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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-05
PoTNrED PARAGRAPHs.
rFrom the chicago News.l

IFrom the Chicago News.]
Fast men seldom win in the human
race.
Necessity knows more law than lot
of lawyers.
Invisible patches are not used in
fixing up quarrels.
Some men look upon religion as
sort of moral fire-escape.
When a man beholds his first baby
boy his path OF life looks sonny.
Don't forget to laugh when your
boss tells q Joke with whiskers on it.
Some men are born poets, but most
editors have poetry thrust upon them.
And it sometimes happens that
rich bachelor makes a poor husband.
The man who jumps at conclusions
is apt to meet with surprise when he
lands.
In the various walks of life some
people have a waIiz-over and others
get a walk on
The man who gets blue over trifes is
apt TO alter the color scheme by paint
ing things red.
If the success of lawyers were due
to the gift Of CAB, women would soon
crowd men out OF the profession.
Instead of running away from your
work try to find an easier way of do
ing it. That's one of the secrets Of
success.
A womans distrust of her husband
is never really serious until she begins
to refer to some other woman as
that brazen thing"
The average country woman looks A
restaurant bill of fare as If she was
trying to pick out something to eat
that wouldn't poison her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-05
ATLANTA's RIOTS.

It seems to be pretty well established
that the better class of southerners-
the old, slave-holding class-had no
part in the recent race riots at Atlanta
On the contrary these people took negro
refugees into their homes to shield
them from the fury OF the mob.
This viii be a surprise to many north
ern people who suppose that it is the old
families of the south, who formerly held
slaves that are so down on the negro.
The New York World sent a staff cor
respondent to Atlanta to investigate the
causes Of the race riots. and it recently
devoted an entire page to a discussion
OF the trouble. 1t is shown that the
mobs were composed entirely of the
descendants of the ante-bellum poor
whites and Of newcomers from the
north who are either vicious 1oafers of
the slums or engaged in competition
with the negroes in the lowest kinds
OF unskilled manual labor. It is stated
that not a single representative of the
southern aristoeracy,'' descendants Of
the old slave holding families, was
member of the mob. Moreover this
class, which is now greatly outnumber-
ed in southern cities, took very many
panic stricken negroes into their homes
during the days of bloodshed, protect
Ing all blacks who applied for shelter,
no matter whether they were strangers
or negroes known to be good citizens
Since the riots it has been this minori-
~ of ssbest people, best" IN fact as
well as in name-that has withstood
popular protests and under the direc-
ton of a committee of ten has taken
up the work Of Furnishing the mob lead
ers. Though 4. great majority Of the
people of Atlanta do not regret the out
RACES and care nothing for the blot
upon the city's fair name they are over
awed by the forcefulness Of the COM
paratively few who are doing their
best to show the world that Atlanta is
not wholly a city OF sanguinary saw
ages. All men arrested for participa-
t n in the riots are confined, without
bail. in the ''stoczade,' a special
prison ordinarily reserved for the dirt
lest and most vlllainous prisoners
mostly vicious negroes.
1t is shown, too, that inflammatory
articles in certain Atlanta newspapers
had much to do with the outbreak The
News led in this direction, but the
Georgian and the Atlanta Journal ara
also not free from blame. The latter is
the paper edited by Hoke Smith,
Georgia's governOr-elect. Some OF the
stories Of assaults on women by negroes,
published in these papers. had no foun-
cation in fact whatever.
It is the conclusion Of the World that
these outbreaks against negroes have
their origin in economic causes. The
men who compose the nobs are COM
PEELED to compete with Industrious
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-05
JOURNAL ENTRIES

This Square Deal clamor is like
charity: It covers multitude of sins.
Some. people don't believe the mill
lennium viii ever come. but they will
have to admit that the signs are
against them since the Capital printed
half a column of stuff saying good
things about Cy Leland.
Looks like the Thomas c. Platts
really ought to have lived in Pittsburg.
y
So far as reported Governor Hoch
cut out his eulogy of Mr.. Curtis at
Holton. Why should not Mr.. Curtis
be eulogized in his own district?
x =
1t really is no great surprise that
Jondee defends the packers. Now viii
the packers reciproeate and stand by
Jondee?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-05
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

EF'rom the Philadelphia Record
Many q true word is spoken in fndi-
gestion.
The mantle Of charity is too often a
misht
The barber and his razor generally
pull together
Many half truth works more trou-
BILE than a whole lie.
There are shiftless fellows even among
the scene shutters.
Many q man is dissatisfied with his
lot because there is no house on it.
It's all right to pay as you go but
it Is well to save enough to get back on
When the married man doesn't dress
up his wife is apt to give him dressing
down.
It isn't a girls fault If she Isn't pretty.
Every girl is just as pretty as she can
be.
It would take more than brass
knuckies to make an impression on
some mems cheek.
Marriage" says the Cynical Bach
elor, lis merely giving one woman the
right to find fault with YOU.
There isn't anything more important
to a woman than saving her soul, uT-
less it is keeping her snaps
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-05
GLOBE s1GHrs.

IFrom the Atchison Globe.I
About all there is to an excursion is
the cheap rates.
SO many people seem to look dis
couraged all the time.
The average woman is never tired Of
talking about her figure
There is one thing a gossip knows
for sure, who the other gossips are.
Il a man lets his judgment direct
him, he Is accused OF being a GUTTER.
If he bucks it, he's a fool.
An Atchison girl has had so many
lovers that her lips seem constantly
set fer the expression: Now you be-
have!''
a boy can make a little fish seem all
right: he says you can eat the bones Of
a little fish and that the meat is
sweeter.
his wife he accuses the coachman: In
the west a. jealous husband accuses a
prominent" citizen.
Walk up behind any boy, ana say.
quickly. Hurry upl' and he will think
of some duty unperformed, and hurry
for a moment.
We all think We suffer Great
Wrongs; but Is it not a fact that we
suffer most as a result Of little 1ollies
of our own we might easily be rid Of :?
A woman recovering from an ill
ness gives the credit to the doctor. but
the credit himself because he refused
to take the doctors medicine.
We hear frequently Of the Rood. look
ing Lukens boys. Not one OF them is
as good looking as his father. CHote
We old people must stand together.)
How do they exist man asked
today, referring to two or three little
stores. tsin competition with the big
stores ?" Some people won't buy at
the big stores; they say the clerks are
stuck up
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-05
HUMoR OF TIE pr


Iady-Do you clean houses7
Vacuum Cleaner Man-Yes. ma am. We
have four cylinder machine. and Wen
Lady-4Il right; my husband has just
been spending his vacation on a second
hand auto. and I wish you'd start on him
at onee.-l-ife
Heart you give me any hope?
She-N9ne; you're doomed. I've landed
IL Infant-Please can I have pipe for
osood-natnred landlady (who has had
quite lot Of this sort OF thing)-What
Infant-Biowin' bubbles.-Punch.
has failed)-I've named my new saddle
horse after you, Mr.. Ankerd
MT Ankerd-I4a h-Ah-Deuce flattered
Miss Gaysett-Yes; it's so dreadfully
hard to make him go.-Puck.
.'weH. Willie. I suppose your nose i
brother came.
the door when he got up in the dark to
hunt for the catnip, night before last
Chicago Record-Herald.
De Long--so you didn't get anything out
Shortleigh-Not yet. but I exnect to get
the most OF II some day; am engaged to
the daughter of the attorney for the es-
De Long-Goodl Let me congratulste
y7olf.-Chfcago News.
Punter-I tell you doctor, old Cashburn
Is business clear through.
Rev. Rowland Yale-On the contrary I
Know him to be q most charitable man.
Punter-A4aybe; but he would examine
the balance sheet If all the directors tvere
bishops and Providence in the chair
Town and Country.
Author-Could you give me an appro-
pirate motto for my essay on sea voyaee7
TraEeller-Yes; sic transit. "-Baitimore
American.
Il hear that Boreleigh writes. Has he
ever had anything publisher"
s'Oh. yes; he sen. a testimonial letter to
a patent medicine concern once. Puck
boiIs 9o sg asrf wStsr where are those soft
DE cook boiled en- too hard. sah so
he had to boil EN- over again. ''-AIilwau-
kee Sentinel.
Little boy. said the Judge do you
Maxim 3 sWear2"
Yes"
Il know all about it. judge answered
the youthful witness. Il sell papers right
in front O. de gas company's Office
Chicago Tribune
Mr.. Younghub-Did you bake this bread.
darling?
Mrs. Younghub-Yes. dear.
Mr.. Younghub-WeI, please don't do
" too light for such heavy werk.-Chica-
90 News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-05
EROM OTHER PENS
THE PEOPLES LOBBY.

There is to be Established at Wash
ington, presumably before the opening
Of the next session Of congress, a bu-
reau to be known as the peoples lob
by. It's purpose. assthe name indicates.
will be to represent all the people in
relation to matters pending in con-
gress.
This work might seem to be I'M
necessary. The senators and members
or the lower house are supposed to
serve precisely that purpose and no
other. But really there is much truth
IN the statement that EVERY interest
has been represented at Washington
except that of the whole people" The
national capital is the Mecca of lobby
lists representing powerful special In
terests. The pressure is too strong for
the ordinary member of congress to
Withstand, especially as there is ordi-
narily little counter pressure OF a pub
lie nature. At the recent session of
congress President Roosevelt acted as
the peoples lobbyist, and through ap-
peal to public opinion succeeded in
galvanizing into life measures Of great
public Importance, like the pure food
bill, which had been sleeping undis-
turbed in legislative halls and commit
tee rooms for years.
The peoples lobby is to consist of a
governing board to exercise control
and direct the policy Of the organiza-
ton and a paid staff of workers to re-
main in Washington and investigate
and make reports. Among the men
who have already accepted positions
on the governing board are Samuel L.
Clemens, William Allen White, Benja-
man Ide Wheeler Lincoln Steffens,
James 3. Reynolds and John Mitchell,
the labor leader. The methods to be
followed apparently will be a COM
bination of those now used by the City
club of New York and the Municipal
Voters league OF Chicago.
The New York City club maintains
at Albany during legislative sessions a
bureau to report on measures of inter-
est to New York city, but It makes no
attempt to influence elections. The
secretary of the club appears before
committees to support or oppose
measures. In this way and through
reports to the club and the public an
important influence is exercised upon
legislation affecting New York city.
The Municipal Voters league, as is
we'll known, aims to familiarize the
to help bring about the defeat of bad
candidates and the election of good
ones The peoples lobby in seeking
to combine both these functions, will
have experts study all pending bills
with a view especially of uncovering
"jokers.' or provisions of hidden
significance. The progress of bills
through committees and congress will
be watched and the attitude of the in
dividual members will be recorded and
published.
The idea of the peoples lobby is
good. If rightly carried out it should
prove Of benefit to the country.-Chi-
cago News
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-05
a 1ITGHrY HosfE-RUN swan.

The RootViI1es and the Fantowns met to
play their yearly game,
AID ell the folks the country round came
Up to see the same.
The rivalry between the towns had reach
ed a fever heat
and every Fan and Roofer claimed MS
team was sure to beat.
But just before the game was called the
tale was whispered round
That RootviI1e's catcher. Buck McGann.
=, was nowhere to be found
Ihen suddenly stranger chap stepped up
to Captain Brace
And said: II know your trouble and I'll
take your catcher's place
Nobody knew the fellows name, nor how
nor whence he came.
But soon they found he was a star-the
hero Of the game.
The struggle was a bitter one, the score
was three to naught,
with scrappy F2ntoWn in the lead-e1ght
innings had been fought.
Then in the ninth. with bases full, the IN
known came to bat:
he frightened up his leather belt, and toss
ed aside his hat:
And when the first ball Whfzzed along
he swung with all his might
And high and swift and straight and true
the horsehide took its flight.
All ROCKVILLE gave a mighty shout. To-
ward first the stranger sped.
Then on to second, then to third-three
men before him fled
The keepers Of the gate receipts had
heard the fearful shout
Each straightway left his precious post
to learn what twas about.
The Fantown fielder reached the BAN and
hurled it toward the plate;
The stranger ran from third to home-the
horsehide came too late.
Across the plate the stranger flew and
through the office door.
He put the cash box meath his arm and
then he ran some more.
IT'S said he shouted on his way that
homeward he was bound,
But not q trace of man or cash has ever
since been found
And should you visit ROCKVILLE and among
the gosSips sit,
You II hear the same old story of the
double home-run hit
cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-05
FiRurativelx Speaking.

It was Oliver Wendell Homes=was
it not?-who was asked, after he had
made a trip across the ocean, If he had
done any literary work while on board
the ship, and answered that he had
been 8 frequent contributor to the At
lantic.'
Somewhat similar, says a New York
exchange, Is an anecdote related of a
New York merchant whose business
had required him to make several
journeys to san Francisco and back
during the year.
While on one of these long trips,
after he had exhausted the stack of
reading matter he had brought with
him. he was showing a fellow passen-
ger a bundle OF the popular magazines
that formed a part Of the supply.
You don't seem to have the Over
land Monthly here, remarked the pas
senger.
TIN the overland monthly myself. -
Exchange.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-05

negroes in their campaigns for their
daily bread The hatred is directed
against the peaceful and lawabiding,
and not against the vicious negro loaf
ers. Hysterical rumors OF attacks on
white women. usN1ily wieheaf any
formulation. merely supply the tangible
pretext for the outward manifestation
Of murderous hatred that WIS but
awaiting an opportunity to blaze forth
in assassination and arson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-05

A United States sailor who had serv-
ed through the Civil war and despite
years of drill was bent in the shoulders
and rounded in the back, was passing
along Church street in Liverpool one
day when his ship was lying in the
Mersey. Along came two smart young
Tommy Atl<inses-straight as ramrods
and gorgeous in new uniforms-who
thought to have some fun with the old
Yankee man-o'-warsman.
Jack, ahoyi" cried the youngest and
smartest Of the two, what are you car
rying on your back2"
Back came the answer, quick as a
shot
Bunker HILL
And the Tommies pursued their way
with chastened spirits.-Lippincott
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-05
REFLECTIONS or A BACHELOR.


IFron the New York PrieEs.7
It's mighty funny how much pfettier
a girl always IS In her Photograph.
It keeps lots OF folk terribly poor
dressing well enough to make people
think they aren't.
If a man is sentenced to jail ne can
serve his term but he hiss tc die to GET
over being red-beaded.
A queer thing is the way. women sneer
about how other women aren't truth
fuI about their ages.
About the only person who doesn't
seem to think a candidate for office Ia
a liar and thief Is his mother.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-05
FUNSTON.

Kansas contribution to the trouble
in Cuba is General Fred Funston When
Funston was there before he went as a
volunteer in the cause of liberty. He
came away from the island ragged and
hungry and with a valiant record as
fighter. He goes back as commander
of the United States army of occupa-
ton. Fiction offers nothing so start
ling as the career of this level headed
Kansas fighter.-Miami Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-05

1t was 202, years ago yesterday, Octo-
Der 4, 17O4 that Alexander Selkirk was
put ashore on the Island of Juan Fer
nandez by his captain, with whom he
had quarreled. and marooned there for
three years. As a result every boy has
been thrilled with the adventures of
-nhlnann Crnaoe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-05

Forty-nine years ago today October
s. 1857, a territorial election was held
in Kansas and won by the Free State
men. In one precinct where there
were only eleven houses. the opponents
Of che Free Sellers tried to vote 1000
names out OF a Cincinnati directory, but
81 didn't do any good.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-05

If the Elk county candidates really
live up to their agreement to not hand
out cigars to the boys, or chip in on
any wet goods it's going to create lots
of Dissatisfaction among ''the boys"
Now if the candidates would continue
the reform by agreeing to all stay at
home and refrain from electioneering
during the campaign, it would be truly
interesting. If the people were allowed
to vote just as they darn please, with
no interference what would they do?-
Howard Courant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-05
TBE sTREET FATR.

streets of the town where It is held.
but 1t muses. up the reputation of the
town and gives the impression that it
doesn't amount to much for permitting
such thing. Kansan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-05

II Taft is elected president he will go
into the White House with consider
abie experience along the line Of run
ming governments. Roosevelt has
z1ven him repeated opportunities to
acquire this experience. This makes
It look as though the president is
really training TAFT for the White
EInllaa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-05
HURTING HIMsELF.

The lad who is smart enough to play
hockey from school and get out of It
without a licking may think he has
done something pretty cute 1t takes
time to teach him that he is bucking
his own game.-Sedgwick Panta graph.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-05

A certain railroad has erected a
laundry plant and will hereafter do its
own washing. having doubtless become
wearied OF seeing 1t. done by others,
legislators and the like, in the public
ye.-Richmond Times Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-05

Taft may find it harder to run a
little dinky republic like Cuba than he
would to run one with about eighty
I'VE millions of people that he could
mention If ANYBODY should ask him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-05

The only thing that kept the Demo
Gratis from carrying Georgia nnanf-
rnously this week was Socialist ticket
that got a few votes. They don't know
what Republicans are in Georgia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-05

A great howl is now going up for a
two cent passenger rate on all rail-
roads In Kansas and yet the passenger
business is not a drop in the bucket as
compared with the freight business.
And yet 100 pound man must pay a
dollar to ride to Junction City on the
same train which hau1s a 100 pound
hog for % cents. There is discrimina-
tion.-Clay Center Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-05

A superb automobile drew up beside
the curb, and Senator Blank turned to-
ward If.
'.Is that your automobile. Blank ?"
said Senator Dash. much impressed.
Yes replied the other. isn't it a
beauty? Ninety-horse power
love, What did 1t cost you p
Two votes. Exchange.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-05
Lion at Home. Lamb Abroad.

George AIDE, the brilliant hufnOrist,
was the guest of honor at a dinner
given by woman's club.
In the course of his after-dinner
speech, Mr.. AIDE said:
and then there is another kind of
man who is raging, roaring lion at
home, and abroad so meek and mild
that you feel sorry for him.
IT was lunching one day in crowd
ed restaurant. A man and his little
son sat a table near me. They sat
there nearly an hour, and still their or
der was not taken.
THE boy twisted and squirmed. The
father tried to soothe him. Then I
saw the little fellow look up in a sur
prised way. and 1 heard him say:
+" Say, father how Is it you don't
kick up great big fuss, the same as
you do at home p
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-05

with the president back from oys-
ter Bay and Secretary Root back from
south America. Washington must feel
real cheerful once more.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-05

Let the Cubans rule says Mr..
Bryan That's pretty good advice, but
there doesn't seem to be q Cuban big
enough to do it. There's the rub.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-05

During the summer season, when the
king and queen are away from San
dringham, and the park and grounds
are occasionally open to visitors, the
platform of Wolferton, the station for
Sandringham. is now and again occu-
pied by bands of people who complain
angrily that they are half an hour too
discovered in time that all the clocks
at Sandringham are kept half an hour
fast.
This is a curious fancy which the
king shares with several of his friends.
Lord Pembroke, for instance, whose
clocks at Wilton house are all half an
hour fast. At no place, however, is the
scheme carried out more thoroughly
than at Sandringham, where all the
clocks in the house, stables, and ken
nels. and even the church clock, are
kept exactly half an hour fast.
A well-known scientific writer visit
ing Sandringham recently from Hun
stanton. and finding himself at the sta
ton with these thirty minutes of lei
sure, occupied them in an interesting
discourse to some fellow sufferers on
the influence of human beings on clocks
and on other objects which would not
be suspected by the ordinary human
being of having nerves"
sfI dare wager" he said. '''that in the
private rooms Of a punctual and bust
ness-like man, such as the king. the
f4OGhS 10 itOt AOSC Ol gam q minute
a week. Put the same clocks in the
rooms of an untidv. erratic. unpunctual
man, and even IL he does not alter them
every day on pretense of their being
wrong. they always will be wrong.
There is nothing unusual in this.
T GU kH0N how the health and moods
of a woman viii affect the jewels
which she IS wearing. so that her pearls
or opals VIII be radiantIy white and
clear one day when she is in good
health and spirits. and dull and sickly-
looking the next. You know how the
clothes Of a weak and siekly man look
shabby and faded at once, how silver
furnishes in his pockets. and his top
hat always declines to shine. One
could multiply instances ad infinitum
OF the effect of personality on. mani
rate objects.
IF I hear a man or woman COM
planning of a watch or clock not keep
ing time, I aways wonder which wants
regulating most-the clock or it's
owner. London Mail