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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-29
GLOBE SIGHTS.
fFrom the Atchison Globe

From the Atchison Globe.
The doctor can't always cure you:
sometimes it's your mean disposition
The trouble with the man who
brags is that he has nothing to bra
on.
The hardest critics are usually those
who can't do very much themselves.
So many men fool away so much
valuable time, doing things in which
there is neither point nor profit
While ballooning is not likely to be
come as popular as automobilinr. IT.
ter.
A young girl whose face is challzv
with powder, looks as bad as a young
boy who has a cigarette in his mouth.
About the only comment the aver
age man hears on his personal appear
a1ce Is when some one says to him:
You need a shave
We have noticed that the bows in
tf-o magazine advertisements are the
only ones who seem to care much for
breakfast foods.
When a girl narries man OF whom
her parents do not approve, the
preacher who comes to perform tn
ceremony, looks terribly like an under
taker.
It occasionally occurs to a nnean
man that when members Of & woman
lodge go out Of town to put on tn
work, it Is partly to get out OF the
work at home.
It often happens that when Daugh-
ter marries to leave home forever, tn
takes her husband to lose his job and
move back with her.
Boys have been called bad so Ions
that some of them think they must
drink whisky, and eat wild oats for
breakfast. to keep up their reputa-
ton But as a matter Of fact, there
are millions OF good boys One Of the
disgraceful things IN human history is
the lying done about good boys.
When a business man crosses the
street TO get a drink In business hours
All the men in the block take notice
about It to their wives At the next
meeting of the women's club, the
wives remark about it to the other
women, so that news that e man
drinks a good deal IN business hours.
gets around rapidly.
An Atchison woman had a fever for
1--WE days and all Efforts of her physi-
clan to control It. failed. Finally, she
admitted that she was burning up to
tell a secret, and would burn till she
told It If she took tons OF quinine. Her
family and the doctor held consulta-
ton. and decided to advise her to sac
riflce her Honor and save her Life. So
she told the secret, and her fever 81
once began to die down.
As we came down town this morn.
ing. We saw a man trying. to catch a
chicken. For q time he TIED to sneak
up on It, but he couldn't catch it in
that way. so he made a dash for It, in
tending to run It down. He thought
that he had enough speed to catch q
chicken, If he let himself out. But he
let himself out to his full capacity,
and couldn't catch It. (Note.-You
often let yourself ont to your full e.
paciky, ard cannot do things you arc
very anxious 70 dol
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

Among the other important events
of this campaign is the arrival OF
Colonel 0. H. Coulter from California
with the news that .Hoch Is a win
ner." They ought to know IN CAN
fornia.
Be patient a few days longer, and
you viii find out what the bean vote
foretoId.
=
This department promises not to tell
you how TO mark your ballot.
Aren't you glad to be relieved OF all
that advice about registering
There are only twelve tickets on the
official ballot in Pennsylvania Penn
sylvania voters viii have a hard time
choosing
When We go hence from this mum
dane sphere we trust no one viii say,
He was generous to a fault. Too
many people are generous TO their
faults and mighty oppressive to their
virtues.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-29
HUMOR or THE Day

Fat men are Invariably honest" said
me deep thinker, and believe it's be
I don't see what you mean"
Well. il they should be dishonest and
wear convict suits with the stripes run
ming In the most unbecOming manner
Baltimore American.
Did you intend to inaugurate any great
Fef s,I11ss, this year, SENATOR asked the
No replied the statesman. MY
present term viii not expire until 1899 -
Washington Star.
Well. I have finally obtained your
fathers consent said the young man.
Now viii you agree to be miner"
doubtfuliy + Won STf though hoe ,Si IL
thought pa was trying to get rid OF
me."-Pittsbur2 Post.
Samson was about to do his lifting act.
- Is the the sporting editor Of the Gomor-
Yes. replied the great mans man
crack athiefe Of his time. c StsSe li
Plain Dealer.
What: my friends" mechanically de-
manded Thomas Rott, does the old party
wei. you Tor one thing replied
pesssln1lstle voice from the back OF the
hall.-Puck.
money IN your sleep that you have al1 a Besn
gambling again
Ny dear. that's only kind Of mineral
I'm interested in
Nonsense; you keep talking all the
time about ante ana money =
That's just It, you see. Antimoney,
my deaTling, anthony. Cleveland Lead
eer-
Hes a very playful dog, but so care
In what way7''
Why, yesterday he bit two ragmen and
garbage collector. ''-Cleveiand Plain
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KANSAS COMMENT
ARE You cuRIorrs ?

VIM. Welghtman. Of Powers &
" elghtman, chemists Of Philadelphia
aLed some time ago, leaving a fortune
Of sixty million dollars. The widow
OF one Of Weightrnan's sons, Mrs.
Jones Wlster, is trying to break the
VIII, as Weightman left the bulk of his
fortune to daughter. The other day
tne daughters lawyer produced a
piece OF paper and asked to Introduce
1t In evidence. The paper was passed
up to the judges, who turned pale;
-sneh 4 was given to the attorney for
mrs. Wister, who also turned pale.
me attorney for Mrs. VVister consulted
nounced that he gave t1p. Asked what
was IN the paper, the judge said he
would rather have his tongue cut out
tnan tell. The other persons who saw
me paper said the same thing Our
curiosity is aroused. What was in
that paper? Wouldn't you like to
know ?-Atchison Globe.
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WHAT MEN PRAIsE

Did you ever hear Of a minister
eulogszing man in his funeral ora
ton for having boarded a lot of
money? No, but they always remark
something about his kindness of heart.
MS sweetness of disposition and his
love for friends and neighbors. This
IS only a bunch as to what they think
the relatives want to hear and there
fore a bunch as to what we really he
feVe when we come to a SHOW down.
IN this great game of life. It isn't
boarding money that we are proud of.
IT'S boarding misunderstanding Free
man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-29
ANOTHER FAKE.

One Of the most pronounced
fakes ever perpetrated in the name
of journalism was the Quantrell re-
union story recently published. It was
so bald and bungling that its per-
petrators shameIessly admitted that It
was wholly false, although it had been
published as a fact. disguised as news.
But that is by no means the only
fake" that has been started recently
from that same source. The same
railroad organ that exploited the
OuantreH reunion story is responsible
for the statement that Joseph L. Bris-
tow is preparing a campaign button
for his senatorial campaign, showing
the Ironton Jail with J. r. Burton
standing behind the bars. The story
says that Mr.. Bristow considers Bur
toms downfall a personl victory. and
otherwise tries to show malice and
bad taste on his part.
OF course it is to be expected that
the railroad organs viii fight Mr.. Bris-
tow's senatorial aspirations. He is
not their kind Of a man. But why
should they descend to such bald and
ridiculous fakes as viii bring dis
credit on their news columns.
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A GOOD WAY nor 10

1t is said that many farmers huslx
corn late in the fall. throw it into cribs
where 1t Is exposed to the cold snow
ing a large part of the crop. they Sc
lect their seed from what is left the
following spring, often only a few days
before planting. Corn cannot be i'm
proved by such a method of seed Sc
lection ana the result is too often a
thin stand or no stand at all.-Os-
borne News.
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= LITERARY CosaaIENT.

Take away the almanac,
Iainaf no good to me:
Used 10 want It on the rack
W here every one could see
BUT on a blazin' summer day
IWould tell US it was fall,
IL got things mixed up every way
Il amt no good at all.
It's Jared the peaceful life I've led
+ m feelin' purity sore
Ihey've gone an changed the jokes We've
For twenty years or morei
It's medicines that used to be
50 fine now makes me wuss;
InlS new one can't prescribe fur me
It 9 too blame frivolous.
w ashington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-29
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press

one person can lead man up to
reform, but a thousand can't make
him keep it.
When a girl says she doesn' u care
for boys it's a sign nobody believes her
but her mother
Some men are so lucky that they
can marry money without its being a
widow older than they are.
Punishment OF a child may hurt the
parents who inf7iet 1t. but they don't
have to do much yelling over it.
An awful nice thing about being a
millionaire Is # you pull out a hand
kerchief with q hole IN It you don
have 70 feel Inundated.
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BEFORE AMI aFTER.

Both parties are before the people in
TINS state at the present time, each
claiming vociferousIy that if they are
successful they will enforce the prohibit
tory law. If that is a strong card to
play before election, why wouldn't it
The unanimity with which ali candi-
dates profess before election to be in
favor or the enforcement OF the prohibi-
tory law would seem that the whole
people are in favor of its enforcement.
Why do the candidates change their.
minds when they become officers? The
whole situation regarding the prohibit
tory law is disgusting to a man who
tries 10 nave respect for the law and
the courts.-Concordia Kansan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-29

The Empress of China has issued an
edict to the effect that no father will
be taken into government service II his
wife or daughter has her feet hound.
Being quite a politician herself. the en-
press knows how to make the other poI-
itieians support her reform measures.
All the big sticks are not in the United
States and they are not all in possession
Of the men.-Jewelf Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-29

Some men just can't help being
lucky. 1t was just like Fred Dumont
smith to lose his railroad pass at a
time when he isn't running for Office
and doesn't care one way or another
las long as he can get a duplicate.
1t would be some mems luck to lose
fnelr passes right In the midst of a
campaign of their own. when It would
be really embarrassing.
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NO SURPRISE NOW.

Graft, graft. graft! It seems to be
everywhere. The revelations In the grain
elevator investigation at Chicago would
have created a profound sensation not
long ago But now we accept them
without surprise. Not tolerant1y, how
ever. The pursuit Of graft, high and
low, must continue to the end.-Los
Angeles News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-29
ERON OTHER PENS


Taft has informed the Cubans that
the United States will withdraw her
officials from the island when the peo-
pie down there can hold a fair election.
AS soon as the Cubans succeed in doing
that they will be qualified to give some
valuable hints to the people who in
habit certain sections of this country
Chicago Record-Herald.
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railroad Building in Canada.

For twenty five years there was but
one great railway in the Canadian
northwest Commerce grew slowly,
even along its right of way. Back ten
miles from the line of steel the green,
unbroken prairie lay like q sea, asleep.
The Canadian Pacific was an ironciad
monopoly The records seem to show
that there was much Of oppression in
It's rule, much that now might happily
De forgotten. The towns came UP
slowly. Outside of Winnipeg there is
no great city of the Canadian plains.
Regina. Brandon. Portage La Prairie,
Edmonton, Calgary are little towns
indeed, mere local trading centers-
It Is different story nowadays. A
few $ IS ago came William Macken-
zie and D. D. Mann, daring promoters,
rich with the spoils of commerce gath
cred under every flag that flies, from
Buenos Ayres to the Arctic Circle.
They sought and obtained from the
Manitoba government a guaranty on
the bonds of a new railway, to be
called the Canadian Northern. They
sold their bonds to the English, and
sent their men out into the plains to
dig. That was five years ago. They
have pushed their road from the head
Of the great lakes away out to Prince
Albert, a little trading post on the Up
per Saskatchewan. They are headed
for the Rocky mountains, and are
planning a new route to bring them
In face, their ambitions stop not short
Of another system to duplicate the
Canadian Pacific.
Two years ago Sir WiIfrid LaurieI',
leader of the Canadian house of COM
mons, fought his campaign upon
platform that called for the creation
OF another road from sea to sea. This
project the Grand Trunk Pacific,
leaves the Atlantic at Moncton, n. B.,
crosses the St. Lawrence at Quebec,
pierces the unbroken forests south of
Hudson Bay, cuts through Winnipeg
and the prairie country, threads the
Rocky mountains by the Peace river
valley, and debouches upon the Pacific
ocean at Fort Simpson, with a branch
north to Dawson City In all, 1t is I'VE
thousand miles of pure adventure. No
other railway project in the world, I'M
less indeed it be the Cape to Cairo
railroad. holds so much Of fascination,
so much of the romance that dwells
about the memories of the mighty
pioneers.=From 1.-THE Greatest Year
of Railroad Enterprises, by J. D.
Latimer, in the American Monthly Re
view of Reviews.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-29

Il is stated that Senator Long had
q small audience when he was at Par
sons a Few evenings ago. One would
have supposed that Parsons would
have turned out in full force to hear
Mr.. Long reply to Congressman Curtis
Parsons is where Mr.. Curtis made his
farnous Union Pacific speech.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-29

..rhe wires are crossed somewhere. p
says the Washington Post The Re-
publican campaign book declares that
ne cost of living has been reduced, and
here comes the first assistant postmas-
lex general with a request for increased
rares Tor postal clerks, due to the in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-29

Out in san Francisco the prosecut-
ing attorney started to prosecute some
sraftars, but the mayor stepped in. re-
moved the prosecutor and appointed
one OF the grafters in his place. But
the prosecutor complicated matters by
..fnslne to be remnved-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-29

As near as we can figure it out, the
Democrats agree to get out a lot Of old
laws that are covered with dust, polish
them up, and see if they are of any &C
count The question is. win the people
give them a chance?
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Noting that stuyvesant Fish is about
70 be cornered by Mr.. Hartman and
the Illinois Central taken from him.
Fred Trigg suggests that Mr.. Fish
needs the services Of a game warden to
protect him.
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WALL STREET PAN1cKy.

The Bank Of England yesterday raised
its discount rate to per cent and WAN
street was thrown into a panic. But
Wall street is as paniclxy these days as
St. Petersburg, and it. takes very little
to start trouble there.-Salina journal.
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we have this consolation: The sun
viii continue to shine and the earth
VIII do its revolving no matter which
side wins
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sHOCKING IDAHO-

The earthquake which shocked Idaho
must have been a powerful one It is
not an easy thing to shock Idaho.-Sa-
lima Journal
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Boston has a brand new ordinance
forbidding splitting on the sidewalk.
Tt VIII be kept nice and bright and
shiny for awhile. ana then everybody
will forget about it. just as they do in
other towns
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Mr.. Roosevelt viii be no exception. but
his contributions will be to that highly
Informative publication, the Congress
sionaI Record.
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"A GnOn rHnRE

And to think that Lord" Scully can
not exchange his 100000 acres of the
richest American farm land for a little
Beacon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-29

We have now reached that stage
where the voters are receiving theii
biennial instructions about how tt
mark their ballots.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-29

crease in the cost Of living" But per-
haps the cost of living was reduced for
campaign purposes only.
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HEr,PFtJI. IN SEEING THINGS.

Surgeons employed by railroads join
in recommending the use Of spectacles
by trainmen The recommendation
might also apply to owners and man
ayers of Railroads.&c. Louis Republic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-29

This proposition to protect bank de-
positors is all right, of course. but the
real need is for a plan that viii pro-
teet the state treasury.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-29

Raisouli, the bandit, has been APP
pointed hief-thief-catcher in Morocco.
See what stensland missed by not stay
ing over there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-29

That American consul general whose
transfer from Havana to another post
was caused by a private letter in which
he declared that the Cubans were In
capable of governing themselves, pro-
baby INDUCES in an occasional chuckle
these days.-Cleveland Leader.
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DEMAND FOR LID HOLDER.

It has been suggested That the neigh
borly thing on the part Of the United
States would be to lend Secretary Taft
to Russia for a while. No telling.
though. what sort of a hopeless scrape
our country might get into during his
absence Enquirer.
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SLOW.

Just to prove how slow the world is
to learn, It is only necessary to cite
the fact that rich men continue to die
thinking they can shut out both their
heirs and the lawyers from participa-
ton in their fortunes.-Los Angeles
Times.
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OH

As a steamer was leaving the harbor
Of Athens, a well dressed young passen-
ger approached the captain and point
ing to the distant hills inquired: What
is that white stuff on the hills, cap
THAT is snow. madam replied the
captain.
tIs it. really?' remarked the lady.
IT thought so myself but a gentleman
has Just told me it was Greece. ''-Har-
pers Weekly.
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the life insurance election is already
under way and viii continue until some
time In December. There is this in IA
v0F Of that sort Of an election: we
don't have to sit up till 4 O'Clock in the
morning waiting for the returns.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-29

The life insurance elections are now
in progress. but we do not notice much
more excitement over them here in
Kansas than we do over the state
election
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WAsHTNGTON sOCIETY

Further evidence that WASHINGTON
will have a gay social season this win
ter Is to be found in the fact that the
new third secretary Of the German en-
bassy is a real live prince 81 years old
aud unmarried.-Indianap News.
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A POINT 10 RE DECIDED.

The New York court OF appeals has
decided that the company in New York
city must furnish gas to consumers at
SO cents, according to the law. All that
remains to be seen now is whether or
not the company VIII do it.-Indianapo-
lis News.
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According 20 H. H Rogers this an
pouncement that Thomas W. lawson
Aas now turned his attention to fiction
IS little late Mr.. Rogers would have
us believe that Mr.. Lawson has been
writing detion for some time
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Mr.. Burton is taking his pen in hand
and inditing a few lines to his friends
these days. This is different, however.
from the job of indicting that a St
Louis grand jury did two or three
q-aara auo
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Thanksgiving Day doesn't come until
November %. Perhaps the disappoint-
ed candidates viii get over it by that
slime
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Young NTan!-Here's

Where are all the young men who
like to work in the fresh air, tramp
afield. and who are not afraid OF cold
or hard outdoor work. says Guy e.
Mitchell in his article "A New outdoor
Profession in Technical World Maya
zine for November. Here Uncle Sam
is willing to pay high salaries to young
fellows who can qualify for positions
in the governments brand new profes-
sion forestry but he cannot find
enough men who can do the work. In
President McKinley's first administra-
ton $4,000 was the annual appropria-
81. GOO, 900 is being annually spent in
protecting and preserving our forests.
It is a new profession, a new field, in
this country, and has developed even to
what It Is today almost entirely within
the past eight or ten years. Who ever
gave our trees a thought 10 or II years
ago? Trees? Why, they were things
to be cut down, gotten out of the way.
Now lunbermen, paper manufacturers,
railroads, telephone companies, farm
ers even are beginning to realize the
Importance of the question, What viii
become of our forests? Forestry is a
field which is widening every year. Each
year congress increases its appropria-
ton for the cause Where ten years
ago there were some IA men connected
/ 400 men employed in the bureau of
forestry. Here is an opportunity for
Young men, and many colleges are Of
fering special courses in this work so
that their students may qualify by
competitive examination. The future
of the profession is assured, but where
are the men?
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We used to laugh great deal at the
Populists because they wanted to re-
peal the laws OF supply and demand.
but that is just what the trusts have
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The man who married Bethra Krupp
was glad to get the kaiser's consent to
the wedding, Of course. but he was pro-
baby gladder to get Berthas.
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New york has a strike Of 300 chauf-
feurs in progress. 1t is far more salts
factory to pedestrians than the sort Of
etrIkes chauffeurs sometimes make.
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What would the prosperity OF st
Louis be with a ship channel from the
gulf to the lakes? Well, 1t IS COM
ing as surely as the future growth Of
the country and demands of COM
merce.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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Bat isn't It a triHe early to launch
Colonel sapD's boom for senator?
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No matter who is elected. the Mid
winter fair will take place just the
enc.