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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-13
JOURNAL ENTRIES

AS a rule it is frequently suspected
croquet than at baseball, but OCCASION
ally Hutchinson rises and smashes that
suspicion into smithereens.
THAT Death Valley country out there
in California must be a terrible dry
region. said Deacon Twogood today as
he was looking through q pile of the
State Journals exchanges. Yep" as
scented Bill Doolittle, Il reckon it's a
good deal like the two Kansas Citys
were last Sunday, when I couldn't get
drink on either side Of the line"
When you were a school boy or girl .
asks the Atchison Globe, you remen-
Der how you used tc recite. Cannon to
the right Of them, cannon to the left of
them: cannon in front Of them vollied
and numbered and so on?" Wei, maybe
we did when we were q boy or girl, but
we've outgrown it and been forgiven.
But we deny that we ever svollied." We
could spell better than that
The next time you find a fly in the
soup don't make fuss. Just calmly
philosophize on the subject. The fly is
probably better than some of the other
things you eat-and besides the fly IS
a heap more sorry about it than you
are.
One of the women's clubs at Marion is
called the Dawn club. It is to be hoped
that the husbands Of the members never
feel like substituting an m for the
W. In referring to it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-13
po1NTEp pARAeRAPHa.
rFrom the Chicago News.l

rFrom the Chicago Eews.l
Jokes we enjoy most are these on the
other fellow.
It doesn't take a fast young man long
to distance his income
You can't tell by the size Of a mans
hat how much he doesn't know.
He's q mean man who will try to
work of a bad quarter on his better
half.
You can always tell when a woman
is jealous by the way she says she Isn't
Revenge is a boomerang that often
returns and puts the thrower out Of
business.
A girls first attempt at biscuit max
ing comes under the head OF heavy re-
sponsibilities.
When a woman discovers her first
white hair there's one more meeting OF
the blue and the gray.
An Ohio mans excuse for facing the
bartender is that his wife's kisses are
not suff1ciently Intoxicating.
No woman can look in a miiliner's
show window without seeing something
she would be willing to so IN debt fors
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-13
GLOBE SIGHTS.
LION the AtchIson elobe. ]

EFrom the Atchison Globe.J
What a lot a hearty man can eati
It isn't always the bravest man who
has the most powerful voice.
We sometimes think that when a
man is worthless, he can't help II.
It is a rare unmarried man who
knows anything about the prices Of
practical things.
Some people. when their relatives
die. are not satisfied with the way the
neighbors mourn
Free lunch men say that their pa
irons show no disposition to object to
packing house sausage and dried
beef.
A woman came down town today
men say she had scales on her ell
bows.
Loafers seem more out of place
around a bank than anywhere else.
And loafers are out of place any
where.
Here is one thing you may depend
upon: Every really kind, indulgent
husband is imposed upon by his worn-
en- folks.
They say Opportunity knocks once
at every mans door. As a matter of
fact, Opportunity knocks at every
mans door many times.
Tell of a man who gets big sal
airy, and the women will ash with
suspicion: what I want to know
is If he does anything with all that
money for his mother and father7'
The stories men tell and credit to
Abe Lincoln are q little worse than
others. Possibly they were good when
Abe Lincoln told thems but old Abe
was credited with being q good story
teller But what a poor story teller
the average man Isl
How people jump a woman who is
in trouble! The writer OF this IS
man, and not a very good one, but he
often shudders at the fierce manner
in which people take after woman
who has done wrong. No wonder wo-
men insist on behaving themselves;
the punishment melted out to them
when they do wrong Is enough TO
scare anyone. It is true that guilty
women are tortured and prosecuted
when guilty men are not molested. It
may not be right. but it is done just
the same.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-13

It takes all sorts Of views and opin-
ions to make up this world Of ours; and
Il is usually instructive. and frequently
entertaining to get the perspective Of
some one else. Here IS the Kansas po-
ntical situation as viewed by the New
York Evening Post:
lat the very opening Of the state
campaign IN Kansas. the Democratic
candidate. ". A. Harris. has obtained
a tactical. advantage. Himself a former
Populist. he has not been endorsed by
the Populists. struggling remnant
whose opposition is worth more than
their support. Again, he is assisted by
dissension IN the Republican party on
the very point made by Winston
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-13
Saving Ships by wireless.

Not long ago a large freighter became
disabled in the gulf of Mexico says the
WORLDS Work. She was equipped with
wireless telegraphy apparatus: so in
stead of hosting distress signals to
hap idly In the old way, the captain
began to send out wireless messages
IN al directions We are disabled and
need help" he said, giving the location
Of the ship. Soon there Was sputter-
ing among the receiving instruments of
the disabled vessel. Word was received
from a distant vessel that the appeal
had been heard and help was coming.
Wireless has come to the aid of the
mariner to a remarkable degree. Take
the case OF the whaleback steamer City
OF Everett towing a barge of oil from
Sabine Bar, Texas, to New York. The
steel door Of q forward turret was torn
Off by the sea, a compartment was
flooded, and the ship became unman-
ageable She was then about $50 miles
from Pert Arthur, Texas. From the
wireless chart showing the routes of the
gulf vessels the captain saw that the
ships Col. Z. l. Drake and Maverick
were about due at Port Arthur. He
sought to locate them by wireless. The
message however, was answered by
the Captain H. F. Lucas which was so
miles distant. The Everett communi-
Gated her position, the Lucas did like
wise and they kept in communication
until sighted. The disabled ship was
then toWed to the shelter of Ship Shoal
where she was repaired
BY means Of wireless the. location of
dereuctS. constant menace to navi-
cation, becomes known. They can be
avoided or destroyed. But a far more
important aid to navigation is the dis
trlbution of storm warnings by wire
less. particularly of Cape Hatteras the
graveyards of ships" At this point and
elsewhere on the coast the DeForest
station each day sends out the weather
indications from Washington. These
warnings are sent into the air at ram
dom to be caught up by all ships. equip
ped with wireless apparatus and relay
ed by them until there is a sort of con-
tinuous chain of warnings.
Wireless is entering largely into the
plans Of arctic explorers and promises
to be a very necessary part of such op-
erations. Heretofore the explorers in
their hazardous dashes north have been
cut off from communication with the
world
Now, Mr.. Walter Wellman. who is to
make the attempt in an airship, will
take along three wireless experts with
a complete DeForest outfit, and es-
tablish a chain of stations so as to en-
able him to keep constantly in touch
with civilization
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-13

When the Maharajah Gaekwar of
Baroda visited the congressional IL
brary in washington he was natural
ly greatly interested in that vast and
excellent collection of books.
How long, he asked Herbert
Putnam, would 1t take man to
read ali these books ?" Mr.. Putnam
smilinrlv replied that no one man
could ever begin TO read all OF the
books in the library, some 1000, 900
in number. Then he made rough
calculation. He told the maharajah
that it had been estimated that no
man, IN the course OF the average
lifetime of seventy years, could read
more than 5000 books Therefore.
figuring on 1000. 900 in the library of
congress a man would have to have
25O lifetimes of seventy years each
to get through with all. of the books,
and that would mean 1880 years.
The computation seemed to amuse
the prince aAnd what would your
DR.. Osler say to that?' he inquired
New York Tribune.
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KAKylS cOMI4ENT
cATcH EN-.


Three monkeys escaped from the
zoo II Kansas City yesterday. They
should have no trouble in getting jobs
When they are caught. Give them
newspapers and let them nh the edi-
torlai column full OF abuse of honest
republicans who are trying to pry the
republican party loose from rail-
ROAD domination. All over the United
states the railroads are trying to get
control OF the Republican. party, be-
cause It is the party that does thingss
because It is the party Of traditions.
ana because It has a fair and honest
name President Roosevelt whipped
the railroads and the corporate irl-
tefests to flash in congress, and
lney are going back to the states.
Lhey are working tooth and nail in
Kansas TO bind tie interests of the
party and the corporations together
nef. Any monkey can run a railroad
organ and call those who are trying
70 keep the Republican party Clean
poiters That is dead easy. But it
taxes something OF a man to get out
IN the open and fight for a principle
against the organized band that is
trying to buck and gag and burn the
people OF this state with q railroad
brand--Emporia Gazette.
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cepted a license fee from the concern
that Is raising such smell at the cor
ner Of Fourth and Delaware streets. y
Looks as though Harry Mcmillan ought
to be allowed TO make an amendment
to his antt=snake eating BIZ, a meas
ure, by the way. that was entirely pro-
per In spite Of the rldieuie that was
heaped lyron 81
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
Iron .the New E0rk Prsss.I !

From the New York Press.
a man gets to be good husband
when he's dead.
Hardly anybody would try to get
rich If it was merely way to go to
heaven.
4 thing that somebody else owns
seems worth sight more than It is
till you own 4. #
nice thing about commencement
exercises for girls schools is the good
they do to the dressmakers.
Whenever & woman doesn't see the
point Of a funny story she pretends
it's because it's the kind that makes
her blush.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-13
THE SENIOR SENATOR.

It is doubtful whether Senator ALI
son ever again enters the senate. He
is in his seventy eighth year and in
bad health. He entered the house
more than forty years ago, where he
served eight years, and is serving his
thfrty-fourth year in the senate, hav-
ing been six times elected. He has
served in the senate longer than any
other man in the history Of that body,
and his total service in Congress COW
ers forty-two years His present term
does not expire until March 8, 1909
Nashville American.
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HoaTE NEWS WHILE AWAY.

suos4qbsrs of the state yOuvnnt
away during me summer may haVo
tzgs pauar mailed regularly each day
20 any address ae - rate OF Ten cents
9 week or thirty cents a month (by
aaazg omEyJ- Address changed as often
So dzrea While Gus Of town the
esats goa1 via be TO Jon IKE q
daily E8t4eu from home
Advancs payment Is requested on
SAess ahDFs tina subscriptions. to save
6oCskess1iug sxDenss.
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The Truth About ..Ben-Hur.''

How Ben-Hur came to be written
and published has been told many
times. but unfortunately, few OF the
prevalent tales concerning this ne
markable work are In accordance with
the facts. Recently it has been stated
in a popular magazine that Ben IIur
belonged to the long list of manu-
scripts which met with repeated re-
lection" This is not the fact. The
story was first submitted to Harper &
Brothers for publication and promptly
accepted. The book, moreover, was a
reasonable, though not a remarkable,
success in its first year. The fact which
surprised the publishers was that its
sales were doubled IN the year follow
ing. It advanced from year to year by
geometrical progression until it be-
came the most widely selling book in
American literature. Many interest
ing facts concerning the inspiration
and growth of Ben-Hur are set down
by General wallace in his autobiog-
raphy, which is one Of the important
forthcoming -Harper's
Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-13

me best political joke of the cam
paign is the statement of Charley cur
us candidate for the United States
senate, that the railways are fighting
MIN. Know of@any railway politicians
IN this county Know Of any one Of
tnem who are not for Curtis for sena-
tori Ever know a railway politician
VINO didn't know what the railways
wanted? Bah! Curtis may be a good
swift Indian. but that story isn't fast
enough to fool anyone in this part of
the state.-Abi Iene Chronfcle-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-13

stfeet takers seem to be extending
their business. one Of them noada ?
spiel on the street corners in Horton
Saturday and displayed bug about ~
inches long. He said a man had a pain
in his head for twenty years. and one
dose OF this takers medicine properly
apphed, removed the parasite. Then
several suckers passed up their money
for bug Horton Commercial.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-13

do? Baby has swallowed a. walnut
cracker at once!'-ClzvsIsad Leader
Ancestors. PES" said Mrs. Bluegore,
Inspecting Mrs Nuritch's art ealleIy.
but are they really your own2"
Sure thing, replied Mrs. Nurtch, with
some spirit. II yna goa oslieSs y / Il
Philadelphia Press.
caller--This g a fine. dAvenpcrt on
curious name foz piece q rnrnitu:a7
but it's devlish annoying. Ever. time
look at that davenport I am reminded
that Iowa lot Of money on it.-Chicago
Tribune
Jenls-He's got a good job. hasn't he7
He tells me he's working for ths gov
N Ssts1sitt The next time he tells
you that just subtract for .-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
Dottie-who's that fine looking young
man I saw you with this mornings
Lottie-Isn't he dear7 That's the man
Dottie-Why. I didn't know you were
Lottie-Dear ne-we're not. only met
him yesterday.-Philadelp Press
Yes" said one Of the victims, he
swindled US, and we considered him such
gentle. suave way about him.
.'E.rEoving," remarked the bright oosery-
er, lhaI the way OF the IfauSEresSOf Is
some times soft. w ashington Star.
You are the only girl I ever loved.'' he
ssThat's nice. she answered. s.But real
1 ", you know, it's q lot more important
for me to be assured that I'm the only
girl you're ever going to love. Cleveland
| Leader.
DO you cultivate the tragic muse?"
NO; but my neighbors' cats on my back
fence do."-Baltimore American
Mrs. Portiy-P burlington (proudly)-We
can trace our ancestry back to one of the
Saxon Kings.
Visitor-Indeed?
Mrs. Portiy- Puffington-Oh. dear yesl
We have been descending for genera
tions--Puck.
Borus-why is it that stories Of crime
and retribution are 80 universally popu-
Naggus-Because their retribution feat
ure appeals so powerfully to the magma
ton Chicago Tribune.
high. It seems to me his whole thought
is of his victuals.
Mrs. Maiaprop-That' the truth He's
jest what you might call a. reg lar ipecac
philadelphia Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-13

Certain interests in Kansas City,
Kansas. are now looking forward to
the time when Assistant Attorney Cen
eraI Trickett shall have accomplished
his work and resigned" You know
why they are anxious.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-13

Mayor Roses attorneys say his fine
FOR contempt Of court in connection with
She custer proceedings IS q violation of
the Fourteenth amendment The
Fourteenth amendment is very much
like charity. It covers a multitude Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-13
ANOTHER NEED.

Some great and benign correspond
ence sch DOL should put a love letter on
the market that would do the work
and yet when it got around to the di-
vorce court would not sound as though
the human race were still in the mon
key stage Of development Chicago
News.
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PEROXIDE-

A Herington man IS suing his wife
for divorce becatEe he married her for
blonde and she developed in to a bru-
nette Here is another phase of the
adulteration and poisonous coIoring
matter than should claim the earnest
attention of our pure food statesmen in
Washington. Down With peroxide
Council Grove Guard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-13

The chief objection to commissioning
HIr. Triekett to close the joints in other
Kansas towns is that he IS needed to
keep them closed IN Kansas City, Kan.
Experience shows that eternal vigilance
Is the price OF keeping the joints closed.
ard Il Mr.. Trickett is sent elsewhere
the lid win be almost certain to pop
az At the Kare's mouth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-13

j single hlghwayman held up lot
81 people out In Yosemite Valley. The
kansas City ice trust IS now trying to
prove that the same thing happens
there. At least one man claims he
makes the price Of ice without the help
oq anyone else
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-13
BIG GAME

When the president decided to do
no more hunting of big game in the far
west It appears that he began the big
zest hunt for big game ever under
taken, without getting away from
washington, D. Baltimore Ameri-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-13

me closing Of the joints in Kansas
city, kan, together with the Sunday
closing over the line in Missouri, ought
70 make hne business on Sundays for
the electric lines that run to I1eaven-
worth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-13

You will note that c. W. Triekett.
svho has been closing the joints at the
Kaw's mouth. is not the same Mr..
Irickett that Kansas City commercial
Interests are trying to work into a. job
with the interstate commerce COM
.-.sr-inn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-13

IN the midst of the general rejoicing
over what the late congress accom-
phshed. Leavenworth can not help a
slight regret that It forgot to make
SEINE needed appropriations for the
fnrf nvar fhara
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RRoUGHT REsULTs.

There were 400 weddings IN Chit
cago during June. The party who
started that story that Chicago girls
can keep house on SO a week knew
what he was about, all right.-Wash-
ington Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-13

On the heels OF the raid on Tom
Taggart's hotel at French Lick Springs
ny the state officers, comes. the report
that George AIDE is not to marry Tag
CARTS daughter who would ever
think that George AIDE IS 50 particular
as al thar ?-Salina Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-13

Mr.. Stubs claims to represent the
Republicans who do not exactly ap-
prove the manner In which the Republic
can state convention was operated. Pos
aibIy that IS true. but there are many
of those Republicans who cannot recall
.Lanlne Mr.. Stubs, commission.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-13
STURBs' ITcENgr


THOSE candIoates who are getting
gay and hucking about the questions
stubbs is asking them viii likely find
out, early in November. by whose au-
thority he is asking them to sign W.
--Isawrence Wos3d.
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THE RAD POsTER.

The indecent poster will have to go,
which Is a good radiance Of rubbish
that is something worse than a nuis-
ance.@New York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-13

There is some curiosity to know IT,
when George AIDE heard he was to
marry the daughter OF Tom Taggart,
he uttered a few fables in slang.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-13

It's going to be mighty interesting
to watch the race between the Panama
canal and the Kansas City union depot
me race viii be to see which one can
70 the siovvesf
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PLATT AND DEPEW.

Now that eongress has adjourned
Senator's Platt and Depew can take a
breathing spell. The session has been
severe strain on these faithful pub
nc servants DENOMINATION Tinaas
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No one can doubt That the business
OF the country is today on better
moral basis than it was before the ex-
posture OF the misconduct OF the lie
insurance Light is the great enemy
Of corruptlon.-Lso Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-13

..The spectacle OF snakes being fond
led By woman and allowed to bite
her tongue. says the Leayenworth
times sis not especially edifying for
eniidrau. And yet that is the sort Of
,ssv upon which the city administra-
asu put its endorsement. when It ace
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-13

Inc C9T6eUsDoTo
Republican newspaper In North Caro-
ina. Is irving to tell what a RepubIt-
can IN North Carolina is Our impress
sion is that It is A fifth-class man hold
ing fourth-classa postmastership.-
Charleston News and Courier
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-13

~ tfzis antitrust business keeps up
back there. John D. Rockefeller wont
Recognise Ohio when he gets home
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-13

Colonel Lumpkin Of South Carolina
has the ancestors all right but most
living Carolinians will vote for Ben
Tillman just the same--Atianta jour
nal
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wichita becomes exceedingly envious
Of topeka when It notes that Topeka
has ten-cent gas for manufacturing
purposes. wichita is paying $780, the
same as Topeka paid for years
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-13

a. Kansas city paper speaks OF the
5olnts - Topeka "that are within a
stones throw OF the executive man
sion" Now what do you think Of
fhatY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-13

me Hutchinson News carefully
points out that II the United States su-
preme court sustains the Kansas
Judges. Mayor Rose will be branded
IS a violator OF his oath Of ONCE It
has been the impression that Mr.. Rose
4 already pretty well covered with
brands OF that sort, no matter what
the supreme court does about 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-13

So far there has been ne mighty
rush cz candidates to answer Mr.
stubbas list OF examination questions
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suppose Bryan wouldn't take it?"
saga the Chicago News But why sup
poee such a thing as that7
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The ssatp Journal Is a member Of Sns
<19Ociafe7 Press ard receives the ruil -
4@se1rAph reTnFt nf that great news cfsssts1s
AsltlUn fnr the exclusive afternoon PUBL
fefioa Il Topeka
slAe news d received 10 The STATE jour
gal building over wires for this sole puf-
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HUMOR OF TIE Day

'.Oh, John. come ouicki What shall I
do? Baby has swallowed a walnut
Great Scott. Make hlrs swallow Il nut
cracker at oncer'--Cl sv'slaad Leader
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Full T.vrNsFl vgT7Fa REpoRT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.