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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-02

The Kansas semicentennial is one of
the subjects to be discussed at a con
vention that viii meet in St. Louis on
April Is. The convention is called bv
the Business Mems League of st. Louis
to consider the development Of the
southwest.
It is very timely that such a gather
ing should be held now. for the south
west is doubtless on the eve of an era.
Of great development. This convention
is called for the purpose Of aiding in
this development. The governors Of all
the southwestern states have been in
vited to participate. as well as repre-
sentatives from all commercial bodies.
Among the subjects announced for dis
cussion are The Agencies for the De-
velopment of the Southwest" 1.-THE
Kansas semicentennial," THE Money
Value to the Southwest Of Good Roads,
and The Best Permanent Plan for In
ducing immigration into the South
vest
The Southwest includes all the ter
ritory from the Mississippi to the Pa
cif1c, and from Missouri and Kansas
to the Gulf and the Mexican boundary.
The prairies of Kansas and Oklahoma.
the rice and cotton fields of Texas and
Louisiana, the plains of western Texas.
the rich valleys of New Mexico. the
desert lands of Arizona and Southern
California, blossoming into gardens by
means of irrigation, will see tremendous
advancement during the next five years.
This territory is coming more and more
into the public eye. and immigration is
turning in this direction.
Incidentally the Kansas semicenten-
NAL ought to help it along, in Kansas
especially, and Kansas should be well
represented at st. Louis two weeks
hence
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-02

very new ana original way Of doing
business. At Seneca last Thursday he
surprised everybody BY asking that
warrants be sworn out for three men
in Nemaha county. who he was con
WINGED were selling liquor. The war
rants were issued at once aand the
men arrested and placed under bond
Judge Stuart has very busliness-li<e
way of carrying on eourt-in fact. he
IS all business. It IS rumored that
there will be some surprises sprung
in the May term of court in Brown
county. There is only one safe course
to pursue. and that is to keep within
the bounds Of the law"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-02
GLOBE SIGHTS.
rFrom the Atehlson Globe.l

rF'rom the Atchison Globe.1
Sassafras tea is also billed for an
early date at the home of the old fash
toned woman.
When boys are playing together,
about every five minutes this IS heard;
You haint my boss
Sense is not a matter of age: Don't
expect it in others and perhaps they
viii excuse the lack Of it in you
Tobacco chewing is bad enough in
any man, but it looks particularly bad
in the case of a good-look1ng man.
When a widower marries again, the
neighbor women recall with many
signs that his poor dead wife just
worshipped him.
The day that a woman puts away
her first dollar toward buying piano,
she decides in what corner of the par
lor she intends to put it.
This is the sign that is going up
next week in a certain Atchison Office !:
Don't come in before 4 o'clock If you
want to play with me"
OF course a candidate tries in a
weary sort of way to be agreeable, but
he admits to his intimate friends after
election, that the people are sometimes
very trying.
A man said today: 81 am faithful to
my wife, and love and respect her.
and couldn't do without her; but |
have been unfaithful to her many
times" That's q proposition no wom-
1 an can understand.
A minister recently spoke" to a
/ woman because she did not attend
/ church oftener. She told the truth,
and said frankly that she didn't care to
! 20: and he thought that was better
| than to make a lot of insincere and un-
truthful apologies.
Speaking of originality: There is the
/ Alice hat, the Alice coat, the Alice bow,
1 in imitation of Mrs. Nicholas Long
worth, but we point with pride to Mary
Jane Smith. an Atcfison grl who de-
signs her own hats and cloaks, and
looks pretty good in them and in a
Mary Jane Smith bow.
You can never tell what a woman
/ will do. men act pretty much the same
under given circumstances, but every
woman seems to be a law unto herself
Many years ago an Atchison man de-
] serted his wife, and ran away with
another woman. The deserted wife
took care of herself. and was patient
1 industrious and worthy. After 30 years
1 the former husband returned to his
1 first wife. drunk as a lord, and pro-
ceeded to beat her The woman who
had been deserted, insulted and beaten
took care Of her husband. Fortunately
he was old, and not very well. and
i soon died. She is devoted to his grave
/ and is often seen visiting the cemetery
Would q man do that2 Well we should
saw nh no
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-02
JAYHA WKER JOTS

Spring has officially arrived IN Bur-
lfnEame The street sprinkler has De
gun business.
Tom Thompson says a visiting girl
recently came to Howard to N ma so5i
how much He earned and If He could
support a wife.
The pie-face seems to be common in
F,nlDoria. At least Nit White claims
to have sold over 800 pies during
March.
A Concordia carpenter recently pat
ented a new floor-scraper- He went
to Chicago the other day and came
hack with a check for $7,540, which
manufacturing concern paid him Tor
his patent.
Here's a good point in favor Of
Christian Science. told by the Atchlson
Globe: ]. c. Gibson who lately pc
came an ardent Christian Scientist.
saws it cured him of smoking and that
his cigar bill was formerly Sl5
month.
A Douglas county man who imports
Angora, goats from South Africa, re-
Gently sold a kid for $500, which the
Lawrence World says is record
rrice The World evidently doesn
know much about kids. some OF
them cost several times $500 before
they grow up.
Hard problem recorded by the
Howard Courant: A letter was re-
ceived at the Howard postofhce this
week addressed ITO The Leading
Singer, Howard, Kans." The postmas-
ter hasn't the nerve to decide this
point The letter will be returned to
the writer at the end of f1ve days IN
less called for.
Alvah Sheldon has rounded out q
quarter century as editor of the Wal
nut Valley Times, and he celebrated
the event by getting out twelve-page
paper. When YOU know that there
are nine columns to the page, and the
columns are almost long enough to
reach across the street, you can realize
more what a tweIve-page edition Of
the Times means. There is consider
able complaint among the newspaper
brethren because the pages are too
big. The average newspaper office is
not large enough to unfold the Times
| in.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-02
oUAKER REFLECTIONS
rrrom the Philadelphia Record.l
God luck is really good manage

rr-or, the philadelphia Record.l
Good luck is really good manage
ment. - b,,rn is
aIvvavs somebody's fame
some fellows blow themselves every
time they can raise the vino.
The true test Of public greatness =
- nave dogs named after you.
A woman seldom tells a man she IS
=, tbe wrong until after he has apoi-
ogized. e...,a,o,,s
r,an that a hair in the soup IS worm
two on the head
some people have such swollen
heads that by the time they get naAo
it won't fit them
A narrow-minded man is one re-, WEN HSsv
we can never convince tha1 Jul
of thinking Is right
Nell-s.She calls herself rainy-oays
GIRL ;, BELIEVES; she has one OF
those waterproof compilations
when a thing is inconsistent with a.
mans principles 1t may be que % tiaS
fact that his principles are wrong
Wizg=ssI won a hat from Closens
IN the last election. | suppose ne i
yait til summer and give me stra y
one" Wagg-''Yes; Closenp seiooIn
makes his presents felt
Mrs. Rittenhouse Squeers They
made their money in trade HIS grand
father used to be a dealer in ropes ana
fSyine'' Mr.. Rittenhouse Squeers-
's-Fhen, of course, he must be Juoseo
accordingly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-02
Hls Not Id Reason MN

The inefHciency of Mexican labor was
under discussion by group of mining
promoters, says the Philadelphia Rec
ord.
''Oh my last trip to Mexico" aaid one,
while our train halted at JimulcO. q
dinner station on the Mexican Central, I
alighted and watched the mechanic who
went from car to car sounding the
wheels with a hammer, presumably to
test their condition. He was a fair type
of native skilled workman. Just to
draw him out a little I inquired:
Why do you rap the wheelsY
Setting down his torch. he stared at
me in amazement. Because the master
mechanic tells me to-, he replied.
"'But why?' I persisted. What good
does it do2'
" I do not know. senor,' said he. Tho
master mechanic tells me to strike each
wheel, and do so. That is enough for
me-
How long have you been working at
this job?' I asked.
Two years. he replied. For two
years he had been going through the
form of sounding the car wheels, with
out the slightest knowledge Of the OBJ
ject of the test or the slightest curiosity
concerning it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-02
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Here IS another Joke: The other day
a reference was made in this column 10
Devere Rafter's promise to make as
good g county attorney for Jackson
county as the present attorney general
has been for Kansas. and this depart
ment remarked that II that Is the best
Mr.. Rafter can do IN the way OF prom
ising, this department would have to
vote against him in the Jackson county
primaries. Wen. sopae people in jack
son county are taking it seriously not
withstanding Mr.. Rafeer's well known
opinion of the present attorney gen
erai.
It see" remarked Deacon Twogood
today, as he was reading the State
Journals exchanges, that a lot or
those bottles Of beer at that Demo-
cratic banquet at lola were not open
ed I'm glad to see the Democrats are
reforming. " "auhi" snorted Bill Doc
little, the reason probably was that
lot of them Democrats left their cork
screws at home by mistake"
]. Pierpont Morgan recently paid $50 :
900 for a collection of manuscripts OF
Robert Burns. This department knows
where Mr.. Morgan could nave secured a
collection of manuscripts far rresher
than those for half the money, ana
they are neatly typewriter, too, and
not written in poor hand on yellow
paper, as the Burns manuscripts are
The last years straw hats are liable
to blossom most any time now
Personal note in the Jewell ReDublii--
can: A Topeka man had to pay 500
for hugging a girl. How long would
Frank Frey's and Jim Stidham's bank
account stand that kind Of strain.
Speaking of law breakers, you will
notice that the stork refuses to pay
any attention to the law Of supply
and demand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-02
NO DANCER

Now that Topeka club woman has
come to the front and issued a pronun-
ciamento against all cooked food. Incl
dentally setting forth that bread IS as
bad as beer for the stomach, some mean
man may be expected to arise and init
mate that this theory ought 10 fnd
great favor among the club women gen
orally. He will point out that its adop-
ton would relieve them Of the neees-
sity OF cooking. giving them more time
for mind-culture ana the DEVELOPMENT
Of the intellect. The mean man viii
also observe that the bride who has
been too busy learning to play The piano
and to make typography instead Of
bread. win ind the new theory very
handy as an excuse for not fixing good
things for her adoring husbands
palate. like his mother used to make
But just the same. it Is unlikely that
the time will come very speedily when
the club women viii eschew dainty edi-
bles-cooked-as an accompaniment to
their mental growth: or when the sew
ing circle will refuse to partake Of
angels food, with pickles and coffee
It will continue to be fashionable,
wherever two or three women are gath
cred together. for one Of them to say
she made it with one-of- butter two-of-
sugar-and- three-eggs. and the bride of
the next decade VIII undoubtedly make
just as heavy biscuits and tough pie
crust to cause her husband to prevari-
cate as does the bride Of today.
The abolition Of cooked foods NAV
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-02

world never had hoped to learn ms
answer so quickly"
You have Billy to thank for that.
she laughed.
II don't know whether to thrash d
thank him." he smiled Perhaps ii
would be better to do boti1--in thel
order"
Huh. unused Billy. few hour
later as he lovingly fingered q gold
piece Hugh says that I'm the Apri
fool. I don't think So He's IN the
front parlor acting more like g foe
than I am I wouldn't just sit kissfn
girl Ike that I'd go up to the post.
office and show off before the feilers
I'd Just come ct C3pyr3ght
1905, by Homer Sprague.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-02
AN EAsTER TRANSFORMATIONS.

AN EASTER TRANSPORTATION.
An Easter hat It was. displayed
Within q window wide.
And many matron. miss and maid
Upon it gazed and sighed.
And some exclaimed: t.Oh what a dearI
And some: lis just a dreami''
And some. while pressing very near,
Could scarce keep back a scream.
Yet I. a man. beheld the hat,
And tried IN vain to see
What magic was contained IN that
Grotesque monstrosity.
It's foliage of funny hue
The like no garden knoWsi
It's blossoms-ah q gorgeous crew
Between q squash and rose.
But stopi A Transformation rare
Occurred on Eastern morn
This self-sane hat, 7 do declare,
Put hats around to scornl
/ can not grasp exactly how
I'd been SO much misfed,
For what q vision was it now,
Perched snug on DoIly's headi
Edwin L. Sabin in Smart Set.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-02
In the OuicIxsands

The movers" wagon, canvas-covered
and travel-worn, is always picturesque.
The travelling home for a family and all
their worldly goods, from furniture tG
poultry, is still a familiar sight on west
ern roads. The spirit of dissatisfaction
and longing for newer fields that turks
under that broad-brimrned hat Is a
spark Of the same fire that has been
the theme of our history. By some
stream under the cotton woods of an
evening you may some time see this
half-gypsy, and the fire. with its &C.
companying smell of bacon and peaas or
the song and accordion, will suggest, IS
you drive by why the rowing has al
ways its destinations.
There are. however the long, dusty
days of travel, and sore backed horses;
the occasional swollen fords, and always
present. though seldom encountered, are
the quicksands Of the dry bottom
streams. They are indistinguishable and
silent The shallow ribbons of water
flow over them as over all the rest Of
the river bed, but once fairly III their
grasp there is a reTnOrseless, certain set
tling-which a struggle only hastens
and which ends in an everlasting disap-
pearance. Cattle and horses are caught
in it oftenest, and if seen in time can
be pulled out with rope and horse; but
into its hungry nav have gone horses,
wagons and men, and even a locomotive
going through a bridge has been known
to disappear in this bOttOmless mystery.
Outing Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-02
EROM OTHER PENS
FROM STEAM 10 ELECTRICITY.

FROM STEAM TO ELECTRICITY.
1t looks as though the day of steam
were passing. In this prodfgious
change=if it come-America is likely
to lead the way. Already there is a
feeling in Europe that if electric loco
motives are to replace steam the ques-
ton will be solved in this country. And
the steam locomotive was never more
powerful. Think of the speed it at
tains, Of the loads it hauls! What did
the world know a few years ago of
what the steam locomotive could do =?
Compare the machine of a few years
ago with the one of today-its size and
speed. A ship does not convey an i'm
preston of mans power to accomplish
great things more forcibly than does
a modern American railway train with
it's monster engine, its long train of
huge cars, with all the appliances of
water and light and heat. And yet this
monster locomotive may soon have to
make its bow, so to speak, to run its
last race. Its very perfection indicates
that it has reached the limit.-Indian-
apOlis News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-02
KANSAS C0MMENT
RECIPROCITY FoR KANSAS.


Kansas greatest need is reciprocity,
is the opinion Of Representative Muir
dock. He is urging reciprocal tariff
agreements with the. countries Of
South America especially. It is his
belief that If such treaties were effect
ed Kansas would take its place as the
greatest milling state IN the union, and
that the seat OF the -four industry
would be transferred from Mime
apolis to Topeka and Wichita. Il ex-
pect to live to see that day that every
grain Of wheat grown in Kansas VIII
be ground in Kansas mills. he de-
clares. "and the first step in bringing
this about is to secure an outlet With
direct lines to the gulf ports we would
be enabled to command the markets
of South America IN the face of any
competition, and I devoutly hope that
through reciprocal agreements the
markets of the Latin-Amerfcan repub-
lies may be opened to us."=Hoxie
Sentinel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-02
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

rFrona the Chicago News.l
Only a millionaire can ahord 70
wear a misfit suit
Truth and honesty have but hteie
in common with diplomacy
so-caIled pride prevents some men
from riding on the water wagon.
Every man thinks he helps others
lot more than others help him.
ANY old fellow can win woman's
love and keep tiff his coin holds out,
The stage villain is douple-oyee1
when the hero beats him black ana
blue
Nothing JoIts an ignorant man 50
hard as being forced to say I don't
know
The man who hirts with trouble IS
ant to get it where Uncle Bit got the
carbuncle.
Anv man who would sue a girl for
breach of promise ought to be con-
fined in an upholstered cell
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-02
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
IFrom the New York Press-l

IRON the New York Press-l
t. a man married a rich wife prob
ably It would be just his luck to go
and die.
a man gets along with his landlord
almost as comfortably as with his
wife's relatives
A girl is going to have a good time
at the stupidest kind OF party II she IS
going to wear new dress at it.
It would be much easier to be good
If YOU thought It was smart to keep
anybody from catching you at It,
You have to understand human
nature mighty well to know that other
people aren't any bigger fools than
you are.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-02
Debating Letters by Telegraph.

Peter V. DeGraw. fourth assistant
postmaster general of the United
States, has recently installed, and
now has in daily operation one of the
most unique adjuncts ever adopted by
a government official.
Wilbert Melville. describing the in
novation, in the February Technical
World Magazine says:
Between his private Office and the
adjoining room occupied by his private
secretary and confidential stenograph-
er. there is in operation what is un-
doubtedly the shortest complete tele-
graph line in the world.
''Mr. DeGraw, his private secretary,
Mr.. W. Fl. Allen, and his stenographer,
Mr.. Pender, are all old experienced
telegraphers. Upon the desk of each
is a complete sending and receiving
apparatus, and Mr.. DeGraw says he
finds it a most convenient thing in the
course of a days business. BY the use
of his private line. he can call for
papers wanted by him or dictate let
ters without leaving his private room
or interrupting in any way the i'm
portant conferences that take place
daily in his Office
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-02

Is staid old Ohio also ''going Popu-
listic''7 Is the state that produced
Mark Hanna, John D. Rockefeller,
and Joseph Benson Foraker about to
take Up the reforms once advocated
by the crazy Populsts Of Kansas ?
"a few days ago the Ohio state senate
passed a resolution submitting to the
people OF that state the question of
adopting the initiative and referendum
as s part OF the state constitution. It
IS said that the measure viii also pass
the house unless It is killed there in
committee. Think of that, you Wild
eyed Republican followers Of Jerry
eimusonl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-02

The editorial brethren Of the state
who desired Henry Aliens success in
the Second district primaries can fnd
consolation in this fact; There will be
some mighty good stuff in the Ottawa
Herald during tbs next two years
which otherwise might never have been
..riffar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-02

A debate has started as to whether
scott or Stubbs won the victory in
the Second district. AS both will prob
ably be candidates for United States
senator. the question may be settled
IN favor of the one that gets the most
Second district votes for that Office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-02

'rTou will notice. says the Scandal
Journal. that the money. accumulated
IN the newspaper business never be-
comes q menace to the country" No,
but you can't convince some people
shat the money ". r. Hearst has ac-
cumplated from his newspaper isn't a
ulenaee-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-02

In his speech at Junction City Mr..
Caiderhead repeated what he said
bout railroads at Washington, Kan,
81 summer, but he neglected to re-
psat what he once said about the
endard Oil company being a benefl-
cent institution
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-02

Harper's Weekly says Phil Campbell
IS almost perniciOusly active in an
enort TO induce Uncle Sam to chase
the Standard OIL octopus out of Kan
sss" While Harper's Weekly is not
recognized as an authority in this
portion Of the planet. this statement
wiz be a good thing for Phil
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-02

Waste no time in grieving over old
failures. The man who never made a
mistake is a myth. The man who
never failed, cannot have been a man
to venture. and must therefore be
himself failure. The wise man seizes
the new knowledge which his errors
have taught him, applies it to the life
Of a failure and makes 1t a motive to
wiser living. Your failure in the past
Is no indication that you are going to
fail again. Forget your failures and
organize them. Look your disad-
vantages squarely in the face and see
what you can make of them, and in
stead Of cIamoring and complaining
that you have not the right tools. use
well the tools you have. Go forward
into new battle and on to victory as
though there had never been a failure
In all your Ife.-Seneca Tribune
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-02
How tn BoiI Water.

To boil water would seem to be a
very simple thing, and yet the late
Charles Delmonico used to say that
very few people knew how to do it.
'sThe secret Is" he said, Gin putting
good fresh water into clean kettle.
already quite warm, and setting the
water to boiling quickly, and then
taking it right off for use in tea, COT
fee or other drinks before it is spoiled.
To let 1t steam and simmer and evap-
crate until the good water Is in the
atmosphere and the lime and dregs
and iron only left in the kettle is
what makes a great many people sick,
and it is worse than no water at all
For water boiled like this and favored
with a few drops of lemon juice Mr..
Delmonico used to charged as much as
for his best liquors and he often rec
commended it to his customers and
friends who complained of loss of ap-
petite. It is worth the trying.-Good
Living.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-02

Secretary Taft says that work on
TIE Panama canal will go on after
every liar has been beard Have you
any idea how many liars there are in
enis country? Then perhaps you can
form some IDEA about this Panama
email lob
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-02

Edna May insists that she will never
marry again. It certainly is a bad
habit when carried to excess. and
Edna is 70 be congratulated on break