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The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

the smoke wreaths was his own face
Ted's face followed and in turn
dozen others. Then the light died away
and Ted mounted the steps Of the Of
nce.
Boys" he said In a voice that pene-
trated every part Of the yard Il prom
ised you that would lay that ghost
think have done SO. It was q
clever stage trick. The strikers are
using Jones' hall across the street for
their meetings. You can see that the
tower is about level with the stack.
When fresh coal was Isst on and the
smoke was heavy, it acted as q screen
for a magic lantern IN the tower That
was all there was to it. When they
went up to work the lantern tonight
I had police there to catch them. and
my own man worked the lantern for
this little seance One Of the men
they caught was the engineer himself.
He is no more dead than I am. Are
you satisfied to go back to work7 We
have a big contract and want to
know that you boys will stick.
you bet we wiz came the chorus
and Ted turned to Nettie.
Lets go over to the house and
have our own celebration" he sug-
gested. 'sI guess the fun Is about
over"
THAT shows all you know about
fun said Nettie.-( Copyright, 1905,
by E. c. Parcells.)
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JOURNAL ENTRIES


There is likely to be a rush of I'M
migration to Salina as soon as the
news spreads that Cupid and all his
assistants are working overtime out
there. There have been so many we'd
dtngs in Salina this week that the
preachers have acquired nervous pros
tratiOn rushing from one to another.
Mr.. Harris is correct in his state
ment that there Is unrest in Kansas. -
This Is especially true out in the wheat
belt where everybody works, includ-
ing father.
We are thoroughly convinced that
there are ffty-seven varieties of fools
in this country, not mentioning those
who try to count them.
1t seems to be commonly believed
that Harry Thaw was a hot number in
spite of his name.
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But I'm 3airly well posted on fire
crackers. little square fiat packs, you
know with a thin red paper stuck on
stamped with a gilt dragon and funny
letters that didn't spell anything. Each
Of US got a whole single pack and two
punk-sticks, and that had to last out
the day. Downtown after dark, wild fell
lows that had lots of moLey to spend
used to set off a whole pack at a time
That was reckless extravaganza, but it
was splendid on that account. Who
cares for ten cents? Plenty more where
that came from! And TO hear the snap
ping like corn in a pepper, only more so,
and to see the flashes of light in the
darkness, jerking this way and that
Gur-reat! Greati And, after you'd
think the whole pack was gone, there'd
be one solitary snap as much as to say:
'Herei I'm in this too. You don't want
to overlook me-" 1t was great. There's
no two ways about it: it was great But
that was for the evening and somebody
else. In the morning we had our own
hrecrackers While our enthusiasm still
had cutting edge, and we were careful
in disentangling the crackers little tails
from the braided fuse with which they
interwove. When we shot one off 1t
was with a screwed-up wincing face and
we tasted a fearful joy. We used to
heap up forts of dust, and p'tend the
cannons were pointing out through EN-
brasures. Eugene Wood In THE Glor-
ious Fourth" in Everybody's Magazine
for July
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QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

TF'rorn the Philadelphia Record.1
The dog star must be a sky terrier
Some people are not even cheerful
winners.
Even tight shoes may be classed as
hard wear.
Life Is a cocktail that generally con-
tains too much bitters.
Some men prefer dogs to children.
Well. dog never talks back.
Some men seem terribly worried for
fear the devil won't get his due.
Mag-'He sed me teeth was like
poils.' Liz-'sYer chewels, eh?"
Silence may be golden. but some
times it is merely an indication Of
guilt.
For every man who is making his
tory there seems to be a dozen book
agents to sell It.
Tommy-"Pop. how does the bunco
man do his steering?" Tommy's Pop
with the tiller, my son; the tiller Of
the SOIL
It is almost as great a problem to
know what to do with the masculine
young woman as with the effeminite
young man.
Blobbs-. Closefst isn't very charita-
Bile, is he?'' Slobbs-.tWell, not exact
~. If Closefist should give you a cent
he would expect yoa to buy a postal
card with It 70 send hin q note Of
tpAzsM -
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GLOBE SIGHTS.



We have noticed that a baldheaded
man has always plenty of hair brushes.
There is no one any prouder than
the girl who has a pretty white neck
When a man eats a peach in the
dark. is the joke on his or on the
Hereafter we will not print any big
fish stories unless we get some of the
Love may make the world go round.
but it takes jealousy to make it move
one of the remarkable features of
childhood IS the kind of singing that
will put it to sleep.
Question for the Lancaster Literary
society debate: Resolved, that the sat
isfaction Of scratching It pays for the
chigger bite.
When a woman announces that she
puts up cherries with the pits In, the
women who take out the pits think
TO themselves, How shiftlessi"
What has become OF the old fashion
ed person, who said. when attending a
funeral: Il prefer to remember him as
he looked IN life and don't care to
view the remains2" ?"
The recent scandals coming from
Pittsburg, Pa, have had at least one
good erect: The neighbors who have
kin living IN Pittsburg, Pa. no longer
brag about them being rich.
It is told Of an Atchison woman that
when Death passed through and she
lost her husband Il was the first thing
she had ever lost that she didn't claim
was a valuable heirloom.
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HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

r Subscribers Of the state Journal
l1ay during the summer may have
ms paper mailed regularly each day
b aEy address at the rate of ten cents
s egeeI< or thirty cents q month (by
B only). Address changed as often
rs desired. While ont of town the
sznas J0urna1 VIII be 60 you Ike q
slsa2v 1seter from home.
} AEgance payment is requested on
sPrsse short time subscriptions, 70 save
Bookkeeping expense.
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ROOSEVELT AND RRYAN-

At its meeting June 13 the National
Editorial association, representing the
most advance thought of country
which does a lot of thinking, unan-
imously declared its belief that Roose-
Welt and Bryan would be the opposing
candidates for president in 19OS-the
Republican editors being as unanimous
for Roosevelt as the Democrats were for
Bryan This resolution, however, mere
~ shows the drift OF American opinion
toward field where political beliefs
count for nothing; a field wherein the
sterling qualities of manhood are the
only crfterions. The editorial associa-
tion merely expressed the crystallized
opinion of millions Of people who see in
each Of these men some qualities of the
true American.-Kingman Journal
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Judge Grosscup's speech Yesterday
just missed being a great effort His
analysis of corporations was clear, his
philosophy tC Cuching their rights to exist
was f1awless, his history of their organic
existence was strongly put, and several
times he went dashing toward the real
problem concerning them and men held
their breath thinking he was going to
say something important, but he always
cut pigeon wing Just before he got to
the vital point and went soaring or
into woods and fields, and brooks that
babbled; ano stars and the Baltimore
f1re. Judge Grosscun is a man Of great
mental strength, and the Chautauqua is
fortunate to have had his presence here,
but there was a braver speech he might
have made than the one he made
Ottawa Herald
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There should be a reform in the laws
concerning taxation in this state and it
should be made impossible for the pres
ent condition of affairs to recur. There
Is nothing equitable or just in the pres
ent law as it is enforced or rather non
enforced. 1t is possible that the remedy
may lie in the class of men chosen to
enforce it. but even then there are con-
tradictions and absurdities in it's pres
ent shape. It ought to be remodeled
and placed on a scientific basis instead
Of the present hodge-podge state of af-
fairs.=Olathe Mirror
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latter the country in general has the
highest esteem, and Mr.. Phillips at
tack on him is something OF a surprise.
Senator Bailey refused to let the mat
ter go unnoticed, and while he said
nothing about himself. he defended the
reputation Of Senator German. All Of
which increases the sale Of Mr..
Hearst's magazine.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

The average man takes no interest in
politics, except to occasionally attend
his party primary and to vote at general
elections. He seems to have a political
notion that he doesn't care what hap
pens so it doesn't happen to him. But
this year he does care He begins to see
that II he doesn't get out and tear up
a few square rods of sod. he will soon
have no country worth living in, that
the other fellows will have It. so It is
natural to expect that the voters win
register the most Independent vote in
November that was ever cast in the
state.-El Dorado Republican.
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Tfze Lawrence Journal cannot sup
mort Governor Hoch very hard but 1t
shows its Republicanism, however, by
printing an editorial on THE sophis-
tries Of Bryan"
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HUNT WITH A CAMERA.

What is the fun of killing things just
to pass the time away? The man with
the gun ought to trade it in for a cam
era or few books on birds and animals.
and see how much greater pleasure he
gets out of letting things live than he
does out of taking their lives and let
ting them lie untouched by the road
side.-Sabetha Herald.
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; stanford Whites murder may serve
fas q warning to some blase gentlemen
alleged gentlemen=that their riches
ard position win not shield their repu-
Esat0us II they are guilty OF traducing
virtue.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

You may expect to have to pay cash
for your kerosene almost any day now
VA Missouri court has decided that
trust cannot collect a debt, and the
Standard won't take any chances.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

Dot Harry Thaw vas always a in
fendtor III some moo pasdime. He vas
spordt uf millionaires, und now he hat
stardted a killing reform. HeretcfOrth
millionaires hat contended demselfs nit
killing peoples NIT a automobuggy,
vich iss ferry crude und unsportsmanliks
comparisoned init der Thaw automatic
So sysdeni-
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A friendt uf der late Misder White
sayss i'd dot der arkitect vas In der
happit uf befriending young and pred
dy gailss. A worthy benefolend sociedy
IF Topega ISIS not trying to rails money
to protect und help gailss vfch hs1 peen
befriended py hiss contemporaries.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

4 EoIa, Manhattan. Newton and Pitts-
burg drew prizes in the pork barrel
sb1l," and each OF those towns is now
lsgatehing each incoming train for the
new public building it expects to re-
Fefve from WASHINGTON.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

a Anyway those Toledo icemen we're
aned iust at the beginning Of the heat
"a season. SO they can put up the price
and get their money back in 9 short
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

Chicago IS becoming extremely i'm
patient for St. Louis to build free
bridge across the Mississippi. Chicago
wants to get across 50 that It can annex
St. Louis as a suburb.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30
KANSAS COMMENT
DON'T BLAME TOM McNEAI,

=
If you see anything in this paper y'ou
don't like, do not blame it on the Re
publican state committee. This isn't
one of the papers they edit They are
nice people, but we do not think it fair
to work g committee to death just be-
cause they are willing. Jewell Republl-
can
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

Fred Trigg points out that another
result OF the packing house scandal
comes to light at Des Moines. where
a man named Pigg has applied to the
court for permission TO change his
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

a Kansas City Judge fines automo-
fhl1s soogchers $3.50. This IS liable to
make them 50 hot that they will
laaoaeh enthusiastically.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

Propably uf Gofernor Hoch would
make some arranchemendts to pay der
salaries uf der Kansasssitty Kansas
offeshuls, dey would not kick so hard
on hating der choindts closed Ven 3
town iss so blamed poor dot der mayer
hat to collection money from der
choindists to pay der police or else pay
i'd oudt, alireaty. py hiss own pcckede.
It iss fiery possible dot he win call On
der choind4sts ID really looks ike der
only oxcoos Kansasscitty hat fer nodt
being kicked into der rifer, iss dot
der oder Kansas towns need Id to at
tract addention away from demsellufs.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

OF course fusion is very immoral -
as J. r. Burton used to point out, but
that did not prevent the Democrats
and former Populists from nominating
a, Republican for congress in the Fourth
district
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

In an attempt to show that the
treason Of the senate isn't all on one
side. David Graham Phillips has made
q few remarks relative to Senator
panev Of Texas and the late Senator
German. The latter has been the
fsaasr Of the Democrats in the senate
antsl q few months ago. when he was
ecee6ssd By Senator Bailey. FOR tho
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

Oklahoma would naturally take
saar place at the foot oe the class when
adnn3tted to the sisterhood of states,
but you viii notice that she is work
ing her way towards the head ex-
erarnalv fast
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

A Topega greasery clerk iss kicking
pecaus he haf to work so hard IF
he would work less ad trying to make
customers puy vot dey dondt vandt,
und conf1ne hisseluf to selling vot dey
asks for, he would safe lodt uf sweat.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

Crusades against financial evils have
ibeen fairly successful IN New York;
why not now have q crusade against
social evils and root such men as the
late stsnford White out OF their posi-
fios4 in society?
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30
HOW NOT 70 Do IT.

Religion is all right provided the one
who gets it practices it instead of want
ing to try it on the other fellow all the
time-Mack Gretchen.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

"Au over the state" says Harper's
Weekly. in speaking of Old Home Week
an kentucky. they used up the mint
crop on spring lamb and other things
for the guests" Principally on "other
things wasn't it2
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

! IaEss Toledo Judge evidently believes
.thst antacs combine Is not a nice COM
ihlua.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30
ERON OTTER REMy
a sHORT LABOR CROP.

The Kansas harvest labor crop is
short $4,000 men. The state en-
ployment agent blames the railroads,
which have refused to grant the Gus
tomary cent-a-miIe rate for harvest
hands. The railroads are shorthand
ed themselves and fear that with low
fares their own employees will be lured
away to the wheat fields.
There are enough idle men in New
York city alone to harvest the Kansas
crops and do all the work that the
Kansas railroads can pay for. The
park benches are full Of them every
day. Some of tn en- could not be coax
ed into harvest field if Kansas were
in Hoboken. but most of them are hon
est, industrious men who would well
come employment. Their misfortune
is that the demand for labor and the
supply of labor are separated by 1000
miles or more.
The American railroads have very
impeTfectly adopted the European
system of Issuing cheap return tickets
to laborers who desire to work in the
harvest fields. While the western
roads have done it to a limited extent,
the business has never been organized
or developed. Yet 1t would produce
great profits indirectly if not directly
When the western farmers cannot
fully harvest their crops the railroads
share the loss. There is that much
less grain for export and that much
less money to spend for the things that
railroads carry II the farmers could
count on a certain supply of labor
every summer from eastern cities they
would take longer chances on acreage
than they now take, and the results
would add materially to railroad 6ivi-
dends.
The enterprising railroad passenger
agent who first runs harvest trains
from New York to the western wheat
fields and sells round trip tickets for
S12 or SIS will have added something
to the value of every share OF stock of
his company.
If such Q system were once estab-
lished neither the farmers nor the
railroads would be fighting over hired
men during the harvest season, while
workers from the city could return in
the fall with enough money to make
sure of a comfortable winter.-New
Z York World.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

Governor Hoch replied to the in
auirles Of Rev. R. A. Elwood. but for
some reason he appears to have for
gotten to explain why the joints are
alfewed to run unmolested in I.eaven-
worth and wichita. The governor
really ought to write a P s.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

You may opserf py der bapers dot
lodt uf der trusds had, peen fined.
wish some life insurance combany would
guarantee dot would lif to see dem pay
dose fine, yet.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

Erovidence seems to be on the side
Il the railroads anyway. The Union
Pacific recently established a fre-hght-
4nE train in the wheat belt. intended
20 guard against fires set BY sparks
rom passing engines. The train had
no sooner been commissioned than the
rains came and made It useless.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

Harry Thaw's plea is that he was
nmieted with emotional insanity. .
Dut people who may be addicted to
emofional insanity should take care
G it does not become epidemic or
ay be necessary to discourage 1t by
sisa terms IN the penitentiaries.
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FolIowing tne ..FanIt,, in california

Originally had had no intention of
writing about the fault. Ny visit had
Deen prompted by curiosity. But the
nrst glance convinced me that, of all the
earthquake phenomena, this, its sign
manual ana visible cause, was the most
worthy of record. No other means of
conveyance being available, 1 followed
II south on foot through a dribbling
ram, making tWenty-seven miles that
first day with the roughest kind of
walking. Two days later 1 took a
North Shore train to view the fault in
It's northern aspects. Though three
weeks had elapsed, this was the first
train to run through to Cazadero. the
terminal, and everywhere along the
lne gangs and construction trains were
IN evidence, Strengthening track, brac-
ing bridges. re-establishing grades.
Wherever the line approached the
fault, indications of severe shock
abounded. It is stated that Mount
Ian1aIpatS has been moved bodily two
feet-is just so much out of its old
relation to the cOuntry's topography;
and while, at the time of writing, I
nave not been able to verify the state
ments it is more than credible, since
the fault line touches its base. At
Point Reyes, on Tomales bay, however,
a lateral movement of fifteen feet has
Deen measured. This occurs of course,
in marsh land, and probably doubles
the movement of the underlying rock.
ct it undoubtedly proves the destruc-
ton of all existing surveys. All the
surveys on the Pacific coast line will
have to be re-established, and in the
case of broken property lines it Will
be pretty problem to settle just
which mans land has been moved over
on to the other fellows property
Herman Whitaker, in Harper
Weekly.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

Dondt dis vedder make you wish you
was peen raised a Fi1lypeanut? Dey
year nodings worse den a bare-hide on
ion soodt.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

Gus Gobblesteinhauser haf der mis-
fortune to life side py each init Won "
der "sieveic league" snorters. He vas
too bitzy to pick hiss dandylion crop
dis summer, so der Lacquer sendt him
a circulater aboudt "bootfful Topega-"
Skince den Gus's childering haf peen
losd sigs dimes in der weeds on der
leaguer's yardt. Moral: Cut your own
blinkety-blank weeds, und 'do It fust-"
Und close alongside uf der toomb uf
der gazooba vich ditndt know i'd vas
loaded, 1edt US erection a monnymendt
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MAINTAINS HIS CALM.

woodrow Wilson has probably de-
clded by this time that the political
support OF Harper's Weekly IS moth
ing which any man should permit
himself to get excited over-Chicago
Record-Herald.
OBSTACLES IN THE PATHWAY.
Secretary SElaz Is said to be a good
walker. but he Can pick up more taclks
with his bare feet than any other man
IN the eabinet.A-Chicag Tribune.
COULDN'T CARRY THE LOAD.
Datto Ali, a brother. to Datto Bryan,
has been killed IN the Philippines
Fourteen bullets hit him. and he was
no lead trust.-Afexican Herald.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30
PERHAPS.

At any rate. by the time the excite
ment is all over the packing house en-
ployes will understand what cuspidorl
are for.-Wa shfngton Post.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

A1isder Stubs fearss dot hiss friendts
viii drag him Into der nomynation fer
congress. I'd iss our guess dot ven dey
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30
A SATURDAY SERMON.

CROSSING THE BAR.
Let me die the death of the righteous
and let my last end be like his!-Numbers
23.10.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

Der heroes uf Emporia Iss Bin White.
11ittens white und Doclxtor MeRerdh-
Dey hat kept der town from gedding
losd in der weeds fer kvite a vie. u
course dey each hat a differendt sys-
dem uf treadmendt, but dey are equal
~ necessary in der presentation Ut der
vilIache.
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Id iss really remarkable vot a larcne
odor arises ven some Won raises der I'D
uf high nfe'' NIT a Ss automatic.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

Miss Prim-In siberia DO they have reln-
deer7
Mr Nervay-Yes. but oftene- they have
snow, darling Clsvsland Leader.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

Thro' the mesh of years there comes the
dreams OF your echoing, swelling
And there CLEANS the sheen on life's great
- tide of an olden summertime;
The path winds smooth to the distant
world thro' the sweets Of a fragrant
AND the hope in the heart is strong and
beats with your melody in tune.
The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-30

TinkIing bells of the Long Ago. laden with
dust and mold,
Ring again. for those who've strayed from
the hearthstone's true enfold;
Ring again for the ones whose feet the
stony paths have trod-
BRING them back to the fold again-and
show them the way to God!
VIII P. Maupin in the Milwaukee Sen
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BELLS OF LONG AGO.

Where are the bells that peaied to God
When fair was the world and young
Ere the tide Of life had ebbed SO far and
-, the sorrows were still unsung2
Wnere are the olden, golden bells that
guided the straying feet.
And toiled in the evening afterglow like
benediction sweet?