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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-06
BOOMING ROOM.


To the uninitiated there is something
mysterious and awe-inspiring in the
methods and processes used in manu-
featuring politics in Copeland county.
The political neophyte who comes to a
Copeland mill for the first time is apt
to be impressed as the great" men
men whose names he has read in the
newspapers-are pointed out to him.
But it is not always thus If he keeps
up his piIgrimages he is quite likely to
discover that the supposed greatness is
all a delusion and a snare, and that
politicians are very ordinary sort Of
men.
W. E. Ward. editor of the Western
Kansas Times, has represented Wallace
county two terms in the legislature, and
he has been in Copeland county suffi-
GENTLY to take the glamor off Of the
Illusion. He came down to the Kansas
Day banquet last week ana then went
home and wrote this description Of how
things are done in Copeland county:
The politicians gather from the four
corners of the state and Immediately
proceed to the Copeland hotel where
they begin to MILL Mill in the cattle
mans vernacular, is to mix up, to grind
around in circle. This the politician
"a OCGGu5 10 40 Just QUICK as ne EGaCQ-
ed the scene Of the milling It is like
the smell Of blood to a Texas steer. He
can't keep out of il. and before he re-
alizes it he has Joined the crowd in the
milling and is believing as loud as
the rest
THE booms are placed on exhibition
in two little two-by-four rooms upstairs.
At the front door you viii find a man
in charge Of the boom. He usually
wears a bland smile and a checkered
vest. He admits you. Inside you find
a number of loafers smoking vile cigars
and shaking hands with one another.
There are no chairs. The bed shows
recent usage and a cot stands in the
corner of the room. A cheap bureau
with the corner of the mirror Knocked
out completes the furnishings. You
feel that you must be a man of inn
portance as the man with the checkered
vest greets you cordially and slaps you
on the back as you enter the ROOM
You do not see the boom when you
first enter because it is in the other
room. and the man with checkered vest
allows only one to pass in at a time.
You await your turn. Presently 1t
meets you at the door with a hearty
handshake as he passes you on out Of
another door into the hall. You feel
your way down stairs through the
dense smoke and soon join the milling
crowd below. How happy you are.
Toward evening you begin to tire Of
the proceedings, and by night you are
ready to take the night train home"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-06

cad in an astrakhan coat, wearing
his dark-brown locks still long and
carrying his S100,O 600 fingers in a Per
sian lamb s-Wool Tnuff, Jan kubelik,
the Bohemian violinist who returns
here for a tour Of four months, arrived
yesterday on the Amerika. He kept
his fingers, which are insured for $780,
goo. snug as a bug in his black mun.
Ny fingers are my capital" said the
famous artist and I was afraid they
might get chilled
kubelik wore his muff all through
the voyage, and took it with him to
table. He kept it on While talking to
the reporters.
The violinist was met on the pier by
hfty-two representatives of twenty-five
Bohemian societies, headed by Mr..
Francke. editor Of the New Yorkse
Liste. Hugo Gorlitz and julius E.
F'rancke, his manager. also greeted
him. He was accompanied by his
pianist, an American girl, Miss Agnes
Gardner Eyre, and his secretary, Karl
Junkermann
He was looking rugged and in fine
health, not much older than when he
was here before. Meanwhile he has
learned to speak English very we'll in
deed.
How did I master English % he
said. ct sat down and wrote it.
think that is the best method to learn
a language. Whenever I could talked
it. Another good way to learn a Ian
guage is to have good ears. I can get
along with English all right except the
pronunciation. New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-06

The greatest reason why cure or i'm
prOvement is not obtained after the re-
mOval to this better climate (of the
great southwest) is that the patient has
failed to obey that golden rule Of medi-
cine, do it now This is not intend
ed to be given as professional advice,
which IS a matter TO be left with the
physician: but in lighting tuberculosis
by climate, that there should be no de-
lay is the unanimous opinion of those
in the great southwest who know. Don't
put off coming until it is too late. or, il
delay is unavoidable, do not blame the
climate. but blame circumstances which
prevented an earlier departure.
It may be postulated that 70 per cent
OF cases of tuberculosis. if taken in time
can be cured, The only question to be
asked. therefore, In this regard is,
What is timely?" And to this there is
only one answer, AT once" Come in
the first stage, before the general health
has begun to suffer. while the constitu-
ton still has resistance and the body
win be subjected to no undue strain by
the change. At this stage the ordinary
activities Of life can be nearly as well
performed here in the new home as 1iD
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-06
.HUM0R or rae DAY

Weary Wilie-Can yer sWipe a rlae uri-
T,,isfv F7hodes-Naw, that's where the
owner stayss-nTeN York SUM-
robinson orusoe was talking to the
pa .'Poiiy want q crackerg'' he asked.
Il refuse to answer replied the bird
ION advice OF counsel 80. -,,,t a.
Thus we see that the parrot was NOT as
green as he looked.-1Se1 YORK Worid-
II see they are talking about importing
-.s3Tl1af's tn use o. goins SO Tar from
horae? Why don't they hire a tribe O
Digger Indians Cleveland Plain Dealer.
sharpe1Your boy has a fire head.
Wise-It's too large.
Wise WiseE@Yes: he can't wear my hats
Brooklyn Eagle
The congressional insurgents were about
: Cannon s.si in front Of them" quoted
7oS s4eIei1 81, oi5-fa sioned slootl1bore.
thew assured each other. and declined to
be Observation-Disclosures Ledger
You ought not to work such Ions
without you part Of the time. ,-,
sure he %a1 But | don. Z want MIN =
..Goshr' exclaimed Farmer Korntop,
after listening to the. story he must be
.:f4s1his' snortsd the victim, "he's a
plumb sight Worse'n that He's Two
one. Philadelphia Ledger.
1.-THE main trouble with Professionalism
as an exercise, said the man with men
tai strahisrnus, rs that when a telloW
crazy ana then when he has been at it
two or three days he begins to share their
opinion. Judge
Old Hunks was settling his coal bill.
Il know the prices seem high, said the
dealer "but we can't regulate them.
we've got to sell at these figures or so
out of business
way snarled old Hunks "The holdup
man merely takes my stuff. He doesn't
insult me by offering any apology. Chi
cage Tribune.
Il think I'll join a sshut-in' society"
vhined the woman who inlagines that she
a shut-up society," was her brutal huss
bands coarse response.-Pittsburg Post.
The spartans were at Therapeutics do
Tending the pas ut Is not because We
want to fight, they explained "but il is
the only thing we can do. The railroads
have threatened to discontinue it.'f-EeW
York World.
Rounder-So you want me to go in bust
ness with you AS understand it. am
to furnish the capital and you the expert
Bounder-No. sir You are to furnish
the capital and I am to furnish the nerve.
Detroit Free Press.
your honor" said the attorney. this
mans insanity takes the form Of belief
that everyone wants to rob him. re
won't allow me. his counsel, to approach
him.
Maybe he's not so crazy after ALL
murnured the court in a Judicial whisper.
Stray Stories.
.Tess-Yes. I wish all men were bach
elors
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-06
LAYHA WKER J0TS

A Wichita man recently went to New
York and engaged room at the wal
Astoria. He slept in it five hours
and his bill was Eve dollars. He thinks
a dollar an hour for sleep is pretty
steep, even for a Wichita man.
The Ellinwood Leader says that z.
A. Morgan skinned and cleaned z 3
jack rabbits at the cannery Saturday
within one hours time. He thinks this
is the record, and if anyone wants to
dispute it, they will certainly have to
show the papers.
An Erie youngster, according to the
Record, came home from school the
other day wearing a deep sfFown. Why
Leon, what's the natter asked his
mamma. well mamma, I'm just
mad" he replied. What are you mad
about ?" Cause nearly every kid in
my room has went and got the
measles an just can't get EN-"
Loves young dream did not last long
for Anna Ward of Arkansas City Al
bert Burns persuaded her to marry
him last July, but he forgot to tell her
that some officers desired him to tell
about little forgery he was mixed up
in, until the day after they were mar
ried. Hearing that the officers were
coming to see him and fearing that
they would be insistent, he told his
bride about the matter and dtsap-
peared. Now she is tired of waiting
for him to come back and she has
asked for divorce.
Charles Sessions is responsible for
this: Governor Hoch's drastic arraign-
ment of the parties responsible for the
state treasury shortage and his de-
termined resolve to see that justice is
done though the heavens fall, reminds
Father Beck of the skeptic's prayer
There was once a man noted in his
community as a skeptic on religious
matters. He was taken sick and the
doctor finally told him he would have
to die. His friends urgently advised
him to send for the minister, and make
some preparation for death. The min
lister came and plead with him to give
up his unbelief and pray for salvation
Finally after much argument ano
many entreaties he apparently relent-
ed and sent up the following petitions
20 Lord, if there is any Lord, help me
to repent, If there is any need of re
pentance, of my sins. If I have com
mitted any sins, and save my soul, if
have any soul, from he'll, If there is
there is any heaven. Amen
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-06

Today Topeka's university is forty
one years old. and the anniversary is
being duly observed. It is an institu-
ton Of which the capital of the state
may be proud. From a small begin
ming it has grown until it is one of the
great educational institutions of KAN
sas. Although its advancement was
slow for many years. it was steady, and
those years built firm foundation for
future greatness.
But within recent times Washburn
has been expanding and widening its
sphere. It has grown from a college
to a real university and the coming
years promise great things for it. Of
special significance is the announce
ment made today by President PIass
concerning the university's endow-
ment. Some time ago a plan was
formulated to raise a million dollars
as an endowment fund, and it was pro-
posed to secure one-tenth Of the
amount each year for ten years. Today
President Plass states that he has
raised $10O,4O6 in the first eight
months-more than the first year al
Iotment with only two-thirds Of the
time consumed.
The influence Of great institution
like Washburn can not be overesti-
mated. It breathes forth an atmos-
phere Of education and culture that
has all uplifting influence not only on
the immediate community in which it
is located, but wherever it sends its
students. Therefore Topeka and Kan
sas can well take great pleasure in the
advancement of Washburn university.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-06

think. He wondered why his arm felt
So heavy ard his body SO lauguin. was
a ut OF sickness coming onf de na1
never been sick before. HIS whole ne
passed in review before him
A college man, of literary tastes, IN
herifing an ample fortune, he had never
found business necessary He had drift
ed INTO speculatton-h never Kne" WY
and this WAS ti1e end.
why should he be ruinsdI he was
not s. bad man. He had never done
harm to any one. Yet mere ne Vas,
pauper and absolutely destitute q Lne
training required to make ANAAs.
What should he do2
He again glanced at his surrouildlngs.
They seemed drearlsr to MIN tpait $50 49,
He wondered how soon ne nus t5l.,s
them up. Oh that horrible roar 1roIn
the pit! Would he never get rld OF II
The Ietter?. oh, yes, he would read IT
tomorrow He took piece OF paper anu
wrote On it a single sentence.
IN the morning the maid found him
in his chair. Ills troubles were over.
The coroner orened the letter ana
read as follows.
order. Just after you left the once
received several dispatches from Kan
sas saying the rain reports were apso-
nfteIv false and that the drought was
ir7ferei6ed bv hot winds today all over
the state Several other houses hno
similar advices. The traders had sold
out their wheat and gone short almost
10 a man There was a rush 70 re-
place it and cover but there seemed to
be no wheat for sale and the price was
bid I'D and up.
"Ate4-Il began to sell yours and sold
the last of it at 81 To make long
story short, your profits are 5.st $3.50
600 net. for which inclosed please ma
a certified check, also a check Tor your
margin, 5000
'.Suoh a fortunate escape from 9
terrible danger does not occur twice
in lifetime; So much as ike you
and dearly as love to do your bust
ness. I must say to you, stop speeHlat-
ing right here. Take your money and
enjoy IT, You have II aoW,
IT shall always be glad to see you
socially and as a friend. and shall take
pleasure in calling upon you tomorrow
evening Again cOngratuiating you
upon the fortunate outcome. / remain
most cordially yours,
- -. H. RECKLAW-"
The verdict was s'heart failure"
Clayton had written these words on a
small slip OF paper, which lay under
his hand:
Rain IN Tansas}'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-06
oUAKrR REFLEcTIoNa.
IFrom the PhIladelphIa- Recora. |

From the PhiAadelphlaa Record.
Even watered silks are cIassea as dry
goods.
The cat may have nine lives, but the
haffdresser dyes every day.
It's the people who won't work that
generally go to the workhouse.
It's treading on other peoples toes that
makes the chiropodist rich.
Every walk in life IS oNercrowded ara
lots of us are pushed into the gutter
Discipline is exemplffied by the FIRST
year at school and the first year Of mar
ried life.
ryell-"They are going to have a double
wedding" Belle--Ah, I see: a sort ~
four-in-hand tie"
The man who feels that the world ouss-
him d living generally lets some other fal-
low go and collect it.
Wigg-Are you sure that you afvvsvs do
as you would be done byZ'' Waer-s.T A.
when see the other fellow trying. I'd 81
me"
These Cinnamon are ali as like as 4v,c
peas remarked the visitor to Chfnafoszr
derloin cop.
I admit that I always ike 70 1,s.,a =
finger in the pie said WfegTa = ~ fs4
about three fingers in mine If SO r,sfv,.< .
replied Colonel Bluegrass Of Kentucky
Your Honor. remarked the ,,c,,t1, -
lawyer Tor the defense. my clfer,f v-islss--
70 gam time All right; III give, hirS eis
months replied the obligink JUDGE
Her fearless grief was sad 10 see
We wondered Why no tears. she shes
n giaq cannot weep, said she
FOR weeping makes ones nose 80
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
100 the Chieago News.l

None but the bald deserve the hair.
A square meal is better than round
Of drinks.
But for his miseries the pessimist
would be miserable.
r1othes do not make the man, but they
make some tailors rich
A married man never gets a chance
to gpend half the money he earns
After reaching the top a man ceases
IN talk about the room there.
sor7e Of our greatest joys spring from
sorrows we have almost forgotten.
IF YOU would transform a friend into
an enemy, remind him Of his faults
Occasionally the world blazes with gen
iue-but the flickers are tnnumerable-
Don't expect people to be enthusiastic
when you begin to tell your troubles.
Judge a mans charitableness by the
way ne acts when his wife asks him for
money.
II the world owes every man living It
would have been declared bankrupt long
"a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-06
JOVRMAk ENTRIES

It looks as though the ground hog
knows his business.
An alleged joker calls the attention
of this department to the assertion
that Town Topics is not only mail mat
ter but also blackmail matter.
Very likely we shall soon hear about
the simple but becoming" wedding
gown that Alice will wear.
You win notice that when Mr..
Rockefeller disappeared he was very
careful not to disappear in Missouri.
We are unanimously in favor Of
passing some resolutions denouncing
Medicine Hat, the ground hog, or the
weather bureau-or all three-for un-
loading this last batch of weather
on US.
It is impossible to believe that the
ground hog can send US six weeks of
cold weather when we realize how hot
things are down in the Second district.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-06

Vic Murdoch is experiencing the trials
of a new congressman. He is all primed
60 make a speech on the railroad rate
bin. and everybody who knows the red
headed congressman from Wichita
knows that the speech is a stem winder.
that it win discount most of the speech
es made by members who have been in
congress fve times as long as Murdoch.
But before 8 member of congress can
make q speech he must have the per
mission Of the powers that be, and the
powers that be are inclined to suppress
the young congressman. That speech
ought to be made. The primaries viii
soon be held in the Eighth district to
elect delegates to the convention that
will renominate Murdoch. That speech
would work up ali kinds OF Eighth dis
trict enthusiasm. It's a regular rabble-
rouser. OF course there is no danger
that anyone will try to get the nomina-
tion away from Murdoch. but conven-
tlun ought to have some sort of fire.
WoriEs to enthuse over. This is notice
e. Encla Joe Cannon that Vic BEurdock
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-06

What does it cost to print a maya
zine? A current advertisement of Mum
sey's Magazine says it costs SIC. 900 ev-
cry month-every timeEthe magazine is
Issued. That SOUNDS IKE aAbig sum to
the average reader, but is itf The same
advertisement says 750 Gee copies of
Munsey's are printed each month. That
makes the cost ~ cents a copy. Mr..
Nunsey sells the magazine at ten cents
a copy on the news stands, or one dollar
year by mall 1t ought to net at least
four cents a copy, which would be $780,
600 for the entire edition. This s. ould
make 100000 a month net profit from
subscriptions alone. to say nothing of
the advertising. So if Mr.. Munsey prints
his magazine for $4,000 a month it
doesn't cost so much after al.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-06
GLOBE SIGHTS.
rrrom the Atehison elobe.l

If a woman is sent for from another
town to assist in caring for the sick.
search her trunk carefully and you win
find a party dress.
Those guests who are following new
tangled health rules advising against
over-eating, make an old fashioned hos
tess terribly disguised.
If the stationery a married woman
uses is expensive, il is an indication she
has an unmarried sister living with her,
and that she criDbed i.
When YOU give a child a present, end
ire mother is pleased. it may be that
her pleasure is al due to the fact tina
me child voluntarily said THANK YOU
IF father keeps L book Of expenses,
the cost of his daughters dancing,
music and singing lessons should also
come under the head Of special I'M
provement Tax.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-06
REFLECTIONS or A BACHELOR
TFrom the New York Pressl

LEFom the New York Press
The only cooks thet stay with q fam
lily are those that are married to it.
Mothers think If they look after the
matchmaking. the lovemaking will look
after itself.
A man thinks he is awful smart to
read about somebody else getting run
over by a street car.
The more money man has the more
his neighbors hate him and the more
respect they pay him.
Even when a woman knows it isn't
so, she always believes her husband
who is away when he writes how lone
some he is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-06

Let's see-didn't w r. stubbs once
upon a time have considerable to say
about publishing the list 81 cohtribu-
tors and the amount of their contribu-
tions to the last state campaign? Soon
after he was elected chairman OF the
Republican state committee Mr.. Stubs
gave out an interview along that line,
but so far the State Journal has not
seen the list published anywhere.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-06

OF course if we had had Sundays cold
snap along in January we would have
taken it as matter Of course. but for
Medicine Hat or some other frozen 10
cality to send it down on US after lead
ing us to believe that spring was almost
here is. enough to provoke a suit for
breach of promise or injured feelings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-06

WhereVer Governor Folk goes he
breaches the doctrine Of obedience to
the same doctrine that President Roose-
Welt has made the basis Of most of his
public addresses There is no other doc
trine that is 50 indispensable to the in
stitutions and investments of Wall
street as this. Without law and without
enforcement Of law Wall street as a
financial center could not exist a single
day. How strange it is, therefore. that
so many financial interests consider
themselves superior to law and take
measures to evade its penalties when
ever the law interferes with their plans.
Wall Street Journal.
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KAMSAS cOAGENT


One Of the reasons why Henry Allen
prefers to submit the congressional
nomination to a vote of the people is be-
cause he has already seen it demon
strated that man can't get the nom
ination merely by having d majority OF
the delegates. Hence he wants to see
If man can get the nomination by a
majority of the individual voters.-Fort
Scott Republican
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-06

There is no apparent reason why the
Populists should not told a state con-
vention. Tt doesn't take many Popu-
lists to convene mighty 4saceessfulls
And as for speech-malsinE--tF Feats- pop
ulists can make more speeches than 500
Republicans or Democrats
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-06

Just as was expected. Tom Kelly has
got Governor Hoch blurred. The COVER
nor will not try to Gust Kelly from
office. but win bring suit to determine
his liability The governor says con-
ditions do not warrant the acceptance
of Kelly's resignation, which he now
holds in escrow. People will now Won
der what Hoeh really does need now
to justify him in separating Kelly from
his job.-Concordia Blade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-06

The chemists ten Us We have been eat
ing benzoic acid, glucose aniline dyes,
coal tar, salicylic acid. borax and varf-
Gus other chemicals, but the chemists
VIII have to ad~-s+ that when these
things the mixed properly they make
fairly good eating.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-06

An auto racer recently went at the
rate Of 1913 miles an hour in Florida, but
< you want to see somebody's really go
in < some just wait until John D Rookie
seller discovers al a6incer with a sub
poena creeping up on him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-06

When the strike comes the miner will
be able to take a well-earned vacation,
and the coal operator win shove up the
price Of the coal he has accumulated.
while the consumer will, as usual, foot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-06
~ ATHIsoN IMPREssION.

The general impression in Topeka
seems to be that Governor Hoch lay
down in the Kelly matter IN return for
Kelly support for his denomination, and
politicians say il was q wise political
move. But Hocn is a Reformer and
a Good Honorable Man, who cares not
for OIice, but for Right. Surely he
would not Compromise his Honor IN
that Way.-Atchison Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-06

According to Dun, there were Lip
failures in January, not counting that
Of Governor Hoch in falling to do what
the people expected Of him in regard to
the treasury shortages.