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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-09
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.


IFrom the Philadelphia Press.l
Money is the root of all evil; likewise
Of some family trees.
Love, like a kitten is born blind: but
soon gets its eyes open.
One mans silence may be more ELOQUENT
than another mans speech.
When you feel like giving the cook a
good blowing up buy her an oil stove.
The strong minded woman would rather
espouse cause than a husband.
The Trusts demonstrate that many a
profit Is without honor in its own country
When a woman's face Is her fortune It
IS not necessary for her to be continually
flashing her roll.
No. Maude, dear; we have not heard
that automobile repairing was to be added
to the veterinary course at the university
Rollingstone Nonoss-''We are fearf11liv
and wonderfully made" Tired TraversE
down.
Every woman feels that she would he
handsome if she had the clothes, and ev-
cry man thinks he would be a winner il
he had the money.
They say she has her fathers eyes
She has her mothers hair:
She has, what causes most surprise
GTandma's distinguished air
I Ct her complexion do not scorn herr
Comes from the drugstore on the corner.
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could be made effective if it were done
by a sudden and comprehensive rush. =
but he doubts If the effort at a slow and
gradual change IS worth while. 1T Is.
he says, the sudden changes in prin-
ciples, morals. religions, fashions, and
tastes thst have the best chance of win
ming in cur day. Suppose all the news
papers and periodicals should suddenly
adopt a .ga-negian system of phonetic
spelling-what would happen. To begin
with, the nation would be in a rage;
it would break into a storm Of scoffs
jeers. sareasms. cursings. vituperations
and keep 1t up for months-but it would
have to read the papers; 1t couldn't help
itself. By and by. and gradually, the
offensive phonetics would lose some
thing OF their strange and uncanny
look; after another by and by they
would lose all Of it. and begin to look
rather natural and pleasant; after
couple Of years Of this. the nation would
think them handsome, sane, and ex-
pressive, and would prefer them to any
other breed Of spelling"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-09
EROM OTHER PENS
KANSAS AGAIN LEADS.

Gradually we ara coming to look to-
ward Kansas for light, if not for sweet
ness. The state that once bled. that
once sat in perpetual sackcloth and
ashes as the Nfobe of the Union, now
foods the land with sunshine and
sends from ocean to ocean and to the
si1ences of the frozen north the stirring
note of gladness and hope
Today this note takes the form of a
politfcal platform, the platform on
which the Republicans of Trego eoun-
ty are willing to ind footing through
at least one campaign. 1t may be set
down in full as follows:
Resolved, That we let well enough
The Kansans. with the possible ex-
ception of William Allen White, have
not been distinctively known as wits.
yet here we have the very soul of wit.
The brevity of this platform is refresh
ing, and yet how it covers the entire
Let well enough alone. Don't
change public officials simply because
an election time has come around
Don't turn the political house upside
munities are housekeeping. If things
are going well, let them keep on in
this way.
What a new picture of Kansas is re-
vealed in this model platform. No
longer the wall of the disconnected; no
more the yawp of the chronic. long
haired reformer; no more reams on
reams Of good white paper covered
with a procession of discontinued
''whereases'' and Ttopian "resolveds- ;"
Just a short verbal sigh of content. a
businessiike statement that "all's WELL
and a sensible resolution let this well
alone.
It is difncult to believe that this has
come out of Kansas; that Kansas has
set all the politicians of the land an
n nile. that If is in the
van. But there stands the platform
where all may read it as they rum
broad enough for the present, broad
enough for the future. It covers all
the ground, this bit of optimism
whence so short d time ago came
naugat but weeping and wailing and
gnashing of teeth.-Chicago Evening
Post.
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GLOBE SIGHTS

From the Atcn1SOn GiODe-1
We amateurs can not realize our alb
surdity.
Good intentions rarely survive the head
ache that actuates them.
A man who clerks In a. cigar store
should not smoke q pipe when on duty.
If you want to keep out of the poor
house quit some of your fool ways
It is difficult for a man to make good
in any public office: 50 much IS expected
Of him
When a woman buys glasses she usual
" says it is due to astgTnatisrn. But it
is oftener due to oldageisn-
While this is an age of specialists" no
one has any great admiration FOR man
whose specially is billiard playing
One of the peculiarities Of men which
a woman thinks is funny is his disincH-
nation to tell whom he intends to vote
for
It is one sign that a woman IS getting
ready to properly sympathize with her
friends when she discovers that she has
woman thinks nothing of eating
breakfast in a five dollar kirnona. but she
would raise an awful roar If her husband
appeared in his T5-ceut pajamas-
Speaking of untried experiences. There
Is that for some people Of discovering that
an enjoyable evening may be spent with
out saying a word against anybody.
This is the season Of the year when
the boy with nerve enough to battle in
ice water "dares the other fellows to
go swimming Most Of the pleasure of
That first swim lies in boastfng OF il to
those who lacked the nerve to go in. And,
by the way. older people do 4. lot OF things
from which pleasure is derived in much
the same way.
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mind. would not see the point. Hs
would think he was being broad-ninded
and Bohemian to let his wife carry On
her own art irrespective OF him. But
Beatrice saw the point.
He rose from his chair suddenly his
face white with the anger and love he
had smothered. Before he could stop
himself the words came leapinB to his
lips:
Why did you do it?"
do what?''
She stood beside the little bare kltch-
en- table. her face raised TO his, her
eyes bright with startled wonderment
at bis tone.
Why did you marry Gerald2"
Marry Gerald! II" Someone was
coming along the white roadway. From
the kitchen window two figures could
be seen. and she pointed to them
There is Gerald. and that is his wife,
my sister Barbara. I am merely at
tendant star to the honeymoon. They
brought me along towel to make the
biscuit
the bridal couple on the wide veranoa
under the funny roof The bride was
the girl with the smooth dark hair who
had been stamping letters, and she
laughed at him.
knew who you were, but I wanted
Gerald all to myself. and I knew Bea-
tTice would take care of you.
sShe did, answered Broderick. hap
PLY. and as the rest went into the
house he paused to brush of traces Of
flour from his coat collar But Beatrice
burned the BISCUIT Copyright, 1895. BY
Ruby DougIas.)
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PoIAY's PRETTY D1srPLE.

I am a plain blunt man. To be
When making love absurdfy antic
Is quite impossible for me
Who am so very unromantic.
And oft the thought would come to tease
And keep me dumb with pretty Polly,
That ] must fall upon my knees
Or do some other act of folly.
But when called on her today,
While talking of indifferent matters
1 caught a glance that, may say,
Tore ali my doubts and fears to tat4ers
Her dimpling smile. just touched with fun,
My few words whispered in a hurry
And presto, loi the deed was done
With no unpleasant fuss or furry
This done and none the worse am +
VINO would have though the thing SO
Oh Fate. whatever you denyI
thank you for that telltale 6inpIe!
Brooklyn Life
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favors from officials. They should not
bride delegatest estate conventions with
passes to nominate their candidates.
A railroad man should take the same
interest in politics and public affairs
that any other good citizen does. The
railroads are entitled to the same rights
in politics as any other business in
terests. but no more. Heretofore the
railroads and other big corporations
have assumed to absolutely control GER
tain public officials. II is a generally
recognized fact that Senator Depew is
the personal representative OF the Van
derbilt interests in congress; Plat rep
resents the express companies; Aldrich
represents the Rockefellers. and so on.
It is encouraging to note that the
sane railroad men are coming to the
front. and it is to be hoped that the
railroad magnates may fully see that
it is to their interest to do the square
thing by the peoplein the future-to stick
to the railroad business and not try to
run the governments, state and nation
al and everything else.
This paper does not believe in rail-
road batting. It believes in being fair
to the railroads as we'll as to every 9TH
er business interest. And q majority Of
the people t--e the same way. If the
railroads will give the people half
chance the latter will be more than
generous with the railroads, but they
won't be so If the roads insist on over
riding laws and owning public officials.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-09

In d small city in eastern Indiana
there lives a professor who is notorious
for his parsimony. One day he step
ped into a hat store. and after rum
maging over the stock, selected an or
binary hat. put it on. ogled himself in
the glass. and then asked the very low
est price
But said the halter, @that hat is
not good enough for you to wear. here
is what you want, showing one of his
best derbys.
though returned the professor.
We'll there. Mr.. --. III make you
a present of that derby. if you'll wear
it. and tell whose store it came from
You can send me customers enough
to get my money back with interest;
you know pretty much everybody
THANK you, thank you.' said the
professor. his eyes cleaning with pleas
ure. but how much may this be
worth -
ssThe price of that hat is five dol
lars replied the salesman.
And the other2" asked the profess
sor.
The professor put on the derby.
looked in the glass, then looked at the
three dollar hat.
Il think. sir. that this hat will an
swer my purpose just as wei as the
other" said he, taking of the derby
and holding it in one hand IS he put on
the cheap one.
tsBut you better take the other. sir;
it won't cost you any more
ttBut-but," replied the professor,
haps=you d just as soon have me take
the cheap one,-and perhaps you
wouldn't mind giving me the difference
in cash. ''-Harper's Weekly.
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

We do not desire to be captious. as
Uncle John Seaton says, but this de-
partment would call the attention of
the over-sanguine to the fact that To-
peka always wins the pennant before
the season opens.
There is some curiosity to know
whether Elijah III was called John or
Alex. when he was boy. He is called
lot of other things now.
This is the time of year when the
small boy begins to see the good of
arithmetic. 1t helps some in figuring
up the runs, hits and errors.
When a silk hat appears on the
streets of the average Kansas town,
the loafers begin to guess on whether
the wearer is a preacher or an actor,
with the odds decided in favor of the
latter
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CfviIiziIlg Alaska.


Il seems as strange and surprising
10 read about railroads in Alaska as
ABOUT railroads IN Japan. As a mat
ter of fact. forty-flve miles of railroad
have already been built by the Alaska
central railway in the Shushutna val
icy. 1he starting point is the town Of
seward on Resurrection BAY west of
Frlnce William Sound. The projected
Iehgth OF the line is about four hun
dFed miles, the proposed northern ter
minus being the mining town of Fair
banks, near the head of navigation on
the Ianana river, the principal south
ern tributary of the Yukon. It is said
tnat coal heldS have been discovered
about hundred miles beyond the
present northern terminus of the road.
and that the quality of the coal is pro-
nounced excellent by mem bers of the
geological survey. The Alaska Central
IS not the only railroad which has re-
quested congress to put the stamp of
IT'S approval on the enterprise by guar
anteelng the payment of interest. An
other claimant for government aid is
the Alaska Railroad company, which
purposes to construct a railroad
through the Copper river valley. The
copper river flows into the Gulf of
Alaska a. short distance east of Prince
William Sound-that is to say, at a
point on the southern coast of the ter
rltory about midway between the Alas
ka Panhandle and the eastern extrem-
lty of the Aleutian Islands. There
seems to be no doubt that the federal
government, which has promoted rail-
road-building in every other part of the
United States, will do something for
Alaska It is predicted that the con-
struetion of one thousand miles of rail-
way in that territory would increase its
production of gold from SIS, 100000
the figure reached in 1905-to more
than $4,000, 600 a year. It is also be-
lieved that railways would greatly in
crease the value of the territorysS COM
merce, which even a year ago bought
from other parts of the United States
goods valued at $14.5O0.000. It is fur
Their pointed out that the opening of
the Alaska deposits of the highest
grade of STEAMBOAT would save the
United States navy on the Pacific
coast. where it now has to rely on
Welsh coal. some 100000 a year. Es-
pecially striking is the forecast that the
rich valleys of lower Alaska. whose eli
mate conditions are more favorable to
tillage than those of Denmark or
southern Sweden, would attract a large
fraction of the 10000 Americans who
are annually migrating to the Canadian
Northw Weekly.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
TFrom tlae Chicaao -

from the Chicago NeWs.1
boss wife.
Nc. man is all right. but some men are
nearly all wrong.
Young man, beware Of the saucv girl
she will make sassy wife.
The harder It is to acquire a dollar the
harder It Is to give it up
There is no hope for the man who know
lngly persists in acting the fool
More wives would respect their b,,s
bands II they were not SO well acquainted.
It the north pole is ever discovered #
VIII De BY q man who is able to keep cool.
After q man has passed the critical
stage of his Illness ne begins TO worry
about his doctors bill
A horse laugh may be the kind let out
oy the equine who is drawing a disabled
automobile back to town
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raking FertiIizers From the Air.

The problem Of extracting nitrogen
from the atmosphere, and converting
it into some available form to be used
as a fertilizer, has always been a fas-
cinating one for scientists, says Farm
ing for April The company which at
tempted this on a commercial scale at
Niagara Falls few years ago was not
re-erninently successful, but recently
some work that has been accomplished
in Norway promises better results. Up
to the present time, however. the field
of capturing atmospheric nitrogen be-
longs exclusively to the bene1cent bac-
terra that form nodules on the roots of
the Iegumes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-09

DO you believe in RECONSIDERATION of
.sWen," answered the man who never
admits that he doesn't know everything
Il wouldn't recommend it as a regular
practice. ''-Washington Star.
Mistress (to head gardener, who has
been nD--I'm glad to see you out again.
Bates-Thankee num- but 1 amt any
think like right yet, Why when the wind
blew these ERE pots over, hinstead of a
calm the hunder gardner to pick EN- up.
blessed if didn't start a-doin' of Il my
self.-Punch.
Teaeher-Now. johnny. what was Wash
inton,s farewell address
First Gent Ito companion as they pause
before statue in park)-Say. Nose, why is
it that Justice always wears a bandage
second-Dead easy, That's 50 she'll new
er find anybody.-Fliegend Batter.
the weather predictions
Not much II want 10 know what
the temperature is going to be 1 ask the
janitor- Washington Star.
Mr.. Goodley-Adiss Fair has such frank.
honest face, don't you think2
Mss cheiis-Yes; too bad. isn't it
Miss Chellis-Yes. it doesn't even prevar-
icate about her ge.-Philadelphia Press.
ewspaper)-Josiah. what is the rear ele-
walton" of a church2
Mr.. Chugwater-It the place where
the choir sits. Haven't you been inside a
church a few times in your life?-Chicago
Tribune.
so you turned down that inpecunious
noblemanE Intercepted the inauisitive
girl friend. Was he shy when he pro-
Yes. shy two millions" replied the
daughter Of the multi-milionaire brewer
Chicago News.
Gribbs-What a dreadful temper your
boy has. Does he get it from his mother
Hrlggs--lf he does, he must borrow it,
This, remarked Mr.. Happyhead. SIS
my Photograph with my two French pood-
les You recognize me. eh %
7 think so, said Miss Suifuric. you
are the one with the hat on are you not?''
Houston Chronicle.
This said the dealer, lis the best au-
tomobiie you could buy It's just the thing
for a lady
..Yeses she aueried T suppose it's kind
-and-and gentle, and not afraid of. cleo
trio cars-'-Philadelphia Press
DeTanque-G hasn't been around
lately; | wonder if anything is wrong
with him?
O'soaque-I'rn afraid SO. heard he was
going to be married. Philadelphia Rec
ord.
It seem TO be the walking delegate Of
this union, remarked the Wayfarer and
there was no triumph in his tone The
errand and he had no car fare.-PhiIadeI-
phia Ledger.
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CHICKENS.

One of the prettiest girls in Atchison
has thirty chickens and is actually
making money en- them. in addition to
finding them very interesting. Some
day we intend TO print an itemized ac-
count of her expenses and income, as
an evidence that there is money in
chickens if carefully handled Begin
in a small way. and learn the business;
then YOU can branch out" and make
a considerable profit. Girls and women
who hate to ask for money" might
become independent by going into the
chicken business. And a lot of chick
ems around a yard are genteel; if they
are kept out of the neigh bors' yards
Atchison Globe
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REFLECTIONS OF 4 BACHELoR

IFrom the New York Press1
When a young man goes to church ~
cry Sunday 1t is a sign he Is in tow fzv
some girl
It's mighty funny how an old maids
younger sister can have children older
II Is better not to swear of sometime
the harder.
4 man ought to be able to get used to
BENG married when he can get use5 ia
drinking poor coffee
You can never make a woman think
that the easiest way to make money 5Es7ff
70 buy stocks when they are low ara r-s5
tlen VIXEN they are high. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-09

Notwithstanding the fact that Sen
ator I D. Young Of Beloit is the sixth
sixth district candidate to announce
himself for a state office, his boom for
railroad commissioner is taking remark
ably well. Tt looks very much as though
Senator Young is to be one of the three
members of the next railroad board. no
matter what happens to the other Sixth
district candidates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-09

In view of the danger that the next
legislature will adopt an anti-pass law,
a lot Of statesmen will work overtime
on their passes this summer to get all
the good out Of them that is possible
before bidding them goodbye forever.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-09
DOWIE.

That John Alexander Dowie is
rank fraud. and always has been, no
one now doubts. But only a few
years ago he was looked upon as
saint People were so anxious to be
robbed and fooled by him that it was
almost dangerous to speak the truth
concerning his movement. Some peo-
pie are never satisfied unless they are
loyal to nothing except a false theory,
and respect no man unless he is
liar and a cheat.-Atchison Globe.
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Anyway. Governor JEFF Davis Of ar
kansaw is entitled to one big credit
mark to offset some Of the black ones
that are opposite his name. Closing the
gambling houses at Hot Springs is
about twice as hard a job as closing the
saloons at either Leavenworth or Wich-
ff1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-09

If Governor Hoch had called the leg
islature together in special session to
adopt an anti-pass law, it's a pretty
safe guess that the law would not have
been made effective until January 1.
1907, when the passes held by the
present members OF the legislature
a7-Ffra
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-09

Up in smith county it is stated that
a lot Of old-time Populists have been
put on the delegation to the Republi-
can state convention. But they viii
feel right at home in a Republican
convention this year judging from the
resolutions adopted by most of those
conventions so far.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-09

Look for the Man rather than the
Platform Whether the Man steals,
gets drunk. lies, mistreats his family,
boobies or beats his creditors is more
important than whether he is Re
publican. a Democrat, a Presbyterian
or a Methodist. If the Man is right the
Platform will do If the Man is wrong
there is no hope for any good cause
HoHon Signal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-09

No doubt some Of the Standard and
Republic Oil people will now point out
to Lincoln Stenens that Herbert Had
ley is the real Enemy Of the Republic
IN view Of the relentless manner in
which he has been pursuing that con-
Germ.
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Among other things. why are, not the
trusts prosecuted for violating the law
Of supply and demand. They pay no
more attention to it than though it were
incorporated IN the Sherman act.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-09

The Smith County Pioneer speaks of
Herbert Hadley's recent scrimmage as
ssthe first night against the greatest
trust in the world. the Standard Oil
company Is the Pioneers memory
So brief? Doesn't it remember how
the Kansas legislature pummeIed
Standard On2 Doesn't it remember
also how the attorney. general Of Kan
sas brfstled up and was going to throw
Standard OIL out of Kansas by the seat
Of its trousers2 On second thought t.
however. perhaps M Coleman's action
wasn't really q fight after all.
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OF course this paper desires to give
Senator Long due credit for his friend
liness and intimacy with the president,
but it does not assume that Mr.. Roose-
welt would be entirely helpless If the
Kansas senator should happen to be
called away from Washington for a
aarr davs
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WHAT THEIR mo" MEANS.

You know what a maiden's no
amounts to? Well, that is the way
county officer who has already served
two terms, says no. When he says he
won't run he means that if the people
are bound to catch him, and have him
in spite of his protests. that he won
run. but will face the situation like
man.-Jewen Republican.
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KAMSAS C0MNENT

OPINION BY JUDGE FARRELL.
Put a real Bryan Democrat, q real
Populist into a room together, ana
they will pretty nearly agree on any
proposition. Machine politicians, no
matter what their pretensions are, hate
both Bryan and Roosevelt, and would
HoIton Signal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-09

Isn't Oscar Learnard Of Lawrence
afraid Of committing lese majeste7 He
proposes to run against Stubs for
uaember Of the legislature in Douglas
county.