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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
TFrom the Philadelphia Record.l


Egotisn is a stranger to discomfort.
stupid are they who stoop to folly.
Even the left handed man may be all
right.
A blush don't always indicate the pink
of propriety.
Even the black sheep may masquerade
as a spring lamb.
The mantle of charity is soon worn
threadbare by a hypocrite-
Good habits must be nurtured under
glass, but bad ones grow wild.
One mans point of view is as good as
another's, until you sit on It.
It is much easier to profit by the mis-
takes of others than by our own
The man who knows his own weakness
also realizes his own strength
The avaricious man squeezes MS money
so tightly that It can't tax
Nell-''She says mean things. Belle
81 know, but she doesn't always mean
things"
When a married woman looks back on
the fellow she was in love with at 10 she
Is glad she didn't marry him.
Blobbs-' 'Wigwag has a frightfully bad
temper Slobbs-'sWen, it doesn't seem
to make him any more aTn1aDle when he
loses it
Every cloud has a silver lining" quot
ed the Wise CIV Yes" agreed the Sim
pie Mug, Its a pity it isn't always visi-
bic to the naked eye
Tommy-''Pop. what is representation ''
Tornunvis Pop ProcraS tinatiOn, my son,
is putting OF until tomorrow things we
can get somebody else to do for US today"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15
Frozen Through.

At the boarding house on Monroe street
they were discussing climate. The Port
land man declared that the ground last
winter never froze to a depth of two
inches.
1T froze two feet where came from, -
said the man from New Jersey.
up in the Adirondack mountains" re-
marked the New Yorker, the ground last
winter froze to a depth Of ten feet"
The Iowa. man sat quietly munching his
lettuce while the others expectantly
awaited his effort to outmatch the New
Yorker.
'Pshawr" he said, that's nothing. Why,
back in Des Moines the ground froze so
deep that the Chinese emperor sent a re-
quest to Gov. Cummins to start a fire. He
complained that his subjects had cold
feet ''-Portland Oregonian.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15
JOURNAL ENTRIES

| A Baltimore poet has written this
! tribute to Roosevelt:
Like Washington the soldier
True brave and strongi
And Jefferson, a statesman
OF fame not oblong
Alike Lincoln, no malice bears
To mankind devotes all cares.
Ere many days will be felt
But love for Theodore Roosevelt.
If it is in order we would like to
nominate the Baltimore poet for an
honorary membership in the Authors
club.
The Great Bend councilmen must
be great humorists. They are debat-
ing how the houses of the town ought
been at Great Bend you will see the
humor OF this
Mount Pelee is getting active again.
Mount Pelee is mistaken: 1t was not
encored.
If President Roosevelt is successful
in bringing peace to Russia and
Japan, we would suggest that he try
his good Offices on the Emporia Town
Row.
This is a good time to argue again
why it is called commencement.
me important thing IN Kansas Is
what Frank Nelson thinks of this
Norwegian revolution.
There seem to be a lot of Kansas
boss busters in Russia also. A few
weeks ago they were kicking dread
fully because the car persisted in
continuing the war, and now a new
rebellion is being started in Butler
county, Russia, because the car is
talking peace.
In speaking on the subject of RE
form" before the National Editorial
association, William Allen White for
got to tell what Has been accomplish
ed in Fmporia by the election of
city council that gave the Gazette the
official city printing.
The committee on salad of the D.
A. R. has been three weeks deciding
what kind of salad ought to be eaten
on Flag day. It is supposed that just
as each member got the rest to think
ing as she did, she would change her
mind.
Among the other things we are get
ting mighty tired of seeing are the
pictures of Sacajawea.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15
Good Deeds.

Oscar S. Strauss of New York is op-
posed to warfare. In a recent address
he said:
War is inexplicabIe to meas mex
plicable as all murderous hatreds and
feuds-as inexplicable for instance, as
the battle that continually RACES be
tween Minneapolis and st. Paul.
Minneapolis and st. Paul hate each
other. Incredible to all save Mime
sotans is the mutual aversion that
smoIders in these fair cities hearts.
This aversity never lessons. On the
contrary, it is being daily increased.
Thus:
"a st. Paul man was invited to
Minneapolis to make a speech. It was
hoped that in his speech he would say
pleasant things of Minneapolis. It
was hoped that his speech would,
maybe, bridge the breach between the
two towns.
But, alas, this is the way the st.
Paul mans speech began:
d" When a man of Minneapolis does
good deed. his townsmen erect a
monument in his honor. There are no
monuments in Minneapolis. Buff
falO ENQUIRER.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
[From the chiearo Newe.l

If a man has but one shirt he never
owes a big wash bill.
Any woman can keep a secret if you
give her enough chloroform.
A good many so-cailed business pointers
turn out to be disap2ointers.
When married man goes on a pleasure
trip he leaves his wife at home
Recklessness of a young fool is only
surpassed by an old FOOLS obstinacy.
After acquiring an engagement ring a
girl proceeds to reconstruct her ideal
A man doesn't have to be a PHILOSOPHER
in order to discover that all rich girls are
handsome.
Time may be money in some cases. but
many a man with nothing but time has
managed to starve to death
A woman may be AFRAID of a mouse, but
she isn't afraid to undertake to boss a
man for life who is twice her size.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15
WHY THE ROBINS BREAST Is
RED

&A0A1AN - EtFfEIAESI
RED.
by the author of MY MaryIand.''1
me avlor, bowed beneath His cross,
Glomb up the dreary hill,
Wnile from His agonizinE brow
Kan many a crimson rfil
me praWny Roman thrust Him on.
With unrelenting hand,
III, staggering slowly mid the thron~
he sank uDon the sand
A Attle bird that warbled near.
That memorable day,
f4itted around and strove to wrench
one single thorn away.
Inc cruel spike impaled its breast.
And thus, It's sweetIy said.
The robin has his silver vest
lnearnadined with red.
All Jesu! Jesu! Prince of Peace!
My doler and my sighs.
Reveal the lesson taught by this
winged Ishmael of the skies.
Is N the palace Of delight
Or cavernS of DESPAIR
Have Qlucked no thorns from
Thy dear brow,
But planted thousands there
James r. Randall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15
JAPAN's sELF-RELIANCE.

Whether we look to the dockyards
which she has built for the making and
repairing of her own deet, to the siren
uous maintenance Of her own agrtcul-
ture and industry or to her self-reliant
retention of the financial responsibility
for her own undertakings, we find re-
vealed the same determination to stand
independent and contained. 1t is a pa
triotism so comprehensive that 1t
can stoop without loss Of dignity to
the consideration Of the minutest detail
and it holds the secret of the great fu-
ture which seems to be opening up be-
fore the youngest Of the nations.-Lon-
don FXpresS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15
A"HeaYYn Horse.

me Rev. William H. H. Murray, for
merry pastor of Park Street church.
Boston, was as fond of a good Joke as
ne was Of a good horse. One of his
horses developed a tendency toward
wen, let US say 'shortness OF BREATH
One OF his parishioners, a Mr.. X. had
greatly admired the horse, and asked
to be notified whenever Mr.. Murray
wished to dispose of the animal. Mr.
Murray wrote to him somewhat after
this fashion:
MY Dear x: I am willing to sell
Phantom to you at the price at which
purchased him. / find hime a little
too heavy to suit me. Let me know at
once if you want him."
Mr.. x. was delighted, and, fearing he
would lose his chance by delay, tele-
graphed to Mr.. Murray: Send Phan-
tom to Elmdale at once. Check by mail
tomorrow
on the morrow Mr.. Murray pocketed
his check with a chuekle. Two days
later he opened his study door to find
himself face to face with a very irate
parishioner. who broke out: "See here.
Murray, what the deuce do you mean
by selling me horse that has got the
heaves, and never letting on a word
about it?'
My dear X said Mr.. Murray, you
mistake. wrote you exactly what was
the matter with the horse"
You did mott" fatty contradieted the
your letter.
He proffered the note, and the min
lister put his finger on the word
"h-e-a-v-y"
Il was positive that I wrote you the
whole truth" he said suavely.
It don't see how you make that out"
cried x. Just because a horse is too
heavy for you is no reason that he
should have the heaves.''
Excuse me-" said the now grinning
parson, "I did not say the horse was
''e" the long sound, very broadly.)
X. gIared at him minute, then he
broke out into q roar of laughter.
THE jokes on me, parson." he cried:
"the jokes on me-
To the credit of Mr.. Murray be it said
that he insisted on returning the money,
but the other would not receive it, and
the amount was devoted to the poor
Boston Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15

nBes where they can be purchased
cheapest; but you don't hear the mass
of the people saying anything ABOUT
had politics" To the people this sort
Of thing is good politics.
The thugs and saloon keepers OF 81
Louis think it is bad politics on the
part of Governor Folk to insist in their
obeving the Sunday closing law. Inc
boodlers in St. Louis said it was bad
politics for Folk to prosecute them
year or two ago. So it was-bad for
the boodIers. But to do right regard
less of politics is always good politics.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15
BOSSES ARE VULNERABLE.

No ruler is 50 vulnerable as a politi-
cal boss. There are no legal or con-
stitutional forms which must be gone
through with to bring about his de-
position. He is boss only so long as
the mass of the people are iether will
ing that he should rule or unwilling to
take the trouble to dethrone him.
With all the criticism and attacks
upon the forms of popular government
in the United States the quality of the
government is what the people make
it. They will usually get as poor
government as they will put up with,
just as a man in private life gets as
little for his money as he is willing to
accept.-NeW York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15
LA TOILETTE.

Governor La Toilette Of Wisconsin
has long been recognized as an I'M
compromising defender of the people
and an ardent advocate of liberal poll
tics for the Improvement of social and
industrial conditions. He has fought
many hard battles and even in the
hours of seeming defeat he has been
true to his convictions. 1t is recog-
nized that the reforms inaugurated by
La Follete are of a useful and perma-
nent character. His remarkable sue
cess in the interest of the people in
the face of a bitter and organized op-
position is one of the refreshing incl
dents in our American political life
Frank Nelson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15
INC Tombiebee Rive.

When the Hon. Amos Tuck of Exeter.
N. H, was postmaster general, a day
came when for some reason there was a.
study of conditions in the regions of the
Tombigbee river Whereupon a letter was
sent to q postmaster at the valley Of that
river, saying that information was want
ed at Washington as to how far the Tom
bigbee river ran up.
The postmaster promptly made response
as follows:
Dear Sir-The Tombigbee river does not
run I'D at all; it runs down all the way.
Yours truly.'-Boston Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15
. AFIsTAKEN DIAGNOSE.

A MISTAKEN DIAGNOSIS.
Yes, doctor. I've stated my symptoms an
right;
Ny hearts like steam engines bump
And pains never leave me By day or BY
night,
But this way and that way are jumping.
You see I am iii, and you wisely don't
scoff,
But you can't diagnose worth a copperl
Angina pectoris! Oh, there now. come OF!
Her name is Lavinia Ann Hopper.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15

Theodore Roosevelt IS showing that
he is diplomat as well as some other
things. The Chicago News says that
not the least clever thing about the
presidents identical note is that one can
read it clear through without finding an
mixing to suggest which nation has
been defeated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15

The. Norwegians make mighty good
citizens for the United States at pres
ent. but if Norway will turn itself into
a republic. and educate its people a lit
tie along that line before sending them
over here, they viii be just that much
further along towards getting the pub
lie Jobs in the state OF Minnesota.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
rFrom the New York Press.I

TFrom the New YORK Press.I
Men economize to get out of debt SO they
can be extravagant and get IN again.
There is no money in betting because
YOU lose what you lose and spend what
you win
Next to a good cook the most important
thing in your house is to get along with
your wife.
A woman who wears false teeth can get
very fndirnant with another who touches
up her complexion
A woman never considers herself to be
nroDerlv dressed in the evening If she has
On enough to be clothed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers Of the State Journal
sway during the summer may have
the paper mailed regularly each day
70 any address at the rate OF thirty
cents a month. Address changed as
often as desired. While out Of town
the State journal will be to you Ike
@ daily letter from home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15

A New York candidate is putting
forth as one of his claims to the Office
the fact that he is the father of a for
mer prominent football player If the
platform of being the father Of ones
son becomes popular. Farmer Funston
may have another chance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15

the west is always ready to talk poll
tics. The real reason Of Fairbanks
popularity is that his coming at tins
season so modffes the temperature
that people are able to get along with
out so much ice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15
THE REAL PERIL

The yellow peril is getting to be q
serious matter for the Russian gov
eminent. Not only are the Japs
smashing the Russians on land and
sea, but they are undermining the
Russian government by actually
teaching the Russian prisoners Of war
to read and write.-Mankato Advo-
cate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15
GREAT OXERsTGHT.

1.-THE Church and Public Brigandage'
was the topic at a church congress
Thursday night, and not word was
said about Mr.. Rockefeller's contribu-
lions to the cause of religion.-New
York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15
CHINESE oPPORTUNIsM.

The Chinese officials who were once
regarded as being pro-Russian are fast
vanishing as the situation changes.
They are all entertaining grateful feel
ings toward Japan. Diplomatically
there will be some subterfuge played,
but on the whole Japan will get all she
wants.-Tokio Asahi
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15
MR.. RONAPARTE.

At a time when the public con-
seriousness is awakening everywhere to
the need of higher standards in poll
ties and when integrity is beginning
to be honored rather than dexterity
and cunning, public recognition of a
career like Mr.. Bonaparte's strikes an
immensely pleasing and popular note.
New York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15

With Nan Patterson retired and the
Equitable fuss, the war, and the Chi
eago strike playing out. the outlook for
news is mighty scaly, although there is
looming on the horizon the bout be
tween one T. Roosevelt and the railway
magnates, and also the little difference
between e. w. Hoch and John Barley
rorn in Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15

In view Of the way some automobn-
lists scorch along Topeka's streets it
looks as though the speed ordinance is
pretty badly bent sometimes, il not act
ualIy fractured,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15
EROM OTHER PENS
SOME SWEDISH NAMES.

1t is to be hoped the Swedish-N Nor
wegian disunion will be accomplished
without hOstilities. It is bad enough
for American readers to famiIiarize
themselves with japanese, Russian and
Chinese names, without attempting
such alphabetical atrocities as ''Ost
Vaagoe,' "Folden Fjord,' "HatfjeIflal,"
'Cimbirshann," FRO Havet,'' ''Waag-
Soc" 'Aalesund" and ''Mokepaeso.''-
Los Angeles Express.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15
AN ORJEcT LESSON.

FL Paso is suffering from flood in
the Rio Crande while entertaining the
congressional committees on irrigat-
ion. The occasion is opportune FOR
inpressing on the legislators the i'm
portance of conserving waste water Tor
use at times OF need.--LoS Angeles
Express.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15

Undoubtedly Mr.. Roosevelt can get
the solid Russian delegation from Man
churia in case he decides to run again.
He has saved the lives of a good many
people in those parts,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15

You cannot blame the Russians for
objecting to the indemnity feature of
the peace business. You would not like
TO have to pay somebody else for lick
ing you either.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15

If Japan will specify that the grand
dukes must pay that million dollars
indemnity themselves instead of MAX
ing the poorer classes pay it, the world
viii applaud louder than ever.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15

That Norwegian revolution has dis
closed the fact that Sweden has a
Riksdag. This is the first time the
Storthing and the Riksdag have had an
opportunity to get any advertising in
good many years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15
ROOSEVELT LEADS.

The president has set the wayne
pays his own railway fare. It is not
likely to prove contagious among Off
Gals but the example will stiffen the
backbone of legislatures in passing
stringent laws against the evil of pub
lie officials accepting favors from rail-
road corporations.-Min Mes
Senger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15

Speaking Of navigating the Kaw, ex-
perts have discovered that boats can
always run up as far as Lawrence, ex-
cept when the sand is pushed up too
near the surface of the water.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15
IIIsT a sIIGGESTION.

If Secretary Taft should ever hope
for a new and original coat of arms he
might have a lid rampant, a president
expectant and a Bowen and LOOMS
squabble couchant as part OF the ar
rangement with a pretty Kettle as a
crest Cincinnati COMMENCEMENT
bune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15

The world do move: A year ago Eu-
rope would have trembled IN its boots
had anyone "sassed" a king or an en-
peror, but now it is such a common oc-
currence that no one thinks anything
about il.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15

We wonder if Crown Prince Fred of
Germany was like the rest of US and
figured out that two can live as cheap
ly as one before he proposed to the
Princess Cecelia2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15
A FOOLISH BARRIER.

The tendency of the British aristoc-
raey to engage in trade may have a
wholesome effect upon the nobility. It
will break down in time the absurd
barrier which has prevented social in
tercourse between the shopkeeper and
the man with title.-Baltimore Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15

The Washington Post says tina. Vice
President Fairbanks is making a great
lit In the west because he refuses to
ak politics. That is a great error as
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15

Hereafter Japan will have a place in
the concert of nations, and she will play
a prominent part, too, but just what
instrument has not been determined
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15

Anyway King Oscar no longer has
twins on his hands.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15
FINANCIAL ITEM.

I have always noticed that a million
dollar mouth has a paid up capital of
about six dollars in worldly goods and
a tWenty-cent brain.-Bert Walker.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15
TOGO's WHISPERS.

Togo's portraits indicate a man Of
patient resourcefulness and great YER
satility as to styles Of whiskers.-Wis-
cousin Sentinel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15

Japan is not especially pining for
peace just now. If necessary she can
wait until she has taken Vladivostok
way from Russia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15

Possibly the railway magnates wish
TO form pools so as to have convenient
places for watering their stock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15

Very likely MI Roosevelt has been
reading Matthew SO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15
SIRE THING

The victory of an American yacht in
any kind of race is now accepted as
a matter of course.-W ashington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15
KANSAS c0MMENT
~ THE FUTURE.

Some of Hoeh's friends are groom
ing him for the presidency, on the
reputation he is going to make in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15

Norway to the King of Sweden:
''Goodby. Oscar; take keer o. yerself''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15

Thus far the Washington correspon-
dents have picked out no Wall street
Job for Mr. Bonaparte to retire to.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-15
aPATRTOTTCp TRTTsTs

You never know how patriotic a trust
is until you begin to talk about buy
ing in the foreign market products
which the trust sells cheaper there
than it does at home-Syracuse Post
Standard.