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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08
ouAKER REFLECTIONs.
IFrom the Philadelphia Record

TFrom the Philadelphia RecordI
Success is doing thing before some one
else does it.
The unexpected generally happens when
it is least expected
Riches have wings, but they are not the
kind that are fashionable in heaven.
The hungry man may make the wellzin
ring, but he much prefers the dinner bell.
The woman who dresses better than her
friends is never very popular with them.
Even in the pursuit of Pleasure we are
sometimes apt to bump up against Trou-
bic.
When girl begins to ask a fellow
about his life insurance the rest ought
Polly Pinktights-'sY can't take a
thing YOU don't get" Fanny Footlights-
How about an encore?'
A popular salutation among Trust mag
mates; Good morning. Have you been
investigated this mornings?
Mr.. Starboarder-" Here, Bridget. take
this hair mattress over to the barber
shop Bridget wat for, SURF" Mr..
Starboarder-''I think It needs a shave"
NeIl-.sMaud seems TO fully realize the
seriousness of getting married. Belle
Eyes. the poor girl is just worried to
death. There are sixteen girls who want
to act as bridesmaids and she cant de-
eide which eight she can best afford to
make enemies of.
Throughout the land
The ice is thin
And doth command
sfFau ini Fan inp'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08
JAYHA WKER JOTS

Rev. Mr.. Cain has moved from Abb
leue to Caldwell and will try to raise
something there.
The Arkansas City Traveller has join
ed the ranks of Kansas papers that
have installed typesetting machines.
Wichita has prohibited the sale of
cigarettes to boys under 16 years of
age. Now we will see how this sort of
prohibition works in Wichita.
A CofeyvilIe preacher has announced
that he will preach on the subject,
Where Is Help" and already 1-eaven-
worth and Wichita are preparing their
alibis.
Franklin county hunters are preoar-
ing to make a thorough hunt of the
vicinity of Princeton and find out for
sure if there are really any tigers Turk
ing around there.
Atchison society note from the Globe:
A very young Atchison girl appeared
at a recent party with her dress cut So
low that when she was dancing the
boys hands touched ner bare back.
Independence is walking c1esty these
days because the Commercial National
bank of that town has became mil
lion dollar bank That is, its deposits
have passed the million dollar marx
George Boyd, who has been a reporter
on the lola Register, has gone TO the
Ottawa Herald. Mr.. Boyd is evidently
hound tn work for the next congress-
man from the Second district on one pa
per or the other.
The story is told that Salina couple
who were lust married were riding on
the train. and so absorbed were they IN
ooh other that the groom handed the
conductor his marriage certheate Wheh
he called for tickets. The conductor
said. This is good for a long, weary
tourney. but not on the Union Pacific.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08
HVMOR OF TIE DAY

See, here" cried the victim, you said
that house was just stones throw from
'.Well?'' Inquired the real estate agent. .
Well the distance is half mile at
Is that all? Time and again I've seen
a blast from a quarry that would throw a
stone upward of mile. Catholic Stand
ard.
Curious idea, this transmigration of
souls souls, said the man who reads profound
Yes answered Miss Cayenne. .1f
thought some human beings I know could
possibly be TRANSPORTED into animals I
shouldn't be nearly as fond of pets us
am. '-Washington Star.
slzrawler-I've seen shippem. the tailor,
going up to your studio every day for a
week. Is he sitting for you?
Dauber--No he's laying for me.-Cleve-
land Leader.
Does. he believe in the survival Of the
'sEfe does"
ON what ground7'
why, he says he's here and that proves
it."-San Francisco Call.
Sometimes said Uncle E5ben. "a man
takes credit fob bein' honest when he's
merely been dom business wifi folks dat
else '-Washington Star.
How about your New Year resolu-
touch it, for fear it'll break in my hands'ss
Atlanta Constitution.
Drummer-Why are all the natives Of
this village out this morning?
Uncle Silas-Why, by heck they heard
an automobile with one of those new caI-
Hope whistles coming down the road ana
thought the circus parade was on fbs
way.-Chicago News.
Grace-They say that Miss Forfvoddo
was named after her aunt Georgiana
tTWenUOlEl-She looks uE.-
named before her aunt Georgiana-Tudre-
when in Rome I do as the Romano
And when in New York;"
Oh. get done just as if I were a NJ
Yorker. Louisville Courier Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08
NE ID 80 KNOWs.

solomon had the name of having
been quite sporty man and yet in his
older age he gave the boys some mighty
good advice, and well guess right here
that good many of those Oriental
young bloods sneered at the idea that
man who had done as Solomon had
should assume to preach morals!
That's the way they do now. If dad
happened to have been a rounder in
his youth, the smart young folks of
today say when he advises them for
their good: HUH Better think about
how you did when you was a boy"
That's what dad is thinking about,
young man, and that was what Solo
mon was thinking of when he wrote
his proverbs Minneapolis Better
Way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08

York and her sister cities of the At
lantic coast have no cause for undue
future They are to remain great
ports of the east, middle north, and
part of the northwest. while the cities
of the gulf, especially New Orleans
and Galveston, viii hold the same re-
latiOn to the western and southern
states. The lines of demarkation have
simply been more clearly drawn, and
the rapid development Of Dixie and
the newer west gives a phenomenal
aspect to what is really natural con-
sequence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08
Sone Icine Charees.


But now that Armour had completed
his monopoly on the fruit trade in var
ious parts of the country this profit did
not satisfy him-big as it was. He
wanted more. and this is the way he got
it: When he made the exclusive con-
tract with the Pere Marquette in 1902,
he found that the railroad was billing
a cost-charge for ice supplied in refrig-
Grating cars. At first the railroad had
iced refrigerator cars and made no addi-
tional charge beyond the freight-rate,
but Is business increased the cost of ice
was added to the bill
In 1902. before Armour came, for ex-
ample, that icing charge from Malta
wan, Michigan, to Duluth, Minnesota,
was $750-the actual cost of the tie
and the service. The next year, after
Armour came, the icing service jumped
to S45-or over 500 per cent. This rep
resented the net profit of monopoly on
a single carload of fruit.
From Paw Paw, Michigan, to Du-
buque, Iowa, the icing charge before
Armour's reign was SO on the average.
After Armour got possession it in
creased to $3.50. To Boston from
Grand Rapids, before Armour, icing
cost $40 a car; after Armour S55. Other
advances, not only in Michigan, but
nearly everywhere else were made in
similar proportions-rarely less than 100
per cent, often 500 per cent.
No monopoly even in this patient
country ever before, perhaps, put on
the screws so suddenly and with such
utter cold bloodedness. Most monop-
olies have the patience of cunning; this
one apparently could not restrain it's
greed for single season.
Do not forget that each one of these
refrigerator cars, constantly rushed by
the iron-system of Armour, was max
ing huge prof1ts-twenty per cent at
least-on mileage. To this they now
added perfectly enormous icing profits.
Ice cost no more after the Armour con-
tract was signed than before. Indeed,
in many cases the railroads continued
to supply the ice exactly as they had
in the past. out of their own ice houses,
but instead of charging the cost to the
shipper they charged it to Armour and
let Armour collect the huge profits of
monopoly.-From Railroads on Trial"
by Ray Stannard Baker in the Febru-
arv McC1ure's.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08
EXCUsE ZOE lie SHORTAGE.

The governor criticises the present
method of keeping the books in the state
treasurer's office. But the same system
worked beautifully and straight for the
last Populist state treasurer on earth.
Both expert accountants easily found
that the plain plug farmer, Uncle Davey
Hefebower had no trouble whatever in
keeping his books straight. Really what
must the common honest voter think
of such an excuse as that from a great
high moral governor, claiming that he
really wants to reform things. It is an
insult to the average intelligence of
Kansas to make such a statement as an
excuse for the shortage. What kind of
books would the governor suggest to
balance up the A. R Brown business P
Smith Center Messenger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08
ANTI-PAss DE- GROWING.

The Pringle anti-pass, two-cent rate
idea is becoming a matter of national
scope. One branch of the Ohio legis-
lature has passed the bill, and it is
thought that the other branch also viii
pass it. Illinois has virtually pledged
its passage, and it is likely to become
a law there this winter. The whole
salers of Chicago endorsed the measure
in their recent convention. In Kansas
a more intelligent understanding of the
question next winter will have made an
imperative demand for it's passage
Usage County Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08
REFLECTIONS or A BAoHEroR.


Itrom The New York Press1
man Is very useful around the bo,Sa
to pay the bills. AAous9
1t is easy to put money in eoo1 4tf-.
the trick is to get It out iAss'
When woman thinks she has g,oa
hgure II is sign she is sure vo,, - -
mire it. s0o a.
Some men think they have qras. --,,,
power to be able to stop snnSlSine WI vi
drinking when they are asleep. ana
When a school teacher tells a rnotbs-
how beautiful her children are vl ~ 80 ~.
never make her believe she isn't a e os1l5
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08
TWO POPULIsT VIEWS.

An honest Republican who is trying
to fight the peoples battles looks just
as good to me as an honest Democrat
or Populist who is doing the same
g.-Independence Times. Here too,
Bro. Young. If you have him concealed
down there, trot him out and let's mix
him with Senator King. Webb McNan,
Edwin Taylor and a lot of other good
the combinatfon.-Afin Minneapolis Better
way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08
Putting Himself on Record.

Observing that the sturdy old man with
the square Jaw. who sat on a front seat,
was a deeply interested listener, the
orator looked him in the eye as ne thun-
dered forth this QUESTION
Tell me. Oppressed toiler who is it that
builds these great skyscrapers, these
monster ships. these palace cars-Who is
If that LAYS these railway tracks. these
miles and miles of street pavements-'
Not me interrupted the sturdy old
man. apparentiy determined to get out
from under the imputation, 4 m in the
broo4neorn business. and I live in Indian
apoIIs Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08

Ed Murphy, Of Leavenworth. accord
ing to the Post, has received an invita-
ton to the t-Longworth we'd
ding. And Mr.. Murphy is one of the
few dyed-in-the-wool Democrats of
Kansas. too.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08
KANSAS cOMAENT


Tom Kelly is popularity credited with
making Ed Hoch governor Of Kansas
and now has his reward. His resigna-
ton has been returned to him. No one
ever really believed that Governor
Hoch would prosecute KelIy.-Concor-
dia. Blade
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08
NOT That WAY

Senator Burtons little step in the SEN
ate not long ago cost Uncle Sam a cool
thousand. How many of us would step
for a thousand. but if we did we would
not want the same halo around our
head that has followed him for the past
two years.-Phillfpsburg Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08

Odeu says that he won't criticize the
governor at this time for family rea-
sons. The Newburg statesman must be
more sensitive than he used to be, even
as short a time ago as the last national
campaign.-NeW York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

LFrom the Chicago News1
A woman makes rival happv bv s-,-,,-
ing her - envy
oh, so different. Dut'
A lazy mans idea of success = =.
unable to md work. 70 os
Some monkeys have long tails 40 49,.
others smoke cigarettes. sia1 sums
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08
The Languaee of Cards.

my queen!' cried the enraptured
swain, pressing her to his heart.
Jack, my own Jacki" murmured the
maiden.
lone, two, three chimed the clock.
Diamonds are lusterless beside your
eyes" whispered the lover.
They are all yours, my king!" came
the cooling response.
'sFour!'' said a bass voice on the floor
above.
A flush crimsoned the maiden's cheek
as, six. seven, eight, nine, ten she
counted the kisses straight.
Il wish I had a club said the bass
voice on the stairs.
parlor door opened. And as he cleared
the garden gate old Tray, following his
lead came within an ace Of his calf
New YORK Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08
JOURNAL ENTRIES
a. R. BROWN. !"

We wonder where he is tonight;
Pray tell US where he be;
Wed like to have his autograph
This man Of mystery.
We miss him more as days go by,
And yet he not returns;
His absence causes saddeSt grief;
For him our heart still yearns.
Among the missing in the books,
His name is jotted down,
Along with that of Charlie Ross
This mystic "A. R. Brown"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08

Perhaps Count Boni was so de-
sirous of being classed with Ameri-
can milliOnaires that he thought the
proper thing to do was to act like
some of those who have been most in
the public eye recentIy-Corey.
Yerkes. Leeds, ct AL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08

Jacob Riis says he would like to see
Mr. Roosevelt mayor of New York. So
would the railroads. He wouldn't be
able to make them so much trouble as
mayor of New York
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08

The man with four daughters who
will soon be candidates for matrimony
sincerely hopes Miss Roosevelt is not
establishing a precedent with her S11 900
wedding outfit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08
ERON OTTER PENS
A GOOD REASON.

New York delegates to the national
insurance convention did not vote, pro-
badly for the same good reason that
the boy did not deliver a lengthy adj
dress when caught stealing the jam
Los Angeles Express.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08
MURPHY IS SKEERED.

ing a desire to climb on the Hearst band
wagon, which so nearly ran over him
last fall. He does not want to take
chances of that kind again.-New York
Tribune
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08


1t looks very much as though Count
Boni Is about to lose his job as Anna
GOuld's husband.
Success frequently consists. in beat
ing the other fellow to it
Some individual from Pueblo is
building an electric line in Salina-on
paper. Enough electric lines have
been laid in Kansas in the past ten
years in that way to girdle the globe.
We have eight or ten paper lines in
active operation between Topeka and
Kansas City.
Very likely young Mr.. Rockefeller
became a Sunday school teacher be-
cause he knows about the law and the
profits.
We can not help wondering how the
sultan of SUlu viii take il when he re-
ceives his invitation to Miss ROose-
velt's wedding; and if he will pine
away over the tender memories of last
September when she turned him down,
or brace up like a man and send her
the finest wedding present in Sulu.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08

still Anna Gould Rhew1or ought to
have known-what she was buying
when she got Boni, so sympathy win
not be as great for her as it would be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08

It is estimated there are 1000 former
Kansans in New York city, which seems
to account for the great progress New
York has been making in recent years.
Kansas City Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08

Mrs. Sarah Plat Decker. assures US
that it is no longer a disgrace to be
an old maid. OF course not. But
most of the women folks seem to be
averse to the idea just the same.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08
FIRFMEN HEROES.

Hero hunters should find plenty of
material among the fremen in any
American city though not entitled to
fund medals. They are generally mod
est fellows. not anxious for publicity or
medals.-Pittsburg Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08

Just Is minutes were required for the
Introduction of 166 bills in the house
They were pension bills. In some other
respects the house has manifested no
especial haste.-Philadelphi Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08

Now we learn that the servian con-
gress is called the skuptschina. We
suppose a Servian congressman is there
fore called a skupts-chinaman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08
USING OUR RESOURCES.

There is undoubtedly room upon the
earth for all its people if they use its
resources prudently, but not if they use
them as we have been using ours.-Chi-
cago Inter-Ocean.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08

John d. Rockefeller has some things
to be thankful for at least. Miss Tar
bell says she does not expect to write
anythIng more about him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08

1t is pretty safe to predict that the
railroad rate bill viii not be rai1roaded
through at a rapid rate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08
A P9rTADETPHTA WARMING

It still is necessary for good men to
keep a close watch on things. bad men
have not ceased to masquerade in the
name of Philadelphia
Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08
PROUD MIssOO.

In the fight for righteousness, Mis-
souri's name leads all the resist.
Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08

Strange as it may seem, when a man
gets on his skates at this time of year
st does not necessarily mean that he has
quit the water wagon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08

Anyway Victor Murdoch spoke the
sentiments OF Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08

They call it pleasure juice" in
Texas. instead of the Kansas name,
''bugjooce."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08

The Foraker -AIdrich Kean Elkins
combine win introduce its rate regula-
ton bill on February Is. For short, it
win be called the FAKE bill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08

The coal strike looks pretty black
60 people who have neither cobs nor
natural gas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08
UNDERSTOOD.

Miss Spreckels is described as pro-
spective heiress to $20,000.000 tall and
handsome The word handsome" is
pure rplusage.-Chicago Evening Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08

Tt is to be hoped that the tiger which
Is reported at large in Franklin county
is not a blind tiger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08

If Webb McNan is elected superin-
tendent Of insurance again there will be
several good road agent jobs to be
hlled. Webb won't wait for any legis-
lative committees to do the investigat-
1ng-he will do it himself, and ind out
just what the companies are doing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08

Premier Witte has shown the reac-
tionaries that it is not impossible to
hold on by his eyelids.-Baltimore Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08
WOITLD 70 MIZNERs.

It pays to be good to women who
are lonely, thinks Wilson Miner. who
married Mrs. Charles T. Yerkes and
s.. 500. 900. Any other women who are
lonely and have this amount of mon
ey need only mention the fact There
are many men who would be Miners
Los Angeles Express.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08

Merely to keep the record straight we
desire to call attention to the fact that
Colonel Mann and Justice Deuel. are
technically the plaintiffs in the case
New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08

BY the way, what has become of
one William Ellis Corey?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08

InCl0enLaIW Inc heDUDIICaI IlsUT-
gents" at Washington might get a
pointer or two from Aguinaldo, who still
remembers a good many things about
the fnsurgent MISUNDERSTANDING
News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08

When that Eighth district convention
meets to nominate Congressman Muir
dock next month it ought to enthuse to
the limit just over the way Vic ran over
the congressional bosses and spoke his
piece for Kansas whether the bosses
proposed to allow it or not. And. incl
dentally, he came nearer really repre-
senting Kansas than any other man
Kansas has in congress.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-08
a WISE MANS LIMITATIONS.

lie could tell you just the distance
From dim Neptune to the sun;
he could name YOU every battle
That great Caesar ever won;
lie could tell you just how many
" arriors helped to humble Troy;
he had taken all the prizes
As scholar when boy.
He could point out Ursa Major
And he knew a lot of things
Ihar the public had not dreamed of
With regard to Saturn's rings;
lie could reel off Homer's epochs
BY the canto or the yard,
But he couldn't stop an infant
When it got to bowling hard
lie could also translate Plato
he knew Shakespeare through and
through
People marveled at the many
And the great things which he knew;
He had old man Euclid beaten
From the center to both ends,
But he never could remember
The names even of his friends
He was certainly a wonder,
As has here been pointed out;
There were few things of importance
That he didn't know about;
On, his brow was tall and bulging
And he had the students stOOp.
But he couldn't keep his whiskers
When he ate from leaking soup.
5. E. Kiser in Chicago Record-Herald.