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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02
EROH OTHER PENS
MR.. BRYAN on THE TRUSTS.

waiting with the crowd at Trondh-
jen to see King Haakon crowned, Mr..
William J. Bryan being importuned
for an expression of opinion upon
Democratic chances of success in 1908
his thoughts on another subject in
this language: Il will say this, the
next election Will decide whether
America is to swallow the trusts or
the trusts are to swallow America. -
Much has escaped the attention and
the knowledge of Mr.. Bryan during
his travels. Evidently he has not seen
the American newspapers If he had
he would know that so far from try
ing to swallow America, or any other
solid food, most of the trusts now are
too scared to eat anything. They are
taking thought, not wherewithal they
shall be fed, but how they shall be
saved. One look into the hunting
room of the White House would con-
vince Mr.. Bryan that he is far, very
far behind the times, that he IS
prophesying of past events, beating
in doors already wide open, and
gravely concerning himself with SUI
perhuous and supererogatory works.
There hangs the heads of a larger
number and wider variety Of octo-
podean monsters than could be found
in any other gentleman's collection.
Moreover, the Incompatible hunter is
still at It, painting. It may be. with the
exertion incident to past triumphs, but
flushed with the joy of present pur-
suit and bigger bags yet to be made
New York Times
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MARKS FROM THE PUP,

REMARKS FROM THE PUP.
shs aght me that mustn't bark
Art -ft Eza noises after dark
8flt 5izz4 refrain from any fuss
Until ri sure they re dangerous
This would be easier. I felt,
u noises couId be seen or smeit
She's very wise, I have no doubt.
And plans ahead what she's about,
Yet after eating, eycry day
She throws her incest bones away
If she were really less obtuse
Shed bury them for future use.
But that witch makes me doubt the most
Those higher powers that humans boast
Is not 50 much a fault like that,
Nor yet her fondness for the cat,
But on oar pleasant country strOllE
Her dull Indifference to holest
o If I once had time to spend
To reach a holes EXTREMIST end.
T d grab it fast. without doubt,
And promptly pull it inside out;
Then drag it home with all my power
To chew on It in a leisure hour
OF all the n1istresses there are,
Mine is the 1Oveliest by far
Fain would I Wag myself apart
If I could thus reveal my heart.
But on some things, must conclude,
Mine is the saner attitude.
Burgess Johnson in Harper's Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

rFrom the Philadelphia Record.I
There isn't room in the gas meter TO
register all the kicks.
Even the seamy side OF life Is not
always what It seems.
When a fellow is dead in love with
a girl it's his own funeral.
All a man has to do to make a wo-
man happy is to sit and listen.
The fellow who doesn't get the best
OF It can at least make the best OF it.
The foreigner with an air OF distinc-
ton is generally after an heiress OF dis
tinction.
The worst thing about spending
your money before you get It IS that
sometimes you don't get It
A woman never realizes that she is
getting old until people begin to tell
her how young she is looking.
Wigwag tell you. old man, there
is no place like home Henpeckke-
yes, and I'm mighty glad Of it,"
We never know how many useless
things there are in the world till we
size up g brides Wedding presents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02
a PRACgTTCAI. cHAurAuouA

The manager Of the Salina Chau-
tauqua have done a good thing in Sc
curing Professor P. G. Holden of
Iowa, as one of the attractions for
their Chautauqua assembly which will
be held the middle of July.
Professor Holden is the man who
has added millions of dollars to the
annual income of the farmers of Iowa.
He has dore this by preaching the
gospel of good seed and by teaching
the farmers how to test it's vitality.
He recognized that great deal of
land was wasted each year by the
planting Of seed that would not grow,
the farmer thus securing a poor stand.
If one seed kernel out of five failed to
cent Of what the corn crop should have
been.
It was Professor Holden who In
augurated the Iowa ''corn gospel
trains" The railroads of that state,
realizing that it meant much to them
to have the tonnage IS rm crops In
creased, furnished Etq4essor Holden
and his associates with special trains
which made short stops at all rural
stations. The farmers Of each local
ity met the train and were given prac-
teal lectures and lessons in corn crl-
ture and seed testing. Those trains
were so successful in their results thai
similar ones have been run IN other
states and they have been applied to
other lines Of work. The dairy and
good roads trains which have been rur
in Kansas were the result OF Professor
Holders corn gospel trains
Professor Holden therefore has &
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02
OzIll LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Ho11E NEWS WHILE AWAY.

enbs9IbeEs OF the state Journal
Mvay during the summer may have
the paper mailed regularly each day
60 amy address at the rate of ten cents
g week OF thirty cents a month (by
uaail onIy). Address changed as often
as desired. While out Of town the
state Journal win be to you like a
daily letter from home.
Advance payment Is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
Bookkeeping expense.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02
JOURNAL ENTRIES

The an who invented liquid air is
dead, but the man who first started
hot air IS reported to be SIN at large
This department has been trying for
three weeks TO learn what the black
berry is good for, but without success.
anyone furnishing a satisfactory rea-
son to this department. for the exist
enee Of the blackberry will be literally
rewarded.
We have seen thirty-seven pictures
Of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and no two Of
them looked alike. Young Mrs. Thaw
must be extremely versatile In looks.
If it is in order, this department
would ike to make this inquiry
Does the pure food bill provide that
the sawdust from which our breakfast
foods are made, shall be taken from
clean boards?
The public is still anxiously waiting
for Senator Douey to do his famous
stunt entitled, THE People Drafting
W. r. Stubbs." Is the delay caused by
the fact that it takes two persons to
be .speople2"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02

The government Of the United States
still owns forty million acres of land
underlaid with coal and Ignite. and
large areas of land containing oil de-
posits. The president desires congress
to give him authority to withdraw all
such lands from entry and sale, as it is
fast being gobbled up by the fuel and
oil trusts after it gets into the hands of
individuals The president seems to
have a scheme in his mind to in some
way work these oil and coal deposits
under government supervision. Senator
LaFollette introduced the resolution to
save the coal lands Wednesday.-Je
Republican.
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Big Game.


Not long ago an ex-governor of
Michigan. Cleveland capitalist and
several friends were in the big woods
near Turtle lake, guided by Sam Samp-
son, famous hunter and trapper
Sam possesses a gan with a barrel five
feet long, but once, according TO his
story, he had a still longer one.
1t was a wonderful gum he said to
the ex-governor. Il could Kill a bar
az fur off as 1 could see i'm, an that
gun was as knowing as a man. If It
hadn't been fur that it would never ha
bustedi''
'How did you break - asked one
of the hunters.
II strained it t DEATH said the old
guide soberly. Il was out hunting one
day when I. seen a buck an seven does
a-standin' close onto me. 1 pulled up
old Beetle-that's what I called tn
gun@and was jest goin' t. let go when
/ heard an awful funny noise over my
head. I looked up n there WIS
more'n ten million wild geese a-sailin'
over me. There I was in a predfca-
ment- I wanted tn geese m wanted
tn deer. At last I aimed at tn geese
an let silver. Beetle must ha' knowed
I wanted both, fur that wus tn end of
the old gun. TIL strain on her was
too much, an both barrels busted. TIL
shot IN one of EN- killed the buck, tn
shot in tn other killed the buck tn
when Beetle died she kicked so hard I
was knocked into a crick. But when ]
come out my bOotlegs was full o. fish
I amt never seen another sech gun as
Beetleg' '-Lippincot Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02

A Philadelphia has had a happy
idea. which viii enable the country to
take its pleasure sadly this summer, in
the good, old s'Anglo-Saxon" fashion.
He has invented a pleasure railway"
This is to carry Submarine boats or
cars. that will dive nfsder lake, pond,
or other sheet of water, and run at
various depths on the bottom. A sta
ton stands at the waters edge. Thence
starts the track, running in a vertically
undulating direction to the bottom.
The steel carson boats are shaped like
a hollow shell. The top part is for
passengers. The rest is to be a fresh
air reservoir while the car is under
water. It is air and water tight. On
the upper side is a removable water
tight, dome shaped hood Of glass.
whereby passengers make their exits
and their entrances. A running cable
pulls the car, operated by a grip n the
passenger compartment. By a happy
inspiration of creative fantasy the cars
will be made in the shape Of and
painted to resemble whales, sea-ser-
penis, krakens huge and black, croco-
diles of old Nile, horrible hippo
potamuses, alligatOrs. hydras and
chimeras dire. gigantic Holsters and
other marine forms usually seen lark
~ through and after Yorkshire rab-
bits and midnight musty ale. Then
you can have on your lake buccaneers
and buried gold and imitation coral
reefs and islets TO suit the taste Suf-
fuse all with the glare of electric light;
and with all this scenery and these
bobbing monsters even melancholy
man ought to sing for ioy.--"WiJh
the Procession Evcrybody's Magazine
fer July.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02

practical message for every farmer
who is interested in corn growing. and
incidentally for everyone else, and the
Salina ChaHtauqua IS to be congratu-
lated for securing him on It's pro-
gramme Chaptauquas have been
popular primarily among town people
but the Introduction of such features
as Professor Holden's lectures ought
popularize them among the farm ele-
ment, which is the backbone of the
state. and which is now in a position IL
enjoy and profit by such things.
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Wanted to Get Rid Of Him.

A number Of politicians in Wash
ington were once discussing the good
and bad points of various statesmen
with reference to their attitude toward
their friends and enemies, when Sen
ator Kean was reminded of an instance
in the career Of the late Senator
Sewell, of New Jersey, says Harper's
Weekly.
It appears that Sewell had been a
generous friend and an equally good
hater, as was evidenced by his treat
ment of a Colonel Scovel, who, it
seems, had dared to dispute Sewells 5
supremacy in Jersey politics. At one
time ScoveI imagined he had made his
peace with Sewell and ventured to ask
a favor of his old enemy-something
in the way of a pass to Chicago. The
pass came to him by return mail.
The next day at the offices of the
railroad of which the senator was Of
Ger, Scovel thanked him for the court
esq. but as he did so he called atten-
ton to the fact that there was no pro-
vision made in the pass for the return
trip east. Probably an inadvertence
on the part of the clerk that made it
out" he observed.
CLERK nothing" roared SeWeIl. I'll
have you know, Scovel, that I myself
filled out that pass I'm willing to
send you to Chicago, but III be
hanged If III help you to get back to
Jersey"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02

Why should vefghty problems vex us7
Glad commencement time is here
Bringing hosts OF wise young PERSONS
Who would TX what's out Of gear.
There's the festive auto scorcher-
Why not, friends, refer his case
To some graduate Wn0'd tell US
How 70 keep him in his placer
Why, the rate BILL which perpIexea
All the statesmen in the land
Would be worked out TO perfection
BY a student master-handi
Then the big canal that worries
Mr.. Taft and Roosevelt, too
Turn 1t over to a college
Watch the students put it through.
New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02
KSAS C0MAENT


Yesterday It was given out by the
aFsoclafs ID Press that the interstate
counaerce commission would recon-
n1eH1 tie government ownership and
opt aticn of the coal fields. Fifteen
yeats aEo when a Populist orator said
sEci thiRgs, the country laughed. and
wa RepA4 bIicans said he was crazy.
set that is one OF the coming things.
THIS country is rapidly drifting toward
govern lent ownership and control Of
public Utilities. The government will
oWn and operate the mines of this
ec4n and will control the railroads
closes There is no private business
Every man is his neighbours partner,
and every man has an interest in every
other mans welfare. We are all in
the same boat, ana some day-and
that no. far away-thIs VIII be recog-
mixed by statute. as well as it is by
common assent. History is making as
fast today as it was making in '9S;
greater changes are being recorded on
the social and economic map Of the
world today than Dewey made in Ma
Mia harbor that famous first of May.
We are winning a great battle of peace
for the people.-Emporia Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02
A Bird IN the Hand.

On a cabbage patch owned by a ne
gro in a southern community oil was
found. Spectators offered the negro
$4,000, which was accepted without
waiting to consider another PROPOSE
ton, said to be worth $4,000.
What Is this about your cabbage
patch ~ inquired a neighbor of the ne
gro. Il understand you have sold It
for $50, 600 %
'Yas, that's true, boss" replied the
negro. "Yo' see. men come picking
round my place, an dey say dar's oil
heah. Dey say. We glib yo' $50. 000.' ]
say All right .
81 am told If you had waited day
or two you might have sold it for
$40, 000?"
"Yas. dat mabbe so; but a bird in
the hands tn mobiles work Of God!''-
Boston Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02

since the Topeka city library has
BARRED 1.-THE Jungle" the book that
caused all the trouble with the pack
ing houses, the saIina Journal thinks
Topeka should receive q good, round
donation from the packers for exclud-
ing the book. But ought not the book
to be withheld from people with weak
stomachs, out OF consideration for
their own fselinEs2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02
UsefuI and Ogna1nentaI.

A colored clergyman in Georgia was
performing the service of baptism re-
Gently when he paused IN the midst Of
the service to inquire the name OF the
infant. With a pleased smile the
proud mother replied:
I'VE is goins to call de chile Shady
Shady" repeated the minister.
ooh I see. It's a boy and his name
is to be Shadrac h.'
No, sab it amt no boy: It's girl. .
Why give such 3. name to a girl -
TITS dis way, sab. Our name s
Bower an nah husband thought it
would be a fine hing to call her shady.
Shady Bower sounds kinder pretty. 2
Success Magazine.
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ne ANARCHIST.

A man who is promoting a big rail-
road scheme said yesterday when pass
ing the Copan tank farm on the Santa
Fe that he wished every tank of the
Prairie company in Kansas would
catch fire and burn. This man is
soon to be the head OF a great railway
system. His company will undoubt-
edly make money. When envious men
look covetously at his earnings, we
wonder how he will enjoy some an
archist roaming around the country
wishing fire to destroy all his property.
Some fool may come along and help
out the wish. Would his memory re-
porter.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.


one way to be good is to be sick abed
when girl has a beau she talks
about it as l4 he were fifty.
A man who won't lie to his wife about
his bad habifa ig a brute.
There Is more fun in being sick abed
than visiting Eonr wife's relatives.
Iarriase Wauldn't be so serious IL Il
didn't lest a Ting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02

SAYS the Chicago News: This is the
ne crop Of wheat that was killed
chcc or twice to make a board Of
tE1de holiday that is calling Help!
ciri' in q plafntive voice from the
zznsss harvest fields" why, Of course
s. Nobody expected US to let the
st stay dead, did hep
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02

The packing house magnates md it
dsmcult to see why the public should
believe such men as Neil and Rey-
holds, VINO know nothing about pack
ing house necessities and who are
green at the business, instead OF their
specially hired inspectors who are paid
BY the packing houses to get up in
spection reports and who give their
whole time to that business. They are
.-~r.o~+e
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02

when Governor Hoch telegraphed
to chicago for 5000 harvest hands, the
6tchieon Globe demanded to know
wny the governor did not round up the
candidates for United States senator
ana put them to work. But Father
seek rises to the point that not a man
araous them could earn his salt in the
-------.t Geld.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02
WHAT SARAH DTD.

Sarah Bernhard during the last
twelve months has made $4,000 clear
cut of the American people and she
did it without being the president OF
any insurance company. - Florida
Times Union.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02

''Close that door" said Bin Higgins
to Matt Suddoek today. with all that
wind coming in, and Stubs in town,
he's liable to get in the draft and be
fted!'-Emporia Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02
WHAT Would YOU sAY2

When Republican statesmen start
out in the coming campaign they are
going to meet a few rocks not met be-
fore. Some orator will be telling about
what the g. O. p. has done for the
state when some son of rudeness in the
back of the house viii yell out, "How
about Tom Kelly and the state treas
ury dehcit?" or who made Burton p
If you were that orator what would
you say ?-Atchison Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02

Al northern Kansas editor speaks of
hin as willy Reformer Stubs. Just
theugh there was anything willy
about the frank and open-hearted
N-ataarnan Of the Wakarusa!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02

NOW that congress has kissed wash
ington goodbye and has gone home
-or some other plaee-for the sum
rner, we can give our undivided atten-
4son to the Thaw case.
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BEHEAD IT.


Now comes word from Delaware
that Addicks intends to try again next
year to break into the United States
senate 1t may yet become necessary
for the people of Delaware to give up
the idea that scotching a snake is suf-
ficient.-Chicago Record-Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02

wichita is going to build a dena-
fured alcohol factory right away. If
Wichita can't make the real thing. it
will come as near it as possible and
rnete II deratllred
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02

Preoccupied persons with q ten
dency to eccentricity IN spelling vii
find a broad shield in the proposed re
forrn.-St. Louis Republic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02

AS we understand it, the real de-
tense in the Thaw case is that Thaw
did right in killing White. and if he
.l.rL he Is crazy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02

The character Of Stanford White
seems to be on trial IN New York fully
as much as that Of Harry Thaw.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02

Don't make a fuss because It is hot
Be thankful instead because It is no
nrlfar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02

Since there are to be locks on the
camel it IS to be hoped that there will
Be no stealing in connectIon with it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02

OF course every man is willing to
give every other man square deal.
but he always wants to square it with
his own tools.
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WIsD0M-

saloon license i've hundred dollars and
put telephone wires under ground.
Better license the wires and put the
saloons under ground.=Jewel Repub-
Hcan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02

VIII the small boy-and some larger
ones-lrindIy remember that the
Fourth is not yet quite here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02

The editor OF the Minneapolis Bet
GER way is usually pretty 1eveI-headed.
but his trolley seems to have been
misplaced when he wrote the follow
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02

On9e more It would be we'll to urge
chat the Fourth Of July should not last
for a week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02

It may be good tactics for the war
departing nt to cut out all the spectacu-
lar in the summer maneuvers, but 1t
will never make itself popular with the
girls that way--Indianapolis News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-02

There is one thing about it: Mr..
earst need not expect the vote Of the
1enator from Texas for president in the
Hext Democratic national convention.