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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-11
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison GiObe.l

Tic TAA1AAoCA 0AOOCtI
We all think we get the worst Of it.
A singer never really knows whether
he can sing or not.
Is life worth living? It depends al
together on the stomach.
A wife never gets through expecting
her husbands conscience to wake up.
OuantrelI. the guerrilla, was a very
cruel man. NO wonder; he had dys-
pepsia-
s'Cut that out originated with the doc
tors.
We are disposed to admit that every
man has a right to have worthless days.
of course no one thinks a man should
cry when he is in trouble, but hasn't
he q perfect right?
If woman is young she always gets
considerable wear out of a garment be-
fore the bill comes IN
1t is said that a certain Atchison
dressmaker can give the Gar Of Russia
pointers upon being tyrant.
One of these days the princess in ev-
cry family marries man without IT,
tie and then there is trouble.
While a woman will agree that her
husband is superior to his family, she
will not admit he is the equal OF hers.
The man too modest to think he is
better than others, takes great pride
in the reflection that he is different"
1--WE discovered a lot of important
things in my time; but most OF them
nave turned out to be untrue. PEARSON
Irvine.
somehow a misspelIed word in a love
letter never looks SO bad as one in a
letter written just before committing
suicide.
Every woman believes her dress
maker has a house full of handsome
patch work quilts, and that she helped
to buy the pieces.
when a man is poor, he is usually
GOOD to his wife, but when he gets 5000
q month, the blondes usually get him.
ryoxv that the visiting season is draw
ing near. those who paid their board
when in st. Louis last summer are feel
ing better about It.
4 farmer living near Atchison can
make the best butter. and the best sau-
sage, and the pest paeqIl, II ; d ply ne
never tried something big
An Atchison man had the title of
doctor conferred upon him by lit
the school in Illinois. When referred to
as Mister the other day, he was In
suited.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-11

Massachusetts who had made his pile
in the wire business. gave washburn
$4,000 great many years ago when
the college had nothing but prospects
In recognition of this donation the col
lege was named Washburn, and for
nearly forty years has borne that
name. So far as known, Mr.. Wash
burn never took any special interest
in the college bearing his name ex-
cept to give SIS, 1000. Since that time,
several benefactors have given larger
sums than $4,000 to the college. APP
parently Deacon Washburn's friends
have such slight regard for the honor
of having a college named after him
that they do not even know where
that college is. except that it is in lone
of the western states.'' They would
probably not be at all grieved if the
name of the school should be changed.
1t seems to be entirely question of
whether it would be the best policy for
Washburn college to transform itself
into the University of Topeka, or into
university under some other name.
University of Topeka is the natural
name for such a school to assume.
Perhaps better one could be suggest
ed. Perhaps for some reasons the
name of Washburn should be retained.
But it is worth thinking about.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-11
THE FAI.L OF MUKDEN.


The week ending March II. 1905. will
go down in history as the date of one
or the greatest Of world-battles. the
Battle OF Mukden. In it almost eight
hundred thousand men have been en-
'gaged-actively engaged. In the Rus
sian army alone were ten times as
many men as there are inhabitants in
the city of Topeka The Japanese army
was smaller by 10000 than the Russian,
but both armies were so large that even
this great number made no appreciate
difference between them in point of
numbers
In the days of our own great Civil
war an army of 10000 was tremendous
force. yet Kuropatkin has had ten times
that number fighting under him at
Mul5den this week. while Field Mar
shall Oyama has had $4,000. and reports
from the seat of war indicate that they
have practically all been actively en-
gagged in the battle.
There have been tremendous armies
in ancient times, but they were equip
ped with comparatively crude arms. A
million men armed with spears and
bows would not equal ten thousand car
rying modern arms and with field ar
tillery to back them up.
In the popular mind the outcome of
the war has been decided ever since
Port Arthur was taken. but the dis
aster which has overtaken the Russian
army in the fall Of Mukden seems to
certainly end Russian supremacy in
Manchuria and eastern Asia generally.
VIII it end the war?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-11
WHAr,s ma NAME2

There has been heard of late con-
siderable talk to the effect that the
time has come for Washburn college
to change its name; to drop the
''Washburn" as lacking in significance,
and the college" as being misleading
as to the present real standing of the
big Topeka institution.
Washburn has in the last few years
grown from a college into univer-
sity. 1t has not only the collegiate
course, but it has a musical conserva-
tory with an attendance of several
hundred; the leading art school in the
west; a large medical school; a first
class law department.; and the plans
have been laid for the opening next
fall of a dental school and architec-
turaI department. Washburn has an
enrolment of 700: in a fewyears it will
pass the 1000 mark. It is bound to
grow; its location in the capital city
of Kansas insures its future greatness.
From a strictly UNCONVENTIONAL
school Washburn is broadening out to
include all classes and creeds; it
draws its patronage from the west,
not from Congregationalists its teach
ers represent nearly all the leading de-
nominations. Washburn depends on
all denominations for its existence; it
can not longer be considered exclu-
sively a church school, though it
can assume the tiignifed position of a
Christian university As such it is
certain to be a success.
A Congregational deacon back In
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-11
JAYaAWKER JOTs.

Potter is one of the few towns in
Kansas that isn't talking baseball.
Onaga has gotten a new railroad.
It has also gotten a town full of
tramps.
Mukden isn't the only place a battle
is on. A heavy war prevails among
the saloon men of Great Bend.
Potter citizens arn't worried about
the loss of the peach crop. Apples
and cherries promise to be plentiful.
Honestly doesn't it seem funny
about Kansas telling Missouri the
kind of men to elect United States
senators?
The city marshal has closed Alma s
saloon and the residents generally are
roaring that it will mean a flood of
joints and dives.
Smith Center has aroused no politi-
cal excitement up to the present. Not
a soul has announced himself for
mayor or fish warden.
At Pratt a boy plays the horn at all
hours of the day and night. His
neighbor who has no horn gets up in
the night and makes his dog fight.
A Lakin Citizen is improving his
place by setting out box elder trees
Many people would call that anything
but an Improvement.
This is a good year for Kansas.
Up in Wabaunsee county pig is
strutting around with four legs, six
feet and twenty-four toes
A Preston man thinks the express
companies needed a trif1e of attention
by the legislature. A pound pack
age from Hutchinson cost him 35
cents.
Several Efingham boys "swore off,
the first OF the year and have re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-11
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
IFrom the New York Press.1

From the New York Press.
A good way to respect people is not
to get too intimate with them.
The prize idiot is the man who mag
ines he is interested in a woman's mind.
A woman could like geography better
if all the boundary lines were hem
stitched.
Every girl would like to elope only it
would seem so awful not to be home
before dark.
It's funny how evening clothes stay
on a woman when they seem to be
specially built to slip off.
It will be time enough for women to
ride astraddle when men sit down on
the floor to put on their stockings.
You can put it down for a fact that
when a husband and wife get along
together they don't have to keep tell
ing everybody SO.
A girl can get so mad with you for
mussing I'D her hair that she will for
get to be mad with you for the reason
you did it.
Women have extracted more value
and happiness from a cook book than
from all the works that ever were
written on mental philosophy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-11
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

CFrom the Philadelphia Record.l
A friend In need will keep you
broke.
AIRS well that ends well. If you be-
gin right.
The thief is only disreputable If he
is a small thief.
After man has succeeded he loses
interest in those who are trying.
The average man is known by the
company he keeps, but the fool is
known by the conversation he hands
out.
Many a woman goes to a missionary
meeting while her children are acting
like lot of young savages at home.
A land flowing with milk and honey
wouldn't appeal so much to some peO-
pie as a land flowing with beer and
pretzels.
When a girl and a fellow begin to
exchange useful presents all their
friends commence to sniff for orangs
blossoms.
Wigg-"OId Gotrox impresses me as
a man who wants the earth" Wagg-
Yes, and he's even gone to Carlsbad
to take the waters.
He was evidently discouraged. "sull,
I shall keep a stiff upper lip" he said.
The girl looked grieved- But it isn't
pleasant to kiss a man with stiff up
per lip" she complained. After that it
was plain sailing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-11

GOVERNOR
HOCFI,S

Now that the legislature has compile
ted its biennial task and adjourned, the
time has come for the new administra-
ton TO get down to the actual work of
putting into effect the things proposed
during the last campaign and others
provided for by the legislature. Among
these, three stand out prominently-the
putting into operation of the state oil
refinery, the adjustment of freight rate
evils, and last but not least, the expos
ure and punishment of dishonesty in
state affairs.
This last was emphatically promised
by Governor Hoch during the campaign
and the people of Kansas expect him
to fulfill that promise to the utmost.
The legislature has placed a large ap-
preparation at his disposal for that pur-
pose. and the governor has stated his
determination to have the fullest pos
sible investigation.
There is a Good Book that says,
righteousness exalteth a nation. but
sin is a reproach to any people" The
people of Kansas, as a whole, have
faith in Governor Hoch's honesty of
purpose, and they see no reason why
he should not purge the state of dis
honor. Great is his opportunity, but
at the same time great is his RESPONSE
bility. No one wishes that an injustice
may be done to any individual, but
there is more danger of injustice to the
state than to the individual, and it de-
wolves upon Governor Hoch to guard
against that. 1t is not merely a ques-
ton of the personal guilt or innocence
of persons accused of crime against the
state, but involved in this matter is
the issue Of whether the younger gen.
GRAFTON Of Kansans, who will soon take
charge Of affairs, is to be taught that
crimes may be committed against the
state, and the criminals glorified and
applauded for their shire wdness, or
whether dishonesty and corruption in
public officials will be punished the
same as in private individuals. 1t is a
question of whether graft and dishonor
shall be rewarded or punished. Kansas
has come to the dividing of the ways
in this matter, and upon Governor Hoch
rests the responsibility of starting the
state and it's citizens in the right way
He will meet with difficulties, but his
friends have faith that he will rise SUI
perior to them when the test comes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-11
THE GOSPEL OF COOP SEED.


In a few weeks more upwards of
seven million acres of rich Kansas land
will be planted to corn. 1t is Kansas
greatest crop, both in bulk and in value.
Accordingly it means much to the Kan
sas farmer and therefore to the people
Of the state as a whole, and every
farmer is doubtless anxious to do every
thing he can to insure good yield.
The testimony of corn experts, and
it is borne out by the experience of
other big corn states. is that good seed
is a most important item in securing a
good crop. This, of course, will be con-
coded, but there may be a difference Of
opinion as to what constitutes good
seed.
For instance, the past winter has been
an extremely cold one. A considerable
amount of corn may look extremely
fine and yet the germ in it may have
been totally destroyed by the cold or
weakened until it will produce only
barren or weak stalks. Some farmers
viii doubtless plant that kind of corn
and then wonder why they do not get a
good stand, and why the stand they do
get brings forth few ears and not very
good ones at that.
The lesson of which is that all seed
corn should be tested, especially this
spring What doth it profit a farmer
to work hard planting his corn and
then have only half of it come up, and
the half be very poor? In Iowa, and
Illinois, and Nebraska, the seedtesting
idea has gained firm hold on the
farmers. and If the seed picked out by
an up-to-date farmer does not show
that it will practically all grow, he
throws it away and gets some that will
grow.
In Iowa last year the railroads ran
special trains through some of the prin-
cipaI corn counties bearing Professor P.
G. Holden, who preached the gospel of
good seed corn at every station. AS a
result it is estimated that Iowa's corn
crop was larger by a good many mil
lion bushels last year than it would
otherwise have been. It means that
several million dollars were added to
the net profits of Iowa farmers last
year, with no extra effort on their part
except the testing of their seed corn in
the spring. This spring similar trains
are running through other counties, and
more farmers will hear the gospel. The
same thing is being done in Nebra ska.
No corn-g gospel trains are running in
Kansas this year. but the Kansas. corn
FARMER ought TO be intelligent enough
to look after this matter himself if it
is brought to his attention. Perhaps it
would have more weight if Secretary
Coburn would issue one of his concise
but comprehensive bulletins on the sub
ject
If the Kansas farmer should get an
average Of one good stalk to the HILL
and one good ear to the stalk. it would
mean something over fifty bushels per
acre, or a total of over three hundred
million bushels for the entire Kansas
crop. Instead Of that last year Kansas
got only about 10, 1000. 600 from over six
and half million acres. The increase
in value last year if one good ear per
hill had been secured would have been
something over forty million dollars.
Is that not worth trying for2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-11
BILL RoDNEY's KANSAS HEAVEN.

Bill Rodney was an eastern man, with
hollow, hacking cough;
would surely take him off.
Unless he left Connecticut and got
His chances for Elysium were better far
So Bill, who'd raised tobacco in the good
Began to prospect round about for air to
change his fate.
He sold his fifty acre farm. considered
In rugged old Connecticut, and started for
the west.
Along the way Bill kept his eyes and keen
ears open wide;
He heard Of Pennsylvania coal, and oil
He marveled at the tales of steel, and
mines that sounded fair;
But tales that won Bills heart just then
1T heals the sick:'' ..it makes you
young.::'' weak folks grow strong and
Were comments of the people Bill heard
And when Bill reached Topeka. he said
I'm going to try Young Kansas; can't
do more than die"
Bill hunted up an agent and bought some
A quarter section. good for wheat, and
sought to try his hand.
He got some mules, he plowed the soil,
put in his winter wheat;
Got ready for the winter on his Kansas
country seat
Said Bill: "IIl make a good hard try; and
say I'm better off,
If I can come out even and suppress this
cusSed cough
Twas back in ninety-eight that Bill went
out upon that farm,
And hoped he'd get decent crop and
sun to keep him warm.
He prayed the change would do him good,
the Lord he'd daily praise,
If Kansas drouth and cyclones let him live
out half his days.
Bill built a shack out on his ranch, We
randa wide around,
And all that spring he watched the wheat
uprising from the ground;
And when that crop was harvested Bill
found more cash in hand
He bought more land, he sowed more
wheat, forgot about his cough,
And when the third year came around
Bill paid his mortgage off.
He planted corn, went in for stock, then
Bill sunk well, and-1ucky mamie
struck a trend OF oil.
Then William built a spacious house and
took to him wife,
With face turned toward the future years,
he took new hold on life.
Surveying all his fair domain, sweet pleas
filled his eyes.
He felt that Kansas, oft-ma1igned, was
quite a Paradise.
Twas then Bill got letter of the SYM
pathetic kind;
That pictured his misfortune to the cold
~ eastern mind.
1t hoped that Bill had fortitude; should
they not meet gen
Commended him to heaven as the COM
forter of men.
Bill read their words. and thought of that
old farm where he was born,
Then of his horses, mules and swine, and
growing wheat and corn,
Was thankful for his blessings and the
virtue of the soil.
Whose surface gave so much and yet
whose bowels yielded oil
He sent a letter way back east, a note
short and direct,
That told his western story as no east
folk could expect.
It ran like this: Dear Folks at Home:
Don't waste no fears on me.
I'm in the land of wheat and oil and hos
pitality.
I'VE got two thousand acres of the best
land under sun,
I'm doing well, I thank you, though, of
course, I've just begun.
I've put my trust in HEAVIER, and the heav-
where I be,
Is the heaven of Young Kansas, and it's
good enough for me-
g. L. DICKINSON, Hartford, Conn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-11

It seems that Mr.. Paul Morton didn't
say it after ALL It was his subordinate.
Mr.. Biddle. who remarked that the
Santa F'e tried tbs costly experiment of
being honest and found that they lost
business bv it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-11

The business Of Chicago mail order
houses increased between Is and 20 per
cent the past year, and two houses did
the bulk of it. The business amounted
to ss5.O00.O 900. and it all came from ad-
vertisins
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-11

Although the state senate Oslerized
the resolution to publish the Rowett re-
port. a majority of the members of the
house went on record in favor of telling
the people OF Kansas just what Mr..
Rowett discovered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-11

Mrs. Nations denuneiation of Kansas
officials as devils, anarchists and hell
hound hypocrites," leads the Washing
ton Post to suspect that Mr.. Rockefe1-
Ter is glad to have some one say it for
him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-11

There is this difference between the
Russians and Japs: Many Of the Japs
in America contribute regularly to
their national war fund. Do you sun
pose any of the Russians in America
contribute to the car?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-11

Jim Jeffries is correct in his state
ment that no pugilist is any good after
he Is 40 years old. The statement might
be amended by striking out the last six
words and still hold good.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-11

NAMED true to their resolve so far.
Has the home brew gotten SO bad as
that?
The Arkansas City Traveller claims
to be the only paper in the city using
natural gas. Gentle reader do you
ever remember of being around any
printery office that didn't use more or
less gas?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-11

A Denver man has found out why
DR.. Osler said what he did He had
Just spent two days in the senate gal
lery in Washington, listening to the
speeches. That's why he said It.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-11

If John D. has Instructed his press
clipping bureau to omit all clippings
with the word Kansas in them, as re-
ported. it will greatly lessen the work
of that institution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-11

An exchange says that the Standard
Oil company has never shown any fear
of anything yet Still. it must be re-
nembered that John D. never went up
against Kansas before.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-11

1t is too bad Phil Campben's parents
were not cOnsiderate enough Of their
sens future to move to Kansas from
Nova Scotia a few months sooner. Their
delay has knocked Mr.. Campbell out Of
a good boom for president
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-11

The only things that did not ad-
vance in price in Washington during
inauguration week were whisky and
cigars. Some individuals would prob
ably find in this an excuse to use an
abundance OF those articles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-11

1t is suspected that Commissioner
Garfield was looking through the wrong
end of the telescope when he was look
ing at the beef trust profits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-11

Instead OF passing resolutions Of SYM
pathy with Kansas in the Standard Oil
dght, why doesn't some of the Iegisla.-
ture resolute a little sympathy for the
beef trust because Of its small profits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-11

This is the time Of year to take pre-
cautions against the worms that de-
stroy the foliage on the elm trees
later on.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-11

Reports from the Kansas wheat belt
Indicate that the pessimists still have
opportunity to kill of the wheat crop
six or eight times before harvest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-11

The ottawa county jail up at Mime
apolis hasn't been used for three
months, and the Messenger offers it as
a hotel for violators of the antitrust
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-11

The report OF Mrs Chadwick's col
lapse seems to indicate that there is a
lot of difference between her nerve and
her nerves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-11

The announcement that Kuropatkin
planned to end the war in a month
seems to have been subject to amend
ment and debate. And Oyama did the
AMENDING
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-11

Now what sort OF a reception do you
suppose they viii get up Tor Kuropatlzin
when he goes back to st. Petersburg
af he goes?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-11

The washington Post refers to the
beef trust resolution passed by the
Kansas legislature as a legislative
stump speech, but the Post says KAN
eas is right in the matter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-11

That Philadelphia minister who
said he didn't believe the good people
of that town could accomplish any
thing by praying for such a sinner as
the mayor but they might try it as an
experiment, seems to have been Just
a little bit shy on faith.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-11

There is pending in the Pennsylvania
legislature what is known as the Phuhl
bill. Kansas had a lot OF the same
kind
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-11
The next thing is to register.

Mr. Gorlzy, Of Russia, should have no
difficulty in selling his stuff to the mag
azines after all the advertising he has
had