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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-30
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the ChIeago News.

A true man IS always a truthful man.
Also the bunko man loves a shining
mark.
He who has no sense OF humor has
but few friends.
What this world needs Is fewer creeds
and more true charity
A man in trouble always appreciates
a favor-until he gets out.
Many a girl who has money to burn
doesn't seem 10 care for match
Many a man would be glad Of an op-
portunity to decorate the grave Of an
enemy.
He is a mean man who refuses to give
praise where it IS due.
That man never lived who enjoyed
having a vaIser stand around and watch
him eat.
There is one thing in the homely girls
favor; she seldom acquires a reputation
as a firt-
With the exception Of the Smiths.
Jones and Browns there are few fam
lilies as old as the Hills
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-30
FRON OTHER PENS
SUBPOENA DODGING

In his spirited speech on ideals of citi-
zenship the other evening Mr.. Samuel
Alschuler reminded certain elements
that in old English times the man
who tried to escape the process of the
law was declared guilty of outIawry
and had his property conhscated.' 2
Rude were those days, and rude, up
and down logic satisfied the men who
lived in them. We are subtler and
more refined today, and we have pro-
vided by positive law against the TAX
ing of any mans property without due
process of law. The subpoena dOGger
whether artful or clumsy has nothing
to fear so far as his material possessions
are concerned. But men, even of high
finance connections, do not live Dy ma
terial riches alone. They need the re-
spect of the community. They cannot
feel comfortable in a state of moral
outlawry. Yet this is exactly what the
contunacious subpoena dodger Is court
ing. Fierce is the publicity that beats
upon the seats of the mighty in modern
finance and industry and promotion
and dear, bitter is the price those pay
who set the law and public opinion 1T
defiance and venture to display scoln-
full contempt for the moral principles of
society and the spirit Of the institu
lions whose stability and sanctity alone,
as Mr.. Alschuler says, make sheir
wealth and power secure.-Chicago
Herald Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-30
HUMOR OF TIE Day

1.-THE boss insists upon our employing
his son here, and its as much as can do
to keep him idle said the city editor
'Idle2n remarked his friend " 1ou mean
busy, don't you2'
mo. 7 don't. II 7 kept him busy i
would keep three or four other men busy
correcting his mistakes hiladelpnlzA
Press.
Mrs. Upstart IS insufrerably sHobbish,
and she used to be so nicel
We'll you see she jumped from PAYER
ty to riches, and It sprained her mind -
Detroit Free Press
Tambo-say. Bones. tell me dis-whut
makes graft lax charity2
Bones-Dat sholy is er funny one " nut
makes graft LAX charity. I.awd, dunno
Whut does make graft lax charity
Tambo-It kivers er multytude nv sins
Dallas News.
YES. he found a roll Of bills in the
street and gave it TO the man he saw drop
it."
..The roll held nothing It but stage
money. and now they claim he must have
know It all the time.''-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
THAT politician takes great credit to
himself for keeping his promises
IT don't see why he should" answered
Senator Sorghum. anybody can keep 2
promise but it sometimes requires an art
st to break one. w ashington Star
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Liberty, instead. said he, closing bis
watch softly and unstrapping his fielc
glasses And, would you believe It. the
winning sweetness OF his smile took al
the sting out OF his refusal"
Why didn't you strike for himself
Aaudes and cut the Louisville CIR.
out2" came & laughing poser. 'CE
wasn't he looking for a rich wIfe2'
Don't know, I'm sure. was the re-
Spouse. But, anyhow. he's not rich.
Got the information from his chum
coming over-the one who's going TO
take US to the Union League reception
tomorrow. He owns some sort OF a
plantation in kentucky, however. and
people there call him le grand seigneur.
cause he's considered so exclusive It
appears Mr.. Harvey in his aristocratic
poverty had a horror OF the nouveauE
riches" She smiled daintily and gig
gled.
The lights went down; the orchestra
stopped playing. and the curtain went
up on the third act
Presently, having had one glass OF
whisky and soda too much, Hershel
came back. He looked at Alberta
closely with a look before which che
suddenly shrank. Shed seen It focused
ere this on many things-his ausomo-
bile, his diamonds, his horses-but new
ed wholly on herself That glance OF
possession shot through her nerves with
8 sickening humiliation.
You'll loosen the stone in your ring
II you keep turning It round Ike that
said Hershel in a blurred whisper An
that sort Of a diamond amt stumbled
against every day, let me tell you
At the close of the third act although
there was stiu the fourth TO be played,
Alberta turned to her companion
Wen 20, now she said simply But
as he helped her on with her wrap. he
wondered at the strange, soft ilumiuatloz-
Of her face. It was an illumination ne naQ
never seen before-an Illuminated IN
which he knew instinctively he had no
When Hershel, having gotten his hat
and coat Joined her in the I0s-s.y and was
about to call for a cab, one OF the glrl
hands vent out to his ready arm; but the
other deity handed him his ring
I've decided you'd better keep t., she
said calmly while, his fingers CLOSING
tightly about the jewel. Hershel gazea
with anlazement at the strange smile i
explain to you as We Walk-it Ism Iar %
auntie's" She would not suffer his pro---
unity. however brief. in a carriage
Have you gone mad3 he dsnandeQ
putting the baubIe securely in his WalL-er
ssOf all idiOtic nonsensel And oealoess
you're not dressed for walking
ssOh what does a little thing IKE LntL
naatter7's cried she. with almost a cn.ld
fresh icy In her voice Nothing matters
now but the big things" And, gatner-.ss
m her skirts, she added half 70 nerse-l.
With queer little thriIl- I'm going home
to louisville tomorrow s-6Copyrign -s''s
by Beatrix Reade-)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-30
GLOBE SIGHTS.
LFrom the Atchison Globe1
iome women have suspiciousIv

LFrom the Atchison Globe
Some women have suspiciously rosy
There is usually enough humiliation
in all our lives to keep US modest.
When man begins talking about his
wife, 1t is time for them to think ser
iously of a divorce.
When a man makes a failure Of his
life, late popular excuse is to blame
it on the trusts
The first few days after man returns
from trip, ne attracts as much atten-
ton, and is fiattered as much, as a
bride.
When a child excels its father. he is
teased about 1t, but when a child ex-
GELS its mother, it tickles her almost to
death.
It is another sign that you are grow
ing old when you can move about in a
crowd of strangers, and no one turns to
look at you.
When it comes to luck. remember the
old darkey who observed that he
was always the luclliest with the po-
tatoes he heed the most.
A married man had a button off his
vest today, and his attention was called
to it. ITS all right, The replied; It
have it in my pocket, and I will sew it
on tonight after I cook supper"
A traveller recently returned to Atchi-
son. after a long trip. with his suit case
ana trunk covered WIN Foreign Ia bells.
Wen have to soak them of some
day a colored woman at his house said
At the theater Saturday night, in the
performance of The Gingerbread Man, -
Helen Bertram wore light blue tights
although her husband died only two or
three weeks ago. We think she might
have worn black tights. anyway.
II you were compelled to move how
many wagon loads Of furniture would
the neighbors be able to count? When a
family moves In or out, all the women
in the neighborhood can tell exactly
the number Of wagonloads OF furniture
they had
"One charm about him said Har-
per's Weekly lately. in speaking Of a
certain Atohison man. sis the difficulty
Of determining whether he is simple or
compound" The man referred to says:
What does that mean2 7 don't know
whether TO get mad, or be prond"
II. committed an indiscretion yester-
day" an Atchison man said today. @Up
in our neighborho0d there is q little
girl named Annie, and I know her very
well Yesterday I saw Annie las
supposedly across the street. and waved
my hand at her But it wasn't Annie at
all; 1t was a stranger And how that
ten-year-old girl froze me! A grown
woman in a play couldn't have done a
better job OF freezing. ] am looking for
her to apologize
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-30

No class Of people have as great use
for the law as do the rich-the big
corporations. The average poor man
knows little about the law He can
personally look after the little prop
erty he has, and no one molests him
or his He never figures In the courts,
and the lawyers do not get a fee out
Of him once In ten years. The lawyers
would starve If they had to depend on
the average poor man for support.
But the rich man and the big cor
poration expect the law to guard their
property. II they have a strike, ex-
ira police and the militia are called
out to keep their property from de-
struction- Much of the expense of the
civil courts is caused by their litiga-
ton.
One would naturally suppose that
people who expect so much from the
law would be very. obedient to the law,
but it is we'll known that many of the
big corporations. dominated by rich
men, are among the most persistent
violators of law. They have no use
for law except to protect them and
aid them in their schemes. John d.
Rockefeller, the richest man in Amer
lea, has been, until recently, hiding
from the law to keep it from COM
polling him to tell of how he and his
corporations have been violating law.
Commenting on this phase of the
subject, under the heading, 1.-THE Pity
Of It." the Wall Street Journal pub
fishes this editorial:
''The disappearance of John D.
Rockefeller. since the process servers
in the state of MISUNDERSTANDING Oil
company case began to look for him,
has been made the subject Of a multi
tude of humorous paragraphs by the
funny men of the American press.
The disappearance has been treated as
if it We're huge joke. Indeed Mr..
Rockefeler's Cleveland pastor Is
quoted as saying that his success in
eludiug the detectives and reporters of
the country was one OF the most
amusing things he ever heard Of.
ITO the mind of serious people,
however. Mr.. Rockefeller's hiding is
not amusing. but tragic. The fact
that one of the most powerful. and
certainly the richest man in the United
States. is a fugitive from justice is Of
pitiful significance. OF all the men
In America Mr.. Rockefeller ought to
be the easiest for an officer of the law
to approach. It may be that Attorney
General Hadley is a notoriety seeker.
It may be that the state of Missouri
is trying to prosecute the Standard
Oil company. But If so. all that Mr.
Rockefeller had to do was to stand
up and meet the issue presented by
the suit squarely, and there wouldn't
be a fair-minded person IN the United
states who wouldn't support him.
The fact therefore that Mr.. Rookie
Teller runs away can only be accepted
as a confession that something has
been done which wasn't right and
which he and the Standard Oil COM
pany are afraid to have known. And
the fact that representatives of the
courts cannot get at him to serve a
process is an advertisement to the
world that there is a breakdown in
the administration of justice in this
country.
''This is the pity of it,"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-30
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Devere Rafter writes this depart
ment: If I am nominated and elect
ed I will promise to make as good a
county attorney for Jackson county
as has been the present attorney gen
eraI for the state of Kansas" If Mr.
Rafter cannot manufacture a better
promise than that. this department
will have to vote against him in the
jackson county primaries.
After noting how a good many
words are spelled in the Emporia Ga
zette, we are looking for that paper
to join the spelling reform movement
sLy idea OF big job" remarks
Colonel CASTOR, 'is to be called on to
whip a Missourian." Mr.. H. H.
Rogers probably holds the same idea
now.
In prohibition Kansas men who
stand behind a bar should be placed
behind the bars.
We judge Harpers are trying to-
get up another boom for Mark Twains
works. The Brooklyn public library
has barred out e'Huckleberry Finn"
and TON Sawyer"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-30
4 Perfuned Carriage.

Undoubtedly it is pleasant to loll upon
the cushions of a perfuned landau or
coupe; and the owner Of vehicle IS
happy amid the doors of violet and law
ender that come from the sachet bags
90 ms placed around it. But the
baroness Elizabeth Rosen, daughter OF
the Russian ambassador to this country,
has more poetic ideas. She has a charm
ing little coupe and at the sides where
novrder puff, and hairpins. she has two
contrivances which hold water and keep
a handful Of violets fresh and fragrant
It is a delight to step into this carriage:
The baroness is going to have additional
dover stands in the coupe, and, unlike
the girl who had rings on her fingers
and bells on her toes, she Will have per
tune and color wherever she goes
New York Press
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-30
NOBODY KNOWS

Only a kiss on the babyss face.
Only a kiss with a mothers grace.
So simple thing that the sunbeams
laughed,
And the bees ha-hawed from where they
quaffed.
only kiss, but the face was fair
Nobody knew-but mother.
Only word to mothers joy.
Only a word to her parting boy,
And the changing lights on the window
shone
As her boy went out in the world alone.
Only a word from a mother brave.
But nobody knows the love 1t gave
Nobody kned-but mother.
Only a sigh for wayward son,
Only sigh, but a hopeless one,
And the lights burned dimly and shone
with blur
Could a mother condemn? IT'S human to
err
Only a sigh as she took his part;
But nobody knew what it cost her heart
Nobody knew-but mother.
Only sob as the tomb doors close,
Only a sob. but it upward rose,
And the lights in the window flickered
and died,
And with them her hope, her joy her
pride.
Only a sob as she turned away;
But nobody knew as she knelt to pray
Nobody kneW-but mother.
Baltimore Sun.
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in the hands of the people. a public Of
lcial win be extremely careful TO do
his duty and be just what he is elected
to be-a servant or the people.
If the people Of Kansas had the
power of the recall. there are certain
public officials who would be more OBJ
servant CT their duties than they are
at present, else there would be some
new officers before they serve out their
terms. Also If the people Of a city
had the power OF the recall, city Off
Gals would be more observant Of the
wishes of the people OF the city.
The recall is q good thing-as is any
thing that places the control Of affairs
as nearly as possible in the hands of
the people themselves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-30

integrity as well as his Republicanism
has never been questioned, and today
the Republicans of Labette county
have made him their candidate and in
instructing their delegates for him in
the state convention they have placed
their endorsement upon his candidacy
with the same confidence that the
writer would endorse the check Of
John d. Rockefeller confident that
every demand would be fulfilled" But
would Mr.. Cordry endorse a check Of
John D. RockefeIIer's without consid-
cradle hesitation2 That sounds like
one OF these back-handed compliments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-30
81 CIever Imitation.

A certain Cleveland attorney, says the
Cleveland Plain Dealer, has two bright
little children. They are quick at imi-
tation and have a talent for making
up games in which they cleverly bur
lesque their elders A few days ago
their mother found they were playing
doctor" The young child was the
patient. with head wrapped in a towel,
and the older, the physician, with a
silk hat and cane. The mother, unseen
by the little ones, listened at the door
way.
Il feels awfully bad" said the pa
tient
wen fix all that said the doctor.
briskly. -Lemme see your tOngue?"
Out came the tiny red indicator
Hum, hum! coated" said the doctor,
looking very grave indeed.
Then without a word Of warning,
the skilled physician hauled off and
gave the patient smart slap in the
region OF the ribs.
"Ouch!' cried the sufferer.
Feel any pain there?' inquired the
yes" said the patient.
q thought So" said the healer. How
is the other side?"
IT'S all right said the patient. edg-
Thereupon the doctor produced a
small bottle filled with what looked
like either bread or mud pills, and
placed it on the table
Take one of these Pellets" said the
physician, dissolved in water, every
seventeen Manifestation nifty"
How long must 1 take 'em?" groan-
ed tho patient
morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-30
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press.l

From the New OK fress.
Farmers make a lot OF money for
the people who sell what they raise
Every boy needs a good education SO
he can realize how little he knows
No matter how many times you kiss
d nice girl she viii keep on telling you
she won't let you.
a man always thinks he would be
willing to drink less II he had half as
much money as he spends on IT.
A woman calls a man a good hus-
band when he viii blame anything she
does to annoy him on the weather.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-30
INC Gardens SHADY NooIxs.


What to plant in the shady part OF
the garden. or in the garden which Is
all in the shade as is often the case
in the city is a question that perplexes
many. There are few flowers which do
not require sunshine during some part
of the day The most suitable material
for planting in the shady places l.
found in the wild flowers, many OF
which are extremely handsome ana
easily cared for.
The solomon seal, canterbury bells,
naay-apple spiderWort, bleeding
heart. violets and cOIumbines are
among the best wild flowers. Then the
ferns, may be relied upon as the best
shade loving plants we have Our ma
tive Inaiden-hair does well in thorough
" drained situations. And there are
many cultivated flowers which like best
the places where they are protected
from the suns rays. Forget-ne-nots
with their delightful sky-blue flowers
the little lobelias. compact bushes SIX
inches high and the improved variety
of the cardinal flower, known as the
Queen Victoria, are among them. Ihe
latter is an exceptionally fine Howes
for damp, shady places, and its extra
ordinary colOriug makes it attractive
Ara his aIpina is q very pretty annual
flower for early spring, of dwarf ma pil
and white flowers. Ordinarily ths
shady hooks should be Wen drained
end have plenty Of light, rich soil, o.
which leaf mold and sand are gen
erOus parts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-30

The Republicans Of Labetts county
have endorsed Jim Nation for state
auditor. and in speaking Of the en-
dorsement T.. A. Cordry says in the
Parsons sun. Tn j. NJ Nation the
Third district Is giving the Republicans
of the state as a candidate a man who
for four years has been In the state
auditors once and is thoroughly famil-
Ser with the duties Of that onlce. He
g e man whose personal and Official
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-30
rnuson,s ODD watch.

n w Iawsou's $4,000 watch was a
great curiosity with the westerners Ev-
erv morning at $40 it strikes, again It
sf-f,res at $50 and at $50 It makes as
1e1,rf noise as a general fire alarm to
warn its possessor that the stock market
& about to open. At a few minutes pc
fo-e & \. m. lust before the market closes,
+ strikes again Mr.. Watson wears a
,1ni0ue watch chain It goes about his
neck, under his coat and out through a
5,1544or hole in his vest. On every link IS
me figure Of different class Of gypsy,
ana f5he whole chain represents every
known gypsy type.-Ex-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-30

The Emporia Gazette is advocating
that the delegates to the Republican
state convention pay their own railroa
fare instead of riding on passes. Does
the Gazette think the millennium has
arrived2 This question IS asked sim
ply for information.
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PUNISHMENT FOR LYNCHING.

The Chattanooga lynching makes a
case, II ever one can be made, for test
ing the theory of Judge Jones of tie
United States district court of Ala
bama, that the federal government can
be rendered an effective instrument Tor
Furnishing 1ynchers whom state govern
ments viii not suppress or punish. The
revised statutes Of the United States
provide a penalty for those who con-
spire to inJure any person in the ex-
ercise or enjoyment of any right or
privilege secured to him by the Con-
stitution or laws Of the United States
That penalty would seem to have beer.
incurred by all those who took part il
the lynching. OF course, they also com
Tnitted murder and ought 70 be prosecu-
ted and punished for that crime, but
such proceeding would be one for the
state courts, and experience gives little
warrant to expect any serious attempt
by the state to punish members of n obs
who kill negroes. The United States
should, therefore, use all its powers t.
supply the deficiency in the adninistra-
ton Of justice, and, so as not to allow
the lynchers complete immunity. should
fndiet and try them for their violation
Of federal law.-New York Tribune.
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sERIOUs MIsTAKE

The rhetoric teacher at the high
school wrote list of subjects for
essays on the board the other day and
among them was THE Race Cues
ton" One girl misunderstood the
proposition and wrote on race suicide.
Washington Register
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Flowers for the Beginner.


To make his flower garden a con-
tinual delight, the amateur should
study the characteristics Of the flowers
he grows and see that each serves a
purpose. If he loves fragrance,
nocotiana aff1nis. with It's abundant
star shaped white flowers, is excellent,
and fragrant novelty which presents
a striking contrast to this is nocotiana
Sanderae, with deep pink almost red
flowers. These above all are excel
lent for borders, planted in front Of
taller growing shrubs.
For a bed where a mass of yellow is
desired, golden California poppy is use
full. 1t must be sown where it is to
bloom, as it does not transplant we'll.
It's flowers are not adapted for cut
ting. For side and back fences clumps
of single and double hollyhocks in
mass are good. A flower which grows
nearly as high as the holIyhock is rud-
beckia golden glow, which produces a
wealth of golden flowers good for cut
ting. 1t is a good plan to devote the
space in front of one fence to dallas
and cosmos, for these are sure to
please the most fastidious flower low
ers- The cactus and decorative forms
of the dahlias are becoming more and
more popular every year. The tubers
may be stored in the cellar in winter
like potatoes. If there happens to be
a few pompon chrysanthemums, which
are hardy. They will give an effective
display of tiny flowers in the autumn.
The Drumondi phloX are exceedingly
pretty, low growing ANNALS, exceed
ingly Snowy in mass. In warm and
exposed situations they last but a few
weeks in bloom.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-30

"a man dropped fifty feet from the
top story of a Cincinnati building this
week and was not hurt in the least, 30
says the Atlanta Journal. And then by
way Of explanation it adds, "They were
picked pigs feet"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-30

The Marias des Cygnes IS threaten
ing to floods Its valley. If it does
nothing more than threaten nobody
cares. But it has had a habit Of
flooding things without even stopping
10 threaten heretofore.