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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-17
ABAS TIE FAKR.

At last the worm has turned! Along
with other wrong-doers the newspaper
fakir is to be brought to Justice After
years Of suffering from this pest the
newspapers have turned and propose to
stop the dishonest practice.
Up in Iowa several newspapers have
been imposed upon by the alleged cor
respondent out in California. Under an
Oakland, Cal. date line they have been
sent dispatches concerning persons who
formerly lived in Iowa or who had
Iowa connections. The dispatches have
been published but they have turned out
rank falsehoods, doing severe injury.
For instance, a Des MOines paper got
a dispatch that a certain man had been
murdered by his wife in a hotel The
details were given and the story looked
like the truth, but it was not. Other
papers received dispatches telling of the
suicide of a man who was alleged to
have jumped from a ferry boat, and
still another fake was that a certain
man had been killed while doing Chi
natown.
All of these false stories We're traced
to the single Oakland correspondent.
and now the newspapers that were i'm
posed upon have determined to prose-
cute and punish him. It is to be hoped
that they viii succeed.
To this same class belongs the person
who writes an anonymous note or tele-
phones a newspaper about a false mar
riage or birth. 1t is usually done as a
Joke" or to get even with some one. The
experienced editor always tries to sup
press such items although they occa-
sionaIly creep past him. Stories that
are sent from a distance and that seem
plausible on their face are still more
difficult to guard against.
In the rush and hurry necessary IN
the publication of a daily newspaper it
is frequently difficult to always cOrrob-
crate news items and stories that come
/ into a newspaper Office, both locally and
/ by telegraph Frequently the editor has
/ to depend on intuition to tell him
whether to print or suppress them. If
he suppresses them he runs the risk of
/ throwing away legitimate news to
which his readers are entitled and
which some of them win be looking for.
If he does not suppress them. and they
/ turn out untrue. he is, of course, impos-
/ ed upon and his paper is blamed for it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-17

SONG OF THE SEWING MACHINE.
A touch of the foot, a turn OF the hand,
We are of, and away, away
Down the long white road, without pause
From dawn till the close Of day.
There's a bridge to cross, a chasm to
But my hand is Arm and strong.
ana through the whir Of my galloping
The clock sings its ceaseless song.
To the land of Bridal White,
Then my steed is changed to a bark Sc
cure,
That rides on the pillows bright.
Straight through the foam it cleaves its
The iaoes hutter and fall
bend my head to the whirling wheel
NY limbs are numb with pain,
1et 1 sing at my work and keep my
For the world and work are one
An1 knot there win be unending rest
And they sleam like Scattered drifts Ct
snow
with the love. light hanowing all
And sometimes the road to Tsaby Land.
I and my good steed take.
The paths are straight, ard the way is
And the garments sweet 10 make.
Dear little hands I shall never touch;
Lips I shall never pressi
I kiss the cambria folds for your sake.
And the joy can only guess.
A touch of the foot a turn Of the hand.
We are off. and away, away
The sun peeps laughingly through the
A bird halls the dawning DAY.
Ana at night my lamp is trimmed and
filed,
The stars CLEAN through the pane
( Mine is the journey, but never the goal
Unidentified.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-17
GLOBE SIGHTS.

TFrom the Atchison Globe.1
1t sometimes happens that in getting
out of a rut a man finds himself in
hole.
A family row is as bad as a church
row. but the limit is reached when
they are mixed up
This has been a peculiar fall Roast
ing ears are lingering on the lap Of
picked pigs feet.
If you have any bad traits, your
mothers kin are pretty sure to know
just where you got them
THE trouble has always been with
nv talk" said an Atchison man today
that I could never cash it in"
What have become of the worms
who ironed their husbands shirts in
stead of sending them to the laundry?
If babies were as smart as their
parents claim, they would cry less
nights and harder when their mothers
are Just getting interested in book
agent
If a woman called at her husbands
Office a month ago and caught him
with his feet on the table, she can't
believe that he has done as much
work since as she does every five
minutes.
Exclusive fashion note: It is said
the Greek dress is coming back for
the women. This IS a garment that
is made by taking several widths OF
muslin ana draping it on It gives the
Wearer the shape Of a pillow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-17
C1eveIand and Taft.

Pictures of Secretary of War Taft
taken today resemble those of Grover
Cleveland when he was serving the
second time as president, remarks a
contributor to the Detroit Journal.
Mentally and bodily the two men are
built upon the same lines. They are
broad, solid. aggressive and fearless
representatives of American citizen
ship.
was at his favorite pastime on the
stream running down to the ocean. A
stranger approached an old guide and
boatman sitting on the bank.
"Queer," said the stranger, cit is the
wrong time of day. but isn't the tide
coming in?"
Nov, it's jest Clevelan' out thar in
a boat fshin'-'
General Taft got his hugs bulk on
top of a horse for a long ride to a
place he was anxious to reach. He
saw an anxious look on the owners
face and said:
q suppose you think that this trip
mo sir; I was thinking of the
horse"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-17
-5AYH4H WKER JOTg

The editorial heading of the Marion
Record now reads this way: e w.
Hoch, proprietor; Homer Hoch, Editor"
The Augusta Daily Gazette has in
creased its size to a six column folio,
although it is published in town of
only about 1900 people
Fish story from the Fort Scott Trib-
une: Jim Grass is credited with being
the best bass fisherman in the country
He went out Sunday and came back
with ten pound bass. Now there are
not very many ten pound bass in the
country and it IS proba bic that there are
not many peORe who will believe that
Jim caught one weighing that number
Of pounds but 1t is vOuched for by many
of his friends who saw the fish. It is
believed to be the biggest bass that was
ever caught in the county. He pulled it
out of Pawnee creek with hook and
line.
A Kansas paper gives the following
description of a good citizen: "A good
citizen is man who takes pride in his
home town. pays his honest debts.
speaks well of his home paper and pays
for it, who doesn't squeeze every Is cent
piece until the agOniZed scream of the
eagle can be heard for a mile. He will
measure u inches for a foot every day
viii battle and change his shirt once a
week, and will see that the woman he
loves does not have to use 9, hedge fence
for a clothes line or break 10 ash bar
rels for fuel
The Independence Reporter compli-
ments itsel. because people have so
much faith in its statements that when
it published the news that County At
tOrney Wagstan was about to instruct
the county officers to see that the slot
machines were put out of business the
owners Of the machines did not even
wait until the notices were received be
fore removing the machines. Still, the
Reporter should not be too proud. A
tip that Tom Wagstaff might get after
them would scare any sort of a wrong
doer on short notice, in view of his re-
cent record.
Here is Deacon Bert Walkers idea of
it: heard couple of men arguing over
religious matters the other day, which
to me seems very foolish. There is
nothing in this angel business; when
you're dead, you're dead, and that's all
there is to you" said one. The other
one didn't think so. but he couldn't
prove it to the satisfaction of the other.
1 am not going to butt in here and take
sides. I only want to offer this thought:
Suppose the man who believes there IS
nothing beyond the grave is right, the
other fellow has lost nothing. But sup
nose the man who believes in the fu-
ture life we are told about turns out to
be right how about the other fellow? ?
Seems to me that it is one Of those pro-
positions where it is all to gain and
nothing to lose for one fellow, and all
/ to lose and nothing to gain for the other
man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-17
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Iron the Chicago News.l
When fool gets angry he begins to
To the pure all things are pure-bar-
ring politics.
Many a so-cal1ed truthful man is mere
ly a diplomatic liar.
A man who has no sense of hunor il
naturally short Of sense.
Some people are unable to distinguish
between hattery and praise.
Give the average woman a hairnin
and she can dispense with all other IN
ventions.
If a woman can conceal the fact that
she has false teeth she cares not who
knows her faults.
About the quickest way for a young
man to win a girls love is to hrfbe heT
father to object to him.
It is easier for a man to stop run
away horse than It is for him to ston d
woman's tongue or a baby's tears.
When two women are not on speak king
terms with each other they make M for
it by saying things about each other
to their friends.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-17
Carnegie as a Boy.

A broker told to a Buffalo Enquirer
man this story:
Il once visited Dunfermline, Mr.
Carnegie's birthplace. They told me
there story about him that illus
trated the tenacity and perseverance
of his childhood-his bulldog deterrni-
nation to ride down every obstacle
and reach his end.
1T seems that at the little Dunferm-
line school the master called Andrew
up one day, and asked him how much
seven times nine was.
THE boy, unable to hit on the an
swer Immediately, began to go over the
entire table
" Twice nine is eighteen, thrice nine
is twenty-seven, four times nine is
thirty-six, five
"But the master interrupted impa-
tiently
g No, no. he said. Give me the an
swer straight off
AFTER some thought the boy began
again:
''Twice nine is eighteen. thrice nine
is twenty-seven. four times
No. Straight off, repeated the
master.
cried passionately. we've spoilt me
twice. an do We want to spoil me a
third time ?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-17
- Sc WnN

Your reasons cant dispute;
I know that they are wrong.
Your arguments I'd refute
If they were not so strong.
But I've my opinion yet.
I only have one regret
I wish / could make you see
Just how it looks to me
No doubt you have made it clear:
At least to your own mean mind.
You don't need to call me dear!
think that you're most unkind.
i We nothing at all to say
OF course, it's as clear as day,
m thankful that thought is free
And so you can't move me.
I've no one to take M. part,
own have no defense,
ana so you just think it smart
TO talk about common sense.
Oh. well if you do give in,
It doesn't matter a pin,
But stlll I'm glad you agree,
Ihough you are so wise. with me.
Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-17
Getting Un-fo-Date-

A man who was travelling through
the Ozark mountains on horseback
stopped before a typical Arkansas
farm house to inquire the way. What's
the news? ?" asked the mountaineer, as
he leaned his lank frame against the
fence and pulled his long beard
thoughtfully.
On finding that what had become a
part of history was news to him, the
traveller asked why he did not take
some weekly or even monthly period
zeal, that he might keep in touch with
the world at large
wal" said the old man, when my
pa died, ten years ago, he left me a
stack of newspapers that high'-indi-
eating a height of about three feet
and I amt done readin' Of 'em yet
Cleveland Leader
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-17
Where He Was.

A noted man in Springfield was
Michael Clancy, a contractor, who had
become rich. He bought a string Of
horses and entered them for the Sara
fun of it. and rarely bet. One day he
had horse entered that seemed to
have so excellent a chance to win that
he bet $40 on it.
When the horses got away Clancy
stood in the grand stand watching
them through his field glasses. Some of
his friends, knowing Of the $40 bet
crowded about and began to joke him.
Where's your horse nOw?" Clancy
was asked.
II can't quite make out" he replied,
whether he is last in the third race
or first in the fourth. Cleveland
Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-17
How He knew.

In Kansas City, Kan, court recently
a negro, on the witness stand, was being
questioned about a sick horse by a law
yer.
what was the matter with the
horse?'' asked the lawyer.
He was ailin'," replied the witness.
yes. I know said the questioner,
but what was the matter?'
HE was jes' ailin'."
But what was wrong? With what
disease was he suffering?'
"Jes' ailin'," persisted the negro. The
lawyer was quiet a moment. Then he
had a bright idea He would try to get
at the horses symptoms.
well, how do you know he was all
ing?" he asked.
!" Cause he died, replied the witness
Kansas City Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-17
HUM0R OF THE Day

What do you think Of this reform
s'It's a good thing" answered Senator
Sorghum. Tt retires some of the old
time bosses from business and makes
room for promotions. w ashington Star.
How do you manage to write all those
funny things?'' asked the inquisitive fe-
male Of the jokesnith.
with typewriter, madam answered
the o-much-per-yard grin producer.
Indeed exclaimed the l. f. Don't
you know, I imagined you used some
sort Of copying apparatus. Chicago
News.
How long hev you been a printer" in
CURED gander-necked young native who
of the Polkvllle CArk) Weekly Clarion.
ysa fFso replied the he veteran oo
And ye amt got it all set yit, neither
Puck.
Bin inspectin' o them moo prize cot
tages. They amt no good Iron banisters
to the stairs; fOW do they expect yer to
be able to light the fire with them An
Billy ere-and i'm so given to prizin' up
the floor. tiles and things in Is leisure
hours-w1y, they've put EN- In With
they'd break the pore child's 'artl''-
Punch.
DO you think you will live in history?''
asked the somewhat sardonic friend.
I don't know about that" answered
best hotels while I'm here"-Washing-
ton Star.
Teacher-We no longer have the tor
lures of the Spanish inquisition.
Bright Pupii-FTo ma'arn, but we have
the college fraternity initations.-Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
When you were wandering about those
magnificent autumn woods and immeTno-
rial rocks, did you not often wish that
you were a Savage-a rude uututOred
child of nature?
Indeed, I do. Then wouldn't be able
to read the advertising signs they stick
Press.
DO you think that money controls q
''To certain extent answered sena-
tor Sorghum. but some Of us politicians
hope to soon be able to turn the tables
and control good bit of money. wash
ington Star.
churcsh-where did he get that scar he
Gotham-In religious war.
Church-A religious war; Where was
the religious war, for gracious sake?
Gotham-In church choir, I believe
XOnkers Statesman.
Sunset sims-So yer jess had three Jobs
offered yer all ter once! How did yer
Northern Lytes-oh. goodnessi Just like
a woman If she should see q ghost, a
Life.
Talesman--II wish to be excused from
serving on this jury
Judge-What is your reason7
Talesman-l,m very absent-min6ed.
Judge-Can't excuse you. Absence OF
mind is the best qualification for jury
nan.-cleveland Leader.
''Pshawr' said the Judge, there's no
reason why you people should be divorce
ed. Go home and make UP. There are
But, ju6ge.'' the man franticallv in
terrurted. she hasn't told yoC the whole
Truth. pushed her downstairs once and
it was n.irae ulous that she wasn't killed
or crippled for life '-Chicago Record
Herald
what made you vote for that man for
eSso9n IIgs You always said he had very
Yep" answered Farmer Corntosse1
And I took a good deal of satisfaction
IN putin him where he'll have every
chance to show hisseIf up an prove nv
assertion. w shington Star
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-17
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHEIoR
IFrom the New York Press.l

IFrom the New York Press.1
A woman can guess a thing right
quicker than man can reason It.
Some people are always willing to
tell the truth when it Is disagreeabis to
somebody else.
A girl Of 16 always wants to do the
things she viii never let her daughter
do when she has one OF that age.
Can anybody explain how it is that At
6 o'clock in the morning the tenpera-
ture of the furnace is six degrees lower
than the air outooors2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-17

elect Pattison of Ohio is one Of the
most prominent MethodIsts OF that
state, and W. H. Berry. the Democrat
who was elected state treasurer of
Pennsylvania over the Republican can
didate, is Methodist local preacher
and there has scarcely been a Sunday
in twenty years that he has not con-
Quoted a service somewhere.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-17
N THE SAME BOAT.

Mr.. Stubs, who is contesting with
Mr.. Curtis and, others for the United
States senatorship. asserts that Curtis
helped defeat the bill for the nomina-
ton of United States senators by the
people. Well. suppose he did, he did
no more than Mr.. Stubs did in the
Wichita convention in turning out the
delegates elected by the Republicans
of Jackson, Atchison, Wyandotte and
Miami counties, and seating bogus
delegates selected by corrupt county
and congressional committees.=Hol-
ton Recorder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-17

Those who buy five and ten cent
shares of mining, oil refining and other
speculative stock should be posted as
to the liability they assume. Many OF
the oil refneries and prospecting com
panies in eastern Kansas have foreign
charters and have no legal standing IN
the state unless they are admitted by
the secretary of state. If admitted, or
if acting under a Kansas charter, there
is a liability between the ten and fif-
teen cents per share paid for their
stock and the par value of it. If the
company contracts any debts and the
books show only ten cents paid on a
dollar share, a receiver can assess the
holder of the stock 80 cents per share.
If not admitted, they cannot legally
transact business. Look up investments
before you part with your money and
perhaps lend your credit to strangers
Anthony Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-17

Senator Ellzins fears" that his com
nittee viii not be able to frame a rail-
road bill in the ten days after con-
eress meets, in accordance with the in
structions of the senate. Probably it
won't. The railroad magnates won't
know by that time just how much they
will have to concede in order to head
of the presidents plan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-17

An Iowa woman wants a divorce from
her husband because he has not taken a
bath for twenty-five years. Most peo-
pie viii think she would have been jus
titled in applying a year or so earlier
Olathe Mirror
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-17
THE EXPRESS COMPANIES.

They have got the right pig by the
ear when they jump the railroads on
rate determinations, but the express
companies are the biggest hogs of them
all. A little package weighing about
four ounces sent from St. Joe to Troy,
costs more than key Of beer sent from
the same plaee.-Troy.C Chief.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-17
a SCRAMBLED FLEET.

1.-THE two combined fleets now in New
York harbor," says Prince Louis of
Battenberg. "could, I think, reduce New
York to atoms in the time it takes my
cook to fry an omelette." Doubtless
they could. anchored as they now are.
but any feet intent upon such business
into an omelette itself before it entered
the North river.-New York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-17
JOB THAT'S HARD TO GET.

The management of Norway goes to
the yorng Dane. He lives near the
plant and his family evidently has some
pull These are days when, if a man
wants anything, he must put on his hat
and coat and go get it. You cannot
secure a position as king as you would
answer an advertisement to do easy
work. in leisure hours. at home. no
canvassing Boston Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-17
70 DISPUTE ABOUT sATAN.

Considering the controversy as to
whether the angels are, male or female
an exchange points with pride to the
fact that there is no disposition on the
part of the weaker sex to dispute the
gender of his Satanic majesty
Oak Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-17

Those Democrats who handled the
finances of the national committee
doubtless think the Equitable should
have lived up to it's name and contribu-
ted SIS, 900 to them also, But perhaps
they didn't have as good a solicitor as
the T2e.9ublfcans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-17
TROUBLEs NOT 80 oVER-

The Russian people ! who THINK an
their troubles are over now will have
rude awakening when Boss Peterwesh
learns to pack his convention and trade
off their ates.-Jewell County Re
publican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-17

Senatorial courtesy requires a new
senator to be backward about making
speeches and assuming to lead during
his first two or three sessions. Just
watch how much attention the new SEN
ator from Pennsylvania pays to "sen-
atoriaI courtesy" when the railroad
fight warns up this winter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-17

You viii notice that the new Nor
wegian king didn't have to begin at the
bottom and work his way up. The king
business is different in this respect fromI
most others.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-17

The Chicago News thinks that "be-
fore outlining national political plat
forms for the next presidential cam
paign we might wait to see what con-
gress does to the railroads" The News
probably means what congress does
not do to the railroads.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-17

China" says the Chicago News,
''needs a lot of civilizing, and part of
it should be done with a club" The
trouble is that China has a club Of her
own, which she is just beginning to
learn to use, judging from the recent
bovcOff
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-17

Dowie's Leaves of Healing" his
of1ciaI organ, has fallen down because
Of lack of support 1t is not surpris-
ing, however. as this is the time of
year for leaves to fall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-17

Assistant Attorney General Carver
evidently put on his gum shoes before
making the raid on Lon Townsend,
and the tip-off individual did nog get
chance to be OF service.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-17
OFT IN THE COLD.

President Mccall contends that there
are two sides to the life insurance bust
ness. It is clear enough that the policy
holders have the outside.-St. Louis
Post-Dispa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-17

Race suicide isn't the problem that
IS bothering Mayor Tom Johnson. It
is the common every day brand Of
suicide that he is trying to stop.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-17

OF course the Tammany cat may
not have been killing any birds, but
the missing ballot boxes have a re-
markabIe resemblance to feathers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-17
EROlN OTHER PENS


President Stickney of the Great West
ern railway, who indorses President
RooseveIt's rate demands, may become
known as tha Big Stickney.-Kansas
City Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-17

Tammany welcomes an investiga-
ton" Of course, but it would have
welcomed it a let more had it got those
ballot boxes safely stolen without be-
Ing canght at it.