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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-19
SENATORIAL PRIMARIES.

While state conventions OF both po-
ltical parties have been meeting from
time to time and resolving IN favor Of
an amendment to the constitution pro-
viding for election of United States SEN
ators by popular vote, a few states
have gone directly to the desired end
in the only practical way by means of
the primary election.
There is no surer way OF not doing
a thing than to attempt it by means Of
an amendment to the constitution Of
the United states. That instrument has
been changed but in two important par
ticulars in a hundred years and those
changes were the result of war. It is
almost certain that It viii never be
changed again.
Supreme court decisions have placed
interpretations upon certain parts OF the
instrument, different from those long
previously accepted, thereby practically
amending it. The same body may do
so again, but when it comes submit
ting a change or addition to the coun-
try and securing its ratification by
three-fourths Of the states, it may as
well be left out OF the question.
Even the war amendments never
would have been secured except for
liz lat t4dl part OF the states were
disfranchised and those which were not
were more nearly of the same mind on
the matter at issue than they ever were
before or ever win be again.
If the people of any state really de-
sire voice in the election of their Uni
ted States senators let them go about
it as number of the states of the
south have done. Both Tennessee and
Arkansas have recently. chosen senators
by popular vote by means of the pri-
mary. The only thing that can prevent
their election is the accession to power
of the minority party in November and
1t could be accomplished only by popu-
lar vote
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-19
JAYHA WKER .JOTS

Fish fries are now a popular form
of entertainment out in Wabaunsee
county.
wamego gets s.The clansman," but
it was necessary to put up q guarantee
to secure it.
The Bloomer Girls baseball team has
already invaded southwestern Kansas.
Look out for it.
A Junction City man, who has hay
fever, is said to sneeze every time he
passes a grass widow
Bill Hackney announces that he will
be candidate for the legislature, "nomi-
nation or no nomination" The people
of his district probably viii take the
hint.
The editor of the Meade County News
desire it understood that he is no
cheap man. He says his Influence
was never sold for a paltry sum in any
campaign"
The editor of the Bronson Pilot dis
claims responsibility for anything that
that he was at home helping to clean
house.
On hearing of the number of mar
riages that has taken place recently in
SanFrancisco, an Elk Falls young woman
remarked that it would take more than
earthquakes to start the fellows down
there.
Ethel Hampton, a Bourbon county
young woman, has been given pass
to any point IN Kansas by the Katy
as a prize for a composition on the
agricultural advantages of southeastern
Kansas.
Editor Roberts of the Oskaloosa In
dependent is responsible for the infor-
nation that Horace Schaeffer, who will
make the race against Curtis for con-
gress, is something of spellbinder
when he gets started"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-19
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
TFrom the New York Press.

rFrom the New York Press.
The time to trust q man is when he
is sick abed.
The way for a widow to get over be-
ing one is to be rich.
Nobody ever lived long enough for his
red hair to turn white
It's queer how young anniversaries
of anything seem to make women.
When a girl doesn't want you to kiss
her, she will think worse of you If you
don't.
It takes more money to educate boy
than he ever seems to be able to earn
afterward.
A woman is awful clever to be SO
fond of baseball when she doesn't know
anything about the game.
If a man could wear the same kind
of clothes he might like to go to
church as much as fishing.
As long as a woman keeps on think
ing of clothes for herself and things to
eat for her husband. he is satisfied
There are two kinds of men, those
who make a woman happy before
marriage and those who make her
happy after, and she generally picks
the first kind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-19

or seurse not. How absurd But
see FOR yourself. .
he stared hard at the half-dozen
documents she spread out on the table;
then. as the truth dawned slowly upon
hirus his face grew white.
These are Lookout Mine certif-
cates-naade out in your namei Eliza
beth. ne cried sharply. ''explainl
What does this mean %
oh, Teddy, forgive me- she plead
ed, kneeling beside him in the ador-
able humility of a proud but loving
woman. It couldn't give you uni
could not And saw a way out az IT,
thank Heaven. I bought up these
shares of yours secretly
She stopped, silenced by a bitter cry.
And I'm a poor beggar after all -
he groaned.
Nothing of the sort" she declared
eagerly. you've been too busy get
ting ready to be married to watch the
market reports, I suspect. Lookout
shares touched par three days ago. and
they went up three additional points
yesterday! You've made q hundred
thousand"
you mean that you have. he cried,
clasping her in his arms.
Copyright, 1906, by W r. CaIdwell.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-19
EROM OTTER PENS


The New York legislature has adj
journed, and one important question
at least stands settled A boss is not
essential to the existence of that body.
1t is regarded as agreat and comfort
ing discovery Serious doubt prevailed
on the point Boss rule had been IN
evidence SO long that it was considered
quite Indispensable to the smooth
transaction of business. But, not SO.
Here was an assembly which disposed
in q reasonable time of much business,
and yet obeyed no master. None Of
the old bosses on either side was in
attendance, and no new bosses de-
veloped The governor attended to his
part of the business. the speaker Of the
house to his, and everything went well
enough. Even opposition newspapers
are complimentary. Congratulations
And now that the thing has been done
once, why not again? Why boss rule.
in the old sense, even AGAIN. And II
New York can get along without boss
rule why not other states Washing
ton Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-19
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
EFrom the Chicago News.I
NON 3s grfer,dlA~s stsz hts nv,

EFrom the Chicago News.l
If a man is friendless it's his own
fault.
OF course you earn an enormous
sa1ary-but do you get 1t?
All things come to the other fellow
if you wait long enough.
A lot of gas is used in pulling teeth
and popping the question
When a married woman loses her
temper her husband usually f1nds It.
Life Is a burden to some people and
some others are a burden to life.
Sometimes a man calls a woman an
angel-but what man ever saw an
angel?
Milk of human kindness has but lit
tie in common with the cream Of So
clety.
It is so much easier to tell what
ought to be done than 1t is to get busy
and do it.
The railway conductor has troubles
Of his own without worrying about his
wife's train.
And It is easier to acquire a good
reputation than it is to keep the frecl-
les off It later.
A man throws himself at a woman's
feet and a woman throws herself at a
mans head.
Nothing seems to please the rela-
tons OF mans wife SO much as a
chance to step on his corns.
Every cloud has a silver lining, but
the trouble is that the majority OF ua
are on the other side Of the cloud.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-19
JOURNAL ENTRIES

There are good times ahead in New
York. It has been decided that Hearst
is to make the race for governor.
To judge by the way the Webb City
people kicked at the close of Thursdays
game, one would think it was football
instead Of baseball they were playing
When the senate gets through with
the railroad rate bill the house will
not be able to recognize it and by the
time the courts have finished with it,
neither branch of congress would know
it If either met it on the roads.
The Panama canal matter is now in
a position to create almost endless de-
bate in congress as regards the type OF
ditch to be dug. Score another point
for the transcontinental railroads
Kansas mayors might obtain some
pointers from Mayor Schnitz Of San
Francisco on how to put the lid on and
keep it on.
By the time the isthman canal is
completed the transcontinental rail-
roads will have all the local traffic they
can conveniently handle if the country
century as it did in the one recently
closed.
The Massachusetts legislature is in
NeStIgal1ng user IN ofdeF TO ma out
whether or not it is guilty of accepting
brides. Guess the answer.
In California it is considered great
sport to place a rattlesnake and a
tarantula in a glass jar and see them
fight till both are dead, which they
are said to be certain to do. How would
It do to try something like that on
Venezuela and Turkey?
It is noted that the rate bill says
nothing about the man who piles his
grips in the car seat.
There is strong feeling in the senate
that the railroad laws should be re-
vised by the friends of the roads.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-19


w herever the fame of the New York
skyscrapers has spread some vague
IDEA OF the enormous capacity of these
colossal structures must have been
formed, but it is not improbable that
rev persons living right in the metrop-
Oils have ever made a. careful study OF
the activities of these commercial CEN
ters. Perhaps there are those who
would laugh to scorn the statement
entered daily by $4,000 persons, or as
many as the entire population of Har-
rfsburg, Pa. or other similar cities of
the United States, like Houston, Texas,
Arkon, Ohio, Lincoln, Neb., and more
than there are persons in cities of the
size of Montgomery, Ala. Wherever
such a statement may be discredited
it Is necessary only to point out the
fact that an accurate count was made
tendent of the Park Row Syndicate
building, one of the most conspicuous
Of the New York slzyscrapers, of every
person who entered the elevators in
that edifice- 1t was a simple matter to
station guards at every entrance to the
building and give each person enter
ing 4 ticket. which ticket was taken up
by the elevator drivers. At the close
of the day these tickets were counted
and it was found that something more
than $4,000 persons had ridden on the
elevators that day. This is said to ex-
coed the number of fares collected by
vile, Tenn, in q single day, this in
formation coming from a former SUI
perintendent of the trolley service Of
that city who was subsequently en-
ployed as one of the agents of the Park
Row skyscrap er.@Success Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-19
a CostIv Joke.

A woman of Bochum, says a Vienna
dispatch wishing to give her young
nephew, living in neighboring town,
a pleasant surprise, bought little tab
let of chocolate and posted it to him
in an envelope. marked Value "$25,-
GOO" The package. on account of its
high declared value, attracted the no.
tice of the postal authorities, who de-
manded "a extra fee on delivery. The
nephew. suspeeting a hoax, refused the
letter. which was duly returned to
Bochum and the sender advised,
The woman, half ashamed, declared
that the envelope contained nothing
of real value. but it was pointed out
to her that the contents, whatever they
might be, were declared to be worth
$4,000, and she must pay.
The poor woman signed the receipt,
but then was told, to her dismay, that
a double fee had been incurred. owing
to the return of the letter. She paid
the SIS without further complaint
Detroit Free Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-19
NInlking YeeetahIes Tender.

Many people have notion that q
black soil must of necessity be a rich
one But, on the contrary, it may be
almost devoid of nitrogen, and so
stands in need of some fertilizer.
Whilst it is true that garden soils in
general have a sufficiency of both pot
ash and phosphoric acid in them, the
chances are that these two food mate
rails are to a certain extent locked
up''=that is, they are not immediate
~ available to the plant, and are only
taken out by small degrees. Therefore,
the amateur gardener will find that the
best all-round fertilizer for him to buy
is one with an abundance of nitrogen,
and moderate quantities of the other
two substances. OF course, for large
operations, special compounds of fertil-
izers are an economy and While the
same thing holds good in theory on
the small scale. yet in practice, as the
amount involved is SO little, it is wiser
to have one ali-round fertilizer. Sue
culent vegetables particularly viii
thrive on nitrogen. 1t makes them
grow rapidly, and that means tender
ness. Potash is used to Improve the
quality Phosphoric acid helps to build
the tissue of the plant. What fert1l-
izer contains can always be ascertafned
by reading the analysis which must ac-
company it. Look only for those three
terms. Don't regard anything else
How much to use?. OF course, the an
swer largely depends on the grade of
fertilizer. Stable manure can be spread
on three inches thick. A pound OF
nitrate of soda is sufficient to cover
from eighty to one hundred square
feet.-May Garden Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-19
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IRON the Atehison Globe.


When the groom is shorter than the
bride. people talk
What has become of the o1d-fashioned
tin horn gamblers:
There are too many people whose
conversation Is like this; ?, ?, 2, ?, 2?
?, ?, >. etc.
There are certain things the people
won't stand. Don't tempt them to
throw at you.
Getting drunk at night is bad enough,
but there is no hope for a man who
gets drunk during the day time.
So many women are earning money
that here of late it is not ungallant
bet.
When it is man, and the women
are on the jury, they decide he is guilty
first. and then hear the evidence after
ward.
After all fowery eloquence never at
tanned a compliment as pleasing as this
one Of three words: You suit me-"
SO far as we have been able to see
the only result of the women's clubs
is that after a woman has attended a
session she looks more critically at her
husband.
When real excitable woman is pre-
pairing for company, she always re-
minds US of a poor fire department
making a run; there is always doubt
II it viii get there in time.
Some women use too much perfumery.
When Mrs. Iysander John Appleton
comes down town, we can smell musk
at the Globe office as soon as she strikes
Commercial street
A correspondent writes: HAS
young man a right to practice on an
army bugle until after o'clock at
night and disturb dozens of tired people
in his neighborhood who want to
sleep?" We don't believe he has, but
we know he does it.
An Atch1son girl went east for a
visit and her mother spent a great deal
Of money in making her street dresses.
party dresses, etc. But the girl had
no lounging robe. bath robe or tea jack
cts IN her trunk, to wear while she took
her chocolate IN bed. and her visit was
a failure.
There is q tall. stately girl in Atchi-
son the writer of this has greatly ad-
nnired. She is good looking, and we'll
| behaved, and looks like queen. The
| a little young man with a high, squeaky
voice, and she intends to marry him.
Somehow her steady was a shock to
u.
During the summer season, when
doors and windows are open people liv-
ing in town. should be careful not to
disturb their reighbors. Every -genteel
man or woman will avoid disturbing
/ the neighbors, whenever possible. Those
who apparently delight IN disturbing
their neighbors. are never polite people,
/ and seldom people of intelligence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-19
reed For Young nucks.

For twenty-four hours-nothing
First week. half a pint of rolled oats,
some cracker or stale bread crumbs,
two hard-boiled eggs chopped fine, half
a cup of coarse sand. just moistened
with milk. Feed four times a day.
just what they viii eat in ten minutes t,t.ss;
of ground oats, same of wheat bran,
a quarter of a pint of corn meal, same
of coarse sand, two tablespoonfuls of
beef meal. pint of finely cut green
clover. rye or cabbage moistened with
scalded milk. Feed four times a day.
Four to six weeks. boil a quart Of
hulled oats for an hour, add pint of
corn meal, wheat bran, half pint of
fine grit, same of beef scraps, one
quart of clover or any kind of green
food. Feed four times a day.
Six to ten weeks. one quart corn
meal, one pint of wheat bran, pint of
boiled oats, pint of bee. scraps. half a
pint of grit. tablespoonful of charcoal
and pint of clover. Feed three times
a day.
They should be ready to kill the
eleventh week.-Mrs.. Kate V. Saint
Maur. in April Outdoors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-19
LITTLE THOMAS GREED,

I'll never take rebate; nor
Said little Thomas Greed.
.'The courts are getting funny. so
1t must be wrong, indeed
Now, there is Jerry Octopus,
He thinks a rebate great
He always makes an awful fuss
If he must pay for freight
.sThe prosecutor after him;
The sheriff has q writ
And Jerry, in the twilight dim
From home was forced to fit.
7 would not take a rebateLwhy.
would not play a trick-not I;
Ia have no man of straw
n never take a rebate; no;
I m very sure of that.
But there is more than one way, though,
BY which to kill a cat
ny. y. Nesbit in The Reader for May.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-19
WILL HELP THE RATE BILL.

President Roosevelt undoubtedly se-
lected the psychological moment for
laying before the country the evils Of
the railway rebating system, nor can
one doubt that the facts submitted to
him are sufficiently strong when pre-
sented to congress to carry through
his favorite measure as to federal SUI
pervision of railway rates. It is good
to have the strength of giant, but to
use it as giant is tyrannous, and this
is as true of the great power of the
Standard Oil company. if misapplied,
as it is of the great power and prestige
of the chief executive of the nation
New York Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-19

incrirninate them: that offieers Of cor
porations must produce books Of which
they have custody even If there be no
personal possession. and that the ques-
ton of the materiality of the evidence
contained in the books Is one for the
courts to decide. not for the witnesses.
Mr.. Moody may get the beef trust yet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-19

Further evidence before the inter
state commerce commission confirms
the very general impression that Il one
should engage in coal mining it would
be ordinary business prudence for him
to get the officers Of the railroad COM
pany interested IN his mines. In the
distribution OF cars the mines whose
PROFITS affect the incomes Of the off,
GERS fare much better than other
mines
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-19
VALUE OF SMALL PARKS.

Among the many IMPROVEMENTS en-
lightened citizens are planning for the
city the establishment of small parks
in or very near the congested districts
of the city IS one of the most fruitful
betterments we could accomplish. We
are coming to realize that the large
parks are not available to the people
who most need them. The long ride,
the expenditure for street car fares,
the time recuired-au are conditions
practically prohibitive to their enjoy
ment by most wage earners. AS the
people Of the congested districts can
not go to the parks, the parks must be
brought to them. All the trufsms OF
social betterment swell the cry for the
small parks. It must not. it will not,
be ignored.-Chicago Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-19

A year ago s. Chicago woman
brought a suit against a surgeon who
operated on her for tumor and then
sewed up a pair Of forceps in her
body. Now comes a report from Web
ster city. Iowa. of a woman who was
operated on for appendicitis and in
whose body the surgeon sewed up q
napkin. Anderson. Ind, and Wichita
are yet to hear from.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-19
TWO IN ONE.

Our idea of man looking for trou-
Bile is the action of that preacher who
attacked the G. A. r. at the state tenn
perance meeting. And our idea OF the
man who finds what he is looking for
is also exemplified in the same man.
Salina Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-19
RIGHT AND PROPER.

The resolution offered by Command
er ConeJ and adopted by the Rep 4D-
against the Dissertation OF Decoration
day, was the right and proper thing,
and ought to be needed by the public.
Surely a day set apart to the memory
Of the dead soldiers and to honoring
to sports and games and general merri-
ment. As well follow funeral services
with dance.-OskaIoosa Independent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-19
me PE0.ULIAR PART GA IT.

That there is some UNSATISFACTORY
with the Republican state ticket and
the influences that nominated it can
not be questioned. The peculiar thing
about it is that this discomfort is more
freely expressed by the old line stall
wart Republicans rather than the ex-
Populists with which the party is now
fielled, as might have been reasonably
expected he new recruits are stand
ing the fire better than the seasoned
veterans.-Osage County Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-19

Alton B. Parker suggests the nomina-
ton OF southern man for the presi-
dency by the Democrats In 1908. Per
hsps that is the only way to find a. man
who would be worse beaten than Par
ker was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-19

duty on beer is only 20 cents per gal
lon. while the duty on vines ranges
upward from so cents per gallon. The
testimony on the subject is conflicting,
and the proceedings doubtless much
resemble a joint trial in Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-19

that children going to and from school
shall not be allowed to get their par
ents' mail. so don't blame the postmas-
ter if your children are refused the mail
The postoffiee habit among children has
become a nuisance both to the puolic
and the postmaster.-We ellington NAH.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-19

The fact that Senator Millard of
Nebraska voted against a sea level
canal is being cited as evidence that
he Is not a railroad senator. stiu the
railroads may not have needed Mil
lard's vote.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-19

The majority in congress is again
reminded that the party which it rep
resents has promised statehood to the
territories in more than one national
platform.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-19
DIDN'T NEE .EM.

A book agent, who, in the innocence
Of his heart, tried to sell some Cradle
Songs" to the residents of Roosevelt
avenue this morning. lost both coat
tails in his frantic efforts to get over
the back fence before the women mob
bed him.-El Dorado Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-19

Virginia college is about to estab-
fish a course of magazine writing.
Conditions are surely bad enough with
out giving deliberate encouragement to
anything of this sort.
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PROFIT VERSUS HOPE.

Cuba's vice president has salary
that is double that of Vice President
Fairbanks. But perhaps he isn't
buoyed up by the precious thought
that he may be promoted some day
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-19

The free seed. section has been re-
placed IN the agricultural appropria-
ton bill. and congress has once more
demonstrated that it has the interests
of the people at heart.-Baltimore
American.