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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-19

From early this spring the great ac-
tivity of the Topeka business houses
has forced the clearings back to their
normal figures. and every week has
shown a gain OF from Is per cent to IS
per cent. The volume of business now
done exceeds that done two years ago,
the report for the week ending No
vember 10. 1904. showing $1,11O.7 $50,
or less by 81. 900 than that of the week
ending November 8, 1906. Last year.
for the week ending November 5, the
bank clearings of Topeka were $654.-
453, about one-half of that reported by
Bradstreet on November 8, 1906.
THE clearing Of moneys by the Rock
Island railroad through Chicago now
Instead Of Topeka and the transfer Of
some of the clearings of the Santa Fe
at other points than Topeka, amount
Ing to upwards of 100000 to 100000
week. has not been able to lower the
clearings over that of the same time
two years ago. All of this change of
policy of the Rock Island and Santa
Fe has taken. place within the past six
to eight months. due to the appoint
ment of new officials. These materially
affected the reports of past years. and
lhe fact that Topeka is now clearing as
much as then indicates that local bush
ness has increased to a tremendous
extent"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-19

N1EISl1Y CHRISTMAS SHOPPER.
GHGdy noW the house ag9ears,
Tn swept the floors remain.
T{le tabE7 now she never clears
And through The window pane
Inc sunlight has 10 tight ITS way
through dust and dirt and CRIME,
The home is quite in dIsarray,
And Will be for a time.
For she's an early shopper and
know the world viii understand
Cold meals are served to me at night,
We never get a roast:
The morning meal is always light,
Not heavier than toast
1 need q button on my coat,
The lining needs repair;
But, oh! she never seems to note
. Y The tatteFed clothes / wear.
For she's an early shopper now,
And l must get along somehow.
Upon the street the children play
When they get home from school,;
And though it grieVes me much to say,
This is against the rule.
But everything is changed, you see,
AND orders out OF gear,
For things aren't what they used to be,
Nor do they so appear.
For she's an early shopper. true.
And she is shopping often, too.
But what care I for tattered coat,
And what's a button less?
The inconvenience 1 quote
Is not without redress.
So serve me scanty meals and cold,
III take my recOmpense
When just this simple fact is told,
My wife has common sense
Far rather early shopping, dear,
Than wait till Christmas eve is here.
Detroit Free Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-19

lite side of the hearth and began .
talk politics. And then Mrs. Hampton
came in to see what was the mater
She had heard the front ooos !,
town for the night In naiI an ny ~,
Rose ran. in from making call N tns
neigh borhood and sat down 70 toasi
her toes at the fire.
one seemed to notice that Phillip laus1
was strained. or that the flush on hsssttsS
glow Then the door was pushed open
cautiously and little Jim appeared ~
what are you ali having such g. gooa
time about2" he whined, as ne cAle11Ee
into his fathers lap. You always A7Af
PhiTs endurance reached its limit ri9nE
there He rose. with his square 1a". 49,
Jimmy he said I'VE won't Leave. any.
body out-call in the kitten. please. ~
paralyzed as she realized what ne was
S Kate" he said. for weeks and weeks
where II could tell you that love yoa1
s nece ssk y0f for 70 vsTions REASONS 50 ri
have to do it right here, with applaq ~
was standing over her now, and they
held the tableau. The tears were run
ming down her. face, but she GOULD mo. not
ped on one knee beside the chair the
family walked from It's dream and s,.-s ne
the reluctant Jimmy by the ear.
win you KRte2 p begged Philip ana
then they both burst into peals OF laugh
ter, which were heard in the dining room
by the discounted family.
mo I won't" said Kate when she
could speak. Il won't marry man who
would ask me in front Of the whole fam
IL" 49,
But there is good reason to believe that
she did, for the judge has been heard q
say that he considers his son-iinl-laws, the
1906 by Mary McKeon.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-19
SCHOOL LEGIsLAr1oN


At the recent meeting Of the North
Central Kansas Teachers association
at Abilene Superintendent George r,
Crissman, OF SaIina, discussed pro
posed legislation affecting the public
school system,-that is, propositions
that are discussed by the leading edu-
Gators and teachers of the state.
To ascertain what the teachers of
the North Central Kansas association
| think of these various propositions.
superintendent Crissman took a ballot
on each one. It is interesting to note
these propositions and the attitude of
the teachers towards them. Here are
some of them and the result of the
ballots:
Control Of the three state schools BY
one board For,4105y Against, ss.
California system Of support for
public schools-state, county and local
levies- For. 134. Against, 16.
Electorate of state should include
all residents who are citizens of the
United States and can read and write
intAIligently, and exclude all others.
This means giving the ballot to wo-
men, but taking it from the illiterates
of both sexes. For, IA Against. 10.
Amend Barnes law so as to make it
apply to all the state without submits
sion to vote For, ia. Against. 80.
Amend truancy law so as to make
parents liable for their deIinquent
children. For. 16s. Against, IA.
Educational commission appointed
by legislature to codffy and -harmonize
all school laws. For 1919. Against. 1s.
Make state architect approve plans
for all public school buildings. For.
ia. Against, 4.
Township control of rural schools.
For. 1873. Against, "a.
One teachers training school for
rural and grade teachers in each
county. For. 1872. Against, 2s
Higher standard of qualifications
and better salary for county superin-
tendents. For. 17s. Against, 7.
Uniform plan Of government for all
first and second class cities. For, 1924.
Against, 3.
Greater permanency OF position. Re
moval for cause only. For, 166.
Against. IS.
Ampler provision for professional
training. For. $50. Against, g.
More male teachers. Any reasonable
means to get them. For, 129.
Against, a.
Employment of teachers by the
year. For, 10. Against, II.
A few of these propositions will
probably come before the incoming
legislature for consideration. Some of
them. are good; few are unimportant,
and two or three are either of doubt
full value or Impractical. The second,
nth, ninth, and perhaps one or two
others are especially good.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-19
now n WOULD WORE.

As an Indication as to how a primary
election law would work can be cited
me senatorial district composed of
Keno Kingman and Pratt counties.
Keno county has population equal to
klnSman and Pratt combined. By Sc
lecting delegates from townships and
with an understanding that nominations
/ snail be passed around, the senator is
passed from county to county and
Fratt, the smallest county in the dis
\ trict now has the senator With n rri-
mary election law what chance would
Pratt county have2 The primary cleo
tlon law Is favorable to the cities and
against the country and thinly popuIa-
TED sections. Besides that We now have
a primary election law that can be nut
in operation when desired, but is not
! Cresset.
If primary were in force the ma
Jority would ruIe-under a majority
primary And if the majority does not
rule under the present system it is un-
American.
Experience shows that locality does
not always count. 1t does not neces-
sarily follow that the candidate from
the largest county would always win.
sometimes a candidate is much strong
er away from home than he is at home.
But under the primary plan propos-
ed by the State Journal, unless the
of all the votes cast for first choice.
Pratt county might win the nomina-
ton through the expression of second
and third choices. For instance, if a
large number OF Reno county voters
should prefer the Pratt county man for
second choice, and if the same thing
were true Of a large per cent of the
Kingman county voters the Pratt man
would win.
In other words, what the state Jour
nal proposes is to get at the average
first choice Of all the voters. 1t is
easy and simple. and the wonder is
that primaries were not started that
way in the first place.
= The trouble with our present primary
law Is that it allows a minority to-
nominate. It works satisfactorily in
some places and in some places it does
not. In the hands Of skil1ful politicians
1t allows manipulation in the way of
jumped-up" candidates the same as
does the convention system, though not
to as great a degree.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-19
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Speaking of trial marriages, one John
G. Cooper ought to be competent to
give expert advice on mat subject
We sincerely trust that Bellamy and
Maria won't try to make use of all this
advertising by going on the lecture plat
form.
Here is some good advice: If it is for
your wife, be sure that the store man
will exchange it after Chris trnas.-
Winter does not realiy begin tin De
cember q. Thought you might want to
know.
It looks as though Maria is the real
head of the house Of Storer. How many
Marias G you now?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-19
ERON OTHER PENS
ANOMALIES On PROSPERITY.


National PROSPERITY continues to
show that 1t entails certain penalties as
we'll as pleasures. The very force of
the swelling tide tends to react upon
itself. Thus business activity is so great
that money commands high prices
1t is not only the stock gamblers who
suffer. Legitimate enterprises are halt
ed by the difficulty of financing them.
It is well known that the publish ed
rates for money do not by any means
tell the story. Money, like any other
commodity, is worth what it will bring
and neither lender nor borrower is
likely to take the. public into confidence
respecting transactions far above the
nominal rate. The scarcity of money is
one disagreeable phase of prosperity;
the scarcity OF labor is another. Here
too. great enterprises are hampered
and delayed by. the circumstance that
men are not to be had to do the man
ual labor. They cannot be secured
even by offering extravagantly high
wages. There are simply not enough
men in the country to do the work of
the country. The tide reacts upon
itself again.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-19
POINTED PARAGRAPHa


Fiction is falsehood done in coiors.
Did you ever notice how cute homelv
girl isn't?
Many woman has lost her best
friend by marrying him
The hckleness Of some people is what
makes them interesting.
bill collector is as hard to shake
as guilty conscience.
Remember that drinking to a mans
health will not prolong life.
There's always room at the TOP. but
few of US care for an attic room.
We appreciate hard facts when they
come in the shape Of silver dollars.
You may even make a chiropodist ac-
knowledge the corn by stepping on his
foot.
The even temper Of the man who re-
mains bachelor is probably due to
that fact
1t is the mission Of the Illuminated
advertising sign to assist in enlighten-
ing the world.
It's difficult to account for the bright
sayings of some children after hearing
their parents talk
Most people are willing to tell the
truth If 1t is OF a disagreeable nature
and hits somebody else.
Courtship is the ladder used in. climb
ing to the marriage altar. Occasionally
a man becomes dizzy, falls Off the lad
der-and is saved.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-19
HUMOR OF THE DAY

Teacher-'A rich man dies and leave4
$1sVVU,OO0 TO eight nepheWs ana nieceS.
tomobiles. ancestors, and appendicitis. -
Life
Fluffy Young Thing at the play)-'T be-
lieve this man in front of US is trying ia
Cunning around) -'sYou do me an inJusz
not to hear it."-Chicago Tribune.
ularize yourself with the masses7" No
answered Senator Sorghum: Il let them
caricature me and libel me until they got
I'm not as black as I was painted -
Washington Star.
Visitor to the West Indies Cwho has
been warned against bathing in the river
because of alligators, but has been told
the rivers mouth)-"By Jove, this Is rip
ping! But, say, how do you know there
are are no alligators here?" Boatman-"W ell,
feared OBJ de shark Punch.
The agftator had talked long and loud
The peasants had listened for over an
hour. He felt proud of them, and made
mental note of one mans Intelligent
what kind of an animal Is this constftu-
tionE Wln she give plenty of milk p
Kurfen.
A.-You can do me a great favor: lend
me thousand gulden. B.-Quite impos-
rich man. BIO be sure, but I cannot
part from my money; 1t is a cherished
souvenir of my father.-Bombe.
Towne--That's the local weather fore
caster who has just passed us Browne
1 j5an y ~ He isn't very healthy lookins
pate here doesn't agree with him.
Ib 5le,sL l wonder If that's why he
Standard ar Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-19
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record
The less a man says. as a rule. the
less he has to take back.
A careless husband will cause a Uo
man almost as many heartaches as a
careless dressmaker.
You can't convince the man who
has his property in his wife's name
that there is no such word as fail
The angels we see in pictures ali
have such a serene expression that AZ
canrot be possible their dresses button
up the back.
Living Skeleton-"What Is 1t vou
don't like about the Two Headed
Lady," Fat Woman-"Oh, she's ter
ribly stuck on herself"
Hoax-''I saw Bjones today. He's
looking rather rusty" Joax-ssYes-
he's taking iron to build up his svster1
and he got caught out in the RAIN
IT hatter myself that I have never
been disappointed in love-" remarked
the optimist. "Ah, but you have never
been married" remarked the pessi-
mist.
Drug Clerk='Did you say YOU
wanted insect powder, Madam 20 Gus
tomer-''No. no. Face powder" Drug
Clerk---"Oh, that puts different COM
plexion on the matter"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-19

The independent voter appears to be
something OF a factor in California
also Most of the Republican state
ticket out there was elected by plur-
aHtes ranging from $4,000 to 10000,
according to the official figures just
published. Yet the Republican nomi-
nee was accused Of being the tool of
the Southern Pacific railway. and al
30 connected with Boss Ruef and his
crowd. The night before Governor
elect Gillett was nominated dinner
party was given to-about q dozen pol
fticians, at which a photograph was
taken. This photograph showed Gil
lett and Ruef as the central figures.
with Glllett's hand resting affection
mteIy on Ruefs shoulder This pic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-19
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
IFrom the New York Press.l

IFrom the New York Press.
1t won't be Heaven If the same old
changing OF cooks goes on.
A man thinks he IS fair when he
suspects another Of being a liar and
calls him a thief
one of the incest things about bef5s
rich is all the people that want to len6d
you money you don't need.
When a man gives his wife a rinV
that cost 800 it's a sign 1t will cosf
twice that much when she tells it.
One Of the fascinating things about
some of those shirt waists is Vol, ,,es,s.
know whether the girl Is going to star
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-19
Lincoln and de BLDG.

Mr. Lincoln. as I saw him every
morning, in the carpet slippers he
wore in the house and the black
clothes no tailor could make really fit
his gaunt bony frame, was a homely
enough figure. The routine of his life
was simple, too; it would have seemed
a tread-mill to most of US. He was an
early riser; when 1 came on duty, at
eight in the morning, he was often al
ready dressed and reading in the
library There was a big table near
the center of the room; there I have
seen him reading many times. And
the book? We have all heard of the
presidents fondness for Shakespeare
how he Infatuated Secretary Stanton
by reading Hamlet while they were
waiting for returns from Gettysburg;
we know, too. how he kept cabinet
meetInEs waiting while he read them
the latest c1 Petroleum V. Nasby's
witticisInss II, was the Bible which
saw him reading while most Of the
household still sIept.--Wi1lia H
Crook. in Harper's Magazine for De-
ceu1ber.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-19

As al Illustration how compound in
tsrest counts up this IS given: An ac-
ccunt was opened IN April. 1860. with the
Bowery Savings bank of New York City
BY the deposit Of $74. since that time
there we're deposits of IS each in Sep
TENDER, 1879. and in April, 1884. The
balance OF the account July 1 last was
$6e412, OF which amount s610.12 repre-
scented compound interest on the depos-
fkw OF RsA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-19

Last summer the ice trust caught 1t
IN Toledo. and now a member of the
coal trust has just ben convicted in
Omaha Those gentlemen who belong to
bot' trusts are liable to have to work
orertime some OF these days keeping out
of frn11hla
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-19
RAILROADS..

The report that all the great railroad
systems are to be investigated by the
Interstate commerce commission is i'm
portant if true. 1t ought to be treu.
That body could not be better employ
ed. No other subject is so interesting
to the public at this time. What with
the railroad rate law going into opera
ton, and the hints thrown out now and
then that, for one cause or another,
it may fail of its object, the more we
know from official sources about the
whole railroad business of the country
and how 1t has been and now. is con-
Quoted the better Certain 1t is that
if any combinations exist which will
make the new law impossible, or even
difficult, of application they should be
dissolved. In this matter we are not
likely to face about. The course is
straight ahead. and the goal is COM
dornination.-Wa Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-19
RALPH TENNEL's OPINION.

It is a significant fact that the mem
bers of the Kansas legislature who are
free to represent their people, are for
Bristow for Emitted States senator
Bristow has proven himself incorrup-
tible, and he ahas demon strated that
he has the executive ability to accom-
plish something. Bristow is personally
a fitting representative of the new
vigof and the political honesty of the
revised Republican Sabetha
Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-19
InfaIlibiIitx of Mrs. Eddy.

Suppose Mrs. Eddy should commit
a crime,-rob a bank, for example, .
the present writer asked a Christian
Scientist closely in touch with his
leader Suppose certain reputable
personsAfor example, the mayor of
Concord, the governor of New Hamp-
shire. President Roosevelt, the arch
bishop of Canterbury, and the pope of
Rome-saw her rob the bank. Sup
pose they all went upon the witness
Stand and swore that they saw her do
this-would you believe their testi-
mony?"
Ne came the prompt response.
why not?"
The Christian Scientist murmured
the word "hypnotism." That is, the
forces Of evil, working through hyp-
notisn, might easily lead astray the
senses of all' these high minded wit
nesses and force them to bear false
testimony. 'I should believe Mrs.
Eddy against the statements of all the
world" Christian Scientists frequently
declare .'Rut. if Mrs. Eddy herself
told you that she committed this
crime, would you then believe ft?''
"No.''-From an editorial in the De-
cember McClure's.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-19

We have had the bicycle face, and
the motor face, and the baseball face.
and now the Christmas face Is on ex-
1sbition. There arc two varieties of IT,
che wears worried studious. what
shoil-I-get-for-Him expression, while
the other IS happy. kindly, good
1.lII-tc- everybody sort Of face
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-19
KANSAS cOMNENT
GONE AGAIN.


The Democrats and the corporations
nave about as much trouble killing of
PRESIDENT Roosevelt as the Kansas
newspapers do in saving the wheat
crop. Every three or four weeks the
Kansas newspapers announce that the
wheat crop is now out of danger, and
about every three months the Demo-
Gratis announce that at last President
Roosevelt has lost his run of luck. The
truth about It is that the wheat crop
= never saved until it is sold, and that
President Roosevelt never had any
luck He had has. the worst luck of
any president for years. But he is on
the right side of Questions and he puts
his case with such strength and en-
phasis that the people agree with him.
When he gets wrong, the people Will
leave him But. his luck has nothing
TO do with it. He picks men poorly.
Mckinley could make rings around
him choosing men, but Roosevelt can
make rings around Mckinley in choos-
ing issues He has an unusual moral
sense, and great moral enthusiasm.
and it IS those things that the people
admire. There is. nothing in the luck
theory. The Democrats and corpor-
alton newspa pers. have another guess
coming in the Storer matter. 1t will
not affect the presidents prestige in
the slightest.-Emporia Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-19
A Quaint Vaudeville Sketch.

Last year Mr.. Newell tried his hand
at writing a play, short vaudeville
interesting problem; the most original
or men working in the most fixed and
conVentfOnalized of mediums? Would
this genius of fancy conform and fiend
at last to rules? The play was written
Tor a nephew, who acted it at semi
social AFFAIRS.
Two incidents will serve to indicate
it's character. The hero was a young
medical student, thirsting to discover a
ha1r-restorer- Not having any practf-
cal bald head upon which to work, he
tried 1t upon a skull and with hatter-
ing results: the skull grew a prolific
head of hair. Newellesque! Incident
two The hero was in love with he
roine, the daughter of his laundress.
The lad was ardent and the lass was
coy He threatened to hang himself if
she rejected his suit. There, upon the
table, was the rope. He would do the
fell deed as soon as she departed.
Bat the lass was clever. Like the
lady who tossed her glove to the lions
at the court of King Francis, she want
ed test of love; only this maid took
no chances There, indeed, was the
rope, but on the side wall there, too,
was an 'exerciser'' with elastic rubber
strings. While the hero's back was
turned she deftly substituted the elas-
tic for the rope. Then, with a toss to
her saucy head she left.
The young man, true to his despair
and his word, grasped the supposed
rope, fastened it to the ceiling, stood
upon chair and then, with it securely
fastened around his neck, jumped It
proved a most unsatisfactory suicide,
and he bobbled around, up and down,
until the young lady returned and, after
laughing at him, extricated him from
the elastic rope and gave her consent
to the binding of him with a tie not so
tretching, Again Newell the boy
From Peter Newell the Boy Who
Didn't Grow Up" by Jules E. Good
nan. in The Rohernian
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-19

''Whi1e the bee is working. let it
alone" advises Mr.. Carnegie. That's
all right so long as the bee Is taking
the other fellows sugar instead OF
ours. It's when the little bee gets busy
IN our own preserves that We object.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-19

It appears as though the teapot tenn
pest out at San Francisco is dying down.
The rest OF California has little sym
pathy with San Francisco IN this row,
and the country is flndfrg It out The
trouble all comes from agitators.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-19

The death of John speer removes
another Of the odd guard who made
the early history OF Kansas. He estab-
Aehec the nrst Kansas newspaper. He
was . strong abolltionist and upon one
occasion his printing office was wrecked
by the friends Of slavery. In the story
oa Kansas John Speer has a large place.