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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-27
BETTFR RECONsIDER.

The greatest annual scholastic
event in the United States-barring
the big football games. of course-is
the interstate oratoricaI contest It is
participated in by the colleges of ten
states-from Ohio to Colorado, and
from Minnesota to Missouri. The total
number of colleges represented the
state Journal does not know, but it is
probably not less than sixty-possibly
more. One orator from each state
contests for the honor of being recog-
nized as the best college orator in
these ten states. It is the growing
event of all the local and state ora
toricaI contests throughout the Mis-
sissippi valley.
Two months hence this annual
event is scheduled to be held in To-
peka, yet the public buildings commit
tee of the Auditorium has decided
that it cannot be held in the Audi
forum. The committee fears that
some of the college boys will become
enthusiastic and break the furniture.
And therein the committee dis
plays It's ignorance. and the mistake
it has made doubtless results from
this ignorance rather than from any
special animosity towards the contest.
For this interstate gathering is not
characterized by even as much rivalry
as the state contests. There will be
only a comparatively small number of
students from each college. The prin-
cipal attendance viii probably be
from the Kansas colleges.
But is there really any good and
valid reason for keeping even a state
contest, with all its enthusiasm, out of
the Auditorium? The best one held in
Topeka was held in the Auditorium,
and while there was a rush to occupy
the stage at the close of the contest,
the writer hereof. who was a spectator.
failed to see any wholesale smashing
of chairs.
In fact, an oratorical contest viii not
do one-tenth as much injury to the
Auditorium as did General Hughes
chicken show last month. The differ
ence is that the contest is an intel
Iectual event. while the chicken show
was-well-just a chicken show. The
Auditorium was built for such events
as oratoricaI contests. but it was not
intended to be turned into a barnyard
The interstate oratorical contest will
not result in five dollars worth of
damage to the Auditorium furniture
probably not five cents worth Had
not the committee better reconsider its
action and allow the Auditorium to be
used for this purpose for which it was
built. instead of giving Topeka a repu-
tation for assininity among the colleges
of ten states?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-27
QUAKER REFLECTIoNs.

TFrom the Philadelphia. Record.1
Speech is silver, If it isn't merely hot
air
Extremes meet, but they don't ALWAYS
speak as they pass by.
Hero worship is generally so gratify-
ing to the hero that he has to partici-
pate in It.
Some men are so strong-minded that
they take it as a personal affront II even
the climate doesn't agree with them.
The more money q man has the less
he knows how to spend It, This IS IN
the authority OF a man who never had
any
Scr1bbler-"Who is editor OF the Con-
gressional Record?,' Grindeuouf-ssT
don't know, but wish he'd start a
comic supplement"
Prison Warden-''Eow did that con
Wet escape2" Keeper Well Won see
he used to be a fish dealer and natTrsllv
had no difficulty in scaling the WALL
Playwright am going to write a
play without a villain" fanarer-ss-T'he
public viii never stand for it. better az
least run n q couple OF trust mag
mates"
When poverty comes in at the door
love flies out Of the window quoted the
Wise Guy. which proves" added the
Simple Mug, that love not only Laughs
at locksmiths, but glaciers as we'll"
Chicago Boy-'This geography saws
there are 400, 600, eco people in China.
That's more than the population Of
Chicago, isn't it, father2' FIis Fatha4-
yes, my son. Chicago Boy--s'VVelI. I
don't believe it"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-27
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.


LFrom the Chicago News.l
He who hesitates may live to re-
joice.
Think twice before marrying. Di-
vorces come high.
Most Of our disappointments are
blessings in disguise.
Contentment consists in having a
good deal to dO-and doing it.
Some arguments are not sound and
some others are nothing else.
Nine men out of possible ten
would rather talk than be talked to.
Church bells are necessary to re-
mind some people that they have re
ligion.
There are fewer helping hands than
itching palms in this selfish world.
No. Alonzo, you cannot have your
boss arrested for arson because he
fired you.
Smoking is said to calm the nerves.
In other words. the more a man fumes
the less he frets.
Although the dignified man may not
know much, he has TO be very careful
of what little he does know.
Oh. no, Alonzo, celery is not raised in
a cellar, but the price is sometimes rails
ed by the seller.
A burglar is not inclined to be taIka-
tive, but he is likely to prove a great
bore when he finds the safe locked.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-27
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFrom the Atchison Globe.l

From the Atch1SOn Globe.l
Sympathy is like money in poor
mans family: The demand is greater
than the supply. e-ata.-s
Most of US want something more
substantial for being good than Virtue
is its own reward.
Somehow it looks very comfortable,
safe and appropriate to see an old man
driving an old horse.
About all the credit 81 man gets for
giving his wife a present is that the
ferIng.
one trouble seems to be that we
have all our best times at the period
when we haven't sense enough to
know it.
In this division of money in married
life. a great deal Of it seems to be his,
a very little hers, and none seems to
be ours"
Men" will usually be heard some
time during the fifteen minutes a num-
Der of women get together, ARE such
babies"
No one ever looks at her side of it,
but it has happened that a spider spent
infinite time and patience in weaving
web. and caught very thing and
indigestible fly.
It makes no difference how many
scream at a girl who has just drawn
in her line, Throw him back into the
waterl" she Will not throw him in if
she thinks any other woman wants
him.
In the books a man demands that
his wife appear at breakfast with her
hair curled, but in reality breakfast is
so late If she stops to Drink that he
is too mad to notice if she has any
hair ct all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-27
sTI1fUI.ATING TRAVEL.

It appears that numerous gentlemen
who are prominent in New York's fin
ancial circles have pressing business
abroad. The results of the insurance
investigation. the persistence of Attor-
ney General Hadley in asking questions
about the Standard Oil company, and
the fact the congress and some state
legislatures are in session seem to have
stimulated foreign travel. Henry Clews,
the Wall street banker, comments brief
" on this fact in his financial review
for last week. He says:
Another influence upon the stock
market, which has not yet received the
consideration to which it is entitled, is
the spread Of the fever for investigation.
Both state ard national legislatures are
becoming actively interested in this
movement; instigated, of course, by cor
porate abuses which have incensed pub
lie opinion and resulted in the present
fever for investigation committees.
Quite number Of captains of industry
and finance are in consequence placing
themselves beyond reach Of the process
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-27


neck of paint and as the absence Of
paint showed that hole had been test
ed, no time was lost in subsequent e1~
pIorations.
Foxy old gentleman, your uncle,
smiled John, ssbut he overlooked that
point. II he'd thought about it. / know
he'd fixed it to keep the paint out OF
these wretched holes"
It was the evening OF the last day OF
the allotted month that the busy needle,
penetrating further than usual pro-
duced the hoped for result. There was
a whirr of clockwork and heavy
spring, the PRESSURE upon it suddenly
removed, thrust Itself through the side
Of the egg.
broken shell. opened it, and with his
arm around Doana's neck, read the pa
per which It contained. It was a check
Tor I'VE thousand dollars signed by
Professor Kinfein. and payable to Mr..
and Mrs John Buckley.
Copyright. 1906. by Beatrix Reade-)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-27
KANSAS COMMENT
INoUIsITTvE.

Governor Cummins of Iowa is run
ming for third term as the "truly
good candidate. He charges that the
railroads are against him, that they
are spending money to defeat the state
primary bill which would operate in his
interest. A state senator who appears
10 be skeptical has introduced a resolu-
ton calling upon the governor to prove
these charges and also to point out
VINO are the masters of intrigue,
who" the governor says, "are spending
the winter in Des Moines and where
they are located" This is naturally
slightly embarrassing to the governor
Why should people thus annoy the
truly good candiates2 Why cart
they take their word for it that they
are the only pure and undef1led' IN
stead OF demanding that they prove it?
Hutchinson News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-27
siens for BacheIors.

From year to year bridal lore
changes slightly. and brides continue
superstitious enough to believe in any
thing handed out by so-called oracles.
Here is the latest version of old roads
to connubiaI bliss:
neutrality-suspicious. hOusekeeper and
sweet tempered.
ry=Affectionate wife and
tender mother.
NIarch=F'rivolous chatterbox and
given to quarreling.
April-Inconstant, not intelligent,
fairly good looking.
May-Handsome, amiable and of
happy disposition.
June-Impetuou and generous.
July-Pretty, smart and quick tenn
pered.
August=Amiable and practical.
Septemb Discreet affable and
much liked.
October-Pretty. coquettish and
jealous.
ovember-Liberal and kind, but of
a wild disposition.
December-WeIl proportional, fond
of novelty, entertaining and extrava-
grant.
It is unlikely that any tried. true and
sensible bachelor can be persuaded to
choose an ugly old maid for a partner
because of a belief that If they marry
in May she will be handsome. ar1ta-
bic and Of a happy disposition" New
York Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-27

meeting Of the Republican state com
mittee lasted only eight minutes. The
speed OF getting through the business
IS TO be commended says the Record,
but It shows that the whole pro-
gramme was cut and dried and every
thing prearranged. Stubs has demon
strated on different occasions that he
was as good a machine politician as
any who have done business in politics
in Kansas" But reports from that
meeting indicate that Mr.. Stubs had
nothing to do with it except preside,
and that the Arrangements" were all
made without his advice or consent.
The Record made the mistake Of not
citing the last Republican state con-
vention in proof Of its point instead of
the meeting of the state committee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-27
MEN AND METHODS

Raise the standard of public morals
ana you will raise the standard of poll
ties 1t is better to support a good man
on bad plantfoTm than bad man on
a good platform A thief would he a
thief still, even if he were running for
office on the Ten Commandments, while
an honest poor man could be trusted.
though his platform declared for NUM-
ination of candidates by the primary
system is in the interest of good gov
eminent and decent politics, but the
law should be changed to require all
parties to hold their primaries at the
same time, to shut out scoundrels who
are ready to sell their votes early and
often and to all political parties-Hol-
ton Signal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-27
T'urning Inlnalgrants souithward


AT present New York has enough
men in It who represent the inrnigra-
ton departments of southern railroa ds
to mount squadron of cavalry, -
writes Brcughton Brandenburg in the
March Technical World Magazine "for
the cry for immigration throughout the
whole south is very strong. One and
all realize that the field Of their en-
deavors here is limited indeed: and
many of the railroads are quietly TAX
ing the advice Of the informed, and are
sending their best lnguists abroad to
secure the people with whom to build
up the undeveloped territory, before
they leave their homes. To this end.
great quantities of literature printed in
Hungarian, Polish, Yiddish, Scandi-
navian, etc, have been prepared and
are being shipped over by the ton.
"a still better plan is the one now
being followed by several men in the
writer's employ gathering information
on immigration matters, who in addf-
ton are making a good living furnish
ing agricultural immigrants to south
ern land owners through various rail-
road immigration departments. The
immigrant agrees to sell all his proper
ty in Europe and to bring at least 500
with him, which he pays down to the
owner Of the land who supplies him
with enough tools and stock to make a
start. and who shares the crops until
the immigrant has succeeded in pay
ing off the balance on the land. One
tract of over 100000 acres in Georgia
is being colonized in this fashion and
the indications are that it win be a
wealth producer for all concerned"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-27
lie PoLITIcAL aoRGAN..

Fewer and better papers seem to be
what the people want. In small towns
the people want more local news and
less politics. The small town paper
which devotes its columns to roasting
its neighbors only creates discord ana
hard feeling among friends and neigh
bors and disgusts its readers. The at
tempt to make an 'organ" of a little
country paper to boost some one or
destroy someone always results in fin
ancial failure of the organ It's adj
herents are usually called upon to do
nate to keep it alive, but after. a few
donations the suckers who contribute
get tired of putting up and withdraw
their support and the organ peters
out and it's editor then retires and takes
up his position as chambermaid in a
livery stable. a position for which his
natural inclination and talents fit him.
Troy Chief.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-27

server. the result being to check specu-
lative operations and create q feeling of
timfdity among inside operators. It is
unnecessary to say that the political
effect of these Investigations win be
more or less disturbing; since they pro-
vide material for more or less sensa-
tionaI disclosures. stimulate the anti
monopoly sentiment and materially
strengthen the tendency toward social
istic theories. These symptoms have not
yet exerted their effect in Wall street,
being for the present entirely over
balanced by the continuance Of business
activity. Later on they. may receive
more serious consideration"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-27
FRON OTHER PENS
THE APPEAL FOR JAPAN.

1t is a great pity that President
Roosevelt's appeal for aid for the
starving thousands in Japan has so
far met with no more enthusiastic an
swer in this part OF the country. 1t
is, as the president says, calamity
which might befall any nation, and
nations. Ike men, should stand ever
ready to aid each other in distress. -
His appeal to the American people ito
help from their abundance the suffer
ing fellow men of the great and
friendly nation of Japan" should ap-
peal especially to Boston, which has
always had an interest IN the far east.
The president has recommended that
the subscriptions be sent to the Red
Cross to handle. The personnel of the
Massachusetts branch of that organi-
cation is all the more reason for fol-
lowing the presidents earnest sug-
gestfon. Never before has there been
such a direct appeal from an Amer
lean president for such a purpose,
without a great and hearty response
from the American people.-Boston
Advertiser.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-27
JOURNAL ENTRIES
A man doesn't have to be very good
n mathematics to multiply his trou-


A man doesn't have to be very good
in mathematics to multiply his trou-
bles.
We wonder if anybody ever sent
Governor Hoch marked copy of the
.Leavenworth papers containing local
whisky advertisement
We wonder also if those liquor ad-
Vertisements would disappear If an as
slstant attorney general should be ap-
pointed for Leavenworth county.
After perusing a few numbers of the
Congressional Record we are forced to
conclude that publication ought to
start comic supplement if it expects
to hold its readers
The Clay Center times brags that it
did not read a word about Aiice's en-
gagement or wedding. Neither did the
editor of this department. Being a
married man he did not need to. (Key:
It was all read to him.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-27
Two Good Reasons.


FTof- Booth Lowrey, the lecturer who
spoke at the Y. M. c. A. meeting at
the Masonic theater recently is fond Of
Seillng stories of court rooms, says the
LOUISVILLE CoUrier-JournaI His favor
ties emanate from the court of an old
Virginia judge, noted as stickler for
court ceremony, and who is seriously
handicapped in his efforts through the
personality Of the witnesses with whom
ne generally has to deal. Their answers
70 MS sonorous questions are often RI
diculous.
This particular judge once had a
damage suit before him which neces-
STATED the appearance of several wit
hesses, said Prof. Lowery. Knowing
almost every person in his jurisdiction,
1t was his custom to see that the wit
nesses were always in court at the pro-
per time. While the clerk was calling
the names of the witnesses in this case
he came to the name OF James Brown,
which no one in the room claimed to
possess. Knowing James as a Ee'er-
do-wel, the judge could not understand
his absence.
Does any one in this court know
a good reason why James Brown should
not be here?" he finally queried.
After a short silence the question
was repeated, when another witness
Yes, sir. judge. he said, T know
of two reasons why he should not be
here
Wen, what are they? asked the
judge
died last night. and the second is that
he is still head
The next name on the list of wit
nesses was quickly called and James
Brown received a heavy black mark
about his name In memorian.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-27

One of the psychic marvels chron-
icled by Vance Thompson in his alb
sorbing article 1.-THE Invisible World, ."
in the March Everybody's. came with
in the authors own experience. He
relates:
Following Lombroso and Maxwell
science admits the reality of the trans
mission of psychic force. 1t admits
second sight. I knew a Scot who had
that power. It was in the Hebrides.
He showed me a man walking in the
street; dressed in black. a schoolmaster.
I think he was. And the Scot told me
that the man in black was lying dead
awash on a sandy beach. And in "A
hours the thing he saw became the
true thing; the schoolmaster's body
was carried home dead from the sea
shore; but such things are common in
Skye Second sight. and the telepathy
by which personality communicates
with personality across infinite space
an old requirement of the magi-and
the clairvoyance that reads the sealed
letter or the document hidden in the
black heart of an iron safe-these are
psychic phenomena licensed now by
science
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-27
REFLECTIONS or A BAoHELoH
From the New York Press.

When a girl is happy it is d sign it
has got something to do with clothes.
If a man has too much courage to
commit suicide when he is in trouble
he can go to law.
The nice thing about fishing is the
way the bait and the fish do all the
work for you till the fun begins.
It's more useful not to know things
and make people think you do than to
know them and not have anybody be-
lfeve it.
It takes a woman to figure out that
it is a good deed. which the recording
angel viii remember. to forget to pay
her fare in a crowded street car and
put it in the collection plate next sun
day
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-27

Nothing would please the operators
much better than a coal strike. The
mild winter that is just closing has left
them with a large amount of coal on
hand They do not need to keep the
mines running in order to supply the
demand, and a strike would furnish a
pretext for advancing the price. Why,
pray. should the operators try to head
~ q etril-a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-27

It is very evident that the ground
hog has lost his job. As a weather
prophet he Is no better than the wealth
er bureau. He tried to make out that
we were to have six weeks more of
winter. and ever since then the tempera-
ture has been of that quality that slim
ulates one to study seed catalogues and
calculate on the great amount of pro-
duce one can raise on a garden twenty
by twenty-five feet. It's ''23" for the
ground hog
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-27
HOW MANY

The frauds praeticed on the Indians
in the Indian Territory are to be inves-
tigated and it is anticipated that many
high officials will be implicated. Presi-
dent Roosevelt is taking a hand in the
matter and the cause of the Indians is
being championed by Senator La Fol
lette Of Wisconsin. The Indians have
been outra eeousIy swindled by public
officials, railroads and other corpora
lions and individuals. and it is earnestly
hoped this investigation will disclose the
fraud and punish those guilty of it. How
mary Kansans viii be caught in the
net miami Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-27
No Walters: No Tips; No Delays

In the March issue of The Technical
World Magazine Fritz Morris describes
the ingenious automatic restaurants
which have recently been introduced in
Berlin.
Cabinets with glass fronts line the
walls" Mr. Morris writes, and through
these glass fronts are to be seen rows
and rows of little elevators. with the
slots and mechanism for working
them. On one side of the restaurant
is fitted an 'automat' bar where, by
dropping the indicated price into the
proper slot, the wished-for drink comes
to the waiting customer. Shelves, all
around, on the little elevators, bring up
hot soups, hot roasts, cold meats, pies,
sandwiches, tea, coffee-in fact, what
ever is on the menu, and that is
changed daily. All the customer has
to do is to decide what he wants, drop
his coin in the little opening, and await
results In less than a minute, up
comes his meal, raised by electricity
from the kichen in the basement. and
it comes either steaming hot or ice-cold
lust as ordered, and clean. fresh, and
sweet, with no dirty-handed waiter,
with black cuffs and greasy napkin,
to take your appetite away while hand
ing it to you"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-27

Now the senate will begin to try its
amendments on the Hepburn bill to see
how they Mt And as soon as the voting
on them commences the country will
walton the ron calls with eager interest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-27

Now that Henry Allen has made his
little speech. it is up to Mr.. Scott to
do the next stunt-if the Second dis
trict campaign is really to be a con
feaslonaI.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-27
A BENEFIT.

Omaha is in uDroar over the verdict
IN the Pat Grove case. Yet the jury.
from reading beef trust stories in the
magazines, may have concluded that
the man who stole child away from
the influence of Cudahy did society a
peneht instead ofan injury.-Ottawa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-27
A NAwFT1L BLOW.

Now they expect to show that our
railroad board law is not constitution
al Wouldn't It be an awful blow to
the shippers and consumers of Kansas
To- loose the efficient services of that
boar dof railroad commissioners p
Pratt Union