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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27
An aArtistic., Girl.

She lives in big old house on the
edge of the city.
The other day her mother was show
ing a visitor through the house.
This is Jeannie's room,' said she, as
she pushed open the door to a big
many Widowed apartment, looking
out on fine old trees.
The visitor opened her mouth with
a little gasp. The floor of Jeannie's
room was carpeted with dead leaves!
Just one of Jeannie's fads,' ex-
planned her mother. ''She keeps the
windows open so the leaves will blow
in. She won't have them swept up.
She says it makes her feel as if she
were out in the woods"
And Jeannies mother and the visitor
rustled around Jeannie's artistic room.
swishing as noisily through the dead
leaves as if they were wandering
through a November forest.-Phila-
delphia Bulletin
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

Here is some good advice from the
Minneapolis Better Way: Do moi
fret if YOU can not trace your ancestry
back many generations. Think how
hard it might be to keep it secret.
People are learning a good deal
from H. H. Rogers. According to the
Register a White CITY young man said
to his sweetheart Dearest, won You
be mine? Answer me this once
decline to answer on advice Of coun-
sell said the fdgety girl.
General Nelson A. Miles is the de-
PENDANT in a law suit up in Potta-
watomie county, but as it is only suit
to quiet title the general may never
hear of it. Mrs Miles once owned
some land up there and when she sold
it the general neglected to sign the
deed. so it has to be settled by the
court.
Ieavenworth Times: A friendly
first-tree contest is in progress in Kan
sas. The Republic says that there was
not a tree in Ottawa in 1868 In
Wichita. according to the Eagle, there
was not a tree in 1871 and but few OF
them up till 1874. and now hundreds
of trees are being cut every year, some
of which measure from three to four
feet in diameter. Is there any one
now living in Leavenworth or away
from it who can remember when there
were no trees on the Leavenworth
town site2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

NV goodness said Mrs. Nufitchs as
What is It. MAJ asked her beautiful
daughter. 1T seems to me most OF the
paintins in here are. copied from the
brewery calendars. they get up over
home. Chicago Record-Herald.
woman being hooked to death BY a beast
" COW, doncher know remarked young
DudeIeigh. 'eWeally. I cawn't imagine a
C,sustiaUe?' mo. Mr.. Dudeleigh,' re-
piled Miss Caustiaue, unless IL is being
bored to death by q calf. '-Chicago Daiiy
News
Her-Were you ever IN lovez Hin
Yes Her-And are you still in that bliss
full condition. Him-Oh, no 1 N mar
ried now.-Chicago Daily News.
''Pop." Yes. my SON what Is It 8
man loses and then cant tell you what i
is until he finds it2' i really don know
my boy why, his breath! "-X onkers
Statesman.
Hostess-And do you really believe in
Christian Science2 Visitor-Well, you
see, I've been getting rather stout lately
and it's such a comfort to know that
really have no body!-Punch-
Mrs. Observation-Disclosures I don't ike the
looks of that man who called TO see you
last night. Bridget-Well. wei. ain.t i
Philadelphia Ledger.
Johnnie-Pa, won't you please buy me
Papa-What good will a micrObe DO You?
johnnie just read in this paper that
they multiply rapidly.-Judge.
The Judge-But if you footed your
horn, how is it that the plaintiff did not
hear you IN time to get out Of the way2
The Defendant am convinced, your
honor, that the accident was due entirely
to the inferior velocity Of sound--Brook-
Ign Life
do you think that the corporation 9 n
are going to run the government mo"
answered Senator Sorghum. Il don't
think they viii give their time to it 50
long as corporations pay so much larger
salaries than the government " ASH
ington Star.
well" replied the up-to-date manager,
after a moments thought 7 don't ses
weeks Another rehearsal OF two viii
give our star a good grip on her manner
ism, and after that there's nothing left
but to write a play around il. Two weeks
I should say, at the outside Puck
The Doctors Daughter-Papa. can you
fix dOIly2 I operated on her. and all her
utensils are coming out-Life-
His Wife-John, dear. the doctor says
7 need a change of climate. Her Hus-
band-Au right The weather man SAYS
it viii be colder tomorrow--Chicago
Daily News.
l''Is your daughter going to make her
debut this season, Mrs. ParvenuR No
indeed. Madame PaEin attends to all
that We don't have TO do our own sew
ing no more. Baltimore American
ooh. it's easy to pick out a girl that
would make a good wife" Perhaps but
you've married some one else. ''-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27
QUAKER REFLECTIONS

From the Philadelphia Record-1
Duty and pleasure are constantly at
loggerheads.
a woman's viii is often eontradieted
By her won't.
Massage isn't the only way of rub
bling it in on a fellow
In some society q round Of drinks
will make a man square.
The things that don't concern US are
generally the things that give US most
concern.
1t is human nature to fight for our
rights, and when we get them to fight
for more
Hook-What are the principal manu-
featured products Of ChicagO?" Nye-
Census figures.
The mere fact that a woman is a
poor hOusekeeper doesn't necessarily in
dictate that she is intellectual
Editor-''Your poetry is delightfully."-
obscure" Poet-'.DO you think SOP
Editor-''Yes, indeed. Why don't you
write a cook bOok2"
Harduppe-'D you think our friends
will recognize us in heaven2'' Borrowed
II hope not-at least, not those we
owe money to-.
Wigg-''T4e doesn't seer. to have much
respect for religion" WagE-~ Respect2
Why, that fellows principal aim in life
is to reduce the ten commandments to
bric-a-b ric''
Blobbs-'I don't believe Colonel Blow
hard has taken his life in his bands az
frequently as he says he has" Slcbbs-
Il don't know about that. I once saw
him ask a policeman what time it was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27
Settling Point.

1t was a plain, straight case of high
way robbery. and the judge charged
the jury that they could only bring in
a verdict OF guilty. They went out
and three hours passed. Then they
came struggling in, and the foreman
announced that they couldn't agree.
What exclaimed His Honor; you
can't agree on as plain a case as this ~
Sorry to say we can't, Jedge."
Then you must be a passed. of idiots.
Do you doubt that the plaintiff was rid
ing along Blue Hill road on the day
sworn to?"
mot at all"
DO you doubt that Joe simson was
hiding in the brush ~
Not a doubt"
Didn't he spring out and hold the
plaintiff up?"
He sartinly did"
Didn't he afterwards ride the plain
tiff's boss into Red Valley and spend
some of the money!"
Fur shore"
Then what in blazes ails We that
We can't agree2"
ITS this way. Jedge. If we bring
about five years, won't hep"
"All of that, and mebbe more"
"Then the question comes up as to
who is to have his boss and guns? We
can agree on his guilt, but it's the
other things we are jawin' about"
wall, I kin settle that pint fur We
purity mighty quick. His boss is in
my stable. and will stay thar, and his
guns are in my desk, and can't be
token away Now, you hump your
selves and bring in a verdict of guilty.
The point of contention having been
settled, the jury bumped and the case
was quickly Opposed of.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27
PoINTED PARAGRAPHs.

IFrom the Chicago News-l
It keeps some lazy people busy to IN
vent excuses.
Milk of human kindness is not dispens-
ed from a can.
A soft answer seldom fails to impress
a soft person.
The man who complains Of the weath
is one kind Of q fool.
It's up to some men who think thew
know it all to live and unIearn.
You may have more than YOU need
but you never have more than you want
There may be balm in Gilead, but
there are no cheap excursions to that
town.
Many a. girls beautiful complexion IL
due to the fact that she is a born ar
fist.
In order to succeed a man must an
preciate the full value of his opponents
abilities.
A woman never pays much attention
to her husbands talk unless he taIks
in his sleep.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27
THE SENATE PTLLORIED


There is so much approval and recog-
milton of graft in high places these days
that people are apt to overlook some
very plain instances of such approval
occasionally. Such an instance occurred
recently when the man who is accredif-
ed with being the senior senator from
Kansas was enabled to draw his mile
age for going to Washington few days
ago. Under the heading, Larceny by
the Z. S. Senate the New York Press
cites this incident and pillories the
senate for it's tacit approval and partic-
ipation in such CRAFTS. The Press, by
the way, is a Republican newspaper. one
that is in favor Of real honesty in high
places. Here is what it says:
Nothing could give the people a
clearer idea of the present moral state
of their senate than this plain tale
which the Associated Press recorded in
yesterdays newspapers:
Washington, Jan. 22.-One of the
most remarkable procedures in the his
tory OF the senate occurred today, in or
der to avoid a technicahty which pre-
vented Senator Burton of Kansas from
drawing his mileage for the present
session. In order to have his requisition
honored it is necessary for some official
of the senate to take an oath that he
has seen the senator in the chamber,
but since the Indictment and conviction
Of the Kansas senator he has n o. ap-
peared in the chamber. There is no dis
position on the part of any one TO with
hold the mileage, and the senator there
fore was asked to step from the cloak
room into the chamber fer a moment, in
order that he might be seen by some
onlstaL &c declined. but an emDloye
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

your opinion of me. and will accept me-
as your sou-In-IaW.
FOR I'll never, never have anything
to do with the judges nephewi" Mary
declared aggressively.
Mrs. Briggs started, then burst into
peals OF fearful choking laughter Il
guess we'd better stop and see where
Sve're at'' she easped. ssIfm the only
one that's crazv- it seems. who wants
you to have anything to do with the
Judges nephew. Missile? So. you young
scamp, you're Allen, are you 2-and
xro44f7Ta vz-oriyed a slick game on me
but I'm suited. why, it's the very thing
I've been planning for weeksl"
Then, with fresh shrieks. Mary tell
upon her mother. and they kissed ana
cried and laughed together, while John
Allen looked on. grinning foOlishly.-
Copyright. 1906. by Mcclure. Phillips
& Coz
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27
THE sAVINa VIRTIIE.

He was rather shy on spelling
And could count most up TO nine.
But you should have heard the yelling
When he bueked the football line.
Grammar wasn't to his liking,
Out Of Greek he took a fall
But there was some mighty hiking
When he started with the ball.
He was lame on facts historic,
Guessing dates was not his game,
But he was not dead as Yorick
When the lineup signal came.
Though his markings reached for zero
And at that We're seldom made,
Still, he was a football hero
And they held him in his grade.
Duncan M. Smith in Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

THE sENsIBIE WAY.

At last there has appeared on the
scene a sensible railroad man. 1t is
the custom Of the rail.oad officials to
try to suppress news relating to acct
dents and as a result the newspapers
tional nature not warranted by the
real facts if the latter could be learned
from an official source, but the reporters
do the best they can under the circum-
stances. Now comes Patrick Hiulihan,
superintendent Of the Glover Leaf,
with an order that all facts. concerning
wrecks be given to the public as soon
as they are known to the officials 1t is
the belief of officials of that road that it
IS better that the public should know
the truth concerning accidents than to
read accounts prepared from hearsay
The order also provides that reporters
shall be allowed to ride on wreck train
10 the scene Of the accident if they so
desire.-Concordia Blade.
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Explanation satfsned Her.

A story IS told of the late DR.. Ped
die, Scotch minister, to whom his
congregation had presented a pulpit
robe. He had never worn a robe, and
after acknowledging the gift, he said
he would wait in the vestry five min
utes after service to hear any objec-
tions to the innovation. Nobody ap-
peared but one old lady, who, on being
asked what her objections were an
swered that she had read the epistles
of St. Paul and could not find any
reference to the apostle wearing a
gown.
what epistle did you read?' asked
the doctor.
From Romans to Hebrews" an
swered the old lady.
well, Janet" said the minister, 81
have read from Romans to Hebrews,
also, and I could never find any refer
ence to the apostle wearing the
breeks. What would you think if you
saw me going into the pulpit without
breeks?"
Needless to say, the old lady depart
ed satisfied with the explanation
New York Tribune
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

The admission of the beef trust that
Commissioner Garfield did not promise
Immunity to the criminal packers, and
that the packers have been trying to
s'blun'' the government is a good thing
for Mr.. Garfield. Some way the State
Journal has had considerable faith in
Mr.. Garfield, Notwithstanding the criti-
eism that has been heaped upon him.
Although his published report seemed to
acouit the packers. the State Journal
believes Mr.. Garfield made some discov-
cries that he checked up to 81 grand Jury
instead Ct publishing thens
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27
An Honest Man.

Woonsocket had for a long time a
chief of police, one ALI Church, noted
for his bluntness and straightforward
ness. One day a grocer went to ALI
for information about a certain Joe
White, who had applied for a credit
and a book at his store, and the fol-
lowing dialogue ensued:
Good mornin', Mr.. Church.
'sMornin'''
DO you know Joe White?"
Yes
What kind of a Teller is hep
Putty fair
"Is he honest2"
"Honest2 I should say so. Been
arrested twice for stealing and acquit-
ted both times. Unidentified.
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Iessons ron the Is.

.DeHlah had asked Samson to dis
close the secret of his strength, and at
last he had told her. with the result
that he was in the hands Of the Phil
istines-
THAT'S what one gets for telling the
truthin he reflected with bitterness
IF I had continued to lie 10 her, o.
better still, if I had followed the en-
ample of my friend Rogers and mere-
~ refused to answer might still have
been leading the strenuous life
Whereupon he proceeded to wait
for his hair to grow again.-C Chicago
Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

Joe Bristow admits that he is quite a
distance from Topeka. but he says the
state treasury muddle locks like this
from Salina: THE state seems to have
been robbed but nobody seems to have
robbed it. and those who did rob it
contend that they had right to do it,
and if they didn't they win pay back
what they did not take, provided it can
be proven that they did take it," That's
il, except that Frank Grimes is anxious
to pay back $7,215 without waiting to
have it proven.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27
8 Needed Invention.

THOMAS Edison said a magazine
editor, is in his quiet way a great
joker.
HE was showing me over his work
shop one day when curious looking
model caught my eyeZa cube thing on
rockers, with a kind of telephonic at
tachment running into it.
q What on earth is that?' said L
That said Mr. Edison, is an in
vention 1 am working on. I hope to
make my fortune by it. It is motor
to run BY sound. You attach il to a
cradle. and the louder the baby cries,
the faster the cradle rocks Los
AnraIas TirleS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Here's another scandal: A Topeka
man who has a good reputation beats
his wife nearly every evening! But
it's at whist.
Dick Blue. who was appointed as
sistant attorney general for Cherokee
county, is accused of Matchmaking
jointists. Well. you don't hear any
great surprise expressed.
The success of Colonel r. L. Thomas
in his strenuous race for clerk of the
district court is making him naughty.
Doc Newman, who is running for the
high Office of state auditor, viii go
across the street to shake hands with
any man in Topeka who has a vote,
Drawing even the perils of Kansas ave-
nue. to do it, and most of the numer-
Gus candidates for sheriff will shy up
to a voter and talk to him like a long
lost brother. But not so with Colonel
Thomas. He has not developed a hand
shake that would do justice to a ward
politician, let alone a real bona fide
candidate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

Homer Hoch stands up for Ben
Davis. ct has become a fad" he
says. Ito jump on to the Ben Davis
apple Everybody is giving it a jolt
They say its only recommendation is
its looks. They say all kinds of I'M
kind things about it. And yet in the
face of this popular execration we are
here to say that We like the Ben
Davis apple. If that be treason, make
the most of it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
Ion the 80 Yorlz g

lrEoIn the new York Press
It takes a good deal of courage. nor to
pretend you have it.
A man wotzlld-hate to drink even
whisky if he was sure it was good FOR
his health.
1t is worth while rejecting on that
married. a.
A boy either must think his father Vas
an awful shump or is an avVff1i I5e -
tell him the things he never did vgber
he was young.
train mai r-s+ss ,1ssP ~ ana misses
froTo ti,e &c, - $500, 1sAS4 you think
was All are ~ M $50 ABOUT It that It
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

Conner Davies has started a tracer
after the old fashioned girl who used
60 make wooden scarfs nine feet long
and eighteen inches wide. Conner says
his best girl made one for him once.
Does Conner mean that he now wishes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

The State Journal is a member Of the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
sanitation 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, 1906-01-27

Railroad Commissioner Wheatley is
generally credited with having a hand
I'm the composition of Commissioner
Robison's statement about Carr Tay-
Tor. Stnl Mr.. Wheatley is also gen
orally credited with being too shrewd
a politician to get mixed up in that
sort Of an affair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

Governor Hoch is opposed to removing
the tariff on Philippine sugar for fear
81 viii injure the Kansas sugar beet in
dustry. Does Governor Hoeh know how
much sugar the Philippines has?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

Jacob Riis has written a letter to the
Chicago Tribune stating that he was
misquOted in saying that President
Roosevelt would run for third term
what he did say was that President
Roosevelt is with the people in fighting
for the right and that if the contest is
not won by 1908 he will keep it up in
whatever capacity he may be.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

Governor Hoch says it is worth all the
Investigation has cost to get a new sys-
TEN Of bookkeeping in the state offices.
That may be but it viii be worth far
more TO the state to teach grafters and
embezzlers that they cannot commit
crimes and go unpublished. Has Gov
ernor HOch the nerve to enforce this
laeenr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

There never was a time when United
action of the part of the people against
trusts and great Illegal combinations
of capital could be more effective than
now. A year ago Kansas started the
war on the Standard Oil company, a
war which shook the whole country and
resulted not only in a national investi-
cation. of the affairs of the trust but in
state Investigations. The Kansas oil
producers realize that the first skirmish
has been won. And they ask the people
not to go to sleep or to delude them
selves with the idea that the Standard
is inactive. The producers are asking
other states to adopt the Kansas laws.
They appeal to the country generally
who believe in a square deal to keep
watch and guard over what has been
accomplished and to help along the
movement for the spread of the Kan
sas doctrine.-Coffeyvill Journal
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STIrRPS, nP

Chairman Stubs; of the state Re
publican committee, says he has put in
one year cleaning up Kansas and is
now ready to retire. Mr. Stubs helped
renominate and reflect Tom Kelly and
ne ought to have been sufficiently
ashamed of the job to have retired long
ago-Concordia Blade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

CDR Funk Says He Talked to the
Dead" is a newspaper headline. That
may be true, but what Kansas wants
to md is q man who has talked to
ga r. Brown"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

A travelling man received the fol-
lowing telegram from his wife:
Twins arrived tonight. More by
mail
He went at once to the nearest Office
and sent the following reply:
leave for home tonight. If more
come by mail. send to dead letter Of
fice. ippincott's.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

Governor Hoch is going to publish
book It will not have any politics in
It, but will include all the tender little
bits of sentiment that have frightened
lie Tor readers of the Marion Record
from time to time. It will contain poe
try of the kind that make sunshine in
the house when there are storms out
side In the meantime everyone is
wondering what he is going to do in
the state treasury matter.-Atchison
Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

The indications at this writing are that
there win be more politics breaking
loose in Topeka next Monday in connec-
ton with the Kansas Day banquet than
there has been before since the days Of
AUD Lang Syne-or before.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

Mr.. D. Unger is the first candidate
20 announce himself for a county Of
zee in Marion county, but from the
send. OF Homer Hoch gives him it is
suspected his name is really Mr.. D.
Tuear
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

Senator Burton is drawing $4,000 a
year to stay out of the senate chamber.
Yesterday he went into the senate for
80 seconds and drew 81 600 for mileage.
-Salina Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

One thing ought to be remembered
to the credit of the Populists-there
We're no "A. r. Brown, doing business
at the state treasury when Uncle Davy
ftef1eboWer was state treasurer. Don't
forget that.-Concordia Kansan.
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PROTrssTONAI. TTHICs.

own medicine: when a lawyer gets into
trouble he hastens to hire an attorney
and it is hard for people to admire an
artist who paints his own pertrait-
Chicago Record-HeraId
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-27

The Star says Kansas City is con-
WINGED that Miss TarbeH is "a mighty
good fellow" Hunt Kansas knew that
eight months ago.
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one good thing about the Field will
she other day: There were no finger
marks of faint on it. The money was all
clean.