davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16
As OTHERS SEE Us.

1t is always interesting, though not
always hattering, to get an outside view
Of ourselves. Sometimes other people
point out our faults-which enables US
to correct them; sometimes they com
mend our virtues-and we may practice
them the more. But whether critical or
commendatory it is always interesting
to see ourselves as others see us. That
is why the following editorial. published
by the Los Angeles Express, under the
heading. kansas to the Front" viii be
Of interest to the readers of the State
Journal:
"One of those oft-recurring occasions
again has arisen upon which it is prop
er to repeat the inquiry: What's the
matter with Kansas The Sunflower
state can make ready answer by point
ing to the fact that its citizens are
bravely graphing the tentacles of the
Standard Oil octopus, and more re-
Gently a non-partisan convention as
sembled at Wichita to consider the ques-
ton of government control of freight
rates and Incidentally give expression of
encouragement to the chief executive of
the nation
This close succession of events calls
for applause and comment Moralists
and observers who have become hard
ened to the point of pessimism agree
that the social and commercial health of
the nation is endangered. but most of
these content themselves with perfume
tory and respectable denunciation In
Kansas such conditions call for mass
meetings and seathing speech with final
determination to do something.
such proceedings undoubtedly are an
expression of Kansas spirit or a habit
Of mind which had original nurture in
slavery days when the state was popu-
larly represented as bleeding Evident
~ this tendency toward protest has been
preserved, and when things go wrong
lin the nation timorous folk go about
deploring and with finger pointed at
Kansas they inquire. What's the mat
ter?' in subdued tone of voice 1t is
usually discovered that Kansas has as
sumed the burden and is properly rails
ing a row on behalf Of those whose
rights are being trodden under foot.
In times of great stress the Kansas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16
JANA WKER J0TS

It required two bull dogs and a coli
lie to put wolf out of business up at
Morganville the other day.
Frontenac has a miners band that
has an offer of a ten weeks. engage
ment to tour the country next spring.
Harper county has just got out of
debt, but its court house has beell
condemned as unsafe and 1t must
build a new one.
An Atchison Greek ran all the way
to the fire station, five blocks, to tell
the firemen his shoe shining empo-
rum was burning, instead of using a
telephone.
It is said that a man in Osborne
county once traded a farm up there for
a feather bed. Now the farm is worth
$4,000. No mention is made of the
bed now.
There are four candidates for the
Mcpherson postmastership, and the
Democrat of that town guesses that
somebody is liable to be disappointed
when the appointment is made.
It has leaked out that Judge Sam
Peters. of Newton, is a golf fend. He
recently won a golf championship at
Newton. Just imagine Judge Peters
in kits and a Scotch cap, and talking
the ''Hoot. mon." language!
p E. Haney. of Winfield, recently
found d bullet imbedded in the heart
of a red oak tree eighteen inches
thick. 1t is beleVed, from the rings
in the wood, that the bullet had been
in the tree forty years.
Here is one of the meanest slams
of which a Kansas editor was ever
guilty. It was perpetrated by the Her
ington Sun: lone of the Hope girls
had her stocking snugly filled Christ
mas The gift consisted of a lead
pencil
Mrs J. A. Armstrong, of Mankato,
made some lemon pies the other day
from lemons of her own raising. She
has lemon tree four years old on
which there were twenty-seven small
lemons but only two matured. These
two. however, were each about the
size of a crOquet ball.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16
JOURNAL ERTRZES

The poultry show has gone home
which may account for the discOntin-
uance of the fowl weather.
Medicine Hat did a pretty good job
of bluffing us all right yesterday.
There's a heap of difference between
a free press and a free pass.
There is great fear that this reform
ed winter of ours may backslide one
of these days.
Now that we have real cheap gas
there Will no longer be the necessity
for turning down the lights in the
parlor after 10 O'Clock when He calls
but the practice undoubtedly will con-
tinue just the same-from force of
habit perhaps.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16
PoINTED PARAGRApHs-
IFrom the Chicago News.1

GFrom the Chicago News.J
Mince meat is but a astronomical
merger.
A newly married man gets back to his
lodge by degrees.
Bait your hoop with a gold brick
when you fish for suckers
Too often fortune smiles upon those
who are unable to appreciate it.
The more disagreeable the truth the
more mighty and prevalent it is.
There is a lot of sentiment in the
squeeze OF hand by the right person.
AS mans brilliant future grows
shorter his unbrilliant past grows long
A confidence man is one who tells
secrecy.
How we live may be a mystery to
some people, but why some people live
is mystery to us.
When man has a pair of handcuffs
on his wrists he knows what it means TO
be within the clutches of the law.
There is probably nothing more an
noying than to have to spend a lot of
time preparing for an emergency that
failed to emerge.
After a glance at the statesmen COM
posing the average state legislature it is
easy to understand why so many Of our
laws are unconstitutional.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia RecOrd.1
The fellow who sows wild oats general
ly mixes it with rye.
Many a mans sympathies are enlist
ed who wouldn't enlist himself.
The cynical bachelor rises to remark
that the woman haters are not all mar
ried.
Flattery is the gift Of making peo-
pie believe you think they are what they
imagine themselves to be.
First Kid-He amt much of a sport.
Second Kid-Naw. Why, two pieces
of pie makes him sick.
Wfgg-CIothes don't made the man.
Wagg-No, but they make a rather
close imitation sometimes.
Blobbs-Blublud claim to be an in
ventor. What has he ever invented ?
Slobbs-Oh, a few ancestors. I imagine.
Muggins-He tried the stage. but was
an utter failure. Buggins-What is he
doirg now2 Muggins-He's a dramatic
critic.
It is only in the Joke papers that a
girl says this is so sudden when a fell
low proposes. Generally she is too busy
to say anything
Hoax-There is one thing the Fedora
ton of Labor seems to have overlooked.
JCaX-What's that2 Hoax-The possi-
bility of organizing an insurgents union
down in South America
Hook-Why are those two cut-ups
taking their beer mugs over by the
grandfathers clock2 Nye-I imagine
they are preparing to spring a WITH
cism about its being a long time be-
tween drinks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchigon GIob

LFrom the Atchison Globe.I
When people say anything good
about you, ever notice what d few are
present.
When there is chicken for dinner,
c. c. salad appears next day: Chicken
Continued.
When a woman sweeps a room with
her husband sitting in it, she may not
feel it. but she always looks mighty
vindictive.
You are not doing your work as we'll
as you might if you are planning all
the time where you will spend your
next vacation.
1t is every woman's opinion that
Job, being a man, missed the greatest
afiction of all he didn't have to put
up with a husband
If a preacher is married. there is at
least enc woman in the church who
tells him he has faults: The woman
who IS married to him.
After a woman passes forty. the only
attention her figure attracts is Mercy.
you are as thin as a rail-" or Good
gracious. you are as big as house"
The people who approve of you in
everything else, draw their chairs to-
gether and begin to whisper when they
reach the subject of your way for find
ing pleasure.
The clock has a strange way of tell
ing different tales with the same face:
If it is telling one man to hurry up.
it tells the next man who looks that
there is plenty of time.
In a small town the women who at
tend the bargain sales are the same
ones who attend the big receptions
and they use the same methods to get
to the counters that they do to reach
the refreshment table at a reception.
The only difference is that in working
their way to the refreshment table they
frequently say: Beg pardon" and
in getting to the bargain counter they
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16

looked up. their ut. and Molly
stared at him wi t Of recogni-
ton. He half II feet, than a.
hot wave Of color Used his face as
he turned sullenly to his companion.
Amusement, Indignation, relief
chased themselves in quick succession
over Molly's face. She met Gordon s
eyes and her own fell before their
message.
The strains of the violins died softly
away, the crowd thrilled with enthusi-
asm Encore-encore, they cried
and again the gay little French song
echoed through the rooms; with all
my heart" swung the refrain.
Gordon leaned over the table. Say
it." he whispered.
The delicate color dyed her cheeks
crimson; he bent nearer
With all my heart" she whispered.
- Copyright, 1906, by E. c. PaFcells.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16

It has come to the ears of Des
Moines county officials that the occu-
patton of raising wolves is being car
RED on Systematically by a few farm
erss who hope to reap a good profit
next spring. The county pays 81 for
every cub wolf and IS for every old
VOLTS scalp.
1t has been noticed for several years
that certain farmers have been reap
ing harvest each spring on bounties
for wolf scalps. Rarely was an old
VOLTS scalp presented, and this fact
served to arouse the suspicious of the
county officials.
A farmer from one of the townships
where the wolves have been particu-
larry plentiful was in the city the 9th
er day and unbosomed himself of a
few facts concerning the wolf raising
industry.
TITS more profitable to raise wolves
that 1t IS hogs, said this farmer IF
you have noticed, the scaIps of the old
wolves are never turned in for bounty
There is good reason for this. as the
elimination of the old wolves would
put an end to the propagation of the
species and the collection of wolf
Dounues. Why, [ know a farmer who
has considerable timber land on his
place who has several old wolves that
are as tame as shOats
1t costs little or nothing to keen
them, and every spring when the
young wolves are born the lair is in
vaded and the youngsters knocked on
the head before their eyes are OPEN
Ihey mean 81 apiece at the auditors
ofnce. New York Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16

cause Of the liquor sold him He
poured his savings and his property
into the saloon keepers tills. He mis-
treated his family. The liquor dealers
had been warned not to sell him the
stuff, but they were too eager for his
property to heed the warning. Under
a little used Illinois statute the fam
lily might secure a judgment against
the saloon keepers, and the court act
ed accordingly. Kansas has a similar
law. There are probably fewer in
stances for its use than there are in a
liquor state. but a few big judgments
under it would make liquor sellers eX-
tremeIy careful to whom they sell
their poison.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16

I like to campign in Ohio" said Rep
resentative Cousin of Iowa. Il have a
campaign in my own state this coming
year, but hope to have time for a few
speeches in Ohio. They know how to
treat a fellow out there, and even
Democratic audience is cheerful. Once
was making a speech in small town.
The hall was full and some rough look
ing men kept interrupting by calling me
a liar and a few other things. I gave it
back to them and they seemed to en-
JOY it, However, I was puzzled that my
best periods aroused no applause.
When the meeting ended the chair
man whispered that we had best get
out. / demurred, saying that I wanted
to shake hands with some of the audi
ence and get acquainted. The chairman
looked panied and distressed. urging me
to go as the big husky looking chaps
might start a fight. I asked if there
were not enough of our own people to
protect us, and the chairman exclaimed:
Heavens, man. You and I are the only
Republicans in the hall" Then I under
stood why my speech aroused all else
but favor or applause. It was a Demo-
cratic stronghold and but one Republic
can vote in the hall. Washington
Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16

citizen may be reproached with refer
ences to his granger environment, and in
the bitterness Of political wrangling his
whiskers and populism may arouse the
lame ridieule of those who treat reform
as a simple abstraction. But the Kan-
sas spirit is to be commended. While
the people of other states show signs of
being sodden with content or stricken
with fear the sunflower citizen indus
triously and eagerly goes about the task
of rousing the nation for the preserva-
ton of its liberties. Standard Oil and
railway rate control now become burn
ing issues and livelier than ever be-
fore"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16
Had His Hands F,ulI.

The death of Senator David Wark, the
Oldest member of the Canadian parlia-
ment, recalls an anecdote which illus
trates his remarkable independence. At
the age of 101 he was still holding the
seat which had been his for almost half
a century. In his last year his family
had been worried about his habit of
travelling alone in midwinter from his
home in Fredericton, N B., to his post
at Ottawa. They urged him to let his
daughter accompany him. Senator Wark
would have none of her. A man of my
age he said, has all he can p taking
care of himself without having a woman
to look after. Boston Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

IF'rom the New York Press.l
The consolation that man gets out
of losing money is that he is a dead
game sport.
Probably in the tropics the furnace
would insist on burning at ton sDeed
even if there weren't any coal in it.
There is hardly anything in the world
so mean to a woman as to have a new
hat and stormy weather on the same
day.
family good night is you have to wait
for them to go to. bed before you can
take a drink.
When a woman says she has been
working hard it is a sign she has been
out calling all day: and when she SAYS
she has had a quiet, restful day at home
she has been making clothes for the
children
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16
KANSAS c0MNENT
BEN DAVIS OUALITIEs.

BEN LA ~ QUALITIES.
The newspapers for years have been
denouneing the Ben Davis apple and
it is seldom that anybody can be
found to say a good word for it except
that it is a good locker. It's fine ap-
pearance, owing to its color, size, ETC..
IS what causes it to be the most profit
able apple raised in the west and is the
reason why. when a person starts to
set out an orchard for profit he sets
out mostly Ben Davis trees. The Ben
Davis IS to horticulture what hand
some. physically, fine looking people
are to humanity The beautiful girls
are snapped up and married regard
less OF all their offensive undesira BILE
qualities, while the plain and homely
portion of young femininity. however
worthy, Industrious. good and not
withstanding they may have all the
qualities that go to make GOOD wives
and mothers and good home makers,
are neglected. The plain plodding
but industrious and substantial young
man IS ignored or snubbed by society
while the fiashy, handsome, no ac-
count IeiloWs are popular and sought
after by the girls. It is something the
same in business and in politics. 9th
er things being anything like equal.
the hne looking, fashiOnably dressed
merchant outstrips the homely, unat-
tractlVe man. We have known sew
eral men who got into congress and
into state legislatures solely. or aim ost
solely, on their Ben Davis" qualities
1t IS becoming the custom to abuse and
say harsh things about ''Ben Davis
people as it is about the Ben Davis
apple yet we notice that both have
the get there qualities just the same.
-HOlton Recorder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16
Qualified to Practice.

When the late Secretary Hay was
crossing the Atlantic in 1865 on his way
to Paris to serve as secretary of lega-
ton, he told the following anecdote to
one of the fellow travellers:
On applying for admission to the bar
of Illinois he was summoned to appear
before a committee of prominent Chi
cago lawyers to be examined as to his
qualifications. He went to the place
appointed and found the committee as
sembled; but for long time they took
no notice of the young candidate, but
continued talking vigorously together
on various subjects. At last one of the
lawyers, turning to him, said:
Mr.. Hay, what would you do if a
client should come to you with such q
case as this?" and proceeded to de-
scribe very deliberately a complicated
legal case.
Il should ask for retaining fee of
$780," promptly replied Mr.. Hay, land
tell him to call tomorrow.
Mr.. Hay, you are admitted, said
the gentleman. and with a hearty
laugh from all present the proceedings
closed.-Youth's Companion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16
AfR. AVERAGE NAY.

lie loved TO seek the guilty out
And make investigation;
He prObed insurance companies
From surface to foundation.
So unrelenting was his search
He terrified the grafters,
Denunciations that he made
Would shake the very rafters.
The penetration that he showed
Might be accorded peerless.
His reason was exceeding keen.
His courage high and fearless.
And though in such an expose
The role he played was stellar,
He gently snored when asked to hunt
The burglar in the cellar.
New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16
LIS one Ear EnougIl.

Judge Wilbur, who retired from the
Rhode Island bench last June, when
the new court and practice act went
into effect. had for many years previ-
Gus handled the criminal business of the
state. He was perfectly familiar with
the wiles and excuses of men who
sought to evade jury duty, and showed
them little consideration.
A venireman gave as his reason for
desiring to get out of grand jury service
physical disability.
what is the nature of your infirm-
ity?" asked the judge.
7 am deaf in one ear, your honor
replied the man.
you'll do said the judge. Don't
you know you only have to hear one
side of case in the grand jury room?"
Boston Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16

The State Journal is a member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
Eanization for exclusive evening publ
cation.
The State Journal receives for exclusive
publication the leased wire report Of the
publishers Press for the edition for sun
day morning
The news is received IN tho State jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16

simeon Ford says that ne recently
overheard one Irishman say TO another:
.sTom Mullen told me not more'n a
month ago that he were goin' into BUSH
ness for himself. An the day before
Yesterday I sees him a-condhuctin' a
sthrate kyar. TIL liar"
Don't be so hasty,1 replied the sec
ond. sin forfnin' your conclusions. May
be the company amt on to him yit.''-
Boston Post
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16

Amy man with a sense of humor, .
once observed Frank Daniels, the
comedian, "can always find something
to his entertainment if he will stand
near a box Office window of the opry
house in any small town and listen to
the Rubes as they make known their
wants to the man who peddles the
tickets.
"Out in Ohio one afternoon [ was
standing near the box Office window d
few minutes before the beginning of a
matinee given by a friends ombina-
ton. A fine old boy from the coun-
try-one of the kind that sees about
one show in two years-ap approached
the window, his roll in hand. and de-
livered himself of the following:
Say. young fellerl Gin a voice loud
enough to be heard block away.)
Gimme a good seat I want it right
down the middle lane and close up to
the exercises '-HarDer's Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16

Congressman Longworth says the
FiliDinos have no conception of the
idea that a public Office is a public
trust, and they are therefore not ca
pable of self government A good
many Americans have no conception
Of that idea either but they seem to
have q way Of getting into Office
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16

The verdict of a Chicago court Civ
ing the five children of a habitual
drunkard a judgment for S17. 500 as
damages for furnishing the father
with liquor over the protest and warn
ings of his family ought to have a
saIutary effect. What could be more
Just than such an acuon2 The father
became besotted and irresponsible be-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16

The Robinson Index says Ewing
Herbert is keeping alive his ambition
to succeed Congressman Curtis as rep
resentative from the First district in
case Curtis is elected to the senate.
one can easily guess that the Hiwatha
World will not line up with the En-
poria Gazette in its opinion of Curtis
as a senatorial candidate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16
40 NOT C0NTRIBrTI0Ns

Something has been gained by the life
insurance investigation. The policyhoId-
ers may feel measure bly, sure that they
VIII not have to make any of these in
voluntary contributions to campaign
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16
A NEW RUSSIA.

However completely the cars gov
eminent may enforce its authority in
rebellious cities and districts there is a
new Russia to be reckored with. The
old order has passed away. The proof
is found in the free speech of the Rus
sian press.-Cleveland Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16

Referring to the fact that the presi-
dent has just conferred a medal on
another rough rider. the Chicago
News says it supposed all the rough
riders already had medals But per
haps this is the second lap around.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16
IN KANSAS

A young man visited his parents in
Holton Christmas and. for a present,
lifted the mortgage off his fathers
home and gave his mother 800. This
Is real Kansas happening and not a
paragraph from story book.-Linds-
borg News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16

Chicago manages to squeeze out an
optimistic news note once in a while
Three saloon keepers of that place have
been ordered to pay $17,50O for running
the father of a large family with liquor,
according to the verdict of a jury
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16

a clergyman remarks that the 'square
dear is a twentieth century flower with
a first century root. It might have
bloOmed sooner. too had it not been for
experiments in grating Philadelphia
North American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16

OF course Rogers will do as a wit
ness in a pinch, but what the country
really wants is to see John d. Rookie
felier do a little squirming on the wit
ness stand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-16
MILLIONAIRE BUTLER.

And now it is out that Marion Butler
one of the last, if not the last. Of the
Populists, has sixteen oil gushers. and
is fast becoming the richest man in his
state.-Louisville Courier-Journal