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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23
SERMON BY DIR. DAVIES.

--AAAAO4F u lJEt. DAN IH1S.
me last words Of a suicide at Kan
sas city were, Gee but it's hell to be
POo4. mat FELLOW was fool IF he
had health he could work If he could
VOTE ne could, by his own honest ef-
1Ort, get enough to eat, enough to wear
ana enough to keep him warm. These
are, strictly speaking, the necessarfes
OF life and with these supplied a sane
man with sprinkling of philosophy in
MS makeup can enjoy life Infinitely bet
ter than many who are possessors Of
millions. The sun shines as brightly
Tor the poor man as for the rich The
biroS some and sing as sWeetly in the
trelllsed vine over his humble home as
It does meath the window of the ricn
man conservatory. The petals of the
rose smile as sweet1y for the poor
mans child as it does for the one born
with silver spoon in its mouth, and
the fragrance of the lily tickles the nos
trils Of him without the dollars as free
~ and as graciously as it sheds its per-
fume on him who is possessed of many
The man IS poor who is not delight
60 With the song of the wild bird. He
IS poor II he has ceased to note the
beauty of the lily or the fragrance of
the rose. He is poor indeed when his
soul is not stirred by the laughter OF
his children, or his heart is not thrilled
with the finest emotion of human kind
by the kiss Of mother, wife or child
These are the pleasures of life that
come to men who live right. These are
the sunbeams that come from
heaven, and dollars are not re-
quired to bring their rays within
the humble home of the poor as we'll
as the rich. They come to bless the
poor as we'll as the rich-they come to
those prepared to receive them. LAS a
man thinketh so is he" Contentment
and happiness come not with the ac-
QUESTION of worldly possessions, neith-
er do they stay away from him who
has not golden riches.-Concordia kan
san. -a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23

A few days ago the opinion was ex-
pressed in these columns that the
speaker OF the lower house in con
gress exercises an almost despotic
power over legislation Corroborarive
evidence is given by Congressman Mil
Ter IN his reply to the criticism Of the
Emporia Gazette concerning his atti-
tude on the statehood question. The
Gazette accused Mr.. Miller Of sup
porting Speaker Cannon in the state
hood fight in order to curry favor
with him. In his reply Mr. Miller
says. 1T has not been very long since,
on account of my loyalty to admins
tratlon measures and my earnest sup
port Of a former speaker OF the house,
I was able to secure some of the
'bribes about which the Gazette is
complaining now, securing $4,000 to
put into a public building in the city
of Emporia." In other words. Mr..
Miller virtually says that il he had
not obeyed the former speaker and
supported his pet measures. the speak
ar would not have allowed his bill for
the Emporia public building to pass.
Boiled down this means that the
speaker used these local appropria-
tons to buy support for his measures
and ideas. Thus is the legislation Of 2
great people accomplished.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23
A Change in Japanese Character.

For some decades past, there has
been, behind all the strenuous honest
effort to do the best for the country's
sake, the desire to win the complete
approval Of the western nations a
desire which has caused detractors of
Japan to say that her humanity, her
self denial. even her gallantry. all
came under the head of playing to
the gallery" The japanese have been
on probation ever since many of the
present leading men were borns
The strange change in temper of
American newspapers after the open
ing of the Portsmouth negotiations
came as a shock to the devout believers
in American friendship, a thing which
all classes here hold in wise and tender
regard. In other directions. too, the
sudden cooling of kindness on the ac-
cession of respect has not gone I'M
marked The Japanese are sensitive in
such matters, and they quite realize
that in order to overcome a powerful
foe and secure an illustrious alliance,
they have been obliged to risk some
ancient and pleasant friendships. This
experience of one of the penalties Of
greatness has doubtless deepened the
prevailing mood. Henceforth the Jap
anese will never ask what foreign ma
lions think of him. He is taking the
responsibility for his own standards.
There is no longer any gallery" All
that matters in future is his estimate
Of himself.-Mrs. Mary Crawford Fra
ser in The Worlds Work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23

II faur hat an our. II 700 don't believe
it. tri 1t yoorself.
If Justis Bruer adreerz tn hiz deter
minashun tn rite hiz opinyunz hi the
refaurm methud. we wood hate tn be
hiz stenografer. We wood also dislike
the job Nv proofreeding hiz opinyunz-
But thar must be pioneerz in aul re-
faurmz, 50 let the good yy1rks proseed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23

England is no longer going forward.
And not to go forward Is to go back
ward. She has had her day as a world
conqueror. Her dream of empire is fad
ing. Her people are confronted with the
problem of holding their own industrially
and being unable to solve it, they see
their property slipping from them and
poverty creeping upon them.-St. Joseph
NeWs-PreSS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23

Mrs <lubbs lseverely)-I've been lying
awake these three hours waiting FOR you
M. KIubbs {ruefully)-Geei And I've
been staying away three hours waiting
for you TO 90 TO sleep--Cleyeland Leader
Have you ever made any efort TO
bring your colleagues to your way Of
mo, answered Senator Sorghum. I
don't care anything about their way OF
thinking. What I want is to bring them
to my way of voting. w ashington star
Green-Thicknut is without doubt the
most ignorant man I ever met.
Brown-Poor fellow I suppose his iE-
norance is due to the fact that he shaves
himself.
Green-what has that got to do with it,
Brown-YYhy, If he were shaved by a
barber every morning he would soon know
It aM-Chicago News.
yes. but-ahs-au this talk about graft
ana corruption in the big life insurance
amounts to nothing. my dear slr-ab-
soiutely nothing returned the susye So
licitor IT is entirely confined 70 the
Swell writing to his tailor, who has ap-
piled for the sixtfeth time for the settle
ment of long standing accountl-
Sir. In regard to the settlement Of
your bin, beg TO inform you that. Il you
worry me about 1t any more, I SHAH place
the case in the hands OF my solicitor -
Tit-Bits.
She-I hear you have just got married.
Is It too late to congratulate youl
He-Ohi much too late. I was married
three weeks ago.-Inustrated Bits
where did you get ita'' The familiar
question rang out with haunting insin-
uation.
Into the face Of the person addressed
came flush. IT'S none of your business
where I got it, he responded. Cant "A
man nave black eye without every idiot
getting ay?'-Philadelphia Ledger.
DO you think man can AFFORD to mar
wen, Of course. a good deal must de-
pend on the girls ability TO support him
toned. Chicago Reeord-H Herald.
Are you in favor Of abatlns the smoke
I am when It comes to smoking Christ
mas cigars. Milwaukee Sentinel
the guests are here tonight I shall can
Xaist@yery well, sir, and what shan I
clymber-oh. you blookhead-.
Yalett,--Very wen. sir; anything you say
Diogenes was eeDosing in his tub. Get
out of that" said the maid. approaching
with bar of laundry soap.
The philosopher arose grumblinsly.
Darn it, he replied Il forgot this was
Wasnday. lnen he took lantern and
began his famous hiladelphia
Ledger.
Miss Highnote-You cant imagine how
distressing it is when a singer realizes
that she has lost her voice
Mr. Hammers-Perhaps not, but I've a
fair idea of how distressing it is when
she doesn't realize itt-BrOoklyn Citizen.
He-Don't you think that some of her
sayings are smart2
She1They aren't. but they do.-Brook-
Ign Life.
Rodney-Do you have trouble vita
Diekey-Nope; my wife says you shalI''
and say Il wilr'.-Puck
Jones went to Maine to get back to
nature"
Did hep
Yes got shot by mistake for a deer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23
sH0IrID -NOT SHIRK.

There is talk Of Governor Penny
packer of Pennsylvania for the SUI
preme bench. We don't believe the
president will appoint him. It would
be an injustice to the court and a
species Of Partially to Pennsylvania
which that state does not deserve.
Every state should get rid Of its own
white elephants with out federal assist
ance.-Houston Post.
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REFLECTIONS or A BACHELOR
IFrom the New York Press.I

: -
You can never guess a girl IS pretty
as quick as she can.
It's awful hard to get rich the way
rich men tell you to do it.
A man would have to have all the
money in the world to feel he couId
afford to send his poor relations bfrth-
day presents.
When a woman hasn't written 3 fef-
ter TO somebody any day in the week
she feels as uncomfortab bic as 4 rua0
who has a note coming due.
Somebody could make a great for
tune inventing q clock that a man could
turn back three hours when ne ecussr
nome AZ night ana that would give Ehs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23

xorthy Dix calls Susan B. Anthony
''the Moses Of her sex If Colonel
Bryan should run for president again
very likely somebody would refer to
him as THE Susan B. Anthony Of De
v--a--s --~fs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23

How it makes the mind Of a KAN
gas Populist wander back to the joy
Gus days Of 1892 TO hear the reforms
proposed now by eminent Republican
confinement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23

A Harvey county assessor complains
because people treat him like a book
agent. Many people would be glad If
ne did not cost them any more than
q book asent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23

Apropos Of the announcement Of the
candidacy. Of Senator James f. Getty
OF Wyandotte county for United States
senator, william Alien White hands down
this opinion. 1.-THE announcement Of
James +. Getty Of Wyandotte county
as o senatorial candidate is one OF the
best things that has happened in Kan
Bns politics for some time. Not because
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23

Congressman Miller was instructed by
his constituents to stand for statehood
for Oklahoma and Indian Territory. but
BIr. Miller has decided to stand by
Speaker Cannon. He evidently believes
it viii be easier to patch up a break
with his constituents than with Uncle
Toa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23

The salina Journal is insisting that
sanna shall do some paving, and it
doesn't care whether asphalt. brick. or
some other material is used, just 50
the paving is done. Well, what's the
matter with good resolutions?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23
KANSAS COAMENT
JOE WRIcHT's DIAGNOSIS.

what Rhode Island needs" says
Conner Davies, sis a political upheaval
such as Kansas had in 1890" What
Kansas needs is just what Davies rec
ommends for Rhode Island, with fu-
sion left out.-Smith County Mes
senger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23

why in the name Of all that Is hon
est. decent and humane" asks Colonel
Thomas Benton Murdoch, should any
man on earth be opposed to the pro
hibition Of impure foods. poisonous
drugs and adulterated drinks? And yet
the bought-and-owne United States
senate has held up a pure food bill for
fifteen years" But why does the
erudite editor of FL Dorado assume that
because some United States senators
have been opposing q pure food law,
any honest. decent and humane" per
son hes been doing SOP
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23

The Holton Recorder speaks Of a
prohibition contest" recently held
there. But It was an oratorical cen
test and not one Of these wet-or-dry
eafa lrg
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IL to Econ.

Fence off the state of Conn
from the Thames river to the New
York line, make the capitol at Hart-
ford the manor house. then place the
front gate at New Haven, and you
will have an estate Of about the di-
mansions of the King ranch, in Hidal-
go, Star and Nueces counties. One
million acres and hundreds of thou
sands of cattle owned by one womani
Ranches containing from 100000 to
100000 acres are so numerous as to be
almost commonplace.
But it is the breaking up of these
vast holdings which is responsible for
the sensational development now at
tracing the attention of all America.
One optimistic Texan told me that
the cattlemen had tired of silence and
longed for company. Maybe they
have. It is the Jingle Of gold, though,
which has stirred them. From five
to thirty acres of grass, according to
the productiveness of the soil, are re-
quired to fatten a steer. So long as
that steers selling price pays, above all
expenses, per cent. on the market
value of the land, there is money in
raising 1t. When the land increases
in value, however, there is more
money in selling the ranch. The steer
is railing behind, and that is why
Texas, from San Antonio, Houston,
and Galveston on the north to
Brownsville on the south is booming
as it never did before. Mere outposts
OF few years ago are f1ourishing
young cities now; more towns are
sprlnging up, and there are great
plantations where the rattle of the
mower and the song of the pIowman
have supplanted the crack of the cow
boys lash and the soughing of the
wind in the chaparral. Whittier goes
the cattleman2 To western Texas and
the territories, and eventually into
Melco--Review of Reviews for Feb
ruary
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23
RANK PARTIAIITY.

Tobacco is q necessity and ice cream
isn't, rules a Pittsburg justice in passing
on the Sunday laws. And yet the oppo-
nents of equal suffrage insist that women
are adequately represented in the govern
ment.-Philadelphia North American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23

OUGHI TO HAVE BEEN SOONER.
The only lamentable feature con
nected with the appointment Of
Charley Sessions as private secretary
70 Governor Hoch is that it wasn't
made soner. Mr.. Sessions is not onIv
a very smooth proposition, but he is
also one OF the best fellows in Kansas
Usage County Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23
TAFT's INDEPENDENCE.

Secretary Tart says It IS better to
vote for a good man even if he is
neither a Republican nor Democrat
than to simply consider the label at
the head Of the ticket. Physically
Secretary Taft IS merely holding his
own, but mentally and morally he
looms larger and larger day by day
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23

The Fort Scott Tribune says ex-
Senator Harris will come fifty thou
sand votes nearer election than any
other Kansas Democrat" who might be
nominated for governor. But what shall
st profit a man Of the high standing Of
Senator Harris to run fifty thousand
votes ahead Of his ticket If he doesn't
beat the other fellow7
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23

Tt Is quite apparent that Andy Ham
aton doesn't wear a muzzle even If he
ls q. yellow dog.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23

Why, we pause to inquire, is Mr..
stenens. Mr.. Phillips, and various 9TH
err gentlemen who are facile with the
pen. making such fuss because
Messrs. Aldrich Platt and others are
working for the corporations in the
senate? What do they suppose these
gentlemen are there for?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23

Up in Jackson county De We're Rafter
is running for county attorney. The
State journal knows nothing about the
other candidates but It has an idea that
Mr.. Rafter would make an exception
ally good OFFICIAL He is a Twentieth
Kansas veteran" and the law partner
Of Congressman Broderiek.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23
AND YET PURSUED.

Mr.. Rockefeller comes so. near own
ing the earth that he must feel at home
wherever he is.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23

possessed All the brains OF this gem
Grafton: I'm glad Tn wrong Oid Luke
was my choice from the start
Copyright. 1906 by Beatrix Reade.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23
BRACE THE BENCH.

If Mr. Taft goes upon the supreme
bench he surely viii add weight to its de-
cisions.-Baltimore Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23

Secretary TAFT must be dieting HIS
picture was in the paper yesterday and
it occupied only two columns.-New
York world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23
TIE EARLY RTRn

me action Of Mr.. Ca1derhead in call
ing ing a March convention would indicate
ms peief in the old adage that ''the
dia Blade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23
EROM OTHER PENS
STARTLING.

philadelphia Awake!" is the glazing
headline in a Quaker City newspaper
New York Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23
DANGEROUSi

The fact that China is fooling with
firearms is causing the entire world
more or less uneasiness.- Washington
Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23
He Wanted to See II.

There resides in st. Louis a politician
as well known in that vicinity for his
wit as for his corpulency Now for
some time the St. Louis man has been
much disturbed by his increasing
avoirdupOis, trying many remedies
without success. At the instance of a
friend, he recently took the baths at a
resort in Indiana recommended for the
purpose. At the end of two or three
weeks he returned in a happy and
Jocular frame of mind. for he had
managed to get rid of his superf1uous
flesh.
The day after his return he was on
his way down town, when he stopped
at the butcher shop that supplied his
household. Dashing insidesC.he de-
manded that the butcher cut for him
twenty pounds of pork.
The butcher at once complied. The
politician looked at the twenty pounds of
pork for 3. moment or two. then began
to walk away without further ado
Send it to the house ?" asked the
butcher, thinking that his customer
had overlooked the usual instruction
mot at all, not at ALI" smilingly ex-
claimed the politician. I'VE never eat
pork; in fact, have no use for It. The
fact is, I've fallen off twenty pounds
and merely wanted to get an idea of
how much that looked like. '-Har-
per's Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23

Congress has discOVeTed an lnsupera-
Bile obstacle to consular reform. 1t
would cut out any number Of soft jobs.
Detroit News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23
ELIZA

If a colored girl is seen hopping
across the Ohio river on cakes OF ice,
going south, it may be safely Inferred
that her former address was Spring
field.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23

That last decision o. the supreme
court is likely to make the octOpusters
sit up and wonder where they are at.
Rochester Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23
\ EUGGESTTON

How does Roosevelt and Tillman"
Times-Dispatch
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23
CANDIDATES JUST THE SAME.

Even # the mOVements 70 raIsa the
presidents salary should fail, there
will be no lack of applicants for the
place.-Baltimore Sun
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The New President of France.

Clement Armand Fallieres has been
president of the senate since 1899. He
is in his sixty-fifth year, and comes of
humble, though not peasant, stock.
Beginning life as a country barristers
he went into politics and was elected to
the chamber of deputies in 1876. where
he soon distinguished himself. He has
been minister of the interior. senator.
and premier, and is generally regarded
as a man of good, sound, moderate
views a worthy successor to Emile
Loubet. Politics really played no part
in his election. He and NJ. Paul
Doumer are equally republican in their
sentiments, and the result of the cleo
ton has been merely a choice of per-
son, by which the somewhat safer man
has been preferred to the more bril-
liant. NJ Fallieres viii make an ex-
cel1ent president of the French re-
public-Review of Reviews for Feb
ruary.
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she-I hear you have just got married.
Is It too late to congratulate you2
He-Oh. much too late 1 was married
three weeks ago.-Iuustrated Bits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23

Are you in favor OF abatlng the smoke
nuisance2'
Il am when it comes to smoking Christ
mas cigars. ''-A1ilwaukee Sentinel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23

DO you think man can afford to mar
~ on 81, 900 a year?''
We'll, Of course. a good deal must de-
pend on the girls ability to support him
in the style to which he has been accus-
toned. Chicago Record eraId.
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mutton bushels of wheat wasted.

During 1905 writes George r. Met
cafe NJ. E, in the March Technical
world Magazine, "the railroads of the
United states ordered new locomotives
to the number of $780, together with
300 passenger cars and 100000 freight
cars. These last figures give a good
idea of the relative Importance of pas
senger and freight traffic to large
railroad. The rail mills started the
new year with orders for $500 600 tons
on their books
TN spite of these great orders and in
spite of the best efforts of the railroad
managers. pile after pile of thousands
Of bushels of corn has been heaped up
on the ground in Iowa, Kansas, and
Nebraska. for want Of storage room or
TRANSFORMATION facilities; while In North
Dakota alone, over q million bushels Of
wheat has rotted on the ground for
want Of freight cars to move It.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23

Swell (writing to his tailor who has ap-
piled for the sixtieth time for the settle
ment Of a long standing account.
Sir. In regard to the settlement Of
your bill, I beg TO inform you that. Il you
worry me about it any more, I shall place
the case in the hands OF my solicitor -
Tit-Bits
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23

where did you get it2' The familiar
question rang out with a taunting insin-
uation.
Into the face Of the person addressed
came a flush It's none OF your business
where got it, he responded. Cant a
man have a black eye without every idiot
getting ay?''-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23

Clymber Cto valet)-Now. John. when
the guests are here tonight 1 shall call
you Jean.
yalet-very well, sir, and what shall
call your
Clymber-Oh you blockhead-l
Valet-Very we'll sir; anything you say
-Familie Journal
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yes, but-ah!-aII this talk about graft
ana corruption in the big life insurance
companies"
Amounts to nothing, my dear sir-ab-
sOlutely nOLhingt' returned the susve Sc
Icitor. 1T is entirely confined to the
press and the people. Puck
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-23

Diogenes was =eposing in his tub Get
out of that" said the maid approaching
with bar of laundry soap.
The philosopher arose grumblingly.
Darn it. y he replied, I forgot this was
washday. Then he took a lantern and
began his famous Quest.-Philadelphi
Ledger.