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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-08

The Democrats of the Second con-
gressional district are to be congratu-
lated on the final outcome of their con-
gressional convention. Manford
Schoonover. whom they have nominat-
ed for congress, is not only an excel
lent man personally. but he represents
new and better Democracy in Kan
sas.
1t is highly improbable that Judge
Schoonover can overcome the big Re
publican majority in the Second dis
trict, but that fact does not detract
from his qualities as a gentleman and
citizen. His Republican opponent.
Charles F. Scott, is also an able and
scholarly gentleman. with the exper-
fence of two terms in congress behind
him, and with the Republican party
united on him there is little doubt at
this time of Mr.. Scott's election.
Judge Schoonover is in some ways
the very antithesis of his chief oppon-
ent in the congressional convention.
Mayor Rose of Kansas City, Kan. The
latter stands for the violation Of the
prohibitory law, while Judge Schoon-
over is one of the most pronounced ad-
vocates of law enforcement. Some Of
the very best temperance literature
ever written in the state of Kansas has
come from the pen of Judge Schoon-
over. He is in line with the new Kan
sas Democracy that declared in its re-
cent state convention in favor OF the
enforcement of all laws
The vote given Mayor Rose was a
handsome compliment, but he was
wise enough to decline the honor prof
fered him. In some respects he is
said to have made an excellent official
in Kansas City. but his record on the
joint question Is much against him. TO
be sure he has done no worse probably
than the mayors of Wichita, Leaven-
worth and some of the other towns
where joints are openly licensed, but
he stands convicted in the highest
court in the state of malfeasance in Of
fee. AS the Democratic candidate for
congress he might have run we'll in
Kansas City, Kan, but it is hardly
probable that he would have done so
among the farmers and better class of
people out over the second district.
who, as a rule, believe in law enforce
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he says, trades. exchanges or sell adj
vertising space to railway companies
for transportation. This has been the
rule in Kansas for forty years. The
publisher is a private citizen. he sells
space in his paper. does the work and
gets the pay. When a United States
senator, a member of the lower house
Of congress. a judge of a court. mem
bers Of the legislature, or state Of
hcers, accept passes from the railways,
what do they trade. exchange or swap
in return2 We don't know. Do you?
OF the ten members of congress from
Kansas eight of them, it is said, ride
on railway passes. Senator Benson
and Victor Murdoch pay their fares,
while the others it is alleged do not.
What do these eight members trade,
swap or exchange for their railway
passes? We don't know. Do your"
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THE WAY OF the TRUsT.

Out in California. around San Fran
cisco, there is an organization known
as the Lumber Dealers association.
There is nothing remarkable about this.
for such organizations exist in other
places also, but certain antics of the
price Of lumber in San Francisco since
the fire and earthquake made it neces-
sary to rebuild the city. have aroused
the curiosity Of the federal officers re-
garding this particular lumber dealers
association.
The lumber business is. OF course. ex-
ceedingly good in San Francisco now,
and while prices were high enough be-
fore, since the fire they have advanced
three dollars per thousand feet on an
average. and another contemplated ad-
vance IS rumored. This Is what first
aroused the curiosity OF the officials,
and since thew have made certain dis
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BuiIding Up a Road,s Trafric.

Inc traIIlc manager must be adept,
not in one business or in a score of
businesses, but in a hundred lines of
enterprise. He must know people, and
places, and industries; the sources of
raw materials and the markets for
nnlshed products; the comparative re-
sources of individual producers and
shippers and all that affects them.
Only by living the life of his whole
territory, by personal observation and
personal contact, by seeing with his
own eyes, hearing with his own ears
grasp1ng with his own hands, can he
get such knowledge
1t stands to reason that the funda-
mental principle on which the freight
traffic man acts is that he must make
money for his road. There may have
been time in the worlds history
when it was thought that the way to
make the most money was to charge
the highest prices, but twentfeth-cen-
fury economics do not regard that as a
safe and sound rule. The more rail-
roads territory ships out, the more
money comes back to 1t and the more
Of what is produced elsewhere will be
brought in to add comfort, or maybe
luxury, to living Get all the business
you can at a fair profit, is the idea, but
be sure you do it in way that will
bring still more traffic later on by in
creasing the earning power, and so the
purchasing power, of the people who
live along your line.=F'rom 1.-THE
Traffic Manager and the Shipper" by
Philip s. Fiske, in the American
Monthly Review of Reviews for Au-
gust
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GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe. !

[F'rom the Atchison Globe1
1t must be tough to hate a man every
body else likes.
Nearly every man is henpecked. but
a good many manage to disguise the
fact.
On visit without the neighbor boys
finding it out.
We are in favor of throwing out that
word "palatiaP' unless the house des-
cribes has a closet in every room.
An Atchison young man before go
ing" with a girl, makes her sign an
. agreement that she does not expect
matrimony.
When a mother drops a dish and
breaks it, it means that it will be at
least six weeks before scolding her chill
dren for a similar offense will have any
effect.
An Atehison man is so tough that it
is doubted if anything can kill him: he
has had Bright's disease twelve years.
and pays no more attention to 1t than
he would to a cold.
When the neighbours children go with
a woman to the cemetery, they always
look anxiously at her when they get
there, hoping she will not disappoint
them by failing to cry.
There seems to be good argument for
every religion, and for no religion; in
fact, there is a good argument for ev-
erything, except drinking whisky. No
body attempts to defend that habit
A sour farmer was on the streets to-
day. DO you remember 1901 ?" he ask
ed CThat was the year of the drouthJ
No, we can't remember it; 1906 is as
far back as we can remember.
Women ought to bring butter and
eggs to town in bugg1es. When a great
big man, riding in a great big wagon,
drawn by a span of great big mules
stops in front of a grocery store, and
takes out a batch of eggs, It looks funny.
A woman visited in Atchison lately
who looked so very artificial from the
crown of her golden head to the toe of
her high heeled slipper that it was said
II. some one should press her in the cen
ter of her body she would squeak: Ma
ma" like a French doll
When a man sends his wife away for
the summer and then fixes up the hous
for her as a surprise, he thinks and
thinks and thinks and as a result puts
paint on the outside of the house Of
the color. she hates most, and puts paper
in the parlor which she thinks is too
ugly to be in the barn.
of your methodical women. It is relat-
ed that her father lay dying in her
house and that the final. struggle was
prolonged past the noon hour. 1t is
twelve O'clock" said Mrs Lysander
John. coming into the room where the
family had gathered around the bedside,
and you must all come out to dinner.
never let meal wait for any one in my
house, So the family filed into the
dining room, and when Death came It
fonnd the old man all alone.
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coveries involving the lumber dealers
association. the United States district
attorney is directing some pointed ques-
lions to the members Of that associa-
ton.
For instance. the district attorney
wishes to know why members of the
association are required to give $500
bond when they join. He is DESTROYS
Of knowing what this bond is for.
He is also asking why Independent
lumber dealers have to pay dollar
more per thousand for their lumber
than do the members of the association,
and also why certain contractors are
able to buy lumber much cheaper than
others. As a result Of the information
he is getting District Attorney Deylin
intimates that there may be something
doing IN the courts that will interest
the members of the organization.
If it is true that the price of lumber
has been thus greatly increased in San
Francisco simply because the dealers,
by means of an organization and $500
bonds, are able to act together in fore
ing up the price. tnasmuch as there is
now dire need of lumber there, it looks
as though the continuation of martial
law in San Francisco would be a good
thing. When a baker who happened to
have a supply of bread after the earth
quake put Up the price to ten cents a
loaf. he was compelled at the point Of
the bayonet to put 1t down again
1t is entirely in accord with the
grasping nature Of a trust to take ad-
vantage of want and necessity to adj
vance the price of what it sells or lower
the price of what it buys in order to
increase its own profits. John D. Rookie
teller and Standard OIL are not the
only ones in this country who are con-
trolled by greed. It's the way of the
trust.
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When He KicLed

A Nebraskan minister who enjoys the
confidence of W. J.. Bryan asked the
presidential candidate of 1896, just before
he was leaving the country on his present
tour, what was the best story told about
him when he was before the country as
the opponent of Major Mckinley.
The one most enjoyed" he replied,
was told by a commercial traveller who
put up at a village tavern in Arkansas.
Inc accommodations were very scant. The
traveller slept on the floor He had no
water to wash his hands and face When
he went to breakfast he was out of sorts.
de told the landlord that his house ought
TO be swept away by q hurricane. The
landlord made no reply. but invited the
traveller to eat The food was on a par
with the travellers room. He said It
wasn't mt for a hog. The landlord was 81
lent and passed up another dish. The
traveller threw 1t on the floor
The landlord picked up the remnants
and pitched them into q bucket and said
nothing. Just then a woman whose ap-
pearance indicated poverty and Door
health passed through the dining room
The traveller made a remark about her
that was decidedly uncomplimentary. say
ing that he didn't wonder that the grub
was not fit to eat If she prepared it The
landlord never uttered word of protest
The traveller left the table and asked for
his bill. AS the landlord scraped up the
bottom OF his till to make change the
traveller asked him: How do you stand
on this Is to l craze, anyhow Then the
landlords wrath asserted itself and he
hit his guest between the eyes.''-Ameri-
can Spectator.
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even after two years misunderstood.
ing.
Bart, I must tell him.
'I'll tell him." said Bart and when
Willard came up the step leisureIy
Kate stood with her face seward and
Bart met him.
You look awful1y unsociable, you
two" said Willard. gSily- "Imogene
just told me you we're scrapping-
TT isn't a scrap" said Bart, slowly.
Its a discussion on conscience, Rates
conscience. You see, Kate and used
to be engaged, two years ago, and Kate
thinks that you ought to be told OF it. "
Very considerate, I'm sure" VIII
lard's face whitened. He did not look
at Kate. 7 think she might have ex-
tended the consideration, and told ms
of 1t herself
Kate turned instantly. There was
look in her eyes he had never seen be-
fore. a look of tenderness and glad
ness.
Il know I should have. Willard. .
she exclaimed. But it was only Bart
and we were not really engaged yet.
you and I, you know didn't think
you would mind"
Il don't" said Willard, sturdily. It's
only a matter of conscience, after all
Anything else2''
yes. We've just renewed the old
engagement, and I think you ought to
be told of it-as a matter Of con-
science. ''-(Copyright 1906, by Ruby
Douglas.)
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QUAKER REFLECTIONS.


TFrom the Philadelphia Record
The airship already looks down on
the automobile.
Even the honest nurseryman can not
escape the charge of being a CRATER.
Many a man who thinks he is a big
gun, really only carries ammunition
for an air gun.
The great trouble with the artistic
temperament is that it generally wants
to borrow breakfast money.
Happiness" says the Manayunk
Philosopher, lis simply not being SO
unhappy as some other people,
Some peoples idea Of giving to the
Lord Is to buy a cushion that will
make the church pew more comfort
able
she-..women dress to please the
men, you know" He-'T don't see
why they shouldn't. Men pay the
bills"
No, Maude, dear; a double wedding
is not a complicated matter. In fact,
1t is simply putting two and two to-
There may be nothing new under
the sun. but some people spend a lot
of time trying to invent novelties in the
way of trouble.
When a fellow goes around saying
there is no such thing as disinterested
friendship It's pretty sure sign he has
been trying to borrow money.
Tommy Pop. what is a multi
naillionaire2" Tommy's Pop-''A null
timill1onaire, my son. is generally a
pompous man with side Whisksrs and
about $5os0
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POINTED PARAGRAPHs.
fFrom the Chieago News.l

EFrom the Chicago News
Don't criticise your neighbor, set him
an example.
One of the things you can't buy on
credit is experience
An otherwise truthful man sometimes
talks about himself.
Most real estate investors draw the
line at cemetery grounds.
Even a wise man and his money are
soon parted by the undertaken.
Many prayers would be more effective
If they were blue penciled.
It isn't necessary for women to be vot-
ers in order to become rulers.
The persistent man accomplishes q
lot Of things that are not worth while
In union there is Strengths many
a married man has learned to his sole
row.
Most men are qualified to occupy
apartments in a iunatic asylum-and
they can prove it.
It used to be a popular fallacy that
sense came with age and wisdom with
experience
And 1t is so easy for a woman to have
a headache when she can't think Of any
other excuse
Lovemaking of the kind usually found
in romantic novels makes the real thing
look like % cents.
About the best any woman can do
when she attempts to make a fool Of
man is to act as natures assistant
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-08
JOURNAL ENTRIES

When a bank official swipes the funds
of the bank it is called population"
This the police term for stealing
= X y
AS near as we can judge from casual
glance at the baseball news. Boston has
a monopoly of all the tail holds in its
vicinity.
We hope we shall be forgiven If we
remark that Premier Stolypin has also
stolymarch on the reVolutionists in
Russia.
The Salina Journal recently said it
was not surprised that Stuyvesant Fish
Is such a fighter, because he looks so
much like Sim Bear Of Topeka AS the
news from Salina has been dull since
then it is supposed that Mr.. Bear has
been too busy to go up and cause a cas-
ualty in the Journal office. 1t is quite
evident, however. that Fred Triggs eyes
need fixing If a Fish looks to him like
a Bear.
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THE LOST PLACE on FV4lHvERs

The LOST PLACE OF FLOWERS.
When we had heard the robins call;
ana when, beside the garden wall
Inc hyacinth's green leaves burst through
guarding the promised line of blue
ana Whens Wee boy and girl we wore
1ong-sieeved pink aprons-and before
we learned the way to school and book,
Our mother led US to that nook.
Down the barn lane, a happy three,
We went, with Love for company.
a winding fOOtpath, brown and deep,
Worn by the tread of cows and sheep,
We followed, through the pasture-Iand,
and crossed the stream by log-bridge
spanned
Then on beyond it. down the wood,
mere giant beech and maple stood.
Forerunner Of his brethren slain
And there, beneath the woods warm
We found the first wild flowers Of spring.
HoW We'll those blooms our Mother
White, tinged by faintest pink or blue
ana perfumed with the woodsy scent,
A fragrance but by wild flowers lent
Lost is that place. can not find.
IN stretch of green turf left behind,
A hint to tell to me where grew
Inc flowers my early childhood knew.
And more is lost of those old days
Inc song the smile, the blame, the praise;
But may be, on the farther side
Inc bounds, which Earth and Heaven
That Mother waits for US. to show
New flowers she, long since, learned to
Cora A. Matson Dolson in Woman's
Home Companion.
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KANSAS COMMENT



How easy It is for q lot Of delegates
totally ignorant of the railroad ques-
ton, to get together and pledge two
cent mile rate on the railroads. The
popular prejudice against the railroads
may pick up such a resolution with
applause But the sober, thoughtful
judgment of thinking people is that
there are many railroad questions OF
more importance than the Two-Cents-
a-Mi1e problem. People are not suf-
fering materially for what they have
to pay for their railroad tickets Peo-
pie with homes. work and business are
not seriously injured by conditions that
keep them at home attending to their
work and business. What they pay the
railroads is not the biggest expense
when they go away from home. But
anyone has to think but once to real
lie that the man who buys his ticket
pays for his ride and also something
on the ride that the fellow gets who
by his official or political pull upon
railroad officials, rides for nothing.
Anyone has to think but once to real
lie that when a shipper from central
Kansas has to pay the local rate to
Kansas City, and the through rate
from Kansas City to Galveston when
he ships carload of grain direct to
the gulf, that he is paying more than
his fair share. Anyone can think once
and appreciate that a carload of coal
should be hauled 500 miles at least as
cheaply as car of grain or cattle IS
hauled 700 miles. Anyone knows that
1t is not fair to charge a bigger price
for a carload of lumber from the
pineries of Texas into this part Of kan
sas than is charged by the same rail-
road for hauling a like carload of lum-
Der 800 or 400 miles further on to the
north. In legislating upon the railroad
question the thing to do is to cut out
and readjust the things that are known
to be unfair and absolutely wrong.
None but thorough student of rail-
road matters knows whether or not a
Two Cent a Mile rate is the proper
thing.@Douglass Tribune
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ERON OTHER PENS
DEATH TO THE PESTS.

The suggestion of a New Orleans
physician that all stagnant ponds and
pools be stocked with top minnows, the
variety that comes to the surface for
food, as a means of destroying the
larvae of mosquitoes, seems more prac-
teal than the plan of placing oil on the
water. The oil scheme has proved IN
satisfactory in many places, perhaps
because it IS not carried out systemati-
cally though New Jerseyites have been
heard to aver that mosquitoes in their
state thrive on the oil diet But the
little fish are voracious creatures, and
will do much to keep the insect pest in
check.-Indianapo Star.
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TRY GROVER.

One of the details yet to be worked
out in connection with Bryan's recep-
ton in New York is the question of Mr.
Bryan's companions in his carriage.
Whether more than one other should
ride with him is yet to be settled Gov
ernor Folk. the chairman of the recep-
ton committee, will, of course, be in
the carriage with Mr.. Bryan, and he
has made the suggestion that William
Randolph Hearst also be in the car
rage. It has also been suggested that
Mayor Tom Johnson of Cleveland
should ride with Mr.. Bryan. Now add
Charles F. Murphy. draw down the
dark curtains and let the band play a
solemn tune.-Boston Advertiser.
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The real idea of those who purpose
to contest Russell Sages will is said to
be that since Mrs. Sage is a very old
woman. litigation would certainly tie
up the property during the remainder
of her life and that, rather than be thus
prevented from disposing of it, she
would make a settlement with the
claimants That is about as cold
blooded a holdup as has ever been de-
vised.-Buffalo Express.
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HUMOR OF THE Day

Mrs. Smithson- Brown am told thai
Mrs. Jones' Green-Gray has been expelled
Mrs. alrik1-iDievoris-served the horrid
thing just right Was her ofrense seri-
Mrs OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES heinious.
my dear She was giving rebates on her
alimony.-Puck.
Can I induce you to go to church,"
asked the earnest evangelist.
% not for mine. doc" replied the
Per. Perhaps you you have have some feelings
No, I amt got no grudge agin IT.; mine
was a home-weddin. Philadelphia Press
TT has always been my rule" said Mr..
indeed exclaimed Miss Sharpe. glar-
ing significantly at the clock. in that
money Philadelphia Press.
He was born with a silver spoon in his
yes. but he met d chap who was raised
with four aces in his hand Puck.
stranger-Is there man of the name OF
Richards living anywhere along here2
Hollowed-eyed Resident-Nobody lives
here, sir This is a row of flats--Chicago
Tribune.
Augustus Ito his fiancee)-Couldn't you
kiss me little more affectionately, dear?
Arabella-WelI, 1 do my best; but you
are the first one that has ever complained.
Z dare say a man has to give up a
great deal when he marries,' observed
the bachelor.
IT'S nothing to what he has to give up
afterwards, replied the married man, as
he gazed sadly at the stubs in his check
book.-Philadelphia Record.
Jack Huggard-AIiss RoxIey's father
made a surprising statement to me last
night.
Tom Aseum-what was that?
Jack Huggard-He sneaked into the pSr-
Tor and said: Hal I caught you kissing
my rt''-Phiiadelphia Press.
"Po you think the opportunity ever
Yes. but some men go at such rapid
pace II can't catch up with them. De
troit Free Press.
Did you read Potts latest book?a
Yes. I waded through it, but it was
''How could it be dry if you waded
through it?-Boston Transcript.
The Tiger-I hear the elephant can't
leave with the show.
The BeaT-Why not2
The. TIger-They are holding his trunk
for his board--Lippincott's Magazine.
Daughter-Papa, dear. Lord Topnotch is
getting impatient. Can't you interview
him?
Father-Not just now, dear; too busy.
Daughter-WeI then can't YOU have
the Title Guarantee company look him
up2-Brooklyn Life.
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II La Toilette is to be read out Of
the party there is danger that there
won't be very much party left after he
gets out and those who believe as he
does follow him.
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owing to rains it is said that the at
tendance at the Democratic convention
and rally in Neosho county was not
large. Apparently rains are just as
bad for the Democrats now as before
they declared for enforcement of the
Rrohfbitorv law.