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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-04
JANA WKER .J0TS

The turkey crop which a Sedgwick
county woman raised in 1905 Melted
her STA.
The Greenleaf Sentinel concludes
that Fred Dumont Smith is now eligi-
BILE for state treasurer. Not quite. He
hasn't paid back anything yet.
The Muscotah Record tells of a
teacher there who placed the 23rd
psalm on the black board and said:
Now children I want you to learn the
Lords prayer"
The .Atchison Globe predicts that
every politician in the country who is
looking for a federal appointment will
send Alice Roosevelt a piece of cut
glass for wedding present.
Billy Morgan remarks that the pres
idents good right hand must have
been a little lame after grasping the
hands of 9,052 callers on New Years
dav. but still he wouldn't advise any
Of the trusts to engage the president
in fistic combat on the supposluon
that he is handicapped.
Twenty-three years ago a Morris
county man owned a patch of ground
that he considered so worthless that
he made a present of it to James
sharp of Council Grove. Mr.. Sharp
seems to have lived up to his name.
He planted the tract to orchard and
this year it yielded him 1000 bushels
of apples which brought him little
matter of $4,000.
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ouAIZER REFLECTIONs.
rFrona the Philadelphia Record1
L. It'll ,,,z ,-af,rvo

rFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Many new leaves stick and refuse to
turn.
The fellow with no reputation doesn' t
want to be talked about behind your
back.
Don't forget your January ]. 1905,
swear. and make the resolution the one
that won't rub OF.
She RGormonisn is terrible thing"
He-''Yes. just suppose man should be
henpecked'
A government subsidy proves the truth
of the Biblical saying: ITO them that
hath it shall be given
When a married woman begins to COM
plain that all men are alike she might
just as well pack up and 90 home to
Mamma
Nell-"They say she has written a
book BELIEVES it is called The Inner
Life. Nell-.'A religious work p Belle
No. a cook book.
DeTanque-" Csuzzler hasn't been around
lately. I wonder II anything Is wrong
with him Soaoue-ssIsln AFRAID So /
heard he was going to be married"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-04
GLOBE SIGHTS.
I from the AtchiSOn Gi0De-I

TFrom the Atchison Globe-J
When a man loses his position he has
a s many explanations as girl when her
engagement is broken
1t has occurred to US that every married
mans favOrite motto is; what loik5
don't know, doesn't hurt them.
A man never knows how small his house
is until the baby screams al nlght, nor
how large II is until the baby is dead
Of late, even the oldest fashioned do
not swing as far back as the period when
every mother owned hne tooth cOihD
and a hunters license.
When parents are old and poor and be
come a charge to their children, the chill
dren often act like all neTsoas act who
have been paid IN advance
Tell your New Year resolutions 20 q
friend and he Is thinking al the time that
some one ought 10 tell you thst you have
omitted the one you need most.
When girl ruGrTics and moves to ar
other town her sisters And eonsolst ioa
for all their loss IN TIE thought that they
now have another place to visit
It may he called rtides.eSs to enuE7cr-
You had to eat. but sorae times the friend
gets up such an elaborate meal that il is
ingratitGdc not 10.
Once upon time a mar married q so
n,Sr VINO had inherited 800 from 3 grand
father. This was all she ever received,
hut the man rcyeT got credit for his Ct
forts the rest Of his life. He butt 4 as.yE
store Did il With his HIfH'E money.
the neiEhbors said. Tho home was made
over and enlarged. HIS wife's raoneS I'D
it" was the only comment. The little
lneasiy 1900 she inherited was given tn
credit for every thing lie did during He,
and when nc died and llis widow put up
monument with his life Insurance, Her
money paid fer that" was said again.
But this IS what her money really went
for: During her ensa cement she bought
herself $3.50 piano and sts9 diamond
and there was always some regret th@s
she didn also lost the plano.
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4 years, he has given the Times enough
of his personal attention and has Sc
cured the services of such able asso-
ciates that it is probably the best pay
4 in weekly paper IN the state that is
/ published in competition with daily.
/ Both of these napers have their fields
and there is suff1cient rivalry between
them to keep both up to the highest
/ standard Of excellence. Now It happens
that an electric light franchise is expir-
ing in Clay Center, and Mayor George
I w Hanna proposes that the city shall
establish its own electric light plant in
connection with its waterworks system,
/ but the owner Of the present system,
who is the client of Mr.. Williams, know
ing a good thing. desires to have his
franchise renewed. Mayor Hanna, al
though a Populist himself, was elected
mayor on this very issue by a big ma
jority and he is supported by several
Republican councilmen.
The two newspapers, having the well
fare of the town at heart, have been
supporting Mayor Hanna. although
heretofore the Times has uniformly
stood by MI. Williams and his friends.
That is why a new Republican news
paper was proposed in opposition to the
Times and to represent the corporate
interests which seek the public utility
franchises there.
It is a noticeable fact that the news
papers that stand up for the public and
the public's interests regardless of pri-
vate wishes, are the ones that succeed.
The newspaper that is a personal organ
is regarded with suspicion by the people.
It is seldom allowed to publish the news
without cOloring it, and in many in
stances it suppresses facts altogether.
The people therefore do not depend upon
it for news. its circulation is limited.
and its advertising patronage is ditto.
The personal or corporate organ has
to resort to all sorts of schemes to even
make expenses, and 1t is rarely a real
business success. It is the Independent
newspaper that is most successful-the
paper that depends solely on its merit
as a newspaper to secure it's circulation,
and on its circulation to secure its ad-
vertising.
The Chicago Chronicle is a conspicu-
Gus example of the personal organ. John
r. Walsh, Chfcago's frenzied financier,
needed newspaper organ to help him
in his financial manipulations. The
Chronicle was it. With a comparative
" limited circulation, it has also had
SOill pdIdtlNely lttie advertising. Com
pared with the News. the Tribune. or
the Record Herald, it has little prestige.
The day of the personal or corporation
organ is past.
When it became known that third
paper was proposed for Clay Center, to
be a personal organ, those opposed to it
seem to have been able to persuade its
hackers that it would be a losing pro-
position. It would never have amount
ed to much as long as it was known to
represent special business interests, and
especially when such interests were in
opposition to the welfare or the wishes
of majority of the people of the town
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-04
POINTED PARAGRArHs.

lKTroTn the Chicago News.l
It's the limited express for the man
who shutters.
There is often superior cir about an
inferior person.
Wnen the ladder isn't down in the
world it IS Up against It.
It is often difficult for the young faith
er TO hold his own.
A woman is satisfied with a photo
graph only when it datters her.
One can be buried in oblivion without
the aid OF an undertaken.
Why are baIdheaded men so sensitive
about the hair they do not possess?
The less woman has to say about
being lady the more confidence man
has IN her.
If a man has a stiff income he can
afford to have a stiff upper lip and a
stiff backbone.
A girl will believe anything a man
tells her during courtship, but after
marriage that's another story.
Yes, Alonzo, a screen is sometimes
used to hide things, but that isn't nee
essariiy why they screen load of coal
Occasionally you hear of man who
was struck dumb with astonishment.
hut nothing Ike that ever happens to a
woman.
There arc more Havana cigars sold in
the United States annually than the
factories in that city could turn out n
ten years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-04
THE PURPOSES OF

THE PURPOSES OF NEWSPAPERS.
BY the timely exposure of the plan
to start third newspaper at Clay Cen
ter. to be a Republican paper in oppo-
sition to the Times, it seems probable
that a newspaper war has been averted
for that town. war that would have
been bad for all three papers and os-
pecially bad for the merchants whose
business support would have been dc
manded for all of them.
According to reports which come to
the state Journal the new newspaper
or alleged newspaper-was to have had
for its chief purpose the promotion of
its hackers business interests, among
them incidentally the securing of a pub
lie utility franchise for private
parties. F. L. Williams, private
secretary to Governor Hoch and
law partner Of Attorney General Cole
man, was reported to be one Of the back
ers of the new publication, and while
Mr.. Williams denied that ne was person
ally interested in it, he admitted that his
clinets were proposing to start the paper.
and his clients also desire to secure the
electric light franchise.
The State Journal has no personal in
terest in the matter, of course, but it
believes it is warranted in making a
few general remarks on the purpose of
newspapers. taking the Clay Center sit
uation as an example.
Clay Center is the home of two of the
best country papers in Kansas. The
Dispatch publishes both a daily and
weekly and it has made a marked suc-
cess Of its daily in q comparatively
small town. It was the first country
paper in Kansas to put in a typesetting
machine. and it also established its own
haf-tone and engraving plant several
years ago.
The Times has kent to the weekly
field, but the fact that it is owned by
D. A. Valentine is sufficient guarantee
that it is an able newspaper. While
Mr.. Valentine himself has spent most
Of his time in Topeka during recent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-04
RUSSIAN UNTHRIFT.

Tha Influence government may have
ON a people is illustrated by a writer
in the January Atlantic. Comparing
conditions in Germany and those just
across the line in Russia, he says:
"A condition of general unthrift
among the peasants is one of the most
striking features Of Russian country
life. Every stranger passing the from
tier between that country and Germany
is struck by the marked change in this
respect which he encounters up to the
very boundary line, and which the geo
graphical position does not atall account
for. There is no gradual change in the
appearance of the face of the country
or the people from comparative pros
perity to extreme poverty, but sudden
difference in the conditions marked by
totally dissimilar methods of cultiva-
ton. dwellings. and habits of thrift Ev-
erything on the German side indicates
careful cultivation and industry, while
upon the Russian side the fields show
bad tillage and neglect, squalid houses,
inferior and uncat ed-for stock, and
tools and implements lying in the fields
exposed to tie weather"
How far a government should go
towards aiding its people has long been
a disputed question among political
economists. In Russia the people are not
only not aided by the government, but
they suffer from oppression in their eff
forts to rise. In Germany the people
are taxed heavily to support the govern
ment, but the government in return
does many things IL aid of industry and
agriculture. One government has en-
couraged the people to rise; the other
has kept them down.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-04
To DISPLAY Their Rings.

The fashion of wearing elbow sleeves
and long gloves has given rise in Paris
to a very ugly new vogue, which con-
sists in taking pair of long white kid
gloves and cutting the hand off bodily
so as to leave kid covered arm and
wrist, with the hand entirely bare.
In the eyes of the owners of bulky
and beauteous rings the idea has some
what to recommend it, but any fashion
that leaves the hand uncovered never
looks really dressed and for that reason
those who wish to be thought smart are
the only ones who make it popular
Another idea introduced in the French
capital, and it need not be added it is
already here, is concerned with that
useful adjunct of a fashiona Bile woman S
toilet-the gold bag. For some time past
this has been worn adorned with dia-
monds, rubies and sapphires with
plain gold ring that is slipped over the
finger to give the wearer secure grip
upon it. Some of the smartest women
carry these gold bags, the rings of which
are set with stones corresponding to the
stone inset in the clasps. The effect of
a diamond bag ring, slipped on the fin
ger outside a white kid glove, is most
fetching. Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-04
Injury to watches.

do many persons allow their
watches to fall?' recently asked a Gus
toner of a we'll known jeweler.
Half of those brought in for repair
have suffered in that way" was the re-
ply. ct is the most frequent accident.
Accidents of this kind happen most
frequently to men, on account of their
having the watch attached to a fob.
The number of watches injured by
falls increases when this fashion comes
in and it declines when the mode of
attaching watches is in vogue But
there are many other ways of allowing
watches to fall"
who handle their watches most
carelessly, men or women
Il cannot say, but women are more
accustomed to attach their watches to
their clothing or to a chain worn
around their neck, so that they are in
less danger of falling
How is it with children ?"
"GirlS are more careful than boys,
and their watches fall less frequently
Some boys will allow a watch to fall
three or four times a day; others
seem to play with it as with a foot
ball"
s'Does a fall always harm a watch'?"
Most assuredly, and a little fall
may be as injurious as a great one.
Moisture is very bad for a watch; at
times it penetrates where it could
scarcely be expected. More than once
a caressing father who has allowed his
child to play with his watch finds that
it begins to rust. The breath of the
child has affected it. or perhaps has
quent cause for repair is the breaking
OF the spring which will happen to the
most careful person. Neurological
Review.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-04
JOURNAL ENTRIES

In spite of the fact that candidates
for the legislature will not be nomf-
mated for seven or eight months. we
notice TINT a number of enterprizing
newspapers elect their favorite can
didates to the United States senate
every day or two
The worst thing about this snow is
that 1t may bring on storm Of anna
teur poems on the beautiful"
A Wisconsin man goes barefooted in
the snow to cure his heart trouble.
Other men get married for it.
How many resolutions have you
cracked today?
The circulation of the Chicago Rec
ord-Herald ought to boom during the
time that Walter Wellman is so far
away that he can't write for it, Per
haps this accounts for its anxiety to
send him to the North Pole.
We notice Dave Blaine of Pratt has
another plan of breaking into the
newspapers. Blaine has been kept out
a good While. but he seems to have
broken past the quarantine guard at
last.
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HVMOR OF TIE DIY

Griegs-Bropn. understand, Is think
ing seriously & marriage. =. ..-,.,r, q
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
BlobDs-I hear EssymarI has been op-
slobbs-On whate
Tlobbs-On the stock szchangc--Phila-
deiE'hta Record.
Il love ny love IN the morning sang
the young man ardently $500,
''you hain't never seen Ter a the morning
yct."--Puck.
General Bsazer-Ah. partner, do you-err
discard from eT-streugth or v.saAnassf
AR. SIildman- -Esi-er-generally from
Ersght.--Piss:cb
"An my worldly goods shall be yours. ="
he concluded, and hung tremulocs on hs-
And you rnay. select my tics yourself
lie added 5 6 caizSher.
with u beatiflc smile. she held out her
hand Ter the Philadelphia Ledger.
II sappose you keep away from the
mistletoe because you are afraid OF being
No answered Miss Cayenne. but Z
have q theory that osculatior should 10
ssiatter of affection and not Ct botany -
Washington Star
Mrs. Jack Pottss--Jack Cont deny It.
You were out playing poker again last
night.
ny. Jack Potts. was rot. /
just sos this f:rne.-l.iovels-.d Leader.
Arizona Toun.s Maa-Ts.lbci:a how do
you stand on the statehood question?
of course-stop. Dick! YOU are taking an
unfair advantage q Iae.-CEleago Tri-
buDe.
TITS a cold day for me- said the down..
cast man who had just been fred.
As he spoke he fell into an icy puddle.
~=--r- IL f-5
Pm so wet I'm dry he muttered.
picking himself up and entering where
swinging doors invited--Philadelph
Ledger.
children must be educated when
young to respect their parents said the
yes answered the frank. person. and
parents should so conduct themselves
that the children, when they get older
won't feel that they have been imposed
on. w ashington Star.
Lawver-Were you present when the
y witness-Yes sir. It was two years
la fsawyer-what happened them
Witness-I attended the wedding
Cleveland Leader.
The confusion Of tongues has just fallen
aone Of the fellows daughters came
home from a finishing school with new
accent" they explained.
Thus we see again there was a woman
at the bOttOm-NeW York Sun
do yez know phwat they mean by
posthunOus Wurruks, Mrs. Rney2
.sFaith OF do. It's the Wurrulks a man
writes after he's dead. Boston Trans
cript.
Young Mother-Oh. Mr.. Bachelor, you
must see my little baby. He's such a
funny little fellow.
BachellOr-Well, nature will have her
little jOke.-Puck.
She-Where will we stop for dinner
dear if we go out in the automObile2
He-Oh we had better take our dinner
along and wen eat wherever we happen
to stop.-YOnkers Statesman.
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fession was2' she demanded tenscly.
why, the law surprised.
but" stfli breathless, you spoke OF
waiting"
For cases. OF course more and
more surprised. "Oh. BY Jove, as a
sudden thought flashed into his own
mind. II say, you didn't think Blu.
Aline, her eyes very Bright get her
chin hard.
Mo- she said deterrainedIy. II
didn't think. wouldn't you-w0uidn'r
you like to come and meet Auntie -
Copyright, 1906. by Ruly pouglas.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-04
HANIY.

Governor Han1y of Indiana was not
touted as reform governor, but he
seems to have some old-fashioned no
tons of honesty that are giving him a
reputation above that being won by
Deneen. LaFolette and the rest who
have been pointed out as the real
Observation-Disclosures simon-pure article
He has forced the resignation of one
dishonest state official and has demand
ed that of another Hanly may not be
much on talk but he seems to be there
with the goods. A certain Indiana cam
didate for the presidency would do well
to keep eye on Hanly.-Hutchinson
News.
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Giant Worl, ID a Glacler.

O-atnl W.T. u a aIAaGlEE.
How the ice fields of Mount Tacoma
are made to light streets and run cars
nearly 1U0 miles away is told by Day
Allen Wiley in January Technical
World magazine. Says Mr.. Wiley:
From the glacial streams Of Ia
coma is already generated a very large
quantity of electric power, which is
being utilized not only for power but
give an idea of the diversity of nses
for the current, it may be stated tina.
1t operates the electric railway sys-
TENS In the cities Of Seattle and Taco
ma, aggregati1g 16S miles OF trolley
line, in addition to cable railways stu
ated in the hilly portions of these
cities. Besides this service, however,
current is furnished for one OF the
most notable interurban electric rail-
ways in the United States, that extend
ing between Seattle and Tacoma,
rail of connection with the multiple
unit system. This line is employed not
only for passenger service, but Cor
transporting freight and express ma
terial, and ranks among the most com
pletely equipped electric systems II the
world. The horse power required for
a number Of the largest Industries In
the city of Tacoma. including the
shops of the Northern Pacific railway
also obtained from this source; while
illumination for streets and buildings,
in both Seattle and Tacoma, depends
upon it to a considerable extent The
demand for power is Increasing so
rapidly that within q few years Mount
Tacoma will be supplying fully $4,000
horse power to the cities mentioned "
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-04

as hell with the lid off, The term
did not come into common use. however
until President Roosevelt, on leaving
Washington for his western trip last
spring, announced that everything
would be all right during his absence as
TAFT was sitting on the lid
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Found the Hoe Handy.

on a small farm down in eastern
Maine lived old Mr.. n. and his son
Ellery. Like most country boys. Ell
lery often found himself obliged to
work in the field at times when he
would have much preferred doing
something else.
One warm afternoon Mr. n. and
Ellery were hoeing corn and the faith
er, glancing around from time to
time, noticed that his son spent much
of the time leaning on the handle Of
his hoe and gazing away across the
fields.
The old gentleman said nothing, but
during the noon hour he quietly saw
ed off about half the handle, and,
chuckling over his own shrewdness,
returned to work.
Much to his surprise. his son made
no comment OH the change, but, on
looking around a little later in the
afternoon, he beheld the hoe sticking
upright in the ground, with the in
Verted end buried in the earth and Ell
lery himself calmly seated on the
blade.-EEchange
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A STATESMAN > PROBLEM.
From far and near
Once more they come!
OF intellect
A mighty sum
Is gathered In
The classic halls,
Where many a stately
Echo falls.
That silent man,
With furroWed brow
Ger some grave task,
He pOnders now.
Is 1t the tariff
Frets his soul,
Or schemes for railway
Rate cOntrol2
Does he imagine
lSthmian scenes
Or view the distant
Philippines?
Nay, nay. He figures
With great glee
On what his mileage
Ought to be.
Washington Star.
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The State Journal is a member of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
8anization 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 the State Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-04

When that resolution calling for the
resignation Of Chauncey Depew as Uni
ted States senator is again introduced
in the New York assembly. it is to be
hoped that it viii also include the name
OF one Thomas c. Platt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-04

The war between Custodian Collins
and Janitor Evans at the state house
has ended in victory for the former
The best thing that could have happen
ed would have been for both to have
MAJ aefaat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-04

Governor Hanly of Indiana is not only
in favor of abolishing passes but he is
also i'm favor Of a two-cent-a-mile rate
on railroads whose gross earnings are
now in excess of $4,000 a mile Just as
like as not the railroads of Indiana will
forget to contribute to the campaign
fund to ra-elect- Governor Hanly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-04

One Of the compensations for not
being a millionaire is that the world
viii not find out, after you are dead,
all about your excursions from the
straight and narrow way, as it has
about Millionaire Yerkes.