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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-17

beautiful and soul-stirring thoughts ne
has expressed? He would have the
reader gaze Iistlessly at the headline,
.sHoch favors the enforcement of the
prohibitory law in the cities Of kan
sas,'' and then throw aside the paper
without taking the trouble to ascertain
exactly what is the position taken with
reference to the question?
Governor Hoch always calls atten-
ton to the fact that he is a newspaper
man but no one who has carefully
scanned or even read the Marion
Record could truthfuIly say that it. is
a paper devoted to the publication of
real live news. It is any thing but an
up to date newspaper and in com
parison with the Sterling Bulletin.
Clay Center Times or a dozen others
in Kansas it scarcely deserves consid-
Grafton. Governor Hoch undoubtedly
puts into practice the ideas he ex-
presses or he might long ago have
improved the Record. It might be I'M
charitable to say that if all newspapers
were like the Marion. Record the peo-
pie would be justified in refusing to
read them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-17
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

TFroln the Philadelphia Ieecord.I
Works in the n.jnt-the julien mixer.
A cut is not always something to be
cultivated
Some people seem tire1ess in making
other people tired.
There is reason in all things. In a
woman it's because.
Never give advice unless you are
sure it won't be followed.
Tomorrow is an uncertainty, and
even today isn't sure thing.
Never jump from the frying pan IN
til you are sure the fire is out.
Speaking of italians. the night
doesn't always come when you see the
Dago.
Pleasure always calls US with q
megaphone, whereas duty merely
whispers.
Wigg-"Bjones has bought an auto
MOBILIZE Wagg-"Ah; what hospital
does he patronize ?"
Nell-'sDid you ever think of marry
ing an fdeaI?'' BeIle-''No; I've never
met one with money enough
'sWhen the pleasures of life begin to
pail on a man." says the Cynical Bach
elor, che thinks about getting mar
ried."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-17
TOPEKA,s NEW THEATEr,..

There is possible relief ahead for the
pIay-goers of Topeka from the absolute
grasp of the Crawford theatrical trust.
It is announced that an independent play
house is to be erected in Topeka in the
immediate future. To be sure, it will be
a popular-priced house, but it may be
sufficient to force the Crawford trust
to get its feet out of the trough and re-
open the Grand, thereby giving the the
ater-going public of Topeka some of the
consideration to which it is entitled.
The present opera house used bv the
Crawford trust is f1re-trap in which
many Topeka people do not care to en-
danger their lives. At the same time the
trust is keeping under lock and key a
mouse that is better in every way-the
Grand. The trust will not use the Grand
itself nor will it allow anyone else to
use 1t. It says to the people of Topeka.
You must go to our fire-trap, with its
inadequate exits and small stage, or else
you can do without theatrical amuse-
ment'
The new house will at least afford To-
peka people safe place to attend pop-
ular-priced amusements. It's location
will be excellent-on Eighth avenue be-
tween Kansas avenue and Jackson
streets, across from the transfer station.
1t win have better stage facilities than
the Crawford fre-trap; the entrance
will be on the ground floor, and it win
be safe building. While it will be
mainly for vaudeville and popular
priced attractions. it win be able to put
on larger attractions better than the
Crawford. This is the condition that
may induce the Crawford management
to open the Grand. A comparatively
small outlay of capital would put the
Grand in first class shape, and afford a
place where most of the large attrac-
tons on the road could be adequately
staged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-17
THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON.

America is about to manufacture a
new product for European consunlp-
ton. Washington has been selected as
the place for making the treaty of
peace between Russia and Japan.
Russia would not go to the east for
its treaty, and japan could not abide
any European article, but both were
satisfied with the American brand. So
Washington becomes their peace fac
tory.
The Treaty of Washington may go
down In history as one of the great
treaties of the worlds history. It will
doubtless shape events and policies in
the Orient. and the Orient will become
an important part of the world within
the next fifty years.
It is noticed that Theodore Roose-
welt has a very important part in these
peace proceedings. He is virtually
acting as umpire. If anything were
lacking to make Theodore Roosevelt
the greatest world-figure of modern
times the course he is pursuing in
bringing peace in the Orient would
make him such. Both belligerents
have the utmost confidence in him,
and at the same time he exhibits
hrmness in the matter which indicates
that he is virtually boss of the peace
making business.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-17
JANA WKER JOTS

Some bad money is said to be float
ing around in CherryvaIe. 1t is worse
than tainted-it is counterfeit.
Down at Cherokee the local under
taker is lodge member and has to
take his turn at nursing sick brothers
back to health.
The city marshal of CherryvaIe has
slaughtered $500 dogs during his
seven years of service. Possibly he
owns an interest in a sausage factory
A Kingman man went before the
county board of equalization and
! asked to have his assessment raisedl
That man is sure of his crown of glory.
Phil Campbell will take his sena-
torlal boom to Norton on July and
help it along by twisting the tail of
/ lion.
Fans at the JAIL is top head
over a piece in the lola Register
It refers to the electric kind. how
ever and has no reference to base
ball
Cupid has been buster than a hen
with forty chickens in the Pittsbure
| postofice recently. Nine employees Of
| that Office have been married within
| a few weeks.
The people of Marion are planning
| a homegrown circus to helm raise
money for an auditorium. Governor
1 Hoch is scheduled for ringmaster and
| to announce the concert
People who want to get married on
Sunday in Wellington must get their
marriage licenses during the week.
Since the lid was put on down there
| the probate judge positively refuses to
issue marriage licenses on Sunday.
There was Great Excitement m
near BellevilIe last week. It was re-
ported that a. chinch bug had baen
seen out south of town the fi,,st ~
four years. After a posse had been
formed to capture the villain. it was
learned that the report was a canard.
The Beloit Call tells of a Mitchell
Beloit within the course of the mast
nine days 127 dozen eggs. one month
last year his eggs brought Inn S50.
the best monthly return. SO far this
year. has been S4S. He sells from $50
to $50 worth OF eggs every month in
the year. - -
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HoCH AND NEWSPAPER READING 7

HOCH AND MEM SPAFEAIS READING
In talking about education and de-
velopment by reading Governor Hoch
said: 81 am a newspaper man and
have been all my life, but must say
one of the worst habits is the newspa-
per reading habit. the fixed mental
habit of reading the newspaper for
present pleasure and pastime. When
you acquire that habit you can not
read a book correctly to save your
/ life. From report of Gov. Hoch's
speech at county graduation.
The above statement coming from a
man who is classed as a newspaper
man certainly sounds strange, to say
/ the least. It amounts virtually to a
declaration that a person who reads
newspapers becomes mentally incapa-
Bile Of absorbing any other kind of
knowledge. His explanations Of his
statement are not such that throw any
light upon his position. He asks that
/ people sean the news but would have
them stop at that?
If a person is to read at all what
Will the kind of reading suggested bv
Governor Hoch accomplish? It would
certainly cultivate a careless and SLOW
emily habit of reading which would
/ more nearly 1Hcdpac1taIe the neWspa-
| per reader from being benefited by
other kind of reading than anything
else The person who makes it a rule
to ''scan" a newspaper will probably
stop before he has completed the first
chapter Of Darwin's Descent of Man:
he. will sean the first chapter Of one
of Dickens novels and then read the
last to see how it all came out
What would Governor Hoch think OF
! the person who would scan one of his
! speeches in a newspaper without TAX
ing the trouble to comprehend the
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GLOBE SIGHTS.
[FrOm the Atchison Globe.l

From the AtchisOn Globe.l
Some people have more imagination
than brains.
DO the women prefer to kiss a man
with Whiskers or Without
You often recount your bad luck.
Ever think of your good luck?
Ever try TO spell with a school teacher
looking over your shoulder?
In jour judgment, what is the worst
tasting medicine in the world?
In town Of this size. a man who
would pay $500 for an automobile is a
snob.
An Atchison woman walks like a
queen, but her husband paddles along
like a duck.
When man who has always been
poor becomes rich. he is mighty hard
to understand.
It is pretty hard to convince a boy
during his idle time that he should read
good books.
Are you in favor of your wife voting?
And if she had vote, would she vote
your way?
A town man with his first garden
talks about it as much as a man who
makes his first trip abroad.
Sometimes the men get even: an
Atchison man has gone to the seashore
on his wifes insurance money.
Photographs of Mother never looa
natural, because she seems to have been
idle when they were taken.
No man who commits q crime is
smart. Punishment is SO certain that
no man with reasoning faculties will
run the risk.
It is a matter of such little impor-
lance where the peace conference meets
that we expect this discussion to last
all summer.
There are two sisters in Atehisou SO
thin that if a bear should catch them
in the woods, they wouldn't make him
one meal.
At this season Of the year the spare
bedroom doesn't get a chance to get rid
of one brand Of perfume before another
kind is introduced.
Speaking of swinging too far: An
Atchison woman with a tender heart
and reform tendency, pre&icts the day
when horses will no longer be sold like
slaves.
why does q girl IKE to be thought
engaged? It is said an Atchison girl
has rented a diamond ring and is wear
ing it to give the impression that she
is engaged.
Being a Methodist, we have a notion
that Baptists, Presbyterians, Congrega-
tionalists, etc, viii he greatly surprised
when they get to heaven at meeting Us
there.
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Hotel Comforts on steamers.

The new steamships going into com
mission this year are to be WaIdorfs
and st. Regises afioat- On the new
hotel steamships the grillroom has
grown into a large, modern, a Ia
carte restaurant. Passengers dine
when they please, arrange luncheon
ana dinner parties for friends whom
they may chance to meet on board
and have change from the meals
served in the regular dining room.
The much decried upDer berth finds
no place in the first cabin staterooms.
The comfort of a lower berth is thus
insured to every passenger. Spacious
ness is an important feature of the
staterooms. Some of them have the
unusual dimensions of ten feet by
seventeen feet Suites of large con-
Meeting rooms. with private bath and
toilet, and combinations of one room
with bath and toilet, are numerous.
The ladies' salons smoking room and
other customary features found on all
liners are larger and more splendfdly
furnished on the 700 foot ship of to-
day-Pittsburg Dispatch.
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Red Fox and the re-

one afternoon. while Red Fox was
nuntlng held mice in a little meadow
pOcAeL nan way up the hillside, his
eager nose caught scent of sonefbiner
Inuch more delicious and enticine in
It's SAVIOR than mice. It was n smell
or warmth and sweetness with a
pungent tang; and instinct assured
I'M ,conndentIy that anything with a
eat. What instinct forgot to Suggest
however, was that anything so detect
able was likely to be expensive or hard
70 get. 1t is possible Though some
sly ON erNlse), to expect too much of
Field mice utterly forgotten. his
mouth watering with expectation, the
young fox went shifting hungriIy over
the turf, following the vague allure
ment hither and thither. till suddenly
under his nose. A big bIack-and-yel-
low bumblebee doomed heavily past
his ears. but he was too busy to notice
it. His slim pink tongue lolling out
with eagerness, he fell to digging with
all his might, needless of the angry,
SQueaking buzz which straightway be-
gan under his paws.
The turf over the little cluster Of
comb was very thin. In a minute
those busy paws had penetrated it.
GreediIy Red Fox thrust his nose into
the mass of bees and honey. One
taste of the honey enchantingly sweet,
he got. Then it seemed as if hot
thorns were being hammered into his
nose. He jumped backward with a
yelp of pain and establishment; and as
he did so the bees came swarming
about his eyes and ears, singing fUri-
ously. He ran for his life, blindly, and
plunged into the nearest clump of
juniper. It was the best thing he
could do, for the stiff twigs brushed
off those bees which were clinging to
him, and the rest. like all Of their
kind. hated to take their delicate
wings into the tangIe of the branches.
They hummed and buzzed angrily for
awhile outside the enemy's retreat,
then doomed away to repair the dam
age to their dwelling. Within his
shelter, meanwhile, the young fox had
been grovelling with hot anguish,
scratching I'D the cool fresh earth and
burying his face in it. In a few mini
nutes, finding this remedy insufficient,
he creDt forth and skunk niserably
down to the brook. where he could
rub his nose and eyes. his whole tor
mented head. indeed, in a chilly and
healing mass of mud. There was no
better remedy in existence for such a
hurt as his, and soon the fever of the
stfngs was so far allayed that he re-
membered to go home. But he carried
with him so strangely distigured a
countenance that the rest Of the fam
lily regarded him with disapprovai,
and he felt himself an outcast.-Chas.
G. D. Roberts in June Outing.
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I rezoned to work for you all for a long
time, but Use goin' to quit right now"
What's the matter, Nose aren't you
satisfied ?"
'dassa Burlington, did you expect
rnesto drive over dem plains ali by my
self?"
Certainly, why not?'f
II wouldn't do 1t for de world. Massa
Fullington, has you dun stopped to
think dat / might camp right on one Of
dem spook towns?'
Argument proved unavailing, and the
Crooked L Ranch lost the best cook it
ever had.-S. G. A. in the Chicago Rec
|ord-HeraId
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..FOoIING" MOTHER.

Most boys and girls think they are
fooling mother. I used to think that
way. am just beginning to realize
what a sucker mother made of me. It
is the same way with all mothers. It is
good deal easier to fool father than
mother. Mother doesn't say as much
as father. but she sees twice as far.
Just because mother doesn't jump onto
you every time you have done some
thing wrong, it is no sign that you have
her fooled. She is just giving you
enough rope so you will hang yourself.
Mother is a whole lot wiser than she
gets credit for being. That pleasant
smile she gives you when you are put
ting up some fairy tale would make you
feel like three-cent piece with a hole
in it if you could only see what was
behind it. Mother fools you every day
in the week. And its glorious thing
for you that she does. She not only
fools you, but she fools father. too.
Father is always looking wise and
throwing out the impression that he
knows something. Mother just goes
about her business and says nothing,
but she is thinking a whole lot all the
time. The next time you attempt to
fool mother stop and think a couple Of
times before getting out on the ice. It
may save poor mother the humiliation
of thinking what a triple-plated chump
she has for a son.-Bert Walker.
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Although they often car-. - --t.x
Ny wants unsatished: 9A11A'
S S,l5 tunes view them with relief
ana even point with pride.
nsn pulls and bears are wildly tossed
< zIhl rumors strange confuse,
TTAibou .. about no fortune lost
nave no wealth to lose.
1zlSo ssn wagons moved by gasoline
May sadly MAIN and scar,
view them with a mind serene
have no motor car.
We v7,i read Of drownings swift ana sad
:. WITH sympathetic shock.
1 n sometimes genuinelv glad
have no boat TO rock.
And 50 this life is never v,,,r,
Danish all distress.
Deriving satisfaction from
Inc things I don't possess
Milwaukee Sentinel
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UToPIAN BUSH RELEASED.

Frank A. Bush, the chiefalorum of
the Kansas Utopian association, an or
ganization for the promotion of socia-
bility and good fellowship, who granted
charters for the establishment of minor
lodges or joints throughout the state on
the payment of a fee, and who was con-
$500 and costs of suit and so days in
jail for his connection with the Denton
joint, was released from Jail Saturday
and the payment of the fine and costs,
amounting to 1884. He had served his
full Jail sentence This case was ap-
pealed to the supreme court and the de-
cision of the district court was affirm
ed. Bush was glad to get his freedom
and took the first train for the wild and
woolly west, where Utopian joints are
treated with more consideration than
they are in Doniphan county.-Troy
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REFLECTIONS OF A BAoHELon
rFron the New York Press

fFrom the New 1ork Fress.I
The age for being no fool like an
old fool is always one year ahead Of
where you are.
1t is simply amazing what long runs
Of luck some men can have to remain
bachelors.
There's something terribly generous
about the way man can spend some
other fellows money for him.
A woman considers she is perfectly
dressed for summer when she appears
to have on even less than she has.
IF she can't find any other reason
for doing it a girl will marry a man to
make some other girl mad about it.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHs.
TFrom the Chicago News.I

FF7ron the Chicago NeWs.I
Only fools think that they can't make
mistakes.
A storm of indignation often ends
with a reign of terror.
The more a man blows the less wind
he has to use in making good.
If a young man means half ne says
during courtship the girl is lucky.
Many q. man climbs the ladder offame
only to be rewarded with good haIV1
fall
There would be fewer divorces in this
vale of tears if there were more good
cooks.
DON'T expect a girl who has always
lived in a fat to know anything about
homework.
There is no accounting for tastes
Judging by the number of people whose
long suit is eIf-admiration.
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Recently in a northern Kansas town
there happened one Of those tnexplicable
things which are difficult for the finite
mind to understand: why Affections
greater than they can seemingly bear
come upon some people. A man had
! suffered for years with the rheumatism
and other troubles. He was unable to
stay with his family and he could not
| bear to be separated from them-and he
took his own life. Here is the letter
he left behind:
"Mankato, Kan, May 81, 1905
Dear Wife and Babies:-My condt-
ton is worse all the time. I can see no
use of my trying to live any longer. If
nothing happens I expect to be ready
for my grave tomorrow. l
have seen you and the children, and
talked to you all, and kissed you all
farewell.
Il can't live with you and can't live
without you, so I would just as well
give up this life. I know it is hard on
you, and it is hard on me to give you
up but how can 7 help it? Be a brave
little woman for the children's sake.
love you, my darling, and hate to give
you w. zee IL AA4y 5AcAhC anu e~A- NA-S
children love them. wish you a bet
ter life than you have had This is my
last farewell, my dear girl. It viii be
so hard-we loved each other so, but
we must part, SO good-by. Good-by,
babies. Your boy. JIM.
The only charitable explanation that
can be made of this mans action is
that brooding over his troubles had
brought on mental alteration. If he
had loved his family as he seems to
have done he must have known that
obstruction on his part would cause
them Infinitely more suffering than
bravely bearing his troubles.
Few suicides have as good as an ex-
cuse for their rash acts as this one.
yet even this man would not have COM
mftted suicide in his right mind had
he weighed carefully what it meant to
those he loved. His was a pitiable case,
but he evidently thought of himself
more than of his family. The man who
takes his own life is usually a coward.
He is afraid to face his trouble. He
broods over himself. He fails to look
about him and see how much better off
he is than multitudes of others.
There are people who continually
suffer great Affections. but who go
through life shedding sunshine and
heIpfulness all about them. The reason
is that they are not self-centered. They
forget self in trying to lessen the trou-
bles of others, and they become inspired
with faith in the Infinite. The man
or woman who goes about in the world
helping to make the world better in
whatever way comes to him or her, will
never die a suicide.
Despair cannot contend with Faith
and Hope It cannot exist with them.
There are doubtless instances where
trouble undermines the intellect and
persons destroy their own lives while
mentally irresponsible, but the suicide of
a mentally competent person who has a
faith in the infinite and a hope in the
future and one who tries to aid others
instead of being self-centered, is incon-
ceivabIe.
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GRIEVED.

A chemist up in Wisconsin has pro
duced a drink $1,000 times stronger
than beer. It Is said that one drop of
it if placed in a large beer glass and
filled with ice water produces a glass
of pure beer of the finest grade. This
is, no doubt, a stupendous scientific
discovery, but yet we are fain to re-
greet that it has been made. We are
grieved beyond measure at the all but
certain loss of our friend and com
padre, the editor of the esteemed
Alkali Eye, who viii be certain to emf
CRATE to Wisconsin as soon as the
printed dispatch containing this start
ling information reaches his eagle eye.
=Loredo, Tex, Times.
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

The newspapers are hourly expecting
a dispatch from Columbus, kan, an
nouncing Dick Blues candidacy for that
vacancy on the Norwegian throne.
If you ever had to drink the stuff they
call water in ST. Louis you would not
wonder at the fuss St Louis makes
about drinking it.
Norway wants US to recognize her
but we haven't been introduced.
1t is to be hoped that the fast sched-
ules inaugurated by the New York Cen
trial and Pennsylvania will not encour-
age any more people to try to go the
pace set by Nan Patterson.
The expurgated edition of the Fourth
of July does not promise to become
very popular with Young America
The Kansas State Chess tournament
lasted only three days, which proves
that there are no real chess players in
Kansas. Real chess players could not
have played more than one game in
that time.
It seems that the theoretical sinking
of the Texas was so successful that it
was encored and she sank over again
theoretically.
New York and Norway have some
points in common: Norway, for instance
is the land of the midnight sun, while
New York, in these degenerate days, is
also the land Of the midnight son.