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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-05
THE "REvoLT~ IN WASHINGTON.

Ihat some of the congressional in
surgents against the passage of the
statehood bill by which Arizona will
be forced into union with New Mexico.
are acting in good faith and from the
best of motives can not be denied; but
it is also undeniabIe that there are
other members in both branches of the
national legislature who are against
the proposed statehood measure sim
ply and solely because President
Roosevelt is for it. They wish to dis
credit the president.
Were it not for this fact the opposi-
ton to forcing Arizona and New Mex
leo into joint statehood would un-
dOubtedly be stronger in some quar-
ters There is good argument against
the admission of a state covering such
a large area as viii the proposed state
Of Arizona. and in favor of leaving out
both the present southwestern terri
tories until they have sufficient popu-
lation to warrant the admission of each
as state. At the present rate of de-
velopment that day viii not be far off.
But this opposition to statehood by
certain congressman who have a griev-
ance against the president, simply be-
cause joint statehood is one of his
recommendations, is rapidly creating a
sentiment throughout the country
against the insurgents.
A writer in Harper's Weekly, in
speaking of this revolt" against Presi-
dent Roosevelt in congress, says:
The present socaHed 1nsurrection,'
which is ostensibly against the passage
of the statehood bill and the proposal
to reduce the import duties on sugar
and tobacco from the Philippines, is
largely intended as a manifestation OF
hostility against the president. Some
of the men engaged in it are honestly
opposed to the enactment of one of the
two or both of the measures. Others
are in it to crafty private grudges.
Indeed, it is positively known that some
of the insurgent' leaders have gone to
members of the house, known to be
nursing grievances and said Now is
your chance to get even for the way
you have been treated by the White
House. Line up with us, and even if
we don't get all that we want, Wen
make such a showing that the other
end Of the avenue will have to give US
better treatment In the future This
bait has caught some gudgeon. One
member Of the house who has always
engaged in every movement directed
'agin the government was asked why
he was not aligned with the present
forces in revolt I am tired of march
ing UP the hill and then marching
down again. was the reply.
when all is said however, the
scundest opinion IS that before the
winter is over, the president viii get in
some form almost all the legislation ne
/ desires and has recommended The
senate is reluctant to pass a railroad
rate bill, and yet. does not see its way
. clear to refuse to act Meanwhile it
dillydalliess hoping in the end to do as
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-05
JANA WKER J0TS


Clyde is expecting to land a whole
sale grocery house before long.
A quarrel over some chickens be-
tween a Cheney pastor and one of his
flock made the feathers fly
1t seems somewhat peculiar. but Mr..
Teagarden of Republic county is a
breeder of DurOc Jersey hogs.
Haddam recently lost a citizen, ac-
cording to the Clipper, because work
became so plentiful that he could ind
no excuse to lay around, 50 he moved
to Adahaska where there was ''nOthin'
DOM"
TIL jamestown Optimist is advertis-
ing for a fire company for that town
in order to bring down insurance rates:
Anyone having a good second hand
fire company on hand might ma 1t 70
his advantage to address the Opumlst-
Editor ingalls, of the Washington
Register. has evidently been having a
job of -carpentering done. he
says he has IAN idea that when the
dentist gets his, he will be chained to a
red hot chair while the imps of dark
ness bore holes in his teeth with a post
augur-"
Editor Fullinwider of the ElDorado
Advocate, threatens to do as Governor
HOch cOntemplateS and print DOok,
Which brings forth this agreement
from T. c. Johnson of the Minneapolis
Better Way: GO ahead, Brother Ful-
linwider Wen hold our forthcoming
book on Unthunk Things in escrow
until YOU get yours on the market.
Minneapolis Better Way: There is a
preacher in a nearby town whose
daughter has for Company a young
fellow who is just beginning to learn
the printers trade. a few evenings
ago at church the good man mad TOT
his evening lesson the fourteenth chap
ter of Matthew and when he read out
in his most stentorian tones, My
daughter is grievously yexed with q
devil" the audience uttered. IN e
young man complains that the preach-
er is too personal
Farm note in the Gypsum Advocate;
"From the number OF large barns that
are being built throughout the country,
one would naturally think that the
farmers have got the idea that money
put in a good barn IS good invest
ment. The man mat has barn large
enough to store his grain and nay ana
house his stock from the winter blasts,
has the advantage by one-tnlrd over
the man who has mt, by having good
bright rOughage and feed handy for
his stock, and no loss in hay rottening
in the stack, or corn moldlng IN the
outside cribs"
TJp at. BelleviIle a four-year-old girl
and her small brother, who We're regu-
lar attendants at Sunday school ran
away from home one day last week and
it was some time before their mother
found them She explained that she
would be compelled TO lock tIlelu up III
the closet so that she might be sure
where they were. and after a while she
gave way to the coaxings of the boy
and let him out, but the girl seemed
offended and refused to move Pretty
soOn she said: Nam ma, don't you
know that Jesus ran off from his papa
and mamma, and his mamma just
hunted and hunted for him and
couldn't find him for one whole day.
The mother is still trying to ind some
argurnent to Justify the locking up and
to determine the foundation on which
the four-year-ol has taken her stand
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-05
oUAKER REFLECTIONS

LFrom the Philadelphia Record.I
Prosperity covereth a multitude OF
sins.
It takes lot of cheek to turn the
other ore.
It's easy to forgive our enemies af-
ter they have forgiven US.
Latin and Greek are dead languages,
and from present indications they will
soon be joined by Golf.
Familiarity breeds contempt, yet a
man may have a contempt for riches
without the aid of familiarity.
Muggins- What did you lose in the
poker game last night2h Buggins-
Three dollars and five friends
Tommy-'Pop, what is implicit con-
fidence?' Tommy's Pop-.IInpiIcit con-
fdence, my son, is what bank official
always inspires before he absconds.''
Hoax" Here's a fellow arrested for
impersonating policeman" Joax-
Served him right, the idiot. I never
saw a policeman I'd care to irnperson-
ate"
quoted the Wise Guy. Perhaps" as
scented the Simple Mug, but you know
there are lot of people who don't care
for sweets"
Hook-"Guzzier is ambitious to be-
come an Arctic explorer; says he'd like
to go off and find the North Pole" Nve
Huh! Why, as a general thing Guz-
zler can't find the lzeyhole in his own
front door"
Lots wife was turned into a pillar OF
salt.
For it wasn't her fault that the lady
did halt,
For she thought she would turn to
rubberi
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agony Of suspense he thumped the nook
again. and in his excitement be dio not
notice that this time he used his right
hand.
ABBY. Abby! Come here, quick Tne
words broke from MS lips almost invoi-
unfairly He heard her coming. noun
derfne up the stairs IN her haste, ana
he sank into a huddled heap, refer ana
shame struggling for the mastery OF
Abby came running into the little
bedroom Her eyes felle FIRST On Nna
empty bed, then on the huddled ngurs
on the floor. $500.
to her knees beside him. what mas
aAbby,~ he said severely. do you
know you're a-taIl6in' to me-
II don't care. I'm glad OF II, sae
CONFESSED reclxlessly You spoke to
me, father. You called me.
She sat down and lifted his head 10
her lap, stroking 1t tenderly e II ne
had been a child. How come you %
be out here?' she asked.
He smiled up at her sheepisniy.
took u notion to git that picture OF tile
children of lsral out OF the room,
explained. ITS bothered me gooo
deal of late. so 7 yanked 1t down win
the cane and slid it down the cellaE
stairs. Then you come IN an ssS1le9 =
to so down them stairs, an Aoilsts1
to We I was afraid you'd break your
.'Ten minutes ago I shouldn't =
cared much If I had broke my neck
she drew him to her hungriiy.
Something warm and wet splasheq on
his forehead. Daniel coughed huskliy.
81 guess you'd better sit the cnlldren
of Isral off the. cellar stairs az ilai t5
'em on the south wall again, he said
Somehow I feel s I could stan en-
now Copyright, 1906. by Mcclure
Phillips & Coz
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-05

A. J. Drexel Biddle. whose book on
Madeira is one of the standard works
that deal with the island, had been
talking about the trouble which has
arisen between Germany and Portugal
over the German sanatorium at Fun
chal.
Madeira is a delightful place" he
said. zone of its greatest. one of its
strangest delights is coasting You
coast down the steep mountain sides
in a wicker basket with wooden run
ners, and so fast do you go that some
times your runners smoke, sometimes
they even burst into flame.
This coasting in Madeira's May
like weather is a strange pleasure. I
can't describe its strangeness. 1t re-
minds me"
He smiled.
1T reminds me in its strangeness
of a Christmas gift that was sent last
month to certain maiden lady.
The gift was sent to her by her
nephew. and afterward he described
it thus:
" Al first I could not think of any
thing to give Aunt Mary for Christ
mas. and then, suddenly, I remem-
bered that she was an old maid
wholly unacquainted with the grand
passion, and so, in order to give her
an unique pleasure. I sent her an
anonymous love letter Los An
geleS Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-05
WAS TOLD BETTER.

After al the state Of Kansas as a
whole is not entitled to much sympathy.
She is rich and can stand a little matter
of $4,000. But the schools will feel it.
All, there's the rub. That interest
should have been disbursed among the
school districts. It's a good deal like
those Russian grand dukes stealing
from the Red Cross funds. The grand
dukes of this old Burton machine would
apparently just as soon steal from the
state schools as the Russian grand
dukes would to steal from the sick sol
diers. The best reason why Kansas is
not entitled to any sympathy is that she
was told better before it was DONE
Hutchinson Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-05
A LITERARY DIET.

When literary appetite
Has got so bad II can't be worse
Then give their stomach something light
Try SWinburne's Predigested Verse.
If much distressed with pains and aches.
And sunering in evry nerve.
Eat Ella Wheeler Wilcox Flakes
Just add some water hot, and serve.
Or. if you're sad and you would laugh,
Or free yourself from cy-nic scOff.
Then Austin DobsOn's Tasteless Cham
Compels the smile that won't come on.
When with the blues. in Iassitude,
OF discomfort YOU chew the cud.
Eat Wallace Twins All Day Food
It builds You up it makes red blood.
At night as turn and toss you may
All slumberless as long hours creep,
Try Alfred Austin's Cranules-they
Produce a most refreshing sleep.
When Duty's call your patience tries,
And irritates as it grows louder,
II to emergencies you'd rise,
Use Rudyard kipling's Baking Powder.
Wood Levette Wilson in The Reader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-05
HUMOR or THE Day

THE dime novel of our boyhood days
seems to be a thing OF the past remark
ed the man with the missing mar
Not necessarily, rejoined ms eoI lse.Il.
ion, who had also passed the chioroIolin
age 1T has cloth cover now ana seils
for $3.50. Chicago News
Uncle CharIes-I don't know as you viii
thank me for interfering, Ellen, put tney
tell me- this Mr.. eastman you are going
to mary is utterly vforthisss
Uncle Charles-Not IN a pecuniary sense,
YOU Knowles got money enough-puI
from an intellectual point OF view So.
FlleF-Oh. Uncle Charles, you aon Z
know what a turn you gave me.-I1r-5its-
DOCS your father eevr say anything
about my staying 50 late, darling?
Whenever he mentions you ne re1ers
to you as the gas bill
Does that mean anything serious
Not unless he slips down some nlght
and foots the bilL"-Kansas City Times.
Hasn't the poor fellow any friends
mo. he isn't a thug or a murderer Do
not waste any sympathy on him He
was caught in the act Of stealing a ham
Chicago Tribune
she-I am sorry. Mr.. Jones, that I can
not accept your affection
He-Fhen all you have TO do my dear
madam, is to return baltimore Amer
lean.
Mr.. wholesale-want a job. eh2 Are
you married or single?
Mr.. Johnsing- Joking, boss. 70
don't spose I'd be looking for d job If
was married, do you2-Life.
The senator had been arrested for fell
ony. but resented the suggestion Of re-
signing.
I fftYVI1y.'' he exclaimed, samputate py-
self from a salary just when there's no
chance for grating? 1 may be crooked,
but I'm not daft"
So all they could do was to bounce him
from the committees - Philadelphia
Ledger.
Maid-Are you at home to Mrs. Toney,
mum? She's at the door.
Mistress am if she has a new hat
on-not Observation-Disclosures Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-05
GLOBE SIGHTS.



It is noticeable that a man who is a
good mimic is usually a poor worker
The man who is talking to his wife
should drop Dear in as often as a
school teacher drops in commas.
When lodge man visits q lodge, he
takes as many clothes in his dress suit
case as a summer girl
When a W roman can talk beautifully of
faith in a husband, it is pretty good
sign she has never been called upon to
use it,
If you claim that you caught your bad
cold in church. the church member who
hears you considers that you are not
above SANDER
When a woman comes into a restaurant
with her husband she looks at the other
men as much as to say, Where are your
wives?"
It sometimes happens that Difference is
shown man not in recognition of his
greatness, but because he will be cranky
if it isn't
OF course you don't like to be made
company of when you go on a visit, but
would you stay very long Il you We're
One of these days a man will drop
dead when he is at the climax of his
days cares. and it will be found by a
postmortem examination that MS brain
has sagged like a hammock says when
there is a 200 pound weight in it.
There is a good deal & talk in favor
right" but when the years come about
all that the only child has to show for its
right raising WIlGH the cnltOFen OF
large families cannot show is a big col
lection of photographs taken at every
stage of life.
II a man has a trouble. he goes home
and tells it to his wife; if business is bad.
# his best man quits, if his head aches,
he tells il to his wife. and the Bureau for
the Dissemination of Sympathy who sits
at the foot of his table has her three
meals seasoned with tales Of woe. or the
man reads his newspaper and SAYS Moth
ing No wonder the woman who stays at
home all day is glad when a neighbor
drops IN
A wrinkle is q greater grief than q
bald spot. a man doesn't see the bald
spot every time be locks In the glass.
Some people afe IKE a worthless leam
OF horses Always have to be helped
when it comes g pulling a load up hila
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-05

Prices Of building material advanced
an average Of 40 per cent during the
year 1905. This increase Is not brought
about by increased cost of production
but by the insatiate greed OF the lum-
Der and steel trusts. There is only
one remedy, the removal of the tariff
on timber and steel products Every
voter in Kansas should write to his
senator and representative in congress
and demand that they support a bill
for that purpose. If they refuse, the
recourse comes next November. at
election time. The only way TO cir
cumvent the trusts is to elect senators
and representatives who will place the
welfare of the farmers and business
men of Kansas above that of the east
ern trusts.-Scandia Journal.
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little as possible. Unless. present indi-
cations are wholly at fault this viii
be a trying and critical winter for the
president, and one that viii test his
fibre to the utmost. It viii try his
stability and poise as they never have
been since he came into the White
House. His tremendous popularity
with the people at large has given him
a prestige and an authority other presi-
dents have not had. Now there is a
determination within his own party to
give him some sharp in-fghting, and to
find cut just how much of a man he
really is In sporting phrase, the cold
blOOded lOokers-on are asking, Can
Roosevelt stand the gan2' They will
have their answer before July
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-05

[From the Chicago &c.

IFrom the Chicago News.1
A manly man is always attracted by
a wOmanly woman.
Fortunate is he who can extract amuse-
ment from his labor.
One mans word is good until YOU hear
the other mans story.
Men who command the most respect
have the least thought of self
A woman's vanity is never due to the
compliments of other women
If a man lives beyond his income the
outcome is sure to be unsatisfactory.
A shapely girl hasn't much use for
wrap that doesn't enable her to show
OF.
If a man does nothing he makes a mis-
take, and if he attempts to do things his
mistakes are legion.
A woman's idea of a true fortune tel
Ter is one who tells her only what she
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-05

It is scarcely to be wondered at that
the ambitions of the amateur vocalist
generally wither UP like summer flow
ers in wintery blasts. That is jenkins
opinion, and the reason thereof is be-
cause a little while ago he was re-
quested to sing at a house where the
eldest daughter was slowly recovering
from a nervous breakdown. The in
valid was the only one present who
could play, and Jenkins trolIed forth
Tostf's "GoOdby." with all the requisite
sadness and final impassioned fervor.
He finished There was a little rus
tie of applause, and her mothers voice
filed in the awkward pause.
9TH ere she said, that shows Ger
ties getting better. Three months ago
she'd never have been able to stand
that right in her earhole, as you might
say. Exchange
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-05
Fatal Mountain Climbing.

The number of climbers who met
their death climbing the Swiss noun
tains within the last seven years is
alarming. In 1898 there were thirty
seven; in 1899, forty-seven; the next
year, forty-e eight, and in 1901 there
were sixty-three- Now in 1902 there
were as many deaths from this cause
as 10; in 1903, 148; last year, 1872
and up to date for 1905. 155. Now
this, together with the fatal accidents
in the Austrian and the French AIMS.
the deaths for this year amount to
3O7.
Well" I heard a Frenchman saw.
that passion is better than gambling
or drinking, for the man generally
meets his death in snow and ice before
he has ruined his family, and his BODY.
when at last found. looks better than
that OF the bloated drunkard or the
gambler after he has shot himself. -
Brooklyn Eagle.
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Spanish Kings Last PRANK.

Parisians were much amused over the
escapade of the young king of Spain. As
/ have already told you, he is very fond
of sports, and one day as he was going
on the fields near Madrid in his automo-
bile. he drew near a balloon which was
strongly tied to a post. Thinking it
would be nice to try it he jumped into it
and. was about to ascend when an at
tendant, seeing what a foolhardy thing
the young king was about to do took
his sword and thrust it through the bal
loon to let the gas out and thus possibly
averted terrible accident. Now comes
the curious part of it. The proprietor
of the balloon. NJ. Duro, hearing of the
adventure, sued the king for the sum of
$4,000 for damages. All the Spaniards
are anxious to know how the adventure
will end Like all other kings. Alphonso
XIII loves France, and on his return
from Germany he asked his mamma if
he could not go to Paris to remain two
days with President Loubet, and go gun
ming with him The indulgent mother ac-
guessed and Paris has been once more
upset. because of the presence of king.
In private it is said that Emile Loubet
is really fond of the boy, fondles him
and calls him by one of his twenty front
names.-Brooklyn Eagle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-05

There are stiH 81 counties in the Sew
enth congressional district, although
most OF the new Eighth was taken out
Of it. In future congressional couven-
lions in the Seventh district Reno coun-
~ viii be a power. It viii have 20 Of the
40 delegates that win meet IN Hutchin-
sen On March IS. Barton and Rice
counties VIII have 10 delegates each.
Kingman VIII have 8; Harper and stat
ford viii have r each; Ford and Pratt,
6 each: Barber, Pawnee and Rush, 5
each: Edwards. Finney and Ness,
each; Hodgeman, Kiowa and Meade 3
each, and ali the balance Of the 81 coun-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-05
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Rome had 500 senators. No Won
der she fell.
How would it do TO get Sherlock
Holmes to investigate the identity OF
"A. r. BROWN
When John A Mccall hears that his
old friend, Webb McNall, is again con-
templating taking charge of the Kan
sas insurance department. how thank
tuI he viii be that he has already got
out OF the business himself
How nice it would be to be as popu-
lar as the two little Japs at the Mid
winter fair!
Do you suppose it occurred to the
good ladies of the w c. T. u. who
have asked Alice Roosevelt to cut out
wine from her wedding breakfast that
the LongwOrth millions that Alice is
marrying We're built up by the wine
business?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-05
REFLECTIONS OF A BAcHEr,or

LF'rom the New York Press.l
Reforming is not what it is preached
I'D to be.
Some men are good and some are poll
TIE more CONS man has the less he
can AFFORD to smoke the cigars they car.
1t would be awful easy to keen on
to EeT. ~
married man couldn't have much
Iun II ne never had chance to pretend
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Failure

Very frequently" says a New York
lawyer, there is an element of uncon-
scious humor in the findings of a jury
To my mind. the best I ever heard in
this connection was the verdict brought
in by a coroner's jury in Michigan, who
were called upon to pass upon the case of
the sudden death of a merchant in Ian
sing.
THE finding was as follows: We, the
jury, find from the physicians statement
that the deceased came TO his death from
failure, which was caused by speculation
failure which was the result of failure to
see far enough ahead "-Harpers
Weekly.
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To BE SAFE. Roost High.

Mark TWAIN, at a dinner in New
York, told a story from his native
town of Hannibal Mo.
There are in the world he said,
"a good many men like Jonathan
Scarborough of Hannibal.
Scarborough was one of those men,
with nothing evil absolutely known
against them. who are yet looked on,
and no doubt justly, with suspicion.
1T was thought of Scarborough
that, for poor man, he ate too much
chicken. And one day the blow fell
He was arrested for chicken stealing
"A witness was called to testify
about Scarborough's character.
Did you ever know this man to
steal poultry said the lawyer for the
defense.
mo, I never did said the witness.
But this is what I do know: If I was
a chicken. and Jonathan Scarborough
was about, I'd roost high."-Los An
geles Times.