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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-04
Is IT a REBATE2

The action of the St. Paul railroad
in making a rate of 2S1a cents on grain
shipments from Kansas City to Liver
pool brings up new problem in rail-
road rates.
The reason given for the St. -Paul's
move was to keep grain from going
abroad through the gulf ports. There
is a rate Of 171a cents on grain from
Kansas City to the gulf, and this al
lows the exporting of grain advantage
ously that way. To head off the gulf
business it was alleged that the St.
Paul secured this rate of 2S1z cents
from it's eastern connections and the
connecting steamship lines. OF this rate
201z cents goes to the railroads for
hauling the grain from Kansas City to
Baltimore, and the balance for taking
it across the Atlantic.
Now it is alleged in some quarters
that the st. Paul rate is really an indi-
rect rebate It is charged that a big
elevator company, which is a favored
shipper with the st. Paul, has had ad-
vance information concerning this rate,
and it has therefore been accommodating
grain for export on the basis of this
new rate. It is claimed that more than
two million bushels has been accumu-
lated in this way. The favored ship
pers have a great amount Of grain on
hand while other shippers have COM
paratively little and are therefore not
prepared to take advantage of the new
rate to any considerable extent.
If this charge is true it presents a
new problem in rate regulation. and
one which may be difficult of satisfac-
tory solution. It cannot be charged
that this rate is a discrimination
against other shippers in the ordinary
sense, for they have the same right to
it that the favored shipper has. Yet
it is not a square deal. The favored
ones have been ~fven inside informa-
ton whereby they may make a profit
Of several cents per bushel on two mill
lion bushels Of grain.
If all shippers had known that the
rate would be established there .would
have been competition to secure the
grain, and the producer would have
received some of the profits: but now
they ali go to the favored shipper.
The new Kansas railroad law obvi-
ates anything of this kind within the
state unless the consent Of the railroad
commissioners is obtained. A railroad
can neither raise nor lower its rates
without the consent of the board. This
sort OF a provision might not be ad-
Visable as federal regulation. how.
ever, for there are hundreds of rat,
changes made every day, and no hoard
could look after them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-04
SMILES.

He preached the smilin' doctrine.
Lowed a smile would cure all Ills;
An said laughin' Teller
Cud allus meet his bills.
Never met him thet he didn't
Cry out: Cheer up, Bill, an smile;
Life amt such a dreary burden,
Something's surely with the while"
Said smile wuz real. an trouble
Didn't hev no place in lifes
An recommended Smilin
To appeaSe an angry wife:
SAID there weren't no use in swearing,
Said the hull world would be gay
If man would jes' imagine
Thet the sun shOne every day.
He preached the smilin' doctrine,
Thet WIZ all he had to do;
An I've noticed tibet it's easy.
From the proper point of view:
But one day this laughin' preacher
Stubbed his toe real hard, an then
He forgot his laughin' preachin',
Joined the ranks of swearin' men.
Oh, the preaehin' part is easy
But the practicin' is tough:
And when you're likely to be called
Don't try to work d bluff
II you re teachin' sinilin' lessons
Which are worthy lessons. too
When trouble hits your wagon,
Folks Will want a smile from you
Detroit Free Press
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-04

lighted to have US tied, tried hard to
persuade US into accepting the situs-
ton. All we would agree to was to
wait a while year or such matter,
before undertaking to set ourselves
free. But the longer we thought Of
the tie the less we liked being bound
although we kept on being the best
possible friends. And then there
came a time when we both found out
things-things about ourselves and
other people. We didn't want a di-
voTce-indeed, we couldn't wen get it,
annulment was hardly practfca Bile, so
we were at our wits end. And then a
blessed lawyer dug out the chance OF
jactitation of marriage some
how he has carried it through-and
We're consequently ready to dance at
each others weddings"
YES Edith said, nodding and
blushing, then holding out her hand
to Mary-Cindy. Mine is next week.
You must be sure to come. VIII you
Go it?"
Certainly she WILL EIerton an
swered before Mary-Cindy could
speak. shell come and be your ma
tron of honor-you know I'm going
to be Joe Bent's best man.
I'm glad you have it all settled, -
Mary-Cindy said, running away-but
with blush that promised all the
most eager lover could ask Copy
right, 1905, by Ruby Douglass
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-04
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[ From the Chieago News.l


True love is responsible for many
follies and a few crimes.
Love of popularity has put many a
man ouA of the running.
Too often a fellows charity seems
to be glued to his fingers.
Any man who waits for something
to turn up viii have a lifetime job.
A woman can't understand why her
husband should ever be too busy to
pet her.
If you would make your friends
weary talk continually about yourself
and your affairs.
This world loves a peaceful man,
but it always gives the right OF way
to a strenuous kicker.
You can't always measure dignity
by the length of a frock coat or the
height of a high hat
The woman who has a happy home
never has occasion to go on the plat
form and lecture about it.
Most of mans troubles are due to
the fact that he does not Keep enough
of his thoughts to himself.
You can usually gauge the depth Of
a mans love by the Stiffness OF his
letters to the girl in the case.
Think three times before you speak
and the chances are you viii decide It
is best to keep your mouth shut
Even the woman who says she adj
naires a masterful man is sure to reg
lister a kick when her husband tries
to boss her
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-04
Ice Picks and Art.

The Worlds Work for December has
the following account of the boyhood
excursions into art OF the distinguished
scultor, Mr.. Frederick MacMonnies:
The career of Mr.. Frederick Mac
Monnies as a sculptor began when, as
boy Of five years, scarcelystaII enough
to reach up to the top of the kitchen
table, he modelled little figures in dough-
Two years later he discovered a better
material for his purpose. At that time
a whitewax chewing gum was much in
fashion among children. Young Mac
Monnies saved his odd pennies until he
could buy what he wanted of it. and
then he made from it an equestrian
statue of George Washington, which is
still among the family treasures.
When he was 10 years old Barnum' s
circus came to town. He was an en-
thusiastic adnlirer of the parade, and
when the elephant appeared he became
intense. He watched every motion and
studied every line of the strange beast
Then he rushed into the house and,
working as fast as he could. modelled
from memory a clay elephant Of which
he need not be ashamed today At Is
he carved a likeness of a pet bullfrog
out of a Belgian paving block, with an
ice-pick for chisel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-04
A Trial in a French Court.

Some very amusing trials take place
in the Paris courts. The other day
there was one on Adam and Eve in
Paradise. 1t was only the picture of
our first parents, but supposed to be by
Raphael Sanzio which was sold by the
merchant Van den Berghe to Monsieur
Gabriel, for the handsome sum of s16,-
600. Now, friends oftentirnes will not
mind their business, and those of NJ.
Gabriel sconed at the idea of that
Adam and Eve coming from the brush
of Raphael so often that they ended
by making the mind of the owner
doubtful The merchant confessed that
he found the picture in a carpenters
shop in the FaubOurg ST. Antoine. had
the frame, and that when he had the
picture cleaned he found that it was a
Raphael. Well, as NJ. Gabriel wanted
his money back, on the ground that the
picture was spurious, four experts were
chosen by the court to examine the pic
ture, and it took them four years to
decide, and one of them declared that
the picture had been restored so often
that it was impossible to establish its
authenticity THAT ought to be proof
enough, said the purchaser, that the
picture is no longer a Raphael, If it ever
was one, and the dealer ought to give
back my money to me-" The mer
chant refused, and the trial threatens to
last until the crack of doom, when, on
the last judgment day, Raphael may be
summoned, and then only can the
authenticity or spuriousness of the pic
ture be settled.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-04
FOOTBALL RECON-.

There would not be so much trouble
about brutal football as its Oppon-
ents call it. if our college boys took
their sports in the same spirit that the
Englishmen take theirs. In England
all games are played for the very love
OF them It is important to win, of
course, but it is not all-important.
The teams or the crews applaud each
others good plays or points. and when
q contest is over it is not unusual for
the participants on both sides to get
together at dinner and talk matters
over. There is no hard feeling. That
is where our English sportsmen lead
us by a long mile every time. Do we
ever hear of American college teams
after a strenuous match fraternizing
or speaking good words of each other?
The victors celebrate and the van
pushed go to their quarters sore in
both body and mind, and for days they
feel that they are actually disgraced.
It is this idea that to win IS to be
bowed down to and worshiped and
that to lose is to be scorned and de-
rided that drives the struggling player
to desperation. He goes into game
OF football with the conviction that
his team must win at any eost--Ehil-
adeIphia Inquirer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-04
Coal Trade Tricks.

THE manager sent for me-" said the
coal dealer. He wanted to see me
about the 200 tons of coal I had just
delivered.
Il called, and with a grave face he
took me down to the boilers. There
stood the engineer, a pile of dust and
slate before him, which he was shovel
ing in with a melancholy, aggrieved
ali.
Is this the kind of coal you have
been selling us?' said the manager.
No, said I. 1t isn't It wasn't
either.
That night managed to see the en-
gineer. He vowed I hadn't treated him
right-said that always, heretofore, he
had gotten from the contractor from
ten cents to g. quarter for every ton
of coal he burnt. I fixed him up and
there has been no trouble since.
1t goes without saying that most
men are honest, but it makes my blood
boil to think of the commissions I must
give to engineers and fremen and
cooks and buffers and janitors in order
to do business.
If a butler or a cook %ants a coal
commission, you must give it or lose
the trade. Don't give it and a scuttle
of slate is taken to the master as a
sample OF your coal, and you are dis
charged.
Goal commissions average 10 cents
a ton in big buildings. and % cents a
ton in private houses. minneapolis
Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-04
JANA WKER .JOTS

Mcpherson boasts of ninety-seven
club women.
The new Methodist church at
Marquette. to take the place of the
one blown away last spring, is near
ing completion.
Business is pretty good up in the
Sixth district. Forty drummers regis
tered at the Avenue house in Beloit
one evening recently.
There are three rural route car
riers to be appointed in Neosho coun-
ty, and sixteen applicants took the ex-
animation for the places
John Nelson, a Mcpherson county
farmer who has an orchard as a SIDE
issue, has sold 1900 bushels of apples
from it SO far this fall.
Humphrey Peterson. who runs. a
butcher shop and restaurant at Win
dom. managed to raise a thousand
bushels of grain between meals this
year.
There is to be a grand crow
hunt in Elk county next Thursday
the county have divided into two
clubs to see which can bring in the
most game. It is called a "crow
hunt" but it is really intended to Kill
off all sorts of pests as well as gather
in real game. The points which each
animal or bird will score win be as
follows: Coyote 100, 'possum 25,
goose so. duck 20, hawk %, jack rab-
bit 10, eagle 100.
Erie Record: 81 want git q
license" remarked a weary, ttred-eyed
soul, who called at the county clerk S
Office the other day. want a get
married ?" inquired the man at his
desk Eyes. thot I would" well.
then you just step over to the probate
Judges office; ne issues the marriage
licenses" yes. I know; I got that
kind of him before. But We see.
hewitt found anyone yet an I thot if
I he'd a hunters license. I might git
along a little faster. Winters comm
on an [ jes' must hev some one to
look after the Children before cold
xvea Their sets in -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-04
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
IFrom the PhiladeInhia Reonra ]

lFrom the Philadelphia Record
An artist can always paint his wife
If she doesn't paint herself.
It's our charity that always covers n
multitude Of other peoples sins.
Making a mountain out of a mole
hin is what makes the real estate specu-
lator rich.
There are JUST as good fish in the
sea as have been caught if you know
the right bait.
Life may be one grand. sweet song
but the average mans voice isn't edu-
Gated I'D to it
The fellow who says he is willing N
take his medicine like man realIv
wants it sugar-coated.
The girl who goes in for higher edu-
cation may speak six languages. vet
never learn to think in any Of them.
The people who take ali the advice
that's given them are just as foolish "a
those who take all the patent medicines
Rollingstone Nomoss-" What drove
you to drink, Thirsty2'' Thirsty Trims
unbob-"My love for a woman Roi-
lingstone Nomoss-"Did she turn Won
down or marry your"
Wigg-"Do you believe that il is
hard for rich man to enter the king
dom Of heaven2" WagR-'Well. the ar
tonobile seems to be helping a yood
many of them there
Wigwag- Hello! Seribbler Writing
any poetry these days?' Scrfhbler2
only enough to keep the wolf from the
door. WigWag- Great Scott The wolf
can't read poetry. can he
If marriage is a lottery
To draw a prize is our intention.
But We may feel in luck il we
Get honorable mention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-04
GLOBE SIGHTS.
rFrom Inc Atchison Globe. ]

From the AECnlSCn OlODG.
some way when a man says, Lets
see; I'll have to study about that, you
feel that he is going to tell the truth.
A six weeks engagement will put
a lot Of conceit into Il man, but six
minutes of married life are sufficient
to take It out.
When a man is away from home, his
wife's economy consists in buying so
little to eat that it would starve a red
bird on a diet.
The people who can't sing very well
are always the ones most willing to
give their voices to the church without
recompense.
There should be some consolation to
the turkey to know that when it reach
es it, it makes better soup than any
thing that grows.
It is wonderful how many have
watches considering how few there are
in the world to whom time really
seems to be Of any value.
We suppose a man is called two
mans protector" for the reason that
he protects her from others imposing
upon her, preferring to do it all him
self
The average man is indignant if he
is accused of looking like an actor, but
you can please almost any woman by
telling her she looks like an actress.
You are not doing as well as a good
healthy boy at night, if it isn't time for
you to get up in the morning before
you have had time to stretch out and
turn over.
Give q boy compliment when his
sisters are around, and they will deco
rate his life with it in such way that
he would rather be dead than have
another one paid him.
This is the season OF the year when
the neighbors who were awakened by
the man who runs his lawn mower at
4 O'Clock, are satisfied that he let's his
wife get up to start the furnace.
A queer feeling comes over a fellow
when he is invited to have a cigar, is
asked his choice, picks out his Gus
tomary five-center and the man who
is doing the treating orders up ten
| centere.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-04
SOME TROUBLES AT PANAMA

Digging the dirt out of the wav isn't
the only problem to be solved in accom-
piishing what we have undertaken a.
Panama. Malaria and yellow fever have
had to be overcome; the bills have mas
to be metaphorically extracted from, the
mosquitoes; it has been necessary to
PROVIDE decent habitations for the work
men, and there have been many n,iDo,.
problems which had to be worked out
before the larger ones could be under
taken to advantage
one Of the most serious troubles in
that climate is the rank vegetation and
the corrosive influence of the air ON
metal Kansas farmers who have to cut
sundowers now and then think tba,,
know something about the difficulties
Of keeping down vegetation. but in Pan
anna it is an infinitely harder task. The
atmosphere, too. is of such a nature that
it speedily corrodes machinery and
causes it to give out in a short time.
D. NJ. Hazlett. Kansas man who
lives at CoffeyvilIe, has just returned
from trip to Panama, and here is what
he says about the weed problem:
Perhaps the greatest difficulty met
in the carrying out of the plan of build
ing the canal is the wonderfully rank
vegetation encountered in that tropical
cline, and the dissoluble action of the
climate on all material things. Miles OF
the canal as excavated by the French
are now so densely grown by vegetation
as 10 make the route practically undis-
coverable- -Four crops a year and with
out cultivation is the record Of the
plantations On the fst1nnl1s. which vii
give faint idea Of the way vegetation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-04

springs into being. All along the way
are cars, and indeed whole trains left
standing on the sidings by the French,
and these are in many instances so over
grown with vegetation as to be undis-
eoverable. In one string of 113 cars
found but one sufficiently exposed to
allow me to make a photo of it. This
condition prevails as to the entire vast
amount of machinery acquired from the
French in our buying of their rights in
the canal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-04
ANDEAN WATER POWER.

In short. the electric power devel-
oped from Andean water power may
transform a great part of the west
coast of South America. This is a
new and cogent reason for building
the Panama canal. It will soon make
the trade Of Ecuador, Peru and Chile
much better worth winning and hold
ing-Cleveland Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
LFrom the New York Press

From the New York Press
If people aren't careful the gilt Of
their honesty will wear Off
A low corsage never seems so i'm
modest to a stout as to a thin woman
It would be lots of fun to some peo-
pie to have everybody else miserable.
A woman hardly ever gets so old
that she speaks of the time when she
was young
A girl has a hard time following
the advice which her mother never
followed. but alWays gives her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-04
KANSAS COAAENT


What about the price of lumber2
What reason is there for the wonder
ful advance in price in the last few
years? Good lumber costs as much
as 1t did 80 years ago, when every pine
board had to be hauled by wagon from
Emporia. The Standard Oil company
is known as a merciless monopoly, but
the consumer gets it's products at
price not excessive. But the man who
buys pine lumber at present prices has
no consideration shown him. Why is
it o?-DougIass Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-04

property would be assessed at more
than S200.00O.0O0-if the assessors did
their duty-and the tax. at 81 on the
500, would amount to something over
eight millions. Wouldn't you feel
badly if you had to pay out $4,000, 600
in favaes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-04
FROM CALDERHEAD's COUNTY.

FROM CALDERHEAD'S COUNTY.
The Kansas congressman are in
Washington. and it is hoped that every
one of them will get In line with Roose-
Welt on the rate question before they
come home. They will have to If they
expect to continue to make official
trips to the capital city. We believe
that Congressman Ca1derhead, when
he returns home, will have voted for
a railroad measure, BUT, will that
measure have been so modified and
reduced in its effectiveness that it will
practically amount to nothing, OF, will
it be full of vigor and snap. A meas
ure that will accomplish something, a
Roosevelt measure. Time will tell
Frankfort Review.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-04

Little Harry was troubled. and the
LADY Who had called to inquire about
his mamma asked what was the mat
ter.
''WelI. you know" he replied IT be-
lieve that foolish old stork that came
here last night made a mistake. It's
red-headed, and Mrs. Williams, across
the street is the only one in this neigh
borhood with that kind Of hair. Chi
cago Record Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-04

Joseph L. Bristow has gone to Wash
ington to testify in a postal investiga-
ton case, but it is suspected that a
number Of United States senators and
others will not hold a reception for
him. Bristow has a way Of being I'M
popular with grafters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-04

Anyway, it was a good speech wheth-
er Governor Folk plagiarized it or not.
IF he borrowed it from Mr. Bryan it
indicates that he exercises good judg-
ment in borrowing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-04
cHANaE or FRONT.

Emperor William "greets Japan's
entrance into the ranks of the great
powers with sincere wishes for the
peaceab1e. civilizing mission of this
highly endowed people, Those words
present a fine contrast, and may be
regarded as constituting an amende
honorable, to some earlier remarks
about the yellow Peril. New York
Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-04

The dispatches announce that Cover
nor Skallon Of Poland refuses to allow
any demonstrations. Reports from
Russia indicate, however. that the peo-
pie do not wait long for permission
these days when they wish to demon
strate a little.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-04

The Japanese are brighter even than
they have been given credit for. To
Offset China's bill for the rental of
Manchuria for fighting purposes,
Japan claims China owes her few
millions for keeping Russia from steal
ing Manchuria. That idea is worthy of
q Wall street dnancier.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-04

BY prefacing it with the explanation
that Leavenworth couHty's candidate
for the secretary of state job is an eX-
pert telegraph operator. it may be safe
to venture the pun that If he loses out
in the race he can live on tick for
awhile.-Leavenwor Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-04

Ii is reported that the NIcCurdys have
revised the song and they now sing it.
Nobody works. not even father" They
nave probably Iatd away enough so that
1T isn't necessary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-04

No. Gentle Reader, the Campbell bill
5n congress has no connection with the
Campbell system Of subsoiling, but it
seems to get down to the root of the
matter Just the same.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-04

President Thwing. Of Western Re-
serve university, says that there are
ten evils in the football game There
are others, however, who will contend
that there are eleven on each side
Buffalo Express.