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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04
A SANE AND SAFE FOURTH.

We have little sympathy with the So
called quiet observance Of the Fourth
Those who gave US the Declaration of
independence intended that the day
should De signalized by the ringing Of
bells, blowing of horns and the booming
OF cannon. and a Fourth of July with
out noise would be to the small boy, and
we confess, to his elders, no Fourth of
July at all. But everything possible
should be done to make the day safe
both to life and property.-6pringAe
Union
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04

United statet are an smpossibility in
Great Britain because OF the more
careful methods in vogue on British
railways. But the Impossible has hap
pened. Possibly the British may ex-
plain 1t by pointing out that most Of
the victims were Americans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04

IAN Alarming Situation is the
heading over an item that Is running
IN the country papers now. Careful
reading. however. shows that it is a
patent medicine advertisement and
does not refer to Republican politics
il kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04

The Washington Post has made a. dis
covery. It says: 1T develops now that
Farmer Coburn, who refused the ap-
pointment as senator from Kansas, does
not drink, rmoke. chew, or swear. Now
We know why he refused the appoint
ment"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04

The ruling that a trust. being a law
breaker. has no standing in court and
cannot collect q debt is doubtless good
law in some states and It ought to go
a long ways towards making the trust
conform TO the laws. But It cannot be
upheld as good ethics. A deadbea<
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04

Mrs. Clarence II. Mackay, at a meet
ing Of the Roselyn school board, says
the New York Tribune, disagreed with
3 pessimistic opinion that had been ex-
pressed.
..To be so unreasonably and so reso-
1.1telv homeless is unwise," she said
ssTt reminds me OF an old woman used
to know
.sThe old woman was always i'll. al
ways ailing. Her various diseases were
to her the most interesting topic in the
world. and she. must have thought them
most interesting to others also. for she
always talked of them-she talked OF
nothing else.
zone day I found her eating a hearty
meal, and asked her how she was:
"She sighed and answered:
. Z feel very well. ma'am, but I al
ways feel bad when I feel well because
I know am going to feel worse after
ward
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHETl on.
IRON the New York Preas.1

TFrrora the New York Press.
Wnitewashing regulations ara terribly
sloppy jobs.
The only practical use for poetry Is 20
quote Il to girls.
meant to say and didn't
It would seem mighty queer to have q
rich relative who was fond Of Tou.
There is never enough money ii xefaTna-
Ing to make up for how miserable you
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

A Milwaukee bank clerk stole S14,-
600 to have fun IN Chicago. The idea
of q man going only as far as Chicago
when he had s14, Memphis
News-scimitar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04

If X is true that certain New York
newspapers are trying to create public
sympathy for Harry Thaw. they are
assuredly doing good job Of it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04

Lord curzon declares that President
roosevelt Is the greatest living states
man. SO far as IS known Mr. Curzon
isn't a candidate for any Job under the
Roosevslt administration. either.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04
DOING SOME COoD

The newspapers jumped on to the
Jesse James show so hard that it had
to dlsband. The newspa pers do a lit
tie good once IN a while.=JeweIl Re-
publican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04

Congressman curtis recently re-
ceived a letter addressed. Senator
Charles Curtis which his associates
thought was a Joke. Very likely Mr..
curtis viii eoncede that It was a lit
tie premature, but he probably can
not see the Joke about It.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04

Two hundred tons Of salt is being
spread on the race trace at King
man. Probably for the use Of those
who wish to taRe the tips they get on
The races with a grain OF salt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04
REvERsING ITsELF.

In the Kansas state campaign the
length of mems shirt tails has become
an issue And It's not SO long since
Kansas startled the country by going
on record as in favor OF letting well
enough Washington Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04

Toledo may have started bad pre-
cedent for the ice men, St. Louis and
Philadelphia have each decided to see
what connection there is between their
Taeal ice dealers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04

It's hard to make dog understand
that this Is a glorious day OF liberty
with him it's a day Of stay under the
house and out of sight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04
Ann KEEP MOVING.

Messrs. PIatt and Depew might well
initiate Pedestrian Weston in a 10, 900
milk walking match. with washington
as the starting point.-New York
World
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04

A reform spelling committee in
New York has decided. upon list Of
three hundred words. the spelling Of
witch It has .'aimpIined." In the list
Is synonym" Do you see anything
sssirnpliaed or reformed" about
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04

u was a pretty mean man who dis
covered that kerosene applied external
~. Is retter for snake bites than the
good C.d-faahioned remedy SO popular
n a prohibition state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04

You win note that the holdup men are
now beginning to reap their harvest in
the harvest fields. They are taking
away the earnings Of the harvest hands.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04

Nov that the government has under
taken TO regulate railroad rates, what's
the matter Of its taking up the ques-
ton OF regulating hotel rates at the
summer hotels?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04
THE UsUAL Ting.

Sioux City woman is claiming now
that she was in a trance when she
married Maybe she thinks hers was
an exceptional case.-Duluth News
Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04

WHICH WOULD YOU RATHER BE?
Maurice Latta is the son Of a COM
paratively poor. hard working Jack
son county farmer who gave him the
best education possible under the cir
cumstances. but left him no wealth.
Maurice Latta is now assistant pri-
vate secretary to the president of the
United States. Harry Thaw is the son
of a Pittsburg 1nulti-millionaire. who
gave Harry the best education money
could obtain, and when he, the father,
died left him fortune OF millions
Today Harry Is In Jail for murder
committed because of miserable
woman scandal Which would YOU
rather be ?--Ho1ton Recorder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04

Senator Elkins says that after a
certain point wealth becomes bur
den. You will note that a great many
people are anxious to assume the bur
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04
SOME MODELS

We wonder t any other county In
the state could boast of a cleaner or
more efficient set Of county officials
than we have at present. In the
matter of character and habits of life
you seldom see nicer lot of men. OF
the total number of a dozen or more,
fully one-half neither chew, smoke,
drink. play cards nor swear, and the
rest average above the common run of
men in these particulars. The county
offices generally are filed by gentle
men in the truest and best sense OF
that word.-Lincoln Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04

What. we would like to ask. Is de-
laying the draft Senator Dolley ct al
we're to draw on ". r. stubbs2 Can't
they get any bank to issue it?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04

Now that congress has adjourned
the packers hope they may yet save
their bacon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04

President Roosevelt Is taking a rest
at Sycamore Hin. He has earned it,
and the country won't begrudge him his
vacation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04

It is rather unfair In the Kingman
Leader to call the attention OF the
Kansas farmers to the fact that they
never had any trouble securing harvest
hsnGs during a Democratic administra-
f5or
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04

You will note. by the way, that a
gentleman by the name Of smoot is still
8 member OF the United states senate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04

It was a pretty good congress after
ali. notwithstanding all the harsh things
that have been said about it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04

II that butter and egg trust that has
been formed IN the east attempts to
make the Kansas COW and the helpful
hen work any cheaper. the country can
look for trouble in short order. That's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04

Twenty-Five United States senators
are estimated to be worth S171.o00,-
600. Some of the others are not worth
talking about.-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04

It really looks as though Mr.
Triekett has done the trick in kansas
City, Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04

It must make the Toledo ice trust
rnighty hot to sit in jail and think Of the
money It light have made these July
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04
The F1arr11 Regtaurazat.

The girl who has no home ties or
duties to hold her on the farm can
turn waitress at the nearest summer
hotel, or do fine laundry for summer
girls. If the farm Is located on a road
popular with motorists, nothing pays
better than to establish a farmhouse
restaurant, serving lunches on tables
under the trees. An old fashioned
farm near New England city has
been turned into a popular roadhouse
for motorists The girl should serve
everything in the daintiest fashion,
and specialize, perhaps on fried
chicken with a tart jelly. or waff1es. or
f1sh that can be caught in the nearest
pond Slatternly service ana carelessly
prepared food Will not draw motoring
trade. but something out of the ordi-
nary will bring crowds to her little
restaurant, for one motorists is keen
to tell another of a newly found place.
A young woman who lives five miles
from a f1ourishing railroad town has
built up & good trade in catering for
the various lodge and club affairs
given by organizations. These are al
ways to be found where salaried men
are employed. and a woman who can
prepare good food, serve 1t with bout
fuss and be satisfied with a reasonable
profit is sure to be popular with mas
culfne COMMUNICATIONS Steese Rich
ardson in the Woman's Home Com
panion for July
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04
WORSE AND WORSE.

Curing the present ills of government
by adopting socialism would be a little
like that Kentuckian who drove away a.
wart from his nose by the faith cure
but a big carbuncle came on the back of
his neck that laid him up for three
weeks.-Jewell REPUBLICAN,.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04

! philadelphia has decided that only
sacred music shall be played at social"
band concerts on Sunday. Query: Is
the Georgia Campmeeting'' sacred
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04

This is the time of year when we
cont hear much from Medicine Hat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04

The Sentinel has always maintained
and still believes that the essence OF
good citizenship is the exercise Of the
perogat1ve accorded to every citizen OF
this great republic. but It feels shame
when It confesses that very few people
DO It fntelligently. There is q man In
this town who has voted a certain
ticket for forty years, yet he has never
known what he was voting for. All he
knew was the name that decorated
the head of the ticket. At some time
IN his career he had absorbed the idea
that his party embodied all the fea-
lures necessary for good government
ana that the opposition was working
all manner of dark tricks to under
mine and destroy. He Is SO hide
bound that he cannot recognize
CRATER in+ hts own party and would
not say SO II he could, but he can see
them in every nook and corner of the
opposition party. It is this condition
that puts into the responsible positions
men whose principal qualifications are
pohttcal Juggtery and ehicanery. in
stead of men OF worth and ability. A
person IN order to be honest must be
more or less Independent, and espe-
cialIy is this true in politics. This
paper believes In the principles of the
Republican party but Is so independ-
enr about 1t that IT refuses to recog-
nize the crack of the party lash. The
mere name has no charms for US other
Nl1e1A tHS tdIuSS II represents ana II
we do not agree with some Of those
things we propose to howl about it,
and the howl win be loud and vigor-
Gus as II the fault were In the camp
of the enemy. It may be that this
free exercise of opinion will reduce
US to the rear ranks of the party but
just at this moment we cannot recall
ever receiving a promotion from that
humble position anyway. A fellow
down in the rear. ranks can always
howl around as much as he likes
without causing riot.-Gaylerd Sen
tinel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04

we have always bsan told that raiI-
Wy accidents such as re have ID the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04

qvHE DEMOCRATIC sALUTATION-
The democratic greeting now is said
to be: Good morning Are you Bryan
ICED Portland Express
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

me state Journal fs q member q tas
Associated Press and reeeives the EuA ~
telegraph report Of that great news - sz45
cation "a Topeka.
Ihs news Is received IN The state Jour
nal buildlng over wires for this sole puF-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-04


Bern has an official collector of
June bugs" writes a correspondent OF
the Chicago News from Switzerland.
This parsonage is appointed by the
city council when the trienniaI pest Of
June bugs occurs, and he is empow-
cred to destroy ali the insects that
may be brought to him. Each owner
of a small estate is obliged to gather
five pounds of bugs, and those who
happen to be the proprietors of larger
pieces of property must collect proper
tionately more. For each pound that
is missing from this obligatory amount
fine OF 10 cents is imposed, but If
more than the required quota is forth
coming, a premium of 2 cents a pound
is paid. This remuneration is offered
also to others besides the property
owners. A land holder who entirely
negleets to gather any bugs at all is
subject to a fine of from SIS to $40.
School children receive permission to
enter large estates where they shake
the trees and poke long sticks about in
their endeavors to dislodge as many
bugs as possible.
I'm times of old. the ancient chron-
fclers tell US, it was the custom to at
tempt to rid the country of these un-
welcome visitors by citing them into
court and by banishing them from the
country. But the willy insects failed to
obey the summons and continued to
eggs promiscuously and contrary to
edict. In a certain village it was de-
termined to make a terrible and last
ing example Of all the insects found
within Its borders. With considerable
expenditure of time and patience
quantities of bugs were collected and
placed alive in a huge sack. Deiibera-
ton was held as to the fate Of these
hard-backed prisoners. Ordinary death
was considered too light a punishment
for such offenders. A hideous end
must be theirs.
"A procession OF the inhabitants of
the village, advisers and councillors,
wise men and children, wendell its way
slowly toward the place of execution.
the summit of high peak. This was
laborious.y climbed, an executioneer
with the bag Of buzzing bugs In the
lead. With due regard for the re-
sponsfbility and business of their act
the wise men approached the edge of
the precipice. The bugs were to be
ighominiously dashed to pieces on the
rocks thousands of feet below. The
executioner hung over the crag; the
bag. top downward. was opened, and
the bugs shaken out to their death.
But instead of falling like SO many
Jumps of lead as they ought to have
done on such an occasion, the bugs, to
the amazement OF all. spread their
wings and few away"
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-03-31
COMMUNICATIONS TEMPORARILY
CUT.

The unusual, almost unprecedented
severity of the storms accompanied by
heavy precipitations along the route OF
the San Pedro railroad between Salt
Lake and Los Angeles is misfortune
to the public as well as to the railroad
company. 1t will cost the railroad
company a great deal of money to re-
pair the damage, besides which there
is the interruption of traffic which will
continue for quite little while dur
ing which travelling people suffer Sc
riCus Inconvenience. The Salt Lake
route has become very popular. In the
development of Salt Lake and Los An
geles and the intervening country it
lis playing the leading part. Its pro-
jectors and owners have spent a great
deal of money on the enterprise and
have provided travelling accommoda-
lions and comforts second to none.
People, therefore, feel keenly the tenn
porary interruption which cannot be
attributed to any fault or shortening
of the railroad company. Within a
few days the breaches will be made
whole and the trains between the
cities of the saints and the angeles
will be running with their accustomed
regularity.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-03-31
A Race With the Sheriff.

Many years ago they used to i'm
prison people in Vermont for debt,
Many people used to cross the Con.
necticut river from the New Hamp.
shire side to trade at Windsor, VT.
Among them was Ben Jackson. who
ran up a bill for groceries, but failed
to pay, so he was obliged to do a
little cautious about being in Wind
sor.
One day he ventured over, and the
sheriff got after him. He ran down
Bridge street, with the sheriff in hot
pursuit. AS they neared the bridge
the sheriff shouted to the gate-keeper
to shut DOM the gate. The keeper,
being little hard of hearing, didn't
quite hear what the sheriff said, but
had started to put den the gate,
when Jackson shouted: Put her up!
Put her up! We are running on a
let" The keeper raised the gate,
and Jackson rushed through and was
safe, as the New Hampshire line
reaches to the Vermont shore.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-03-31

Besides" ] knew what further she
would say,
But then a football broke my dream
of death
To-day the words are mine. l lay the
rose
Upon her breast, and speak her. name
and deem
1t strange, indeed, that she is dead.
God knows
| had more pleasure in the other
dream.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-03-31
MINISTER TO MODERN VANITY.
The Looking-gIass, and How It Looks
to Men and Women.


1t is not always for the mere graft
fication of personal vanity that we
should attentively study our mirrors,
says the London Chronicle. Socrates
advised all young people to look often
in their looking-glass to ascertain II
they were goodlooking-that II they
were so they might strive to make
their mental attachments correspond.
and IL they were not, then they might
endeavor by the superior accomplish
ments of their minds to make up for
their personal shortcomings.
This Is excellent advice for vanity
possessed moderns, but 1t is improb-
able that the high mental attitude of
Socrates is appreciated by them.
How the elaborate toilets of to-day
could be accomplished without the
aid of the mirror 1t Is impossible to
imagine. 1t is popularity supposed
that the mirror is the woman's pet
possession, but man is by no means
averse to contemplating his manly
charms as reflected therein. A wom-
an frankly confesses her interest In
the alluring combination Of glass and
quicksilver, but the man, while voic-
ing his scorn, proves his superior van
ity by his concealed and secretive
study of it. He jeers at his wife's
cheval' glass, but was anything more
entirely provocative of human vanity
ever invented than the many-sided
shaving glass?
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-03-31
His "Precious Stone" Was Glass.

His precious Stone" Was Glass.
when we reached Ceylon," said
a man who had gone around the world
on 5000 tourist ticket, 81 thought
that we had struck at last a primi
tive and outlandish place, unsullied
by civilizations hands.
Strange outrigger boats filled the
blue water and men dressed like wom-
en- in bright silks with long, plated
hair and soft voices offered us
strange fruits, flowers and carvings
in ivory and dragonwood.
IT bought for a rupee an uncut
ruby that the vendor had first asked
eighty rupees for. Ceylon is the land
Of jewels. They get there superb
emeralds, rubies, amethysts and
pearls. 1t seemed to me that l had
gotten a bargain.
But the American consul said with
a gruf, harsh laugh when | showed
him my ruby:
"'A piece of colored glass. Ger
many ships here tons of this glass
every winter, made up to resemble
the precious stones that Ceylon
yields. These glass stones sell read
lily to tourists. The poor fools think
they are buying gems swiped by the
miners from the Mines"
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-03-31
Wanted Figures.

He-Then everything is fixed, and
we can be r'arried, can't we?
She-Thele is only one thing have
not spoken of, and mamma insisted
that / must.
He-Cer' "inly, my angel. What is
It? Bid ''e go through any trial for
your dear sake, and III do it. Ask for
the golden fleece, and If such thing
is in exis "nce I'll get 1t, aye, even
though must swim the seas, climb
the loftiest peaks, or search in the
Tuning craters of mighty volcanoes.
III do 1t.
She-It much, my dear. Nam
ma said | must ask you how much you
intended to allow me week for pin
money. -
-Um-er-how much are pins a
paper now?-New York Weekly.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-03-31
Improving Irish Poultry.

Irelands department Of agriculture
appropriates sum Of money to each
county annually for poultry improve
ment. There are now employed thirty
women instructors in poultry keeping.
Meetings are held for the instruction
of poultry keepers and the depart
ment has special centers for distribut-
ing eggs of the best breed.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-03-31
CHEAP RATES TO MEXICO.

Daily after February 18th until April
7th, the Colorado Midland will sell
tickets, Salt Lake to City of Mexico
and points north thereof for $4460.
For information and literature call at
ticket Office, II West Second South,
Salt Lake.