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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12
EROM OTHER PENS
TIE CRAzE FoR KILLING.

If the current shooting of husbands,
Of wives, Of employers, of girls who
will not be sweethearts, of men who are
in the sweeth cart business, etc, in New
York and other cities, goes on, this
country Will become known as the
passional land. Paris Is no longer in
It with New York in regard to out
right murder. We believe that all of
the rooms for homicide cases in New
York's official hotel-the Tom bs-are
now occupied and still dodgers of this
sort keep coming. Pretty soon they
Will be standing on the steps clamoring
for sh elter. Is 1t the mixed blood be-
ginning to tell; or is it the sensational
newspapers that for years have been
collecting all such cases and dishing
them up with portraits and poetry and
all the other stimulating and sugges-
tive hxings? We do not know; but it
seems to US some days, as we take in
the metropolitan budget, that the fear
Of the law-not to say a word about
respect for it--has about disappeared
from among us.-Hartford Courant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12
HARD am AT Ercu,rEEN

AA@AAAA( Hi Al ElAN1I1A E4kLGN.
II L kood marie awl the gurls fawl
IN love with frum the time wenn are
small
until are grone up ude hafftoo be
moarmun lr be kott fore bigguny
ann put IN jale, ann tho ure hart is soar
from loozen wun q hundred times ur moar
ann think Will neavur smile agenn
perhaps Its onley fore the BEST ann wenn
are ateen ann boyhoOd daze are passt
no ure RELY dope in Iuv at lasst.
Q them ure uther luvs awl faid away
IKE 400 upon the gras ann u kan say
neAVur RELY moo befoar how deDe
ann turDie IS ure paShun ann sleDe
upon hur Iotograf ann kis it Wenn
20 10 Slepe ann Wenn u rise azenn
ann put II on the beyro in ure room
pEOpt up agenst the bOttul Nv perfoorn
ann Wursh1o II Wenn u are aWl aloan
IKE neethen hoo bow doun to wood ann
stoan.
. napple daze Nv yuth wenn u doant kair
II predd ann wotter is to be ure shair
" long uz she is troo to u ann
are glad neavur burnt to smoak or choo
Wltch is a turble vice, ann after vile
ule gro ritch that she kan live in stfle
oekumaen hur crate bewty ann Woant
to wasshadish ur du a thing but rede
the fashun noatS ann ware fine kloase
ann go
TOO theaturs becaws luv her so.
New York Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12
REFLECTIONS or A BACHELOR
IFrom the New York Press.I

IFrom the New York Press
The. easier it is to preach a thing the
harder it seems to practice 1t.
When a woman keeps the baby car
riage In a closet she speaks of It at re-
ceptiOns as the nursery.
Modern omen buy their husbands
cigars for them, but they don't knit
socks for them to wear.
The men who brag in the summer
what good furnaces they have in their
houses don't think necessary to mem
ton IT in winter.
Anyway. when you send a boy to col
lege you can be sure he isn't going to
be trained to be a miser.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12

since Mark Twain's latest book has
been barred from some public libraries
II would seem that he would not have
found it necessary to advertise by COM
ing down town in Washington in whits
clothes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12

The man who robbed the Newton
bank was the same who later tried to
rob the Great Bend bank There is
reason to suspect, however. that It was
a different party who tried to rob the
Bendena bank
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12
HVMOR OF THE Day

And what is your new little brothers
manner? They haven't found out YET
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
First Physic L.. he got an here
hope to hand his case down to my SON
-Earper's Bazaar
"Sir," exclaimed the pompous Individual,
I am a self-made man I accept your
apology, murmured he OF the patrician
untenance.-Philadelphi Record.
I thought said the jlt that you
fused you An in good time, madam, "
on revolvers. Cleveland Leader.
Mrs. Browne-''Those new neighbors Of
yours are pretty lively. never met peo-
Mrs MaIaprop-'There amt any harm in
fer Oolong. "-Philadelphia Ledger.
THE FIRST thing Columbus did on land
ing in America was to kneel and express
his gratitude" Yes" answered Miss
get here under circumstances that did not
bring him into contact with the customs
ofricers- W ashington Star.
Bricks without straw-"B Bridget, said
FOR f9rlGey 1v nave fFied eggs
replied rep e,, Bridget -thers,s not an egg in
omelet. I like that better anyway. -
Philadelphia Press.
Tommy-"Does your ma hit your foot
under the table when you've had enough?''
Johnny-'-No; that's when haven't had
enough When I have. she sends for the
doctor '-Harper's Bazaar.
Wigg-''Why do you say so positively
that man can't do wrong in marrying a
widow Wagg-'Why, it's plain enough
that II man marries a widow, he don't
marry aniss. boston Transcript
Kind Lsady-"After gave you that nice
dinner, you didn't saw that wood Ho-
Dough Pardon me, lady Yer grammar
Is bad Youse should say you didn't see
that wood, and then you're wrong. I saw
1t when I came in. "-Philadelphia Press
Can any little boy tell me-" asked
Dear Teacher, why these are the short
est days in the Year," MY pop seq -
spoke up Tommy Smart its becaiise Won
mas presents now. '-Philadelphia Press
who is your favorite COMPOSER IN
CURED the artistic person. I can't say
rox, with an appealing glance at his vie
DUss y 9 somebody whose music I can't
remernber and whose name I can't pro
nounce. washington Star.
Mr. Gayboy--"What did my wife say
When you told her I wouldn't be able To
come home tonight until q late honr9.
Messenger-" She didn't say anything"
Nj GayboyTf Then you must have gone
to the wrong house. ''-Chicago Trfbune
Dottie-'Who's that fine looking young
man l saw you with this morning. Lot
ne Ism he. dearl That's the man I'm
know you were enpsEsS -, - ~; . qIeh
iile-.We-re not. only met him yestrr-
day "-Philadelphia Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12
TOO MUCH SENSE.

Some AMERICANS in Japan say Japan
will fight If the jap pupils are not
given equal school privileges in San
Francisco. We think Japan's demands
are natural. but a country that had
sense enough to make peace with Rus
sia by yielding much will probably
have too much sense to start an un
necessary war with the United States
Jewell Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12

Mr.. Dun. the statistical man. figures
that the cost OF living advanced about
~ per cent during the month Of No
wember. The month Of December will
show a larger increase than that by
the time the demands of Mr.. S. Claus
have been satisfied
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12

Hetty Green says she believes in keep
ing the Ten Commandments and the
Golden Rule. There is a rurnor current
that she also believes in keeping evelS-
thing she can get her hands on.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12

Is an organization designed to adver-
tise California. but san Francisco seems
4o be able to get all the advertising
necessary itself, hanks to the earth
quake Reuf and Schmitz. the anti Japs,
e4 al
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12

Mr.. Roosevelt can no longer claim to
be a ..self-nade man." Mrs. BeIlamy
storer says that she had hand in it.
II Mrs. Storer is correct this country
should give her a rising vote Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12

Commander Peary has funny
notion about hell He must think the
temperate there is about sixty de-
grees below zero, In his report he
says: I'VE cut our way slowly
through such he'll of shattered ice as
I hope never to see again. Jewell
Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12

There is talk over in England of abol-
Ishing the house Of lords Over in this
country we don't propose to abolish it.
but we viii try to put ours through
a reformation stunt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12

Why not devote a portion of that
Nobel peace prize to bringing about
peace between the president and the
former ambassador to Vienna?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12

Mayor Davis doubts the existence OF
the joints visited by certain ministers
IN Topeka Saturday night. He says if
they exist the preachers ought to tell
where they are. But perhaps the
preachers do not wish to advertise
them to that extent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12

It is evident that the Utopian time of
which the Populists dreamed. when the
office should seek the man, has arrived.
Governor Hoch has received the resig-
nation Of 100 justices OF the peace, and
It is reported that he viii have hard
work to ind men for the Jobs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12

San Francisco has decided to let US of
from a war with Japan for the present
but It warns us that one must come
within FIVE years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12

his town on the Sabbath day It looks
e though this was taking unfair ad-
vantage or the mayors absence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12

Los Angeles proposes to celebrate the
opening Of the Panama canal with a
worlds fair. and San Francisco pro-
poses to celebrate the four hundredth
anniversary OF the discovery of the Pa
cihc the same way in NIB Why not
have both fairs the same year, so we
can take IN both on one trip?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12

Senator Bailey says the money he re-
ceived from H. Clay Pierce was only
borrowed" 1t looks as though SEN
ator Baiiey's expiainer must be running
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12

Grover Cleveland suffered from an
attack of acute indigestion the other
day, and Fred Trigg thinks it was prob
ably the presidents message
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12

The early bird not only gets the worn
but he also gets the best pick OF tbs
Christmas presents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12

Why. pray. doesn't some beneficent
muck raking magazine proceed to tell
a few things about the lumber trust In
this country and how 1t operates2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12

A man in Erie, Pa, has sent 800 to
the conscience fund in the Pennsylvania
state treasury. And Erie isn't very far
from Pittsburg. either
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12

Even If ". r. Stubs isn't exactly in
the senatorial race. he has his running
clothes on and is where he can get in
without any serious delay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12

II has been a long time since any
one man has called out a three-columr
"pfece'' from the president as Bellamy
Storer did.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12

From the way the stock is going
dc n, one might think that the water
IS dropping out OF Standard OIL.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12

While the mayor Of salina, who is
also a minister. was helping to arouse
public sentiment against the joints in
Topeka Sunday, a wicked paving COM
many was outting down navement IN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12
r'U14L LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF TIE ASSOCTATE TED sFRIasSS

congress VIII stand by webster-both
Daniel and Noah
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12
THAT TIREn EEEI1Nc

One Of the thines that makes us and
everybody else extremely tired at the
present time is to see some corpora
ton fined $1,000 or $4,000 for max
ing a million dollars contrary to law.
That's all that happens in any of these
rebate cases. A term in prison might
have a better effect on some of the
money ba gs.-Osborne Farmer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12
ALDRICH ET AL.

How it must pain Senator Aldrich.
Senator Plat, Senator Depew and Sen
ator Penrose to see the disgrace cast
upon the grave and dignif1ed senate
BY Burton Of Kansas!-The Commoner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12
KANSAS COMAENT
EDUCATION AS A WAGE.

l.
The japanese are the only foreign
ers.' said q well-known Hutchinson
man to the writer yesterday who
come to our shores and demand educa-
ton as a part of their wage for Ia
Dor. Take the Mexican on our rail-
ways for example. he doesn't insist
on learning our language ana customs,
as a part of his remuneration. He Is
content merely with the money he
gets Nor DO the humber class OF
immigrants from any European coun-
try They are content to come mere
and work and so long as the money
wage is satisfactory they make no
complaint.
1T Is different with the Jap. Peo-
pie who have spent much time or he
Pacific coast. as I have done. know
that it is impossible for families to
keep a Japanese servant, unless ne
has an opportunity to learn to speak
and read and write the English IAN
guage. Employment agencies on the
coast. that make it a business furnish
ing oriental house servants, fully IN
derstand this fact Families with
children, who have time to talk with
the Japanese servants during their
keeping Japanese servants, while fam
lilies where all the members are
grown and busy, having no time TO
give to conversation or association
with the japanese. ind 1t exceedingly
difficult to keep Japs in their employ,
however generous the wage, and have
to be supplied with Chinese domestic
help. And yet these people-these
Japs. the only foreigners who de-
mand education as a part of their
wage-are the people to whom San
Francisco is closing the doors of their
schools"
This gentleman went on to show |
how the Japanese, having mastered |
the language seek to learn American |
customs and American ways of doing |
things. It is not an individual, but |
a race trait. AS a class, they are pro- |
greSsive and enterprising, and Amer |
lea, which boasts of being the asylum |
Of the oppressed would bar the door |
to people Of such a spirit.
Another point brought out was that |
there Is not Jap in this country who |
is not here except by invitation. direct
or indirect, from the people of the Pa |
over to labor in their orange groves
and on their railroads and in their |
homes as servants. These Japs pros
pered and wrote home to their friends
and relatives and others followed I
them Now that they are getting num-
erous these Pacific coast states that
formerly welcomed them would bar
the advantages the country offers to
them, and would even plunge the
country into war, if need be. to carry
their point. No crime has been
try except the crime of being too in
1ustrious and thrifty. To bar them
on these grounds is to confess the in
ability of Americans to cope with them
on equal terms. California should not
wonder. If the rest of the United States
IS unwilling to subscribe to this con-
seSSi tchinsonn News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12
LONGEST subsurface ,Phone.

The exasperating message, mo ser
vice, heavy storms, wires down will
no longer be received in Chicago and
Milwaukee by indignant business men
in either city who wish to commun1-
cate with the other, according to w.
T. Walsh, the author of the authorita-
tive article in the December issue OF
the Technical World Magazine, enti-
tied Longest Subsurface Phone" An
underground telephone system will be
put in service between these two cities,
and the long-suffering public will at
last have a reliable means OF COM
Inunication between Chicago and her
sister city on Lake Michigan An S.
mile subsurface telephone line has
been made practicable through an in
vcntion of Professor Pupin of Column
bia university, who has originated
device which renders cross talk i'm
possible. The invention is a load coil
tirely overcome. The reasons for in
stalling the conduit system are a les
sened cost of maintenance and an in
creased efficiency of service Wind,
rain or storm cannot disturb the ca
bles. The work of construction was
divided between the Chicago and Wis
consin telephone companies. Several
gangs of men of about a hundred men
each, began the work simultaneously
at various points along the line. The
cables were laid in bitches about two
feet deep. The singular part of the
work was the placing of the PupIn
load coils, which render the service
secret and dependa BILE. They are set
in manholes of unusual size at inter-
walls of about a mile and a quarter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12
MARIN

Mr.. Hearst's Yiddish newspaper has
suspended. May be Mr.. Brisbane's talk
looked too infammatory in that Ian
Euage-Syracuse Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12
mas CREEN'S TITLE.

Mrs. Hetty Green's pronouncemeni
against the trusts may win for her new
fame as the William r. Hearstess OF
America-New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12
OF COURSE.

Mr.. Hartman. being man of re-
sources, will proceed at once to de-
velop plan by which the people viii
be permitted to assume the principal
share of the expense Of buying the
Illinois Central.-Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12
Cnnldn,f HeIn r.

A well-known Allegheny clergyTnaz
recently spoke at a religious service il
the peritentiary in Woods Run He
noticed that one of the convicts SEEM
ed extraordinarily impressed. After
the service he sought him out and con-
tinued the good work by remarking
my friend. I hope you will profit by
my remarks just now and become a
new man.
n1v. IN fact, I promise to you that
I will never commit another crime, but
will lead an exemplary life to my dy-
ing day."
IT am very glad to hear you say
that" said the clergyman. but are
you certain you Will be able to keep
the promise ~
ssOh. yes.s said the convict I'm In
TAIL for life. ''-Harper's Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12

As the result of an election bet
Louisiana man is to be married, and
some idly curious neighbor wants to
know whether he won or lost--Wash-
ington Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12

And what Is your new little brothers
manner" They haven't found out yet
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12
PERHAPS He MUTINIED

The woman who asks divorce after
forty years OF married life isnpeaches
her own quality as a disciplinarian.-
Indiana Dolis Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12
CASTRO.

President Castro is reported as a
wreck. but any revoluttonist boarding
him in quest Of salvage had better go
prepared for a delphia
Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12

Il thought said the jilt, that you
were going to shoot yourself when I re-
fused you" 'tAll in good time, madam"
answered the Tilted. icily. Il have al
ready sent to three jobbers for price-hsts
on revolvers. Cleveland Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12

"Siri" exclaimed the pompous individual
I am a self-made man" I accept YOU
apology" murmured he Of the patriciaI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12
FatherIy DiscipIine.


She came into his study, gently. "I
hate to disturb you, dear" He look
ed up-"but, it is after IL, and Dick
has not come home yet-and-it is
the second time this week he has
stayed out. I did not wish to speak to
you=but-a boy of IL"
She faltered. He was looking at
her with a strange fixed expression. II
understand Leave him to me.
shall wait up until he comes In
Don't be harsh with him. she said
pleadnigly. "Oh, I am SO sorry told
you! Remember, he has always been
such a good boy
my dear. you have nothing further
to do with this. I must deal with my
son In my own way; I request you not
to interfere. You had better go quiet
ly to your room. I ask you to do so
II want him to find me here, when
he sees fit to return to his home''
She retired, with her mother heart
anxiously beating, and waited until
the click of a latch-key sounded in the
street door. She listened, trembling
ready to rush out-a penitent peace
maker. She heard:
"Dick, is that your
Eyes, sir"
us the dog in the hall?"
Eyes. sir"
seWell-turn out the gas! Good
night" Madeline Bridges in Woman's
Home Companion
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12

Mrs. Browne-'Hrhose new neighbors Of
yours are pretty lively. never met peo-
pie who INDUCED so much in reDartee."
Mrs Malaprop-"Ther amt any harm in
that. I'm fond O. tea myself, only I pre-
fer Oolong. philadelphia Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12

First Physician-''Has he got an here
ditary trouble?' Second Physician-''Y es-
hope to hand his case down to my son. "
-Harper's Bazaar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12

Tomnly-"Does your ma hit your foot
under the table when you've had enough7'
Johnny-"No; that's when I haven't had
enough When I have. she sends for the
doctor.'-Harper' Bazaar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12

Wigg-'Why do you say so positively
that a man can't do wrong in marrying a
widow? Wagg-"Why, it's plain enough
that If a man marries a widow he don I
marry amiss. Boston Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12

Bricks Without straH-"Bridget." said
young Mrs. Bridey, wen have fried eggs
for breakfast and I'VE can't, mum.
replied Bridget, there's not an egg in
the house" ''Well, then, just make an
omelet. I like that better ANYWAY
Philadelphia Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12

1.-THE first thing Columbus did on land
ing in America was to kneeI and express
his gratitude" Yes" answered Miss
Cayenne, I suppose he was thankful to
get here under circumstances that did not
bring him into contact with the customs
officers. w ashington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12

Kind L-ady-"After gave you that nice
dinner you didn't saw that wood" Ho-
bough-'.P Pardon me. lady. Yer grammar
Is bad Youse should say you didn't sec
that wood, and then you re wrong I sa "
1t when came in."-Philadelphia Press
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12

Can any little boy tell me-" asked
Dear Teacher, why these are the short
est days in the year,? MY pop sez.
spoke up Tommy Smart. its because you
nave 70 spend SO much money for Christ
mas presents ow.r-PhiladeIphia Press
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-12

who is your favorfte comnoser7., IN
CURED the artistic person. Il can't saw
just at this moment" answered Mr. Cum
roX, with an appealing glance at his wife
buss it's somebody whose music 7 can (
remember and whose name I cant Dro-
nounce. Washington star