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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-09

looked elsewhere, but straight at thu
.sMen. I want to talk to you for
few moments" she began in gentle
tones, though every word was audible
back to the door.
Then she gave history OF the
Doane-EIackett feud as she had gather
ed the particulars. She named the
killed and wounded and the living She
pictured the misery and the heartaches
She spoke IN whitening sco1n Of am
bushes. Of cowardice, Of the burning
OF buildings and the manning Of ami
mails There had been warrants and
sun1monses many times before. Par
TALLY had been shown by justice and
there had been perjury without stint
She scored the Doanes as well as the
Hacketts. She scored the gray-haired
women on either side and no one In
terrupted her. The sheriffs was there,
but he did not advance upon her JUS
the Jackets were looking at that
lighted candle and keg OF powder.
THE man is innocent" said the girl
pointing to her lover. "At the hour
was there and saw Is he to have JUS
tice?''
No one answered. The fame Of the
candle was Blowing in the draught OF
the window toward the keg. She
reached out and picked It up and held
it quite over the key and said:
only sixteen people have been killed
IN this feud lasting fifty years. That is
too slow work. Here are two hundred
CT US. We are Doanes or we are
Jackets. Why not all die together and
end the trouble and bring peace to a
neighbOrhood that has been in turmoil
for half a century 20
Men fcringed and chilled and chat
tered as the candle swept back and
forth over the headiess key. So It
lasted for two minutes, and then the
girl blew out the light and stood with
folded arms.
The prisoner Is discharged" said
the justice at last.
The Jackets tip-toed out, then the
Doanes and the Joan OF the Mountains
was left all alone in the big room. She
sat down and laid her head on the
table and wept. And by and by an arm
store soItly around her and her tears
ceased.-(C Copyright, 1906, by p. G.
Eastment)
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GLOBE SIGHTS

TFrom the Atchison Globe.
than be bald.
It IS a rare man who can separate
from his wife without shooting her
Even if you agree with some peon1a
you can't get out of an argument.
somehow it never looks like a man
Is attending strictly to business wheh
he has a dog following him.
A boy always searches the pockets
OF new suit with the hope of finding
something valuable. But he never
does.
When man has dog that Is all
ways following him, he hears. Don't
let that dog in here" about dozen
times day.
An Atchison girl fTnagines she Is too
tat, and talks Of taking antifat. She
isn't too fat; if she would tighten her
corset strings a little, she would look
About the only difference between
being an old maid and an old mar
ried woman, is that the things that
are liable to happen to married
woman are worse.
The manner in which people follow
certain Atchison woman around
doesn't indicate her popularity: She
IS go fat they follow her around to Sit
in her shade
Women live longer than men he
cause they take better care of them
selves And women are getting a big
start in the business world because
they do not bum as much as men.
When a man is unduly familiar with
woman who doesn't want him to be
familiar. she is sure to tell her folks
A man should not f1irt without a signed
statement from the woman that she is
agreeable.
At its meeting tonight. the Lancaster
Literary society will discuss this oues-
ton; Can q woman forget a love af-
fair, and become Interested in a new
one, as quickly as a man ?" As a mat
ter of fact, love affairs are forgotten
on both sides mighty easily.
When the preacher comes to that
part Of the marriage service where he
asks those who have objections to
make them known, silence doesn't
mean anything Ninety per cent of
those present are knocking SO hard on
the wedding that their hearts are going
at It like woodpeckers on tree.
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

Bill Doolittle's great regret is that
he doesn't live in Chicago. Chicago, -
says Bill, won two baseball pennants
this year, while Topeka won only one
Chicago is my idea of a wide-awake
town"
We judge from reports that an am
bulance is still needed as part Of a foot
ball outfit, in spite of the fact that the
game has been reformed.
X x
Now that baseball Is out of the way,
perhaps the country can pay some at
tentiOn to politics.
Since the Roosevelts have moved
back to Washington from Oyster Bay.
we have an idea that Mrs. Roosevelt
can no longer visit with the neighbor
women over the backyard fence. There
are some disadvantages in city life.
y
Now that The Jungle is to be drama
tized people whose physicians advise
a sea voyage for them can get the same
results by paying fifty cents to see the
show.
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The people of Topeka will take
pleasure in the opportunity Afforded
them of hearing Senator Robert NJ.
La Toilette deliver his famous lecture
on Representative Government here
on Thursday evening" The Wisconsin
senator has appeared at a number Of
other Kansas points during the sum-
mer but this will be his first public
utterances in this part of the state.
The Wisconsin senator has been in
the public eye for many years because
Of his heroic fight against the big
corporations that have dominated
Wisconsin politics, but never has he
been as greatly before the public as
now. Up to a few months ago his
activities were confined to the state Of
Wisconsin, but since his entry into the
United States senate he has become a
national character.
During the two or three years that 3
new senator is in the upper house Of
congress he is supposed by senatorial
courtesy" to be seen and not heard
Senatorial courtesy" demands that he
keen silent and let such men as
Aldrich. and Foraker. and Spooner,
and Allison, run things. But La Fol-
lette did not do that. Within sixty
days after he was sworn in he had at
tackled an attempted coal land steal in
the Indian territory bill and had com
PEELED congress to kill it, although the
interests" were fighting him vigor-
ously.
Then La Toilette saw fit to take part
in the rate-regulation debate, and he
introduced several amendments which
he deemed necessary to strengthen the
Hepburn bill But Aldrieh Elkins. ct
al, had determined that he must be
punished, and all of his amendments
were studiously voted down. Had
single one of them-that giving the in
terstate commerce commission power
to determine the actual value of all
railroa ds-been adopted. it would have
added largely to the value Of the rate
regulation measure without impairing
it in the least.
Senator La Toilette tells of his ex-
periences in the senate in his lecture,
and this led to Senator Longs attack
on him at Beloit a few weeks ago,
which, by the way, has apparently add
ed to La FoIlette's strength.
AS a public speaker, Senator La Fol-
lette is strong. Those who have heard
him say that he holds an audience
wonderfully At Salina last July he ar
rived on a late train and at o'clock
in the afternoon and began to speak to
a crowd that had already been listen
ing to other speakers for three hours;
yet they stayed three hours longer to
hear La Toilette, at times rising en-
masse to cheer. At the conclusion Of
that address the senator was hurried
in an automobile to Minneapolis. 30
miles away, where another audience
was awaiting him, and which listened
to him till after midnight.
La Toilette is just beginning his ma
tional career. and this makes him a
still more interesting character. He is
a fighter and is recognized as a real
tribune of the people. It IS not at all
impossible that he will some day Occu-
py the White House.
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AFORIORN AfINsTRET,.


Dearest, I'm out where the blossoms are
And cricRsts are chirDing their lay in
the pass,
The silvery leaves of the popiars are
4 buiifrog is croaking in yOnder lush
Come to my arms, for my arms are so
And bide with me here in the sheen Of
the moon;
MY stomach's as flat as a busted ba-
loon.
Dearly beloved. I've sat here an hour,
Picking away on this raspy guitar.
have warbled sad love songs the best IN
my power
But I doubt if you listened or care what
wish you would sneak to the kitchen
A mother-made doughnut or wedge Of
I'm hungry as thunder, SO long have
Here in the dew where the skeetsr-bugs
fly
Loved one. get busy and peed Ger thy
Look from thy lattice down here where
Cause me not, dearest, to suffer debase-
Hurry-rm bordering close to a Mt.
To thee have wandered, minstrel to
These strings that they soft to thy
chamber might reach
But know from thy snoring I'm left IN
O. 1mogene. dearest, thou'rt surely a
-Washfngtou Star
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HVMOR OF THE DAY

daughter Is playing?
t.-Yonkers Statesman
term? IA
Witness--I don't know. sir: I didn't go
room.-Puck-
Edyth-You ought to have heard Mr..
Hugsin's ringing speech last night
may May newly, I wasn't aware that he
Edyth-Well, he made one just the same
Z cant repeat the speech but I can
snow you the ring.-Chicago News
why have you been absent from
school?'' demanded the teacher
Why replied the boy, MON broke 'er
arm Monday
But this IS Wednesday, Why did Won
stay away two days?r
Why-er-it was broke in two places. -
Philadelphia Press.
Mrs Housekeep-Tf you do a little work
IoT me now I'll give you a good dinner
Weary Willie-You'n git OF cheaper
lady, II ye gimme de dinner now an FUR
git de work. Work always gives me n
fierce appetite.-Philadelphi Public Led
ger. 49, -1~-
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FRON OTHER PENS
RAILRoAns- ~ PoIITIcs.

It will be necessary to get the rail-
roads out of politics as they are before
much Roadway can be made with the
political argument against public own
ership. It was only the other day that
the president of the Atchison system
was publicly defending the railroad
practice of mixing in politics on the
ground OF being a big taxpayer, and
now evidence is being brought out be
fore the Minnesota railroad commission
going to show that the Minneapolis &
omaha company spent considerable
sums of money in helping the effort to
defeat Governor La Toilette of Wiscon-
sin for reelection. It even went so far
as to detail many of its employees TO
work against La Toilette at the polls.
If any administration under public
ownership of railroads should ever ven
ture to get the employees into politics as
deeply as that, the fact would be quick
" known and it would not help TIE ad-
rnfnistration with other voters.-Sprins
field (Mass.) Republican.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Iron the Chicago News. ]

lFTom the chicago News
Those who look for trouble are apt
to find fault. =
Physicians won't even give their pa
tents hope without pay.
A young man always takes a girls
hand before asking for it.
Only those have lived well who have
not lived for themselves alone.
A woman may be as old as she looks.
but she is seldom as young as she acts.
Some people seem to think that they
ought to apologize when you do them
an injury
A woman's missing sense Of humor
has saved many a man from making
a fool of himself
Many a man doesn't do things he
wants to do, because. his. wife also
wants him to do them.
If a man leaves plenty OF change in
his pockets when he goes to bed, his
wife may not have occasion to ask him
for pin money.
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Daniel 3. Wesson, the Massachu-
sets revolver maker, died with for
tune estimated at $3O,00o,000. The
gum represents Americas measure of
the value attached to the revolver, for
the make bearing NELSON'S name is
chiefly sold in this country and, indeed,
is standard in the cavalry arm of the
service. Thirty million dollars is a big
sum to be charged to a single and
dangerous and suicidal luxury. The
revolver is that. 1t is of dubious SER
vice IN war. It's only function there is
as a cavalry weapon. Indeed. it is an
evolution of the medieval purpose to
provide horse soldiers with a f1rearm.
In the cavalry the weapon is effective
only up to fifty yards. 1t has no value
for hunting. The average man can do
more execution on birds and beasts with
q sIingshot The only purpose which
the revolver serves is to kill another
man, and even for that its usefulness is
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES York Mall
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Mount Fnpulfs a River.

Up in the mountains, eight or ten
miles from Lander, is a natural phe-
nomenon. the like Of which perhaps is
not to be met with elsewhere in this
country. 1t is called the sink by the
people hereabout though it merits d
more euphonious name
The big Pope Agile river, whose wa
ters are as clear as crystal, comes
tumbling and foaming and roaring
down a rocky canon and suddenly dis
appears from sight in the side of a big
mountain, running under the mountain
for a distance of nearly three-quarters
of a mile, when 1t again appears to the
eye as suddenly as it had disappeared
The mountain literally takes the
river into its capacious nav. swallows
it and then after a while vents it out
again. From the time it enters the
mountainside until it comes out again,
nearly 5000 feet below, not a sign of the
river is to be seen. 1t is like a rapids
when 1t goes in, but it is much calmer
and clearer and colder when it
merges.-London CWyo.) CorrespSnd-
ence Chicago Chronicle.
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REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR
IFrom the New York Press.I

From the New York Press.
A man has to be awful rich to be
able to dress well when his wife does.
Dying must seem absolutely pain
less to a man who has run for an Of
fee.
Sleeping cars are fine places to find
out what a sweet thing sleep could be
If you had any chance to get 1t.
A woman gets a good deal of comfort
out of thinking how dangerous it
would be to her chifdren's morals if
they had brains.
Women are pretty sure to like their
new pastor, II they can't disagree as
to whom he should marry because he
Is already married
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der Mr.. Bryan's charge. OF stealing
Democratic principles, it might vindi-
cate Itself from the standpoint Of the
man who, finding his neighbOr unwili-
ing to shoot, compelled him to give up
the gun" Wouldn't the smile be more
correct to say that the Democrats were
compelled to give up the ammunition
The Republicans already had the gun.
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A GREAT YEAR FOR WsEDs.

Not only are there bumper crops Of
corn. wheat. oats. barley, and rye: not
only are the truck gardens yielding
profusely; not only are the orchards
literally groaning- beneath the burden
of their fruitage, but there never has
been such a year for weeds.-Chicago
Inter Ocean,
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Topeka has about sixty students at
the state Agricultural college. II those
sixty students will learn scientific ag-
riculture and then go out and practice
At. they win be better prepared to do
some good for themselves and others
than many OF those who go into the
professions.
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A sTANDER NAILED.

We air Iooktn' fer a certain f1ossy guy
that has been circulating a lie about US.
He has been telling it around that we
was drunk on wood alcohol on last Mon
dav. It's a despicable Islander. We was
drunk on wood alcohol. but 1t was on
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Free Press.
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The statue of Pike, at the foot of
Pixies Peak will give visitors q peek at
Pike in the daytime. and at night the
impression that 1t Is Pixies spook guard
ing Pixies Peal.-vY ashington Post.
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A DEMOCRATIC VIEW.

cans are scared politically. This week
Attorney General Coleman began suit
under the antitrust law to drive the
Standard Oil company from the state
Only few months ago when they
thought the big Republican majcriNy
would carry them through, regardless
Of their actions, a similar suit was dis
missed against this same company.
Only thirty days until election and then
this suit like the one that preceded it,
can be dismissed. We are sure the
Standard Oil company must be scared
at this action-Colby Free Press.
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Yne Idea.

'There's a lot of talk in the papers, .
said Mr. Dumley. about the necessity
of uniform divorce laws wonder what
that means2s
Probably" suggested Mrs. Dum1ey,
Its to compel divorced people to wear
uniform so that other folks
can recognize EN-. "--Philadelphia Led
ger
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Is the Democratic state committee
responsible for T. T. Kelly going on
the stump in Kansas for the Republi-
can state ticket? If so, the assertion
that the Democratic state committee is
doing nothing towards winning the
election is proven untrue.
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EMERGENCY FUEL.

Possibly those railroad records were
burned up because the locomotives were
short of coal. The business of railroad
ing is quite intricate and q mere COM
mission is not expected to be able to
understand it in all its branches.-Chi-
cago News.
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ADVISERS PASS BY.

It must gall the officials when they
consider this Cuban business and re-
member that they were not called upon
at any stage of the game for assistance
or advice.-Chicago Record-Herald.
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Judge Alexander. who is running for
congress against Mr.. Calderhead up
ia the Fifth district alleges that the
Firth district congressman is not IN
harmony with President Roosevelt.
The judge may give Mr.. Calderhead
aonething to talk about yet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-09

There is a law in Kansas which dis
franchises every voter who bets on the
result OF an election. but it isn't likely
that Governor Hoch will order that this
law be enforced against George ".
WhestIey. who has put up $500 on
rTo-l,
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It appears that Secretary Shaw will
be let loose from his job in Washing
ton just little too late to help shuck
the Iowa corn crop this fail.= g
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CASSIE WAS CITED FIRST.

The derelict Lizzie Chadwick has been
sighted again, in latitude 20 degrees A
minutes. longitude p degrees Ii min
utes. The other derelict, Cassie. is still
in drydock in latitude Al degrees 30
minutes, longitude 81 degrees 40 min
utes.-Boston Globe.
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China is pointed out as q shining ex-
ample Of a stand-pat country. China
stands pat as hard as even Uncle Joe
Cannon could wish
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The Sultan of Turkey is said to be
recovering, but the important question
IS. viii we ever recover anything from
the Sultan of Turkey?
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President Cassatt. Of the PennsyI-
vania railroad. is just recovering from
an attack of whooping cough. He was
probably too busy to have it when he
was young.
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OF course the Union Pacific beat Mr..
Curtis for senator in 1908. but it wasn't
1fr. Curtis fault He didn't tell the
Union Pacific not to support him.
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It isn't much Of a trick for US to set
tie a revolution in Cuba. but when it
comes TO solving our own race problem.
& Is no holiday Job.
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we are inclined to boast OF ouE en-
lizhtenment in this country. and yet
500 ignorant women stormed a
~ehooi-house In New York city the
other day. convinced that the health
oHcers we're numbering their children.
Ana yet New York thinks itself "su-
Derior" to the people Of the Westi
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Mr.. Hearst is said to have given
Tammany 100000 as a starter for its
campaign fund. Mr.. Hearst believes in
reform. even If he has to buy It
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Mr.. Schwab is said to have been fair
" successful in playing faro at Monte
Carlo. but he will find gambling in the
Chicago wheat pit a different PROPOSE
ffon
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Upton Sinclair is running for con
gress on the Socialist ticket. In a few
weeks Mr.. Sinclair will be prepared to
write an instructive article on How
Not to Go to Congress"
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Incidentally one would suppose thai
enc Lone-Curtis combine is at an end
now, anyway.
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The New York Mail says that whisky
1s really oxide OF ethyl. Now Will those
mat tarTy long at the wine leave it
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There are likely to be at least the
usual number of people on November
6 who viii be looking for kicking
machine when they wake up to the
fact that they forgot to register
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Having won two baseball pennant
an one season, there isn't room for an.
ether sort OF nag in Chicago just now
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Anyway, there viii be no reconcen-
Irado camps in Cuba with Taft running
things instead Of Weyler.
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The wichita Eagle Is Inclined to
doubt the report that when Carrie Ma
1ion spoke in Canon City, Colo. a sa-
-9oonxeeper acted as general manager
FOR her. Other saIoonkeepers have
tried to manage Mrs. Nation and failed.
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what a fortunate thing it was that
we had plenty Of Intervention on hand
snnt when -cl1ha. naaded IT,
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Once more we inquire. Have you
registered?
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Getting a New Gown by Diplomacy.


DR.. J. J. Kinyoun, Americas fore
most mosquito expert. was talking in
Washington about the mosquitoes COM
ing determination.
sit viii come" he said, 'but, to has
ten its coming, the public must be
drawn into the fight 1t is on the pub
lie that we must depend for the mos
ouito's determination and. to interest
the public. all sorts of methods, the
finest diplomacy. must be used.
Diplomacy. you know, is a remark
able agent. The other day a lady said
to her husband:
James. have decided to do with
out new fall street dress. and. with
the money shall have mother here
for a nice long visit
James turned on her excitedly
Wear that old brown cloth thing
another season? guess not he -ex-
claimed. You go down town to your
tailor's today. and order som ething
handsome Remember, please, that as
my wife you have certain position to
maintain
THE wife bowed her head in sub
mission, On her lips played a peculiar
smile. Los Angeles Times
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BY the way, has W. R Stubs an
'E=ered the Square Deal questions?