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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02
JANA WKER J0ES

1t was Washington county woman
who went into a dry goods store and
asked for "mesm erized silk"
The Lawrence World comments on
the fact that Mr.. I. Hereby is running
for Office in a good many counties this
year-as usual.
A little girl at Cherryvale was bitten
by cat, and Dr. Seacat was called in
TO treat her. Very like DR.. Killcat was
called on to treat the cat.
An lola man received a wireless
message by wire the other day. That
is, it was sent from a day out in the
ocean to the coast of Florida by wire
less, and then forwarded by wire.
A Paola girl finds on invoicing them
that she has five more fTeckles in her
this years crop than she had a year
ago. although she has spent $l5 in
harvesting them in the meantime.
A Mcpherson man fell down and
cracked his jaw. Now he is compelled
to wear that member in a sling and il
will be some time before he can open
his mouth to talk. Think what a
punishment that would be to some CT
the women folks!
near as Atchison will get to it. Ar
Atchison woman has kin in the east
who ALWAYS have their clothes made
by the Baltimore dressmaker who is
engaged to make Miss Alice ROose-
velt's wedding gown.
A Neodesha doctor claims that coal
oil will knock out any cold. 1.-THE
idea of drinking coal oil he says.
may seem repuEnant to some eSthetic
tastes. but one tablespoonful will fix
the most stubborn cold in head or
body Turpentine is another fine thing
for general conditions. I firmly believe
that if a man will take fifteen to TWEEN
tv drops of turpentine in sugar every
two months he viii never be really
sick. It's an internal Turkish bath in
effect and leaves the system thor
oughly cleansed and in good shape to
take on new strength There is no ex-
cuse for a cold aud 1t is d dangerous
thing to pass by
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02

box. she fitted a key to the absurd lit
tie lock. and took out the first article.
What do you seq she asked.
"A bead ring" answered.
a hoop OF diamonds, she corrected
Your eyes have not been annointed-
a faded flower I ventured-
An Eden rose.
Then without comment, she took out
red-fringed Christmas card. g diminutiVe
valentine. and two candy notices.
And what namest thou this2 she in
CURED. holding up the last article.
Why I should have forgotten the 9TH
ers, and remembered this wooden heart
know not; but instantly I recognized 1t
as the heart I had given TO little Luz
denaa Sears Then looked into the
brown loneliness of this smiling woman ;
IT thought + was for LiIlian-I never
thought of Iudema, were my nrsr
'And you didn't die after all2" was
''Ludema's hair was the palest yellow
I ever saw I was beginning, when she
spared me further foolish speech
I've always thought it a pity thaI my
escaped your inconstant memory that you
promised to meet me here when you
were twenty-one, and marry me2 she
asked. severely.
I remember, now. answered meek
~ did you keep the appointment!
It was her turn to blush while
laughed comfortably.
so were even on that scores but
there is still the affair of the red apple
Perhaps we had better call It
square she suggested. Then inpul-
sively she laid her head on my shoulder,
and whispered:
20 Billie. deari"
Copyright, 1906, by Ruby Douglas.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02
GLOBE SIGHTS.
Iron the Atehlson GIobe.l

IFrom the AtchiSon Globe.
They say that a woman is whatever
age she looks. Well, here Is a sign
she is over forty: Her hat is always
on crooked.
When women get to talking about
the neighbors who borrow, more re-
markable and startling stories are told
than upon any other occasion.
It is every bride housekeeper's opin-
ion that it takes clothes a terribly long
time to get old enough to be torn up
for dish rags and dust cloths.
It sometimes happens a widow be-
HAYES so foolishly her actions put the
halo of a martyr on her husband s
brow. which the people regret they
didn't see while he was living.
It happens tragically often that
when a woman has saved up money
for a rainy day, her son. or some other
big strong man in her family. gets
caught out in the wet and she has to
put UP every cent she has saved to get
him under cover.
We wonder that Edward Box who
doesn't originate this sort of a motto
the milkman." which interpreted,
would mean: Don't visit with anybody
when there is work to do"
When a girl goes around to the
neighbors to show her new engagement
ring. it is an incident similar to that
which follows a woman's return from
a special sale when she carries her
packages of drygoods around to the
neighbors. And in both cases they tell
her she got a bargain though they
don't mean it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02
KANSAS COAAENT



The people of the state have grown
tired of Hoch's administration, and
nave come to regard the reform move
ment IN kansas Republican politics as
a farce. Aoch. has thrown away every
opportunity that has beer. presented to
him, and has absolutely failed to full
Hi any promises made by him or his
friends before the date of his election.
Inc reform movement was insincere
and ludlcrous from its very inception
from the mere fact that while its
power was used for the nominal ton
and election of Hoch for governor, It
was also used to again place in office
the most INSCRIPTIONS, Incompetent
and constituencies set of scalawag
politicians that were ever voted into
positions of responsibility and trust by
a misguided. confding and too san
guine mass OF people. HOch has been
the victim of circumstances. and is to
be pitied for the humiliation that has
been brought upon him. The people
OF Kansas are disguised with the mai
administration of their state affairs,
the looting of their funds. and the in
ability of their law officers to cope
with the rOttenness that permeates to
a greater or lesser extent the whole Of
the present state house Of1cialdom.
The boss buster movement has been
given rope enough and has gone in
continently to work and hung Itself.
Every skyrOcket loses its brilliancy in
midatr and returns to earth as stick.
Hoch's rocket failed to throw off any
brilliant shower of stars from the
start, and is now returning to earth in
the form of the very commonest ma
terial it is possible to conceive. We
are sorry for Hoch and for the men
who elected him but the present IN
enviable position of the Republican
reform forces of Kansas is the IN
evitable outcome of policy that
never had any righteousness connect
ed with it to give it the necessary
backbone and strength. The people
Bailey some kind of a PREPARATION. and
stranger things have come about than
the denomination of that gentleman
by the Republicans this year for gov
ernOr-BelOit Call
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QUAKER REFLECTIONS
TPhiladelphia Recordl

philadelphia Record.l
The wages of sin come without any
suing for back pay.
some people are such confirmed hero
worshipers that they actually hate
peace.
A man tries to live up to his ideals;
a woman tries to live up to her pho
tographs.
The man who knows his limitations
is better off than the man who doesn't
know he has any.
There are people who are never
satisfied to put two and two together
unless it counts five.
Why is it that the Intellectual life
seems to demand long hair IN men
and short hair in women?
NelI-''I was going to say something
about the opera ana he took the words
rought out 70 my mouth" Belle
"Graciousi is he q dentist2"
Tommy opls Tommy's Pop
well, what - it now ?" Tommy
Does the man VINO buys ready-Inade
suit OF clothes get z counter 6t2"
Eoax-'saIil ligan has a job as track
walker; it ualst seem like old times to
him. Joax- Has he worked on a
railroad before ~ Hoax-fNo; he used
to be an aet0ws
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02
JOURNAL ERTRFEy

Calls Her HIS sun is a newspaper
heading over that Philadelphia story
about Nick and Alice. This may sound
peculiar offhand. although it is gen
orally understood that Mr.. Longworth
is almost old enough to call her
daughter"
Let's see-isn't this the day for Sen
ator Tillmah to make a spectacle of
himself again?
Dr.. Lasker, the chess champion,
says that chess viii make the hair
grow. However. the bookkeeper who
manufactures these entries refuses to
be inveigled into playing chess BY any
such inducements. He prefers to re-
main bald.
Paradoxicat as it may seem, when
public speaker gets post it usually
makes him hot.
Possibly Mrs. Yerkes-that was
mad conscientious scrupies against re-
naming widow any longer than was
necessary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02
FROM OTHER PENS
SHIP SUBSIDY.

France, with a ship subsidy system
that is the laughing stock of the
world, is paying u subsidy, presum-
ably for the purpose of conveying
French merchandise to distant neu-
trail ports" Unfortunately for France,
but fortunately for the rest of the
world, these ships seldom carry
French merchandise. Instead they sail
around the world, either in ballast or
carrying freight for other nations than
France, at ridiculously low rates.
Portland has loaded a dozen of these
French subsidized vessels with Ore
gon wheat for English buyers within
the last sixty days. One is now tax
ing ballast here after discharging at
Portland a cargo from Southampton,
England She will proceed to the
aaupodes in ballast and the French
government will pay for the jaunt. AS
Mr. Gai.inger's bill is modelled on al
most exactly similar lines to the
French BIZ il it becomes a law the
United States will in due season. be
paying Il subsidy to wealthy shipown-
ers who viii carry freight for other
nations not SO foolish as to subsidize
their own ships.-Portland Oregonian.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02

50 you are thinking about getting mar
ried2 That's right
well I approve of thinking about it
first. '-Philadelphia Ledger
what did your wife give you FOR
Christmas2'
Box OF cigars"
What you going to do with emp
Have 'em boiled with corned beef for
dinner some day.'-Cleveland Leader.
This is a pretty and useful gift ma
dam said the salesman, its a barom-
.oi yes" interrupted Mrs. Nuritch.
eagerly, I've read about EN-. How do
you set the thing when you want the
weather to be Philadelphia Press.
DO you think little learning is a dan
Possibly. But it isn't half SO danger
Gus as the same amount of ignorance
Detroit Free Press.
Tess-so he Tilted her. eh2 That must
have made her feel cheap
Jess-Not as cheap as he might wish
She computes the damage to her heart a t
$25, Philadelphia Press.
Mrs E. z. Money-My poor man, you
must have had many severe trials.
Peripatetic -,Yessum, I have. But
inherent faee.-CleveIand Leader.
DID. the architect carry out your
Guess he must have-I haven't been
able to find any of them about the
house. Cleveland Leader.
tion?''
MY friend. it's so fral I'm afraid to
touch it-for fear it'll break in my
hands!''-Atlanta Constitution.
Youth-What do have to pay for a
marriage 1icense2
clerkTweli. you get it on the INSTALL
Youth-HOW's that2
Clerk-One dollar down and your entire
salary each month for the rest of your
hfe-Cleveland Leader.
why. are you here" asked the eonstit-
uent, If the party leaders won't let you
do anything?'
oh they let me draw mileage" ex-
planned the congressman weariy.-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
That congressman insists that he does
not know the meaning of the phrase
stand pat, said the statesman.
Yes" answered the other. but I re-
fuse to be beguiled Never engage in any
game of chance or skill with a person
who affects great ignorance concerning
it. ashington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02

it adds; cit must be relief to Sen
ator Burton to ind Kansas suffering
from some trouble for which he cam
not be blamed 1t is evident that
the Post is not thoroughly conversant
with Kansas affairs, or it would not
be so certain about Senator Burton's
relief in this matter. There are PEG
pie in Kansas who are uncharitable
enough to believe Senator Burton may
have. some inside Information or this
treasury nnuddIe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02

1t is no use for a woman to imagine
that she can ever have the calm, keen,
logical mind OF a man, for she can't. She
can't even follow a sensible masculine
line of reasoning. This was borne in upon
me with fresh force when 1 went to take
dinner with a young couple one evening
of the week. Jack wasn't feeling well,
and Jill, with that instructive cruelty
which always prompts a woman to rub
things in, told me right before him what
was the matter.
Jack met some friends of his last
night she said and didn't know any
better than to take six low balls, and
they gave him a headache"
They weren't low balls. they were
high balls said Jack. I didn't want
one but / had to take six. Fred insisted
on going in to take a drink. and then we
met the other fellows. I've explained it
to Jill, but she can't seem to understand
what etiquette is with men, Naturally
every fellow wanted to do the square
thing and pay for a round man can't
stay with a crowd and not take any
thing
We'll. you didn't need to take liquor -
said Jill. You should have taken
ApOllinaris water"
The utter, feminine fooIishness of this
was more than Jack could stand.
That's just like a woman he snorted :
why, six glasses of Apollinairs would
be bad for a mans health
shant tell you what Jill said. It
was the mere ridiculous speech that
would occur to the average woman under
the circumstances.-W washington Post
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02

Ewing Herbert very frankly admits
=now=that the Boss Buster move
ment was a great farce. Where was
the Herbert foresight when the Boss
Buster movement was put on foot, and
in which process he helped2 Herbert
along with the rest of US. seems to
have the quality of hindsight Develop
ed to a very ssa tisfactory aegreeg-
Leavenworth Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02
SOME WISDOM.

Senator Teller. began a speech with
a discussion on MeToccO, depressed to
deal with the rate question, was led
into an extended reference to ship
subsidies. and finally forgot what he
was really on the floor for He had
to be reminded that he was supposed
to be making an argument on pure
food. Who can doubt the wisdom of
unlimited speech in the august SEN
ate ?-Chicago Record-Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02
PERHAPS.

Governor Hoeh says he is in favor
of the next legislature making a big
appropriation for a Kansas Semicen-
tennial exposition. Why not have the
governor to prevail on State Treasurer
Kelly to start the contribution ball
rolling by contributing $4,000. If he
hasn't the money perhaps "A. R.
Brown" would come to his rescue for
the amount for that urpose.-Galena
Times.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
[From the - 20 -

IFrom the New York Press.1
The tobasco sauce for love is jealousy
A girl likes a man to be so tan he
has to lift her Up to kiss her.
When we have built our Panama
canal, how viii we keep Rockefeller
from getting it away from US?
when they have mischief in Their atea
they have goodness in their heart
When a man pays ten dollars to 30
TO dinner and hear political speeches
he thinks he is in public life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02
PoTNTED PATAcRAPHs.
LFrom the Chicago News


The pessimist is a misfortune teller.
Some men own money and some
others are owned by it.
Bartenders always have a smile for
the man with the coin.
Average man knows lot more than
he is able to comprehend.
# you can't do anything else, get cut
of the way of those who can.
No man can love two women sinful
taneously--after one of them finds il
out.
Some men waste lot of time tell
ing other men now aWfuiiy busy they
It is awfully hard to impress most
people with the Importance Of yonr
importance.
Ever notice how easily the heart
broken girl cemeuts the pieces together
and awaits another smash?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02

IRE State Journal is a member OF the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report OF that great news Or
4anizatlon for exclusive evening puoii-
The state Journal receives for exclusive
publication the leased wire report Of the
publishers Press for the edition for sun
0aW morning
The news is received in the state Jour
nal building over wires Tor this sole pur-
pose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02

There is considerable comment over
the state because a negro. who tried
TO rob a bank and failed, was sent to
the penitentiary within a few hours
after the crime was discovered. but it
has been known for a year and a half
that the state treasury has been robbed
of thousand of dollars but not a move
has thus far been made to punish the
guilty parties
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02

On a recent occasion at New Peter
hoff all the members of the cars FAM
lily were present at ceremony, includ-
ing his four little daughters. These,
however, drove up last, to find that the
entrance to the palace was blocked by
another carriage. The Grand Duchess
Olga, the eldest of the four, was visibly
discorcerted, and, reckoning to a tail
Cossack, she ordered him to bid the
owners of the voiture to move on and
make room for the emperor's daughters.
The soldier saluted. but made no at
tempt to obey the mandate. The irate
little lady, unable to tolerate the insult
thus openly offered to her imperial per-
son, leaned out of the carriage and
called aloud in her shriIl, babyish voice,
please to move on There was a mo-
ment's silence, then the door of the car
riage opened slowly. and no less a per-
sonage than the car himself alighted
and shook his finger rebukingly at his
imperious little daughter.-M. A. P.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02

Kansas people who went to Cali
fornia this winter certainly got cheat
ed A big part Of the fun in going to
California is in writing back how
pleasant it is there when the mercury
SIS trying to get down the well in other
places. One can enjoy it so much
more there. too. If one knows what a
lot Of disagreeable weather one is
missing at home For that reason
persons who are spending this winter
in California are not getting the worth
Of their money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02

Ordinarily a newspaper man would
not read a long opinion by a court I'M
less it was a necessary part of his
work. But we know one who picked
up the Ottawa Herald and read judge
Smart's decision in the Lawrence in
cubator baby case through from be-
ginning to end. And it not only ap-
pears to be good law. but it also reads
like uncommon good sense.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02

The brewers are most emphatically
against absolute prohibition for the
new state Of Oklahoma, but they can
see where prohibition of spirituous
drinks would be a good thing. In ad-
dition to the other reasons. it would
give beer a monopoly on the trade Of
Oklahoma drnnl1ards
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02


In Washington not long ago Andrew
carnegie was in conversation with a
friend when reference was made to the
servant problem Mr. Carnegie
mentioned the fact that in many Scot
fish families the old man-servant is
something of an institution. Such a
servant usually enters the employ of
particular family when he is a boy,
adheres faithfully to his place for a
long time, and resigns only when the
Inhrmities of years crowd upon him.
AS illustrating the sturdy independ-
ence of the Scottish servant Mr.. Car
negie told the following:
"A cetrain lady in the north Of Scot
land had in her employ a crusty old
servftOr, long in the service of her
family, who gave her no end Of an
noyance by an imperious disregard of
her instructions At length the situa-
ton becoming unbearable, the mistress
determined to see what effect dismiss
sal would have upon the refractory
servant. Accordingly she summoned
him and said:
" Really, I can stand this no longer
You must seek another place. At the
end of the month you leave my serv-
ice
"At these words an expression of
grim amusement spread over the
cOuntenance of the servant but the
characteristic loyalty asserted itself.
50 Ma. ma. my lady said he. 4 drove
you to the kirk to be baptized. I drove
You to your marriage, and III stay to
drive you to your funeral ''-Harper's
Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02
NoT - 0DELI..

The vote in the New York legIs-
lature on the resolution demanding
the resignation of Senator Depew
could not have been smaller if Odell
had had personal charge of the cham
pionship.- Washington Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02
WATER I'D MORE WATER.

Some inquisitive person wants to
know why the man who waters his
milk is put in Jail, while the man who
iva tiers" trust stocks is called a great
financier. But is the man who waters
his milk always put in Jail Boston
Globe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02

The beef packers confess now that
the books they showed Commissioner
Garfield were for that purpose. while
their actual profits were shown bv
secret books. And Mr.. Garfield acted
like he believed the books he was
shown reporting what he found in
them to the public; but the other mat
tiers he passed up to a grand jury. No
wonder the innocent packers feel that
they have been deceived and their
inner FEELINGS trampled on
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02
THE SITUATION.

The opposition to Governor Hoch
failed to bring out a candidate on
whom all factions could unite at To-
peka and as a result the governor
seems slated for another term 1t was
not because there was not anti-Hoch
sentiment enough to warrant a candi-
date in making the race but because
there were so many wheels within a
wheel that the politicians did not care
to involve the situation any more than
it already was involved. AS matter
of fact Hoch has made a weak gov
ernor, but he probably has done as
we'll as recent former governors and
for that reason will be hard to beat
1t is seldom possible to turn the same
trick twice in politics.-Iola Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02

A representative in congress, hailing
from a district in Manhattan. has
adopted a novel method of getting
next to the voters living in his terri
tory. This representative has caused to
be mailed to every rfame on the registry
list in his district a letter in typewriter
text reading as follows:
washington, D. c.. address: House
of Representatives; New York address:
Wall street; telephone-JOhn.
Dear sir-The fifty-ninth congress.
to which I have been elected as your
representative, began its first session on
December 4. You doubtless viii be in
terested in measures which come before
this session, and shall always be glad
to hear from you concerning them. If
there is any way in which. as your rep
resentative, I can be of service to you,
please consider me at your command at
any time"
The document bears autograph sig
nature in facsimile.-Exchange
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02

Secretary Shaw has agreed to re-
main in the cabinet until March f.
1907. Mr.. Shaw has not been able to
in good working Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-02

Although this has been a mild win
ter for most of us, it has been pretty
chilly fer a certain brand of states
men. although they have been in hot
water much of the time.