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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-22
GLoBE sIGHrs.


From the Atchfson Globe.
No man is big enough to laugh at
real worry.
Another thing we refuse to worry
about: What is going on on Mars
Because a man likes to tell Jokes Is
no sign he has happy disposition
OF course you know you are the
whole thing. but don't give the secret
away to your friends.
Answer to correspondent who wants
to know what a wild goose is: It is
that which you never chase but which
others are always chasing.
II has happened many times that
each party to an engagement wants to
back out. but is afraid that people
will say the other one got tired and
quit.
To young woman's vision, the sight
of the hammock. swinging empty under
the trees after He has grown cold and
gone to some other girl, is fully as sad
as crepe on a door.
What is the matter with you to-
days2" asked one Shade of another as
in the cemetery the other evening at
dusk; you have looked glum and the
wind has whistled through you with
particular weirdness all day. You can't
be sick since there Is nothing to Won
but a shadow" Il am disappointed. -
replied the other Shade. Here I have
been dead year and my husband
hasn't died of a broken heart yet
Dragged to all the other Shades when
I came here that he would pine away
in at least six weeks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-22
KAMSAS cONMENT


The thing that concerns the people
OF this part of Kansas is not a 2-cent
passenger rate. but the freight rates.
That's where the shoe pinches with the
Rocks county man Give US as low
freight rates as are paid in the east
and we can stand Scent passenger
rates for years to come without squeal-
ing Altog Sther too much stress is
placed on the travel problem. Every
bushel of wheat or head of stock that
goes to Kansas city, every ton of coal
or pound of merchandise that comes
up the line is loaded with a freight
charge out of proportion to what is de-
manded east of the Missouri river. If
the freights are equalized we can we'll
afford to plank down 8 cents a mile
Rocks Co. Record
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LOVE.

Loves a bunch of swaying daisies bound
around with ribbon blue.
Loves peep-hole into heaven with you
tip-toe looking through,
loves jar of milk and honey in fair
enchanted cline.
You can drink from it forever and be
thirsty al the time.
Loves world-big flower garden where
are butterflies awning,
Love all forest aIsles and shadows where
enchanted songsters sing,
Love Iaug hing. gooing baby with the
sunshine in It's hair,
Loves a passport into heaven and a good
bye to all care.
Love is Gods own open Sesame to
good things OF the earth,
Love IS OF all things created of the most
transcendant worth
Love was born of dew and moonlight in
a far-on Eden night
Love is-love fs-love is-Iove is-well
think, that loves all right
u n. Lewis in the Houston Post.
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up. -But you don't care" he SAID. BIT

up. But you don't care" he said, hi.
terly-
Don't II" she replied We'll. pers
haps do care, more, that you were
brave and fine enough to give up al
chances in the meet to help a maa who
The room swan around giddiIy. Dick
clutched the arms Of his chair, an1
than, both the girls slender hands were
in his.
ssDiclz!r she whispered, don't you sea
that what YOU have done is better tnan
winning ten dashes2"
Il am sure of it, said Dick, ard
there was a thrill of joy IN his voice
that left no doubt as to his meaning.
Copyright, 1906, by NJ. NJ. Cunningham
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

Pretty soon now the voice Of the
school bell will be heard in the land
and the small boy will grieve for the
joys of vacation
Every rose" says Mack Gretchen.
''has its thorn and every blade of
grass It's chigger." Which shows
that the editor of the Sedgwick Panta-
graph would not make very good
census enumeration. Had he made a
careful count he would have found
that each blade of grass is four
story chigger fiat, with a family in
each apartment-and the chigger has
the Belgian hare beaten a mile when
it comes to the size of his family.
X
1t won't be long now till the fore
handed coal dealer will be training
his scales to recognize loo pounds as
a ton.
We judge that Billy Morgan is still
turning his head the other way as he
walks the streets of gay Paree. We
also judge that Billy keeps to the
streets with muddy crossings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-22
Otis Leach,s Easv jon

An old man who had been choppfng
wood for a farmer in Plymouth county
once made the following remark about
Otis Leach. who for more than thirty
years was the popular conductor on q
railroad train from New Bedford to
Boston.
Il see Otis Leach t'other day. and I
declare the man has grown old, and he
never done a days work in his life.v
A lady who was present said: Never
did days work ?"
mo" was the reply; The never done
nothin' but ride in the cars from Bed
ford to Boston, and there amt no work
about that
The lady said: IT think he had some
care
We'll" said the old man, IT s'pose
ne did have some care; but that amt
nothin' like chopin wood, We know. =
Boston Herald.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
I From the New York Press. ]

TFrom the New York Press.
A man has a good disposition when
he is too afraid of the cook to criticise
her coffee.
When a man is married it's d sign
he thinks he would be out of debt if
he weren't.
Girls are pretty smart to wear such
big bows on their shoes to make their
feet look smaller
It's awful complicating to get en-
gagged to a summer girl and find you
really like her IN the city.
There are worse things than being a
correspondent in a divorce case@one of
the PRINCIPALS. for instance.
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BY MOTOR 10 COLORADO.

President Walton of the First Nation
al bank, accompanied by Mrs. Walton,
his nephew. Donald Bent of Denver. and
Ben Turner. started Thursday morning
for an overland trip to their summer
cottage at Green Mountain Falls. Colo
RADIO If all goes well they should make
the distance in four or five days unless
they strike rainy weather. Mr.. Walton
had the car equipped with cover and
side curtains, plate glass wind shield.
chain mud hooks on rear wheels, odo-
and a big wicker lunch hamper They
will stop at hotels OF nights, but if be-
lated the car has four large acetylene
lamps to tighten the road.-Anthony
Republican.
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FROM OTHER PENS
BULLETS FOR LYNCHERs.

Lynch law is on the increase in North
Carolina There is no negro vote, no
negro legislation now; but there is
growing disrespect. not to say contempt
on the part Of the white people for the
laws which they themselves make The
mob boots and jeers senators, judges
and other officers, whom it helped to
elect, when they get up before it to ex-
postulate with it, and pray of it to OBJ
serve the laws which it helped to frame.
There must be an end to this or worse
days Will come. Tufts of grass have
been thrown at lynchers to no effect and
volleys have been fired ever their heads
without result When a North Carolina
mob is fired into by deputies or the mil
itary, and a dozen or fifteen Of the law
breakers are killed, there will be an in
slant end to mob law in the state The
longer the appreciation Of the remedy
is delayed the faster the disease will
spread. 1t should be applied to the next
mob that thunders at the gates of a Jail.
Charlotte IN. CO Observer.
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If it is the intention of a primary law
to get at the exact viii Of all the
voters, taken together. the State Jour
nals plan will accomplish that end
provided. of course, the voters attend
the primaries and vote.
There IS a tremendous sentiment
over the state in favor OF a primary
election law, yet this paper IS by no
means sure that it Will prove a pan
acea for all political ills. The primary
plan that will keep those with private
axes to grind from manipulating party
affairs may be only a utopian dream
But the primary is in line with a
democratic form of government, while
the convention. dominated as it usually
is by a few men. is undemocratic. A
fair primary law would doubtless be
more satisfactory to the people, and
result in a better government, than the
present convention system.
The State Journals idea in propos-
ing this plan was to provoke discussion
on all sides that the people may thor
oughiy understand the matter, and
that the best primary law possible may
be evolved. If we are to have a pri-
mary law we certainly want the best
that can be invented.
Possibly the State Journals plan
can be improved upon, but 1t has been
commended in numerous quarters as
the best primary idea that has yet
been advanced. On the other hand, it
has come IN for some criticism. Mr..
J. L. Bristow. who has been making a
study of the primary question, sug-
gests that the State Journals plan
would allow 1.-THE machine" or the cor
porations. or the ring" or whatever
the interests might be that desire to
control politics, to get a large number
of candidates on the ballot for the pur-
pose of defeating a popular candidate
opposed to such interests. by having
the voters controlled by them place the
popular candidate last in their list of
choices.
It's a poor rule. however, that
doesn't work both ways-and no pri-
mary law would be fair unless it did
work both ways. The popular candi-
date would as a rule, come out ahead
just the same. for the multiplicity of
candidates would also work against
those favored by 1.-The interests" If the
majority of the people were opposed
to the Interest,"" -and If the majority
were in favor of "the interests" the
candidate of 1.-The interests" ought to
win.
But no matter what sort Of a pri-
mary plan is adopted. some restrictions
must be made on placing candidate
on the official primary ballot. the same
as the placing of candidates or tickets
on the official election ballot is now re-
This. however. is a matter
easily regulated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-22
THE PRIMARY QUESTION.

The State Journal is making a COM
mendable effort to get up a scheme of
tallying in direct primaries that will
insure nominations by q majority of all
the voters, precluding possible minor
ity choice. If its plan IS constitutional,
1t ought to be adopted At the same
time, It is not necessarily a fatal OBJ
lection to the direct primary idea that
it might at times nominate a candi-
date by minority vote The conven-
ton system has been doing that time
out of mind and always will. The
Wisconsin second choice primary plan
Will in most cases secure the nOmina-
ton Of the choice of a majority of
voters for every Office to be filed Such
a thing was never accomplish ed by the
convention system since 1t was invent
ed There never has been a cOnven-
ton that pretended to nominate the
choice of a majority of the voters for
all places on ticket. In some Coun-
ties the delegates are instructed for a
candidate for governor, in others they
are instructed to help some candidate
get the nomination for secretary of
state. in other counties they are chosen
with reference to furthering the
chances of a candidate for some other
Office. What the choice of the voters
Of any county is for all the Offices
down the line is never known and new
er can be known by the delegate con
Ventlon system The merit of the d.
rect primary is that every voter votes
his own vote for every nomination to
be made. from United States senator
and governor down to county, city and
township officers. If it is possible to
devise a plan by which no candidate
can be nominated without getting
majority choice, all the better. But a
failure to accomplish this ideal result
would not discredit the proposed sys-
tenn of making all nominations BY the
direct vote of the party membership
Topeka Capital.
MOI being q constitutional la-.-.as
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GETTING ToGETHER.

The day Of union church Work Is
approaching slowly but surely. The
Cumberland and regular Presbyterian
churches have gotten together on com
mon ground and there are fair prospects
for the two Methodist churches coming
together. A move is on foot to unite
the Baptist and Christian CHURCHES. It
begins to look favorable for the realiza-
ton of q long drawn out dream.-Mound
Valley Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-22
THIRTEEN 70 THE orTART.

Robert Bartlett brought in a basket
of beautiful Seeding plums that are
worthy of being preserved. About forty
years ago his fathers family in Iowa
got some sprouts from near a spring
where Indians had dropped the seeds
For forty years these plums have been
in the Bartlett family. They are large
and delicious, splendid for making but
ter. Mr.. Bartlett filed a quart can and
covered with alcohol for the fair. Thir-
teen plums filed The can.-Torch OF
Liberty.
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MIIsT &c c,AREFITI..

The Standard oil was indicted at
Jamestown, New York, yesterday. In
September Rockefeller must appear
for trial in Ohio. then he must go to
Chicago, then to New York, with other
grand juries in session now with in
dictments all ready. If Mr. Rookie
Teller does not exercise care he VIII get
his trial dates mixed and not be able
to make them all. Then he will be put
in Jail for contempt of court.-Salina
Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-22

A Afissourian went to Kansas City on
an outing with his wife the other day.
and after celebrating for a few hours
he forgot his better half and went home
without her Kansas City may not be
supplied with the mythical waters of
Lethe, but it has something equally as
eoodn on week DAYS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-22

LAUNDERING operations have been so
exhaustive during the last ten years
that representative of the bureau Of
forestry predicts we may soon have to
buy our lumber abroad. Whereupon
the Boston Transcript inquiries: "How
about that 50 duty which puts a
premium on the cutting of our own
Lreas 2tl
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veals the great lead Of agriculture on
this side Of the international boundary
over that of our Canadian neighbors-
In spite of all their genuine progress
in an area OF boundless extent, they
are little more than a match in wheat
production for the single state of Kan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-22

The extent of the automobile craze
In London is Indicated by the predic-
veterinary college that in three years
there will not be employment in that
city for more than 800 veterinary sur
esons. Before the Introduction of the
motor there were 5000 vets" regu-
iarly practicing their professions. They
might easily turn their attention to
patching UP the victims of the ma
chimes instead Of treating horses and
and business undiminished.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-22

It is claimed that in the English army
maneuvers the battle of Antietam has
been fought withoutits mistakes. Uncle
Sam" says the Parsons Sun, will hard
~ attempt a similar experiment with
the Boer war" No for if the mistakes
were eliminated there wouldn't have
been any Boer- war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-22

From the amount Of scratching that
As going on in the chfgger districts these
days it is very evident that the voters
will be experts in that line by the time
election day comes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-22

Two pints make a quart of milk, or
dinarily. but now that the Rockefeller
interests are involved in the new milk
trust, it probably will be a pint of water
and a pint of milk that will constitute
a quart.-LOs Angeles Express.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-22

It has now been three days since a
new key to the Thaw tragedy has been
added to the already large bunch which
the New York authorities are Juggling
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ELS sYMPATHY RIIr 40 ruRKEYs

One day last week a flock of turkeys
belonging to Mrs. Fred Arnold. who lives
place, were upon the railroad when
train came along and killed thirty Of
them. A few days before about the
same number were drowned in a pond
Mrs Arnold had about 100 nice turkeys.
Truly she has our sympathy.-Pleasan
ton Herald
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The Lynn CAlass.) Item prints the
following: "a hair-restorer vender
heads his advertisement, None like it
Perhaps that's why none buy it, This
Is a poor joke and worse grammar.
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6uDuTDS-Sir, your chickens nave DSen
coming over ipto my garden.
Kommewter-I was wondering what had
become of EN-. Do you fry EN- OF boil
'em?-CleYeland Leader.
You mustn't kiss me until we are for
mally engaged"
I've always tried to. illustrated Bits.
tive barber. but want to tell you there
are times when his voice sounds mighty
When he says; Next and you're it,
Milwaukee Sentinel
II hear young Mr.. Freshe and Miss
Pert were very angry at that acc1dent
and the careIessness OF their chauffeur"
well, he was a very good deal put out
and she was very much upset. -Baiti-
more American.
The poet (soulfuIly)-True poetry. YOU
know, gives its greatest enjoyment to the
The Editor -'S 5erafir1y)-You bet it doess
" hen have my way no one else sees H.
American Spectator
Johnny" said the teacher kindly. you
must not bury your talents in napkin,
a thing to me If she caught me usin' one
Of her'n that way '-Phjladelphia Ledger.
what want" said the disconnected
boarder, lis to enjoy the comfort Of
II that's the case answered Farmer
Corntossel It don't quite see what you
left home for in the first place wash
ington Star.
The farmer had already purchased. a
number of shares in an oil well, a light
ming rod and a quantity OF green goods
But the man with the gold brick was
not cast down.
1.-The old guy is the picture of despair
quoth he to himself but like many an
Other picture, he will stand rerouching by
a real artist, ncy.''-Puck.
,Teaeher-T4ow many kinds of poetry are
there?
Teaeher1what are they?
Pupil-Lyric, dramatic and epidemic
Cleveland Leader.
But" said the crafty manufacture.
you wouldn't advertise the stun as
20! No replied his partner. wen adj
yertise that It has reputation for pur-
ity- Philadelphia Press.
BreathIess Traveler-Come, summon all
your tagging energies.
station Man-What for?
Baltimore American.
DO you think our orators are as elo-
quent as those of our. early history"
Quite as eloquent" answered Senator
owing to the fact that it is no longer
customary to force their remarks into
ee sbfe by grs5ng Pg5ng the into the
Miss Knox-Your conversation. Mr.. Led
den, reminds me Of some champagne.
Mr.. Ledden-Ahi So sparkling as all
that?
Miss .Knox-No; but it's extra dry
Philadelphia Ledger.
Kitty-Do you really think that there is
Jack-Why yes Miss Watkyns has It.
You can almost see it.-Somerville Jour
nal.
Yes. she says she viii break her hus-
But her husband isn't dead, is he?"
mo. but she knows what's in it,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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ANOTHER NEW DEAL.

Mrs Leslie Carter now has a new
manager as well as new husband,
and is looking for a new play. It is a
new deal all around.-Washingt Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-22

Railroad stocks are advancing in spite
Of the dire predictions that rate regula-
ton and the Hepburn law would send
the railroads to the bow-wows.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-22

The surest way to eliminate Uncle
Joe Cannon from the presidential race
would be to defeat him for congress
and that is about the hardest job
IMAGINABLE.
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A DELIBERATE THIEF.

It is impossible to feel any sympathy
for the Chicago bank wrecker who had
secret closets built to conceal him in
case of visits from the police. His
methods were too deliberate.-Was ASKING
ton Star
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The department of agriculture esti-
mates the country's wheat crop at
7f8.8ss. 600 bushels. OF this Kansas
produces about one-seventh-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-22

If all the men who have ideas about
how the Panama canal should be dug
could be set to work. the job would be
nominated in short time.
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EVERYWHERE.

The Chumps. according to a Louisville
paper, are a fine old Kentucky family
and their namesazes are spread all over
the country.-New York Herald.
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Mr.. Bryan win miss this years
Chautauqua season. but he viii prob
ably have opportunity to do all the
talking he cares to indulge in when he
vaf,4rre
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Mr.. Thomas Andrew Cordry sagely
suggests that the worst faint about the
Bryan dollar subscription is that 'taint
forthcoming
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-22

The fact that our big naval review
Is to be held so near home will make it
a source of less uneasiness to some
countries than it might otherwise
move to be.
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THAN COURAGE.

Fay Templeton has married a Pitts
burg millionaire This is not bravery.
It is reckless daring.-Chicago Record
Herald.
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Secretary Loeb is believed to be still
In possession of the record for being
sued by women and nobody accuses
him of being a firt, either.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-22

The Kansas wheat yield. which is
expected to reach 100, 100000 bushels.
The figure which was commonly as
dgned a year ago as the expected har-
vest of the entire Dominion Of Canada
vith all its enormous areas west of
ginniDeg adapted to that cereal. re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-22
AN IDEA OF NOT DIGGING.

Gompers' idea of digging the Panama
canal is that nobody must be hired
there who is willing to do the work. =
St. Louis Globe Democrat
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Now that Grand Duke Nicholas and
the other grand dukes have declined the
Russian dictatorship we suggest the
traffic manager of the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit company.-Boston Traveller.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-22

Things seem to be coming ]. L. Bris-
lows way: Pete Foley is openly fighting
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-22

Not being a constitutional lawyer,
the State Journal does not know
whether the primary plan it proposed
recently is constitutional or not. It
sees no reason why It should not be.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-22

Johnny" said the teacher kindly. you
must not bury your talents in a Napkin
HUH 1 guess not Nav wouldn't do
a thing to me If she caught me usin' one
of hern that Way.'-Phladelphi Ledger.