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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26
THE PARTY EMBLEM.

CONGRESSMAN Scott of lola makes this
suggestion in his paper, the lola Reg
lister: There is one other particular in
which state legislation could supple
ment the work Of the last session of
congress, and that is in changing the
present law comforting franchises upon
aliens. The last session of congress
amended the naturalization act by pro-
viding that no alien should be made
a citizen of the United States until he
had lived here five years and unless he
was able to read in some language
and to speak the English language.
Now If the state legislatures all over
the country should amend their laws
so as to provide that no one not a
citizen of the United States shall be
permitted to vote, it would be a long
step in the direction of more intelli-
gent and more honest voting. AS the
law stands now, a man may come to
Kansas from the remotest parts of the
earth, declare his intention of becom-
ing a citizen and after being here for
six months may cast his vote, although
he may not be able to read, write or
speak our language, or have the faint
est conception of our system of govern
ment. Five years is a short enough
probation for any alien to serve before
having the full privileges of American
citizenship conferred upon him. Even
those who come from English speaking
countries can well spend this time in
becoming fsmiliar with our political
methods and gaining some understand
ing of the principles which should di-
rect an intelligent ballot. Tt would be
a fine thing if Kansas would blaze away
on this reform and put upon our statute
books this winter a law providing that
none but a full-hedged citizen of the
United States shall be allowed to exer-
else that highest function of American
citizenship, the casting of a ballot
Incidentally why would it not be well
to do away with that device on the
official ballot that is designed to place
a premium on ignorance. the party en-
blern2
The only use Of the party emblem is
to enable those who are too stupid or
too lazy to learn to read. to vote easily.
The semi-idiot who has not brains
enough to distinguish the word ''Repub-
lean from Democratic can easily
recognize the rooster or the eagle. and
makes a mark accordingly. He may not
have sufficient intelligence to under
stand the issues and principles at stake,
and so he votes a straight ticket under
one Of the two birds, or under one OF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26
BAILEY.

For some strange reason the mention
Of the name of Willis J. Bailey in con-
nection with the election Of a United
States senator this winter has the same
effect upon the Topeka Capital as does
the shaking of a garment of a crimson
hue upon male bovine critter. Just
why 1t should become excited on this
score at this stage of proceedings. is
not evident, but it calls upon this paper
to point out Governor Bailey's fitness
for the senatorship.
Now the State Journal Is not boom
ing Mr. Bailey. He Is not a candidate
for United States senator, and he pro-
badly viii not be. This papers refer
ence to him was simply this statement
of fact:
Another possibility that is looming up
strong on the senatorial horizon is
farmer up at Baileyville. There is q
1eenng over the state that Willis ].
Bailey did not get a square deal two
years ago He Is not likely to be an
avowed candidate for the senate, but
IN case OF a deadlOck-and deadlock
is not at all mprobable-popular senti-
ment would be more likely to turn to
Governor Bailey than 10 any other
dark horse"
What is there about that innocent
statement to cause the Capital to tear
up the ground and fill the air with
AaSl- IL GOOS hot nave 10 regard MIN
as a senatorial possibility if 1t does not
wish to. but from the tone of its re-
marks it evidently does so regard him.
The State Journal confesses to a
warm friendship for the Baileyville
farmer, but it has no intention of
bringing him forward in the senatorial
race. It has never heard him say a
word to indicate that he has any desire
for further public honors. There are
avowed candidates for the senatorship
who Will admirably represent the
people of Kansas and be a credit to the
state-but in case of a deadlock this
people would turn to Willis ]. Bailey
just the same.
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QUAKER REFLECTIONS

TFrorn the Philadelphia Record
groom. They always act as if they
were not
Many a man gratifes his wife's
smallest wish, but ignores her larger
ones.
The thief always suffers. Even the
fellow who steals a kiss often marries
the girl.
A man can not be in two places at
once, and yet he can be in a pair of
trousers.
The fellow who says II feel it in my
bones" may merely be referring to his
rheumatism.
There is a color called invisible blue
Wonder If that isn't the color of the
policemen's uniforms.
One-half the world, suffering from
the pangs of hunger, doesn't know how
the other half suffers from Indigestion
Age brings wisdom" remarked the
Wise Guy. YES" assented the Simple
Mug. but 1t doesn't leave us much
time to use it,
She-''You are a regular woman
hater. I suppose you think it is a
crime to be a woman" He-''No;
merely a Miss dem eanor."
Many a man deludes himself with
when, as matter of fact, he is merely
trying to prove errors.
when / tell you these things
shouted the political orator. II only tell
the naked truth well, even the
naked truth may stand in need of a
Turkish BATH" came a voice from the
outskirts of the crowd.
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Queer Schools.

There are some very strange educa-
tional establishments open at the pres
ent day. Miss Alice sBoutelle and Mr.
Wanamaker opened a school for cash
boys in America some little time ago.
according to a prospectus issued by
them, pupils, who must not be under
fourteen years of age, are taught arith-
met1C in everyday use. bookkeeping
penmanship, and the quick handling
and cOun ting of money. Many of the
boys who have attended the school are
now earning good wages as cashiers in
some of the largest stores in New York
and Chicago
It is proposed to open in London a
school for nursemaids, where girls over
sixteen years of age may be given les
sons in the management of infants,
preparing of children's food, plain
sewing, laundry work, and taught the
kindergarten system of education.
Such an institution already exists in
Berlin. 1t was founded two years ago
by clergyman, and is in connection
with a founding hospital. The grow
ings girls of this adjustment are
taught to become competent house
maids, and positions are found for
them in the houses of the best fami-
lies in Germany.
Russia possesses 4 school for police
men, where young men are trained for
the force. The school is situated in
st. Petersburg, and in museum con-
nected thereto the pupils make them
selves familiar with jemmies, drills,
chisels, and other tools used by profess
sional thieves. A particular branch of
the school is the Russian passport sys-
TEN, which every budding policeman
has to study in detail
A remarkable educational establish
ment is the school for judges opened
recently in Paris. Here make believe
trials are held by the pupils under the
supervision of we'll known attorneys.
The whole procedure, from the issuing
Of a warrant for arrest to the summing
up and the judges verdict, is carried
through in businesslike manner.
At Monte Carlo there is a schoo. of
croupiers. 1t is held during the six
summer months in the clubroom of
the Tir aux Pigeons and the Sale
Here are tables similar to those in the
Casino gaming room, and each pupil in
turn takes the role of croupier. while
others personate players and stake
money over the table At a given in
slant the croupier must calculate and
pay out the winning stakes. There are
usually between forty and fifty pupils
in this school, and a six months course
is generally sufficient to turn them into
finish ed croupiers.
very odd educational blishment
is the school for grave diggers in Bel
GUM. 1t was founded by the directors
of the Great Evere cemetery, and all
candidates for posts as sections in Bel
GUM must undergo training in the
school and pass an examination.
There are several schools of house
wifery in this country, the principal of
which is connected with the National
Training School of Cookery in London.
Every branch of household manage
Inent is taught at this school; the keep
ing of accounts, the principles of do
nestle sanitation, and a certain amount
of sick training being fncluded.-Tft-
Bits.
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GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.I

[From the Atchison Globe.I
No one prepares for a storm until
the storm arrives
Most of us object to having every
thing we do blamed on US.
AS a rule, soldiers are fond OF music.
but none of them care for war songs.
A common plug has some advan-
tages. There are no fve-cent cigars
named for him.
When man has a big bunch Of
railroad passes, he takes great pride in
showing them.
Our idea of poor advertising is that
obtained by a college sending a glee
club on the road.
In the estimation of the public a
man Is richer just after his death
than at any other time.
When a man begins visiting health
resorts, his kin commence wondering
/ how they will spend his money.
When a man cannot attract atten-
ton in any other way. he can always
go without a coat in cold weather.
A mother is never entirely recon
ciled to her sons marriage until she
has become attached to his children
With the possible exception of paiamas.
nothing in a mans wardrobe is so III
fitting and shapeless as a hunting coat.
If a woman knows all about the
language of flowers, she probably has
had little time to read the cook book.
In a country where there isn't much
sleighing, man In a sleigh attracts as
much attention as man in an auto
mobile.
If we were a woman, looking for
husband. there is at least one thing
we would insist on: we wouldn't be e
stepmother.
When the day Is stormy. and a So
ciety woman can't get down to the
dry goods stores, what does she do
around home?
No child IL really being raised a nat
unless its mother gives it a hammer
and a looking glass to play with at the
same time.
Look on the bright side: II a woman
is poor cook. they are not bothered
much at her house with people who
come to stay to meals.
At the present price of eggs, a man
Is an aristocrat who comes down town
in the morning with the yellow OF egg
sticking to his mouth.
What has become Of the old-fssh-
toned man who. the morning after
snow storm. caught the school teacher,
and washed her face in the snow?
If man follows the family clock IN
taking Il train, he will find when he
goes to the depot that he is going to-
morrow, when he really intended to go
yesterday.
When a man stops and wipes his
feet before entering a restaurant, the
men in the restaurant look at each
other and smile: They know he is
henpecked, all right.
We like Atchison, but sometimes
when the snow falls. and everything is
slippery, or when the mud is deep, or
during a heavy rain. It is a little dull
on Commercial street
This is what the ambitions Of lif0
finally amount to; That a man may
have warm corner and enough to eat
when he is old, and that his final tll~
ness may be brief one.
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the other embleEns Voting is made
easy for the illtterate. But the inteIli-
gent business or professional man who
wishes to vote a mixed ticket, repre-
senting the ideas he has secured from
careful study, is hedged about with
technicalities that endanger his ballot
We have some good citizens, chiefly
old immigrants from foreign countries,
who may not be able to read English
easily, but five minutes study would
enable them to recognize the names Of
the various parties on the ballot
Those among the younger generation
who are lacking either IN intellect or
ambition to learn to read are not en-
titled to the ballot. and It is no particu-
lar credit to the state to put premium
on such voters and a handicap on intel
ligent ones.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26

claim when he was Ill, said Miss Gus
sic, in a spirited way.
the Teller Tsp
''N-not exactly, but he was very nice.
He had 10 take my horse to get away
from YOU"
HELL Hear her talking! That Teller
is Bob Hill, the most notorious highway
robber In four statesi You must have
nursed him up and helped him TO vamoose
and I don't know but what shall have
to hold you as accessory.
That evening it was bright moonlight
and Miss Gussie was sitting well away
from the camp watching the last rays
of twilight fade into night. By and by
young Mr.. Casewel came over and took
her hand and said.
My dear Gussie, the fourth occasion
has arrived. I know I am not mt to lick
up your tracks in the dust. but
You can consider that We are emf
gagged" said the girl, as she thought how
mean it was of the stranger not to have
made her at least a tiny proposal before
he gobbled her horse and rode away
just enough of a proposal to enable her
to brag about it among the other incl
dents of camping out.-(Copyright, 1906,
by NJ. NJ. Cunningham
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.l

[From the Chicago News.l
It's a still wind that blows nobody
harm.
Struggling to get rich quick keeps
many 4 man poor
Time is money to the woman who has
a mania for shopping.
One cook in the kitchen is worth a
dozen in the intelligence office.
Destiny dopes a man and then pro-
ceeds to hand him a gold brick.
A girl hopes that the veil OF the fu-
ture will prove to be a bridal veil.
Genius never amounts to much IN
less it is backed by common sense.
An authors brightness isn't always
due to the burning of midnight oil.
The camel must be all right, other
wise nature wouldn't have backed him
up.
If women were obliged to think OF
something to say they wouldn't talk so
much.
Many a conservative man loses his
money on a sure thing because he is
afraid to take chances
When a woman goes shopping the
pitch Of her voice depends on whether
she asks for silk or calico.
Probably more young men would be
able to earn their own living If they
didn't have fathers to support them.
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

This department does not make a
practice of giving advice concerning
speculations and investments, but it
breaks over the rule to advise all Kan
sas farmers who have few millions Of
stock in the Standard Oil company to
unload 1t before Attorney General
Moody takes another whack at that
concern
4
The Clay Center Times says: REV.
Crawford who preached here in Clay
Center for quite a number Of years and
now goes around enthusiastically is a
PRETTY good man, but 1t is not as yet
generally known that when he fishes,
he fishes with a cork" But where does
he keep the cork. and what is the cork's
purpose
It has been three days now since the
eastern newspaper correspondents have
resigned Senator Plat.
n %
The bassos see nothing unjust in
Caruso's arrest and conviction. Caruso
is a tenor, you know.
Only a few days more of the football
hero.
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JANA WKER JOTS

Stockton people are becoming met
ropolitan- They have formed the habit
of going so late to public entertain
ments that the shows don't begin till
nearly 9 o'clock
A jamestown boy who whitfield a
cartridge has only seven fingers where
he used to have eight. The other
finger and the cartridge went Off to-
gether and neither has come back
Beloit Gazette: A Kansas bred
Merino sheep has broken the world S
record by producin in one year q
fleece weighing So pounds. This is "a
pounds better than the worlds former
record
Up at Junction City the skating rink
is turned over to the young women
clerks Of the town from o'clock till
1880 three evenings week Those
who claim to know say they have a
regular high rolling time
Here is some idiots idea of a good
time. told by the Hiawatha World ::
Four Morrill, young men got on q
drunk and stopping at the Miles place
rented by Henry Sandrock broke out
windows. They paid damages to the
amount of $40.
Since the lid has been put on at
Fort Scott, there has been an exodus
of Fort Scott law breakers to Coffey-
Vile, according to the Tribune "Dea-
con Jones and another saloonkeeper
have gone there" says the Tribune.
and yesterday ten more of the sport
ing fraternity and female-who
have been put out of business here
bought tickets for Coneyviile."
Marion makes this bid to fame in the
Record: Those familiar with the
story Of Abraham Lincoln's private
life will recall that his first love was
bestowed upon Ann Rutledge. Will
liam B. Rutledge, a brother of Ann
Rutledge has been a visitor here this
week, as the guest of Mr.. Bennett, who
lives south of town. Mr.. Rutledge is
so years old, but is still an active man.
He was a sch oolmate with Lincoln in
old Salem, ILL.,, in the early forues, and
was intimately acquainted with him.
His home is in Glasco, Kansas"
Good story by the Clay Center Times:
An Irishman in a large city was wan
dering around hunting St. Luke's hos
pital, when he met a man who looked
kindly and proved to be policeman.
He asked: DO you know, sor, where
is ST. Luke's hospital; I want to go
there?" The big policeman replied:
Sure, I do, me frient. You go down
to the MKT corner, turn to the lift about
half a block, and there right in the
center you Will find the finest saloon in
the city run by Tim Murphy? He is a
big. foine loolxin' man and tinds bar
himself; he will be behint the bar. You
walk up to him and say, brisk loike,
TO hi with the pope When you
wake up you will be in st. Luke's hos
pital good day, sor."
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HUMOR or THE DAY

Castleton-"About how much does it
cost to run steam yacht? Highblower
If it makes any difference to you, you
can't afford it."-Judge.
McJigger-'Look at that fellow over
there with the high hat and sack coat
must get some castor oil for" McJig-
ger-"Iah? How. does that remind you Of
Of it. "-Philadelphia Press
yourself?' asked the friend. FITS better
to have some one else attend to the ora
tory answered Senator Sorghum. In
that way you can ascertain which Of your
opinions are unpopular and repudiate
them w ashington Star.
4 positively cannot sing tonight, :, sald
Te last Xciaareq me ne
self-styled footlight favorite- You have
found fS out that you cant sing" replied
began--Chicago Daily News.
He-'Brt do you think, Miss Luers.
that your father viii accept me for a
son-in-law?T' She-'I shouldn't wonder;
we so rarely think alike. Town and
Country.
-, Waiter Cat club RESTAURANT -~Ready
Cback from a weeks hshing)-"Give me
some fish; I'm tired to death of other
things. New York Weekly.
Farmer Backip-'I want ten cents wuth
o stamps Aleck Smart (the new clerk
What denomination Farmer Backip
II m a Baptist. but / don't know as it's
emmy O. your business. Judge.
Your enormously profitable deals do
not bring you true happiness. said the
wise person. No" answered Mr.. Dustin
Stax. but they often enable me to worry
the other fellow so much that feel pref
ty comfortable by comparison. wash
ington Star.
MY story IS founded on fact" said the
aspiring young novelist. I don't doubt
it," replied the heartless publisher, but
they arrested man over in the next
county recently for stealing a horse that
was found dead in his barn. Chicago
Record-Herald.
Your e, husband is very nsthodicsl. you
say? said the minister. Very" replied
the wife of the man in question. Tie be-
leves there is a place for everything
wish you'd get that idea out OF his head
that the place to sleep is in church. -
Yonker's Statesman.
Borus (struggling author)-'Naggus,
that last book of mine isn't meeting with
much success. but don't you think il will
liver Naggus (book revieWer)-'It will
my dear fellow If there Is, such a thing
as general literary resurrection. Chi
cago Tribune.
Fdyth-"They say that Percy Featherlv
is losing his mind" Mayme-''Poor fell
low. He'll be lucky If he doesn't lose
any more than that. Chicago Daily
News.
What do you think Of Man and Super
man r. Il don't know a thing about H. p
But saw you at the play" Yes. but I
was in box party."-Cleveland Leader
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TROLLEY GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME

Warmers yellow automo
Travels eighty miles an hour.
WheW. It's great TO see IL go
Winking past with all its power.
But though it may fieetest be.
Trolley's good enough for me.
Give a nickel, then I'm done;
No repair accounts to pay.
In an automo what fun
Is there riding, anyway?
Very little I can see.
Trolley's good enough for me.
Other evening, in the car
With me riding Dora went.
Cupid bent his bow, and far
Through my heart his arrow sent.
Thought 1: Cone arm wasn't free)
Trolley's good enough for me.
Then just as we crossed De We're,
And swung around in Maple street
May 1 say L love you here,
Or walt till we are home, my sweet p
Lips were near, as answered she,
Trolley's good enough for me-
-Woman's Home Companion.
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Fair Play.

An attache of the American en-
bassy at London tells story of a but
Ter in the employ of a fine old English
family, whose long service had incul-
Gated in him a personal and pro-
prietary interest in the sons and
daughters of the house.
Once, on the occasion of a large
dinner party, the conscientious butler
observed that one of the mem bers of
the family, a young girl who had but
recently entered society, was devoting
an amount OF attention to her agree
able neighbor on the right obviously
in excess of that accorded to the less
fascinating man on her left. This fact
perturbsd the butler to a degree that
could no longer be borne in silence.
SO, under Dretence Of passing the Gull
prit a dish, the butler managed to
whisper respectfully in her ear:
"a little more conversation to the
left, miss. Harper Weekly.
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A Story of Ristori.

1.-The late Nine. Ristori the famous
actress said a playwright at the Play
ers' club in New York, had a great
detestation of boosters.
"At dinner that was given in her
honor here, a boastful Italian tenor ex-
cited her displeasure. This tenor, Il
count, said:
I'm my fathers palazzo on the Corso
in Rome, the dining hall is so lofty that
you can't distinguish the paintings on
the ceiling without an opera glass;
Mime. Ristori glared at the boastful
tenor Then she said:
How very different from my home
There the e, qin ing room Is Is So low that
the table, and even they have to be
serve in q fiat dish
The SOLE concluded the playwright.
'.is, you know. the --LATEST fish i'll the
world-f1atter by far than the founder
or plaice. Exchange
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FROM OTHER PENS
WARNING IN THE ELECTIONS.

If the men who are the brains and
backbone of the great corporations of
the country should construe the cleo
ton of Hughes and defeat of Hearst
as in any way extending their license
for extortion and malpractice toward
the public. they will sadly misread the
Lessons OF the hour The provocations
which constituted Mr.. Hearst's capital
in political enterprise will, if persisted
in, lead to a state of popular sentiment
which will stop at nothing to insure an
end to them. Norfolk Vrginian- Pilot
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Representative White. Of ottawa
county. who is himself a grain and cat
ale shipper. regards with complacency
the car shortage, although he says the
cattlemen are losing money because of
It, They would lose more money, how
ever, says Mr.. White. If cars were so
plentiful that they could all rush their
cattle to market whenever they pleased,
because it would result in breaking the
market and beating down prices. This
may comfort the cattlemen, but it won't
do much for the man whose family is
shivering because the shortage in coal
cars has created a fuel famine.