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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15
JOURNAL ENTRIES

We know why Mr.. Ceburn refused the
senatorship. Every one would expect
the government seeds sent out by Co
burn to grow and when they failed
as they would, Of course-the recipients
Of the seeds would all be mad. It's as
clear as mud.
That man who is laughing loud just
now: If you make Inquiries you viii find
he is a vegetarian
This department is not knocking on
baseball but it would not object in the
least if it were necessary to put up the
bulletin Postponed on Account of
RAM concerning this weeks games.
Some people don't believe in signs, but
here is a sure one: When you see man
in a restaurant surreptftiously taking a
whiff Of his meat before eating It. It's
q sign he has been reading the dis
patches from Washington
The business of the various courts OF
the country ought to be considerable
lighter now that Ira n. Terri1l has been
released from the penitentiary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IRON the ehlcago Newa.I

Little white lies soon become soiled
A big head is often the result OF a few
small ideas.
The man who L. buried In 4houwht has
no funeral expenses.
Which 81 the worse q rspe4fed eI,fl6 or
one that Il toe freshly
No man believes half the fhin~a he
wants his wife to believe.
It takes clever woman to refrain frona
posing as a clever woman.
What a. man IS and what he might he
are as different as day and night
It's Tina to croSs xour fingers when Won
hear man boastlng OF his good deeds
People who agree to everything you saw
graph.
Only those who seldom attend church
register a. protest when the minister de-
sires a vacation.
Very few successful lawyers practice be-
fore the bar presided over by 4 psrsor,
wearing 3 white apron.
a man who speaks from experienced. saws
that = costs almost as much to Keen A
VIE n clothes as It does to keen an alss
tomobile in repair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15
Things Were Going All Right.

As 1 rode up to the shanty of Ne
braska pioneer and heIloed to bring
some one to the door tha man came
from around the corner of the house
with a shotgun in his hands. I asked
for a drink of water and got it, and
then asked:
Folks gone away or sick?"
mo-
"Expect trouble. that you have that
gun handy"
May be trouble, but I. seassly think
So
Aren't you putting in any new crops
this year2''
Not yet
I took another look around and then
started to ride away. but he halted me
and said
stranger. things may look a little
blue to you around here, but they are
going all right. The old woman has
gone to town to. sue a felIer who sold
her a snide sewing machine; my son
Joe has gone with her to sue a wilder
woman who promised to marry him and
then throwed him down; my daughter
Mary had gone with ma and Joe to sue
a Teller for breach Of promise. and I'm
stayin home to pop the sheriff If he
comes along to foreclose a mortgage on
the farm. We are all, right. and old
Nebraska is all right. and the only
thing I'm kicking about is that we ara
too gol burned happy as family. -
NJ Quad
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15
KANSAS COMMENT
THE c.ANNING SEASON.

LkE4 IAN NLlNAI OL@fAk5C&N-
Another season dear to the heart OF
woman and dreaded by all the men
folks of the family is at hand. Dreaded
though 1t may be it is endured by male
members in view OF the future delights
il affords. The house is darkened as
20 parior and. bedrooms The dust ac-
cunulates. The front door bears a
locked and forbidding aspect but the
back door is Hospitality ajar. The gro
Gerry boy arrives almost hourly laden
with bags, bundles and boxes. Excl
ted women fill the kitchen, attired IN
the dimEiest of outer garments and no
under garments at all to speak. OF
Their hair IS blown about. One cheek
bears a crimson stain, the other IS COW
cred with purple spots, while around
the mouth is a varied assortment or
color. Occasional calls are heard from
one back porch to another, where are
occurring similar scenes. "Oh. Jennie,
do you make it pound for pound?' or
Would you use cloves and cinnamon
or just allspice2" or do you think 20
minutes is long enough or Mrs Jones
for goodness sake have you any ice to
spare. This goes on for days, the
house Uttered with tin cans, sealing
wax, Mason jars, rubber bands; the en-
tire neighborhood redolent with the
tempting odor of boiling cherries, straw
berries and raspberries. The commo-
ton Will continue periodically through
out the summer. The blackberry sea-
son, the peach, tomato, cucumber, wa
termelon and grape periods.-Sabetha
Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15
HUMOR or THE ply

Squire SkInfiint from Yapington, leav-
ing dining hall Of smart city hotel)-CEol
larn the YIN newspapsrs. anyway 1 Of
New York waiter 10 cents fer a tip, he'd
throw il back at yew-
Mrs skinflint-It Jest serves yew right
thet thet william kept the dime Thet'
what comes Nv tryin' tew make a big fel-
Ter outer yerself!-Puck.
rs our new cook clean, dear7"
m AFRAID not. When asked her what
tables she said she didn't use any"-Be-
troit Free Press.
Yes. he called for clam chowder"
7 thought he didn't like clans
You don't suppose they make cboWder
out of clans, do you7''-Cieveland Plain
Upgardson dipping his pen into the ink
and hessltating)-4ow do you spell "expe-
Afom.you spelled it riEht-x-p-d-n-c-
that S the simplihed form.-Chicago Tri-
bune.
The aeronaut had announced his inten-
ton Of crossing the Atlantic by a bal
What are your prospects?,.' asked a
fine responded the enthusiast. AN
1 have to do is to provide a balloon. The
ocean is already there, you know.''-Phil-
adelphia Ledger.
OF course. even the girl who says en-
Enthusiastically: Isn't that deari' may
nave little common sense in other ways.
-Somerville Journal
I'd like to pay you something extra"
said the customer. but see that sign
He pointed to the printed notice: mo
tips must be accepted in this barber
Whist, said the barber that's tip
from the boss, and it's aRin the rule to
accept ."-Philadelphia Ledger.
II can't imagine anything worse than
the constant giggIe Of the silly girl
%! don't know; the talk that the gig
gle stops might be worse. Phz1adelphis
Boston, sir, Is the center of culture
SAID the Massachusetts man.
Perhaps, answered Miss Cayenne
But, Judging from the baseball SCORES
ture. Washington Star.
Curbstone-You say you suffered a loss
IN your recent operation
Broker-Yes; they knitted me.
s1FZzl n,,r n11eR are you OUT
vermiform appendix.-Cleveland News.
It am told. professor, that yau ha.vs
guages."
to the baby. and the railroad brakeman's .
Milwaukee Sentinel
Father (sternly)-ryow, Sophie, something
must be done to reduce your expenses
You are actually spending more than your
allowance.
Daughter-It isn't my fault. father. I've
done my best to get you to increase it,
Brooklyn Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15
omce Boxs in wan So.

: As the pages in the senate sometimes
hold an extra session all by themselves
so the Office boys in Wall street COM
duet a lively market at times after the
brokers have gone home. They call up
a number at random, it is answered by
another Office, and a conversation sone-
thing like the following ensues
sHe1lol This is Mr.. Jones of Riff,
Bang & Bungs. Kindly buy me IA
billion shares OF Amalgamated Copper
Immediately
Skip & Jump. But we viii need mere
margin for that. Kindly send US a GER
titled check for one billion dollars.
A wordy argument ensures, and the
and 20 home content with the days
transactfons--New York sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15
THE ANSWER.

Why did those old Egyptian kings
Bu1lQ pyramids and other thingEg
WY did they proudly carve or paint
An obelisk with figures quaint2
Why did some Roman monarch raise
a circus in those good old days.
Or keep a poet under hire
To sound a comp1imentfng tyre2
Why did old Caesar late at night
Sit up describing every fight
Or Alexander make that bluff
And say the worlds not big enough 2
10 US VINO view the modern game
and see how wealth IS Wrung from fame
ne answer need not cause surprise.
II always pays to advertise.
w ash1ngton Evening Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15

cation Of that magnificent Christian
Science church a few days ago? a
fate that would play a trick Of that
kind and make it necessary to call in
some old-1ashioned doctors to set the
broken limbs. should have resolutions
passed about it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15
REFLECTIONS oF-A BACHELOR
IFrom the New York Press

The way to have your wife save out
of her allowance Is to owe it to her
The only sure way to get the cook
to stay Is TO keep on diseharging her.
A girl never has a fine complexion
without delicate skin, hut that means
freekles to spoil them both.
It's queer how the tallest kind of
girl can snuggie under the arm of the
shortest man just as If she was made
for it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15

Those railroad employees who were
recipients Of the philanthropy OF the
Pennsylvania Goa. companies have an
Idea that their gifts come from the
Companies themselves, but If you viii
sust recall what you have been paying
for hard coal perhaps It win strike you
dfNerenflv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15

It is claimed by the bureau of cor
porations that it has evidence of 1900
distinct violations of the Elkins anti
rebating law by railroads in connection
with the Standard Oil shipments. If all
the alleged infractions should be prova-
BILE and the maximum fine Of $4,000
should be imposed for each offense,
even the most arFogantly wealthy trans
portation companies would be made to
suffer a penalty which they would
feel. A $4,000, GOO jolt to their pocket
nerves might convince them that the
law is rot to be trifie6 Nith.-Philadel-
phia Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15

A careful reading Of the Hearst news
papers leads one to the belief that they
are being scoopeds on the news about
the way the Bryan boom is sweeping
the country And the Hearst papers are
usually so alert too.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15

Il has been just year since the re-
port Of Joseph 4 Bristow as special
commissioner to investigate the Pana-
ms railroad was made public. And the
railroads have been convinced ever since
that he IS not a proper man for United
Etatez senator.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15

Friendly warning from the Mankato
Advocate; en- several Kansas towns
lately booze peddlers have been egged
By indignant citizens. It might be Of
interest 20 these fellows to know that
Jewell county is the greatest egg
county IN the state"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15
HENRY HURRAHs FOR BILL.

The Courier journal accepts the stu
alton heartily. It is a Democrat, pure
and simple. It nurses neither sores nor
scores. Nothing has ever entered the
head of it about Mr.. Bryan which it
did not long ago kick out at the heel
and it proposes to labor earnestly and
increasingly to make his election an ac-
complished fact. entertaining the while
the liveliest and largest hope.-Louis-
vile Courier-J Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15
HE WON'T TAKE ,EM.

The papers are making great how
de-do over the fact that Senator Ben
son paid his railway fare from Kansas
City to Washington. Well, what do
they expect? Benson was appointed
on Saturday, accepted on Monday and
in the afternoon of the same day start
ed for Washington. DO they expect the
Pooh-B Bah of the pass department of
the railways to send passes by wireless
biography? Give the roads q chance
they will get the passes to him in q
reasonable time.-Concordia Kansan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15

The great change that has taken
place in Kansas in the past decade is
emphasized by the Emporia Gazette in
noting that an Emporia Populist who
used to be wild over the subtressury
and the referendum is now the same
way over the automobile
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15

Among others who have taken a fall
sn public esteem is Mr.. Jerome OF New
York. Kansas has been fearful that
some such fate swealla overtake that
gentleman ever since he came out here
and made fun Of some Of our laws.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15

The Lawrence Journal, which has
violently opposed Henry Allen tor
years, takes this view Henry Allen
VIII be the political manager Of Judge
Benson Henry is like an ornerys cat
you just can't drown him. The APP
pointment of Benson snuffed out his
hope for Office but he comes up and
makes. the best OF necessity"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15

During the time that 'TToma Jim"
Wilson has been secretary Of agrioul-
ture he has done great things for the
American farmer. but It Is pretty hard
FOR Kansas to forget that break he
made about the "semi-arid belt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15

Tt is conceded that Colonel Thomas
"a. Cordry is the original Coburn man, -
but there is some curiosity as to the
original Benson man. AS near as has
been discovered it is Mr.. Coburn him
-aIf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15

Consular reports from Germany indi-
cate that less imported meat is being
used over there than formerly but the
domestic supply Of dogs Is becoming
shorter. During the last quarter Of
1908 2,4o5 dogs were killed for food, as
against 1,7ss during the same period of
1903 Why, pray, should the Germans
object to our canned beef7
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15

Those Illinois people who have been
trying to start a fight on the powder
trust viii be apt to wonder how much
Roadway they have made when they
note that Delaware has sent the, head. Of
the trust to the United States senate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15
EROA OTHER PENS
HE'LL DO IT

Now that the Kansas "hoodoo" SEN
atorial succession has been filled, fate
will probably devise a new sensation
for the Sunfiower state, but the great
est surprise would be to have the in
cumbent break the record by filing his
term OF Office with honor to himself
and advantage to his state.-Omaha
Bee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15
RESTLESS UNDER PROSPERITY

Secretary Shaw says that the ArneTi-
can people grow restless under pros
perity. This is a profound observation.
1t explains why 1t is that these years
of unequaled American prosperity have
been years of social unrest. But it is
good thing for a people to become rest
less under prosperity If they were
eOntented with material success they
would become sordid. It is the rest
lessness and the discomfort which lead
to higher and better things. Neverthe-
less Secretary Shaw does well to call
attention the fact that if this restless
ness is carried too far it may undo our
prosperity. wall Street Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15

In answer to an fnquiring correspond
ant the Kansas City star publishes q
list OF the states that have Democratic
governors. Next year the Star intends
to ada Kansas to the list.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15
WHAT IT FEELS LIKE.

The beef trust must feel like kicking
itself all around the stock yards every
time it thinks of the amount it con-
tributed to the Roosevelt campaign
fund.-Washington Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15

Was it the irony OF fate that caused
. number Of Christian Scientists to be
injured by the overturning OF an au-
iomobile az session following the dedi-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15

Three new United States senators
vere made last weekend Utah has a
vacancy coming down tha street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15

Speaking OF philanthropy, did you
ever see anythings more philan-
thropic than the attitude of some of
the coal companies towards certain
poor, struggling railroad Employer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15
WORTH LOoKING MIRO.

Next we will be hearing about the
government proving around trying to
find out what the cheap restaurants
have been putting in the hash.-Wash-
irgfon Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15

on second thought it will be just as
wen for Mr.. Cleveland TO keep out of
the Bryan band wagon He might break
AZ down
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15
HOW ABOUT MURDOCH?

The man Hoch first selected very
much pleased All the prospective can
didates for the United States senator
ship. as it did the boss busters and
most of the old bosses. His accept
ance of the place would simply have
kept a clear and unprejudiced Held, I'M
less. perhaps. in Coburn, Curtis would
have had an advantage. Benson's ap-
pointment Will tend to embarrass both
Scott and Campbell in their senatorial
aspirations, and also Curtis somewhat.
It leaves Bristow unaffected, while the
latter has as many friends in Ottawa,
his old home, as has Benson.-EVichita
Eagle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15

Probably deep down in his soul, or
the place where his soul ought to be
If he hasn't one. Senator Burton is
wondering why the senate didn't throw
him out long ago.-Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15
SAID THINGS ABOUT HIM

The cars ears must have tingisd
as he listened BY telephone to the
speeches made in the douma yesterday.
New York Evening Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15
CONFER STANDS PAT.

Judge Benson did not fool about the
matter long after he concluded to ac-
eept the appointment of United States
senator. He came to Topeka, yester-
day morning, from his home in Ottawa,
and told the governor he would take
the job offered to him and at o'clock
in the evening he took the train to
Washington with his commission in his
pocket and his working clothes done up
in gunny sack ali ready to go to
work as a statesman. Judge Benson
is a mighty good man and there need
be no fear Of his doing anything that
viii cause blush Of shame to come
to the cheek of any Kansan. Judge
Benson is in every way all right, Co
burn is all right, a thousand other men
in Kansas would have been all right
for the place, so far as that goes, but
we VIII stand pat on our original pro-
position, that there was only one man
for Hoeh to appoint-his name is
Stubbs.-Concordia Kansan.
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comm an AthIetes

George J. Gould is a firm believer in
sports. he is not only an expert polo
and tennis player himself, but is deter
mined that his sons shall be athletes.
Years ago Mr.. Gould laid out plans for
the bringing up OF his family. SO sue
cessful have these plans worked out
that his two eldest sons are rated
among the best polo players of the
country The second son, Jay, al
though but II years old, is the cham
pion court tennis player of the United
states, and is now in England, where
he will compete for the championship
Of Great Britain. which is in reality
the worlds championship.
1t was not accident. but design, that
made the two Gould boys sturdy ath-
letes. Neither of them is really robust.
but they have constitutions hardened
by open air exercise. At his country
home, at Lakewood, George ]. Gould
taught his boys how to swim and ride
as soon as they were able to do so in
safety. The best instructors were en-
gagged, and the father set the example
himself
BY the time the eldest boy. kingdom.
was 16, his brother, Jay, being one
year younger, the lads were classed
among the best polo players in the
country. in addition to being expert
cross country riders. With their father
and Benjamin NichoI they appeared
on the polo field and held their own
with the veterans of the game.
The appearance of any prominent
European expert in sports in New
York meant one or more visits to
Lakewood.
Kingdom Could. although older than
his brother. Jay, is not as good a ten
mis- and racquet player as the national
champion, but he is a superior polo
player to his brother. The pair are
about equal at cross country riding.
n arts + taE
Joined by the sister, Marjorie, who is
an expert horsewoman. The other
Gould children are being brought up
on similar lines.-New York Times.
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Camping in the California Mountain

Early one morning we arose to find
fresh deer tracks within a hundred
yards Of camp, and within a quarter of
q mile we found the dead body of a
deer that had been killed by a Califor-
Ma. lion, apparently at some time dur
ing the night. An Inspection of the
country showed that it would be i'm
possible to progress further with the
horses Immediately after breakfast
we took our rifles and started along
the edge Of rocky canyon, the guide
IN the lead We had not gone half
mile when We saw the guide drop be-
hind a rock and commence reckoning
to us. We crouched down and hurried
forward GIancing over the edge of the
rock. we saw, about 300 yards below
us, a herd Of IA bucks. The wind was
blowing from them to us and it was
evident that they had not scented dan
ger. 1t was very long shot, but We
determined to try it and began firing.
The deer stood for a moment trying
to locate the danger, and then began
trailing Off up the canyon. We kept
on firing, even after it was evident that
they were out of .range. The guide sud
denly jumped up. and, announcing his
discrimination to try to head off the
bunch, disappeared among the rocks.
After he had gone the three of us who
remained behind began comparing notes
and came to the conclusion that one of
the deer had been hit, as it had not
gone on with the others.
Having arrived at this conclusion, we
determined to make a descent into the
canyon in the hope of finding it.. Ow-
ing to the steep and rugged nature Of
the country, we were fully half an hour
in getting down to where the deer were
at the time we began firing. Here a
short search showed bloodstains. We
followed these for a short distance and
were startled by a crash in the brush
as deer bounded into sight up the
canyon a hundred feet distant. One
of our party fired and brought it down.
We were now confronted with the pro-
blem of getting that deer out OF the
canyon. We gazed upward. The rocks
down which we had come appeared to
be almost impossible. We cleaned the
deer, however, and made the attempt.
After full hours work. we were COM
PEELED to abandon the deer until we
could go TO camp and return with ropes.
A couple of hours had been consumed
in the canyon. and when we arrived
at the rim we found the guide wait-
ing for Us with the. information that he
| had killed two deer, and that they were
about mile from the point where we
then were. Returning to camp. we pro-
cured ropes and went after the game.
Calvin B. Brown in the June Field
and Stream.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-06-15

There are six candidates, 70 succeed
7. f. Dewey as supreme court reporter
and four of them are from Topeka. To-
peka has 50 many characteristics Of
the pig that it viii finally be investi-
gated by Upton Sinclair and congress.
-AtchisOn Globe