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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05

II anyone doubts that the Populist
party-the party OF Leedy and Level
ling-is still alive. let him note that
Horace Greeley Jumper viii represent
Usage county in the Populist Conven-
ton called for July 4. The name of
Greeley Jumper was once one to con-
jure by It stood we'll up on the list of
those more or less illustrious statesmen
who ran the Kansas state senate along
IN the nineties, but of late years it has
scarcely been heard 1t has been little
more than a "Reminiscences, but now it is
to adorn the columns Of the newspapers
once mo-.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05
KANSAS COMMENT
AN OSBORNE VIEW

Charlie Curtis * fiooding the state
with personal letters TO old soldiers
asking them to organize in his behalf
and help elect him to the United States
senate We have seen quite number
sent to old soldiers in this county They
are signed by the secretary of his COM
mlttee, one Bacon. Curtis has lost
caste faster than any other man in the
state IN the last two years. This part
OF Kansas has nothing to gain IN the
election of Curtis to the senate we
want man nearer home-one like J.
L. Bristow of Salina. Curtis is the rail-
road candidate. There is too much
questionable work attached to the
name of Curtis to place the senatorial
toga on his shoulders. Bristow has
always been clean and no charge of
pooling was ever preferred against
him.-Osborne Farmer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05
HUMOR OF THE DAY

Farmer Cobb-Are We going to keep
pigs this year, Caleb? Farmer Huskins
LORD no! Thar's Jest ez much profit
keepin' boarders, an not half so much
trouble feedin' 'emi-Puck.
He thinks he's an ornament to So
ciety, doesn't he ?" We'll, maybe he Is
to it."-Cleveland Leader.
Nell don't think he's a real count
at all He must be an fmposter. Belle
He seems to have money.
Philadelphia Record.
Mrs. Swellun (severely) beg
ging again2 Weren't you told never to
come to this house again? Raggies-
Oh, madam, it was only the cook told
me that. I was never officially in
formed.-Le Rive.
We'll. sir. what have you got to say
wife, meeting him at the door. Come,
come, nowl Say something" Why
my dear" gurgled Lushman, st been
sayln somethin' all night. Thatsh
Ledger.
Toni always hate to pass an ice
cream saloon when I'm walking with
pass one. Tom-Get out! How do you
manage it2 Dick-I don't manage it;
she does. She always insists upon GO
ing in.-Philadelphia Press.
Mistah Interlocutor, it amt
hand to write de first two letters of de
word car. Interlocutor-Yo say,
Tambo, it is not hard to write the two
letters Of the word car? Tambo-
Why, no; it's cz.-New York Press.
safe.-Knicker-W Would you give
your seat to a woman who was plain
any woman who thought she was eth
er.-New York Sun.
"How do we know that Solomon was
the wisest man ~
We'll. for one thing. he got together
a colossal fortune without being in
vestisated- Washington Star.
81 tell you, it's a serious thing to be
the father of eleven daughters
Il can understand that, old fellow.
1t keeps me busy clearing away the
cold wads OF chewing gum for six
Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05
POINTED PARAGRAPHa-
[From the chicaKo Newa.g

IRON the Chicago NewS.5
All the world loves to laugh at a
lover.
The middle aisle is the most satisfac-
tory bride path.
Circumstances induced by a railroad
wreck alter egg cases.
Every man pays for what he gets
either In coin or self-respect
Some people take ofrense because
there is nothing else lying around loose.
Too many man seem anxious to give
his Satanic majesty more than his due.
Most Opponents are due to the fact
that there are no wedding presents IN
sight.
Ihere IS nothing more unattractivs
man SILK nat tnat has outlived its
Even the lazy man makes at least one
Strenuous enort 10 see how little he
You can always make a satisfactory
deal with an honest nan--unless vosz
ara In the dishonest clasa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05

Kansas postnasters of the fourth
class are to meet in Emporia on July
Fourth and form a league. Assurance
IS given that they viii not organize a
union to demand higher wages nor to
advance the price of postage stamps,
but it will be merely for the good of
the service. If there is a very large
attendance at the organization it will
indicate a remarkable spirit OF loyalty
to the country. For men who receive
the munihcent salary OF two hundred
dollars per annun, or thereabouts, to
pay out railroad fare for the purpose
OF improving the service with no de-
signs on higher salaries will indicate
the approach of the millennium.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05
Horses at Five Dollars a Head.

Time has brought a great change
from the old style of horse raising. says
Farming. The country is more close
ly settled. The open range land has
been taken up and is now small
ranches and pastures, in which more
money is invested and some return
must be had on these investments.
When they did begin to move in '9S,
$500 to $4,000 head was considered
a good sale. Conditions over a large
part of the middle west demand that
the chief occupancy shall still be stock
raising but past experience tells moth
ing more truly than that it must be
improved stock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05
Adventures in African Bridge Building.


In his article on bridging the Gorge
Of the zambesi," in the June World
Work, A. T. Prince the assistant en-
glneer recounts some of the adventures
IN the remarkable African engineering
feat He says: The rivetting up OF the
bridge proved to be a more formidable
undertaking than had been anticipated
several of the rivetters we brought
from England were unable to stand the
climate, and we had to depend largely
on the men in the country. We found
that an average days work in England
and IN Africa were two very different
things Although we had good ny
draullc and pneumatic equipment, the
rale OF progress was rather slow.
An interesting incident occurred dur
ing the rivetting. A leopard, which
mad previously devastated the hen
roostS OF every one in our locality,
besides taking sundry dogs and cats,
was run over by an engine one night.
He had apparently been dazzled BY
the headlight and had lain on the
track. He was seen by the driver,
who pulled up. The skin was found to
be scarcely damaged.
The deep pools among the islands in
the river were the haunt of mum erous
hippopotami which, although peace
able most of the year, If left alone, at
certain times became dangerous. We
were chased on one or two occasions
when in Canadian canoes, but never
came to grief. Others were not so for
tunate. Three canoes were overturned
IN one week. In one case one of the
civil commissioners native paddlers
was drowned. In another, the man
overturned lost his rifle and other gear
and had to swim to one of the Islands,
where he remained all night.
Another adventure, that befell two
of our rivetters. is perhaps worth re-
cording- They went a little way along
the gorge and there found the remains
of reedbuck. They started to cut
out the horns. Suddenly they heard
growl behind them Turning, they
saw a lioness with two cubs, who was
evidently annoyed at this Interference
with her dinner. The two men did not
stop to argue, but made a Decline for
the gorge, down which they jumped
about as dangerous a proceeding, one
would think, as facing the lion. Luck
lily they stopped sliding a good way
down, and returned very much bruised
and excited The lioness was follow
ed next day for some distance, but the
party were unable to come up with
her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05
JAYHA WKER JOTS

Usage county boasts of twenty-one
students in the State university.
Speaking of fish STORIES a party of
Scammon fishermen claim to have
caught a catfish weighing 81 pounds
in the Neosho recently.
Maud Muller, of Gypsum City,
sprained her wrist not by raking hay
but by playing drop the handkerchief
or some such game at a social.
Who says the carnival spirit Is
dead? Some little girls from near
Easton walked thirteen miles to at
tend the carnival at Leavenworth.
Love may laugh at locksmith,'' says
F. c. Johnson Of the Minneapolis Bet
ter Way, but when the old man with
the big boot shows up love vacates the
premises"
"Old Vesuvius is smoking again. re
marks Anna Carlson, and she adds: 1T
is pretty hard for an inveterate smoker
to reform It must not be supposed,
however, that the editress of the Linds-
borg News speaks from personal ex-
perience.
Recently the Kingman Journal man
heard a bevy of school girls give their
high school yell at a ball game, and IL
"Yahi yah! Yah!
Kiss! Boom! Zetl
Poetry Poetry@Aint dead yet! -
some nllSCT6dnL sawed OH the
tongue of a new disc belonging to a
Jewell county farmer the other night.
and now the farmer is offering FIVE
dollars reward for proof of who did it,
and he promises not to go to law about
It either. Perhaps it would be more
healthy for the miscreant If he would.
David E. Hoover. a Neosho county
orphan, not yet of age, wished to get
married, but when he applied for q
license the probate judge turned him
down because he was only twenty
years old and no parent or guardian
gave consent to his marriage. To get
around the difficulty the young man
had himself adopted by the man with
whom he was living, who then gave
his consent to the granting of the
/ license.
I Western Kansas fish story, related by
the Scott City News: A. NJ. Hopper Of
Beaver township was in town Monday
and invited many Of his friends to come
1 up to his dam on Beaver creek Tuesday
! for days sport at fishing. Many took
/ the time and piled into buggfes and car
/ riages for a days outing The day was
an ideal one for fishing Mr. Hopper
4 has the best dam, the largest body of
water stored, and the most fish on the
creek. Fine large perch and catfish are
very abundant The fishing was done
BY hook and line and everybody came
away with a big string Of fish The
writer brought home 108 fish, but don {
claim to have caught all of them him
self as such a story might appear
h--ays 44-.-4-..-..-..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05

Men have two kinds of ambition, one
Tor dollar-rnaking, the other for life
making. Some turn all their ability,
education, health and energy toward
the first of these and call the result
success Others turn hem toward the
second, into character, usefulness and
the world is very apt to call them fail
ures, but history calls them successes
The highest service you can ever rem
can ever do, is to make yourself the
largest, completest and the squarest
man possible. There is no other fame
ike this, no other achievement like
this--CouncI Grove Guard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05

There's Just one thing I lack said
a farmer from up the Solomon who
came into town after the last rain.
I've got both the Independent and the
Bell phones; rural delivery leaves my
mail every morning; fresh meat or fish
Is delivered, as order it, every. day; I
get my vegetable all the way from
Florida to Manitoba: I get a special
train whenever I take my cattle to
market; can run into town at any
time with my automobile. but want a
telephone down to the pasture to tell
the cows when to come in and get
milked. ''-Minneap polls Messenger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05

Gomer Davies. T. A. Cordry and some
other Republican editors in Kansas who
do their own thinking and then tell
about it in their own way, are making
fuss about the boiler plate editorials
set out by the Republican state COM
mittee. But why do these gentlemen
fuss? They are not compelled to use
these hand-me-down editorial thoughts,
and the latter come in very handy for
those newspaper men who are too busy
or something e1se-to think things
themselves
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05

lar a day when we carried the hod but
these men are not satisfied with the
shorter hours and four. i've or six dol
lars a day. but are continually going
out on strike. and we often wonder
what viii be the end of all this labor
agitation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05
A WORD FROM HEARST.

The Hearst newspapers raised $685.
00e for the San Francisco sufferers
and dispatched eleven trains and one
RELIEF steamer to the stricken city, all
loaded with provisions. clothing. medi-
cine. etc Hearts losses were $1,000
600 by the fire. but he never stopped to
figure his losses, he figured on getting
the necessaries of life to the hungry
ones by the first train. He was first at
Galveston and first at Frisco. Hearst
may run yellow newspaper. but his
heart Is in the right plaee.-Lindsborg
News
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From the New york Press.I

LFrom the New York Press.J
Rainy Sundays are good to reconcile
a man to go to church.
There is hardly anything so lonesome
as being married a long time.
When g woman smokes cigarettes itss
a sign she really doesn't Ike to-
It's awful queer how there is no fun
kissing a girl If she is your relative.
The worst tEing about getting rellg-
ion is you miss the reputation you used
to have.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05

During service in one Of our
churches the other Sunday the choir
sang an anthem in which occurred the
strain, Strike the Tyre" but the way
the singers sang it, it was strike the
liar just as plainly as 1t could be. The
big janitor made a dash for the horse
editor of one of our papers and it re-
CURED the efforts of several men to
prevent a base hit then and there.
Church choirs should sing in English.
Minneapolis Better Way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05

POWER MUST BE cURBED.

POWER MUST BE CURBED.
It should be clear by this time to
every one that there is a public danger
in the power that is possessed by enor~
nous railroad combinations, and that
If it is not curbed by rate bills it win
have to be curbed in some other way.
There will be either thoroughly effee-
tive control by the government, which
will abolish favoritism of every de-
scription, or there viii be owner
ship by the government. Already
thousands upon thousands of people III
this country believe 1t would be better
to take the chances of ownership than
to trust a system that is SO thoroughly
vitiated as the present one. Whether
there shall be more converts to the
idea depends upon the future conduct
of the railroad arrangements. BY ac~
cepting genuine regulation, obeying
the laws and treating the general pub
lie fairly they may check a hostile agi>
tation that has gained more ground
IN the last ten years than IN all the
previous life of American railroad cor
orations.-Chicago Record Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05
BREAK AWAY.

Trouble is. bout fshin',
In the shade or shine,
When a Teller falls asleep
Catfish jerks his line.
Just when he's a dreamin'
Side his jug and cup,
sure to hear a fat perch say;
Time TO pull me up
That's the way the world goes,
Brethren day by day;
Soon as you find happiness
It's time to break away!
Atlanta Constitution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05

-he conference committee on the rate
bin has eliminated sleeping cars from
the bills provisions relating to com
mon carriers From which 1t can be in
ferred that D. 0. McCray's argument
that Mr.. Pullmans company is en-
gagged in the hotel business instead Of
in transportation may have reached
Washington.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05
AN0THER vIEW

cused of being the most vacillating
governor Kansas ever had, but then he
is not vacillating when he really ought
to. be, as is shown by his refusal to ac-
cept the suggestion to withdraw the
name Of Kansas from the Katy suit.
Spring Hill New Era.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05

There are two ways Of looking at a
subject The pessimist will say Gen
eral Weyler was unlucky because he
was seriously injured by the bomb
thrown at the Spanish king The
optimist will say Weyler was lucky be-
cause he escaped being killed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05
KANSAS AHEAD.

The disposition Of the Kansas man to
brag is SO great that there are a num-
Der Of people standing on tiptoe await
ing Mr.. Burton'si arrival at the Iron
ton jail to exclafm Kansas ahead
the first state in the Union to have a
United States senator in Jail.-Belle-
vile Te1escope.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05

Mexicans and spaniards take great
pleasure In their bull fights. When
Americans wish to see anything Of that
nature they visit the packing houses
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05

There are so many senatorial light
ming rods sticking up all over Kansas
at present that it Is no wonder storms
are discouraged from striking the
atafe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Speaking of tainted money. how
about that made in the packing IN
dustry from selling that kind Of meat?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05
SUGGESTIVE POSTAGE STAMP.

In connection with the suggestion.
that the picture of John Paul Jones be
put on a postage stamp, it is men
toned that only two of our naval on
GERS have ever appeared on postage
stamps. But this may be due to tbs
fact that our naval men are so hard
to k-Philadelphia Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05
AGE IN ALABAMA.

Senators Morgan and Pettus are an
nounced candidates for reelection in
Alabama Senator Morgan will be
SO years of age and Senator Pettus
SO when their terms expire, but no.
politician in Alabama is going to call
attention to the fact. The venerable
Senator Pugh did that once, refusing
to endorse Mr.. Pettus for a United
States judgeship because he was too
old for the place" Pettus retorted,
Il am not too old to be senator from
Alabama, sir" and the next legisla-
ture sent him to washington in Sen
ator Pugh's place. That was ten years
ago, and the age limit has ever since
been a tabooed subject among Ala
bama Harper's Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05
THE REAL THING.

A Kansas clergyman took up two
columns in a newspaper to express hi
views on Future Punishment" Blu
everybody who read it declared it t
be hot stuff.=Washingt Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05
THE cHECKER-BoARD TOWN.

improvements, as St Paul said Of
science. is often falsely so called If
the real estate men would but forget
the checker board idea in laying out
a new town, and would take a good
dence and the contour of the land
into their consideration, and plant
trees accordingly would
rise up and calf them blessed.-Coun-
try Life in America.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05

Onehalf the world doesn't know how
the other half lives. unless it Is by not
paying their bills.-Puck~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05

Nell don't think he's a real count
at all. He must be an imposter. Belle
Perhaps. He seems to have money.
Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05

Mrs. swellun Cseverely)-What, beg
ging again? Weren't you told never to
come to this house again2 Raggies-
Oh, madam, it was only the cook told
me that I was never officially in
formed.-Le Rive.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05

Farmer Cobb-Are We going to keep
pigs this year. Caleb? Farmer Huskins
Lord no! Thar's jest ez much profit
keepin' boarders, an not half SO much
trouble feedin' 'em!=Puck
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-05

He thinks he's an ornament to so
;iety, doesn't hep We'll, maybe he Is
light. He's certainly no earthly use
o it. "-Cleveland Leader.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-09
Not on the Market.

The Perry Republican alleges
that after the newly organized
band at Morrison had desisted
from practice for a few nights, the
B fiat player found the valves on
his cornet had stuck. He wrote
to the factory asking what kind of
greace to use on the valves. The
house answered him saying that
cornet players used only saliva on
the valves and never used grease
of any kind. The B fiat player
than wrote:
"Gentlemen Please send me
twenty-five cents worth of saliva.
/ can't get it at the store here. En-
close find stamps for payment"
His reply has not yet been re-
ceived.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-09

After an expenditure Of about
$1,000, 900, the Wabash has greatly
extended it's accommodation for
handling freight at St. Louis, and
has provided for the traffic de-
mands of the near future. At
Franklin avenue and the levee q
freightwarehouse has been opened
with a floor space of14O, 900 square
feet, or t00,0 900 square feet more
than formerly, and having also
facilities for handling in and OUT
bound freight with greater dis
patch. Improved team tracks are
part of the betterments made
Railway World.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-09
Missouri's Railway Progress.

This state is making fine head
way generally in railway devel-
opement and improvement. BY
the latest report of the railroad
commission the total main track in
Missouri is 1920 miles, of which
800 miles was constructed and put
in operation in the year 1905. New
electric lines have also been.built
to the extent of 1875 miles, repre-
senting a combined capital stock
of $780, 900 or 1890 a mile.
Numerous electric lines are pro-
jected and have a hopeful outlook.
In 1904 Missouri led all the states
in the construc tion of steam rail-
ways and it continues to share the
swift expansion of the southwest,
to which it is in general the en-
trance. The volume of railway
business in the state has been
greater than in any former year.
But the railway progressi in Mis-
souri, is by no means restricted to
a statement of the new track mile
age. Especially within the last
few months a strong movement
has set in to Improve the service.
Fast trains o. the besttype are put
on, and schedules are decidedly
shortened. From st. Louis the
City of Mexico can be reached in
70 hours, Havana in fifty three
hours, and distant points in the
south west on the evening of the
same day. By breakfast time st.
Louis is getting to be in physical
touch with nearly the whole OF
Missouri, and has gained half a
day at least ON connections on the
other side of the state. Taking
into consideration all that is going
on, Missouri is marching forward
in it's railway system more swiftly
and comprehensively than at any
former time. In all the better
ments Of railway transportations
this state has q prominent place
Globe Democrat.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-09

Subscribe for the Montgomery
TRIBUNE, only S1.0O a year.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-09

There seems to be quite a stir
up out at the pen just at present.
Guards are being fred and new
men installed. The governor and
warden are doing the business,
but so far the recommendations of
the prison board that the places be
filed without regard to party afi-
liations is not being carried out.
81 am a Folk Democrat is one of
the most essential qualifications
just at present.-Republican Re-
view,