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

Editor Palmer, of the Jewell Repub-
llcan, rises to this question of personal
information: VIII Mrs. Parsons trial,
see-hoV-y oL-1ike-it-awhile, marriages
on-probation scheme apply only to peo-
pie not yet married, or will 1t be re-
troactive and give those who have al
ready known the gall and bitterness of
bondage, a chance? We like to under
stand things and know that everybody
IS going to have a square deal and an
even start. before we commit ourself to
its support"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26

hcers. especially justices of the peace
and constables. The law provides for
a fine Of $50 for any person who fails
to qualify after being elected. Two
years ago County Attorney Stanelbach
gave notice that hereafter this law
would be enforced. and this year 1t is
proposed to see that those persons who
were elected to township offices either
qualify or pay fines"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26

What are the poor millionaires to do
with their fortunes2 John D. Rockefel-
Ter isabused for giving his to Chicago un-
iversity; Andrew Carnegie is criticised
because he is covering the land with IL
baries, and now the Leavenworth Times
finds fault with Mrs. Sage for dealing
out the Sage millions to needy but
worthy people. a few thousand at a
time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
IFrom the New Yorlz Press.l

Women always consider it an unfair
advantage for a pretty widow to have
curly hair.
The only kind of spelling that would
suit the average person would be to let
him spell it any way he pleased.
What a woman likes about her hus-
band being sick is how people ought to
say what devoted nurse she Is to him
One of the most satisfactory things
about arguing is that If the other fell
low corners you, you can go around
telling people what q pig-headed fool
he Il.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26

The evil effects of enforcing the law
against the joints is already noticeable
at Fort Scott. It is decreasing the pop
ulation- The Tribune reports that IL
5ointists and keepers of evil resorts have
left the town. Very likely their going
has left some properties without ten
ants This conclusively proves that
strict law enforcement is bad for a town
lowers its population and leaves its
business houses empty, you know.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26

The Atchison Globe advised Atchison
people to vote for Hoch, which they did.
Now it hastens to prove an abb on
this law-enforcement movement of the
attorney general by pointing out that
Governor Hoch isn't responsible for It.
It would certainly be tough on the
LeavenwOrth and Atchison papers If
Governor Hoch should insist on closing
the saloons in those towns, after they
pointed out to the people that the only
way to continue present conditions was
TO re-elect Governor Hoch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26

Some alleged swindlers are represent
ing themselves out over the state as
general agents for the Moral Nfanufac-
turing company of Topeka. Topeka
puts out a fine line Of morals but it has
10 general agents peddling them over
the state
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26
REIONGS IN A MUSEUM.

There is a lady in New Jersey who
has lust celebrated her Tooth birthday.
Remarkable as it may seem, she is not
in a poorhouse, and she declares that
she has never used whisky nor tobacco.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26

Some resolutions offered by Mr.. Bryan
IN the Transmississippi Commercial con-
gress were unceremoniously voted
down The Transmississippi CONNER
ciaI congress must have thought it was
q Democrat convention in control of the
eastern wing of the party.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26
PROBABLY NOT.

Since a colored man has been electe,
Judge in this city will Atlanta continu
to call itself the Chicago of the South
Record-Herald-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26

It Is suspected that relations are be-
coming more and more strained between
the Clay Center Times and MT. F. l.
Williams of that place The Times says
Charles Sessions was the best secre-
tary Goverror- Hoch ever had.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26

We may at least hope that the Gu
ban Daughters of the Revolution won
begin to organize yet awhile.-Augusts
Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26

These mayors who have had custer
proceedings handed them by Attorney
General Coleman and the jointists of
their respective towns may have hard
time in getting in a thankful frame of
mind rnexf Thursday
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26
cuANCE EOR PITCHERS.

Has it occurred to the idle Detroit
pitchers that there is great field in
Russia for bomb-throwers who can
really "get 'em over Detroit Jour
nal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26

Here Is some information for some
body: Every year a lot OF township Of
hcers make a fight for election and
then fail to qualify" says the We'll
HnEton Mail The result is confusion
An to who really are the township Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26

The New York Herald says Hearst
quotes only dead Democrats, as the
lives ones are all against him But af-
ter reading the Republican organs it Is
our understanding that all Democrats
are dead ones
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26

Father Beck suggests that the
scratching tendency developed in the
recent election indicates that an old hen
with "A brood Of chickens would be an
appropriate party emblem. That's So
for the fndenandent column
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26
RECIPROCITY

Marie Corelli writes that she
.1oathes America" thus striking a new
note Of reciprocity between the two
untries.-Richmoad Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26

MIR. Hearst says he win never again
be a candidate That is bad news for
those who assist in disbursing his cam
palgn funds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26
MTTIIONAIRES NOT IN IN

Pittsburg IS now having carnival
of crime. An astonishing thing about
it is that the millionaires of the town
are not Identified with it.-Chicago
Record-Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26

It IS really no great surprise that
Congressman James Monroe Miller
thinks Senator La Toilette should be
suppressed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26

The world is growing better. accord
ing to Bishop Potter. This doesn't in
clude San Francisco, however.-Los
Angeles Express.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26

The runor that several railroad
agents and opera tors in the county are
to lose their jobs because they voted
for Curtis and Hoch is probably a
canard.-Holton Recorder
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26
SOMETHING LEFT.

The Pullman porter does not get al
of it. The company has just decided
to divide $4,000 surplus among the
stockholders-Clev Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26
A SETTT.ED HABIT

Colonel Bryan sees Democratic VIC
tory next time. No kind of election re-
turns can break a simon-pure Demo-
crat of that habit.-Philadelph
Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26

Sir Thomas Upton proposes to bring
over two yachts next time. If he can
not win the cup with one yacht he will
try more
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26
THE LITrLE THINGS.

No use to waste Tune mourning
about not being able to do something
big If you can't rescue some one
from a watery grave, kick the banana
peels off the Minneapolis
Better Way
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26
COOD HUsBAND, ANYWAY

Whatever faults Mr.. Bryan may
have. he is a good husband. His wife
is his typewriter.-St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26

The Leavenworth Post says Con
gresham Curtis will be elected sena-
tor One great beauty of this grand
republic of ours il that a newspaper
has the right to express its opinion,
and the people have the right to snick-
er.-Wichita Beacon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26

Edison claims he has built an auto
that will run fifteen years. Thomas
evidently overlooked the telegraph
poIes-Atlanta journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26
KAMSAS cOMNENT
JUsT PoIIrIcALLY CRAzY.

JO04 EO111lGAAL1 CEIAZL.
what from fractional fights among To-
cal leaders, and what from the schemes
and plots of opposing bosses and would
De bosses of the state and congression-
al organizations. the Republican party
OF Kansas was well nigh wrecked In
the last campaign. The most unexpect-
ed and unaccountable thing happened.
Ihere were fights and happenings in
almost every county in the state which
would be hard to explain on any rea-
sonable grounds. The entire Republi-
can situation seemed to have been
queered- Nominees with splendid rec
ords and right along the line of reform
Of late demanded, were saved by the
skin OF their teeth or defeated outright.
All Republican nominees on the state,
congressional and county tickets were
cut Take, for instance, the case of
ex-Speaker Pringle of Usage county,
Who was defeated for reelection, de-
feated in face of the fact that during
the session of the last legislature he
demonstrated that he knew more about
freight rate discrimination than any
ether member, and that he was the
foremost exponent of the abolition of
the political railway pass, besides
standing for the two cent fare law,
yet Pringle in spite of these facts and
such record, was turned down by a con-
stituency which has been bowling for
just the things he stood for.-Wichita
Eagle.
RABBITS AND ROARING LIONS.
The Ancient Free and Accepted Or
der of Rabbits has decided to cut its
meetings to three a week hereafter.
Business with the Rabbits is always
best during a campaign The Order
of Roaring Lions will now wake up
and meet every night and sometimes
twice on Saturday. The Roaring Lions
always go out on the warpath and de-
YOUR everything In sight when
there are no issues at stake on
which they are expecting to take
sides The Roaring Lions have
been champing the bit for sew
eral months to get out and tell how
brave they were. and now that every
thing is settled and the votes all
counted, there is no use trying to hold
them longer. They will roar from the
1ungies and from their seats beside the
grocery store stove what they would
have done. The only thing that bluffs
a Roaring Lion now is his wife and
the Foreign Missionary society. The
Rabbits will come out and eat in the
public and allow the neighbors to see
what daily they read The will grow
sleek and fat and petition for mem
bership into the Order of Roaring
Lions. Then along will come another
campaign and some Great Questions
and the Roaring Lions will disband
and the Order of Rabbits will work
every night in relays, comforting de-
grees on nervous candidates So Doeth
All People.-Osborne Farmer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26

BUT NOTHING ELSE.
Roni retains his maiden name.-NeW
York Mail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26

Waiter cat club restauranD-"Ready
with your order. sah?'' City Sportsman
(back from n weeks fishing)-"Give me
some fish; I'm tired to death of other
things. New York Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26

Farmer Backip-'I want ten cents with
o stamps" Aleck Smart (the new clerk
What denomination" Farmer Backir
u m a Baptist, but don't know as it's
emmy o your business. Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26

He-"BGt do you think, Miss Luers
that your father viii accept me for a
son-in-law?'' She-"I shouldn't wonder;
we so rarely think alike. Town and
Country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26

why do you avoid making speeches
yourself?' asked the friend TITS 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.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26

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 1 feel pref
~ comfortable by comparison. wash
ington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26

MY story IS founded on fact.7' said tho
aspiring young novelist. Il don't doubt
it, replied the heartless publisher, but
they arrested a man over in the next
county recently for stealing a horse that
was found dead in his barn.'-Chlcago
Record-Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26

Castleton-'About how much does Il
cost to run a steam yacht2" Hishblower
If it makes any difference to you, you
can't afford it.'-Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26

Borus (strugSIing author)-"Naggu
that last book of mine isn't meeting with
much success, but don't you think it will
liver Naggus (boOk revieWer)-''It will
my dear fellow, If there. is, such a thing
as Il general literary resurrection. Chi
cago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26

Il positively cannot sing tonight" said
the soubrette- AT last" exclaimed the
manager. AT last what?'' queried the
self-styled footlight favorite. You have
found out that you can't sing" replied
the manager. And that's how the trouble
began.-Chicago Daily News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26

Your husband is very nethodical. YOU
say? said the minister. Very" replied
the wife of the man in question. Tie be-
lteves 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.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26

McJigger-'Look at that fellow owe
there with the high hat and sack coat
Thingumbob-''Yes that reminds me,
must get some castor oil for" McJig
ger-"Eh? How does that remind you o.
castor oil?" ThingumbOb-'The bad tast'
Of t."-Philadelphia Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-26

Edyth-"They say that Percy Featherly
is losing his mind " Mayme-"Poor fell
lOwi He'll be lucky If he doesn't lose
any more than that. Chicago Daily
The Globe-republican., 1906-07-26
AGAINST ST. JOSEPH SALOONS.
City Council May Not Create Ordi-
nnnces in Conflict with the
Statutes of Missouri.

st. Joseph, July 22.-Judge John A.
Rich, Of Slater, who sat as special
Judge in the Buchanan county Grimm
al court to try the case of dramshop
keeper arrested for selling liquor on
Sunday when the lid" was off in
st. Joseph, rendered decision against
the saloonbeepers Friday.
Judge Rich held that the general
Sunday closing statute applies to cities
of the second class and that when
the legislature enacted that cities of the
second class should have exclusive right
to regulate their dramshops, it was
meant to give them such rights as
were not specified in the general law
and not inconsistent with the statutes.
This is in accord with the position
taken by Governor Folk when he or
dered the police to close the saloons
on Sunday and prosecute their keep
ers under the general Sunday closing
law.
The Globe-republican., 1906-07-26
WALTER WELLMAN
Commander Of the Airship Expedition
to the North Pole.

Capt. McClintock discovered in King
Williams Land the remains and rec
ords of the lost explorers. All Of the
105 members of the party had per-
ished of cold and hunger.
Another ill-fated polar expedition
was that fitted out by the New York
Herald, and commanded by Command
er De Long, of the United States
navy. The steamer Jeanette sailed
through Behring straits and became
ice-bound. For two years the help
less vessel drifted with the ice, the
great pack finally crushing her staunch
hull and forcing the members Of the
expedition to take to three small boats.
One of the boats reached settlement
and obtained relief, another was lost
in a storm and of the third all but
two of its occupants perished Of cold
and starvation.
Probably no other name Is so in
timately associated with arctic ex-
ploration as that of Robert e. Peary,
U. S. N, who it Is was thought prob
able has sacrificed his life to the cause
of unraveling the mysteries of the
north. Since 1886 arctic exploration
has been practically hobby with him.
and during the past 20 years he has
made eight voyages to the polar re-
gions for purposes Of scientific study
and exploration, giving to the world
more valuable information than has
been secured from any other one
source. 1t was Lieut.. Peary who
proved that Greenland is an island;
he discovered Independence bay on the
Greenland coast, five degrees farther
north than any previous authentic dis
coveries; he crossed the Greenland ice
cap and he gave to the world its first
knowledge of the Whale Sound Eski-
mos. When setting out on his last
voyage to the north he was confident
of his ability to reach the pole, and
scientific people rather expected to see
him accomplish that difficult task.
Walter Wellman. who heads the
novel airship expedition, is not nov.
ice at arctic exploration, as this Is
his third trip into the frozen north.
The first of these was In 1894 when
he tried to reach the pole over the
Spitzbergen route by the use of alumi-
nun boats. In May, 1898, he started
on a second voyage, but on this ex-
pedition he met with painful acci-
dent at time when success seemed
sure. and had to return.
The Globe-republican., 1906-07-26
KANSAS GROWS RICHER.
Taxable Value of All Property in the State
Increased $12,O94,8O5
Last Year.

Topeka, July 21.-In the last year
The taxable value Of all property In
Kansas has increased $12,094, ,SO5. All
If the county clerks of the state have
reported the assessments for the year
The total taxable valuation for 1906
was $4O4,O71 ,692. The valuation for
1905, as returned by the country
clerks, was 1881, ,976,SS7. Practically
four times this amount should be
taken into consideration to reach the
actual cash value Of all property in
Kansas. Many counties make the
assessments one one-third, many on
one-fourth and few one one-fifth OF
the actual cash value of the property,
This would make the actual cash value
of all Kansas property $1,616,2S6,76 76S.
The total values of different forms
of property are as follows: Land
$1S9, ,211 1903; Town lots $76,O29, ,4OS;
Personal property $71, ,459,916; Railroad
property $67 7,370,6O5.
The Globe-republican., 1906-07-26
The "MechanicaL Dog"

While it is unnecessary to point out
that, without the utmost confidence in
the efficiency and Staying" powers of
the airship, the promoters of this
epoch-making expedition would not
undertake 1t, yet this confidence has
not been Of the blind sort that has
caused them to hurl caution to the
winds. Two supplemental provisions
aave been made for insuring the sue
cess Of the expedition and the lives
of the explorers. The most important
of these Is the motor sledge which
Is to be carried in the car of the air.
ship and which, it is confidently be-
lieved, will prove Of the utmost value
In the event of accident to the airship
at any stage of the voyage. There are
two of these sledges, propelled by gas
oline motors. They have six-horse-
power each. The motor is mounted on
runners, like those Of the ordinary
sled, and the power Is transmitted by
chain TO large front wheel which
has breadth enough to serve the pur-
pose of a snowshoe and the periphery
of which is studded with projecting
spikes to furnish the gripping power.
These mechanical dogs weigh 225
pounds each and can be carried by
two men. They are so constructed
that they can be knocked down and
assembled quickly and when such OBJ
stacles are met as they cannot over
come they can be taken apart and
hauled by the explorers over the hard
places.
In all previous explorations the
Eskimo dog has been the traction
mainstay of the explorers. While the
canine of the north has proved of the
The Globe-republican., 1906-07-26
FAR INTO THE
FROZEN NORTH
History of the Polar Explor-
ations of the Past.

Lieut.. R. e. Peary is now in tho
north In an eighth attempt to reach
the pole, If, as seems probable, he has
not already perished In the arctic re-
gions as have SO many others before
him. Walter Wellman, newspaper cor
respondent and explorer Of worldwide
reputation, Is at Spitzbergen, from
which point he will make his third at
tempt to reach the pole, this time by
means of an airship. Solomon Au-
gust Andre sacrificed his life and the
lives Of two companions in an effort
to reach the cap of the earth in bal
loon.
Practically the whole of arctic ex-
ploration history has been made with
in less than the last 100 years, though
the first arctic voyage was made as
early as 1900 by Portuguese navi-
gator in an effort to discover the
northwest passage to India. While
many later voyages were made for the
same purpose the first expedition
made with the idea of reaching the
pole was not made until early in the
last century. Since that time many
lives have been sacrificed In an effort
to conquer the elements Of the frozen
north and wiring from them the secrets
supposed to lie at the top of the world.
One Of the largest expeditions or
ganized for arctic exploration, and one
of the most disastrous, was that of
Sir John Franklin, which sailed from
England in 1S45, and entered the
arctic regions by the Baffln bay route
in July Of that year. No member Of
this party ever returned. Both Eng
land and the United States made he
roic efforts to send succor to these in
trepid explorers. Urged by the tears Of
Lady Franklin expedition after expedi-
tion went into the frozen north in an
effort to relieve, or If too late for
that to learn the fate of Franklin and
his companions, but 1t was not un-
til 1858 that any definite trace of the
party was found. Franklins wife had |
resolutely refused to give up hope and
had fitted out several expeditions at |
her own expense to search for her
missing husband. One of these under
The Globe-republican., 1906-07-26
SOME BEDROOM DoN'Ts.

Don't lie in the same position all
night II you can help 1t.
Don't cover your head with the bed
clothes. Have your covers warm but
light.
Don't go to bed hungry. Eat any
light simple food that you wish II It
agrees with you.
Don't sleep in a room that is too
cold. From IS to 60 degrees Is the
right temperature.
Don't go to bed with cold feet, but
see to 1t that they are warm and COM
Portable before you get in bed.
Don't fill your bedroom with bric-a-
brac and draperies, but have as little
as possible in 1t to catch the dust.
Don't put your pillows in the sun,
rs It draws the oil out Of the feathers.
Sun the bed and bedding, but place the
pillows out of the sunlight in current
of air.