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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26

A bill is pending in the Massa-
chusetts legislature to prevent the
spread of wild carrots or parsnips. It
provides that every person or corpo-
ration owning lands within the state
shall cut down or otherwise destroy
all wild carrots growing thereon, or
growing in the highways adjoining the
land. on pain of a fine for every day
of neglect. This is q matter which
should receive attention in other
states The weed in question is a COM
paratively new one in these parts. 1t
is but a few years since its appear
ance in any locality was noticed, but
already it has spread through many
parts of the state and infests the NOW
ing fields and roadsideS far and wide
What is everybodys business is no.
body's. While many farmers keep
their land free from the pest to a
great extent, their efforts are of little
use so long as careless and lazy neigh
borS allow the weeds to Flourish and
go to seed unrestrained, and so long
as the highways remain the nursery
and breeding ground for them 1t IS
an easy plant to eradicate if the prop
er measures are taken, as moving or
pulling UP by the roots before 1t goes
to seed. If allowed to mature, it bears
a feathery tuft of seed and these. pro-
truding above the snow, are whipped
by the wind and blown in every direc-
ton to spring up the next summer
The only way to get rid of it is by
concerted action, and the only way to
secure such action appears to be by
some such method as proposed in
Massa chusetts. It should be the duty
of the towns to keep the public places
clear OF noxious plants. and it should
be the duty of private land owners to
do the same in respect to their own
remises-Portland Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26


This tree which stands with arms out
spread.
With leaves. like fingers tremulous.
To seize all GOODNESS overhead
And softly watt it down to u.s.
rms tree-1t means a hundred years
OF rain and sun, of drouth and dew,
Be1ore this shade which rests and cheers
into today's perfection grew.
Some kindly one-forgotten now
May thoughtfully have placed the seed,
Foreseelng that each reaching bough
Would satisfy worn ones need.
w noe er he was that unknown one,
VINO set the seed or sIroutlet SLIM
he knew not that he had begun
What stands a monument to him.
The trees-the kindly trees-that blaze
With springs green flame or autumn 8
The sentry fires that line the ways
Into the woodlands peaceful hush
Through all the years they slowly grow
Until they shield the lowered sod;
The trees-the kindly trees-they show
The patient thoroughness Of God.
This tree, which stands with arms out
spread,
Seems to pronounce While standing thus
A blessing and to gently shed
A benediction over US
The sunlight shuttles through the leaves
With threads of gold that fash and
play;
Across the warp of shade it weaves
The mingled fabric of the day
w. D. Nesbit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26
JAYHAWrKER JOBS.
Hog like. a La Cygne porker has hv'
feet.

Hog like, a La Cygne pOrzer has i've
feet.
Goodland's boom consists of a 40 foot
extension to a livery barn.
Atehison is to have a scrub fiesta -
/ Scandal mongers, window panes and
alleys are on the list.
Because Coneyville's population is a
| floating one it is not necessarily com
posed Of those in the swim.
An Oskaloosa barber shop pays cash
for tobacco tags. Sooner or later that
pipe line viii go up in smoke.
One of Ottawa's most successful Isaac
1 Walton's is Mr.. Bass He never comes
home without a good sized fish.
The modest claim of Osborne is that
more fast horses and pretty girls dwell
there than any town along the Central
Branch.
An Emporia woman complains be-
cause with her next door neighbor, who
is learning the piano, it is all work and
no play.
Lawrence had her joints pulled the
other night. Lawrence is getting to be
such an old granny that they'll have to
be Oiling EN- next.
An Easter request of an ottawa pas
tor for the ladies to remove their hats,
shows the simplicity of the ordinary
minister. He even said please"
The governors private secretary. 7.
A. McNeal, has planned to erect six
hundred barrel refinery. That should
furnish oil enough 10 run the machine
smoothly.
A Gaylord section boss has scooped
all of the papers in that territory. He
has secret information that the Central
Branch is to be extended to Denver
this spring.
Ness City's Jail is empty save for the
scampering rodents and the nimble
bedbug. Perhaps the known fact of the
bastile being SO full of these Critters
keeps the boys straight.
Cottonwood Falls is so proud Of her
Presbyterian pastor who is a graduate
of Brown university and an A M, that
Christians and sinners alike, attend his
Sabbath sermons, in preference to go
ing fishing. He is one of the most elo-
quent and up-to-date ministers in the
west and would be in the lecture field
did he not realize how badly he is need
ed in his present T1a SfIlTe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26
Fable of the Hen.

once upon a time (very recently a
hen went upon a strike and refused
to Law. other hens followed her ex-
ample. and the scarcity of hen fruit
which resulted caused eggs to retail
for something like so cents per dozen.
In other other words, strictly fresh
eggs laid by seab hens were worth
about 5 cents each in the she'll Even
cold storage eggs which were deadly
explosive and had to be handed with
care brought 80 cents.
The people got together and re-
monstrated with the hens, but 1t dld
no good. Finally an arbitration COM
rnitfee waited on the hens and tried to
persuade them to go back to work
The arbitration committee pointed out
that only the rich could afford to eat
eggs. but the hens refused to return to
work. The arbitration committee
then told the hens that if they per
sisted in the strike they would bring
race suicide on themselves.
Then a wise old hen arose and
spoke as follows:
ssIn the spring when US hens wish
to sit the people give US porcelain
doornobs to sit on. If the porcelain
doorknobs are as good as eggs to sit
on. they ought to be as good to eat
as eggs. Tell the people to eat porce-
lain doorknobs-"
The arbitration committee could not
answer this argument, and departed in
Moral-Deceit will come home to
roost.-Boston Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26
MORE SANTA FE PROMOTIONS.

MOltE SANTA EE1 EAOAAOlAONE9
The announcement today of two
more promotions among the officials
of the Santa Fe railroad will occasion
no surprise. D. E. Cain, general SUI
perintendent OF the western grand
division. comes to Topeka as general
superintendent Of the system, and F.
c. Fox, division superintendent at
Newton takes Mr.. Gains place at La
Junta- These appointments are in
line with the policy of the Santa Fe as
indicated in the promotion of Mr..
Hurley.
The company has adhered to the
wise policy of recognizing merit in its
employees. If there is a position to be
filed the officials in charge look for a
man among the employees of the com
pany on the theory that a man who
has proved himself proficient and able
to master the duties of one position is
more apt to be able to fill a more re-
sponsible place acceptably than is a
man who is new to the system, I'M
familiar with the class of work to be
done and unacquainted with the men
with whom he must associate.
These methods have made the Santa
Fe one of the best managed railroad
properties in the country. Only once
has an attempt been made to depart
from it; this was when Mr.. Barr was
third vice president, and it resulted in
such Generalization that it was neces-
sary to dispense with both Mr.. Barr
and his reforms.
MI Cain has been in the employ Of
the Santa Fe for "a years AS chiaf
clerk to the superintendent of ma
chinery he was placed in close touch
with the mechanical necessities of the
system Later as chief clerk TO Gen
eral Manager Nudge he became
thoroughly familiar with the opera
ton of the system. Thus when he
was superintendent of the western
grand division he met the problems Of
that hardest of all places" with such
a thorough knowledge and compre-
hension that he was a success from
the start. That is one of the reasons
No better man could be found to take
up the work where Mr.. Hurley left it
to succeed Mr.. Nudge Mr.. Cain is
comparatively a young man but he is
not young in experience or in practical
railroad work. His career, like that Of
Mr.. Nudge and Mr.. Hurley is a great
incentive to young men. Each has
risen by his own individual efforts.
Mr.. Fox has been with the Santa Fe
20 years and his promotion. too. ig
well earned. At La Junta he will be
put to a severe test and there is no
reason to believe that he will fall
short
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26

ton in 20 counties OF the state. and It
is perfectly safe to say that there would
have been a state law to that effect II
it had not been believed that such a
statute would lead to continued viola
ton and would exert a demoralizing eff
feet. But if there is this continued vi
o1ation anyhow and if the brewers set
themselves above the mild laws now
on the books it Will be argued that pro-
hibftlon could not bring about a worse
state Of law breaking and would IN
doubtedly lessen the liquor evil
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26
Costly Politeness.

The Russian peasant has a saying
Wnlch invariably puzzles the foreigner:
TOO polite, and die like Belzovitch."
The proverb refers to one of the most
tragic episodes in Muscovite history.
In the early spring of 1717 Prince
Bekovitch Cherasld led an armed ex-
petition, consisting of 1000 infantry and
1900 cavalry, into the then almost I'M
known interior Of South Central Asia.
HIS oStensible object was to open up
commercial relations with the Khans
of KhiVa and of Bokhara. His real one,
to see if it were possible to invade India
from the north.
The prince, with whom were many
officers of the imperial bodyguard, a
brilliant company, marched his men
across the arid steppes with difficulty,
and on August 18th halted some 80 miles
from the city of Khiva.
The Khivans, ignoring his professions
of friendship, attacked in force; but
were easily defeated by the better arm
ed and better disciplined soldiers of the
car.
Their Khan. thereupon resorted to
diplomacy. He visited the Russian
tack delivered by his people was all a
mistake, and invited Prince BekoVitch
and his principal officers to visit his
capital as his guests.
Two days later, at a grand entertain
ment, the khan toasted his friends the
Russians, and vowed eternal friend
ship. He also took the opportunity of
requesting Prince Bekovitch to divide
his army into small attachments for
entertainment in the surrounding VII
lagos, regretting the inability Of his cap
ital to entertain so many guests.
The Russian commander politely
agreed to the politely preferred request,
the Russian force was broken up and
the khan laughed sardonically.
His turn had come. Early next day
he killed RexOVitch and forwarded his
head as a gift to the Khan of Bokhara.
Then he annihilated the Russian army.
Yet another notable instance of an
excess of politeness in war. resulting in
disaster, occurred at the battle Of Fon
tenoy.
Two bodies of troops. the one French
the other English, suddenly found them
selves face to face, and within 20 PAGES
of one another.
Lord Charles Hay, who happened to
be the senior officer on one side, at
once stepped to the front, and saluting
the French commander Count d'Aute-
roche), exclaimed, Gentlemen of the
French guard, fire first"
To this courteous invitation the count,
not meaning to be outdone in politeness,
replied, Fire yourselves, gentlemen of
England: we never fire first"
las you please rejoined Lord Hay,
and turning to his men. he gave the re-
quisite word of command.
An instant later the British muslxets
were spouting death, and the French
had to retire in confusion.-Pearson' s
Weekly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26
REFLECTTONs OF A BACHET,0R

From the New YORK Press.
When a woman isn't talking about
clothes it is a sign she is listening to
somebody else who is.
A man hardly ever knows enough
to pretend to think his wife knows
more than she does.
Either people do more than they
dare think about or they dare to think
it but not to do it.
A woman has an awful hard time
making herself believe she can't trust
man she knows she can't
Very few people care as much about
succeeding over other people as they
DO about not having somebody else
succeed over them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26

we stood hand in hand looking into
each others faces.
We did not part after that for anoth-
er ten years. Then she left me to go
whence 1 can never recall her.
Yet there Is a trysting place in the
woods through which we once passed as
children and often afterwards as low
ers.
There I watch the necked sunlight
and mark the silence, and It seems to
me that can hear it be still"
More than that, I know the pure soul
looks at me through the honest eyes
Kate Rafhmore.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26
WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY.
A SUFFICIENT SOLACE.

Once more the sun came forth and shone
Once more the sky was bright;
At last we came into our own,
And made the score look right.
We met the champions of the land;
Our luck had long been due;
We played eleven innings, and
The score was 3 to 2.
Now let the trusts do what they will.
And let the heather rage;
We find a ray of comfort still
Our feelings to engage.
Despite the sorrows that expand
Well say, and smile anew,
I'VE played eleven innings, and
The score was to 2i''
Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
TFrom the Chicago News. ]

From LLt OIIIOel5O -N-'F7'I
Fortunately for mankind, the wealth
er never objects to being talked about
It is reported that oil trains no longer
run on Standard time in Kansas.
Did it ever occur to you that nearly
all fire-proof buildings are heavily IN
sured2
Many a man who praises the free
lunch downstairs growls about the DIM
ner at home.
A woman's idea of good luck is to
find a pair of socks in the pile that
doesn't need darning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26

congressman Bowersock has written
a letter to Charley Scott in which it is
claimed that he will not be a candidate
Tor reelection. This is not even i'm
Portant II true It is only BowersoclS's
biennial announcement. that he will not
pc candidate and he will proceed to
back in again as usual when the time
comes--Parsons Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26
FROM IN ExPERT.

Il left my plow standing in the field
to come to Des Moines to mingle with
my friends said Colonel Bryan.
Wen, that's no way to leave a pillow;
the thing to do is to clean it thorough
~, rub the share and mould board well
with cob soaked in OIL then turn the
plow upside down and If you want to
go to town that day or The next, when
you get ready to start the plow again
it will be found in good shape. But don't
leave it standing. "-SaIina Union.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26
MISS cARrsON.s ADVICE.

+encn6 - Aiellos[ mas
$1,000 damages for kissing her the
score or more of pretty Mcpherson
girls" whom the doctor claims he
kissed and who uttered no protest but
rather seemed to enjoy it ought to put
in their claims.-Lindsborg News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26

The man who asserts that the col
ored race is incapable of producing
any great artists would certainly re-
| tract if he should see a duskv tonsorial
artist who has a studio on lower kan
sas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26

The Kansas City Journal appears to
be taking it back. A short time ago il
was putting out any amount of
poison" for Governor Hoch because
OF the appointment of John 0. Rovca
but now it admits that Mr.. Hoch is
making a pretty fair sort Of a gov
ernOr after all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26
SPELLS THEIR DOOM.

AS the United States supreme court
has just decided that a land-owning
Indian may buy whisky, and that it is
not a crime to sell it to him, there is a
good chance for all Indian land owners
to become landless in time.-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26
BADLY HANDICAPPED.

A Pittsburg young man who is to in
herit several millions of dollars has
married a dancing girl whose father is
a coal miner. It is to be hoped that he
viii brace up now and try to be worthy
Of her in spite of the disadvantages
under which he has been reared.-Chi-
cago Record-Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26

Just think Of this: Chicago is seri-
ersly asking for relief from discrimf-
nation on the part of the railroads TO
tbs southeast. It alleges that these
roads give New York and other eastern
cities better freight rates than exist
90 Chicago from the same territory
ana therefore Chicago is shut out Of
that trade. u
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26
FURNACE COMFORTs.

that if it happens to turn cold and
freeze up in the middle of the summer,
you are always ready for it. The We
men folks can't make you take the fur
mace down and store It away in the
barn, as they do the stove. before the
winter is half over.-Jewell Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26
TOUGH ON THE SNAKE.

sport IS pretty good in Marshall coun-
" A farmer while blowing the other
day felt something dragging in the fur
row behind him for several rods, and
wnen ne reached the end of the furrow
unnltched rattlesnake whose fangs
hau got tangled up with the seat of his
oVeralls.-Clay Center Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26

THAT Guthrie story that dead covotes
have been found all over OkIabon7a
Htnee President Roosevelt left. and that
it IS supposed they ran themselves to
death to get out OF the presidents
naishborhood, indicate that the cores
poudents who used to make Wichita.
their headquarters have located in ok
lahDina
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26
THIS IS PRETTY BAD.

Admiral Rojestvensky obeyed orders
in going to the China Sea, but it is GER
tain that he did not want Togo.-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26
WHERE REFORMS STOPPED

of reform even in wisconsin. A bill to
prohibit the wearing Of corsets failed to
meet the approval Of the legislature,
but it was tight squeeze.-Sioux City
Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26

As an evidence of how swiftly the
world moves, it viii be noted that Mrs
Chadwick has already taken her place
in history beside Cleopatra. zenobia.
Mary Queen Of Scots, and other historic
charmers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26

This really belongs in the Joke
column: The Wichita Eagle thinks
that the testimony of Victor Mora
wetz 'vindicates' Paul Morton. II
Mr- Morton needed indicating, do YOU
think what Chairman Morawetz said
did TO 1-eA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26

While Major Anderson is preaching
the doctrine of standing up for home
industries, why doesn't he say some
thing about people who boost foreicn
musicians instead Of standing BIZ To-
peka's homegrown Modocs2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26

Speaking of the Hessian fly recalls
the fact that the Father of His Coun-
try is responsible for this pest-at
least he was the first to make a Hes
sian dv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26

Mr.. Shakespeare may have been right
after all: That there is nothing in
name is indicated by the fact that the
Equitable does not seem to be very
much that way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26
BAD TIME FOR A CENSUS.

At the rate of beef trust witnesses are
leaving Chicago for Canada to avoid
testifying, the stock yards district of
the windy city will soon be depopuIat-
ed.=Winfield Courier.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26

A correspondent asserts that there
are joints in the tenderloin of Topeka.
This certainly ought to be investigated
by the board of health. as it seems to
be a paradox on anatomy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26

It was not a resident of Arkansas.
but an Ohio man, who Interrupted his
wedding ceremony with the sudden
announcement Hold on, Doe, I got
to spit and having disposed of his
quid, proceeded with the promise to
love and cherish. This may be all
right in Ohio but a man who finds it
necessary to expectorate at a time like
that, could hardly expect to rate as a
shining light in Kansas society.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26
WHAT kansas Papers SAY.
WHAT DDm

congressman Murdoch says that every
country newspaper exerts a great in
l llce at Washington. So that's what
Reflector.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26
RIrT me fLADDER RROKE

In his efforts to bull the price of
wheat to the top of the ladder John w.
Gates will have the best wishes of
the Kansas wheat winfield
Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26
NE MORAL o. bid.

Five cats were lately fed milk to
which formaldehyde had been added
as a preservative by a rascally milk
man. Four of them died within three
hours and the other one had fits Moral:
Formaldehyde isn't good for cats.-Keo-
kuk Gate City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26

To Constant Reader: No, it is not
likely that that noise you heard yes
terday was the cracking of the China
sea as Togo and Rojestvensky came
tOgetheF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26
IA FOITpTTE's Way.

1t will be observed that Governor La
Toilette retained his grasp on Wiscon-
sin until he got about all he wanted
Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26

We shall anxiously await the arrival
of our esteemed contemporary, the
Toxic Nichi Nichi, to learn the sig
nificance of that rumor that was heard
off the coast of Indo-China.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26
NOT A KANSAS DEMOCRAT.

There is some little criticism of Gov
ernor Folk because he vetoed a bill
making drunkenness a crime. Folks
stuff rather than to pl1nisl1 the moor
weak devils who drink it.-Ottawa Re-
public.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26

A new theory is advanced why it is
called strawberry shortcake It is be
cause not only the berries. but general
y the cream also. are short.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26

1t is about time for the Hessian fly
TO make its annual appearance in the
columns of the Kansas newspapers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26

DR.. Wiley now says that a reasonabl
healthy man may safely eat anything if
he is only moderate about it. So open
the can.-Omaha World-Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26
A NEW STOCK LTSTED.

So Mr.. Rockefeller's s100 600 contribu-
ton was a business investment. based
on the theory that trade follows the
missionary" Soon. no doubt We'll see
Evangelism, common and preferred, lis
ted on the exchanges.-Ph Philadelphia
North American
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26

Coreyville is become very am
bilious. 1t wants to pull off factory
cornerstone laying every day for a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-26

Every man has a favorite bird. +"
declares John Burroughs, the natural
ist- The gold eagle is perhaps the
greatest favorite.