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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-07
GLOBE SIGHTS.
Iron the Atehison Globe

rFrom the Atchison Globe.1
When apologies and explanations begin
to show up between two friends, it is
the beginning Of the end of their friend
shio.
Another cause for Thanksgiving day
celebration: Cranberries are up to 50 a
barrel, and it will be possible this year
to eat turkey without having obnoxious
sauce thrust ct YOU
An Atchison man who has had n good
many love affairs, says some women,
when he attempts to kiss them, say.
Now stop while others pull themselves
up to a Queenly height, and say. Sir
If natural gas continues to spread,
there Will finally be more plumbers In
the state than farmers. In future politi-
cal campaigns, politicians will not inquire
VIVA will the farmers dO2" but their
inquiry Will be, What viii the plumbers
do?'
A farmer living six miles west of town
saws that last night he heard a conrno-
ton in front of his house Going out, he
found n man under an automobile. AS
Ine Ia3S = FL. .9vo,,5 hettsr eat 1n,,
one of these things.
All the enemies we have, were made on
Monday. No difference how well we be-
have on unday We feel IKE the Old
" Character six days of the week, but
cant make 1t on Monday. And any one
who will hate a man because ne Is cross
on Monday, would hit a child
The idea of the average Lovely Char
acter in the billboard shows is to offer a
Door homeless wretch a home without
asking references, but a Lovely Charac-
ter in a late billboard show goes further
still. He is an elegant gentleman wear
ing a fur-lined overcoat. silk hat and kid
cloves. Just outside the church door he
meets a drunken bum of a tramp and ex-
tends one of his kid gloved hands and
a to the tramp: Come, share my
pnyV with me-
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IN OLD SHAWNEE.

For the first time in It's history,
Shawnee county gives a majority for q
Democratic candidate for governor. At
this writing Colonel Harris p to
have carried the county by over 500
votes. Shawnee is one of the rock
ribbed Republican counties of Kansas,
and the result is a surprise even to
those Republicans who were opposed
to Governor Hoch. 1t was o that
a great many Republicans would bolt,
but it was scarcely conceivable that
this county would give a Democratic
plurality.
Two years ago Shawnee gave Gov
ernor Hoch 300 plurality. In spite
Of the fact that two Republican organs
have done their utmost for him, the
county now goes the other way. The
question of railroad domination a
little to do with the result in this
county, although it entered into the
general Republican slump, but the Re
publican candidates for railroad COM
m~issioners. on whom a special fight
was made, kept pretty well up with
their ticket.
The cause of the opposition to Gov
ernor Hoch in this county was largely
Oh the WedklSSS ne Gu
in dealing with the state treasury mat
ter. That was the foundation but his
vacillating policy on other public ques-
lions contributed to the result.
Shawnee county also elects a Demo-
cratic county attorney. The liberal
Republicans are. OF course, response
Bile for the defeat of Frank Foster. He
was nominated over their protest or
the law enforcement issue. and they
accordingly knitted him.
However, John ]. Schenck, who is
elected county attorney, is known TO
have decided ideas concerning law en-
forcement, and not many years ago,
when he made the race on the Demo-
cratic ticket, he was supported by
many prohibition Republicans in OPP
position to their own nominee.
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It appears that the experiments that
have been made with oiled roads in
Kansas in the last two years have been
reasonably successful-much more so
than might have been expected for the
first attempts. At Manhattan and
Hutchinson, where the first roads we're
oiled. the results have been exceedingly
gratifying. h cost Is comparatively
small. and the elimination of mud, dust
and sand is almost complete.
AS time goes on and more roads are
oiled, methods will. Of course, be per-
fected and the results will be still
better. one of the CHIEF problems now
is. how often will a road need to be
oiled2 In the course of time it is likely
that experiments will be so complete
that when a par is once prepared il
can be made to last several years.
In California. where the oilinE OF
roads has been brought to a greater
degree of perfection than anywhere
else. this method Of making good roads
has become so popular that there is a
tremendous demand for oil for that
purpose. A year ago oil suitable for
roads was selling at So and 40 cents a
barrel. Now the demand Is so great
that the price has gone up to 70 and IS
cents a barrel. The oiled roads of
southern California are almost like
asphalt pavement.
On roads Of this kind. however load
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-07
JAYHAWKER JOTy

"Bitulithic or brick ?" is the burn
ing question in Sa1ina.
It is stated that Editor Huff, of the
Clyde Republican. cOntemplates re-
vfving his daily edition.
Another strange mixture: The Pro
hibitionists of Rocks county don't put
up a ticket, but indorsed the Demo-
cratic ticket.
Fred Trigg thinks it is cup to-
Peary to change the name of his boat
from Roosevelt to Bryan. The boat
did not get there.
"Chesty" item from the Erie Rec
ord: Erie sports a man who owns
three complete suits of tailor-made
clothes and an extra pair of trousers"
Erie Record: An Erie youngster to
whom the stork presented a baby sis
ter a short time ago in speaking of the
AFFAIR said; I'd a lots druther he'd a
dog an 1 din want no sister nohOW."
Theory advanced by Roy Tapley:
Perhaps the Utes refuse to return to
Utah for fear of having the Mormon
religion forced upon them, n after
looking at some of the Ute women we
don't wonder at it."
Jewell county has an auctioneer
named Beer" a Y the Smith County
Pioneer, and adds: 1T dampened our
ardor, however, when we learned his
given name was not Schlitz." But
doesn't beer usually dampen peoples
lAIOdlS instead OF tHSlI dEQOI
The Jewell City coal mine, which
vas bought in by the people of that
community in order to keep it going,
seems to be doing business all right.
Farmers come from adjoining coun-
ties for o. and there is such & de-
mand that they camp at the mine.
leaving their wagons in line until the
coal is mined.
A Jewell City liveryman has an in
ventive brain. Three or four years
ago he devised a tack hammer con
traption that was really a whole tool
chest, n it made him rich. Since
then he invented other things. The
Republican tells of his latest success
as follows: John r. Morris seems to
have made another ten-strike on his
combination cane and buggy whip.
When you leave your buggy you take
your whip from the socket. press a
button and it becomes a walking cane
For the patent on this novelty John
was offered 100000 in cash. at Des
Moines, Iowa. He refused this offer
and later sold one-half interest in the
patent to A. n McCreary for Sc, 900,
accepting in lieu Of cash. Mr.. Nc
Creary's 24O acres of Ian at the head
of the East Buffalo. Arrangements
are being made to manufacture the
whips in large quantities"
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QUAKER REFLEC17oNs.

IRON the Philadelphia Record.I
Taken by storn-the borrowed UNI
brella.
Even Wild oats seem tame to some
young men
the cocktails served in an airship are
mixed Ut.
The very best business for a man to be
in IS his own.
speaking of s~windlers. those who do
vou will hoodoo YOU
Many a mans principles are sound; in
fact. nothing but sound
The average man feels that he has to
make a record before he reforms.
Handsome Is as handsome does is a
COMFORTING motto for the fellow who isn't.
Women generally carry opera glasses
to the theater just for h looks of the
thing
some people are so impartial that they
even want to hear both sides Of a bass
drum.
The fellow who strikes you for q loan
at midnight evidently believes that 1t is
never too late TO lend
The Sea Bass-"The Goldfish is awfully
thick-headed.a The R~ocknsh-"Yes; he's
apt to get all balled Ut"
Nell-sAIiss ANTIQUE is very wei equip
ped to nsh for compliments Belle
why. the lea" Nell2sWeif, she has q
hook nose and she can use the linez IN
her face
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as he made for the fence and fell over
into the field.
The hogs had no time for words or 10
terrified girl that the full dozen wers
picked up and flung sky-Hlgn. LW9 .
them came down IN the back sea- anu ~
stalled themselves in coWfortaple pos
lions for the remainder Of the ride whils
the others shot light and left their re-
mains to be gathered up by the owner
The hog episode was scarcely two min
utes old when a young man IN a pugsS
appeared a mile ahead He was a young
man with red cheeks and g marble prov,
green goods. He held up his hand as a
sign that his horse did not ike autos
No good! Then he rose I'D IN his oo8BS
and waved his arm he was SUI w
ing when the cloud Of dust passed over
him and LEFT him a wreck On h9tn z g@s55dsz
children that he was flung two nunoreQ
feet high and four hundred feet
either.
A constable and an Old finally
stopped the runaway. The officer saw Il
across the road. When the collision came
the auto took a skate into the pus4es
there. Before Miss MAIZE could half ex-
plain matters she found herself before q
country justice Of the peace and ne was
sOlemniy saying.
This is certainly a case for the higher
court II IS NOT only runnine AMss ~
an auto and letting IL run away WIN
you. but you have been stealing hogs
Miss Maize Wept h looked so pretty
when she wept that the heart of the COM
stable was touched. He took the Justice
outdoors and was trying to touch his
heart and have the hog-stealing charge
left out when Harry Finchly drove up On
the gallOp. He had traced the auto BY q
trail OF dead hogs and frightened farm
ers and had arrived just in time.
oh, Harry" was all that the girl could
say rs she threw herself into his arms
and sobbed on his shoulder.
That was quite enough. He patted her
golden head and gave the justice TO IN
derstand that the latter was descended
from the Spartans. and always died in
the last ditch, and the fine was reduced to
ten dollars. and paid. Then came the
brushing away of tears and the return
home. followed by family rejoicing that
the lamb had returned alive Then-thcn
" Well. don't be stupid. Those things
always turn out the same way, and IL Is
the best way.-(Copyright. 1906, by P. C..
E-stman.)
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PoINTED

IFrom the Chicago NewsJ
A widows wiles are masked with
smiles.
Don't expect a square deal II you are
not a square man.
Some people are unable to respect those
they feel sorry for.
It is always safe to accuse a homeIy
girl of being pretty.
A little learning often makes a man UNI
fit como3ny for himself.
A man who goes back on his friends
seldom gets a chance 10 come back.
Did you ever get a gas bill that was
smaller than you expected it would be2
BY the dime the average man achieves
SUCCESSIVE Is too old to appreciate II.
A hero is a man who happened to be
on hand at the right time and made good.
In the course Of time the bottom dollar
Of a spendthrift is sure to come out on
top.
People seldom try to discourage your
fads as long as you are willing to spend
money on them.
Many a man who marries because ne
wants to is compelled to do as his wife
wants him to in after years.
one OF the things a conceited youth
can't understand is how any girl can be
so foolish as to turn him down for some
other chap.
Somehow the bargains a woman ae-
ouires seldom look like bargains a few
days later when she has occasion to visit
another store
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-07
Hurnors ID

The most humorous side of balloon
ing comes from the fellows with
schemes" says DR.. Julian P. Thomas IN
the course of an entertaining article in
Appleton's for November. .'One man
declared that there is an opposite to ev-
erything. Heat has cold; hardness has
softness; light has darkness-and that
of gr~avitation alone the opposite has
not been found. When he discovers tn
opposite of gravitation he feels that he
viii have solved the problem OF aeria.
navisation-as doubtless he will.
Another man has a plan for rising
to the surface of the atmosphere and
then skimming along the top as a boat
floats on water. He would carry along
some oxygen for breathing purposes.
"A lady over in Jersey has heard that
certain flowers generate hydrogen gas.
She wishes to combine the ornamental
with the a~eronautic by taking a lot OF
these flowers into an airship, suitably
built, and rising from their gas.
The name OF my balloon is Nirvana,
that best expressing the state into
which it transports it's devotees. Bal
looming makes you believe in fate, It
makes you religious. All ministers
ought to be b~alloonists.
"Ballooning. though a sport with me
I believe to have a great future IN the
peace of the world. Once had l had
dynamite. L could have practically de-
stroved our navy. The best way 70
make a man peaceful is to kill him. and
Enthusiastically dirigible balloon
ing-wiIl afford unlimited opportunities
for the destruction that makes Tor m
ternational brotherly love"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-07
KANSAS COAMENT


RICH OR POOR.
The dispatches Sunday old Of the
death Of Robert N. Snyder. the mil
mai promoter of Kansas City. who
was killed instantly while riding in his
own automobile, and speeding to his
luxurious home
Mr. Snyder was a man who thought
much Of tangible effects and very little
OF spiritual things. H was a man who
did things and was not particularly
careful OF the methods employed. The
instinct which enabled him to secure
FaiuaDte franchises by doubtful meth
oos, when transmitted to his son. re-
suited IN making him a common thief
and criminal. The same paper that an
nounced the death of the father con-
tanned a dispatch from Oregon stating
that the widow of the son, Carey NJ.
snyder. mad made a confession in which
she told of Snyder's connection with
olher plans for robbery.
robert NJ. Snyder vas rich in this
worlds goods, but his deposit in the
heavenly bank was overdrawn. In an
instant he was taken from This world
where he was wealthy to the world to
come IN which he will be poor indeed.
This leads up to the question as to
VINO IS rich Is it the man who spends
his life gaining wealth or the man with
little who does what he can for the
Detterment OF the world Lawrence
World.
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ed wagons with narrow tires should not
be allowed. Vehicles with wide tires
draw more easily and are not SO hard
on the road as those with narrow tires.
II oiled roads in Kansas are really the
great success they now promise to be,
as Dor as this becomes generally I'M
derstood there ought to be a general
movement to oil the roads. And roads
OF that kind will add as greatly to the
pleasures Of country life as has the
rural telephone. and they viii be worth
far more to the farmers in dollars and
cents.
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Ostrich Farming.

Some of the accounts of ostrich
farming in this country have been so
glowing that the reader was left much
In doubt as to their accuracy The
ostrich business is fairly prosperous
esneciaiiv in the Salt River valley,
Arizona. where 1900 of the 1900
ostrichs in the country are now owned
This is a new line OF animal industry
for Americans and there is much to
learn. We have not thus far produced
such fancy birds as have some OF the
more experienced breeders in South
Africa. but the size seems to be IN
oreasine and the health of the birds IS
ali that could be desired. So far, seri-
ous ostrich diseases have not troubled
the American raiser; even the aHe
barring OF the feathers has not Deen
observed. Ostriches need a hot, dry
climate. such as is found in the south
vest. The rainy portion of the south
is FAR less desirable, although this Is
ron7etimes mentioned as suitable Tor
ostrich raising. Alfalfa pasture is also
essential. an acre of alfalfa will carry
fo11r ostriches. and. which is of far
more Importance, will keep them in
GOOD health. Our American ostriches
Gre now worth $500 per pair at four
years of age. No one should imagine
MAJ ostrich farming is a get-rich-
0lIick scheme, for the birds are not
readv for mating until they become
FOUR years old.-Country Life IN
America.
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rhe aDanger'' ID Home.

a4ome is the most dangerous place 1
avar 20 to-, remarked Mr.. job Muir.
The famous geologist and naturalist he
~ ~ the train returning from Ari-
~ his home in Martinez, Cal, af-
Ter the earthquake. LAS long as I
camp out in the mountains. without
tent or blankets. I get along very well:
mi the minute I get into a house n
go q warm bed and begin to live on
ana TODD I get into a draft and the
arst thing / know I am coughing and
snsszing and threatened with pneu-
mania and altogether miserable. Out
doors ID the natural place for a man.
ssVgaTk where you please, when you
uke. and take your time. The noun
tins WON'T hurt you, nor the expos
15re why. I can live out for $50 a year,
co. hread and tea and occasionally a
itt41a fohacco. All 7 need is q sack for
he bread and a pot to boil water in,
and an axe. The rest is easy
worlds Work.
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\ Genulnc New Yorker.

Tha author Of Pigs IS Piss" whose
.,,ILev story in The American Maya
zine for November contains such an
Mssing surprise. describes one of his
a-sc ters 80 !" a genuine New Yorker"
And this is the picture:
aHe lived in a hotel. and he dressed
ike !, fashion plate. He gave the wait
ers. always, a good fat tip when he ate,
f m He was the kind Of New Yorker
that runs in grooves, IN pleasant
grooves. but in grooves, and the gem
eral impression is that that klna OF
~ HE grooves. and thai if he does get
ont he is lost and miserable. He was
~ Eind II New Yorker that you can
not imagine willingly straying above
- H751dredth street. When he agreed
aross the raging East river, and
snend 4 whole afternoon in a suburb,
55is prospective host was thoroughly sur
sprised."
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Jones-.see the wicked artist painting
on Sunday JenksZ~He might do
I'm not SO sure Of that.,-Judge.
Fair. Driver-"Wm you stand by the
The Good Man-"Pony, mum7 No. I'm
a motor-minder, I am. Ere, Bill 'orse-"
Gunner-"The daughter of the million
are brewer has aceepted the foreign
man out?s-chicago Daily News. ''"
Best don't like that Mr.. Cutting
Jess-"Fhats unkind OF you. I heard
him say something awfuIly sweet about
was it?' Jess-"He said he imagined you
must have been perfectly charming as
a glrl'-CieVeland Leader.
Dis paper" said Weary Walker, seq
dey quite a few people dat thinks it's
We'll. OATS a good beginnin',| remarked
Ragson Tatters; "mebbe alter while pee
IN de weeks"-Phiiadelphisa9 Press. '1s
Everybody is telling exactly what yos
Yes" answered the candidate. Wei.
what viii you dor 7 don't know, yet;
Washington Star.
@Alas.'' sighed the poet. I'VE can no
longer keep the wolf from the door
Ou- 4 QDn Z Know TeTOfnn0 his wife
You might sit on the front step aad
rad one OF your poems aloud. '-Chicag3
Here's something about the Dutch
stealing one of the PhiliDDine Islands. 7
wonder wha- Cncle sam will do about
# he refused to take it back. '-CleveIand
Plain Oesle--
Do you believe it win be a fair cleo
Wei" answered Senator Sorghum. 1T
both sides are so evenly matched in
crookcdEess that the result ought to be
about the same as if it were.EWashing-
Doctor. my poo husband is very i'll. is
yes, madame
Please. doctor. when you are sure that
there is no hope left. let me know. but in
such a way that I won't understand
lie Rire.
WigZ'Jimmy,s uncle has just died and
said his ship would come in some day
Wagg-HYes, but he didn't expect an
heirship.'-Princeton Tiger.
But protested the pert young house
for the holes in these d~oughnuts." Very
well, madam replied the wise baker;
holes when you return hem.H-Chicago
Daily News.
"Gayman has so many girls now he has
had to buy a typewriter to keen IN his
correspondence" Il suppose he can write
half a dozen letters now in the time 1T
took him to write one beforeZ Yes; he
writes one letter and manifoids ft.7-PhN-
adelDhia Press.
Goodart-."You didn't actually tell him
that ! didn't think him much of a poet?f
Wiseman-"Sure." Goodart sOt I
wouldn't have had you DO that for tas
world" N~orsenset thai
doesn't hurt him. It only makes him pity
you."-Phlladei2hia Press.
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The business Of Naming Girls.


Undoubtedly there are deities fully con-
secrated to the important business OF
naming girls, so happily is tnat lash ~
complfshe6. Gladys is a child OF the
srirft OF mischief. Josephine wears 4
sweet gravity, and Mary, too, d~lscouises
Of serious matters. Nora, n soHe
carnatfon. has seen fairies
over moor and hill and the rememDrance
Of them leases her memory hatlellatIg
Is not so faithless as her ways might ledu
Won to believe. Laura without DARK eyes
would he impossible, and her predestineU
Petrarch would never deliver ms soIln 49,
Helen NAV be seen only against q pacA
ground of Trojan wall. Gertrude must pc
tall and fair and ready with pal-aas -
fine winter twilight. Julia's reserve ana
dfscretion commend her to you; put she
has a heart of aughter Anne Is 70 De
found in the rose garden win ctippabie
shears and a basket. A1lda IS d capaplS
Derson: there is no ignoring her mihtant
ehaTacter the battles of Saxon kings are
still in her blood. Marjorie has scrlDpieu
verses in secret, and Celia IS the quletest
auditor at the symphony. And you may
have observed that there IS no pqtloI ~
lfzabeth foil; you do well NOT 70 cLdsn
wits with her. Do you say that tnese
ascriptfons are not square with your eN-
DarIence2 Then verify there must nave
been a sad mixing of infant eandloates
for the font in your parish ShirleS' n
is a waste of time to tell you tnat the
name may become audible without psihs
71tfa~ed- You can not be made to under
stand that the r and l slip into each other
"a ripples glide over pebbles II a brook.
And from the name to the glrl-may you
Claiborne's pretty head. her brown mar
and dream-haunted eyes. Il you DO not
6ra+ murnaur the name with honest Xix
ine-Meredith Nicholson, in The Reader.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
IRON the New York Press.1

u EVII- u ~ IL TIE91-T
There's a lot Of fun being in politics II
YOU aren't running for office.
Next to fooling our parents. the easiest
thing is to Iool ourselves about our yir-
tues.
A man could make q heap OF money
betting twice as much on losing he
invests.
A girl has an idea She could reform 4
man Il she Were married to aim. and 8
woman that she might II she weren't
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TRAGEDY OF THE TROPICS.

An island with its entire population
swallowed up In the jaws of h ocean
is a startling tragedy of the great
tropical hurricane which ravaged the
coast of Florida and Cuba A con-
tinuous chain of natural disasters is
evidently passing over the earth and
exhibiting itself in every way in which
the fury of nature can find vent
Baltimore American.
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A ~DEMOcRAr.s HoPE-

Do you know that it is Roosevelt's
ambition to represent New York in
the United States senate. well here is
hoping that he gets to see his ambition
realized. With La Toilette and few
more OF the square ones at ais back he
VIII soon put the ringsters and grafters
on the runzBelleviiie Freeman
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Kansas tanners r making an kinds
Of money these days simply By not sell
ing their farms. Two ago a
Jewell woman bought a farm for
$500. Recently IN decided to go
sast and sold the farm for $500. It
increased in value at the rate OF 800
i month. while she had it-and she got
Sno crops or Of It besides,