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The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago News

lHrom the Chicago News.
Even the brunette insists upon hav-
ing fair treatment.
A woman never fails to notice the
failings of other women.
A man thinks his neighbor has no
right to hold wrong views.
Almost anybody would rather have a
steady job than steady work.
1t doesn't require a genius to make
trouble or create disturbance
Women are better speakers than
men-if quantity instead of quality is
desired.
Too many people spend their time
hoping for the best instead of working
for it.
1t takes a clever chauffeur to sue
cessfully steer a baby carriage through
a crowd.
A bachelor may be an object of pub
lie derision, but a married man usual
ly gets his at home.
There is far more pleasure to be
derived from the pursuit of happiness
than there is in catching it.
No, Maude. dear: we have never heard
that this is the time of year to feed the
chestnut trees with worm medicine.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26
MOTHER FLORENCE.

Mother Florence is dead. This an
nouncement may mean very little to
some people, but there are many in To-
peka to whom it will bring a sense of
personal loss.
1t is doubtful if there was anyone in
Topeka who did more good in a GEN
timely practical way than Mother Flor
ence of the Salvation Army. Although
poor herself in this worlds goods she
was constantly finding a way to relieve
suffering among the poor, and her
words of comfort must have been an
inspiration to many a despairing heart
But it will not be the poor alone who
will miss Mother Florence Those who
are counted among the great of the
state and the wealthy of the city will
feel the loss of her visits and her CHEEKY
"God bless you" From the governor
of the state down Mother Florence has
for years had the highest respect of
people in the state house and other Of
fees, on whom she has called weekly
with her bundle of War Crys or to So
licit aid for the poor.
1t was not the dollars and cents that
Mother Florence collected and distribu-
ted among the needy that did the most
good. 1t was her example. Never was
a word of reproach heard on her lips.
She always looked on the bright side of
things and had prayer for saint and
sinner alike. Wherever her blue Saliva
ton Army bonnet went it left a trail of
| sunshine behind. To the best of her
ability she followed in the footsteps of
her Master and did as she thought He
would do on earth, and she exemplified
the true spirit of Christianity. That is
why every door was open to her and
why Topeka today mourns her death.
The death of this poor woman demon
strates clearly that riches and power
are not everything. There are hundreds
of wealthy men in Kansas whose pass
ing would cause less regret than that OF
this self sacrificing woman whose
worlds goods were nothing, whose only
capital was her love of mankind and
whose first thought was always for the
fallen and unfortunate.
How Mother Florence was apprecia-
ted is shown by a paragraph which Del
Valentine, clerk of the supreme court
published in his paper, the Clay Center
Times a few weeks ago. Here it is:
Last week one day when it was
sizzling hot old Mother Florence, who
sells the War Cry in the state house
! was making her tour. 1t was dry:
| grass, vegetables, corn, wheat and hu-
manity were curling up and gasping
How do you do she broke in, with
emphasis on the first do All smiles
she mopped her face and pushed back
the hot blue bonnet ana famed her.
self with War Cry she was going tc
sell in a few minutes. How do you
lido. amt this nne morning, praise
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26
JAYHAWKER .JOTS

"It is not Walls of Corn this year"
says the Lawrence World. 'It is for
ests OF corn
A Chomas county threshing outfit
thresned 2,100 bushels of wheat in
one days work.
Def from J. Leeford Brady: Some
of the fellows are saying that Fred
Dumont Smith will cause his critics
trouble when he gets back from
Europe. If the men who have been
criticising him never have trouble un-
til he makes it for them they will
get through life mighty easily
Osborne Farmer: The Crawford
boys are trying a new scheme on 100
acres of wheat land. They are going
over it with a lister and following with
a Kirlin weeder to throw the dirt back
into the burrows. They then harrow
it and will SOW to wheat. Ell Huff
has tried this scheme and claims
wheat will yield four to six bushels
more to the atre.
Live stock item in the Whitewater
Independent: A. o. Lamar has a hog
remarkable for its architectural pull
chritude. Its style is gothic con-
densed, tall, slim and dignified. You
ought to have heard Mr.. Lamar's re-
marks of admiration when he got
round to broadside view. The pig
is a boly terror to dogs-they see il
once snG dream about it at night.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26
JUST a WARNING.

President Roosevelt in a recent ut
terance on the trust question told some
plain truths, which the trust magnates
will do well to heed. Some of the pres
ident's statements sound as though
they might have come from a Populist
speech of ten years ago.
For instance in speaking of the con-
tinued defiance of all laws by the beef
trust and the railroads, the president
said that it would inevitably lead to
further legislation. This legislation %
he added, may be more drastic than
I would prefer. If so, it will be because
of the stubborn determination of some
of the great combinations in striving
to prevent the enforcement of the law
as it stands. by every device, legal or
Illegal
In speaking of the proposed railroad
rate legislation which he desires the
coming congress to enact. and the fact
that some of the railroads are resist
ing it, the president said:
Very many of these men seem to
think that the alternative is simply be-
tween submitting to the mild kind of
governmental control we advocate and
the absolute freedom to do whatever
they think best They are greatly in
error Eltner tney VIII nave 10 SuDinlt
| to reasonable supervision and regulation
| by the national authorities or else they
will ultimately have to submit to gov
ernmental action of a far more drastic
type
Doesn't this sound like a speech in
the palmy days of Populism? Presi-
dent Roosevelt is not in favor of any
thing drastic but he warns the rail-
roads and trusts that if they continue
to violate and resist the laws, the peo-
pie will rise and do something drastic
The actions of the trust have beer
responsible in a great degree for the
growth of socialism in America, and il
will ultimately result in government
| ownership of railroads unless the pri-
vate owners of the railroads obey the
| laws and are willing to be governed.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Perhaps the reason it gets so hot at
Concordia is because it is only five miles
from place called Yuma.
Miss Roosevelt will also be distinguish
ed as the only American girl who ever
received proposal from a real live
sultan.
The White Sox seem to have made
the mistake of getting on the elevator
when it was going the wrong way.
Cannot somebody get a peace confer
ence to do business at Wooster, o.?
Senator Tillman's observation that
"the inside of saloon looks like HI"
is probably based on the belief that the
devil lives inside of every saloon.
There is no suspicion that the mys-
terious Mr.. Dove who is wanted in Chi
cago is the same dove that is wanted at
Portsmouth.
The czar calls the proposed Russian
congress a gosudarstvennaia douma
Now, is he swearing or not?
The king of Spain can now sympathize
with the sultan of Sulu. Both have
been disappointed in loves young dream
and turned down by the objects of their
alteration.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.]
Apathy is always pathetic thing.
The right man in the right place is
the one that isn't left.
The poorer the actress, the more
diamonds she has stolen.
Some weddings remind one of a
match that strikes only on the box.
Hustle and hustle are not becoming
to women. The hustle is back num-
ber, anyhow.
You can't insult some fellows more
than by asking them for the money
they owe you.
The church organist can't put his
soul into his music without also put
ting his foot in it.
ANY woman can twist a man around
her finger, provided he has twisted a
ring around it first
Hoax-"That mule you sold me
moor mule that won't work both
ways"
! some divorces are due to misunder-
standing, and some to the fact that
neople understand each other too well.
Tcmmy-"Pop, what are hic-
couehs2i' Tommy's Pop-"Hiccoughs
NV son, are messages from departed
spirits
Newlywed-'sWhy don't you mar
ry?" Oldbach-..You couldn't expect
me to marry a woman who would be
such fool as to have me-"
SiIIicus=''What is the hardest work
in the world?" Cynicus-"When a fell
low feels that the world owes him a
living and he tries to collect it,
.eWigg="rhe trouble with typhoid
fever is that it's after effects are often
serious Did it leave you with any
thing g?'' Wagg-.sNot cent, after the
doctor got through with me-
hundred and eight is a marriageable
weight
At least, so people say:
But a hundred and two will generally
do
To give the bride a weigh.
Nell-"Horseback riding is becoming a
habit with Maud Believes. it's a
pity her habit isn't more becoming
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Glohe. /

lFrom the AtchiSon Globe.
Here is an old fashioned saying:
When your foot is asleep, the bones are
very brittle; therefore do not move
around, or you will break your leg.
When a man walks up to you and
is purposely annoying, he ought to be
knocked down. A blow is the only
thing that will teach a man of that
variety.
How many friends have you? In a
recent gathering of women, the ques-
ton came uD. and not one woman
present dared to say that she had more
than three.
There is always some one in a
neighborhood upon whom falls all the
disagreeable tasks, such as breaking
bad news, etc, and she isn't usually
society leader. either.
When preacher falls in love with,
girl who crochets on Sunday, there
is great indignation in the church, and
the women debate if it isn't Some
Ones duty to tell him.
One of these days a woman will
commit suicide. and no one will be
surprised when her last message to
her husband contains request to be
sure and put the cat out nights.
The union depot lunch counter gets
its supplies from the kitchen at the
west end of the building, and when
the cook sends over fried chicken by
a boy, he makes him whistle all the
way. When boys mouth is puck
cred to whistle. he can't eat.
OF course you have noticed how
boy works his father. The father
announces that he will not permit a
dog around the place. The boy gets
a dog and ties it in the barn. Finally
the old man becomes fond of the dog,
and the boy turns it loose.
At twenty-five a man has a strong
vigorous stomach, and heart for love
affairs. But when he becomes old, his
heart changes as much as his stomach.
We do not believe the story that old
men are always trying to make love to
women. Old men forget that sort of
thing almost entirely.
They say a, man went to a dissipated
neigh bor, and said: "You drink too
much. You haven't as much sense as
my old COW. My COW drinks as much
as is good for her, and then ouits.''
To which the dissipated man replied:
'sIf I were drinking water, would
stop, too, when had enough
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26

the Lord. I do hope it will please the
Father to send US rain before long, the
gardens need it. But He knows best.
My potatoes and beans are curling up,
they need rain, praise the Lord
Here's your paper; 1 left one last
week when you were not here. Shall
give you back any changer No?
The Lord bless you. How cool and
nice it is up here, and how well you
are looking, praise the Lord Well,
goodbye, God bless you, must be go
ing And somehow the morning
seemed brighter and pleasanter, and
the heat ceased to be burdensome;
even litigation went on with less fric-
ton without the creaking of wheels"
Today Mother Florence has gone to
her reward. Few will question what
if is
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26
THE ATTRACTION.

Now all the eyes of all the world
Are taken from Manchu,
NO longer are men wondering
What Oyama will do;
lis Witte now and Komura
Who haggle and contend;
The war took something DER a year,
When will the haggling end?
All eyes are on America;
While they're discussing terms
The people of old New Orleans
Are spreading dope on germs;
And up in old Ohio
The Taggart trial amain
Is being fought along the line
From beer up to champagne.
There's always something doing
In Uncle Sans realm;
The ship of state is pitching some
With Teddy at the helm.
And spfiling whitewash all along
Its wake; but never fuss,
We've got the eyes of all the world,
OF all the world on US.
Houston Post.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26
Two Texas women.

Only two of the thirty Chautauquans
who tried to climb Arapahoe Pea
succeeded in reaching the summit, and
they were two young ladies from the
south who never had climbed a noun
tain before, Miss Josephine Francis, of
Cuero, Tex, and Miss Andrews, of Ter
rill Tex. The weather was miserable,
and twenty-eight of the excursionists,
among them number of men, con-
tented themselves with stopping at
what is known as the Saddleback- The
two women were obliged to climb over
rough and slippery roads.-Depver
Republican.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26
The Future Bargains.

Eyes" said the dry goods merchant,
'it is true that we propose to establish
a hospital as an adjunct to our store. ="
ITO treat the victims of bargain rush
esq" was asked.
"Yes, but that is merely a beginning.
Later on I expect to see the business
branch out and I dare say we shall
treat all corners for all sorts of COM
plants at exceptionally low figures. In
nv minds eye l can see our advertise
ment reading, Special. This day onlyi
Appendicitis operations at cut rates.
Positively only one operation to each
customer! Satisfaction guaranteed or
appendix replaced and money refund
ed PUCK.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26
KANSAS GADDERs.

Kansas editors are great travellers.
One is now in the Philippines with
Secretary Taft, another is in Germany,
another in France, one from Independ-
ence is up on Puget Sound and an
other down on Long Island Sound.
Perhaps Kansas has been a little pc
culiar." The newspaper men have de-
termined to travel the world over and
see how much more peculiar Kansas
people ares than other people. The
governor of the state has made his
first visit to the east. All this may re-
suit in changing Kansas, or it may
cause other people to change their
opinion of as.-Independence Re-
porter.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26
REFLECTIONS OF a BAoHELoR
LFrom the New York Press.l

INCW
Sometimes a woman can go home and
tell story exactly the way it was told
to her.
1t makes a girl awfully suspicious of a
car
A sure way not to have good temper
is to have a woman for your partner in
whist. -
The girl who catches man never does
it by running after him, but by running
away from him.
The funniest thing is to hear a married
man 1ecturin< bachelor on how eTrera
sive going to the races is.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26
KANSAS COMMENT
WHO HAS CHANGED?

Mr. Stubbs announces in a Topeka
interview that "a lot of Democrats and
disgruntled Republicans are standing
by Tom Kelly" Last year, however,
When the Herald and other Kansas
newspapers were insisting that Mr..
Kelly was not fit man to go on the
state ticket, the loyal Republicans were
all standing by Tom Kelly to protect
him from Infamous abuse. Mr.. Stubbs
was doing the standing" then and
then as now he told just how things
were.-Ottawa Herald.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26

W. Y. Morgan has been finding
great tariff lessons in the cheap labor
Of Europe, but when he purchased a
picture in Germany to bring home as
a sample of German art he found it
labeled MADE in Springfield, Mass. y
THE best manufactured goods in
Europe come from America, notwith-
standing European cheap labor. The
secret is that while labor is plentiful
in Europe and wages low. American
brains are more than a match for the
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26
HUMOR OF THE Day

''I see they claim that next season will
be bad one for the oysters.
.'Well, I hope they'll never duplicate the
bad one l found in the church sociable
soup. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Chicago Maiden-I actually started down
Never noticed the omission until got into
Boston Damsel-I know just. how you
felt, dear. once went out and forgot to
put on my glasses.-Philadelphia Press.
Miss De wilsonby..Do you believe in In
fant damnation, professor?
Prof. LaTynn-Only at night--Puck
Knicker-so Jones hitched his wagon to
Bocker-Yes and now he is crawling un-
derneath to see why it doesn't go.-Brook-
lyn Life.
Here's a letter from a woman said
the r-to-correspondent editor, who
wants to know what to use in cleaning
IF she is married woman" suggested
the snake editor, tell her to use her hus-
band.'-Chicago News.
Nell-Poor May, Mr. Newcome asked
her # she @ would be satisfied with ''love IN
Believes; she told me she had rejected
him.
ed that the cottage was at Newport.-Phil-
adelphia Ledger.
Miss Gushington-Bu were you never
frightened, Captain, when you saw the en-
emy approaching?
I had couple of life-preservers with me-
Miss Gushington--Life-preser
Captain Frank-Yes; my legs.-Philadel-
phia Public Ledger.
sympathizer-of course, it must be an
| awful affliction not to be able to see.
| Blind Mani don't know but I'm as well
off as the man with eyesight. AS near as
| can discover people care less about see
| See1.-ROStOn TT1nS-
crfpt.
bands writings do you like the best?
He (who married the widow)-His will
Judge.
wigg-why does .Bjones call his yacht
| the Floating Debt?
| Wagg-Because he bought it on the in
stallment plan.-Philadelphia Record.
Hes very wealthy, they say. Has he
mo, but he's got revenue cutter that's
a regular clipper
| "A revenue cutter?''
Yes. the scissors that he clips his cou-
pons with. th.''-Philadelphia Press.
Mrs. Jackson-wal, Pargon. | knows de
an tries to be meek as 1 KIM
Mrs Jackson-But it'll be jest nah luck.
when it comes time fo' me to inherit de
earth, dat darrell be municipal ownership.
Puck.
side to my life
The Opttmist-why don't you polish up
the dark side?-Brooklyn Life.
Teacher (of class in zoology)-what is
the proof that sponge is a living ami
Young Man with the Bad Eye-A man is
living animal. Many men are sponges
Therefore, sponge is living animal
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26
SToNE,S DENIAL.

Since that whisky story got out on
Governor Folk of Missouri, Senator
Stone has rushed into print with a fat
denial of the statement that he drinks
butterrnilk. Astute statesman that he
is, Senator Stone realizes what an i'm
mense advantage Folk has gained
among the old line Democrats in Mis-
souri, when it became. known that he
was not constantly on the water
wagon, SO Stone hastens to set him
self right before his constituents
Wichita Beacon
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26
RR AWE FIREMEN.

Comparatively few extensive fires
occur in large cities. more especially in
such as are largely given to manufac-
turing. without giving occasion for the
display among the men whose business
is to protect the community from nre
or heroic qualities not often surpassed
in war, which has been regarded as tne
peculiar theater of the Chicago
Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26

It's opponents say that since the
anti-cigarette law went into effect in
Indiana twice as many coffin nails
are smoked in that state as hereto
fore, yet the cigarette trust is siren
uously fighting the law, probably for
the same reason that the liquor in
terests fight prohibition in Kansas, al
though they assert that more liquor
is used than would be under high
license.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26

The Democrats of Pennsylvania
have again taken heart and nominated
state ticket. Perhaps they think the
majority against them will not be as
great anyway since they have got rid
of those sixty thousand Republican
dummies in philadelphia
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26
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HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers OF the State journal
away during the summer may have
the paper mailed regularly each day
20 any address at the rate of thirty
cents a month. Address changed as
often as desired. While cat Of town
the State Journal viii be to you like
= daily letter from home.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26
AN INrERNArIoNAL sYsrEM.

What may be ultimately expected is a
harmonizing of the tariff systems of all
the principal countries of the world,
with the object of facilitating trade in
stead of restricting it. Special treaties
between any two nations which discrim-
mate against other nations will then be
found to be inconvenient and undesir-
able. Our prosperity will be enhanced
by comprehensive general plan which
may apply to all countries and which
will facilitate our commerce with all of
them.-Hartford Times.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26
FROM OTHER PENS
TOUGH.

decided that a woman teacher who
gets married must give up her position
in the schools. 1t is a little tough,
however, to compel a woman who has
been teaching for years to learn some
new method of supporting a husband.
Washington Post.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26

The Lawrence World says: at was
a cheap political trick to try to force
Governor Hoch to declare that he will
not be a candidate for senator. OF
course Hoch could not make any such
a declaration" Why "of course?
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26

The fact that Russia can borrow
plenty of money to pay an indemnity
but none to continue the war ought
to help Japan some.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26

Instead of calling it an indemnity,
why doesn't Russia just loan Japan
q billion indefinitely. without security
and without interest?
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26

William Allen White gracefully
comedies that Senator Fred Dumont
Smith is a chump instead of a boodler.
You can almost hear the Edwards
county statesman wink clear across
the Atlantic, however. as he admits
the chump Indictment.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26
rHE HOME JAPANEsE.

The Japanese conception of the fam
lily has tended to reduce the number or
cases of distress which appeal to the
charity of the public, for public senti-
ment places the responsibility very
directly upon the head of the family,
in the Oriental sense of the term. He
takes it as a matter of course, but he
could not escape it if he would. Even
in such cases public relief is given in
certain ways. For example, the fu-
neral expenses of deceased soldier
are quite often, some would say gen.
orally, borne by the village, town or
ward of the city to which the soldier
belonged: but this is done not, NOM
inally at least, as a relief measure, but
as an expression of local pride in a
fellow citizen who has died for his
country Mission News.
THE WOODS ARE FULL OF THEM.
A peanut club has been organized in
Ohio, the membership. we infer, being
limited to Ohio peanut politicians
Denver Post.
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26

1t is claimed that only $4,000 was
required to kill six antitrust bills in
the Nebraska legislature. Which indi-
Gates that Nebraska statesmen do not
come as high as those in "OId Nfizzoo. -
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26

]. L. Brady says there will never
be return to machine rule in Kan
sas. There will be organization of
course, but machine rule will be a
thing of the past" But what is an
organization but a machine?
The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-26

Chicago has been expecting its old
court house to fall down almost any
time for years, but since it has been
decided that the building must come
down it finds that $4,000 will be re-
quired to topple it over.