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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06
GLOBE SIGHTS.
LFrom the Atchison GIobe.l

Don't bet on our popularity.
Some way a beard looks out Of
place on a right short. thin man.
When a woman says she tells her
husband everything, you may believe
just half.
A doctor has two classes of people
to contend with: Those who swear by
him and those who swear at him.
There are some women so good they
would prefer not speaking to a man
unless they know he has been bap-
tized.
It IS as impossible for the police to
do everything they are requested to do
children's questions.
When a man looks through his
pockets for none to pay his a fare
when on his way to work in the morn
ing and can't find a cent. it means his
wife went through them when he was
sleeping h night before.
An Atchison man who has been
successful. does not neglect the amen
tiles of life. Don't shut yourself up in
your shell, and be a turtle. Mingle
OF it as to be a nuisance, but keep in
touch with agreeable people. Enter
lain. and be entertained, occasionally.
A man who Is sociable and agreeable
succeeds easier tina Il Vinegar Man.
It is said the reason the Lysander
JONI ApDACIDlS ~ IIL enter a H1OlC.
is that their preparations are too
elaborate to permit of much company.
Before having a friend to dinner. they
paper the spare bedroom, knowing the
friend viii see it when she removes
her hat, and they also put a new floor
in the Kitchen. and clean house.
Don't make yourself miserable by
imagining tnat your riends are untrue
to you. It is plain conceit when you
imagine that people should be so fond
Of you that o can handle them,
and cause them to vote for your can
dfdate. or go on your note. Are you
as loyal 20 your friends as you expect
them to be to you9 That is the real
Hest. People will do about as much
for YOU as you will do for them: don't
expect Il more. And as a matter of
plain fact. isn't it mighty little you
are MilIing to DO for Xour friends2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06
POOR q DAD.

You kin scarce pick up a paper
An its poets corner, greet,
Cept yell see er pirty poem
Bout the mother, sanity. sweet,
But yen AVE a time a-searchin'-
Eyes viii be er-echin' bad
Ere yeIl overtake er poem
Wrote about poor ole dad.
No, it isn't willful in EN-
Them that write Of mother dear
Ihat thars never notice taken
OF her ole man settin' near;
No. it's meant to slight him,
But hit looks a little sad
All HI boCuets made for mother
Not a bloom for poor ole dad!
True our mother watched above US
TIL her dear old eyes Wud ache,
But old dad. he bumped to feed us
T1li his back would nearly break.
Mother crooned about h cradle
Gave devotion all she had;
Sril. there wasn't any circus
Al this time for poor ole dad,
Don take one line from mother
you write the soul-sweet song,
But II there word for father
Now and then, it won't be wrong.
Poor ole SOUL! He's bent and wrinkled
Ana ! know 'twould make him glad
II. while you are praising mother
Sometimes said for COR ole dad
Unidentified.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06
Rarity Of Suffering women.

"Did you ever see a woman who
suffered ?"
No: now I come to think OF it. I
never did"
ssThsy are very rare said the ply
sician. Il think it is safe to say that
the average person passes through life
without ever meeting a suffering wo-
man.
First. woman naturally don't know
why's less liable to the disease Of
stammering than a Second, If she
develops this disease, she sets out with
the determination to ure herself. and
she succeeds; whereas careless man,
rather than take the trouble OF a cure,
will 60 on -stammering forever.-Ex-
change.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06
10 FLEEING.

Little newspapers are more truthful
than big ones. as a rule. The big par
tisan ape hb like the IL scratch
about politics. So far as we q re-
member, we haven't hbbed once in the
present campaign, and We have no
recollection OF seeing a fb in the hated
opposition. OF course the h. o. has
come mighty close to the line several
times in printing things about the en-
thusiasm found in the Republican
meetings, but thai is f~orgivable. We
are please to note that there has been
no ornery lying in the Jackson county
COMMUNICATION Signal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06
LIFTERs AND

ciety. the class that lifts and the class
that leans. They thai lift are the ones
who do the worlds work. The leaning
class are they who depend upon the ex-
ertions of others and do the grunting or
the f~ault-finding and complaining MY
boy. be a litter. and you will have little
time to fuss about the fainngs of others.
It's the fellow in the lodge that shirks
his duty who makes the most trouble,
and it is the same in the church and in
society in general. Don't be a leaner,
for they are a burden to Themselves and
society in general.-Oberlin Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06
kansas CONMENT



The good, old fashioned way of kiss
ing, smack right on the mouth, that
has done duty since the Pilgrims
brought it to America early in 1900,
Is TO be abolished. Reformers wish to
supplant the vigorous. rugged Anglo
Saxon osculation by the gentle French
mode Of Ignoring the mouth and kiss
ing first on one cheek and then on the
other. The Indictment that is brought
against h American kiss consists Of
many counts. among them being that
It is senibarbarOus; that il is obviously
e relic of the custom of wild animals.
trying to bite each other. as contended
by Darwin, that it is unhygienic; that
It abounds in microbes and so forth,
and so forth. That may all be so, but
here's to the good old fashioned kiss,
smack right on the mouth Microbes
or no microbes, it's the only way. 1
propose to keep my life insurance paid
up and not embark in any of the new
fads or gentle French modes" Who's
afeared, anyway2-Howard Courant-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06
RoatLnc Ven WHO vic.

Whv is 1t that great boating men are
SO often literary men2 That they are
ii shown by the fact that nearly every
London newspaper seems to have on
its staff an old Blue who writes the
articles on the Oxford and Cambridge
boat race. and who for a fortnight or
so past has been describing the prac-
tice of Cambridge and Harvard univer-
sites. In fact, il you row IN the boat
it is tolerably certain that presently
you will take to journalism. Almost
as many great boating men j~ournalize
as great bats and bowArs--Londor
SATURDAY. Review.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR.
TFrom the New York Press.l

TFrom the New York Press-l
A man could never be rich enough
to like to pay his taxes.
A girl can love nearly any man I'M
less her parents want her to.
There would be some fun in going
to church If people were afraid you
would lose all your money at it.
For about 8 week before election
the plain voter has an idea which he
gets from the campaign orators that
he is a deuce Of a fellow.
When q woman hears her husband
is a hard 9rlnkers she likes to have him
satisfy her aE telling her It means Il
is hard tor ain 10 sdrink
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06
HVM0R or THE DAY

Father-"That kid ought to have a
spankingl Hes altogether TOO preco-
-"But. dear, I wouldn't all that pre-
cocious Detroit Free Press.
Mrs. KickerZ.why do you call your
cook Lents Mrs. BockerZS 'shi Wee
kept her forty days'-Harper's Bazar.
"A man has been hurt in one of those
French political duels-" That oughf to
put an end to them. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
That fellow looks ~dreadfulIy disap-
pointed" remarked the sympathetic
stranger at the village station.
Yes" said the baggageman, 'he miss
oh: that was too bad. Where was he
Nowhere. He just missed seeing the
train coming in.*-Detroit Free Press.
Don't YOU love me. dear?'
Yes, dear, but Tn already engaged
oh, GeorEei That wouldn't be honor
able An engagement is a sacred thing.
not lightly to be entered into or broken
that makes it even worse. @-CIeveland
Leader.
They are distant relatives" .Indeed!
streets latest. they are about ten million
dolars removed Puck
Little WiIie-"say, pa. what is that old
aging about a fool and his money!" pa
"A wise man and q fools money ere soon
united. my son-"@Chicago Daily News.
"Who was that fool you bowed to-"
apoiogize@T@' never mind T hnih nof
angry. But what a keen observer you
aret"-Cleveland Leader.
Il sang the Spring Song at Mrs. Krow-
GERS musicale iasr night" said Miss
kreech. but, I forgot, you were there
and heard me. Of course" Yes replied
was there! Once you got in It was I'm
was OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Press.
"Popi''
Yes, my SON.
Yes, my boy"
We'll. pop, It must sound funny to hear
a horse neigh in Russianr'-Yonkers
Statesman.
Mrs Hicks-John, I'm sure there's a
burglar down IN the dining room.
Mr.. Hicks (sleepily)-Good! II we keep
quiet maybe he'll take away that chahnr
dish Of yours.-Philadelphia Ledger.
7 can't understand what there S sa
attractive about Emily. She hasn't any
accomplishments. All she does Is to talk
g little and smile a great deal"
That's enough isn't it2"-Cleveland
Plain De7sar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06

After today we can gather at the
ring-aide and watch the catch-as-catch
can match between the government
and the Standard Oil trust. Let the
light proceed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06
What Afakes the Heart Weak.

Two important causes of heart trou-
BILE are underworld and oyerWOrk, but
chiefly underworld. Where 10 over
work, it has been physical, not mental.
The hearts of Ion~g-distance runners
and ~blcyclIsts sometimes become hyp-
ertrophled, while children sometimes
succumb TO too play. With
children, however, 1t Is usually due to
a predisposition in that direction from
their parents, whose hearts have been
weakened by prolonged u-nderexercise,
rather than 10 overexereise on their
part.
As the result of a recent examina-
ton of nearly 10000 school, children
in the primary grades, by the board of
health. it vas found that so per cent.
were suffering from physical defects,
among which p-redorninated defective
vision, insufficient nutrition, pulmonary
and heart ailments startling con-
dition of our boosted civilizat1on.-G.
Elliot Flint in rs h Increase in Heart
Weakness Due to Overwork2" in The
Outing Magazine for October.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06

a whole lot OF New York people feel
mighty forgiving towards Richard
Croker today and they are willing to
take back some of the harsh things
they have said about him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06

The Ute Indians are not the only
ones who are off the reservation. Man
Wno-votes-as-He-Pleases is also wear
ing his blanket on a little pleasure ex-
cursion today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06

bends from a corporation that makes
its profits by breaking h laws of the
country and by expressing the poor?
There IS God for considerable
thought among good people in those
California Methodists resolutions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06

It is also a safe guess. but a little
vague. that the name Of the winning
candidate in Kansas viii begin with
"H." New York isn't the only state
that Is running to eH's."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06
THE coon ON TIMES.

You viii kindly pardon US for re-
turning to early days in this country
but this week those times were forei-
occasion to be in the home of a very
excellent old fashioned lady who had
a box Of paper tapers just over the
stove. Doubtless nine-tenths OK the
people who read the Freeman have no
idea of what a paper taper is or what
its use. We know, we remember
when the times were so strenuous and
the money so scarce that there was
not enough to buy matches so one
night of the week we children a the
job OF rolling tapers, We boys rolled
them n our sister put the feather on
the lighting end. We thought those
were pretty good times too, gee, we
must be prosperous now.-Belleville
Freeman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06

The future OF the bean vote is rem-
bling in the balance. If it makes good.
st may be considered an established in
stitution. II not. we viii go back to
the old-fashioned show variety.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06

When the average man has been
working hard for two months at saving
che country. it is apt to make him blue
to discover that a majority of the PEG
pie persist in sending it straight to the
T---
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06

Candidate Wiley ppears to be
somewhat downcast as to the future of
his party. but he can have the salts
faction Of knowing that he made no
claims that ne knew were untrue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06

Pretty soon now we will know
whether Roosevelt and Croker and
5erome and Wall Street and Golfers
and the New York World can beat the
Hearst style of yellow journalism.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06
EROA OTHER PENS
COARSE WORK.

Al band of Ute Indians have stolen a
wagon load Of o from the govern
'ment out III Wyoming Every loyal
American viii give thanks that a cou-
pie of regiments OF soldiers are in the
vicinity. Crimes Of this character in
this country when committed by I'M
tutored, ignorant savages, should meet
with swift and drastic punishment
Their work is altogether too coarse.
without even Incorporation ape for
their authority these benighted redskins
actually made the driver stop his horses
and helped themselves to enough provis-
ions to escape starvation a few days
longer. In no detail of the crime was
the standard set up by 300 beneicent
trusts maintained. The Indians even
violated the ethics of Standard Oil SO
far as to cave the driver his wagon.
After certain Of our richest men have
spent the better part of their lives in
devising a refined system to pIunder the
public treasury and rob the people OF
billions Of dollars to have a lot of
heather Indians upset all it's p~recedents
and steal -four in the primitive manner
they did is exasperating. Poor 10"
even failed to prepare for appeal to the
supreme court.
There iH. however. the satisfaction OF
knowing that vengeance is close upon
him. He has had his little fling. But
a week or SO more and ragged, 1ootsore
and hungry, he will nave been corraled
with his greasy squaWs and crying pap
pooses and marched back to the reser-
Walton to pay the fiddler, a sadder and
wiser Indian@Kansas City Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06

If Hearst happens to win in New
York today, where will the New York
Journal get type big enough to an
nounce the result2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06
Mr.. Lawson onRailroad Greed.

During the recent session OF con-
gress President Roosevelt fought a
great battle for the people to prevent
rebating and to curb the greed of the
railroads." says Mr.. Thomas w. Law
son in an article entitled, ITO Ny
Readers" in the November Every
body's. Railroad heads declared that
the passage of the regulating law spell
terests of America. And when the
president won, what happened? Did the
railroad stocks M bonds drop out Of
sight2 On the contrary, amid the rib
racking laughter of the system rail-
road stocks mounted as never before,
and Standard on through its lieuten-
ant, Hartman, increased the Union
Pacific and the Southern Pacific divi-
dends-the Union Pacific from s to 10
per cent. Hundreds of thousands Of
Standard OIL Hartman, and their
pals la overnight untold millions
on these two stocks alone. And what
did the farmers and merchants along
the line of the Union Pacific and the
Southern Pacific do? Did they say:
These railroads were built with the
publicss money, by gift of public land
and favors. Their stocks have been so
inflated that the 10 per cent you are
now about to pay represents so to 100
per cent annually on the original CAPT
tai invested, and yet 0 are holding
passenger and freight rates up to the
top figures hat prevailed when the
country was unsettled and the roads
struggling. We demand that instead Of
increasing dividends you reduce freight
and passenger rates, or We Will take
you By the throat and shake the inan-
cial life out of YOU Oh, no. Not these
courageous, intelligent Americans.
They proceeded to throw up their hats
in applause of the Systems smart
ness, and are now withdrawing their
savings from the banks. hearthstones.
stockings to purchase the stocks
at the advanced prices. They viii have
them when, at the first crop failure,
STANDARD OH orders Hartman to cut
the dividends back to s, 4, or 2 per cent
that they may shake out the stocks at
90 to 80 cents on the dollar of what
these intelligent merchants and farm
ers ere now paying for them"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06

ulist ticket. and that one was Horace
Andrew Keefer. Does this mean that
Mr.. Wiley is also an apostate?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06

Anyway. you can be sure that tn.
people voted pretty much as the,
pleased today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06

we have a pretty good idea whom
President Roosevelt voted for his
morning. even il he is independent in
his views.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06

The news that Croker was for
Hughes probably affected some good
people in that state about the way the
fact that L-eavenworth jointiss we're
for Hoch affected the same class in
Hffs state
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06

Hold your breath a little while lon
scr and you will know whether the
figures Of Chairman drummer or
Chairman Ryan are the more accur-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06

There is a suspicion abroad that tht
Ticket scratchers' Union allowed it
members to work overtime today
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06

It viii b. two years before you hav
20 get out and save the country again.
Whom do you suppose you viii vote
for them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06

The weather bureau issued a special
forecast for today. but Tor some reason
It made no mention Of landslides.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06

Noting that Anna Carlson, ia the
Ldndsborg News, prints Instructions to
the men how to vote. the Jeweu Re-
publican remarks. some day the wo-
men may know enough TO vote. II
hey do. they wiz know more than q
FOOD many men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06

It Is to be hoped that the suit against
the harvester trust won't be forgotten
o that the voting has been done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06
PAYING FOR THE WHISTLE.

1t is announced by one Of the bu~
reaus of the department of agriculture
that the average automobile lasts two
years. This announcement is impor-
tant. as it enables thousands of men to
know Just how soon hey viii have to
Quit fooling with their benzine bVggies
and settle down to hard work to pay
off the mortgage on the house which
they placed there to buy the machine.
New York Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06

Peary did not reach the North Pole
but in the historic words of a certain
Popullst statesman. "he done noble
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06

If Mr.. Hearst is ever elected presi-
dent, we venture to predict hat Elihu
Root will not be his secretary OF state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06
American Emigration to Canada.

The trend OF Canadian develop
ment has a great and increasing inter-
est for Americans. Within the past
twelve years" according to Appleton's
Magazine for November, there has
grown UP in Western Canada an
American population estimated at
100000 farmers, growers of wheat,
corr and fax, settlers not only i'm
bued with the American spirit OF en-
terprise but devoted to American in
stitutions. During last year the i'm
migra on from this country to Cana
da, according to official figures, vas
more than $4,000 persons. Today in
the Northwest, outside of Winnipeg
and some Of the older towns. the
dwellers who nave crossed the border
from the United States outnumber the
native Canadians, in places two to
one.
what will be the political future OF
all this great country Within the
present year has been seen the quiet
disappearance of the last British red
coat from Canadian soil. The forti-
fed port of Esquimalt, built up at
large expense, Is to be d~ismantled. A
British soldiers at Halifax and Que
bee. Only a governor general and his
secretary remain as symbols of the
continuing union between the Domin-
ion and the mother country. As the
settlement of the school question in
1895 was the beginning OF the II of
racial strife in Canada, these steps are
the first in the evolution OF an indie
pendent nation north of the United
States. Both are the accomplishments
OF Sir Wilfrid Laurier."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06
HITCHCOCK

dents cabinet dc not involve the de-
partment Of the interior. Secretary
Hitchcock is retained in this important
department., although a stronger enort
has been made against him than against
ali the other members of the cabinet
combined. Mr.. Hitchcock should be
proud of this tribute to his integrity,
efficiency and perseyerance.-St- Louis
Globe-Denlocrat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06

Mr.. Hearst knows now how it feels
30 be horribly c%artooned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06

That empty feeling in the circle
iwent untitled on a good many ballots
Today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06

What a joke it would be if that
forged circular should DO Frank FOs-
ter good after all
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06

Now watch the senatorial fight take
On new life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06

The ue-nailers a also take a rest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06

W. w. Wiley. Populist candida for
congressman in the First districs. says
he found oniy one Populist fn ths dis
rIct who would Vote the str POPS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06
POsTOFFTCE

Recommendation 70 CONGRESS Dy inc
postal department OF a substantial In
crease OF clerks salaries and a paving
If h way to higher pay for letter car
riers IS likely to. meet with little Oppo-
sition. IN no branch OF the public SER
vice is work so faithfully done as by
these employees. For them the cost OF
living has advanced quite as fast as
for other wage earners with no COM
pensating increase in earning capacity
and no opportunity to enforce a right
eous demand. AS q matter of fact. the
postal employees are worse off than they
were FIVE years ago. No n will be-
grudge them the promised increase Of
naX.-PortIand Oregonian.
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NOT TRTALs - ZOE.

It is always the tHdt nap
pens. Caleb Powers Is to have anothe
trial. He has had more than job al
ready.-Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-06

'"They are distant relatives Indeed
About how d~istant2" According to Brad
streets latest. they are about ten million
dollars removed Puck.