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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-10
GLOBE SIGHTS
IRON the Atchison Globe

1OAA llAC kAlCH&Sgu AI4ODG.
An Atchison man who has been go
ing to the devil has at last arrived.
There are so many boys and men
that all the meanness is thought of.
The average woman feels fattered
when a man tries to fiirt with her.
Why2
When you lay an egg. don't cackIe
too long; get busy. and lay another
Considering the troubles I've had
nearly every married woman thinks,
Il look pretty WE'LL
The first three lines of wedding
notice, stating who married whom. is
all the information there IS in the
item.
Ignorance is an anliction good
many people have. who do not know
enough to know they are afflicted
with it.
Late joke: Let ladies' get out of
the way: here comes man with
load on that he should have taken two
trips with"
When a woman refuses to sell calf
because It Will hurt the cows feelings,
is IT, or is It not to her credit that she
Is not good business woman?
If a father were to train his daugfl-
ter for married life by scoIding her
when her cooking Is poor, how long
would she endure the training before
she packed up and left home
why Does the Man Who was walk
ing so Slow about His Work, Hurry
all of A Sudden2 Did He remember
that he Had train To catch. or did
Bee Sting him7 Neither. my Child.
He happened to Look up and saw
That His Boss was Watching Him.
People say: There is so much fruit.
and so many vegetables this year. It
will be hard to get back to winter
fare" O, we don't know; winter fare
is pretty good II there IS anything
better than breakfast bacon, what Is
it2 It isn't peaches
It Is often said that temperance is a
question of morals. This IS a mistake:
should not be incorporate because he
cannot afford It. Tell g man that tenn
perance ts q question Of morals, and he
viii not be Influenced. but you can al
ways reach man through his selfish
side.
The Santa Re lately sent lot Of coll
lege professors out over its lines to
teach farmers how to farm Al lot OF
Pennington farmers met last night. and
decided to hire q special train, compos-
ed OF diners and sleepers. and go out
over the Santa Fe lines to teach the
railroad men how to supply boxcars
when they are wanted
A man was found dead this morn
ing. in an upstairs room on CONNER
cial street. He turned out to be an
agent. who had starved to death. The
man has been trying to work At
Gibson three months. but he lately
complained to an acquaintance that
he had been unable to do anything.
For years a great joke in the coun-
try has been the ignorance Of town
people about farm ma = merry. Now
the farmers are getting 50 many new
tangled machines that they don't
know the names Of all of them them
selves. A town man who visited IN
the country recently said his host had
a machfne for everything except to
spread the noiasses on his bread
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-10
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
FFrom the PhiIadelphia Record

[From the Philadelphia Record
Love must. indeed, be blind when a
girl marries an oculist.
He SCOTS at scars who has never felt
the prick of conscience.
No, Maude. dear, it doesn't take a
tattoo artist to run a school Of design.
When fellow gets loaded it is nat
ural for him to shoot of his mouth.
The older a girl grows the less she
thinks about a mans eyes and the more
about his bank account
The rich man always goes to extremes.
He either buys an automobile or walks
to save carfare-
Wigg-.A bad memory gets a fellow
into lots Of trouble" Wagg-"Yes, it's
always springing things on you that you
thought you had forgotten"
Blobbs-"What's the matter. old man ?
You look as though you had been
through a threshing machine Sl0bbs
I've just been blown up" Blobbs-
Wife or boiler2
Wigwag- Colonel Bluegrass of Ken
lucky, Is always Boosting about his iron
constitution cauzzier-''I suppose that's
the reason he never drinks water. Hes
afraid he'll rust It.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-10

POWER OF FARTHOJJAKE.

The engineering skill which puts steel
and iron bridges in almost impossible
places, which lays railroads tracks along
the most perilous routes; the, architects
and builders who rear sky scrapers to
dazzling heights; the steel ships of COM
merce and of war; surprising the wild
est dreams of the past generation: the
marvelously swift railroad trains; the
development of industry and commerce
to a volume that almost exceeds belief
of these things man may well be
proud. But there is not mart of trade,
there is not a manufacturing center ere
ated by the genius and industry of man
that may not be reduced to ruins in
few moments if nature brings her forces
to bear upon 1t. The railroad track may
disappear, the iron and steel bridge may
go down to destruction before the ir-
resistible forces beneath the earth. The
sky scrapers may topple to the ground
as though they were so many ant hills.
The ships of war and Of commerce, an
chOred in peaceful harbors. may become
the prey of tidal waves. Nature in her
angriest mood may make the strongest
and most impressive creations of man
appear to- be the toys of prattling chill
dren.-Baltimore Sun.
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ucts, lumber, and various other classes
OF merchandise, he should make it
known.
The steel trust recently put in bid
Of $3.50 a ton for steel rails to be fur
nished the government for use in
Panama. It is alleged that the trust
is selling the same rails in Europe
seven dollars cheaper. There was no
other bid. Why should this country be
held up in any such manner Why
not take off the tariff and allow for
eign rails to be imported at a figure
that viii bring down the price?
The Republican party IN congress
will be divided on this question next
winter. Iowa has declared for tariff
revision. So has Secretary Taft.
Where win Kansas stand?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-10
HUMOR OF THE DAY

What DO you intend to do with your
nervous man. The question is. WHAT is
ny automobile going to do with me7' -
Washington Star.
Tommy-Pa- what is the Isthmus Of
Panama.
Pa-The Isthmus of Panama. Tommy. is
America with the United States Treasury.
Life.
ba5 y see NJ 9Ea- seuab is trying to break the
"Huhl Don't notice the bank complain
ing much, do you?''-Philadelphia Ledger.
He.Did you tell your father that was
His Fiancee-I did and he refused to be
lieve it, Said he had read your book
Chicago News.
The minister vas shocked when the
young lady declined an introduction to
some of his parishioners.
Why, my dear young lady. did you ever
gle with these good people when you get
to hsaven?'
"weill' she exclaimed that viii be
soon enough life
The paying teller dn Day and Night
Bank, at A M)-But this doesn't re-
seinble your regular signatures, Mr..
Mr. Klubrnan-Reg'l lar night signature.
make my arksh!-Brooklyn Life.
Don't take any notice Of the cook, Ma
but, John. she's just given it"-Baiti-
more American.
Doctor-weH Matthew. did you take
those pills 1 sent you yesterday
Patient-Yes, doctor, but couldn't e do
EN- UP in something different They little
boxes be terrible hard TO swallow
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-10
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Is it too late to remark that that foul
Of Nelson's was a bird-for Cans?
X y
The human race is becoming decidedly
better This department makes this as
sertion without fear of successful con-
tradictiOn. If anyone doubts it, let him
gaze at the case Of Defaulter Stensland.
Stensland, we assert, IS a living monu-
ment to the fact that the race is making
progress in morals. The proof Here 1t
is: Oncesupon time, a number Of years
ago-centuries in fact-a man commit
ted sin. He ate an apple in the Garden
of Eden after a prohibftory law had
been passed against it He was caught
and he promptly laid the blame on a
woman. his wife at that. Did Stensland
do such an ornery, low-down trick as
that? No, indeed. He said nothing
about the woman In the case, but picked
out another man to lay the blame onto.
First he tempted me- says Stens1and,
then he urged, and fell Ever after
that was absolutely in his power. He
we maintain, is an improvement over
Adam, but it has taken the race long
time to advance, even that much.
Pretty soon now the. office boys
grandmother will cease to die every af-
ternoon when there is an exciting. game
scheduled at the ball park.
X
Those Russian girls who are throwing
bombs at generals are not so many.
Topeka has a few that are pretty good
at powder-slinging themselves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-10

The building of the huge New York
Hippodrome tell to Mr.. Walter H.
Clough, the head of the great build
ing hrrn in New York Mr.. Frederick
Thompson long had the idea of a gil
gantic amusement institution but could
not hit on just the kind of building
he wanted. But one thing was Ger
tain; it had to be rushed up as soon
as the plan was made. '.All right
said Mr.. CIough I'VE will get the
ground ready
He excavated the site at Forty
fourth street and Sixth avenue and as
soon as the plans were drawn and the
material secured, he was ready TO rush
up the building. Winter had come and
the amusement season was we'll on.
Every week, therefore, before the
opening, meant a big loss of money.
1t was the hardest winter New York
had known for years, but work twas
continued every hour of every day. A
blizzard swept over the city, almost
stopping navigation. Building material
was scarce.
One cold day the superintendent on
the building said to him:
There is only enough sand to last
until tomorrow morning, and you can't
get any more in New York
Where is some sand2" asked Mr..
Clough.
Away over on Long Island" replied
Get it at any cost" was the or
But it can't be hauled. explained
the superintendent.
1T must" said Mr.. Clough If
necessary hire every hack on Fifth
avenue" The superintendent got the
sand. His employers determination
had stirred him.
While the big building was being
rushed up. Mr.. Thompson was collect
ing his performers. He wanted to open
the play house the day after the work
men left it. But 1 have got to have
a place to rehearse my people" he
said.
That's easy said Mr. Clough He
built the stage and put a roof over It
almost before the giant Orders were
swung over the auditorium. Thus,
while the actors rehearsed on the stage
the men worked on the rest of the
building. The Hippodrome was ready
for occupancy on March LIST.
When the directors met, Mr. John
". Gates. who was one of the princi-
pal stockholders, said: This building
cost more than the original estimate,
didn't it?'
Mr.. Clough looked up quickly and
said: You told US to get there,
Yes" replied Mr. Gates.
Well" said the young builder. 'syoa
see We got there Mr.. Gates made
no further objection. Worlds Work
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On Their way.

During a newspaper mems conven-
ton, q number OF journalists were one
afternoon talking Of the tricks of the
faithless types" when "Marse" Henry
Watterson said:
while I've heard of a great many
funny typographical breaks in my
time. about the oldest and most au-
morous transportation of the types that
ever came within my observation was
that in New York paper some years
ago. That sheet used to print its shin
ping news~on the same page with the
obituaries. Imagine the glee with
which its readers found the captions
exchanged one morning, whereby a
long list of respectable names were set
forth under the marine head. Passed
Through Hell Gate Yesterday -
Harper's Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-10
REFLECTIONS OF a Bachelor,
IRON New York Press.l

Bad habits never seem SO terrible to
the one who has them after he gets
over the headaches from them.
One of the incest things about be-
ing married Is how much money you
could save If you should get over it.
A woman seems to be able to over
look her husbands faults when he can
buy her automobiles and yachts.
The greatest pride that every wo-
man has is that she dresses twice as
well as somebody else on half the
money.
There is so much reform in the
world that a man has to so wrong
once in a while just to get the taste
out Of his mouth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-10
FlInancial AEasN Marie, ;,

It is their ignorance of the first prin-
ciples of investments that makes so
many people the prey of the parasites
who build these financial air castles.
Their credulitys usually varies in direct
ratio to. their ignorance. For nearly
ten years the country has been blessed
with unparalleled prosperity, and, in
the words of one of the directors of
the greatest industrial corporations in
the world. The man who hasn't made
his fortune in these ten years has only
himself 10 blame" The rapid growth
of the private fortunes of the men
who have been identified with our re-
cent marvellous industrial progress has
made many people ready to believe any
fairy story of fortune making with
out labor. The credulous, with money
in the savings bank earning only three
or four per cent, listen eagerly to the
prophets who promise them incomes of
twelve or twenty-four per cent.-Suc-
cess Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-10

Tt is the speculative side Of Wall
street that most appeals to the imagin-
alton If we were dealing with that
side of Wall street We should not lack
for authenticated cases of high dra-
matte flavor, as, for example, that of a
youth of eighteen who ran two dollars
into a fortune of 100000 in a few
months, and was last heard of trying to
pawn his wife's engagement ring for
twenty-five dollars; or that of the
farmer who made several millions Of
dollars from a very modest beginning
slipped a check for 100000 under the
breakfast plate of each member of his
family one morning, tore the checks
up because within an hour the riches
had become a matter of domestic strife
and was last heard of when one day he
brought load of hay across the ferry
begged his brokers to take it in lieu
of margins for one more trade -
Success Magazine.
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him the watch. A few days later they
visited another town where they had
many friends. A party was given in
their honor and again the father made
the touching speech and again pre-
scented the boy with the watch. The
Democracy is doing the same with Mr.
Bryan. He has already been vel
coined home at New York and Lincoln
and Louisville and St. Louis are sched-
uled to do the job over again
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-10
LOVE AND THE Lotus SLOWER.

49, = ~ - he LIZ - r III ~ A-a4ts
False love ate of the lotus flower
And died on a W0naan's breast,
and another love in the selfsame hour
was born with a flaming crest:
And the new love buried the old love deep,
AND laughed IN its youthful might:
I shall live for ayei' was its boastfuIcry-
But It passed with the passing night
True love ate of the lotus flower
And dropped and hung its head,
AND there were those, sweet true loves
Who cried that it was dead.
But true love woke from its dream again,
And the only thing forgot
Was the dream itself like former pain
For true love dieth not
William Wallace Whitelock in The Bo-
henlan.
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-No HARD TIMEs IN sIGHT.

To the boundless fertility and virgin
resources of the vast nation are again
credited a bumper crop. From the west
and the south come well authenticated
reports promising a splendid yield of
wheat and of cotton. No boil weevil
has attacked the cotton nor cut worm
nor rust the wheat. The enemies of our
staple crops have vanished and the west
and the south glow with the wealth Of
the harvest. The national cornucopia
is overlooking. All this promises well
for every man, woman and child in the
country. From the marvellous alchemy
of the harvest springs prosperity.-De-
troit Free Press
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-10

If the tariff-reform campaign in the
FIRST district should attain consider
able magnitude. it will doubtless be
discovered that Congressman Curtis is
q great tariff reformer himself. stand
ing right where Taft does. Mr.. Cur Is
Sc too shrewd to be corralled where he
can't get ont
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-10

President Roosevelt refuses to per
nit artists to make q clay life-mask
Of his face No wonder. It wouldn't
look natural without that smile the
cartoonists have taught US to know and
love and it would be somewhat I'M
pleasant to have the smile recorded in
the mask
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-10
KANSAS c0MAENT

THE OCTOPUS ON THE RUN.
The people are demanding their rights
this year as they never did before. And
they are doing it in an effective way;
they are accomplishing results. TlS
Octopus is on the run. and every thing
within reason is being granted One
Of the greatest needs of the times is re-
form in the tariff. Every reasonably
sensible man in the country knows this.
A few distinguished Republicans deny
t, for party reasons, but many other
Republicans are demanding tariff re-
form openly. and quarreling with their
party. The country is prosperous. but
it Is prosperous in spite of the tariff,
not because of it. The tariff is tax
on everything the people buy, and IS re-
sponslble for the enormous fortunes in
this country. It should not be wiped out
but revised.-Atchison Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-10

Mr.. Jerome declares that New York
Democrats lack leadership. If they will
enlist behind New Yorker who has a
summer home out at Oyster lay they
a7ill have a leader all right. OF course
es ian't q Democrat. but he is q leader
Be has ideas. and he does things. This
aEgsessien Is offered to Mr.. jerome free
III rArwn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-10

a few years ago a man with a mill
lion dollars was supposed to have reach
ed almost the acme Of wealth Today
the Wall Street Journal estimates that
the wealth Of the six richest men in
America aggregates 81. 100, 0.Ooo. or as
much as eleven hundred single million
aires would possess. Looks like the rich
are getting richer all right, whether the
poor are or not.
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MOO RADICAL

Charles A Walsh has resigned from
the Democratic national committee OF
the ground that it is unfit to associate
with. There are grounds for believing
that Mr.. Walsh is too radical. The rec
ords seem to show that the Democratic
national committee is a harmless sort
Of a concern. not inclined to disturb or
annoy anybody but itself.-Ottawa Her
aid
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-10

No doubt L4aFollette would have en-
5oyed Senator Longs Be1oit speech wers
ST not for the fact that Wisconsin af-
fairs are engrossing his attention just
at present.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-10

It wiz no doubt add toll the peculiar
brand OF Republican harmony that is
existing in Kansas this year when one
Republican senator rakes over the Goals
another Republican member of the same
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THE FAC ZOE sLEEP.

Sleeping on the steps Of the court
house has been interdicted by the po-
lice. The somnolent ones will have to
get on the bench or in the jury box,
It seems.-St. Louis Republic.
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This way the Democracy has of
toting Mr. Bryan around over the
country. and receiving him home at
each place reminds one Of Fred Van
6egr5ft's story Of the man who gave his
Jon a ane gold watch as q surprise on
bis birthday. A swell party was given
md ia the midst Of It the father made
S touching speech to the son and gave
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-10
DIR. CoRDRY's ADVICE.

Governor Hoch says he has felt the
public pulse and the indications are
extremely encouraging for victory for
the Republican ticket Still, every
precaution should be taken to prevent
the patient kicking the cover off and
taking cold.-Parsons Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-10

No doubt Banker Nipple held up his
hands in righteous horror when his
cousin, Senator Mitchell. was convicted
Of grating in oregon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-10

It has not been ascertained yet
whether Fairbanks captured a single
Kansas vote. However, he may rest as
sured that if he IS nominated his visit
to Kansas will be recalled by the federal
officers of the state.-Wichita Beacon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-10

This paper has often mentioned ex-
Governor w, ]. Bailey as a possible
candidate for United States senator.
We still think him a better and more
competent man than any so far an
nounced candidates. Don't think for
minute that Bailey has lost sight of the
senatorial race.-Clyde Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-10

Editor Johnson, of Minneapolis, de-
fines graft this way; In horticulture it
means putting on a limb-in politics it
means pulling one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-10

When a banker begins to manifest
An interest in extradition laws. it is
time for the directors to manifest some
interest the bank.
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SOITVENIR WANTED.

Mr.. Bryan gathered many souvenirs
While on his trip, but he will not be sat
isfled to return home without the hide
OF the Hon. Roger Sullivan, committee
man from Illinois.-Ottawa Herald.
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The revolution nicrobe appears to be
spreading himself. 1t is reported that
several other Central American repuh-
lies are preparing to revolute a little.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-10

Perhaps. after all. Mr.. Hearst had
hts fingers crossed when he said w.
J. Bryan was the man to nominate for
PRESIDENT.
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sPELLING BEE MENACED.

What is to become of the spelling bee.
that quaint source of so much delight
and renown in the little red school
houses, if the presidential fat imposes
the reformed spelling on the country p
New York Sun
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NOT HIS WAY.

There is nothing to indicate that Mr..
Fairbanks waEmed up sufficiently to
become one OF. the boys at Boise.-I-aw-
renee World ri szi-caf
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These people who saw Banker
stensland at various points in Texas
Tr.aking tracks for the Mexican border,
evidently need to have their eyesight
rlrcfcrelI
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a TLP

The state board Of railway assessors
might get a very valuable tip from
President Ripley's letter, If they wish 10
take it He says the road is fully
worth its capitalization. some $4,000
per mile The market quotations Of
stock justify the statement. Both COM
mon and preferred have been selling
above par We imagine If the state
board attempts to assess on this basis,
Mr. Ripley might be tempted TO write
still another letter.-Osage County
Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-10

There was no run on that Philadel-
phia trust company when it failed. A
walk Is as swift as Philadelphia will
consent to go.
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The town of Tyro, down in Mont
gomery county, gets it's gas for two
cents a thousand feet. Must be almost
as cheap as hot air during a session of
the legislature.
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Mr. Bryan evidently has not convinc-
ed Mr. Sullivan, of Illinois. that he is
such bad man, nevertheless and not
Withstanding.