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Der Sonntagsbote. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1906-1912, 1906-03-11

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Der Sonntagsbote. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1906-1912, 1906-03-11
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Der Sonntagsbote. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1906-1912, 1906-03-11

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Der Sonntagsbote. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1906-1912, 1906-03-11
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Der Sonntagsbote. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1906-1912, 1906-03-11

Gamer nit uu6sesuisnoen Qusnahmsn
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1T II etm0roet poroeH.
Der Sonntagsbote. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1906-1912, 1906-03-11

Ggsnien bieTe8 gIattes Detbsn
iiberda oa geIu6t, no nod feline ana
Qefeat Ino. 0ir gebeu tbdtisen
Qgsntsu bic giiRiigIten geoinguHgsr.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-05

through in four days, be unloaded the
NTH. loaded with wheat the sixth, and
return to Chicago by the tenth.
1t is difficult to believe that the rail-
roads are not doing all they can to
handle the business. but it appears
that there has either been mismanage-
ment. or else that business has grown
faster than the facilities for caring for
it. The fact that the same conditions
exist on practically all roads all over
the country indicates that 1t is not mis-
management.
Serious car famines first made their
appearance in Kansas about six years
ago. At first they lasted only for a few
weeks while the wheat was being rush
ed to market-from July to September
or October. The railroads then declined
to load up on sufficient Equipment to
handle the entire wheat crop In a few
weeks, claiming that the cars would
then remain idle the balance Of the
year. Besides they could haul the
wheat when they pleased. But business
has expanded much more rapidly than
was anticipated until now the car fam
inc lasts most Of the year. Too much
prosperity evidently.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-05
Kncw what He Meant.

Rev. William sheafe Chase. rector of
Christ church. Brooklyn, n. Y. now
prominent in the crusade for Sunday law
enforcement In New York, has an IN
comfortable wink. His many Rhode Is
land friends will recall that when he IS
talking earnestly one eye will. by in
voluntary muscular contraction, appear
to be giving point to the conversation.
At that time. when he was rector of
St James church in WoonsoclSet, he WIS.,
tied a printing office with q rush order
for some work.
II can't do the job in time for you I'M
less 1 work Sunday" said the printer,
land I don't suppose you approve Of
II will leave the copy" said Mr.. Chase
land you must do the best you can, but
certainly you must not work on Sunday"
he concluded with emphasis.
When the rector received the printing
he said with some surprise: Il did not
think 1t would be delivered so early"
ut would not have been ready but for
the Sunday work" replied the honest
Surprised at this, Mr. Chase asked:
'.Didn't I say that the work must not be
done on Sunday2"
siYou surely did. but you winked. and
knew what that meant" was the sage
answer of the man of the types.'-St. Paul
Pioneer Press
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-05
JANA WKER JOTS

The country "lyceum' is in full bloom
once more.
There is some curiosity to know
whether the recent revival at Emporia
was sufficient to quench the Tow1
Row.
Billy Morgan points out that il was
very natural when Mayor Gabriel blew
his trumpet in Parsons, the joints
closed.
The announcement that a woman is
to try to reach the North Pole leads
Roy Tapley to jump at the conclusion
that there are men at the North Pole.
The mean thing!
w. H. Thompson. who defeated Col
onel Hopkins for Judge in the extreme
southwestern district of the state.
proudly displays a letter of congra tu-
latiOn from W. J. Bryan.
A woman writing to the Caldwell
News asked for "a little space" in
which to defend Christian Science. and
she very thoughtfully confined her re-
marks to two and half columns
Noting that Mayor Schmitz says he
VIII neither give nor take quarter Fred
Trigg remarks that the San Francisco
mayor has never been accused OF taxi
ing anything as small as a quarter.
Western Kansas is not the only part
of the state that is booming in all
sorts Of ways these days. Newspapers
from every little locality are Dragging
Of the growth and prosperity In their
parts. Even Arkansas City is pro-
crossing along all lines
Proud Reno county boast from the
Hutchinson News: Sedgwick county
boasts of 100000 bushels of apples this
year. Six Reno county growers could
be selected. the aggregate of whose
crops would equal this amount.
One who knows sends this news
item to the Garden City Reflector:
yesterday Rev Mr.. Robertson was at
tackled in the pulpit of the Christian
church by J. L. Seeds. not with har-
mony and tongs. but with bare fists.
We learn that Mr.. Seeds has been fined
80 cents for assault and so cents for dis
turbing the peace"
Walter Johnson was left in charge
Of the Hutchinson News the other day
and he handed out a delicate hint to
w Morgan, the editor. After dis
cussing the question of raising the sal
aries Of state officers he says: Then
let us have an increase in the salaries
Of newspaper writer's also. This partic-
ular editorial is written. not by the
editor, but by the hired man and it
may voice the editors opinion not at
all. or In whole. or only in part. Here's
hopin' it meets his unqualified APP
prevail
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-05
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

IFrom the New York Press.
The time to ask girl for a kiss is
after you have done it.
The best way never to settle a cues
ton IS to 20 to law about It.
The best way to win an argument
is to let the other fellow do the talk
ing
A man is an awful liar to eniov
spending the evening home with his
family.
The average man is more afraid Of
going to hell than OF not going to
Heaven
Even bald-headed men have the
nerve to criticise the way others part
their hair.
A woman can't help having more
confidence in a mans bravery IL he
uses cuss words.
When a girl shakes hands with 4
man either she Is afraid he will
squeeze her fingers OF that he won't.
A man always tries to make out that
1t IS much worse for a woman to have
a pet dog than for him to have a bad
habit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-05
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Wellington was thankful because it
Is unlike Leavenworth. Wichita or To-
peka- 1t is easy to understand why 1t
should rejoice at being unlike Wichita
or Leavenworth. but now that To-
peka has repaved Kansas avenue, it is
difficult to comprehend the Topeka
part of Wellington's gladness. Per
haps Wichita can point it out.
y -
That Rhode Island man who always
sends the president his Thanksgiving
turkey came near losing his advertis-
ing this year. Very few papers print
ed double column pictures of the bird.
4
Congress may think it is some
pumpkins, but when w r. Stubs gets
the Kansas legislature to performing
congress Will see Just how little it
amounts to.
~
IF any other tenor singers wish to
get their names into the headlines
they now know how to proceed.
y
Still, there is apparently nothing to
do but to excuse Peary for not discov-
ering the pole, provided he promises
not to let it occur again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-05
GLOBE SIGHTS.
TFrom the Atchison Globe.1

IF'rom the Atchison Globe.l
A shoemaker's main business is sole
saving.
When a man IS poky, old fashioned
people say: HE Is too slow to catch
a coId''
To be successful one must know
when to grant and when to refuse con-
cessions.
There are days when every time a
man turns his head around, his neck
gets the axe.
There is something missing out OF
the chiIdren's lives If there isn't a va
cant lot next door.
There are as many different vari-
cites of dangerous women as there
are styles of doing the hair.
There is this in favor of the woman
who thinks theater going is wicked:
she never takes her babies there.
During a cold. disagreeable day. Ii
is a fortunate loafer who knows
store or office where he will be well
come.
just long enough for the cook to peer
into all the closets and get good looks
at the family skeletons.
A dyspeptic said today: II can diet
all right in summer. but in winter,
when sausage, and mince pies, and
spare ribs come on, I'm lost"
The motherly instinct in a woman
is noble trait. no doubt. but IL Is also
aften the cause OF a girl falling in love
with a worthless failure of a man.
Note how Full Of Trouble the Farm
er's wife Is: She IS having Difficulty
in Counting up Hard rains this year to
Account for the 'Scarity OF Turkeys
Having broken the women of the
habit OF keeping their hats on in the
theater. the reformers should go after
the young girls who wear such big
bows of such wide ribbons on their
heads that the man behind feels as If
he is peering over the ribbon counter
at drygoods store
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-05
QUAKER IsEFLECTIoNs.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record
Nothing can be much more anti
quated than last years popular song.
Some men actually feel the pangs. Of
remorse before they are found out
The pugilist can put his man to sleer
almost as successfully as the preacher.
Some fellows are not satisfied to kill
time unless it belongs to somebody
else.
The average woman Is usually will
ing to forgive the man she has Of
Tended.
Any old maid will tell you that such
a thing as marriage has never occurred
to her.
Ague is one of the things that win
give a fellow the shake and still stav
right with him.
The man who thinks twice before he
speaks will soon learn to think a dozen
times before he sings.
Blobbs-"Yes. when she sings people
forget everything else" Slobbs-
''Geel Is 1t as bad as that?"
Wigg-"He's rich enough to do pref
ty much as he pleases, isn't he -
Wagg- We'll, pretty much as his wife
pleases."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-05

Complaints are coming in from all
quarters these days concerning the car
shortage. Shippers of all kinds allege
that they cannot get enough cars to do
their business. Grain men have their
elevators overlooking, but they cannot
get the railroads to empty them because
no cars are to be had. Some localities
are suffering for coal Alleged reason
Shortage of coal cars. Cattle shippers
are compelled to feed their stock long
after they are ready for market because
their requests for cars go unheeded.
But is there really a car shortage?
Along with these complaints come
stories Of empty cars standing unused
on the sidings for weeks. and the cues
ton arises. why2 A cattle feeder wrote
the State Journal a few days ago that
he had given an order for three cattle
cars over a month before and they had
not yet been delivered to him. although
only 4s miles away he had counted 20
empty cattle cars standing on a siding.
While nine others were loaded with
brick
The writer hereof was recently told
Of an instance in Oklahoma where a
cotton buyer ships in cotton seed for
grinding and ships out baled cotton.
Cars of seed have come in to him which
he has speedily unloaded, and he has
then asked for the cars in which to ship
out cotton. The request was refused
although the empty cars remained for
three weeks on side track.
"A man who does business in a north
ern Kansas town stated to the State
Journal recently that it takes freight
shipments ten days to come from Chi
eago at present, whereas two or three
years ago it came through in four DAYS.
These stories would indicate that the
shortage is somewhere else than In cars.
Either motive power or labor must be
lacking, if the railroads are doing their
utmost to relieve the situation-and it
stands to reason that they would do so.
A lack Of motive power or too few
train crews would explain why some
empty cars are left unused. The man
with cattle to ship is not furnished cars
because the moment they are loaded
they must be moved by the railroad.
and the motive power may be lacking.
The man who wanted to use the empty
cars at hand for shipping cotton was
not allowed to do so for the cars may
have beef promised elsewhere, but the
engines and crews may have been lack
ing to haul them.
People who receive freight are max
ing complaints about its delivery, just
as did the northern Kansas man. This
might BE- caused by a lack of motive
power, or it might be caused by some
other reason. II there is a shortage Of
cars. however, this slowness OF move
ment Will contribute to 1t nightly. If
it takes ten days for a car OF merchan-
disc to travel from Chicago TO Kansas
where it formerly covered the distance
in four days. It is evident that that car
/ Is not doing more than half the work II
formerly did. With the same expedition
al formerly. that car would come
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-05

as though the danger were not yet over.
And to think" she sobbed penitently.
that I did not realize what a brave
man you were. do love you, Tom, but
somehow
Il know he said gently as she fall
tered You wanted a hero and was
so dreadfully commonplace"
You're not" she cried. Indignantly.
only 1-Wel, I never realized before
how big and brave you were
AIS well that ends WE'LL he chuck
led Tomorrow morning you will be
wearing the biggest solitaire that an
engaged girl ever had"
Il don't deserve It," she said meekly.
You're awfully good. Tom"
Some hours later Seaton sat in his
little den, absorbing a brandy and soda
IN absolute content He looked up at
Beths picture on the mantel.
Il guess you've had a lot Of ideals
smashed tonight, little girl he unused.
But 1t was good for. you and II anyone
ever tells you that that poor old brute
was a darned sight more scared than
you ever could be, I'll knock his blamed
head off. p Copyright, 1896, by Homer
Sprague.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-05

It Is to be hoped that the speaker Of
the house in the coming legislature
will not be chosen solely on the sena-
torial issue. Important legislation
ought to be enacted by the coming
legislature and the house should be or
ganized with that in view rather than to
farther the interests OF some senatorial
candidate. The election OF a United
States senator is. of course, a matter OF
great Importance, but it is a matter on
which the appointment of legislative
committees and the rules CT the house
ought to have no bearing. In electing
q senator each legislator ought simply
to reflect the sentiment Of the people
whom he represents.
The speakers chair calls for a man
Of strong character, who will use his
power impartiaIly. but to expedite leg
islation- A number of good men have
been suggested for the place.
At present the speakership contest
appears to be between John s. Simmons
OF Lane county. and Cyrus Leland. Of
Doniphan. w. B. Ham, Of Rocks. has
been mentioned but for some reason his
candidacy does not seem to be tax
ing" possibly because he is regarded
as extreme square deal" Nor is the
boom of ]. w. Creech, Of Dickinson.
progressing much more than did the
same gentleman's gubernatorial boom
last spring. Mr.. Creech is regarded as
the exponent of the opposite extreme
from Mr.. Ham.
The situation involving Mr.. Sim
mons and Mr.. Leland is interesting.
The former will have the support of
the Seventh district generally and what
is known as 1.-The Long crowd" This
is the result of the rupture between
Mr. Leland and Senator Long. 1t is
also stated that Congressman Curtis is
inclined to favor Mr.. Simmons, although
Mr.. Simmons himself viii probably vote
for J. L. Bristow for United States
senator. because the people of that
section are strongly for Bristow. It is
a fact. however. that some of the ele-
ments that seem to be most strongly
opposed to BristoW are for Simmons for
speaker.
Mr.. Leland. strange as IT may seem,
has considerable support among the
square dealers and those who are op-
posed to 1.-The Long crowd" He has
refrained from declaring himself on the
atorshi2.
There is an element, however, that
appears to be dissatisfied with all OF
these candidates. It includes some of
those who have heretofore been oppos-
ed to Mr.. Leland politically, but who
are now busy fighting those elements
that are pushing Mr.. Simmons candi-
dacy There has been some rumors re-
Gently that this element would unite on
c. A Stannard. Of Lyon county, anoth-
er representative whose position on the
senatorshfp is unknown
With this sort of a field to draw on
it ought not to be dih1cuIt to elect
speaker with a view to securing good
legislation rather than to farther the
interests Of some senatorial candidate.