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The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04
AYHA AWKER JOTS

Caldwell has gained 11S people IN tne
last year and now claims popularon
of 2,079.
A movement is on foot in Kansas
City, Kan, to change the name OF the
town back to Wyandotte-
A Gray county man caught two CEN
tipedes in his cellar recently. one OF
them was seven inches in length.
Business note in the Cimarron JACK
sonian: Twenty-seven boxes Of booze
came in the front end of the week
Rev Mr.. Trip OF Gray county lost
his Bible while on the way home from
Clmarron. Does this indicate that ne
was tIipped up?
Two young Englishmen are employed
in the Atchison coal mine, and one OF
them came all the way from Englanu
to get his job.
Speaking Of various influences en-
ployed TO clean up a town, the Z. M
G. A. appears to be doing q good work
at lola Its report shows that 1856 men
took baths there during April, using "a
bars of soap.
Notwithstanding the way things are
going the country viii doubtless sur
vive. The Belleville Telescope got out
a 20-page edition last week just the
same as though the country We're mol
headed straight for the demnition bow
vows.
Lake City correspondence IN the
Medicine Lodge Index: Got kicked heels
over head by an onery yaller pony last
week and we're too badly insulted 10
push the item business this week, but
win bring tears to your eyes next week
all right.
The real need as told by the Belleville
Telescope: Scientists have all sorts OF
theories as to the cause of earthquakes.
What we want is some one who can
tell in advance just where and when
the next one will come and the scien-
tific brother will find us grazing on the
other side of the globe.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04

II the spring the fans blithe fancy
Lightly turns to thoughts of ball.
Wildly cheers the peerless IarrIe,
CANS the umpire cheap and small.
In the spring the crafty tailor
" aiteth In his giIded lair,
A4xlous ne to catch the passer
With the very latest wear.
IN the spring my 1ady's fancy
afns anew to Easter hats;
DreaIns OF pIumes and lace creations
All too large for modest flats.
IN the spring the politicians
Mournfully the days recall
W neh tney ran the spring elections
Seooping in the usual haul
IN the. spring the common people
e1la1ly greet the sunny rays;
brSSaklng from the chilly bondage
Of the dreary winter days
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04
ER0M OTHER PENS
GORKY,S LEsSON.

That Gorky should have brought
here as his wife a companion and fell
low patriot who is not his wife was an
incident that his friends here naturally
deplore. 1t stands in instructive evi-
dence of the irresponsibiiity which
turks at the bottom of the mind that is
capable of accepting the socialistic pro-
gramme. Everybody is to do as he
likes, and quit when he likes, in the
socialistic heaven. and somebody else
is to gather up all the dropped stitches
and pay the bill. Nevertheless. Gorky
stands as validly for the yeast in the
Russian dough as though his marital
fidelity conformed more closely to our
best standards What he must lately
have learned about the restrictions Of
mans privileges in a country that IS
called free may be very usefully in
structive to him. even though it leaves
him gasping Weekly.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04
GLOBE SIGHTS.
EFrom the Atchison Globe.J


A dandelion field covered with the yel-
low blooms looks pretty. but it is a sign
of shiftlessness to say So.
# you are going to give both barrels. do
face, and not behind his back
Was there ever a man who had not at
some time been accused of attempting to
kiss a woman who did not want to be
kissed?
When girl who marries and goes away
to live comes home on a visit and wears
silk underskirts. people Just naturally
think she IS prosperous
About all the disinterested public de-
mands of a Widower is that he pay his
first wife's funeral bills before he begins
to take notice again.
If fifty are invited to a party, ten 90 be-
cause they want to go and forty through
fear that If they don't 20 they viii NOT he
invited to the next one
When a man takes girl out riding on
a country road, and puts his arm around
her, some one passes and tells, though
they are riding in the Wilderness
If a Welsh rarebit is made Just right.
the pain next day is at the base Of the
brain. If the pain is anywhere else some
thing in the rarebit was measured wrong
Miss Daysey Maynae Appleton had quite
an experience last night. While out wa TX
ing with a certain young man the volInr
man suddenly Forgot Himself and kissed
aeG. Mss ApPIliete9ni Il, although greatly
She went home, and told, as Mrs Stanley
If a woman makes a fuss when her
husband pays other women attentjon-
he accuses her of being inganelv zeal
Gus. and if she does not pay any at
tention to his devotion to other wo
men, he says she Is Indifferent to him.
Apples are so scarce these days that
they look old-fashiOned.
A well known church member said
to the writer today: Here is a new
definition for salvation: REDEEM nfion
from a belief In Miracles 2
It might be possible to be an under
taker and lay man out, but when il
came to turning the final screws Ia the
lid Of the coffin, we don't see how he
can have the heart
The writer of this is a preachers son.
therefore he was surprised to hear a
man make this statement about a
preacher: He is. worthless. but he has
good boys. When we were young 1t
preacher were tough.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04

LFrom the Philadelphia Rscora

LFrom the Philadelphia Record
Many a statesman's dignity vvo1,la
be shorn with his whiskers.
Fame is often a bubble that comen
from blowing our own horn.
snapshot photograph often demon
strates that truth is stranger than f1o-
ton.
Even when a man has taking wavs
he might cultivate e few bringinr-baclr
ones. 'S'o'N
Any fellow can loaf around and do
nothing, but it takes a smart man to
get. paid for It.
The pot shouldn't call the kettle
black without first ascertaininR If If IL
porcelain lined.
Do not despise the little things 4
peanut will give an elephant more
pleasure than bale of hay
There are men who wouldn't know
what to do with themselves If thew
should ever get out of debt.
Women are never satisfied. The
pretty ones try to be brainy. and the
brainy ones try to be pretty
Blobbs-'' Every man has some vice 3"
Slobbs-''Y es, il he doesn't write poetry
he belongs to q glee club or an anna
teur theatrical society,"
The principal reason a small bov
wants to be q. policeman is because 4
policeman gets to see the baseball
games and prize fights without paying.
Nell-sWhy do you suppose all the
men are running after that widow -
Belle-'I believe she has stated posi-
lively that she will never marry again.
70 see the right succeed We go
To work with main and might
It's natural. because we know
We're always IN the right
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04
Reign Of the ..D1oIIy NIaguires.'

What the molly Maguires'' really
were is thus told by Hartley Davis in
his article, 1.-THE Coal Trust. the Labor
Trust. and the People Who Pay in
the April Everybody's:
For fifteen years. from 1861 to
1876. the Molly Aaguires' reign of
terror lasted. It was a crirninally un-
lust retribution. even for the wrongs
that capital had inflicted; and it made
the situation of labor far worse in the
end BY a fiawless system OF intimida
ton. the sovereign tMollies' practically
dictated labor matters throughout the
anthracite region. In many cases they
were able to triple wages; they regu-
lated the amount of labor: and they
appointed or deDosed men at pleasure,
either by threats, injury, or assassina-
ton Every Molly stood ready to
murder If his suDeriors so ordered
Warming it is true. was usually sent to
the intended victim in the form of a
crude drawing Of a coffin. with the
printed legend, This is your house; ,
hut there was no evadinS the sure and
steaIthy vengeance of the 'Mollies' too
experienced weapons. And so COM
pletely under corer were their entire
proceedings that IN the famous trial in
1876. when nineteen ringleaders were
condemned to death. the extent of the
associations power and depravity be-
came known to a horFifled public for
the first time"
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04
WORRY A DISEASE.

Every one knows innumerab1e reasons
why 1t is foolish to worry, the chief one
being perhaps that it is so utterly use
less, but science has added a new rea-
son --hicn is worth considering. It not
only states that worry win kill, but ex-
plains why it will kill Worry is dis
ease the brain, a disease which des-
troys certain cells of the brain, often
beyond repair Like an enemy in the
night, worry creeps upon the brain and
begins its sledge-hammer process of
destruction. The vitality of the deli
cate organism is slowly destroyed. Ma
ture may repair the destruction If worry
comes at intervals but worry is a habit
and its power grows each time that it
is allowed admittance.-Tne House
keepsr
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
GFrom the New York Press.I

IFrom the New York Press
A joke is not a joke when you have
to listen to it instead Of telling it.
The very incest girl wouldn't be half
as nice If she had a practical mind.
It IS operating in the market when
either you buy a stock and it goes
down or you intended to but didn't and
it goes up
If people in the suburbs would quit
trying to raise their own vegetables
they could save enough money to live
IN the city.
A woman will get as excited over
what the baby didn't try to say when
1t Is learning to talk as man will over
a forty-point rise in a stock he is gam
bling in.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04
MINERS HAVE SAVED MONEY.

one ef1ect Of the troubles in the an
thrac.te region IS the departure of hun
dreds of foreigners to the old country
About all OF them win return after they
have made their visit. Those who are
in position to know say that the for
eigners almost without exception have
taken with them considerable sums Of
money, ranging from $500 to as high as
81, coo and $1,000. This is far different
from the distress which prevailed about
fifteen years ago when a relief station
was opened on West Market street for
the distribution of food and clothing
to the needy who worked about the
mines. followed by an investigation v
order of the legislature into the condi-
ton OF poverty in the anthracite region
Times have changed since then
Wilkesbarre Record.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04

It was a handsome compliment to
Charles W. Barnes that he was nom
mated for superintendent of insurance
BY a tremendous vote. in spite Of the
fact that he "toted fair" with both op-
posing factions in the convention by
dividing his delegation equally between
them. Mr. Travis, his principal op-
ponent, gave the 19 votes Of Allen coun-
ty solidly to the railroad Slate" but
Mr.. Barnes treated both sides equally.
Barnes received 718 votes to 221 for Mr.
Travis. and 80 for Webb McNaM
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04

May-He printed a kiss on Bellies lips.
Clara-But I thought the printers were
May-They are, but this was 3 non-un-
ION lkiss---Iown Topics.
Mother Cwhose children have had an
eaueat ton superior to her OWL to her
OF slnacking)-lu learn you MOTTO con-
small Daughter Cbetween sobs)-Teach.
mother, teach.-Punch.
Widow-If John had only made viii
there tf Wouldn't be all this difficulty about
.xlsiter-Do the lawyers bother you?
WldoW-Bother me? They almost Wor-
~ me to death. I sometimes almost wish
tnat John hadn't died.-London Tit-Bits-
Jack Everieigh must have thought that
We we were having some real winter the
What makes you think that?s
-, " ny our Bobby met him going homo
me 51e o5neT night a2d 1si he says that he had
Tribune
ksnicker-That veteran boasts he has
had six horses killed under him.
pedestrians.-New York Sun
You people in Chicago" said Kadiev.
with q sneer, think of nothing but killing
$ wen, we'll" replied the Chicago man.
u must have misunderstood you a min
How do you mean?"
- II understood you to say you had been
there. hiladelphia Ledger.
Judge said Mrs. Starvem to the mag
lsfrate lsst111 who had recently come to board
have you try this chicken SOUP
have tried it, replied the magistrate
and my decision is that the chicken has
proved an alibi- i-'-Philadelphia Press.
The Consoling one-There Is silver lin
tn tf,o hi
ne Dlsconsolate One-I suppose So but
Qld you ever notice that il afWavs IS nh
the other side of it?-San Francisco CalI
Smart Girl Ito keen motorist}-My sis
ter has bought beautiful motor car.
Keen Motorist-Really! What kind?-
Smart efirl-Oh. sage green, to go with
her frocks.-Punch.
..IIaFn't tbs. poor fellow any friends who
wiz see that he has a fair ffial?''
Nos ne ism a thug or a murderer Do
caught in the act Of stealing a ham. -.
Chicago Tribune.
Patching and darning. as uspal are
you?' said the caller.
es. answered Mrs. Lapsling Il tell &
samuel I save good deal of money bv
being SO mendacious. Chicago Tribune.
Holding up a pair of antique candlesticks
an auctioneer said: rs
Sive me start"
EOurpence. came a Vofca From, 49,
+,,.A ~ nat exclaimed the horrifed auc-
''Ahi'' said the bidder. u tbongbt that
would give him startv'-London Til
Are they college men?''
NO; merely college boys. Just fresh
..Aa! @Aa! they're 5asgsT net the finished proauet.-
phta Press.
r tReporteTT-Uncle. to what do you attrib-
Oldest Inhabitant-I don't txro-- -
young Teller They's several Of these 75Saf.,
ent medicine companies that's r7icirss,Si,,,
with me Chicago Tribune
so snooks married his stenapra,t.~9
Wen, she doesn't have to work anv
Nv Vel, Fl she doesn't draw wages any
7 thought you told me this horse vss
nxe years old Ills teeth show him to be
Well. he's .precocious. He il "a e,,, 10
life that he lives twice as FAST ss o4he1 ~
horses. cleveland Leader.
Columbus had just landed. "Anv+h,no
ts.s We can 90 lot you, sir?" inquired the ns
Yes. Kindly direct me to the ,asrs+
place where can secure sotvenir S1ostss
cards Louisville Courier-Jol,r11al A'03'sAA
Young Doctor-He seems to have a,-,.-
confidence In my ability to save him
Ola DOctor-Is he deirious on ofher s,,h
jeets, also7-Judge. soD-
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04

It was really hard blow to the rail-
roads that George ". Wheatley was de-
1eated for denomination as a member Of
the railroad board It is understood
that the railroads depended upon
Wheat1ey's experience and force to
dominate the board.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04

IS running for congress down in Ala
bama. As he is not popular hero
now and IS also married. he will be ex-
pected to refrain from promiscuous
osculation and kiss only the babies
during his campaign.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04

It's a pretty safe bet that George W.
Wheatley won't go more than a thou
sand miles out of his way to help Henry
Allen some time. It was Allen more
than anyone else, perhaps, who smashed
The railroad slate to the extent Of retir-
ing Mr.. Wheatley from the railroad
board
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04

Tha. cyclone at BeIvue, Texas. the
other day came at a bad time to get
Its name in the papers. It ought to have
known better than to come right after
the san Francisco earthquake.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04

Bryan" says the Lawrence world.
recently made a speech in Jerusalem,
thus furnishing a new standard for
judging oratory in a community where
nothing was ever heard better than
the Sermon on the Mount" Now Just
think Of such a good Biblical authority
as Roy Tapley locating the Sermon on
the Mount in Jerusalem!
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04
AMPLE WARNING.

It may have been purely a eoinci-
dence, but no sooner had the business
men of San Francisco begun to talk
confidently of rebuilding the sky
scFapers, and making them taller than
ever, than there came another slight
earthquake shoek.-ChIcago Tribune
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04

After al It is strange to those who
know Ewing Herbert and his love for
the lime light, that he didn't throw up
his job as postmaster at F5iawatha,
and decide to make that speech at the
state convention anyway. If the post
office department had fully appreci-
ated the hardship it was imposing on
the Hiawatha official. an exception
would certainly have been made in his
case.-Chanutes Efibune.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04

On May o a statue to the memory
OF Mother Bickerdylze will be un-
veiled at Galesburg, Ill AS Mother
Bickerdyke belong to Kansas, the Sun
flower state is interested in the event.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04

BY the way. while the Kansas. poll
ticians have been working overtime
saving the country, has any one
noticed Uncle Russell Sage slipping a
few hundred thousand into the San
Francisco relief fund.-
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04

posed TO corporation domination in
politics should rally to the support Of
good men for legislative nominees, and
If such nominees can not be secured IN
any other way. draft them.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04

Who would have supposed year
ago that there would really be any
chance for the Democrats to make
even a fair showing in Kansas this
-vear7
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04

II a single issue Of the Washington
Register a local merchant used four
pages of advertising. Not much dan
ger Of that merchant complaining about
the mail order houses.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04

New York is trying to stop gam
bling in Chinatown. You see the
Cinnamon don't do business on the
stock exchange.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04

When Captain Hobson gets into con-
gress he will have a hard time living
up to his advance notices as a hero
nnd q gallant. but perhaps he can DO It..
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04

Rumors rom Boston indicate that g
bribery explosion is about due in the
ATHENS OF America.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04
nIsHEA FLEMING.

Just as we were going to throw up
our hats over the announcement that
the legislature will adjourn next week
comes Uncle Joe Cannon with the de-
pressing Information that congress
may sit all summef.-NeW York Her
aid
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04

Those Indian lands down in the Ter
aitory seem to be causing considerable
grief to Kansas politicians these days.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04

How unfortunate It is for Governor
Hceh that this NJ K. & T. suit should
rise up at this particular time and
haunt himl
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04

If Kansas city. Kan. wishes to ever
have an identity of its own it will have
the legislature change its name hack
to Wyandotte as is proposed.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04

what would Roosevelt do If he lived
81 Kansas this. year7
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04
IN THIS LAND or TFIB FREE

America is the only country in which
there is not a strict supervision Of
railways, and OF all interstate traffic,
while the constitution of the United
clares that congress shall have the
power to regulate all commerce be-
tween the states.=El Dorado Repub-
lican.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04

The Lawrence newspapers continue to.
be somewhat skepticaI concerning this
story that Stubs and Henry Allen
shook hands with one another the other
dav
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04

This French revolution appears to be
innly a base initiation and not worth the
Hrice OF admission
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04

Even. though Dowfe cannot draw his
former salary, he can still draw a
crowd.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04

The Republicans view with alarm
this year fully as much as the Demo
Gratis, but they didn't put it in their
Ma ESnrra
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04
WHAT IT DEPENDS ON.

The Democrats have named sur
prisingly strong state ticket on a plat
from which, for apparent sincerity and
honesty is without precedent in that
party. The Republicans viii meet next
Wednesday to name a state ticket and
to draft a platform These two tickets
will battle for victory in this state next
fall A week ago the political prophet
who would have predicted a chance of
Democratic success would have been
dragged away to a madhouse. The Re
publican convention was looked upon as
setting the next state administration.
Now things look decidedly different.
The Democrats have some chances of
electing a part Of their ticket. and
very slight chance Of electing all of it.
How these chances shall wane or grow
depends largely upon the action of the
Republican convention next week.
Lawrence World.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04

+ ksnieker-That veteran boasts he has
Cha ufIeur-Thats nothing: I've had 80
pedestrians.-New York Sun
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04

y on people in Chicago" said Kadley,
with a sneer, think of nothing but killing
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04

Hasn't the. poor fellow any friends -vht,
VIII see that he has fair fFfal?fs 7T-t-F
NO. he ism a thug or a murderer Tya
not waste any sympathy on him He v-as
Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04

Smart Girl Ito keen motorist)-ATy sis
ter has bought a beautiful motor car
Keen Motorist-Rea1lyi What kind7a
Smart Girl-Oh. a sage green to 20 with
her frocks.-Punch
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04

The Consoling One-There Is a silver lin
ing to the blackest cloud
The Disconsolate One-I supposa Iso .hut
did you ever notice that it always IS Oh
the other side of it?-San Francisco Can
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04
THE AMERICAN sPIRIT.


HOW the American spirit stands out
as the result of the San Francisco dis
aster Trains laden with relief for act
ual suffering are speeding with all pos
sable dispatch to the stricken city. They
are donated by the sympathizing MEM
beTs of the American Family all over
the Union. While this is going on the
san Francisco people are living up to
the traditions of the American In trou-
bic. They are gathering together what
Is left of their household goods and
planning to build a greater San Fran
cisco than ever An earthquake can
rattle down cur cities, but it cannot
unsettle the spirit inherited from
long line of rugged Americans who
knew what they We're doing when they
builded, and who passed through much
fire to achieve what they have achieved.
Ottawa Herald.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04
HUMOR OF THE Day

May-He printed a kiss on Bellies lips.
Clara-But I thought the printers were
on strike just now.
May-They are, but this was 3 non-un-
ion kiss.--Town Topics.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04

Widow-If John had only made a viii
there wouldn't be all this difficulty about
.klsitor-Do the lawyers bother you2
W1doW-Bother me? They almost wor-
~ me to death I sometimes almost wish
that John hadn't died.-London Tit-Bits.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04

~ hat makes you think that?''
" by, our Bobby met him going home
the other night, and he says that he had
his skates n.'-Cincinnati Commercial
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04

Jack Eyerieigh must have thought that
we were having some real winter the
otner night, said Mrs. Talkemtired to
The Topeka state journal., 1906-05-04
KANSAS COMMENT

r E'ESAll-TIES AND WORSE IN MEN.
Many morals have been drawn dur
ing the last few days from the San
francisco earthquake and the incidents
ana events following it. It has called
1orIn wondrous expression Of sym
patny from the whole country, sympa-
tny expressed IN the most substantial
way. It has caused proud hearts TO
snow forth humility. It has opened
purses that usually are closed to all
ordinary appeals. It has revealed the
hner attributes of human nature in
countess ways. It has given many the
opportunity to show that they are of
the stun of which heroes are made.
SUI the picture has another side, too.
lt mas shown the base in human kind.
Almost a score of men sought to take
aoNanLage Of the confusion to rob the
Ohlted states mint and were shot down
py guards. Others were killed by the
ponce for petty thieving. At least two
men We're slain for insulting women,
homeless and helpless in the city parks.
Two or three deaths followed a dispute
petween police and soldiers as to petty
authority. A leader in the relief work,
wearing Red Cross badge was slain
Dy oYef-zealOus or murderous men pos
ing as home guards. Countless cases
are noted where men left women to
PERISH IN order to save themselves.
lnese things are not consoling to the
gloflfer OF the race.-Hutchinson News.