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TI1ES WANTS
AND OTHER
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS.
ONE CENT A WORD FoE

SITUATIONS WANTED HELP WANTED
ROOMS FOR RENT ROOMS WANTED
ROOMS AND BOARD BOARD WANTED
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Horses and Vehicles.

Dor SALE-Want Of use. imported Eng.ish
road cart. rubber tired. ''Cruxtoa'' springs.
also HANDSOME thoroughbred horse bay I5-s
hands good driver, exceptional saddler: alb
soiutely safe DR.. EVANS. owner Boni
building. Can be seen CO0per's stable. rear
FredoBia II ST noIs-gt
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Catering.

MEALS SERVED by frst-class caterer at
terms. also table board. ISi6is
18th St n8II-zt
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100 STOVES. cook stoves. egg. Franklin.
large ranges, open CRATES: all pipe. I0e 4.e
10Th st. nW. Hul6-6t
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l725 DE SALES sT.-IarEe. bright. desir-
able. well furnished rooms. excellent table
table board. It
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-02
AIR- RIPI.EYs EPIsTLE.

Mr.. z. p. Ripley president OF Inc
Santa Fe railway company. has taken
his pen in hand and has written n
letter to the people OF Kansas And Il
very good letter it is.
Mr. Ripley, who has evidently been
exposed to the question habit ana has
caught it, puts most of his letter in
the form of interrogatories. In fact,
he puts the people OF Kansas through
a regular examination as to their
knowledge
The writer OF the letter protests
vigorously against the reduction of
railroad passenger rates in Kansas to
two cents mile. ana his questions are
for the purpose of showing that such
reduction would be a great injus-
tice to the owners of the road.
But the president Of the Santa Zee
Is unduly perturbed by the situation
in Kansas Very few people are pro-
posing a fat reduction of passenger
rates to two cents a mile in Kansas
But a good many people are advocat-
ing such a reduction as the traffic will
bear-to use language which most
railroad men understand.
The people of Kansas have an idea,
also, that most railroads are wasting
entirely too much money by hauling
some individuals free-individuaIs
who are enabled in one way or an
other to hold up the railroads for
passes. The people propose to stop
this drain on the railroads, which is a
point Mr.. Ripley entirely overlooks,
and the saving thus erected they pro-
pose to apply to a reduction of pas
senger rates.
It is quite probable that some of the
lesser lines in Kansas will not stand
any reduction. but there are others
that pay so well that, with the dead
heads eliminated, they may perhaps
be able to carry the public for two
cents a mile.
Mr.. Ripley can rest assured that
the people of Kansas intend no in
justice to the Santa Fe nor to any
other railroad. Nor will they stand
for any injustice to the railroads. If
the railroads can show that they can
stand no reduction of passenger rates,
after the deadheads have been elimi-
mated, it is not probable that such a
reduction viii be made.
Mr.. Ripley's letter is open and lii
rect, and it presents his side of the
case fairly and squarely; but the PEG
pie want the fun of making some fig
ures for themselves on the rate propo-
sition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-02
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IFrom the Chicago News.I
Half our troubles are the offsprings
OF fear.
A mean man usually rejoices be-
cause of his meanness.
kissing may be dangerous, but we
are not a race of towards.
The chronic boaster is a target for
many an unlocked kick
Eve ate the apple because there
were no ice cream parlors open.
We would have more ideal cities but
for the scarcity of ideal citizens.
1t is so much easier to be a critic
than it is to draw a salary for being
one.
If you have an aim in life you can't
AFFORD to waste any time hating peo-
pie.
No true woman ever takes off her
hat without putting up her hand to
ascertain If her back hair is all right
Our idea of a hypocrite is a man
who says he is glad he's bald or a wo-
man who says she wishes she had red
hair.
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even Il it meant changin me name and
nation, son. Sure, life was no life with
out her Wish me JOY. lad. OF me new
do, Billy said heartily. wringing
the tardy hand. Nanny detached her
self from Tim and flung herself upon
Bflly's breast, half sobbing. half laugh
ing out. Wait, son Until you know!
Are you willing to be poor to make me
Sure Billy said. giving her a hug.
rah-Susan brfdled. Larry, in his most
innocent way. began to explain Before
ne nad said nifty words, she wheeled up
on Nanny:
AS you have beggared your son. Mad
am, Tor your Whin, understand / refuse
70 countenance your duplicity-I agree
with your late uncle such conduct is pos
itively immoral
As she spoke she had been stripping
herself of Billy's ring. a simple affair, OF
Inready gold with a diamond spark on It.
But she quite forgot the diamond pendant
about her arm, not TO name many mora
Jewels resting upon her dressing table
Ma1estically she tossed the ring to Billy
poor crestfallen Billy, who stood at his
mothers side.
But when Mrs. O'TooIe- Merton drew
his head to her breast. and patred it as
she had done when he was three years
Old ne lifted 1t bravely and smiled up
at her, saying: 1T hurts, Mammy-but
I'm not going to cry. And I am not go
ing to starve, either-Tim will see to
Sure" Tim said. hugging his new son.
Nanny and Larry consider ateiy looked
sway = Copyright, 1906, by Homer
Sprague.)
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.IAYH< WgER JOTS

Out at Greensburg the opera house is
in such demand that select balls are
held in the freight depot.
The coyote scalp crop Is also extreme
~ good in Cove county. The county
clerk has already paid out over $500 in
bounties this season.
Herington is advertising for a name
for its baseball team. The players
wear yellow sox. How would The
Chickens" do2" Chickens are yellow
legged.
How is this for the Great American
Desert? Sixty people were engaged at
one time in picking cherries on the farm
Of George ALBANIAN, in Wallace county,
just east of the Colorado liue.
Norland tells of q man who brought
a radish to that town that measured II
inches in circumference, and it demands
If anybody can beat 1t. And at the
same time Uncle Jim Jones of Palco
was measuring one with a girth of %
inches.
Note of gratitude in the Window
Press: The editor and family enjoyed
a nice young fry for dinner Tuesday
given to them by Shep Horner, and we
thank Mr.. Horner for his kindness and
thoughtfulness, for If there is anything
that we like 1t is chicken It is such
kind actions as that that warns a
mans heart toward the people and
gives him strength and encourag cement
to do his best
Conner Davies, who wears one leg that
he can white on when no dry goods
box is handy, turns loose this hope:
There's talk of inaugurating in this
country in full dress function the Eng
lish court custom of wearing knee
breeches. We hope the fashion will not
reach Concordfa-it would shut out the
editor of this dinky daily newspaper. A
wooden legged man in knee breeches
wouldn't look very cute. would he?"
Jehu Truman, of Toronto, is the own
er of an original copy Of the Ulster
County Gazette, published January T.
1900. and containing notice of the funeral
of General George Washington The
paper was printed at Kingston, N. Y,
and is yellow with age. Mr.. Truman
received the paper from his father
years ago and intends that the copy
shall remain family property. Mr. Tru-
man says that he has refused an offer
of 500 for this almost faded bit of pa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-02
T1lis vas in Arkansaw

A New York man was talking about
Opie Read, the brilliant author and
journalist.
Read, you know" he said. found
ed the Arkansaw Traveller. He edited
that excellent paper for ten years or
more He made a great success of it.
They say that in the spring of 1885
a reporter of the Traveller died He
was fine young chap. A visitor to
the Office. the day after the funeral
found the editor and his staff talking
about their loss disconsolateIy.
1t has been sad loss, friends the
visitor said. "A sad loss, indeed He
sighed and looked about the room.
And am pleased to See he went on.
that you commemorate the melan-
choly event by hanging up Grape
"Opie Read frowned.
'Crape?' he said. Where do you
see any crape?'
over there said the visitor. point
ing.
Grape be burned, said Read. That
isn't Grape. It's the office towel -
Pittsburg Gazette.
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ouAKErs REFLECTToNa.
EFrom the Philadelphia Record. ]
These are dog DAYS. dog gone sennt

EFrom the Philadelphia Record.
These are dog days. dog gone sems
Don't wear out your welcome. It's
hard to get another.
Don't worry clubs are composed
largely of people who are in dehA.
The public wants the facts, but &
generally has to be satisfied with the
news.
You can't always tell how hard a
man has been working from the wilt
of his collar
In some localities it is a greater ac-
complishment to draw gun than to
draw check.
A fool and his money are soon part
ed. but the fellow who doubles his
money is no dub.
Nell="They wear sealskin coats all
summer" Belle-''Gracious! Who -
NelI=''The SEALS
Men are said to be scarce at the
seashore resorts, and at some place
there isn't even buoy.
He-"Tell me the worst You dc
not love me" She-"Oh! that isn't the
worst. I'm not going to return your
presents"
Wigg-'Poor old Bjonesi His rich
uncle has died and he was cut OF
without cent. Wagg-I thought
he looked sort OF amputated."
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GLOBE SIGHTS.
tFrom the Atchison Globe.l

From the AtchisOn Globe
A secret is never safe after some one
knows you have it.
Is the word "nightgown" a fit word
to use in polite society?
It is every married mans opinion that
all wives are frank.
What has becomepf the old fashioned
woman who told fortunes by coffee
grounds2
When a man is satisfied with himself.
it is a sure thing that others are not sat
isf1ed with him.
OF late, boys seem to be looking as
hard for ways to earn money as their
sisters look for ways to spend it.
If a man should advertise to hold
public meeting in which to praise peo-
pie. would he attract crowd?
Don't be mad if you are interrupted
when you are talking. It may have pre-
vented you from saying something fool
ish.
When it comes to lame excuses, it is
a tie which hears the more: The woman
with a giddy husband, or the bill col
lector.
Formerly. when an engagement was
announced, people inquired as to the
brides age. Now they inquire into the
age of the bridegroom as we'll.
Time flies so fast 10 the man past fifty
that he wonders when he takes his
clothes off at night, why he went to the
trouble of putting them on in the morn
ing.
It is said if an Atchison woman would
treat her girl as well as her husband
treats his stenographer, she would not
have so much trouble in getting a
girl
When man spills all his change out
of his pocket when he takes of his
pants at night, the only good luck his
wife has is his failure to remember
how much he had.
Here is a story my folks used to tell
on me when I was a boy: A celebration
was given near our house, and opened
a stand They say I ate and drank ev-
erything in stock, and never sold thing
or took in cent.''-Drake Watson.
High toned horses are like high toned
people, they are robbed of pleasures
poorer folks enjoy. An Arabian snow
white horse is never allowed the great
privilege of lying down and rolling over.
To prevent them from rolling they are
kept in narrow stalls
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quoted. He does not think La Fol-
lette made the statement attributed
to him. because his (Curtis'} record
on that subjece is wen known in
Washington to be the other way. But
whether Mr.. La Toilette was mis-
quoted o. not, Mr. Curtis has the ops
portunity to give his own side OF the
case even more fully than La Toilette
is purported to have given the other
side
AS to the La Toilette black list"
however, and it Is to this that the Star
refers. there is no pretense that the
Wisconsin senator misquotes the rec
ord. He simply gives the recorded at
titude Of those senators who voted
against the proposed amendments.
And if he does not misquote the rec
ord, does the Star pretend to say that
he ought not to tell the truth to the
people, because in so doing he will
offend the corporation crowd that
runs the senate, and because it will
then not allow him ito be of use" to
the people? If La Toilette were that
sort of a man, how much respect
would he command, and how much
confidence would the people have in
him About the same amount they
have in the corporation senators.
II one must be personally agree
able to the bosses Of the senate; if
one must keep still about their wrong
doing in order to be allowed to ac-
complish anything. isn't it time there
was reform in the senate?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-02
KANSxS COMAENT


CURTIS ON PRIMARIES.
A Topeka correspondent of the Kan
sas City Journal says Congressman
Curtis is the pioneer primary election
advocate in the state of Kansas that
he tried it IN his own district. That's
right, it was tried here in the famous
CGrtis-Bailey fight and it was the most
disgraceful political affair in the his
tory Of Atchison county. So much mon
ey was expended at that time that a
certain element of voters was spoiied,
and men without a barrel have heslta-
ted to become candidates ever since.
That was the primary election in when
it IS claimed on excellent authority that
two cars Of colored men were run over
here from Topeka to vote for Curtis
that that bunch of old soldiers We're
brought up from the Leavenworth Sol
diers' home for the same purpose. That
was the election which ". A. White re-
ferred to some time ago when he said
that railroad employees worked for Cur
It's like wrecking crew clearing the
main line. We want primary elections,
but not the kind Curtis was the pioneer
Of.-Atchison Globe
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al Waste of Tine.

We are glad to hear from the Birn-
ington Post that a New Jersey gentle
man has, after lengthy experiments,
succeeded in producing a brood of
eleven chickens each having one leg
longer than the other. The advantage
claimed for them over other chickens
is that they are, by reason of their de-
formity, compelled to walk in circles,
and cannot, therefore. wander far
afield."
We think the New Jersey gentleman
has wasted his time rather. He could
have got the same results, at far less
inconvenience to himself, by producing
a brood of chickens each having one
leg shorter than the other=Punch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-02
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Most OF the college graduates who
were waiting around to accept positions
two months ago. have got hungry and
rustled Jobs for themselves by now.
X X
A Topeka man has been hunting
through Rudyard Kipling's Jungle
books but he says he can't find any
thing in them to warrant all this talk
about the packing houses.
X
No. Mabel. those guns that are fred
at Fort Riley this week are not cam
paign guns.
X "
Somebody has started the story that
John D. Rockefeller is really worth
less than $500 coo, 900. Still, it isn't like
~ that the corner grocery will refuse
him credit on this account.
X =
Bill Doolittle has always had hank
ering for a government job. This de-
partment has frequently suggested to
Bill that he can probably get one when
the digging gets we'll under way on the
Panama canal, but for some reason or
other this always makes Bill mad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-02
ERON OTHER PENS


MAKING STREETS ATTRACTIVE
There is a movement on foot in
many German cities to stimulate in
terest in such decoration of houses.
Prizes are given for the finest obtained
with flowers so displayed and much is
expected in the way of Frightening
and adjoining streets. Even in Amer
lean cities, where trees, shrubbery and
flowers are common in full view Of the
street in> residence districts, much might
be done to make business thoroughfares
more attractive by the use of flowers
in windows. There are some striking
object lessons Of that kind in Toronto,
Ont. It is in no sense inconsistent
with the highest degree of business
ability to take a deep interest in flow
ers and the identifying of cities. Japan
has taught the world what a nation
devoted to art and nations beauties
can do III the hardest tests of strength,
fortitude and courage
Leader.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
IFrom the New York Press.


Lots more men would be good hus-
bands If It weren't SO mighty dull
When you see a red-headed widow
it's a sign her husband isn't sorry he
is dead.
Generally a girl that is very tall can
fool You a good deal about how thin
she isn't in some place.
A man could afford to have a lot
more bad habits If some of his good
ones weren't just as expensive.
1t isn't what you spend on a boys
college education that costs so much
as what it costs you afterward to sup
port him Up to II.
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FULL T,RsAsE.D WTRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOWE NEWS VILE AWAY.

Subscribers OF the state Journal
ssgHg during the summer may have
azas paper mailed regularly each day
10 any address ae - rate OF ten cents
p week or thirty cents a month (by
snzl1 only). Address changed as often
ms desired. While out Of town the
state journal win be 10 Jon like a
daily letter from home.
Advance payment IS requested on
these short time subscriptions. TO save
Bookkeeping expense.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-02
The InoTensive African Lion.

Lions are Increasing in number
ssIiIougnout the district, and, believe,
N All Angola, though they are still not
SO common as leopards. Certainly they
watch the road for dinner and all the
way from Benguela to Bihe you have
good chance of hearing them purring
ABOUT your wagon any night. Some
tlInes then you may find a certain sat
lsLaction in rejecting that you are in
sac the wagon and that twenty oxen
or more are sleeping around you, tied
10 their yOkes. An OK is a better meal
tnan man. but to me as we'll as to
oxen the lions are becon ing more dan
gerous as the wilder game grows scare
er. A native, from the wagon that
crossed the Cuando just after mine
was going down for water in the even
ing, when lion sprang on him and
split the petroleum can with his claw
The boy had the sense to beat his cup
hard against the tin, and the monarch
OF the forest was so Disguised at the
noise that he withdrew; but few boys
are so quick, and many are killed, es-
pecially in the mountain zone about
one hundred miles from the coast
H. W. NevisOn, in Harper's for June.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-02
CLOSE no THE PEOPLE.

The Miami Republican files notice of
its entry into the Kansas question con-
test by submitting to Mr.. Stubs the
query: Are you in favor of abolishing
the chigger in Kansas by legislative
enactment" This is important, for
there is no subject which gets quite 50
close to the Kansas people as the CHG
ger.-Leavenworth Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-02
NIENDING FENCES.

The statesman now
Doth cry: Gee haw;"
And raise a row
Ger corn and straw
And gravely say:
It's very plain
Some time today
It's gong to rain"
He Ioafeth round
The corners store.
ibis words profound
Are heard once more.
With gentle glee
lie vows anew:
lis good to be
Back here with you"
Beneath this guise
OF rustic glee
They who are wise
Can plainly see
How oft he thinks
With dire chagrin
OF gaseous drinks
And terrapin.
Washington star
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-02
Cheap Counting at Eppine.

Ihere lived in the town of Epping.
n H, an old man who was noted for
his penuriousness. One winter the
school teacher boarded at his house,
ana she had beau who came once a
week to spend the evening with her.
This, of course, necessitated heating
and lighting the parlor.
Nothing was said about this item of
expense at the end of the term. when
the teacher paid her board bill, but
the next day, happening to meet the
young man on the street, the old man
accosted him, and, after a few prelim-
lnaries about the weather, remarked:
You know we've been to some little
extra expense this winter running that
fire in the parlor for you and teacher.
didn't say anything to her. but I
thought perhaps you'd be willing to
make it right"
why, yes" replied the young man,
I am willing to pay anything reason
able, of course How much do Won
think you ought to have2 p
WAL" drawled old Mr.. B., st guess
about ten cents will do.'=New Eng
land Reporter.
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If it is to really be a stand pat cam
paign. very likely Nelson B. Aldrich Of
Rhode Island. will also contribute his
dollar to the Republican congressional
campaign fund.
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The. effect Of the Pennsylvania vol
untary reduction in passenger rates
will be to give that road a far better
standing with the people than though
the reduction had been compelled by
LEGISLATION.
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1t appears that Chairman Ryan, of
the Democratic state committee, got
sensitive on the pass question as soon
as the public discovered he was using
one. Has Governor Hoch become sen
sltlve on that subject vet?
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Senator Long doesn't see any use in
hurrying matters about answering
those questions. He is not running for
anything this year. Two years from
now Is the time he Is interested in, and
these square deal" questions may re-
ouire different answer then from
shat they do now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-02

Noticing that the Wyandotte county
Democrats refused TO endorse Mayor
Rose for congressman in the Second
district, Fred Trigg concludes that the
Democrats are going to make it. as
hard for the Republicans down there
as they can.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-02

Having exterminated several billion
chfnch bugs in Kansas, DR.. Snow goes
down to Arizona and imports a few
thousand of other species, just to keep
up the variety likely.
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Among the subscribers to the Re
publican congressional campaign fund
IS the name of Theodore Roosevelt,
who contributed a dollar. Must be the
president desires to have the Repub-
lfcan congressmen Reelected.
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STUBS, ARTILLERY.

Seventeen guns are to be discharged
when Governor Hoch reviews the Kan
sas troops at Fort Riley. This will be
in addition to the small artillery fire
which W. r. Stubs has been keeping
up through the apers.-Ottawa
Herald
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Let's see: Didn't Mr.. Rockefeller
once predict a panic for 1906? Per
haps that panic is about to start in
Ohio. but it will concern the Standard
OH company and not the rest of the
~arrrfr7r
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MERELY BUSINESS,

Brazil is buying three s5,00O.000
battleships. Brazil probably is not
anticipating trouble. They can be sold
at a profit of 40 per cent when the
next European war breaks out.-St
Louis Star-Chronicle.
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WHEN faint MEETS faint.

A number Of women in a New York
town recalled invitations to a card party
to be given to raise funds for a religious
building, the reason reported for the
calling off being that the tainted mon
ey'' of card playing might offend John
D. Rockefeller, who had contributed to
the building fund. When the oil head
magnate hears this he will realize some
of the benefits of joining a humorisIs'
sociation-Baltimore American.