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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-15

There are fears that the appearance of
an actress as factor In a shooting ira
gedy will come to be considered a regular
part of the program
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-15

Mr.. Smoot has long since failed to find
any striking novelty in the senatorial scold-
ines to which he is constantly subject.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-15

1t is rather disappointing to have people
come back from the arctic regions and talk
of the beastly climate hereabouts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-15

The shirt sleeve diplomacy that has some
times troubled Europe seems preferable to
the evening gown variety.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-15

Both Raisouli and the Sultan of Morocco
are so friendly to American citizens that it
is a little difficult to take sides.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-15
Radical Proposal.

From the Knoxville Sentinel.
Let US do away with fireworks during the
Christmas holidays so far as Knoxville is
concerned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-15
Debrutalize shopning.

From the Atlanta Consultation.
Buy now, and debrutalixe the Christ.
mas shopping rush.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-15

If the beef and coal people hear these dis
cussions OF higher wages, they are likely
to give prices another lift, on suspicion.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-09
Peculiarities of the zulu.

The Zulu is the finest specimen OF
the kafir extant, with the Matabele.
his chronological cousin, next, followed
by the Basuto, Bechuana, and Swazie
IN the order named, although the last
is also an offshoot Of the zulu race.
The average kaffr is tOlerably honest
but not obtrusively so, for he has as
sociated too long with the white man
not to have assimilated some of his
ideas of morality, but sufficiently to be
trustworthy to some degree. In his
native state he is temperate in all
things Tt is only when some mis-
guided though Well-intentiOned mis-
sionary or other white man has warned
him against the evils of civilization
that he experiments in them and inn
proves on them. The white mans
drink is pleasant at all times, but close
acquaintance soon hardens the palate
and something stronger becomes nee
essary to assuage the thirst. So, the
inventive white man cOncocted Cape
Smoke" a gentle cocktail, having as
its basis wood alcohol, with red pep
per and a dash OF vitriol added to
make it palatable. That it makes the
drinker a raving maniac during its in
fiuence can readily be understood; and
then when, bereft of senses, the native
transgresses the White mans law, the
latter punishes him and terms him un~
fit for human intercourse.
Morally, the Kafir is far ahead of his
American negro brother. The Kafih
even after three hundred years of as
SOciatiOn with the whites has vet =
strongly developed sense of sexual de-
cency. immortality, especially among
the Zulus, is punished severely, yet he
is a pOlygamiSt away from the centerS
of civilization where his white masters
practice monogamy, conveniently re-
lieved by elastic divorce laws. on the
other hand, it has been said, and
truthfully, that the native is not in
dustrious and laws have been enacted
to compel him to work. And in this
endeavor to instil the love of work into
a constitutonally lazy being, lies the
secret Of the present unrest Of the
Kafirs.=Edgar Mels. in Harper's
Weekly.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-09
JAYHA WKER JOTS

The Larned Tiller and Toiler has
titled and toiIed until it has got a new
press.
Sherman county comes UP this year
with a population of 4,674. Last year
it was 1876.
Mr.. True. who has been living at
Mankato for some time. does not ap-
pear to be true to his name, as he is
now in Jail for bigamy.
Almira Todd says an Erie man is
sorely afflicted with spasmodic rheu-
natism He can feel a spell coming
on just about milking time, morning
and evening.
K E. Wilcockson. at one time a
prominent Republican politician in
northwest Kansas, has just been nomi-
mated for district Judge by the Repub-
Iicans in the Sixth Iowa district.
The Leavenworth Post defines a bill
collector as an ornithorinous. At least
it says that Webster defines an ornith-
orinous as "a beast with a bill" 1t
probably means an ornithorhynchus
A Toronto editor was presented with
some straw berries last week that
measured from five to six inches in
circumference. He probably had to
take a column rule to carve them be-
fore eating.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-09
ssHURTTNG BUSINESS ;,

The packers and their friends are very
much alarmed for fear the recent dis
cloFsSses will hurt business and they
are making appeals-in a roundabout
way-to the farmers and stock raisers
to ask the government officials to give
them a clean bill of health so that the
market for American packed meats viii
not be injured abroad
1t is not at all unlikely that the dis
closures concerning sanitary conditions
in the packing houses viii ''hurt busi-
ness for the packers, as they. ought TO.
People win be very careful about hay
ing the canned stuff the packing houses
put up until they are assured that It is
clean, and it viii take more persuasion
now to convince them it is clean 1hsn
would have been required six months
ago.
1t win not be surprising, either. + the
packers make this injury to their busi-
ness an excuse for putting down the
price OF fat cattle. Indeed, it would be
surprising Il this should not result. and
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-09
Hunting with a Camera.

Camera hunting is instructive and
fascinating in this day when so many
of our song and game birds are being
exterminated.
How much greater the pleasure and
satisfaction in obtaining a fine mega
tive of a bird feeding her young, than
wantonly taking her life. Moreover.
in this sport there is no close season,
no restriction as to what, when or
where you shall hunt. Anything from
a humming bird to an eagle, a mouse
to an elephant, is your legitimate game.
Again, if you belong to the great army
whose time is fully occupied for six
DAYS Of the week, making it almost
Impossible to be afeld during that time,
YOU can go out of a Sunday with a
camera, and not be classed with the
heather, as you are sure to be when
carrying a gun
1t IS not necessary to have an ex-
pensive outfit, for very good work can
be done with an ordinary folding cam
era Simply purchase one as good as
YOUR purse will allow. A Iong-focus
camera is TO be preferred. one with a
lens of ten or twelve-inch focus, whose
combinations can be used separately.
NV own outfit is a five by seven box
with a lens of nine and one-half-inch
focus which I find very satisfactory.
For some work, such as birds IN flight
insects. large animals, etc, a Reflex
|lonr-focus is ideal. Use any good
brand Of the fastest plates you can
purchase. The trouble Of packing them
will be more than epaid.-James H.
Miller in May Outdoors
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-09

untitled. her streamers were dropping.
she had neither side wheel nor stern
wheel; still, she moved on. stately, in
serene triumph as if with her own life.
But knew that on the other side Of
the ship, hidden beneath the great
hulk that swan so majesticaliy, there
was a little. to1ling steam tug. with a
heart Of fire and arms Of iron. that was
hugging It close and dragging it brave
" on; and I knew that if the little
steam tug untwined its arms and left
the tall ship. it would wallow and roll
about. and it wonld drift hither and
thither. and go of with rehuent tide,
no man knows where And so 1 have
known more than one genius. high
decked. full freighted, wide sailed, gay
pennoned. that but for the bare, toiIing
arms. and brave warm beating heart
Of the faithful little wife that nestled
close to him so that no wind or wave
could part them. would soon have gone
down stream and been heard Of no
moro
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-09

ton between the trailing silk draperies
IN frcnt OF him and the two tails that
ADORABLE One, walking somewhat re-
motely, bore no indication of any par
Lc1pation in the proceedings.
Don pushed aside the portiere at the
Darlor door.
In a Sarah Made" the manager had
explained before starting. every one
sings the things he likes best. Just as
quick as we reach the curtains, all be-
ginl"
Don was like the heroes at Balaklaya
not his to question why. He 0oked
himself into the dim, sWeet-smelling
room, and opened his mouth in a dole
nlnd him, shrilly yelling, Jimmy planted
poLh feet firmly on the blue fouiards
and grufiy yociferated in an imitation
| bass.
Their entrance was evidently not
happily timed. An athletic young man
sprang to his feet with a smothsred
/ exclamation, and Felicia was silent
from sheer CONSERVATION.
Don's next step. gasping Where the
love IN your eyes could see, was
inimical to renewals of any sort. Re
ing born under Cancer, his movements
were usually sidewise and crab-like
and the clinging broadcloth skirt added
to his uncertainty of balance. He fell
heavily, and his chubby foot and legs
upset the shrieking Gladys, and bowl
ed the valiant rag and bone yender on
~ "a AA4o suffering SlStCE. NIld4Jcs AL
falling, grasped despairingly at the legs
of the astounded Parker, and brought
him to his knees on the bowling heap.
Poll ecaped from Don's clutches and in
stltuted severe investigation OF every
leg. arm or body within reach of her
vicious beak, clamoring incessa nJly,
GO it. old boy! Now's the time I'll
bet on youi" Bunch O. Brightness show
ed his fighting blood in violent af-
tacl1s on Poll and the yowling Persian
The man disentangled himself an
| grlly, and turned to the now hysterical
girl. Il suppose you call this funny,
Miss Austin, but 1 must confess my
/ idea of a joke falls to coincide with
1 yours!"
He stepped grimly over the strug-
! Cling mass; Kicked Bunch-not gently;
4 and with apparent relish cuffed the
| squeaking parrot.
Glad tldings of great joy bring
sang seraphic voice as Parker strobe
/ into the hall. The Adorable One was
standing in his most admired Sunday
/ pose, his hands loosely claSped before
him, and his beautiful face turned up
ward. He smiled beatifcally into
! Parker's face, and completed his carol.
Did SHE like it?" with sweet solici-
| tude, did SHE like the Sarah Made %
Bobby sternly, '.who put up this
job, and what is it for?''
Me" proudly. I'VE wanted to Sarah
Made HER!''
From the parIor came a pitifuI sob
voice: did he say. Aunt Filiie, did he
say that p'ticlar thing he came to
say?"
Parker went back.
Il didn't Gladys, but Tn going to
now. I won't be driven Off so easily
And to the astonishment of the sere-
naders he took Aunt Fillie in his arms.
whispering swift. passionate words that
brought back the sweet flush to her
cheeks and a tremulous, happy smile to
her Copyright, 1906. by Ruby
/ Douglas.)
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-09
THOMAS ENTNfET DEWEY.

Kansas suffered a severe loss today
when Death suddenly cut down T. e.
Dewey from among the ranks of men.
A lawyer Of no small ability, he has
for several years shaped the official re-
ports Of the decisions and opinions of
the supreme court of Kansas.
But it is primarily as a literatus
that the name of Thomas Emmet
Dewey will be inscribed on the scroll
of illustrious men of Kansas. He loved
literature for its own sake and few
men knew more of its beauties. The
poets soul in him. with it's finely edu-
Gated sense of diction, vibrated sym
patheucally with the expression of
great thoughts by the masters of
literature. He had an unusual grasp
of such things and his lectures on
poetry and song have charmed thou
sands
Coming with unexpected suddenness,
the death of Mr.. Dewey leaves a wide
gap in the ranks of those connected
with the supreme court of Kansas, in
the Masonic order of the state, and
especially among those who love good
literature. He was of a somewhat re-
firing disposition, but to his intimates
to whom he talked of the things he
admired was given the enjoyment Of a
rare companionship. To such his place
cannot be filed
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-09
oUAKER REFLECTIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.l
Most of the witty anecdotes are writ
ten not spoken.
Heaping Goals of fire on a mans
head must be equivalent to giving him
a good roast.
The pessimist's nearest approach to
happiness comes from seeing other
people unhappy
Every man should know his duty
remarked the Wise Guy. yes. then
he can recognize it in time to dodge, .
added the Simple Mug
Melt sent 25 cents in answer to
an advertisement on the secret of be-
ing beautiful" Bellez'fWhat did you
get2" Nell-t'A printed slip saying,
BE born that way "
Mrs Bjones@'eY can't fool
Bridget with those imitation cut-gIass
tumblers." Mr.. .Bjones-''Why not -
Mrs. Bjones-'*She hasn't broken one
OF them since they came"
Mrs. Muggins=. Since Mrs. New
richs husband made all his money
she has the doctor continually" Mrs
Buggins@'fY es, hear she IS suffering
from nervous prosperity
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-09
JOURNAL ENTRIES

When a man is given a coat of tar
and feathers he doesn't demand vest
to go with it.
Why doesn't some bright amateur
start for the north pole In an automo-
bile. You know an automobile run
by an amateur usually starts direct
for a pole.
If any Kansas Kentuckians who in
tended to attend the Homecoming in
Kentucky are laboring under the same
misunderstanding as the editor of Free
Press at Hardman, Tenn, this note
from the Free Press editor may cause
them to reconsider. He says: I'VE air
not sure whether we will go to Ken
lucky homecoming or not as the mat
ter was misrepresented to US at first.
A Kentucky colonel told us that there
would be booths from all the counties
in the state and We understood him to
say booze from all the counties in the
state, and we accepted the invitation
on the spot. Until we hear definitely
about the jag facilities we shall re-
serve our decision in the matter"
A southern Kansas exchange speaks
of Lady school ma ans" We suppose
this is to distinguish them from gen
tleman school ma'ams.
It is stated that a Chicago girl has
thrown a baseball 2O4 feet. And just
think of a Chicago girls feetl
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-09
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe !


Women think a good deal of their
pastor, but Society is more important
to them.
The baby sometimes cries for that
for which a man always scolds.
Nothing.
We have good deal of charity
and fellow feeling for man who
hasn't any sense.
There is one joy a woman has that
a man never knows: that Of taking
off a corset at night.
It is said that a German carp will
never bite the hook or get caught in
the seine of a Dutchman.
There il this difference: Eye
glasses add tone, and the kind that
fasten over the ears add age.
When a mar has trouble with his
wife, he is an unusual man If he
doesn't go outside looking for more
The packing houses are not the
only dirty things in the world. Look
at some kitchens; at some back yards.
We suppose that if ever a real old
Fashioned woman travels, she makes
up her bed when she leaves her berth
in the Pullman in the morning.
You are always hearing of cake that
nseits IN the mouth, but did you ever
taste any that wouldn't choke you to
death unless you chewed it good2
The woman who lives thousand
miles from ner kin can claim they
are princes ard pIipccsses, but no
woman living ter. miles nearer should
attempt it.
4 girl of fifteen should remember
that she is pretty because she is
young-not because she is an angel;
and that she will not be equally
pretty when she is twenty.
..An Atchison man left town rather
than attend his daughters procession
wedding I am listening to comments
about this case with a good deal of
interest. as I expect to do the same
thing. Drake Watson.
Unless a man is willing to bankrupt
himself on the commencement gown
his wife complains that he doesn't Il
appreciate the children, who have
studied so hard all these years to
make something of themselves"
# you are getting old, and haven't
sense enough to eat less, and be care
ful of your diet, no doctor can do any
thing for you. And that's all there is
to that. If you want to get better.
you must get out Of the trough, and
ouit being q pig.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-09

the packers win tel the stoclmen that
the loss Is a result of the recent disclos-
ures, which win be true.
But that is certainly no reason why
the beef trust should be allowed to con-
tinue to poison the public with its un-
sanitary and unwholesome meats. AS has
been argued in these columns before,
the beef industry ought to be conducted
more on the lines the flour industry Is
Instead Of having a few big packing
houses at Chicago, Kansas City, Oma-
ha, and Fort Worth, which are able to
dominate the markets and beef trade OF
the entire country. there ought to be
smaller packing houses scattered all
over the west just as flour mills are
SO scattered. Topeka and Wichita each
have such packing houses, but there
ought to be several others located in
the great live stock belt Of northern
Kansas; FL Dorado, Emporia and
Eureka. each of which is in a great
beef-producing county. should have
small packing houses: the central aad
southwestern counties should have them
in fact they should be scattered just
as the big mills are scattered over Kan
sas.
If the power Of the beef trust wele
broken such packing houses would
eventually spring up. and there would
not only be more competition in cattle
buying, but it would be easier for pub
lie opinion to guard against the unsani-
tary conditions that prevail in the big
packing centers.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-09
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IRON the Chicago News.1

LFrom the Chicago News.1
Every woman owes it TO herself to be
good looking.
It is never too late to mend. marry or
get a divorce.
What others say Of you IS the effect
You supply the cause.
Nothing seems to please a gossip so
much as a telling situation.
It is far easier to return a compli-
ment than a borrowed umbrella.
What has happened to the stream Of
cold cash that used to fiow from the
Klondike2
It IS perfectly proper for the thin girl
to expect her dressmaker to make the
most Of her.
Wise is the married woman who is
capable Of drawing the line between
coaxing and nagging.
You may have noticed that between
paying taxes and his wifess bills a raar-
RED mar is constantly confronted hv 4
financial stringency.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-09
DOWNTRoDDEN


HSowdy. stranger? Glad ter see ye.
1es II looks a bit like rain;
HoW are crops2 Well come an see sen
Guess III halter fust explain.
IN that neld where bees are buzzin'
over all the white an green
L nar I m raisin' devil wagons
Can't ye smell the gasoline2
In those acres over yonder.
Jest penind the hick'ry knoll,
mar l planted grand piannys-
Can't ye hear the music roll?
see those fields thar near the windmill,
10 yer left half way about2
Inat s set out in college courses
Listen. Cant We hear EN- spout7
See that patch that's lyin' fallow7
Been unworxed a year that way;
Seeded once with mortgage lifters-
Amt no call for 'em today
New York Times.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-09

Just to show how closely the govern
ment looks after details-some Of
them-the Osborne Farmer notes that
the pay Of Joe Snedden, a star route
mail carrier between Osborne and CO.
vert, has been reduced $2.56 a year.
The reason for the reduction is that
the Covert postonice was recently
moved from one building into another.
and the enc in which the once is now
located Is nearer to the Osborne Office
by exactly 317 feet. measured distance.
The order reads: "The Postmaster
General orders that the service on
Route No. 55161. from Covert to Os-
borne. Kan, be changed so as to sun
ply Covert at the site authorized Nav
40, 1906, decreasing distance O.0s
mile, with deduction from your ray
Of $2.56 per annum. being pro rata.
and allowance to you of one months
extra pay on sum deducted. This order
to take effect July i, 1906" If the
government figured as closely as this
with the railroads that carry mail, it
would save a good many hundreds of
thousands OF dollars.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-09
REFLEcTIoNs o. a BAcHELoH
T FROM the New York Press ]

TFrom the New York Press.
Some BOYS that go to college can't
even learn to play golf
When the cook has a good temper
it's a sign she can't cook.
There's certain kind of fellow that
is proud to be run over by a million-
aires automobile
A woman has such natural faith she
can believe a thing she wants to
though she knows she doesn't.
There is hardly anything as uncom-
Portable as to meet a summer girl you
were engaged to and not be able to re-
member her nans.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-09
THE Lesson.

The fate of Senator Burton is a
warning that public officials can no
longer safely engage even in such prac-
tices, to say nothing of the outright
sale of official influence of which he
has been convicted. Public opinion
inperiously demands a higher standard
than has been enforced for a long time
and searches with minute inquisitive-
ness into the actions and motives of
all who are entrusted with power. They
must keep wide even of suspicion or
he ready for conclusive exculpation If
the finger of suspicion points toward
them-Omaha Bee.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-09

These sensational disclosures that
are being made in governmental circles
3ust now are entirely too much like a
modern circus. There are too many
things going on at once Here's the
Standard Oil. the railroad rebates and
the Pennsylvania railroad grating
each in a separate ring. and now a
packing house act has been put on on
an elevated stage. How can the pub
lie keep track of so many scandals
at once2
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-09

Id may be opserfed. py der bapers.
dot a pardt uf der Spinage Manilly
f1eedt, vich vas operationed on by Mis-
der Dewey, haf peen sold fer scrapiron.
Motifs: Any oder nations vfch hat a
ofer-subbly uf warshipbs unit a short
age uf scrap-irOn may be accommo-
dationed by calling up Ger DOWN. our
offic in Washington.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-09
TWO SENATORS.

Yesterday two men left the Unitod
of faithful and honorable service, the
other convicted of crime before his Term
of office had expired, was driven to the
alternative of either resigning or being
expelled from the senate. 1t is an in
suit to Senator German to be mention
ed in this same article with Burton,
but that each reaped his reward, the
one honor the other of dishonor- Each
is an example to the young men Of
this country whether in public or pri-
vate life, and the young man who
steps aside from the path of honor can
have no other finish than that Of the
late senator from Kansas, while the
young man who lives IN honor and
does his duty, while he may not reap
the honors in public life that have corae
to Senator German, win honor what
ever station in life he may occupy
Parsons Sun
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-09

Allen B. Lemon. who used to be in
the newspaper business at Winfield,
and was once State superintendent Of
Public Instruction, has been living IN
California the past 20 years. publish
ing the Santa Rosa Call. His office was
completely destroyed by the recent
earthquake, but he already has pro
cured a new outfit and issuing his pa
per regularly.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-09

mends the appointment of F. D. Co
burn as United States senator, but it
says 1.-The great difficulty in the way of
his remaining in the senate is the
probability that the next Kansas Iegis-
lature win be Democratic. Strange to
say this latter statement was not pub
Iished IN the Republics joke column.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-09

The Washington Post thinks that E.
H. Hobson, Of that city, who won a
81 900 automobile on a cent ticket, had
better luck than the Alabama Hobson,
who spent Sc. 900 and only drew a seat in
congress. People who have had exper-
fence in owning automobiles will be
inclined to question that statement.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-09

The Pennsylvania railroad people
are not at all grieving because the
packing house disclosures came just
at this time. 1t takes the attention of
the public away from them.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-09

After q perusal of the four-eolumn
affidavit presented to the city council
Thursday night. it is quite evident that
somebody is making strong bid for
membership in TIE Ananias club.