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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31
ROIESTVENSKY

One cannot help a feeling Of sympa-
thy for the commander of the late Bal
tic feet, however much he may rejoice
over the success of Japanese arms. Ro-
jestvensky must have been a great
man, else he could not have attained
the eminence he did. His bravery was
unQuestioned, and the one blot on his
record was the action of some of his
ships in firing on a, British fishing feet
a few months ago-and he may not
have been responsible for that action.
At the eleventh hour seemingly, he
was ordered by his country to the east
in an attempt to turn back the over
whelming tide of japanese success. The
conduct of his great feet from the Bal
tic to the eastern shore Of Asia, cover
ing thousands Of miles, was alone
great feat.
Arriving in eastern waters his fuel
supplies must have been exhausted. It
is known that he was i'll. He faced an
enemy that had not been defeated. He
was in waters unknown to him, yet well
known to his opponent. But so far as
we now know, Rojestvensky showed no
sign of faltering. His naneuvering was
that of a strategist, and at what he
considered the proper time he made a
dash for his goal.
Seriously wounded, with his flagship
sinking, his friends placed him aboard
a minor boat. on which he was captur-
ed by his enemy. His reputation as a,
great admiral was swept away in a
dag
When the full story of the great fight
is known in all its details, it will be
possible to judge more accurately Of
the action of the Russian admiral, but
so far as can be told thus far he seems
to have been determined to live up to
the words attributed to him a few
weeks ago in sending his last word to
the czar: You win not hear from me
till after the battle. If I am defeated
Togo will give you the particulars; if I
win, I will send them myself"
But Togo has given them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31
JANA WKER JOTS

A pastor at Republic City has begun
legal proceedings to get his salary.
In Neosho county cemeteries there lie
buried five soldiers of the Spanish
American war.
The Concordia newspaper war has
reached the stage where one editor ac-
cuses the other of standing in the alley
and throwing stones at the hearse as it
goes by with the body of a man the
editor doesn't like.
Smith county has four towns large
enough to have their population record
ed. They are as follows: Smith Center.
1,347; Lebanon. 704; Kensington, 424;
Gaylord, 298. Gaylord had a railroad
long before the other three.
THE older We get, the palmer we can
see the folly of boarding a, lot Of mon
ey," says the Marion Headlight. And
Henry Honey, of the Mankato Advo-
cate, in a guilty tone of voice says,
We'll, you needn't look at us. We are
not boarding enough to do any harm"
Don z. Wells, the young son of State
Auditor Wells, edits a column in the
Erie Record. Il have been wondering"
he says, what those club women who
met in Topeka several days ago did
with their babies while away from
home"
Miss Alice Cooper, a Jewell City girl,
is now a missionary in India, and she
has been wishing for an organ to aid
in teaching her dusky pupils in heath
endom. The Jewell Epworth league Of
which she is a member. is raising the
money to send her one.
Mr.. Hoffman. in the interest of the
state prison, talked to several of the
grades this week. says a Salina school
item in chrOnicling an address by the
agent Of the Society for the FriendIess,
but it does not say whether he secured
any recruits for that institution.
The Solomon Tribune is the proud
possessOr of q, new press. With it's old
one it printed $50 papers an hour, and
it took two men nearly five hours to
print the weeks edition. The new press
runs at the rate of 1850 an hour, and
on it one man printed the entire edition
in 50 minutes.
A Jewell county farmer moved to
town recently, and the first thing he did
was to ask about getting his mail de-
Hvered. He couldn't think of walking
to the postoff1ce when he was accus-
toned to having the rural mail carrier,
but he was informed that the farmer
has the advantage of the small town
resident. The town man has to go to
the postof1ice for his mail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31
GLOBE SIGHTS.
Iron the Ate

LFrom the Atchison Globe.l
Keeping a diary is nearly as hard
work as keeping a dairy.
Turn your back; were going to swear:
Dog on the human hog.
Being favorably impressed is the
cheapest way we know of being a good
fellow.
Topeka Journal: Topeka can be de-
pended on to like the duet from III
Trovatore."
Everyone realizes when he goes to
a photographers that he is not looking
his prettiest.
When an undertaken is doing a good
business it must take a good deal of
self control to keep him from looking
pleased.
One taste of paw paw isn't so bad;
but you can't live on them. Nor are
we satisfied to read of Helen Keller,
and nothing else.
When a school teachers lover is a
poor speller, she tries awfully hard to
make herself believe he is a pioneer in
phonetic spelling
A certain North Sixth street man fire.
quently attempts to take care of the
baby, and his noise is worse than the
crying of the baby.
We are all pretty easily pleased when
we consider that three or four times a
day we see exactly how we look in the
looking glass.
1t IS gong TO make a mighty poor
jam for your crust in poverty to eat it.
remembering what you spent on fool
ishness in youth
If we should read in a novel of a.
heroine over nineteen years old, We
should sheer, yet Dayse D1ayme Apple
/ ton is thirty-four, and still acts girl
/ ish.
We frequently see this statement: at
/ requires courage for a man to do his
duty This isn't true: it is always cas-
/ Ter to do right than it is to do wrong.
! What has become of the old fashioned
man who drank peppermint and whisky
when he felt wrong inside? Was whisky
ever good for a sick man or a well mar?
Owning an automobile is not all iov.
Now that G. D. Walker has a big i've
passenger machine. managers of anna
teur concerts expect him to buy FIVE
| tickets.
A farmer was talking today with an
Atchison man who owns an automobile.
They scare horses the farmer said
| We'll" the Atchison man replied. ssTtss
l up to the horses"
It is estimated by the women that
when husband gives his wife 81 so to
buy shirt, she can buy the goods and
pattern ana make the shirt for so cents.
ana have dollar to the good.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Perhaps RoJestvensky forgot to kiss
his sailors just before the battle!
It is said there are 10000 travelling
men in the United States, not count
ing Muskogee Red.
Ever notice what hard worker
Bill Doolittle is?" said Deacon Two
good today. TITS harder for him to
work than any man I know Of"
Another proof of the nothing-in-a-
name theory originated by Mr.. Shake
speare: Mr.. LawIess of Atchison has
no connection with the joint business.
1t looks as though the sentry for the
State Temperance union was asleep
on duty and let Clarence Young slip
through the lines with his permit
without challenging him for the pass
word and countersign.
Labor note: The Japs are exceed
ingly busy just now painting a new
color over the map of eastern Asia
under the direction of those we'll
known map artists. Togo and Oyama.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31

Ex-Fire Chief Hugh Bonner of New
York addressed recently the Woman's
Municipal League on the subject of fire
peril.
At the end of his address, a woman
told Mr.. Bonner that she had been in
formed by an actor that every theater
in New York was absolutely fireproof.
Am to trust that man?' she asked.
Mr. Bonner laughed.
HIS is about as trustworthy" he re-
piled, "as the average Alpine guide.
Once, some years ago, Swiss guide
took an American and his daughter on
an excursion upon the Jungfrau.
CAS- they climbed, the guide, as is
usual, pointed out the various objects of
interest on the way. At the edge of a
horrible abyss, he said:
g This is where Thorwaldsen, the eel
ebrated Swedish mountain climber, lost
his life in 81
Jungfrau BEFORE said:
Why. no, it isn't. This is not the
place. Where Thorwaldsen died is two
miles farther on
.. Monsieur is quite right said the
guide, but thought it was too far for
the young lady to travel"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31
TIE COLLEGE BOYS.

There is a score due the college stud
ent. When a lot of them went out to
Kansas last year to help in harvesting
many jests were framed at their ex-
pense. But now one of the big wheat
growers of Kansas writes: Get US col
lege boys from the east, for they are
not afraid to work" This may refer to
a different class of students from those
who regard college as a place to play.
But it is plain that the young men who
combine education with readiness to
pitch into whatever work is offered
them are bound to amount to some
thing.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31
a NV YORK VIEW.

Topeka is very strong for temper
ance. One Lee Jones is a prominent
pharmacist of the place. He has OBJ
tanned a renewal of his permit to sell
liquor. When he made his appliea
Temperance union. Mr.. Jones was
asked if he did not keep an ice box
in the room behind his drug depart
ment, and answered that he did.
What for" inquired the attorney for
the temperance union. ITO keep the
beer cold ''Why?" because peo-
pie want their beer cold" said Mr.
Jones. Which goes to show that
frankness pays even when you are
fighting fanaticism.-New York Even
ing Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31

We have ABUNDANT shipping facili-
ties furnished by nations which have
small territories, and some of them
sterile soil and an inhospitable eli
mate In many cases we get better
terms from them than their own coun-
trymen do, just as the foreigner gets
better prices from our steel manufac-
turers than we can. We have the
more remunerative fields of invest
ment and labor, and we get all the
shipping we can use. Why should
societies be organized for the relief
of the shipping business and why
should the proceeds of taxation be
sought as a largess for men carrying
on an ordinary commercial pursuit =
Philadelphia Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31
FOR RAILRoAD MEN.

A railroad man has called our atten-
ton to law passed by the recent leg
islature with which some railroad
men may not be familiar. It pro-
hibits railroad company from per-
hitting trainman, dispatcher, or
operator, who has worked in his re-
spective capacity for 16 consecutive
hours, to continue on duty until he has
had at least eight hours rest. This
prohibition does not apply, however, in
cases of washouts. or unavoidabl BILE
blockades, nor does it prevent a train
crew from hauling live stock or perish
able matter to the next division point
after the expiration of the time limit.
Wellington Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
TFrorn The New York Press. !

A man of so thinks he can fascinate
a girl Of 20. and she makes hiTn think
it.
There is an awful good time to be had
in letting other people have the ambi-
lions.
It takes a lot of money not to care
whether people think you have II OF
not.
A girl Is never too young not to let
some boy she is interested IN imagine
it is another fellow
when q. woman doesn't have to get q
new cook more than once a week she
begins to think she Is becoming a sue
cessfuI housekeeper.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31

IN AN ADIRONDACK BAY.
Brown are the shallows-brown as that
faWn
Who sDlashed in them TIL he saw the
dawn
Sun-touched. the shadows catch the light
And glitter and turn from brown to
bright.
The blackbird sounds his vibrant thrill,
The frogs shrill drum is never STILL
Dragonf1ies have whirring wings,
The warm air palpitates and rings;
And through it all 1 hear one tune
A resonant song from the lips of June.
Francis Sterne Palmer in The Outlook.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31
HOW BRADY VOTED.

The Manhattan Republic complains
because the last legislature did not
pass a primary election law. One
ought to have been passed, but it was
impossible. The fellows out in the
short grass country and the Demo-
Gratis killed every one that was pro-
posed. The writer voted for everyone
that was offered and confesses that he
had to shut his eyes to vote for some
of them.-Lawrence World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31
re BRIDGE rRTIsT-

some people wonder why country
bridges cost so much. The reason is
very plain: the various big bridge
companies have gone together and
parceled out the state. The various
companies will submit bids for
bridges, but the company in whose
territory the work is to be done, al
ways has the lowest bid and gets the
contract. This looks all right on the
face, but it is one of the trusts we
have TO contend with.-HortOn Head
light.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31
ANOTHER BOSS BUSTER.

Now that the governor has refused
Willie Sell a pardon the announcement
might be expected over the wires from
Lansing that Sell has Joined the ranks
of fellows who are going to amputate
Hoch's political appendix at the close
of his present term if it was not for
the fact that the governor has prom
ised to take up the case later.-Par-
sons Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31

1t is noticed that people who have
mo tariff to protect them refuse toI
grow white in the face and draw their
breath in quick gasps when they talk
Of Secretary Tafts Panama purchas-
ing policy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31

The Blue and the Gray are con
stantly coming closer together and the
animosities of years are being buried
Three or four years ago in a southern
Kansas town an ex-COnfederate died
and was followed to his grave by c.
a. r. veterans, six of whom were his
pan bearers, while the local G. A. R.
post passed resolutions of regret over
fis death. The late Fitzhugh Lee
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31

Chicago feels like congratulating
New York on The nineteen-hour
sohedule Of the Twentieth Century
Limited which enables New Workers
70 get out of Manhattan and to reach
the city by the lake in the shortest
time possible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31

still the Philadelphia gas trust gave
Mayor Weaver his chance to become
great and famous. If the trust had
not tried to steal the city and carry it
ON Weaver would never have been
heard OF outside eastern Pennsylvania
and western New JERSEY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31
A MATTER OF COURSE.

The editor of the bingham New
Leaf says that when the booze ped
der strikes that town and goes around
taking orders he never calls on the
successful merchants or bankers. Had
they been patrons of the booze houses
when they first started out in business
they would not have become the bank
ers and leading merchants. Jewell
Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31
THE RIGHT WAY.

The announcement from Washing
ton that President Roosevelt will ac-
cept no more free rides from any rail-
road company or the Pullman com
pany will be read with approval by
all who believe that our chief ex-
ecutive should not accept favors at
the hands of these corporations. When
he travels the expense should be
borne by the government or paid for
by himself.-Boston Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31
A SLIDER

trict school who could not work long
division, but he was death on short
division. Given any example he could
short divide it and then put down the
answer: 1 learned afterwards that he
remem bered the answers. 1 heard
from that boy the other day. He has
gone through life doing long division
the short way. He has never solved
any problem but he has slid around
Just enough to keep him living.-Dod
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31

Under the title. "a Phase of the
Money Problem Bankers Dare Not
Discuss, Albert Griffin writes along
the line of his "Hocus Pocus Money,
book in the June number of Tom
1Tatson's magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31

Only a few weeks ago the people of
Philadelphia were referring to their
mayor as "SinfuI John" Which only
shows how the g. p.-and others=may
be mistaken sometimes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31

And it was only a decade ago that
we were looking forward to the close
OF the nineteenth century and the
opening Of the twentieth as the begin
ming Of an era of universal peace!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31
BUT BOTH FAILFD.

When the people of Illinois wanted
relief from gas impositions they dis
cussed the matter with their senators
honest men. When the people Of Phil
adelphia wanted relief from gas i'm
position they visited their board OF
aldermen armed with ropes, one end
of each of which was shaped into a
hangman's moose. The Philadelphia
plan seems much more effective
Peoria Herald,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31
FROM OTHER PENS
NEWS TO KANSAS.

people know a man is a tenderfoot
when he talks about Cyclone cellars
People in the cyclone belt always refer
to them as 'fraid holes. New York
Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31

Secretary Shaw says, mo one is
authorized to say that Z am a candi-
date for the presidency but it looks
las though we are authorized to think
SO. ANYWAY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31

fought through the war as a Confed-
crate, but he lived to become an hon
ored general of the federal army.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31

Three young men came into the
STATE Journal Office today. Two of
Them instinctively sought the side of a
door-casing to lean against, with their
hands in their pockets The third
stood up straight and manly. which
or. the three would you employ if YOU
were looking for workers?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31

Since the grafters have been beaten
Ia the gas lease business in Philade1-
phia7 perhaps it is safe to leave the
government mint in that city after all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31

Kansas can hardly believe that Mrs.
Lease allowed a mere man to bluff her
into obeying him, even at the point of
q pistol.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31

Perhaps a good way to help make
the trusts take their feet out Of the
trough is to stop giving them swiH by
means of a tariff that protects them
against competition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31

You VIII notice that the Russians
are always wise enough to do their
celebrating before they hear from the
battle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31

At last we learn that his full name
ls Dinovt PetrOvitch Rojestvensky.
l1at's enough to defeat him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31
KANSAS cOMMENT
BENT Will REFUSE.

The Washington Post has nomi-
mated Vic Murdoch for president and
be born in Canada Thus disulIa living
him for the office the sun seconds the
nomination of the red headed con-
gresham from the Seventh district
with the understanding that he is to
make his uncle Bent, secretary of
war.-Parsons Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31

isn't It about time for McC1ure's
magazine to issue an extra on the
Philadelphia situation?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31

OF course it is mighty easy now to
Boint out Rojestvensky's mistakes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31

It really seems about time Russia
was beating her swords into pruning
hooks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31

And during it all the sympathetic
strike pursued its onward way in Chi
nneo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31

The auto has been accused Of eIope-
Aaent disorderly conduct manslaugh-
ter bad breath. and various other
crimes and misdemeanors. and now it
is charged with running the straw
berry crop in some localities in the
east. 1t is asserted that the machines
raise great dust, when they whiz by
cue after another, and this dust CON
gtantly settles on the growing berries
and spoils them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31

Governor Cummins has refused to
place his o. K. on plan to put an
elaborate bath tub in the Iowa execu-
tive mansion. Perhaps the governor
desires the Iowa. farmers to believe
that he still goes down to the swim
min hole in the pasture once a week
during the summer. and utilizes a
vvashpan by the kitchen stove on sat
urday nights in the winter time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31
Why He Did It

1 was riding in North London tram
car the other night, writes a. cores
pendent, when. as happened to Mrs.
Cluppins, loud voices forced them
selves upon my ear" There entered
the car two cabmen. and one proceeded
to address his companion, who sat Wis
avis:
I was a-settin' down in the city this
evenin'," he said, when the bIoke,
which I could see was a toff, gave me a
triple tip. If yer ever puts a bit on,
e ses, can put yer UP to a good
thing-Lord Rosebery's Sizaro for the
Derby'-I presumed that Cicero was
meant-'Ambition for the Jubilee Stakes
and Long Tom for the Chester Cup
Them was is tips
An what yer goin' to do?" inquired
his friend. low does e know?''
well, could see e was a bloke that
never know'd e was in the Chester Cup
till this blolze mentioned 1t. Sizaro for
the Derby, Ambition for the Jubilee and
Long Tom for the Chester Cup-them
was is tips. Blow me if I don't put
arr a crown on tomorrow. Wy. on q
cumulator it might be 80 to ART a
crown
But yer backed Long Tom t'other
day and lost suggested the second
cabman.
so I did But e was then 9 to q.
a crown tomorrow. Might make SO to
arr a crown on a cummulator. That
bloke know'd a bit, I could see."
And so I take it, continues our cor
respondent "a bit has been put on, -
and the foregoing shows the scientific
method on which it's done. No wonder
"bookies" stand to win.-London News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31
Origin of the steel Pen.

I'VE owe the steel PEN said an IN
ventor. ito a man named Gillott-Jos-
eph Gillott-an Englishman.
"Gillott was jeweler. He lived in
birmingham. One day, accidentally
splitting the end of one of his fine steel
jeweI-malxing tools, he threw it peev-
ishly on the floor.
An hour later it was necessary for
him to write letter. Where, though,
was his quill pen? He searched high
and low, but couldn't find it. Looking
finally on the floor, he discovered not
the pen, but the broken steel tool
I wonder if I couldn't make shift to
write with this?' he said.
And he tried to write with the split
steel, and, of course, he succeeded per-
fectly.
ITO this episode we owe the steel
pen, which has superseded the quill all
over the world. louisville Courier
Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-31

UNDEsERvED LUCK.
Because she had so many beaux.
She had no time to mend her cleauxS
The wind blew through
The peek-a-bough
Spots that o'erran her winter heau&i
The maiden's name was Maya Corinns
McTurQue. And twas a perfect SHINE
The way she'd let
Her shirt waist get
All torn, and then fix it with q pinned
But when the spring. came Miss GcTurdus
Was really glad she'd been a shirQues
For Grayce and Belle
Said: 'Gee; how sWellei
Where did you buy that openWurQue?'
Cleveland Leader.