car"
when wedding is described as
Simple" it means there were at least
six people in the parade, and that
tn ere was an orchestra, and q detective
to guard the presents.
If woman pulls her husbands
hair. vanks him around by the neck,
and beats him every day before break
fest there are still those among her
kin who will say she is worm.
1t is a good idea to train all the
children in the way of going to Sun
6av school every Sunday afternoon. 1t
gives their father an undisturbed Op-
nortunity for taking q nap.
It is said of a preacher in Coolidge
that he devotes one sermon a week to
the wfckedness at the French ball,
though there isn't a person in Cool
idre who ever attended one, or who
would be willing to stay UP as late as
ten at night waiting for anything to
bapin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26
RAnRoAD RATE PRTNrER-

A great deal Of mystery is cast about
the general railway rate matter
Few people understand 1.-THE rate
or the rule.
The railroads themselves indeed as
sert that rate-making is a complicated
business.
The railroads are claiming now gem
orally that they ought not to be regu-
lated by the government. If their
claim is Just. it must mean that they
take the stand that their freight rates
are now just rates. or that they will
promptly make them so, without out
side interference.
They may have other reasons.
They may believe they can continue
to charge all the traffic will bear, or as
much as the shipper and the receiver
of freight will stand, without being too
ObstrepeFOus; that is. without doing
something more than talk
We admit that the railroad rate
question is a deep one.
Here is a plain, simple, case of in
justice and wrong. No railroad Of
fetal has ever explained the matter
satisfactorily to US. The injustice has
existed for years and years and is more
unjust today than it was ten years
ago. Here is the case:
Why does the Santa Fe Railway com
pany have a rate which charges this
paper, the Topeka State Journal, fifty
per cent more freight than It charges
the Kansas City Journal, the paper
coming from the same locality, over
the same railroads, in the same cars;
the distance from the papers mills in
Wisconsin to Kansas City being seven
hundred miles and the distance from
Kansas City to Topeka being sixty-six
miles? In other words. for an addi-
tional haul of less than one-tenth the
distance the Santa Fe railroad charges
US fifty per cent more freight than it
charges the Kansas City Journal.
The State Journal pays thirty cents
per hundred pounds for every hun
dred pounds of newspaper shipped into
Topeka from the Wisconsin mills. The
Kansas City Journal pays only twenty
cents.
AS We receive two cars a month, and
sometimes three. the item is an i'm
portant one.
Why should not the Santa Fe charge
us twenty-five or twenty-three cents;
that is, ten per cent more for the ad-
ditional distance?
Why should a fair rate for this
business exceed three cents from the
Missouri river?
Lincoln, Neb., and Topeka are the
same distance from the Missouri river.
Lincoln newspapers pay three cents
per hundred pounds for hauling their
paper from the Missouri river to Lin
coin. We pay ten cents.
Will the railroads give Topeka peo-
- e~.r
wait for the government to pass on
the injustice Of our freight rates?
We are speaking about paper. be-
cause we understand that material
Doubtless the merchant could speak
of dry goods and cite a parallel case
of an excessive and unjust freight
tariff
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26
MAY RE a RUSE.

reaus through which the railroads have
sought to counteract the public sentt-
ment that is backing the president IN
his demand for railroad rate regulations
is no sign that the railroads have given
up the fight or even ceased to exert
themselves to mould public opinion by
artificial means. The railroad magnates
are nothing If not resourceful and It Is
possible and probable that the abolition
Of the publicity bureau is only pima
to cover up some shrewd manipulation
in an entirely different direction. The
friends of the presidents square deal
must not allow themselves to be put on
watch or to be tricked by willy railroad
rtse.-I eavenworth Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26
POINTED PARAGRAPHs.
[From the Chlcago -

GFrom the Chicago NeWs7
HustIing and happiness are twins
It is a long leg that has no more
pulling.
Too many people pray with their
fingers crossed.
Many a girl who married- for fsfs,,r.
has repented in a hurry.
When a woman begins to lose her eve
sight she makes an ideal chaperon.
May we remark that the muaeu-,
freak who swallows fire is a light eater5
At the age Of IS a boy wonders II ~.
will ever become as ignorant as bi-
father.
Many a mans ears would be shoesra5
if they heard him speak kind vrord ~
his wife.
It is the woman with a new hat ~bo
never complains because the sermon IL
long drawn out.
Occasionally man figures on 3 r.
served seat in heaven because he ore.
gave away an old coat.
Many a successful man sidestepoa5
the advertised road to wealth and snaalr-
ed in the back way.
A wife's affections that have bean
aIienated are not worth per cent Of tI,a
amount her husband usually sues FOR.
A man viii squander IS treating hfu
friends IN a saloon and then 20 horrs
and scold his wife for buying the baby 4
pair of 9S-cent shoes at a bargain sale
Muggins-'' F7enpeckke's mother-in-
law has zen blowing him up FOR q
good many years. and now he hopes 10
be able to retaliate." Bugzins-ssTr7
what way2" Muggins-'-TIe is Roinr 70
give her an automobile on her birth
day"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26

Iul unto hlflls ana DleSs MS NAME S'e-Ai-4
1904
There is a popular idea that Thanks
giving was first instituted by the Pill
grim Fathers on 1.-The bleak New Eng
land coast a little less than three cen
turtles ago. when, in their gratitude for
peace and prosperity in their new
found home. they set apart day Of
Thanksgiving and praise.
But this was by no means the first
Thanksgiving. other peoples had done
the same before. and it did not become
an annual custom. even in the Massa-
chusetts Bay colony. until many years
thereafter And it has only been
within the last forty years that it has
become customary for the president
of the United States to set apart the
last Thursday in November as Thanks
giving day 1t was first done by Presi-
dent Lincoln in gratitude for victories
given the union arms during the dark
days of 1S62-'63 and since then II has
become an annual custom.
Centuries ago, however, a great
monarch issued a Thanksgiving procla-
nation. Tt is recorded in the one
hundredth psalm and it is a model IN
it's spirit and brevity. Here it is as
issued by King David:
Make a joyful noise unto the Lord,
all We lands. Serve the Lord with
gladness: come before his presence
with singing. Know ye that the Lord
he is Cod: it is he that hath made US,
and not we ourselves; we are his peo-
pie and the sheep of his pasture
Enter into his gates with thanks
giving, and into his courts with praise:
be thankful unto him, and bless his
name. For the Lord is good; his
mercy everlasting; and his truth to
all generations"
The spirit of the Thanksgiving sea-
son is one of joy and feasting. In its
festivities the pessimist has no place.
1t is a time for recounting the bless
ings of life, to measure how greatly
they outweigh its miseries. 1t is
time to look on the bright side instead
of on the dark. And the normal IN
dividual. as he realizes how greatly
he is favored will naturally be filled
with a feeling of gratitude.
We as a nation and state have great
cause for gratitude in this year of
prosperity and peace. Never before
has the earth yielded so bOuntifully Of
it's fruits. The aggregate value of this
years crops has never before peen
equaued. There is prosperity from
one end of the land to the other.
Especially are we of the Great West
favored Our banks are overlooking
with wealth, and we have unlimited
resources besides.
Tt is true that we are confronted
with serious national problems, but
even those should be a cause for
thanksgiving; for we nave strong,
courageous men to solve them, and
without meeting and conquering diff
eulties there can be no national prog
ress.
1t sometimes requires adversely to
make us realize how great are our
blessings. It was the troubles and
bloodshed of the civil war that
brought about the observance of
Thanksgiving day as national Gus
tom. Often, as individuals, we do not
realize our success and prosperity I'M
til reversals and adversely overtake US.
We have been spared these in 1905.
While other nations have been cursed
with famine and war, we have had
none of these. Truly America has
great cause for Thanksgiving during
the coming Thanksgiving season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26

was postmaster general for a brief time
and who did all he could to embarrass
Bristow. His chief grievance was that
Bristow knew too much about the de-
partment, and that members Of congress
went to the fourth assistant postmaster
general for information instead Of TO
Mr.. Wynne. Wynne finally resigned
and was given berth in London as
consul general He has recently been
called home to testify in regard to some
postal frauds, and it is whispered in
Washington that he may not go back to
his most
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26

my daughter?" asked the merchant of
the poor but proud young man, who
had just asked the fair maids hand.
81 intend to work, sir" he answered,
his tone as naughty and confident as
the merchants own.
"At what do you propose to work %
sneered the angry father.
ANY graft sir, that is good enough
to work and not bad enough to be
found out" replied the intrepid youth;
Touched to the heart. the merchant
impulsively held out his hand to the
young man. @She is yours, my boy"
he cried in trembling tones; Il see my
darling's future as the wife of a multi
Millionaire! ''-Baltimore American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26
oIrAIzER REFLECTIONS.

TFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
It requires a great deal of imagination
70 be a poet and quite considerable to
think you are one
Blobbs-"Why did he lose his job in
the crockery store?" Slobbs-'On &C
count of his appetite" BIobbs-''EIis
appetizer Slobbs-..sYes he used to be
3 glass eater in a dime museum.
Tomny-''Pop, should all congress-
men be locked up?" Tommy's Pop
.sWelI-er-I don't suppose they should,
nv SON. Tommy-"Then why DO the
papers make so much fuss about a con-
gresham at larger?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26
KANSAS COMAENT
A BENT MURDOCH FABLE.

A risky young pup got smart and
'tTeed" an old and half frozen wasp.
He barked and scratched and made as
much fuss about it as If he had freed a.
coon. But all Of a sudden he lost all
interest in the sick wasp and took to
rolling in. the grass in much pain. Did
you ever get gay, tree a poor old wasp
and afterwards get the hot end OF it?-
FL Dorado Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26

The presidents Of the insurance com
panies denied any knowledge about their
companies affairs. and now the minor
officials do not seem to be overburdened
with knowledge. The amount OF ignor-
ance prevalent among Insurance. officials
IS something appalling.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26

An eastern exchange points out that
81 Murphy had not refused to endorse
Jerome for reelection as district attor-
ney in New York. Mcclellan would have
been reelected mayor by a tremendous
plurality. That is quite probably true.
but Murphy wished jerome out of the
onice Of district attorney almost as
much as he wished Mcclellan reelected
as mayor. He tried to get both wishes.
re lost one and almost lost the other
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
IFrom the New York &C.

IFrom the New York Press.1
Christian Science throws up its job
when it tackles q simple case of colo.
The man who starts out to get rich
is lucky If he keeps from going broke.
A woman always says her husband
has a good temper when he slams the
front door without brea king the
hinges.
It's dangerous for a girl to fight
against a mans kissing her cause the
noise might make somebody sus-
picious.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26

So far as the railroad magnates are
concerned the president can cut out
Few of those twenty thousand words if
he likes, or he can cut out the whole
message and not offend them any.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26

II the Isle Of Pines cannot get any
body to take It in out Of the wet it
might start up in business as a nation
itself. BY doubling up there might be
enough people to MI the offices. provid-
ing the army could get along without
any prfvates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26

When the sultan locks up his ONCE at
night and goes home to his family and
bis wives ask him If he got any mail
during the day. how much he must en-
joy handing out a brand new ultimatum
from The Powers each evening!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26

Very likely Prince Louis thinks he has
been in America, when the fact is that
ne has only been in New York. and New
York is not America by about eighty per
cent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26

Inasmuch as Mr.. Rockefeller has. an
income of 100000 900 from STANDARD Oil
and as much more from other sources.
st seems likely at this time that he wiz
be able to keep the WOLF from the door
during the winter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26

1T is somewhat embarrassing for Billy
Morgan to call attention to the fact that
The Kansas City club that eheered for
Tart for president a few nights ago is
the same club that cheered for Warner
2or the same job the week before.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26

Have you noted the unanimity with
which the individuals who used to hate
Joseph L. Bristow in Washington have
gotten into trouble2 Those who esca04d
while Mr.. Bristow was in the postonfce
department have mixed up more or lsss
with trouble since Among them is one
Robert J. TYynne. He is the party who
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26
TOUGH oN sHAW.

In a dispatch from Washington this
morning the Kansas City Journal re-
moves Secretary Shaw from the cabinet,
and the Topeka Capital with equal force
announces that he win stay in. It is all
right to dispose Mr.. Shaw. but is it just
to muss up his clothes, with the yank-
ing back and forth 2-OttaWa Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26

John d. Rockefeller has just found
out that he can eat cheese and he be-
walls the fact that he has lived all
these years and allowed a lot of cheese
TO go to waste. There is also a lot Of
other fun that Jondee has missed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26

President McCurdy viii pay himself
only $4,000 a year hereafter Why
doesn't Attorney Hughes ask him If he
could get that salary anywhere else2
That's a good way to test mans earn
fncr abilities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26

The government is taking a practical
method Of showing its dislike for rail-
road rates. 1t is marching the Sixth
artillery from Fort Leavenworth to Fort
sam Houston, little matter of thou
sand miles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26
HoBsoN ANp HoCH.

The statement Of Governor Hoch mat
he enjoyed Captain Hobson's speech at
Marion more than any speech he has
heard for some time, indicates that the
governor does not listen to his own
speeches, or else he wanted to be par
ticularIy complimentary to a guest OF
his home town.-Parsons Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26

The president was appealed to to take
the tariff off of hides. but it seems that
he got mixed up and took the hide off of
Mr. Whitney instead
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26

Doubles Count Witte would now look
uDon trip to Portsmouth to attend a
peace conference as only a little summer
excursion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26

You win notice that next years wheat
Brop has been pretty thoroughly saved
Inc past week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26

If these Massachusetts people. in
Guiding Governor Douglas. are so terri
bly, infuriated at the tariff on hides.
Jet them go barefooted for awhile to
show it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26

AS we understand it. the beef trust did
not do it. bat it thinks that inasmuch as
it pleaded guilty it ought not to be pun
ished because it thought Mr.. Garfield
promised it immunity. There you have
A.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26
MADE THE CLOCK LIE.

A certain young man, while calling
recently on his girl, whose mother runs
a boarding house, set the clock back.
and the next morning all the boarders
were late to business.-Leavenwo
Post
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26
VIII, M az THANKFUL ?

It now looks as though the trial o.
Senator Burton woul ! be finished be
fore Misunderstanding. but it is too early
vet to tell whether the senator vii
feel that way or not.-Parsens Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26

As q preliminary to building that
Nicarauguau canal the English and
Japs might begin to argue whether it
shall be sea level or lock canal. That's
a good thing to fight about.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26
q KANSAS MILLIONAIRE.

Some time ago a young farmer paid
court to an accomplished young lady
in an Illinois town, and his suit being
looked upon with favor, he urged the
young lady to set the day ana asked
the parents for their consent This was
refused, and the young man was told
nointedlv that their daughter Vas the
finest little bunch of human clay on
earth, and no one could have her hand
with their consent that was not at least
a millionaire. With that the young man
assumed a naughty mien and said II
the dav Grace has named. I have two
eighties in western Kansas in alfalfa" -
With that the old folks perceived their
mistake and Immediately gave their
consent, and there was much rejoicing
inn County Republic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-26

Do you remember the resolve You
made last year 10 do your Christmas
Ehopping early hereafter? wen?
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What a pity that governmental red
tape is not related to the appendix. so
that it can be cut OUT