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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10
JOURNAL ENTRIES


Vacation season is approaching when
everybody goes away from home to at
tend some sort Of a convention.
Topeka seems to be regarded as a
good thing by almost ali the amuse-
Lnent aggregations on the road except
tne good ones controlled by the theater
It may be all right to sell lettuce
BY the pound, but It is hard for the old
settler to become accustomed to buying
it that way.
Webb City. a new conner in the West
ern Association seems likely to give
the old timers run for their money.
The rate at which new houses are
being erected in Topeka. indicates that
Col Radges will be compelled to add a
number Of new pages to his next issue
Of the city directory.
Have the citizens Of Topeka ever
stopped to think how singularIy free
from grea3 disasters the city has been
through the more than half century
Of It's existence2 No earthquakes, no
cyclones, and no great fires. Our worst
visitation was the flood and that en-
tailed little loss Of life. Freedom from
confiagration probably is due largely
to the wide streets as well as the ex-
cellent fire service.
If the city railway be granted the
right to haul freight over the streets,
probably they viii next ask permission
to locate a depot and sidetracks on
Kansas avenue.
The old settler dropped in this week
to say that in 1865 we had snow on
May 10 and IN 1877 a killing frost on
June I.
-
rVoralro Sc r., ~, ~,,---,-,t,.f ~ =. -
fact that It is promised that the wood
en- poles along the business streets will
soon go to join the long since departed
wooden awnings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10
Struck the wrong Crowd.

WHATS the matter with Chicago!''
exclaimed the after-dinner orator
Instead of the enthusiastic, ooh
she's all right which he expected
however, these were the responses:
1.-The new postoffice."
''The river tunnels."
mayor Dunnei'
''Hoodlumsl"
''Holdup men!
"Crime!"
Smoke nuisancev'
''The North Side cablei"
1.-THE First ward!"
'T. NJ. o."
All of which so fustered the orator
that his speech died then and there
Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10
HVMOR OF THE DRY

Excuse me-" said the old lady with
eyeglasses In the art gallery but haven't
you got any more dggers in marble 7'f
-. 4nese are ALL madam" replied the no
4ite attendant Is there any particular
one you are looking for?''
les, wanted to see the statue of lin
itations my husband was telling re
ABOUT Milwaukee Sentinel
It's great thing to be single"
We bachelors realize that
But not as a married man does. -
Minneapolis Tribune.
Tell me about Carlos nancee
We'll mentally, she is Charming
And physically?s'
Final O''s Ia Nota
She is going to marry him to reform
Why, don't she reform him frst?''
married, hen."-Chicago Journal.
Lawyer-Has there ever been anv in
sanity in your family?
Witness-Well-er-I have q daughter
VINO Tilted a plumber and ran off with
Mrs. swelldom-so she decided against
Mrs. Upperton-Yes. she said she didn't
want 70 bring disgrace on her darling lit
tie Fido.-Puck. ms ~
Yes. remarked the professor. Il rath-
other hypothesis % an
Indeed. replied Mrs. cumrox. little
oouotiulIy had an idea they were
quite extinct Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10
THE CONSULAR SERVICE.

There has been considerable agita-
ton for a number Of years, and it is
now becoming extremely prevalent, for
the improvement Of the consular ser
vice of the United States It is al
legged that the commerce of this coun-
try suffers because our consular agents
are not as capable as those Of other
countries; that politics has too much
to do with their appointment. and that
the salaries paid are not sufficient to
send the best men
This agitation has now reached the
point where there will doubtless be an
improveme nt. The civil service idea
is entering into the appointment and
promotion of men IN the consular
service, and a few years hence will
probably see men in important consul
lar posts who have been trained for
the work.
Kansas is furnishing excellent ma
terial for filing at least one such post.
Mr. Charles C. Eberhardt, one Of the
famous Eberhardt brothers of Salina,
who has been vice consul at the City
of Mexico for three or four years, has
been advanced to the consulate at Iqui-
tos, Peru For the past six months,
since the death of Consul General Par
sons, Mr.. Eberhardt has been acting
consul general at Mexico, one Of the
most important posts in the entire
consular service because Of our init
mate commercial relations with Mexi-
co. He is an extremely capable young
man. and if the United States govern
ment can secure more like him there
viii be less complaint concerning the
inehciency OF our consular service.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10
A Happy Thought.

A well-known Boston writer tells.
with glee. of a neat sally on the part of
his nine-year-old son. who IS a pupil
in a private school at the Hub.
Apropos of something or other, the
teacher had quoted the line, In The
bright lexicon Of youth there's no such
word as fail
and politely made known his desire to
offer an observation with reference to
the maxim.
TT occurs to me, SIR said he. that If
such be the case, it might be advisable
to bring the omission to the attention
of the publishers of the lexicon. liar
per's Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10
Making Artificial Ice Cream.

when Prof. Stillman of Stevens IN
stitute gave a dinner to two friends. at
which most of the viands were made
artifcially by chemical MEANS" writes
Lawrence Perry in Technical World
Magazine for June. ''he had small idea
of the furore his efforts would produce.
But he has received hundreds of letters
asking how different dishes were pro-
duced-so many that he has not had
time to answer many of them.
The chemical processes which he
employed were some Of them simple
and some quite complicated. To make
vanilla ice cream by artificial means,
for instance. the alchemist took some
triple refined cottonseed oil, placed it
in centrifugal machine which revolv-
ed at a velocity of 1900 revolutions a
minute. A beautiful emulsion was
thereby produced, which was then fro
zen, chemically, Of course. The flavor
was obtained by the addition of vanflin,
gluein, and nitro-benzol They say
that ice cream composed as above Is
sold in many southern states where
cottonseed oil is more plentiful and con-
sequently cheaper than milk or cream.
1t is far from harmful, tastes good.
and does not melt as quickly as the
genuine ice
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10

According to the Solomon Tribune,
whenever brick building is erected
in Solomon the railroad companies
make more out of it than the brick
layers, carpenters, lumber dealers and
all others combined. The first three
car loads OF brick for the new McCuI-
Tough building are now on the grounds.
The freight charges on this brick were
IS more than the brick cost f. O. b. at
Comeyville. If there is a man in Dick
inson county who thinks that the rail-
roads do not need some kind Of regu-
lat1on let him stand up and be count
ed" But does Solomon have to ship
its brick all the way from Coneyville2
why doesn't it buy nearer home?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10
stories of the Nforos.

The Moros are of an order much
lower than that of any class of human
beings in the United States, writes
Lloyd Buchanan of the United States
army in the May Worlds Work. I'm
speakably filthy in their habits, treach-
erous and cruel, they compare neither
with the Indians nor with the south
ern negroes. They are ignorant and
superstitious. About a year ago q
force, under the strong chief Hatai.
surrendered to General Wood a ire
mendous position on Bud Kausukan
without firing shot, and gave up all
their priceless rifles, because the night
before navy torpedo boat destroyer
had flashed its searchlights on the
Notifications from the sea, and the
terrified defenders imagined that
Providence had been drawn into al
lance with their enemies. AS war
riors, the Moros are fanatics, but, for
all that. there is. magnihcence in their
disdain of death. The lonely "jura-
mentadO," who takes an oath. shaves
his beard. binds his limbs, and goes to
kill and to be killed. is a type of the
animating spirit of the race. I have
known such a one thoughtfully to btde
his time in walled city, whence
escape was impossible, and when the
tit hour had come. to whip out his
weapon, and seek only to strike a
A4AOA l1l U4OW DCAOIe the Il6ICil6SS IlDSS
about brought him death. One, by a
camp, peddling fruit cut a soldier
down with a broken spear head, was
shot to the ground, staggered to his
feet, struck once more, was shot down
again, rose a second time, and was
then stopped only by a rife bullet
through his brain. Another charged
to his death, single handed, with his
spear and knife. on a company of reg
ular infantry sitting in line with their
loaded rifles across their knees. The
same wild spirit animates the Moros
In fight. At Pang Pang, where the
destruction was very heavy, after the
walls had been scaled by our troops,
and the works were at the mercy of
our arms. time and again the fire was
stopped, and the defenders were i'm
plored to surrender that their lives
might be spared But pity was scorned
with volley and a rush of cleaning
knives. From the very Valley of Shad-
Ow always came back the stubborn re-
ply, I'VE are not q race that surrend-
ers!" I do not think that anything
much finer or much more impOssi bic
to deal with ever came before any
army in the world. When a Jolo
Moro goes into his Gotta. he goes there
to fight to a finish. He scorns sur
render. He becomes human tiger.
He will cut you down while you seek
to dress his wounds. He battles with
the fury of a mailman, and. if you
fight with him, the only salvation for
your life is the taking of his. It is
a grievous pity that this is so. But
it is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10

The real estate men and the rail-
roads report a great rush of homeseek-
ers for western Kansas land. It Is but
history repeating itself. There have
been several such movements before.
On previous occasions there have come
droughts. grasshoppers or adversely in
some other form by which many have
been driven back. Always there were
those who stayed. Each succeeding
forward movement has extended fur
Their west than its predecessor ana the
rain belt has advanced correspond
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10
PoINTED PARAcRAPHs.
fFrom the chicago News. ]

= lOIII tLlo OIIICdL5U NEWS.
Common sense Is none too common.
Gardeners ought to know when 1t is
bedtime.
Explaining gets to be a. chronic habit
with some people
A society bud hopes she win never
bloom as a wall flower.
Many pleasant lawyer is compelled
to do the cross-duestion act.
Never judge the contents Of a wo-
mans head by the size OF her hat
Time is money-and that is the only
kind a miser is willing to spend.
II you get all your knowledge out of
books you might as well leave It there
Only a strong-mfnded woman can
preserve fruit and her temper stimuli
taneously.
A woman doesn't expect her hus-
band to save money, but she expects
him to earn a sufdciency thereof
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10
Reading Biographies as a Stimulus.


We cannot help living in some degree
the lives of heroes who are constantly
in our minds. Our characters are con-
stantly being modified. shaped, and
nodded by the suggestions which are
thus held.
The most helpful life stories for the
average youth are not the meteoric
ones. the unaccountable ones, the aston
ishing ones like those of Napoleon,
Oliver, Cromwell and julius Caesar.
The great stars of the race dazzle
most boys. They admire, but they do
not feel that they can initiate them.
They like to read their lives but they
do not get the helpfulness and the en-
coura cement from them that they do
from reading the lives of those who
have not startled the world so much.
It is the triumph of the ordinary abiI-
ity which is most helpful as an inspira-
ton and encouragement. The life Of
Lincoln has been infinitely greater in
spiration to the world than the life Of
Napoleon or that of Julius Caesar
Success Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10
REFLECTIONS or a BACHELOR
From the New york Press1

n IvIu tIIe INVW IOIk TESS
It's no use to deny that a dimpIe
tastes the sweetest OF all.
It's queer what awful small hats fit
people with swelled heads.
It makes man pretty cross to nave
his wife act as if he had a good temper.
The louder man hollers about not
being willing to work for anybody but
himself the smaller the salary he could
earn.
Maybe babies would learn totaIl1 much
earlier than they do-if they had a real
language talked to them by the women
folk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10
FRON OTHER PENS
"As OTHERs SEE US"

"AS OTHERS SEE US.
The fact that stands out conspicuous
in the Kansas Republican convention
is that the whole party in that state
takes advanced ground in line with
the leadership of President Roosevelt.
The proceedings Of the convention re-
fleet the rivalries of aspiring local
leaders and of we'll defined factions
but the success of any one leader or
set of leaders or of one faction over
another in nowise involved the posi-
ton of the party on vital issues or its
sympathy with and loyalty TO the
president, the general endorsement OF
whose policy could not have been
stronger. The platform It will be
noted concludes with this separate
and particular declaration: I'VE espe-
cialIy approve his demands for the
regulation of railway rates and com
mend our senator and representatives
in. congress for their support Of this
policy"
The Kansas Republicans are able to
do more than certify in mere words,
however unqualified and strong, their
alignment with aggressive national
leadership, for they specify their own
record in harmony Herewith In state
grapple with monopoly and corpora
ton abuses. In the last legislature
they were really first among the
states to strike effectively at the
tyranny of the Standard OIL company,
and the series of laws aimed at its
wrongs and involving accessory rail-
road abuses have becomes, as the plat
form justly asserts, models for other
states besides encouraging them to re-
volt for their own protection.
The platform under all the circum-
stances Of its adoption. constitutes an
expression significant OF the spirit Of
the people steadily rising against un-
due CORPORATION influence in govern
ment, and indicate the line on which
public policy. both in state and in ma
ton. is bound irresistibly to proceed
0rDa ha Rec
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10
LONG DIsTANcE scoLDING.

The twenty-flVe RUSSIAN authors
who recently issued a fierce manifesto
against American interference with
the private affairs Of Gorky" and his
Russian travelling companion must be
satisfied by this time that Americans
are too intent on their own private
affairs and too well satisfied that they
know best what they are willing to
tolerate to be disturbed by such long
distance scolding. They apparently
expected the president and congress
to send an apology-Chicago Chron-
fcIe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10

Bayonne. N J.. proposes to place
women on the police force WIN this
naoessitate learning to drink. smoke
and sleep Standing on the part Of those
SECURING positions?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10

How wiz the Democrats Of Kansas
get together on the liquor question?
The state convention IN its platform
declared specifically for enforcement
OF the DrotibitOry law and now a
Democrat has been elected mayor of
Kansas City. kan. on platform de-
clari1g opposition 10 the enforcement
OF that same law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10

The supreme court Of Colorado has
Femanded q number Of cases for retrial
because the lower court made no al
1owance for the fact that the convicted
man was drunk when ne committed
the crime for which he was sentenced
% be hanged. Liquor may influence q
mans actions but it Is doubted that It
ehsnges q mans nature. It usually
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10

The Democrats Of the First Congress
Aional district probably could not have
done better than they did when they
dominated Horace schaefTer. He has
&he reputation Of being q clean, square
man, has resided in his home county
more than a quarter OF a century and
has been a consistent Democrat all the
way through.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10

The per capita circulation Ct money
in tlla United States is placed at $50. %
That some people have not their share
may be due 10 themselves or If may be
due to the booksellers and their class
TTyO men can't have the same dollar at
e11s same time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10

II M H H Rodgers. OF the Stand
axd OIL company. docs not care to
handy words with the president there
aFe probably several other gentlemen
willing to accommodate him II he
cares TO enter into a discussion of the
eaEaeLd report.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10

Dawson. the metropolis of the K1on-
dixie, Is TO have a railroad The Cana
dian government has made provision
Tor building a line extending so miles
TO the nDrthward- We may be nearer
20 attaining the north pole than We
aIair.l-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10

The wonderful hold which President
John Mitchell has upon the coal min
ers again has been exemplihed by their
returning 10 the mines at the old scale
Of wages on his advice, after exhibiting
evidence Of an almost unanimous dis
position to strike
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10

Senatorial trusts are the latest. One
has been found in Montana by which
Cia-k turns his of1ce oyer TO Heinze
syhen his term expires and the combine
~vTlu be able 10 FIX It's own price on
voseg. There is a rumor that a trust
On somewhat similar lines exists in
100
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10

II Is pretty tough on some Of the
randida4es on the Republican ticket
uhen one considers that their election
b being opposed by some people who
uported Tom Kelly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10

1gebrasl<a's big beet sugar plant has
gone into the hands OF a receiver. The
fault Is not laid at the door Of the
trust or the tariff but Is attributed to
the failure Of the beet crop. Absolute
certainty IN croDs can only come with
irrigation ana in a dry climate. Too
much water and water at the wrong
tins IS as destructive as a drought.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10

Tho Sultan Of Turkey is again able
&c make an addition to his choice, and
varNad collection Of u1timatuna. Eng
lana has sent him the first of the
cnFTeNt years output. II he should
sonlat1Ens decide TO frame and hang
4fsm all probably st would be found
neceEaarx 70 build an addition to the
Dalace.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10
BRING IN YOUR BONDS.

There are lots Of careless people in
the World-careless even to the point
of overlooking or neglecting a clear op-
portunity to make some money without
any effort. Back in 1901 the Union Pa
cific Railroad company created an is
sue Of $100 600, 600 Of 4 per cent bonds
convertible at par into common stock
up to May l of this year. and there
after redeemable at 1924. That date
has passed, and the common stock IS
still selling in the market at A or more
points above par, and has lately been
up as high as $50. Nevertheless, ST.
200 900 of the convertible bonds are still
outstanding. although the company S
management has advertised the terms
of the issue and has mailed to every
bondholder a registered letter calling
attention to the situation. Thus a con-
siderable holding of the bonds misses
the chance to clean up $500 or there
abouts on every $10O of bonds, and the
company will gain nearly $500, 900 from
their carelessness or ignorance
Springfield Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10

The ghost OF Hearst is stalking in
zEassachusetts and causing alarm in
tbs ranks OF the conservative Demo-
Gratis as wei as in the office Of the
Springfield Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10
THE HoLD-UP POLICY.

The house may be holding up the
pure food bill under the impression
that 1t is in that way getting even
with the senate for holding up the
Philippine tariff, free alcohol and rail-
road rate measures. The element that
does not get even is composed of the
people who need the relief OF those
measures Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10

It Is stated in Washington that Mr..
Roosevelt's ambition IS to enter the
cabinet of the next president-''if the
election goes right" But could he be a
secretary and obey his own muzzling
order for a single day York
Evening Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10
KANSAS COMNENT
THEsE sILENr MEN.


You can't ever tell anything about
these silent men. They think and think
and think and then do something which
surprises everybody. David r. Null
yanes the Republican national commit
teeman, and one of Topeka's richest
men, was. an old bachelor, and aremark-
ably silent man. He thought and
thought and thought, and then on Sat
urday last married a rich New York
widow. The rich widows are becoming
more popular. and the handsome To-
peka bachelor wasn't thinking about
moonlight and young girls and loves
young dream when he was silent; he
was regarding the marriage question
seriously, and the result was a rich
widow. Mr.. Mulvane is a fine fellow;
the kind of man any woman would
give great deal to get. He had known
ms bride only short time ana they
were married on a half hours notice.
Mr.. Mulvane did his thinking to some
purpose.-Atchison Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10

5 lA-nanta has butted in ahead OF To
zs8za and IS planning an exposition TO
30 held In 1870 IT IS time for the semi
-enaanulaI cormnittse 70 get busy.
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ingly. Let US hope that the limit has
been reached and that those who are
now going out viii have no occasion
to run back.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10

The Standard OIL company has an
nounced that it is preparing a state
ment denying the allegations Of Com
missioner Garfield When that is made
public II ought to settle the whole
matter IN the opinion of the Standard
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10

! It uzEhk b a good plan to have Mr..
HazRaad investigate the pending railroad
sate legislation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10

EVhether hunting bear or the Octopus
ne president usually returns with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-10

serves to bring his true bent to the
front and gives him courage to act up
A.
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sPRING AND 49, INFINITE.

There is something in the springtime
that makes one think of Deity. God
and nature are so closely allied that the
workings of nature are but manifesto
tons of the Infinite. The unfolding OF
the bud to blossom, the leaf, the slender
prout pushing up through the moist
earth, the grass, the grain, the garden,
the orchard, all springing to life and
activity by a mystic touch we see and
feel yet do not understand, is wonder
full manifestation to a thinking mind.
From the minutest atom in animal life
to the worlds and systems OF worlds of
the universe there Is an unerring law
of nature, inexplicable. Infinite. 1t is
not by chance.-Sedgwick Paragraph.