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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-08
ABOUT POsT1fAsTFRs.

According to the stories that are now
coming from Washington. Congressman
Calderhead had nothing to do with the
reappointment Of Postmaster Fitz-
patrick at Salina. and the report that
he promised the place to both Mr..
Fitzpatrick and James. A. Kimban Is
untrue. 1t is alleged that Mr.. Fitz-
patrick was reappointed in spite Of Mr..
Calderhead and not because of him. for
he recommended Mr.. Kimbau for the
place.
The story from Washington says that
Congressman Calderhead was notified
by the first assistant postmaster gen
eral that Mr.. Fitzpatrick's commission
would expire on January 26. and that
ne would be reapPointed unless It could
be shown that the service would be
benefited by the appointment Of some
one else, for examinations had shown
that Mr.. Fitzpatrick mad conducted the
Salina office satisfactorily for eight
years.
Mr. CaldeThead. however, endorsed
Mr.. Kimball. to whom he had promised
the office and he also presented other
endorsements for Kimbau. Mr.. Fitz-
patrick visited Washington and pre-
scented some endorsements for himself,
and shortly afterwards Congressman
Calderhead received the following letter
from the first assistant postmaster gen
eraI:
My Dear Sir: With reference to
your call at the department this morn
ing, regarding the appointment Of a
postmaster at Salina, Kansas, I beg
to say that under the policy now fol-
lowed by the department the only con-
sistent course for this office to take will
be to recommend for reappointment the
present postmaster, Mr.. Thomas D.
Fitzpatrick. whose conduct of the Office
appears altogether satisfactory
If this story is true, and it appears
to be, it is a matter for congratuiation
to the people-not in this particular in
stance especially, but because the re
appointment of postmasters hereafter
will depend on merit and not on politi-
cal pulls. It means that worthy men
win be retained in office and incompet-
ent ones discharged in spite Of con
gressmen.
It means. too, that congressman will
not be enabled to build up political
machines by means of their postnas-
tiers. Heretofore the postmaster in each
community has looked after. his con-
CHEESEMAN'S interests il that community.
Tt means, also, that congressman
viii have more time to devote to his
legitimate duties and will not have to
spend so much of his time ironing out
postoffice rows.
The chief objection to the new system
Is that a postmaster can hold on for
life If he gives good satisfaction. Well.
why shouldn't he? The politicians
argue that the postmastership is good
thing and ought to be passed around.
This idea-that spells Is one Of the chief
ends of politics-is most Destructive of
good government. The salary Of a post
master ought to be what the amount
of work and ability required could earn
in private business-and no more. Then
when q good postmaster is secured.
why should he not be allowed to re-
main In the service of the public If the
public cannot find anyone who can do
his work better?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-08
Resnected Evervwhere.

There's a mold negro here in WASH
sDoton who has attra cted much aJten-
lion On account of his grand manners;
He is considered to be the Original
bIack-man- with-a-bundle, for he IS
always toting somebody's wash around
and he's never porely' thank oe
DR.. ]. Breckenridge Bayne came
across him yesterday on Eighteenth
street. and, true to his custom, the
aged negro had his bundle of clothes
with him.
Good morning, sab. responded
the negro. taking off his cap.
ct don't suppose you mind the cold
weather" r..
mo. sab. Use mighty fon' OBJ tit
lightens de burden OBJ ma bundle
Carrying that package doesn I
seem to be much of an enort-you re
a very active man
True. sab. an as long as old George
has his legs he'll continue to be so.
The old fellow mopped his brow
with a red bandana, drew out his well
used pipe. filled It, and struck a
$50 your name IS George-George
what?"
George washington, sab"
well. that's a very illustrious name
you have; it is known and respected
everywhere"
Il reckon. sah-it ought ter be- Use
been in these heah parts since de
wah.'- washington Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-08
VIII THE CAprTAIl DO n?

WILL THE CAPITAL do III
The state journals morning con
temporary quotes editorially from
some Of the letters Lincoln stefens
has been writing from washington,
and 1t especially approves one of Mr..
Stefens' conclusions. which, the Capt.
tai says. Ought to be dinged into the
ears Of Republicans all over the land
Here IS what Mr.. stemens says that
the Capital quotes approvingly:
THE only citizens who have a right
to expect to be represented here are
those who have fought for represen-
tative government at home, and, like
Texas and Wisconsin, having solved
their own rate problems, have sent
here senators like Bailey and Culber-
son and La Toilette, who come from
sovereign states. And they represent
all of US, not our whining public opin-
ion. not the cry of the moment, but
the true interests of all of US. At least
they are under that suspicion"
Mr.. Steffens was writing especially
Of railroad rate legislation and he
approved states that do not send rail-
road senators to Washington. The
State Journal wishes to join the Capt.
tai in approving that sentiment.
But within the near future Kan
sas. too, will have an opportunity of
sending Senator to Washington who
will not be a railroad senator. The
State Journal trusts that the Capital
will bear out its endorsement of Mr..
Steffens idea by refraining from Civ
ing any support to any candidate for
UUnited States senator who may be
open to the charge of being a railroad
candidate. Will it do it?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-08
JAYHA WKER JOTS

Hutchinson News: The state house
newspaper boys have a new game:
When things get dull they toss up cop
pers for the choice of who shall choose
the next man to whom to offer the
Democratic nomination. for governor.
After reading the report OF sale Of
some pure bred Poland China hogs up
in Republic county a few days ago, one
is led to believe that it pays to raise
good stock. The thirty-fve hogs
brought an average of s52.9S each. The
highest price paid for Il single head
was S175. while another brought
s167.50. Several brought 500.
After a recent trip to Topeka Conner
Davies printed this in the Concordia
Kansan: 1T Is hard for US country
editors to get the hang of city ways
We slept in a room at the Copeland
with short grass editor man, and in
the morning we noticed him walking
around the room in a brand new night
one he ever owned, and was anxious
that we should appreciate it IN all its
glory, when we asked him, Bill, why
don't you dress2' He said I am wait
ig for my clothes to cool off. Waiting
for your clothes to cool Off said we.
Yep, said Bill. I put my clothes on
that ere thing last night, and this
morning it seems to be red hot He
had put his shirt and breaches on the
steam radiator and had to hang them
out Of the window to cool them suffi
GENTLY to crawl into them"
The BeHeville Freeman vouches for
this eagle story: The question Of
whether an eagle can fly faster than a
railroad train can run or not was con-
clusively settled Sunday afternoon,
January 21, by the crew of the Rock
Island train leaving Denver at 1910
a. M, near Limon, Colo. The course
Of the bird was on a diagonal with the
tracks; he seemed to be frightened by
the train and trying to cross its path
ahead of it. The eagle was not swift
enough, however. and when it reached
the track the train had caught up
with It, The bird became bewildered
by the roar and smoke of the engine
and tried to fly over the terrible mon
ster It came so near the cab that the
suction caused it to lose its balance,
and the fireman reached out, grabbed
it with bare hands and hauled it into
the cab. After a hard fight. during
which the eagle tapped It's wings wildly
and struck out with its talons, the bird
was subdued.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-08
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Charlie Parker, Abilene's Snowman,
viii open the season there about April
~. AFTER that he viii start on his
annual tour of locating his show fac
tory in 81 different towns for adver-
Using purposes.
Maybe March intends to be decent
after all.
Here is another theory: Perhaps
somebody fixed" the grounding.
The, present crop of north and south
railroads In Kansas is the largest ever
known In the history of the state-and
that is saying a good deal.
You feel socialism, says Joseph
Meedill Patterson. If this is true we
judge socialism IS something like hay
ing the blues or being in love.
Most men don't have to look for
trouble. Trouble is usually looking for
them, and it keeps them busy lodging
them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-08
WHEN ADAM was Al BOY.


Earth wasn't as 1t is today
When Adam was a boy,
NOBODY hair was streaked with gray
When Adam was boy,
4nen when the sun would scorch and stew
mere WASN'T anybody who
ASKED; Is It hot enough for your
When Adam was a boy.
There We're no front lawns to be moved
When Adam was boy,
NO kitchen gardens to be hoed
When Adam was d boy,
10 zee cream 1rsezers to be turned
20 grammar lessons to be learned
NC crooks OF cream that must be churned.
When Adam was boy,
mere was no staying after school
" hen Adam was a boy,
because somebody broke a rule
When Adam was a boy
NOBODY had to go to bed
Ml1nout sup of broth or bread
because of something done or said
When Adam was a boy.
Yet life vas pretty dull no doubt.
When Adam was boy
mere were no baseball clubs about
When Adam was boy,
no street pianos stopped each day
n 'front.' OF where he loved to pIay:
NO prass 6and ever marched his way
When Adam was boy,
There were no fireworks at all.
When Adam was a bow.
NO one could pitch a drop curve ball
" hen Adam was a boy.
y ~ mere Is Why our times are so
n Mucn better than the long ago
"as no santa Claus, you know,
When Adam was q bow
Companion AAOliie
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-08
All in His DAYS Work.

"I met GorIy in st. Petersburg -
said a traveller He is delightful He
told me that Russian soldier only
gets about 50, or 3 rubles, a year-say
8 copecks a day.
During the war said Gorky, "a r.ri-
vate soldier stole a shirt worth half a
ruble, and was condemned to be shot
LAS he was being led away to death
his colonel met him.
:" Ivan. Ivan said the colonel, re-
proachfully, what q fool you were to
risk your life for the sake of so CO.
pecks.
g Colonel Ivan answered, I risk it
every day for 5 copecks. Milwaukee
Sentinel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-08
EROA OTHER PENS
FoRAKER. THE oPTIMIsT.

How happy the state OF a man like
Senator Foraker who can see no need
for remedial legislation He has heard
dacity and illegal practices and does not
believe them. If they are true, the
courts should act, as there is plenty
Of law now. II there is not, amend the
Elkins law
law, If it be passed, to provide that the
courts decide both the law and the facts.
We always supposed courts were to
determine the law and the jury the
facts.
In the Hepburn bill the people propose
to make the Interstate commerce com
mission their jury. They will be salts
fed with such facts as that body finds.
The courts. of course, can interpret the
law. That is all they are intended for
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-08

In the March number of The Technical
World Magazine DR.. Alfred Gradenwitz
Describes the achievement of Prof. Ar
thur Korn of Munich, Bavaria, who has
devised a practical method for the cleo
trical Transmission of photographs as dis
tfnguished from the mere handwriting and
line sketches which can be sent by the
teIautograph. The first practical results
were secured in 1904: but later improve
ments recently described before the Ber-
lin Electrical society, have enabled him
definition over lines Offering a resistance
Of fully 1900 ohms-the equivalent of a.
distance OF several thousand miles. the
time of transmission being 10 to 20 min
utes and the size Of the pictures by Z
Inches.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-08
QUAKER REFLEoIoNs.

LFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Some people would kick about the
quality of a free lunch.
The average orators lungs are
stronger than his logic.
The world is waiting for some genius
to harness the microbes.
An actress shouldn't need paint and
powder to make UP her mind
Nell-"Do you believe that dreams
go by contraries ?" Belle-''Day
dreams often do"
Wigg-' 'Stubbubs Is very fond of his
wife, isn't hep" Wagg-'sYes, indeed;
why. he treats her almost as well as
his cook"
Sir" remarked the weary wayfay-
er, mine is. indeed, a sad story"
I'm afraid we cant use It." replied
the absent-minded magazine editor
cant let US have something humor-
ous?"
Twas jack pot I was in.
I have not the slightest doubt,
was in ft-for a minute
Then was fifteen dollars out!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-08
A NATIONAL QUESTION.

For some time it has been manifested
that it hardly behooves the north to re-
proach the south for race prejudice. The
ugly quality exists in one section as well
as in the other. The occurrences at
Springfield add bat more proof to a case
already abundantlY established. The
spirit of savagery being common, it re-
mains to be seen whether one section
will be more active in its suppression
than the other. VIII Springfield, Ohio,
more thoroughly vindicate the law by
Furnishing mob participants than Mont
gomery, Ala? A community as a whole
is not necessarily to be condemned when
it's unruly elements temporarily get out
of control, but it is to be condemned
when it's respectable classes make no
serious attempt to punish the guilty
New York Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-08
When He Drew His Swo,.d

From time immemorial," said Judge
Asher Carruth of Louisville at the Riggs
house, according to the Washington Post
southern people have been lavish in be-
slowing titles. I think there is something
IN the southern temperament which ex-
plains this. 1t corresponds to the other
trait of the inhabitants of Dixie-hospi-
u a man hasn't title. why give him
one" just as the old style southern gave
a stranger a bed and breakfast without
thought of pecuniary recompense.
1 didn't start out on this, however, for
a philosophical disquisition, but rather to
tell how a certain Kentucky gentleman
established valid title to the rank of col
onel. He went to Cincinnati once with
a friend, who enjoyed many acquaintances
IN the Buckeye metropolis, and who in
trOduced him to every one as Col. Brown.
Everything went along smoothly until
finally one Cincinnatian asked of Gle in
PRODUCER:
I suppose your friend. Col. Brown,
was in the confederate arny?'
NO, sir; he was not
&c Well, then, he fought on the union
slider
You are wrong there, too
- oh, I see now; he got his title by
serving in the state militia7
No, he never entered the militia
" Then how In thunder did he get to be
a colonel?'
fair "
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-08

A Washington guide directed the at
tention of a party of sightseers to a
small gray haired man, and said, az
fectionately:
There goes one of the greatest men
in the country. That's Chief Justice
Fuller
why, he has no stature whatever, .
whispered one of the ladies.
Nor weight" hastily rejoined an
other.
And I can't understand observed
a man in the group. "how he has man
aged to attain to so great a height"
The guide answered him significant
" and tersely. Because of his great
depth. =Harper's Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-08

procured new ones, one OF which bore
the following inscription.
Here lies Hanna Church and prob
ably a portion of Emily
Another:
Sacred to the memory OF Emily
Church who seems to be mixed with
Matilda"
Then followed these lines:
Stranger. pause and drop a tear:
For Emily Church lies buried here
Mixed in some perplexing manner
With Mary, Matilda and probably
Hannah. .'-Harper's Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-08

Out at Salina a few days ago Sheriff
George Meyer, who is a Democrat. by
the way, raided a liquor storehouse and
captured a large quantity of liquors
from which Salina joints and others in
that part of the state we're supplied.
Now a replevin suit has been started
against the sheriff by some alleged
Kansas City parties who claim to own
the liquor. The remarkable thing about
the proceeding is the bond which Sher-
if Meyer fled in the case. He was re-
quired to give a bond for 81. 900, but the
bond he fled is signed by twenty prom
inent business men who would be good
for at least half a million dollars That's
a good way to get a clean town. Let
the business men show that they are
in earnest about it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-08
How ToIstoi Would 1reat Peasan4s

AOAStO4 would treat Peasants
Count Tolstois wife told me story
OF now the count teaches his children to
treat other children. especially children
u .Peasahls, that IS touching and char
aSclerlstic," said Ernest Howard eros
Mrs: Tolstoi told me Of an incident
aIter the count had changed his garb
from mat OF gentleman to that of peas
ant and had moved to the country r.,
devote his life to his down trodden
countrymen. His little girl came in CIV
ing one day, having been struck a Sc
we're blow on her arm by a peasant boy
Win Wnom she was playing. The e.rm
was plack and blue and she sobbed bit
geriy to her father to go out and pun
ish the urchin
The count took his little daughter on
his knee ard talked to her for a long
time Madam Tolstoi did not hear the
conversation. as she told the story, IN
I'll she heard the count say:
Now, don't you think it would be
nice 70 get some of that raspberry Jam
from the cellar and take a big saucer
Of 1t out to him?'
The child was willing to forgive the
injury on account of the persuasion of
her father and she took the jam and
pacified the little enemy. This is illus
trative of Count Tolstoi's reasoning gen
orally in the treatment of people and
especially Of the Russian peasants. -
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-08

Enough plants can be started in one
small hotbed to stock a good sized garden
with vegetables and flowers.
4, There are three types of hotbed that
are within the means of the ordinary am
ateur gardener.
The first is the temporary bed in which
the manure is spread on the top of the
ground to the required depth and a porta-
Bile frame placed over it.
The second differs only in having
shallow pit dus to hold the manure.
The third type is a permanent bed, the
frame being made two and half feet
higher and built directly in a pit of that
depth. In a bed of this kind the bottom
should be tile drained, and it is a good
plan to cover it also with layer Of small
oobblestones or plank. The outside should
be well banked up with manure, earth or
coal ashes.
The last type can be used not only as
a hotbed in the early spring, but also
when the manure and earth are cleaned
out 1t can be used in the fall as a stor-
age place for plants that are not quite
hardy, such as tea roses or for bulbs that
are to be forced for winter bloom
OF the three forms above mentioned the
first is the easiest and cheapest to make
and therefore the one best suited to most
beginners-The March Garden Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-08

whom she was working. she tele-
phoned to have the cloak sent to her
home and charged. She got the COW
eted cloak all right and wore It to the
ball, but there she was rudeIy brought
to shame by being arrested for the
swindle just as the dance was begin
ming. Vanity was not funny IN that
instance, only DitifuI.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-08
Mixed wives.

In the early part of the last century
there lived In an old New England
town Mr. Church, who IN the course
of his earthly life was bereft Of four
wives, all of whom we're buried IN the
same lot IN his old age it became
necessary to remove the remains to
new cemetery. This ne undertook
himself, but in the process the bones
became hopeIessly mixed. His New
England conscience" would not allow
him. under the painful circumstances,
to use the original headstones, so he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-08

$50 you think that this concentra-
ton of wealth is the inevitable out
Growth of our civilization p
Il do answered M Thinker
And you must admit that the ulu-
mate result of such a condition would
be to put all the money under the con-
troll OF one individual
YES"
wen, it seems terrible to think Of"
what does?"
THE possibility OF some Millionaire
getting out of temper some day and
making up his mind to discharge the
entire human race. Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-08
REFLECTIONS or a BAcHELOR

IFrom the New York Press
It's pretty nice the way girls lips
can look so red and warm and feel so
cool and fresh
A man can be hated and awful pop
ular with his relatives at the same time
If he has money enough
A girl is always afraid that some
body will see her stocking when there
is hole in It. OF won't when there
isn't.
It makes woman awful proud to
say she doesn't play whist as well as
her husband when he can't do it at all
A girl likes to dance till 4 O'Clock in
the morning because her mother will
be too sleepy after midnight to notice
how she Is flirting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-08

Chief Goodwin says he will close the
joints, now that Judge Carver has
failed. The inquiry naturally suggests
itself to most people why. Chief Good
win did not close the joints about ten
months ago and make it unnecessary
for Judge Carver to try. He had sew
eral months to do it In before Carver
was appointed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-08

one Of the worst things that has yet
come out against Probate Judge Hay
den is that he should pay any atten-
fion to a political circular. A political
circular usually cuts no ice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-08

Young Mr.. Longworth states that he
wishes to be reelected to congress, but
solely on his own merits and not be-
cause he is the son-fn-law OF the presi-
dent. Well why doesn't he resign his
aon-fn-Iaw fob2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-08

After noting the number of Kansas
Republican editors who deny that they
voted for Thomas Todd Kelly, the
MINI eapolls Better Way is convinced
that the returns must aaass been
tempered with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-08

People are prone to laugh at other
peoples vanity. but sometimes it isn't
30 funny after all-and it is frequently
foolish. 1t was extremely foolish in
the case Of a young Concordia girl who
wished to attend q dremen's bah at
Baloit recently. Her vanity led her to
covet a new cloak to go to the BAN in
She knew the description of the cloak
and pretending she was the lady for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-08

II there were not so much agitation
against "The Clansman," the play
would not draw such large houses and
consequently Rev. Thomas Dixon
would not make as much money out Of
Ct. In this case those interested in the
production can be thankful for the
enemies they have made.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-08

since Japan's crops failed this year
and caused a serious famine, we are
forced to the conclusion that its
glustrious ancestors don't know much
about crops.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-08

We notice that the insurance com
panies no longer say, please investi-
gate us" in their advertisements. They
are getting Investigated too much
without advertising for somebody to
do IT,