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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
PoINTED PARAGRAPHs.
FFrom the Chicago News. ]

From the Chicago News.1
Too often a mans keenness spoils his
kindness.
Married people make up a quarrel be-
cause they have to.
Many a man who cries aloud for jus
tice simply bowls if he gets it.
A girl may be afraid Of mice, but she
has no fear of the microbes in kisses.
Truly the self-made man relieved his
ancestors of a great deal of response
bility.
A small mans idea of greatness is to
have other men point him out and say:
There he goes"
It doesn't require any great artistic
ability to enable a woman to draw an
uncharitable inference.
Fruit dealers sell dates, but druggists
give them away with calendars and
patent medicine alnanacs.
Many a man thinks he has just as
much right to spend his haTd-earned
money for liquor as his wife has to
spend it for face bleach.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
An Acrobat Mt yipetv-Nipe.

Henry Johnson of Grantham, who
boasts that he is the Oldest acrobat in
England. entered on his hundredth
year on December %. In spite of his
years he is as 1.-THE as many a man
sixty years his Junior.
Johnson has lived in the reigns of
five British sovereigns and prides him
self on the fact that he has performed
before three of them=King William
". Queen Victoria and King Edward
VII. when he was Prince of Wales
He is now quietly enjoying the evening
of his life at Grantham. and he hopes
to live for many years to come.
Johnson's first experience with roy
atty was when he and Mullaba per-
formed before King William " at
Aylesbury, and the king was so
pleased with them that he commanded
them to appear before him at Buck
ingham palace.
They Travelled to London by coach
and the king rewarded them with five
guineas each and gave them a royal
license to perform in any town, city or
village in the United Kingdom. Later
he performed before Queen Victoria al
Windsor, and before King Edward VII
(then Prince of Wales) at Sandring-
ham.-London Mail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Since seeing the kind of whiskers Col.
Mann wears it is very easy to believe
the charge of blackman or anything
else.
Even if a woman has rheumatism
she can jump at conclusion.
It is confidently expected the Cover
nor Hoch's formal apology to Tom KEEL
~ will be forthcoming soon.
The jury that acquitted Norman Hap
good of libel-which was the same as
finding Colonel Mann guilty of black
mail-was out ten minutes. There is
some curiosity to know why it took
the jury so long.
"A. R. Brown" is evidently doomed
to go down in history with as little
known about him as the man who
struck Billy Patterson.
large reward consisting of five 90
sticks of chewing gum, will be paid to
anyone who believes Attorney General
Coleman will ever do anything to hurt
the feelings of Tom Kelly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
Short Speech Caught the jury.


When Baron BramWeIl was once sit
ting on the crown side on the South
Wales circuit, counsel for the defense
in certain case asked leave to ad-
dress the jury in Welsh. The case be-
ing simple one, permission was given
without demur. He said but very few
words; the baron also did not think
much comment was necessary, but
was somewhat startled by a prompt
verdict of acquittal
What was it,. he afterward in
quired, that Mr.. L. said to the
jury?'
"Oh, he just said, This case, gentle
men lies in nutshell. You see your
selves exactly how it stands. The
judge is an Englishman. the prosecut-
ing counsel is an Englishman, the
complainant is an Englishman. But
you are Welsh, and am Welsh. and
the prisoner IS Welsh. Need I say
more? 1 leave it all to you"
It is scarcely necessary to mention,
says the writer of sSome Legal RENT
niscenees," that Baron Bramwell did
not allow the experiment to be repeat
ed of addressing the jury in language
which he did not understandable
Bits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
CHRIST Ann THE II1vTIIE ONES.

CHRIST AND THE LITTLE ONES.
The Master has come over Jordan
Said Hannah, the mother, one day;
He Is healing the people who throng
with touch of His finger. they say.
And now shall carry the children,
Little Rachel and Samuel and John.
shall carry the baby Esther
For the Lord to look upon.
The father looked at her kindly,
But he shook his head and smiled;
Now who but doting mother
Would think of a thing so wild7
If the children were tortured by demons,
Or dying of fever, t were wells
Or had they the faint of the leper,
Like many an Israel."
Nay, do not hinder me, Nathan.
I feel such d. burden of care,
If carry it to the Master,
Perhaps shall leave it there
IF he lay his hand on the children
My heart viii be lighter, I know,
For a blessing for ever and ever
VIII follow them as they CO.
So over the hills of judah,
Along by the vine-roWs green,
With Esther asleep on her bosom,
And Rachel her brothers between
Mid the people who hung on His teach
Or Waited the touch of His word,
ening
she pressed to the feet of the Lord.
Now why shouldst thou hinder the Mas
Said Peter. with children like these?
Sees not how from morning to evening
He teacheth and healeth disease?'
Then Christ said: FORBID not the chill
dren,
Permit them to come unto mer'
And he took in his arms little Esther,
And Rachel he set on ais '.nee;
And the heavy heart of the mother
Was lifted all earth-care above,
AS he laid his. hand on the brothers,
And blessed them with tenderest love;
AS he said of the babes in his bosom:
OF such are the kingdom of heaven
And strength for all duty and trial.
That hour to her spirit was given.
Julia Gill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28

After a delay of a year and half
Captain van Setback, who commanded
the steamer Slocum at the time it
burned, causing the loss of 1000 lives,
has been convicted of negligence and
sentenced to ten years imprisonment.
while this punishment viii not bring to
lie any Of the dead it may. tardy as It
has been, serve to make other captains
OF excursion steamers more careful.
But there are others higher up, prob
ably. who are responsible to a far great
er degree for the disaster than was the
man who is called upon to pay the
penalty. The extent to which a princi-
pal IS held responsible for the acts of his
agents is often limited by circumstances
6he case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
FROM OTHER PENS
49, 10 sToP LoBRYING-

The Mississippi legislature has adopt
ed a resolution at the opening of its
session barring all lobbyists from the
halls and corridors of the capitol and re-
quiring all persons who desire to appear
before the legislative committees to Sc
cure credentials. This interdiet will not
seriously disturb professional lobbyists.
They generally put in their work at the
hotels and resorts patronized by mem
bers of the legislature. A more effect
ual way to Danish the lobby is to have
d grand jury in session at the state
capitals from the opening to the close
of every legislative session. That would
make tampering with lawmakers rather
risky.-Omaha Bee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28

Probably few instances have been
known in which a lawyer has pleaded
the cause Of the other side, but that is
practically what District Attorney
Jerome did on Thursday in the libel
suit brought against Norman Hapgood,
the editor of Golfers. Jerome. who
vves prosecuting, the case. by virtue of
his Office, practically said to the jury:
s'If you render a verdict in my favor
you viii do a great injustice" In seek
ing to obtain justice in a criminal case
rather than conviction of the defendant
Mr. jerome has set a high mark and
has performed a duty in a manner
worthy of the emulation Of his brothers
IN the profession.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
IT CAN BE DONE.

The temperance element in Wilson
county appear to have the upper hand
of the rum power. Some months ago
an assistant attorney general was ap-
pointed for Wilson county and the lid
went Immediately on. At Neodesha
in with violators and fixing them up
with agreed fines the assistant attorney
general popped on the screws, arrested
the police judge for neglecting his off
cial duties and made him appear in
district court, where he weakened and
agreed to be good in future. He paid
the costs. S175, and signed a pledge to
faithfully and vigorously enforce the
laws during the balance of his term of
office. The law can be enforced where
the people want it nforced.-Howard
Courant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
Fixing a Funeral Date.

To show how implicitly people of a
generation ago trusted in the Farm
ers' Almanac" the following story
was told by old DR. Hunt. who for
many years faithfully served the
townspeople of Weston
One of his patients had departed
this life. leaving a sorrowing spouse,
whom DIR. Hunt tried to comfort. In
the course of making the burial ar
engagements, he. asked when she de-
sired to have the funeral.
wait, DOCTOR" said she, 1--WE must
have it on a pleasant day" She hur-
riedly searched the almanac and the
day was set.@Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
KANSAS cOMMERT


The wishy-washy twaddle that comes
from Governor Hoch on the examina-
ton by expert accountants of the state
treasury makes this newspaper tired.
His position that it is worth the SIS
600 that the investigation cost the tax
payers in that it win result in a system
Of bookkeeping that will protect the
state from uncertainty regarding its
funds in the future, implies that some
thing is wrong. Come right out in the
opening and stand on what the report
shows, and throw away the whitewash
brush, governor. The people can read.
and some can figure, also: and This
mushy talk that you would rather
spend the $4,000 and find nothing Grim
inally wrong than half that sum, and
recover twice that amount from derellct
officers, might do to talk to a Sunday
school class, Governor Hoch; but it
won't work out in so practical an affair
as you have on hand with Kelly's now
you see it and now you don't escrow,
and Grimes ready-to-settIe-any- diff
ferences' -can-explain talk. Clear the
decks for action, governor, there's a
job ahead of you.-Seneca Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
nnrLEcTIoNs OF A BACHELOR.
[From the New York Press.l

TFrom the New York Press
And the beauty of a get-rich-quick
scheme is also skin deep.
Impatient men seldom accomplish
anything of great Importance.
A man never has as good. a neighbor
as he thinks his neighbor has.
When some men borrow money they
seem to think It is only an umbrella.
Most of what we call brains is Just
plain, hard, he-grindstone
work.
Even when her bank balance agree
with the cashiers, a woman never trusts
him about it.
No matter how poor a man is he al
ways thinks he can afford to. do some
thing his neighbor does.
A woman calls it an insult for men
to look at her crossing a muddy street
Il she hasn't on her best stockings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
Makers of Anarchy.

LFrom the Emporia Gazette.1
The following just and equitable pro-
visions of the Kansas law are dagrantIy
disobeyed by the Kansas railroads.
That every railroad shall furnish to
proper authorities:
First-The amount of its capital
stock.
seeond-The amount of its preferred
stock if any. and the condition Of its
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28

Probably no higher compliment has
ever been paid to man Of great wealth
than is contained in remark made by
a man who had been in the employ of
the late Marshall Field forty-four years.
Speaking of his late employer he said:
''Mr. Field was a grea. man. He was
straight. do not think there is a man
in the world who can accuse Mr.. Field
Of ever getting a penny by trickery or
gharp practices.r
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28

The missing link in the career Of
state Treasurer Kelly has been found
but it took an earthquake a few days
we met man since the investigation
of the state treasurer of Kansas has
been completed who said that he did
not believe there was a dishonest hair
in Tom Kelly's head. If there is any
truth in this remark, Thomas Todd KEEL
~ must be bald headed.-St. Marys
Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28

The State Journal is a member OF the
Associated Press and receives the fun day
telegraph report of that great news Or
Eaulzattou fer exclusive evening puptl-
cation
The state Journal receives for exclusive
publication the leased wire report OF the
publishers Press for the edition for sun
uav morning.
The news is received in the state Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pllr-
pose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28

According to Secretary Coburn's
statistics, Jewell county is first in corn,
alfalfa. tame hay, corn on hand, hogs,
animals sold for slaughter. and poultry
and eggs. Jewell county is entitled to
CROW some.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28

The successful Introduction of the
motor car seems likely to give a new
impetus to the building of interurban
lines of railway Equipment of this kind
SIS said to be both cheaper and more re-
liable than electricity
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28

ful to bury people alive is the only
thing we know of that seems to offer
a means by which Mr.. Odeu may OBJ
tain redress. Richmond Times-Dis-
patch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28

a strong sentiment in favor Of more
policemen has developed in Chicago.
What the city appears to need most is a
better kind OF policemen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28

The earthquake felt in New Mexico
and Arizona Thursday afternoon may
have been caused by the jar given in
the vote Of the house on the statehood
hin
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
A TOUCH JOB.

Some members of the senate have
taken up the task of clearing its repu-
tation, thus refuting the charge that
senators are afraid Of hard work
Chicago Daily News
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
TOOK IT SERIOUSLY.

One boss buster who was in the re-
form movement, with a big R seems to
have made the mistake of taking the
matter seriously. He is Carr Taylor,
who was made attorney for the reform
railroad commissioners. Mr.. Taylor
thought the promises made during the
campaign meant something, and he has
been trying his best to make some of
them good. He has prosecuted the cases
brought before the commission against
the railroads with energy. But this
misdirected zeal does not suit the re-
form commissioners. They are ION, Z"
and they are showing their disapproval
Of Mr.. Taylor by making his work as
difficult as possible. They refuse to
allow his bills for expenses, although
his office was created by the legislature
and they have contingent fund of
$4,000 for such expenses. Mr. Taylor
is young, but he is in position to learn
that with a certain class of politicians
reform is useful only as a vehicle on
which to ride into office Then it should
be cast aside and rgotten.-HoIton
Recorder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28

If the federal authorities continue
their prosecution of evil doors with as
much success as has attended their eff
forts recently, it may become necessary
to build additional prison room in order
TO accommodate the rush.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28

Persons at loss to understand why
nineteen Republican members Of the
house voted to sustain The eight-hour
law ia Panama may find enlightenment
by observing the character of territory
from which these congressman come.
1t viii be discovered that one of the
principal industries is mining.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28

Luck is sometimes better than a big
navy. The Moroccan conference enables
President Castro to repose peacefully in
his hammock, undisturbed by the noise
OF French guns bgmbarding his port
towns
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28

Tn view of the recent disclosure re
garding the attempts to bride newspa
per reporters. it is not surprising that
the beef trust is anxious to avoid
jury trial
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
WHICH IS IT.

Thought so. Senator AIdrich has dis
covered that it would be "unconstitu-
tiOnal' to give the commission power
to fix railroad rates. There must be
something wrong with the constitution
that goes square against the people and
their wishes at every little turn in the
road Or is it possible that the SEN
ator's Interpretation is at fault king
man Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28

The Great Teacher said that man
cannot serve two masters, yet Chairman
Shontz of the Panama canal commits
sion is drawing a salary Of $4,000 a
year from the government and another
of $4,000 a year from the Clover Leaf
railroad
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
ANOTHER W. 10 81 "a.

None the less, we have the word Of
the proverb for it that honest men are
booked to get their dues shortly after
life insurance companies fall out
Richmond Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
HuMoRIsT DURHAM.

IL Durham, former political boss
of Philadelphia, must be something of
a humorist After his supporters had
all deserted him, he issued a formal
card releasing them from the obliga-
lions to support Washington
Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28

The authorities at the Annapolis naval
school seem to be proceeding on the
theory that the way to stop hazing is
to ex9eI the hazers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28

Walter Roscoe Stubs appears to have
placed his candidacy for the United
States senate i'm escrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
MEANINGLESS.

It is as difficult sometimes to judge a
statesman by his campaign speeches
as an ordinary man by his New Y ears
resolutiOns.-Was hington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28

Even congress cannot make one state
Of New Mexico and Arizona if the peo-
pie out there are opposed to such action.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28

The Sterling papers print a picture
of a single load of corn filing fourteen
wagons coupled together and drawn
by a traction engine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
WHAT HAPPENED TO CLARKE

Among other things that were done
at the Wichita rate convention the
friends of Judge Ansel Clark have dis
covered that as chairman of the reso-
luton committee, STUDIOS laid the judge
on the operating table and amputated
his candidacy for lieutenant governor,
and the judge never knew what hap
pened to him until he felt for it and
found it gone.-Parsons Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28

State officers could, if they would,
learn lesson from Uncle Sam in the
matter of running down and convicting
Criminals
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
HIs GREAT ERRoR.

The Topeka bank robbers who failed
to rob the Merchants National at To-
peka made one serious mistake. They
should have let the mysterious A. r.
Brown in on the job.-Concordia Blade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28

A aHeched spesshul from Ottywa Says
id dot der MATHIS ISIS oudt hunting Iaz
gerss. Der feet dot der spesshul olofl4-
- ,y-..1o5 nv der TneninzRery, iss .
Complete abby fer Dave Leahy- ne
didndt write i'd.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28

In Buffalo they call the present sea-
son a shirtwaist winter. Comparative
ly that should put the Kansas winter
in the peek-a-boo class.-LeavenwOrth
Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28


uf he hat a cane er umbrellas NIT him.
ask him someding else.
Il hat chusd peep Garverized py q
reporder'' Says Gus GooblestelIa-
hauser Iasd night.
'vot." says I rubberishly, 'iss der
ssOh. he ask me a lodt uf foolishnesss
kvesdionss,'' sayss Gus, init giggis
uf sadness.
Der kveen-doughiger uf Chiny iss
eggsamining candydates fer der cnoo Z
emperor. She ISIS der Foxy Grandma,
allreatty Vile she ISIS boarding oeni
princelings. I bets me sex bidts she
nefer hat to boiler more den vonce Ter
her slippers er a drink.
HELP!
ssGrainss uf sand makes real-essate
Und vater-drops der ocean
Dis solluTn fought invadeS my PATE
SuggestiOning notion
. To york der wissidors who viii
Addend our solicitations,
IJnd call on dem to help to MI
Der cfdy's excavations
So. sdrancher, ven you come 10 CALL
Your pockedt fill nit gravels,
FIR rocks, er anydings ad all
You meet nit, in your dravels;
IND ven you hit our Afenoo
Rleas dump dem in a dimple,
IJnd ven be muchablige to you
AIdough der task iss skimple-
Yoilrss fer q bedder strasse-
HANS ZJPP.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28

FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT OF
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS EN AzitS
WEEK DAY AND PUBLISHERS
PRESS REPORT ON SATURDAY
NIGHT FOR THE EDITION Eo4s
SUNDAY MORNING
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28

new ISIS going to buildt ad Cooney
IsIandt a Iarche tower. Der only spes-
sifcation DER arky-tect hat arrifed I'D
ISIS dot der tower, like der resd OF ger
Cooney Islandt amoosmendt resorts via
be waterproof
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28

ine to moot indo hiss moo prindt-hauss
77f I,a hat A cane er umbrellas NIT him.
ask him someding else.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28
A SERMON FOR TO-DAY.

GOV. HOCH AND KING SAUL.
Then came the word of the Lord unto
Samuel. saying. 1t repenteth me that 7
have set up Saul to be King.-I Samuel
15.10-11-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28

Uf you meedt Col. Tam Mickneel ind
he ISIS unarmed, ask him ven ISIS ne go
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28

Come und look; peoples; come To-
pelza.
Der wissidor nit der tage on hiss ~ tag 2a-
can be kveen, jack und tel-spOt "a
May tomorrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28

The father looked at her kindly,
But he shook his head and smiled
Now who but a doting mother
Would think Of a thing so wild7
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-28

Still, the State Journal heartily COM
mends the governors action in order
ing the attorney general to bring civil
suits against Kelly and Grimes-as far
as that goes. These instructions to the
attorney general, however, have a IA
miliar ring. As long ago as october II,
1904. Governor Bailey gave formal writ
ten instructions to Mr.. Coleman to be-
gin the proper legal actions called for
by the Rowett report. Fifteen months
have elapsed with no move by Mr.
Coleman towards carrying out those in
structions. although Grimes claims the
statute of limitations has run on the
claims against him IN the meantime.
Kelly has only eleven months more to
serve. It is to be hoped that Mr.. Cole
man will not be as long in carrying
out Governor Hoch's instructions as
/ he was Bai1ey's.