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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-12

In South Africa candles are used for
lighting purposes in the homes, and
when young BOer maiden has gentle
men visitors. the mother sticks a pin
in the candle, and when it has burned
to the pin the callers understand that
1t is time for their departure.
Mrs Early, society natron Of
Washington, recently made a visit to
the Transvaal, and was so impressed
with the custom of the Beers that she
determined to introduce It into her
own home. Consequently the electric
lights were removed and candles sub
stituted IN the drawing room.
Mr. Staylate. a frequent though not
always welcome caller. was one Of the
first visitors to call after the inaugura-
ton of the new custom. He witnessed
the placing Of the pin in the candle by
Mrs. Early. and after she had gone
ventured to inquire:
why Miss Early. does your mother
stick a pin IN the GAMBLER"
"Oh." responded the young woman
with an air Of apparent innocence,
mother learned that in South Africa
as a way Of sending home the beers .
-Harper's Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-12

ments to the Hepburn bill been adopt
ed instead OF being ANONYMOUSLY laid
on the table by the United states sem
ate. there would be no call for such a
commission. This amendment was In
tended to give the interstate COM
merce commission power to dsUsrn1ine
the actual value Of al railroads in the
United States.
This amendment viii undoubtedly be
renewed by Senator La Toilette the
coming winter. and if it passes there
viii be no need for a state commits
sion to do work that will also be done
by the interstate commerce commits
sion.
The main intent of this question-to
get at the actual value Of the railroads
lis good. It should be ascertained
by somebody. and the same valuation
that is used for fixing rates should also
be used for taxation purposes.
incidentally some means should be
devised to tax all property in every
part of the state on the same basis. At
present something like 1925, 00O,0OO OF
deposits in the banks escapes taxation
entirely. Shawnee county taxes it's
property at one-half of its value, while
the railroad property in its borders is
assessed at one-fifth, or one-tenth, or
some other fraction, of its value. No
body pretends to know just what this
fraction is. other counties assess on
a lower basis.
The whole system of assessment and
taxation needs fixing in a manner that
will get all property on the tax rolls
and also compel the assessment of all
roperty-railroad, real and personal
at its actual value.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-12
QUAKER REFI.RCTToNs.
[Fronn the Philadelphia Record

IFrona the Philadelphia Record.]
Even the heller has to toe the mark.
It is better to turn pale than to kick
the bucket.
You can generally tell musicians by
their locks as we'll as their keys.
The road to Pleasure is much short
er going than coming back.
It takes % years for the silver lin
ing to appear in the cloud OF matri-
mony.
A thing that isn't to be gneezed at
always appeals to the victim Of hay
fever.
Hoax-swhat a numbering gait he
has" Joax-"Of course; he has q
wooden leg"
The only people who really enjoy
getting up early in the morning are
those who don't have to.
Some society people are 80 blase
that they only go into society to tell
other people how tired they are Of It.
OF course. we should love our enc
mics; In fact, we could get along bet
ter with some people as enemies than
at friends.
Blobbe-'Poh! It's an easy matter
to convince a woman" Slobbs-''Yes;
but the troubfs Is she won't stay con-
viuced-"
Nell-''Mr. -stayIate is just the incest
thing going" Belle-"Yes; but the
trouble is you can't get him started go-
ing until about midnight"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-12
A Drunken Partridge.

One night little after dusk as we
were about to go into the house, our
youngest boy saw something dark
moving behind the dog kennel The
older boy reached in as far as he could
and with the help Of his father, who
stood at the other end of the kennel
he drew out huttering female
partridge, that acted so uueerly We
ter, for she did not seem to be hurt;
there were no blood stains on her
feathers, no marks anywhere, but she
could neither walk nor fly, and what
was the strangest of all she did not ap-
pear frightened. and every one I think
knows that nothing living is shyer than
a. partridge. We marveled at the sight
as she sat quietly in the older boys
hand, breathing very fast, but showing
absolutely no fear.
claimed, "Oh. I know what ails her;
she's drunk; she's been eating poke
berries! Sure enough; we had all
read about partridge getting drunk on
pokeberries, but had forgotten it.
We took her into the house, and she
sat on the table while we ate supper
How indescribably funny she looked
sitting there by my plate allowing me
to stroke her smooth. brown notified
back. permitting-the wild-woods
Observation-Disclosures from each one of
us. Poor, helpless, drunken little
dame! Her bill would partly open and
shut and if we put her up on her feet
she would sway and totter, with half
closed eyes and dropping tail and
wings. How we laughed! and how we
regretted that we had no camera and
so were unable to take her picture
What a chance for Mr.. Job Not an
other such chance would any one be
likely to have in lifetime
AS 1 held her up against my face
and felt the soft faint little puffs Of
breath from her bill against my cheek,
essence Of all that Is woodsy, shy. re-
mote and inaccessible; and yet there
she was. right in my hands dolly, diz-
lilly. dauntiessly drunk.-The Outing
Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-12
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From lac Atehison elobe.l
George.

From the Atchison Globe.1
There is nothing better than a good
story, and nothing as bad as poor
one.
Do you bore people? Maybe you do
and without knowing it. Look your
self over.
A man who receives a present OF
prairie chickens from the west, is pop
ular enough to run for Office.
There is such a demand for shelves
in the house that any man can become
known as good husband by hammer
ing up a few.
The surest way to tame a man IS to
take his money away from him: when
man has no money, even a woman
can run over him.
In a big town like Kansas City, a
farmer is called a Rube; but IN town
the size of Atchison, farmers are 1oolc-
ed upon with awe, and given whatever
they want.
There is lot of trouble in stora
for the woman who has so little to
do that she finds time to prove to her
self that her husbands love IS Grow
ing Cold.
While the women are the mainstay
of church and all that, still a preach
er hears a terrible lot Of apologizing
for the dust on the Bible when he asks
for one in making g. call.
When a girl marries, and leaves, and
the mother talks about the Sunshine
being gone from the home.' the neigh
bOrs are not sympathetic unless Sun
shine" was a good girl at helping with
the dishwashing and cooking.
Every style of hat is so becoming to
6-year-Old girl that it is a joy for
her to go to the milIIner, but when a
woman approaching the sere and yell
low goes, she becomes more tired OF
life with all its vanities with every nat
she puts on.
What shall We do with our par
ents3'' was the subject Of a serious
discussion at a nesting Of girls recent
iy. They said that where parents sit
in the parlor in the evening, the young
man caller IS embarrassed and some
times never makes a second call II
was agreed that to tell the parents t.
keep out might offend them, but that
to let them come in offended the young
men callers. Under such circumstances
what is a girl to do?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-12

It is not that he has anything par
ticularly new to tell that gives Senator
La Toilette his great power in holding
an audience as he did last night for
nearly three hours. Every body knows
about trusts and combines. Corporate
domination of politics and legislation is
no secret How Senator Long voted on
the La Toilette amendments has been
told time and again.
But it is the tremendous earnestness
of the man, together with the sense of
high honor which he imparts that has
given La Toilette his hold on the
American people today. It is this that
made him a power in the United States
senate within a few weeks of the time
he was sworn in, despite the limits of
Senatorial courtesy and the frowns
and sneers of the AIdrich crowd.
True, he puts the facts into new
shape; he makes striking comparisons;
and in some instances he brings out
minor details which may be new to the
listener. But the main facts are what
the average man already knows. It's
the mans personality and his earnest
ness that drives home to his audience
the awfulness of corruption in govern
ment. which we are prone to regard too
lightly, and the need for an Independent
citizenship that will support right men
and right measures regardless of cor
porate Influences or party lines.
Yet Notwithstanding his earnestness
and his almost violent opposition to this
insidious form Of corruption; notwith-
standing the treatment he has received
at the hands of his fellow Republicans
in the United States senate, there is no
trace of personal bitterness against
them. The average man would be
tempted to indulge in personalities,
which La Toilette does not.
The country will yet hear greater
| things from the wolverine senator, al
though he has already accomplished
large results.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-12
As TO TAXATION

One of the Square Deal questions has
to do with railroad taxation. It not
only asks if the candidate favors assess
ing railroad property on the same
basis as other property, but 1t is intend
ed to tie up the candidate in favor of
creating a commission to determine the
actual value of the railroads.
This may be good idea-and it
may not. The state board OF railway
assessors is supposed to find out the
value OF the railroads and assess them
accordingly, taking into consideration
the basis on which other property is
based. It is true that some members
OF this board are sometimes very
friendly to the railroads, but as a rule
public officers who are elected by the
people can be depended on fully as
much as commission appointed by
some unknown authority.
But it is quite possible that no such
commission will be necessary. Had
one Of Senator La FoIlette's amend
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-12
JANA WKER JOTS

Newton is braging about a man
down there who picked a quart of
strawberries in his patch last week.
Bent Murdock's definition of a lady;
"a lady is a woman who always re-
members others and never forgets her
self" -
An Abilene woman has just har-
vested a lemon crop consisting of one
Ponderosa lemon over four inches in
diameter.
A Butler woman. Mrs J. ". Wor-
man, raised a beet this year that
weighs 1914 pounds. Who can beat
that beet?
The statement of Bank Commission
er Royce shows that Kansas has $93-33
per capita on deposit in the banks and
Fred Trigg asks, WHO has our $50 ?"
Winfield Courier: Squire Timothy
McIntire of Arkansas City, SO years old
and a lifelong Democrat, is a candidate
for justice of the peace on his party
ticket. His son, George McIntire, a.
Republican since his first ballot, which
he cast when a soldier in. the civil war,
Is an Independent candidate for re-
election to the same Office. George was
cavalry regiment early in the war. He
served with it in southeast Kansas,
southwest Missouri and Arkansas and
the Indian territory. At the time of
the Price raid his regiment was
hurried back to help defend the state.
The militia had been called out, and
among them was Timothy McIntire.
Somewhere southeast of Topeka this
body of militia met strong armed
force and being surrounded and cut
off surrendered. Then it was found
that It was the Kansas cavalry that had
captured the Kansas militia, and Judge
Timothy had surrendered to his son
Caorpe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-12
SENATORS BAILEY AND PLATT.

In his recent defense of himself in a
public debate at Houston, Senator JOS
eph W. Bailey declared that it was not
incompatible with his position as a Uni
ted States senator to accept employ
ment as a lawyer even from big corpor-
atoms whose owners might be interest
ed in legislative matters at Washington.
Senator Bailey declares that such en-
ployment by these corporations does
not influence his vote or his actions in
the United States senate in the least.
The particular employment in ques-
ton was his acting as attorney for the
Waters-Pierce OIL company in getting
it readmitted to Texas after it had been
thrown out Of the state; his negotiat-
ing a railroad deal by which he receiv-
ed a fee Of $225, 600 and acting as at
torney for certain railroad interests in
Tennessee.
It may be true that Senator Bailey is
not at all Influenced by this employ
ment Such a thing might be possible.
But it looks as though the fact that he
is United States senator is why he
receives such employment.
Senator Thomas c. Platt, Of New
York, might assert that the fact that
he is employed by the United States
Express company as It's president at a
salary of $4,000 a year does not influ-
enee his action in congress, yet it is a
notorious fact that he is the representa-
tive Of the express companies in the
senate, and it is part Of his business to
keep the postoh1ce department from in
terfering with the business of the ex-
press companies.
Yet Plat receives only $4,000 a year
from the United States Express COM
pany, while Senator Bailey received fn
a single fee" more than President
Roosevelt receives for his entire term
as president OF the United States. Does
it look just right7
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-12
POINTED PARAGRAPm

TFrom the Chicago News.7
A spinster's romance is always one
sided.
Men seldom follow good advice unIess
they pay for it.
Hard labor Il a plaster that alleviRtes
the pains Of the mind.
It's easy for a woman to keep secrets
that are not interesting.
A woman can't see how It is possible
to lose in q game Of chance.
There Il something wrong with a
small boy who keeps his face clean
Two women like to start q fuss and
then leave their husbands to fight Il
out
Even when a man knows q wom-
ans age she never thinks he thinks she
looks Il.
When a man gets short OF money lots
Of his so-called friends set short OF
sympathy.
The man who marriss Tor unousy sci
dom becomes round-shouldeTed from
carrying what he gets.
But few women can manage a nirta-
ton without humping up against a lot
of troublesome complications.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-12
the TEACHER's HOLIDAY.

THE TEACHERS HOLIDAY.
There isn't any school today. an vet no
An Henry Blake is sorry for III times
when he was bad:
An ali the boys are awful still an wlis-
per, list as though
They're liable t 'sturb her, but she
ooesn' Z care, you know.
An Joey Green brung flowers which he
To lay sem IN her hands: an no one
seems t want t play
An Benny Brown says he ist wished she
could come back an then
She'd never have t whip him, 'cuz he
won't do wrong again.
An Henry Blake. he told US how she
helped him after school,
An my! he's awful sorry if he ever broke
She's always kind an gentle. ats what
Jimmy Watkins said;
An Tommy Walters list got pale when
he heard she is dead.
An hardly could believe it, an he said
Almost "a lost his aunty. an he took
his handkerchief
To wipe his eyes q little. 'cuz he had a
Which always makes 'em water when
he's got it in his head
An Billy Meggs, he cried he did, 'cuz
one day when it's rough
She gave him. half her lunch at school
an hardly had enough
To eat herself; but when she heard how
far he had to 90
koHS HOuloH let MN sur step Decuz
it's stormin' So
An even little Tommy Finn. he brung
some mignonette
An rung tn doorbeII where she is, with
his big eyes all wet
An says: please give our Teacher these
an then he tried an tried,
But couldnt say another word, but list
choked I'D an cried
There isn't any school today. but 1t don't
seem to be
A holiday; an we list wish at we could
go an see
Her sittin' at her desk an list look up
an smile: an then
We wouldn't ever whisper SOS to make
her cross again.
An even Billy Grimes. he brung some
goldenrod an laid
It on her doorstep where she lived; he
said he is afraid
To ring the bell or make noise; but he
list went away
An left some flowers on her step for
Teachers holiday.
New York Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-12
JOURNAL ENTRIES

We note that Colonel Dodd CASTOR
opines that Arthur Brisbane is a dub"
instead of "phenom." This depart
ment dfslikes to differ from the colonel,
but it feels that duty demands it in
this important instance. Brisbane is a
real "phenom." Here is a the proof: A
year ago Hearst was paying Brisbane
$50, 900 a year-s1 900 q week-for writ
ing editorials. Since that time Hearst
has increased his salary to 100000 a
year This department claims that any
man who can draw 100000 a year for
writing editorials is a "phenom"
whether his stuff is worth reading or
not. Now what can Colonel CASTOR say
to this?
BY the way. you have only a few
more days in which to forget to regis
ter. .,s-5-s-l f5
That was quite a stunt in prophesy-
ing that Uncle Jim Hill did the other
day, but most people will still insist
that he is one of the minor prophets,
in spite of his owning a string of rail-
roads.
X
As We understand it, this campaign
is now a claiming contest between the
two state committees.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-12
8fissouri's -Four story Farm.

From Howard county comes the tale
of a f0ur-story farm. Charles Ridge
way is its owner and the farm Is locat-
ed near Fayette. Mr.. Ridgeway has a
fine clover field. Beneath the clover is
one of the richest beds of coal and IN
derneath the coal is a me bed OF shale,
from which excellent building bricks
are made. In and above the clover is
an apple orchard on which there is an
abundant crop Of apples-shale, COAL
clover, apples-and show how the wealth
is piled up in Observation-Disclosures Her
aid
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-12

Senator Dick, of Ohio, not long ago
secured for the young son of an old
friend a position in a Cincinnati bust
ness house.
A short while after the youth had
entered on his new duties, the senator
met the head of the firm
How is the boy getting orr" he
asked
He was discharged three days after
he came" was the answer.
The senator was surprised. 'fWhy, -
declared he. i've always understood
that Tom was a most versatile young
man."
Hes versatile, all right" responded
the head of the firm; there isn't any
kind of work he won't shirk i"-Suc-
cess Magazine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-12

have not even the opportunity of the
engineer and fireman to jump when
danger comes, and it is the front Of
the train that IS nearly always
wrecked. But in the Union Pacific de-
railment Tuesday night. the mail. ex-
press and smoking cars did not suffer
at all. It's a strange experience for
a mail clerk to go through a wreck and
not even be scratched.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-12

The Rev Mr.. s. was By many con-
sfdered somewhat tedious IN his deIiv-
cry. On one occasion, after being book
ed TO preach at a camp meeting, he was
caught in a sudden shower He appear
ed at the appointed time quite wet.
AS he was excusing himself to the
camp management, a waggtsh clerical
brother said:
soon be dry enough there. The Bo-
hemian.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-12
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
IFron the New York Preas.l

LFron the New York PreaE.l
There IS a heap Of fun in thinking
you are going to have It.
A lot Of regulations are saved By net
being in politics.
8 A widower always suggests a man
who has just escaped from Jail.
3 Some men who tell q girl they would
die for her before they are married
won't even work for her after they are.
The worst about wedding presents S
how much you have to pay for those
you give and how little you can Res
Tor those you receive
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-12

Banker 5tensland complains that he
was treated as an ordinary criminal
fv the officers OF the law. If that is
true. the officers OF the law certainly
did wrong. stensland was no ordinary
criminal. Robbing the thousands of
small depositors Of his bank who could
not afford the loss, and causing three
suicides and untold anguish. were not
ordinary crimes and Stensland did not
deserve to be treated as an ordinary
--f.-.Tr,a1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-12
N CAPTIVE CHAINS.

Like Patrick Henry. I've always said
I'd never be slave;
Ia sooner die for Liberty
And Ill a patriots grave.
Ny wife. she. too, has always been
For Liberty q stlckler;
The very latest brand at that
On this point she's partic'iar.
well recall when we were wed:
Would she obey? Not sflet
No such VOWS she would ever make
In this age Of Liberty
Times changed For now. alas, I ind.
No longer are we frees
We're both ruled by a tyrant bold
His sge IS coming three!
VIII s. Gidley in The Bohemian.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-12

FOR once the poor mail clerks and
express messengers have not got the
u-orst OF it in 4 railroad wreck. AS a
r,Ie. Il. a bad wreck, the names Of q
coastal clerk or two are wen up towards
he head of the list Of Killed ana in
s,rred. This Is. because they work close
IS me front Of the train. and they
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-12
KANSAS COMhGENT
Bill. MORGAN.s I3EFErysI1

BILL M0RGA11sS DEFENSE
VIII Editor Morgan Of the Hutchin-
son News who is the 4dus Achates Of
Senator Long, eak to charlie Curtis
the next time he meets him kansas
City Star
Just as we have feared for some.
time, the Star is carrying Its political
prejudices and passions too far. The
editor of the News has been mixed up
in some right lively political fights.
For many years the POpulists in our
community called US a tool of the
money power and hirehng of the
Rothschilds. The boss busters drove
their wagon over our remains with
strong denunciations and charges of
high crimes and misdemean0rs. In
the last legislature, when the editor
was engaged with others in an attempt
to curb corporations and trusts, We
we're called a Pop" In various and
sundry city elections and primary
scraps, the fellows on the other side
have charged US with most all the
crimes known, or at least all that
could be thought of. But this last at
tempt OF the Kansas City Star to de-
stroy the tattered remnants of name
and reputation by calling US hous
Achates'' is striking, as the poet says,
"in our midst" 1t is not fair, and it
isn't so, and we wonder what it is any
way. We may be a trifie "hdus,' but
we are not "Achates,' and we hurl the
S44cA sc DeASEA 114NO S1AS 4caCO u Tic SASol@
Kansas City Star, just as hard as we
can hurl it.
The Star is a great newspaper and
stands for lot Of good things. But
when it thus attempts to undermine
the reputation of a country editor by
such q viilainous and unmerited at
tack, and descends to calling names
that are not even in the English Ian
guage, it transgresses every rule OF
propriety from those laid down in
Hi1Ps Manual many years ago to those
promulgated by Roosevelt recently for
the spelling of words. There should
be a limit to political abuse and the
line should be drawn this side of "hdus
Achates.' We never did such thing
and the Star Is manufacturing such
charges out Of whole cloth, and very
yellow cloth at that-Hutchinson
News
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-12

New York is experimenting with
municipal ownership Of ferry boats. and
almost any day now Chicago Is liable to
declare in favor OF buying the matri-
ndoniaI line that runs over to st. Joe,
Mich. Chicago won't let New York out
DO It on municipal ownership.