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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-10
TRTU9PH OF INTELLECT

TRIUMPH OF INTELLECT.
I have a most Intense respect
always had-for intellect
wonder. to a great extent.
At any rare accomplishment
I envy those who scan the stars
And know how far 1t is to Mars
Likewise the scientific stihs
Who read Egyptian hierogiyphs.
And yet that's easy. I suppose.
To anyone who really knows.
If L should try. III bet a dime
That could do the trick in time
But when you come to something hard
Just figure on q railway card
A folder with its Tvs" and ..ars"
And complicated sections bars,
It's Us" and ks" and "e's'' and "a, So
It's shameless disregard of days.
It's columns filled with figures dense
Arranged without a lick Of sense.
It's junction points and signal stops
They make me just as mad as hops.
Yet men there are, I have no doubt.
Who really make the darned thing out!
And that. indeed, IS where ]. hnd
The triumph of the human mind
Chicago Tribune
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To Herald reporter Tuesday Gov
ernor Hech made reference to ex-Gov-
ernOr Bailey and the treatment he re-
ceiyed which was resented by the peo-
pie of Nemaha county. The governor
explained how he was forced into the
race two years ago against his real
wishes and that it was not any per-
sonal dislike for W. J. Bailey that
caused him to do It. when I was first
approached on the matter Of becoming
a candidate for governor said Cover
nor Hoch, Il did not consider it seri-
ously. had no desire to become gov
ernor and saw no good reason why
Governor Bailey should not be given a
second term. Then the party workers
began to raise money to push my can
didacy Even then I did not consent
to become candidate. But one morn
ing one of my ne1ghbors came into my
printing office at Marion and told me
that the Republican voters of Marion
had raised $500 to push my campaign.
Then agreed to make the race. I had
a personal esteem for Mr.. Bailey and
still have, and in my first race for gov
ernor I was largely a victim of circum
stances. [ did not blame Mr.. Bailey's
friends for WithstandIng their support
to a certain extent two years ago but
am pleased to hear since reaching Sa-
betha that Mr.. Railey's friends and
mine are one this falI.'-Sabetha Her
aid.
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POINTED PARAeRAPHa.
Lon the ehleago News.l

TFrom the Chicago News.l
Many a sharp retort is made in
blunt language.
A prayer that is long drawn out Is
apt to be narrow.
Beauty in a woman often covers
lack Of domestic virtues.
Most contributors to charity man
age to be caught in the act.
Most people get better obituary
notices than they are entitled to.
Bravery is reckoned by what we do,
not by what we threaten to do.
Put your business before pleasure,
or by and by You won't have either.
With the advent OF a correspondence
barber school the limit must be In
sight.
Only the oldest inhabitant can re-
member anything he wants to without
fear of contradiction.
When a man tells his wife that she
is the dearest woman on earth she
doesn't always grasp his true meaning.
Somehow the right kind OF mother
never wants her 16-year-old daughter
to do the things she did when at that
age.
Love is said to be an expert ma
Rieian, but the masculine victim soon
learns that it can't transform nieSels
into dollars.
A woman probably never appre-
ciates her husband more than when he
comes home and announces that hts
salary has been Increased.
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ouAKEIz IsRFI.EeErIoNs.

FFrom the Philadelphia Record.l
A close mouth is seldom open to sus-
picion.
Even the coffee drinker may be suit
ed TO q t.
Autumn.s command to the awning f.:
Come Off"
Generally speaking, a woman is gen
orally speaking.
It's the running expenses that give as
that tired feeling.
Autumn doesn't leave until after the
autumn leaves leave.
Even when q coin is most modest to
toss It makes It Zip.
Every woman considers that to Be
beautiful Is her plain duty.
The baseball player who turns actor
should be sure TO make a hit.
The people who take things as they
come generally make a 60 o1 e.
The pugilist swings his left because
he feels that he has a right to do II.
This is where steal a march on
my rival, e remarked the musical com
poser as he swiDed another mans score.
Hoax=sI don't like the mountains in
winter. They look 80 cold" Joax-
"Oh. I don't know. They have their
frs
We'll. suppose must occasionally
ind myself IN a tight place" remarked
the 1nebriate as he woke up in the alco-
hole ward.
Blobbs-.sV When I was in Paris saw
a duel. It was over in exactly one min
utet' Slobbs-@ Gracious! A French
duel doesn't require 50 seconds. dee@
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moBT1 sTGHTs.
IRON the Atchison Giobe.l

fETOfl the ALCniSOn NGAODt.
Jim Sampson has quit again: that
is. he has quit trying to quit.
Lots of things I don't believe in,
are probably true. Drake Watson.
Most children are Disguised because
their fathers do not succeed better
We have noticed that a bald-headed
man always has plenty OF hair brushes.
Some people not only insist upon
giving advice, but asking questions at
the same time.
Perhaps one reason the Bible states
explicitly there viii be no marrying in
heaven, is that there will be no men
there.
II music teacher will call her
home MT. Hope Musical Academy
she win find that pupils will pay more
for lessons.
It is wonder that some women
don't get so discouraged every time
they take a good look at their hus-
bands, that they can't go on.
Every Monday we wonder what peo-
pie do on Sunday to make them so
cross on Monday. We know what we
did. we ate gravy, and chicken dump
lings. and pie
It pays to study the fashion maya
zines. An Atchison woman has a hand
some reception gown which she made
herself. taking a breakfast frock-' in
a fashion magazine as model
Men do one thing that women sell
dom do: Stand Around Men viii Stand
when a woman comes down town, she
looks at thiEgs at the dry goods stores.
or gets her teeth fixed. or tries on a
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JOVRMAL ENTRIES

We note that Ottawa university de-
feated Midland at football by using the
forward pass. This department con-
fesses that it doesn't know much about
this matter, and before things go any
furthe r we demand to know If the for
ward pass Is a relative Of the railroad
pass. The railroads have been winning
for years BY the use of the railroad
pass. and 1t Is no more than right that
the people know what connection there
IS between the railroad pass and the
this department demands that Mr..
Stubs amend his Square Deal ques-
tions and have the candidates declare
for or against the forward pass. Let
there be no lodging on this important
matter. The rights Of the people must
be preserved and If the forward pass
interferes with them, this department
insists that the forward pass be
abolished along with the railroad pass.
s'Kipling the Cosmopolitan is the
subject OF a paper to be presented be-
fore the women's clubs. It should be
Kiplfng isn't owned by Hearst.
So far as this department is con-
cerned, there was no rush for a chance
to sit out in the cold and watch the ball
game at Chicago yesterday.
Kansas City is having a cattle show
this week. 1t is the general under
standing in Kansas that Kansas City
has a hog show the year around.
Bet you Tom Plat is glad he isn't a
Norman with five wives.
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Letter Writing

Mr.. Andrew Lang weeps over the
grave of the art Of letter writing But
the practice remains and as the com
poser Of letter in a foreign language
might exclaim, Multiplication Is vex-
alton. And practice drives me mad
How to salute your stranger. This
writer is puzzled as to the English re-
Spouse to a letter from Bremen, sug-
costing that he should buy a certain
brand Of cigars. Most Honored Sirl'
1t begins. as the natural translation of
'Hochgeehrter HERR" (That mark of
exclamation is imperative.) The nat
ural English response is Dear SIR
but put into German it would certainly
meet the criticism of a German who
corrected an English woman's letter
subscribed "Ihre freuliche''=''Yo
truly" Il find It a leedle too vami-
liar" said the German.-London
Chronicle
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some of Carnegie's Advice.

Andrew Carnegie is famous for the
excellent advice that he gives to poor
young men.
In considerable fear" said a New
York millionaire. Il once consulted Mr.
Carnegie about a new venture. The
business looked as if it ought to be
profitable. There seemed to be a pub
lie need of it, Still. there was some
risk involved, and I was afraid.
But Mr.. Carnegie laughed at my
fears.
If it is a good thing, plunge in. ,
he said Fear is old-womanish. Fear
is what keeps untold millions from
making fortunes When BENJAMIN
Franklin thought of starting a paper
In Philadelphia his mother. greatly
alarmed, tried to dissuade him. She
pointed out that there was already two
newspapers in America. Boston
Herald.
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a IOINTTsT,s OPINION.

A Lawrence jointist, according to the
World. figures out the political situa-
ton this way:
s'Hoch has been prosecuting a good
many joints in few joint towns, but
he didn't dare cut loose on wholesale
prosecutions in such towns at Leaven-
worth and Wichita because he knew
they'd try to beat him for a second
term. There amt any use in denying
that Hoch hates US jOintists ike he
hates a rattlesnake, but it isn't always
safe to jump onto a rattlesnake that
can strike back and put a fellow out
Of business. After Hoch is reelected
he won't have anything to fear, because
he is going on the lecture platform
when he is done being governor and
won't need votes again. He'll put in
his whole second term cleaning up
joints and jointists in the big, wide
open towns of this state in way that
viii make old John 2. St John look like
a wholesale liquor dealer. Take my
word for 1t boys. if you don't want to
see an assistant attorney general like
Trickett in every county in Kansas that
has a joint in it, vote for Harris and
whoOp 'er up for Harris and do all you
can to beat HOch. In particular, let it
get nOised around among the temper
ance cranks that the jointists are ali
going to vote a straight Republican
ticket. Every time you convince a tenn
perance bowler of that you make one
more vote for Harris. And he needs
EN-. Bet your sweet life he needs
EN-"
All of which adds to the uncertainty
Of the situation.
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THE Fatal GIFT.

We like 10 hear hiru tell Of things
That aren't godn' right:
About the octopus that brings
Such trouble, day an night
When he's Up to speak, q mile
IL net tee much to walk.
The journeys allus worth the while
We like to hear him talk
He ran fur Office. But a man
OF such speech-naakin' skill
KIN be more enferta1nins than
To work an 5ez' keep still
An sit around a-mai<in' laws
An toe the party chalk.
We voted down our fav-rite, cause
We like to hear him talk
Washington Star.
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WHITE MANS BURDEN.

Heavy, indeed, Is the white mans
burden. The Dutch troops in East
india have been obliged to round up
lot of the aborigines and shoot 400
Of them. The English are logging
Chinese Iaborers in South Africa and
using the lash and the rifle on every
negro who ventures to talk about
Ethiopia for Philippians. We are peg
cling away at the Moros. 1t is a
burdensome task. this serving as a
trustee for on.-Philadelphia
Record.
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great corporations are not going to fol-
low Harriman's lead in declaring. ex-
travagant dividends. One good reason
for the action OF the Atchison directors
IN not putting the stock on a per cent
basis is that there are 241.829. 600 con
vsrtible 4 per cent bonds outstand-
ing and these bonds would very speed
ily-be converted If the stock had been
put on a 6 per cent basis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-10

1909 by a combination Of Long and
Stanley men over a combination of
Burton and Curtis. 1t meant the de-
feat Of Curtis and the election of either
Long or Stanley. Without the fact be-
ing disclosed, the question as to which
It should be was virtually fought out
Ia the Seventh district where both lived
and Long won nearly all OF that. When
this fact was demonstrated Stanley and
his supporters went promptly to Long
and he was elected
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-10
FRON OTHER PENS
THE CoRDAGE TRUST.

Fifteen years ago the farmers were
wroth at the prices for Irvine demand
ed By the Cordage trust, whose col
lapse was the immediate occasion of
the panic in 1893. and demanded that
their states make Irvine in the peni-
tentiaries Minnesota was the first to
do this but had great difficulty in
starting its prison factory because it
found all the makers of machinery in
a deal with the Cordage trust and
bound not to sell machines. Ultimate
" it got them, however. Several states
have followed the example of Mime
sofa, Indiana being the latest of them.
-Phila delphia Record.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

From me New I Ok Fress-
A city mans idea OF heaven is where
they don't keep the streets torn up.
Some men have the luck to be in
the ice business in winter and the
coal business IN summer.
It's generally safe to quote the Bible
as saying things, because so few peo-
pie know It doesn't.
\ man isn't willing to admit he is
excited even when he is cussing like q
pirate before his children.
When a man makes love to girl
over the telephone she can't help
blushinF to think how close his lips
are TO the fransnftter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-10

Priscilla had, unknown to her mother,
and on ner return Mrs. Parsons was
disturbed to note the soiled dress her
child wore.
priscilla, do you see that big spot
What do you suppose Mrs. Blakeslee
thought of such a dirty dress? she
asked.
Il don't know" was Priscilla 5
prompt reply. IF Mrs. BlakesIee saw
it. she was too polite to mention it
-Harper's Weekly.
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rno Wicked skatInr AIM

An ordinance has been introduced in
the Mexico City council making the
skating rink license $40 a week and
prohibiting the use of pianos in such
places of amusement. If there Is a
place on earth calculated to make a
woman forget mother home and
heaven it IS a skating rink.-Mexico
(AdOO Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-10

In a certain Massa chusetts village
the town clerk combines business with
his official capacity. A notice board at
the edges Of the town reads. Auto
mobiles must not go faster than eight
miles an hour Olcott, town clerk.
Get your gasoline from J. Oleott. -
New York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-10

TTenrv Clews, the val Street imam
-sal authority, offers this comment on
t.e recent santa Fe dividend. 1.-THE
conservative decision OF the Atchison
directors in declaring only a ~ per
sent seni-annual dividend when 3 per
sent was generally expected. impaired
Is some extent the bull spirit of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-10

Senator Long says he has been de-
Tending himself against people like La
E'olIette for a good many years. "They
called them Pops down in the Seventh
district" the senator adds. But II Sen.
afor Long viii take an inventory he
zrfH md the La Toilette kind OF Pops
Ear more numerous than ever before In
Kansas, and they are rapidly increas-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-10
GETTING NATURALIzED.

The rush for final naturalization pa
pers last week caught many folks who
were not aware until the last days of
grace that there was any flaw in their
claim 10 citizenship. There was a gen
eral reading up Of the law and a sour
rying to find the records of the paternal
ancestors. with the result that many a
man found himself up a tree so to
speak. B. Harms. from the south part
of the county. who once held county
office for two terms discovered that his
citizenship might possibly be question
ed. He hurriedly made a trip to Hutch
inson where he took the oath OF alleg-
lance before the district judge and
squared himself with Uncle Samuel
There were also several Lindsborg folks
who thought 1t better to be safe than
sorry, consequently the delegation that
attended district court in Salina We'd
nesday OF last week was made up large
ly OF young folks who have lived here
since infancy and childhood and who
believed themselves citizens Of this
great republic until they looked up the
records and found that there was some
question about the matter.-Lindsborg
News
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Speaking of get-rich-quick schemes.
the farmers Of Texas have made some
thing like s22, 100000 during the past two
weeks simply by holding their cotton
and watching the price GO up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-10

The boom to send Theodore Roosevelt
TO the United states senate to succeed
Thomas c. Platt Is again revived. But
would New York survive the shock OF
changing from Plat to Roosevelt?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-10

IT is claimed that Abdul Hamid is
dying once more. Judging from
Abdul's reputation. it would be wen
for the doctors to collect their fees
before they let him slip entirely over
che hrinx
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-10

A Pennsylvania man was struck by
lightning and claims it cured his rheu-
uaatlsn- II the shock IS strong enough
Sc IS absolutely certain that one will
never have the rheumatism again. Still,
e good many people win prefer the bee
sting remedy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-10

@Eaktt%I41sN1-
He is not moro appreciated. answer-
compiinsrtsd Because he Is less feared 81
envious rivals. w ashington Star.
Goo4er-Ah. 30 you have bought an au-
shoofer-No; I got these. bruises ana
menfsiEPittssba ar ! osasette
There's wan foine thing about this foe
as le eoat an ro a S s e0 a. s 9S su
shpsit letter as he kin Wfin he's sober. -
Judge
:, '.Is Meude taking day on to celebrate
NO; she's taking a year oR."-Boston
we can't get AL at once mtg the *
'sWeii. lay aaitez. sairy. can't we buy
Hle!''-Haltimore American
a man IN public Office should not be
in .sles to this yEorld.s Eoods -.
caught with them '3swSsshifnnstO'n1' Star.
Host of exceedingly harmless shooting
party--I1ook ere, Mac. These gents ave
TO return to town end OF the week. would
ground again day after tomorrow?
Macdougal-Dod. man. ye MIGHT drive It
hurt them!-Punch-
Lady-yes l advertised for a cook Have
you any references7
Applicant-No, ma'ana OF did have, but
tore Thin up.
LAdy-Why, how foolish
, Applicant-Yez wouldn't be afther think
IN 20, ma'am. II yez had seen thirn.-Chi-
caEo News,
she-what, Sleeping,
He-Excuse me. darling but I began
the rustic of your tiny feet among the
fallen leaves ard
She-Weil?
He-And, you know. counting always
sends me to sleep-Town and Country.
Friend-If you love Miss Cotrox. old
man. why don't you marry herr
Bachelor Doctor-HeBvensl man, she is
one Of my best patients Judge
Miss Jarmer-Papa says I mustn't see
you any more.
obey. papa. I'll turn the light a little low
er stil.-Chicago Tribune
Tonrny-Pop. does diplomat have to
Tommy's Pop-well. he. has to know
enough not TO know too much. ''-Philadel-
phia Record.
Mrs. Whitelie-I wish Mrs Tellum was
not always asking the price Of every
Whitelie-what harm does it do?
Mrs " h1Iele-Its such a bore Terner-
bering Whit I've told her.-Detroit Free
Press.
Fields-I beat Idumpkins on a horse trade
in great shape yesterday.
F3arnes-C5ot your money yet2
Fields-He paid half down and is coming
around with the rest tomorrow.
Barnes-No, he isn't; he was buying
that horse for me.-Detroit Free Press
why am w in sech bad humor?.
asked the head waiter in the Southern no
tel
last man told me to hold out nah palm
an All stood Deb holding It out fob Ell
hour"
En- he glib yu . quatah?"
NO. he wanted me to glib him a qua
tab. He was a palmist. Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-10

we heard Bob Ia Toilette make
speech once and were we a United
States senator We would keep our
hands off him. It may make a man
brave to be senator, though.-Burns
Citizen.
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Senator Long is criticised by the Kan
has City Star because he says nothing
regarding Congressman Curtis recent
Union Pacific allegation. But isn't the
Stars criticism unJust2 For what is
there for Mr.. Long to say?
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Roy Tapley calls attention to the fact
that the $4,000 or 100000 which the
Union Pacific proposes to spend in
North Topeka viii not be spent for
campaign purposes, even II that is the
home Of Congressman Clrtia-
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They say that alcohol can be made
from cobs. but one cob from which no
alcohol will be made is Rev. J. Walter
Cobb. who has just been called to the
pastorate of a Kansas city church.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-10

A Cleveland health official asserts
that there is really no danger in kiss
ing. There isn't. hey? Doesn't that
ofncial consider getting married or Fav-
ing breach Of promise suit danger
ms
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Down with the bosses" IS the
popular campaign cry in New York
But the bosses don't mind. They have
been downed 50 often that they are
Faaa +o-ft
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The Kansas City Star remarks that
asthe country has accepted-has been
obliged to accept-President RooseveIt.s
declaration that he viii not again be
e candidate for the presidency" rne
Star evidently hasn't heard from
R9oniphan county and your Uncle Cyrus
Gland
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Peoples sympathies are likely to turn
20 Senator Long now. Public sympathy
IS generally with the under dog. and
With Curtis and La Toilette both to look
after at once, Senator Long is having
more than his share Of trouble.
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One of the complaints. against sena-
tor Platt of New. York is that he is
@ boss. This charge is now refuted.
look how he fails to boss Mrs. Plat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-10

what shall it profit q man II he
eyhoops 1t up for his ticket and fails 20
eegister himself?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-10

"A more correct statement might per
haps be that the Union Pacific defeated
Curtis for senator by not being for him
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The circulation Of the Hearst papers
"a New York ought to boom. The other
newspapers are urging people to read
them 50 that theE may defeat Hearst
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HUsHED BY HOME DOORS.

There is not so much being said in
Europe now about American greed for
the dollar leading to the adulteration
of the food supply. Investigation In
home markets in the critics own
countries has revealed exactly similar
conditions, and the critics aforesaid
are sadly coming TO the conclusion
that adulteration of the food supply
for revenue purposes is not so much a
characteristic of Americans as OF gen
eral human nature. Baltimore Amer
lean.
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This Cuban affair may be settled II
Gme for TAFT to come to Kansas ano
Ntir up the animals trihe after all