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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-22
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
rrrom tie Phlladelpi1ia Record !

Iron the Philadelphia Record.l
The less man has to do the worse he
does it.
The breath Of suspicions is generally
t1nctured with cloves.
It's the things we don't have that worry
US most, especially money
We don't always have to marry in haste
in order to repent at leisure
Wigg-'fShe says he's the apple Of her
eyes" Wagg-''Wel he's certainly seedy.'
The Gait have nine lives The Cow
oh. don't die every time Z kick the
bucket. either"
Nell-'.She wears a pompadour. doesn't
sheT' Belle-'XeS, but she plays the pia-
no with a bang.
We never know whom to trust Pms
have their good points and yet they ars
apt to stick you.
It IS true that no man could spin a web
like a spider, but it IS equally true that
no spider could spin top like a hoy.
Blobbs-'15 He's the most unlucxy fellow
know. He has just had his watch stolen Z,
Siobbs-.sOhs lots OF fellows have had their
watches stolen 6lobbs- Xes. but not
under fl1eh distressing circumstance. Ia
was Just going e pawn t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-22
JOURNAL ENTRIES

"Is La Toilette an American or Rus
sian % asks the Leavenworth Post
Well, if it viii help any towards the
answer we might suggest that he IS
a-rushin some United States senator's
pretty hard to explain things to their
constituents.
=
This department does not wish to be
captious, as Uncle John Seaton would
say, but if the gentleman who daily in
terviews himself as THE Circuit Rid
err in the Kansas City Star, would oe-
casionaIIy interview somebody in Kan
sas on Kansas conditions, his stuff
would be fully as interesting.
y y
BY reading both the Republican and
Democratic exchanges we discover that
the Harris campaign IS fizzling out
while Governor Hoch is growing weak
er every day. Must look good for
Keefer.
When man has the office itch it
may be just as well to scratch him on
election day.
There is this about it: If things had
happened otherwise Senator Burton
might feel called upon now to travel
around over the state and explain why
he voted against the La Toilette
amendments.
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decisions About the irish.

Cork is far more Irish than Dublin.
Here 1 feel am beginning to get a fore
taste of the real thing A foretaste rather
fnan anything more actual, because Cork
~ too busy and prosperous to be wholly
typical Of Ireland. Incidentally I am be-
ginning to doubt whether that phrase
typical of Ireland" may not conceal a
pitfall- A visitor in a strange country is
apt TO be almost morbid1y on the lookout
what will fit in with his Dreconceived no
uons.i Every one has felt this temptation.
You land with an assortment of expecta-
tons to what you are going to see, e,c-
peetatfons derived from readjne. seeing
plays, listening to previous travellers. and
generally assimilating such knowledge OF
the subject as is common property in your
helghborhood You see something that
corresponds with these conceptions and
you at once exclain: How TYPICAL So
fdr from being typical. it may be and
most likely is a distortionj or exaggeration
or earfcature. This is peculiarly the case
IN ireland, for Ireland is the most written
about ana the least understood, the most
fravestied and the least known of all Eu-
roFean Ct ntries. If a grinning. blue
enter my Room at this moment, brandish-
Ing a shillelagh and muttering 'sBegorra''
or Acushla" or something of that sort,
should lnstlnctlvely murnur. How
such q creature from one end of ireland
to the other. And even if, this mythical
being did actually exist, I do not know
that it would be right to describe him as
typical. There are in ireland so many Ire
isf1adS and each seems so abnormal, so
wholly beyend the range of ones Ordf-
nary experience, that the most eock-sur4
tourist is obliged to pause before saying
that this or that is a bit of the veritable
ireland. When you hear priests of forty
years standing. peasanf-born themselves,
and spending their whole life in the in
nermost confidence OF the people, confess
ing that the Irish are as much a mystery
to them as ever, it makes you abstemi-
Gus of ready congratulations and rushing
nfer,ences.-Sydney Brooks in Harper 8
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Drinkers Logic.

Russell Sage was very mucn opposed
to drinking He would often rail with
homeIy and humorous wisdom against
drink
Men drink" he said one day to
broker, because they are happy. be-
cause they are sad, because they are
too warm, because they are too cold.
Is there any logic in that?
when I see men drinking. think OF
a little boy at the seashOre.
This little boy, at play with his
bucket and shovel in the sand, sudden
~ ran to the edge of an advancing
wave and, scooping up a handful Of
salt water and foam, drank 1t greedily.
oh, don't drink thatl' said his
nurse Tt will make you thirsty
What If it does2 said he, there's
plenty more
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-22
the WIND UP OF THE SEASON.

THE WIND UP OF THE SEASON.
The leaves are thinning on the bough,
And one By one are falling.
The birds are speeding southwark now
And mate 10 mate is calling.
Dan Cupid hurries, full OF hope,
Ills neshea cOiling. throwing
NO pIainsman ever swung a rope
With half the skill he's showing
The Lariat Of Love is spun
OF silken threads enduring.
And ere they sense it. two are one
In bonds that are alluring.
Wise Cupid, warned of autumn's change,
Now hastens, with good reason,
The roundup on the Eros Range
The WiIld-uD of the season
Earle Hooker Eaton in Harper's Week
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A Baltimore man tells of attending a
church on one occasion when the min
lister delivered a sermon of but ten
minutes DURATION most unusual
thing for him.
Upon the conclusion of his remarks,
the minister had added Il regret to
inform YOU, brethren. that my dog
who appears to be particularly fond
of paper, this morning ate that portion
of my sermon that I have not deliv-
cred"
After the service, the clergyman was
met at the door by a man who. as a
rule. attended divine service IN an
other parish Shaking the good man
by the hand. he said:
Doctor, I should like to know
whether that dog of yours has any
pups If so. want to get one to give
to my minister. ''-Harper's Weekly.
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campaign managers. And It is also gem
orally admitted that Governor Hoch
viii be the low man on the Republican
ticket Some good things can be said
for Governor Hoehs administration,
but the disaffeetion arises from the
weakness exhibited by the governor
himself and his failure to grapple with
some very serious problems that con-
fronted him.
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People should not laugh too heartily
nt tnat campaign story published a
few days ago. stating that the Guam
trelI gang will hold a reunion at Law
renee in case Senator Harris is elected
governor. While the story seems
ridiculous on its face. perhaps it is true
after all. 1t viii be noted that one of
The men named as planning the re-
anfoa has been dead for two months.
Perhaps it is to q reunion OF the dead
members Of the gang only. still. It is
5fafclzIt to see why they shoId come
baclx to Lawrence to reune.
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in the Sixth district. He is a great
kicker in the same sense that Roose-
welt is kicker. He won't stand for
anything in his own party or any
other party that he doesn't think Is
square. Could there be any greater
compliment than that last sentence?
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After All.

Chauncey Olcott possesses that rare
gift a broad sense of humor of things
in everyday life. He relates through an
exchange the following incident which
fell under his observation while travel
ing through the bituminous coal reg
ions Of Pennsylvania A large, mother
~ looking woman in a department
store said to a shop girl:
I want to get a pair Of gloves for
my Jim. He's going to a ball,
yves, madam" said the girl, pro-
ducing white kid gloves. This is the
kind, 1 suppose"
'sThem!" cried the woman. Good
ness, no. They'd be too good. NV
Jim's got a hand like a shoulder Of
mutton. Besides, they're too dear.
Haven't you got something like the
policemen wear-at about Is cents2"
The clerk smilingly regretted that
they did not keep that kind.
"Oh very WELL" the old party re-
piled; there's no help for it-Jim'lI
have to wash his hands, after ALL
Exchange.
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FROM OTHER PENS
a CHEERFUL TAKER-

MI. ROckefeIIer bemoans his In
ability to so distribute his riches to
persons solicitous Of his charity as to
be sure that he viii not do more harm
than good. AS a consequence he has
turned over the bulk of his aImsgiv-
ing to a syndicate, reserving to him
self the pleasure of Ieft-handed and
unasked-for benevolenee. But it NAV
be doubted whether Mr. Rockefeller
has thrown his soul into the task OF
distributing his wealth as he did into
the task of gathering 1t in. AS a
cheerful givef he has acquired some
deserved reputation. but as a cheerful
taker he is simply magnificent PhiIa-
de1paia Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-22
REFLECTIONS or A BACHELOR
IFrom the New York Press

A woman always wants slim ankles,
but not the rest Of the thin things that
usually go with them.
Some people In this world think they
are so superior they must expect to be
awful lonesome in heaven.
After she is married a woman can
20 right on writing love letters, but a.
man is too busy writing checks.
IF you cant ind anything else to tell
a girl about her looks you can always
say how sweet her smile Is.
woman generally has presence Of
mind enough not to pay her street car
fare Il the conductor doesn't ask her
for It.
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a EELOGY.

In speaking of the death of his
brother. Roland p. Murdoch. for many
years business manager Of the Wichita
Eagle, Thomas Benton Murdock writes
this paragraph in the ElDorado Re-
publican
"HIe was a member of the Methodist
church and lived UP to his belief
It takes a mighty good man to do
that. What better eulogy could a man
ba,rso
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4 Frank Opinion.

Clyde Fitch was discussing a rather
tiresome drama.
at was such drama" he said
sthat a French playwright read the
other day before committee of the
French Society of Comedy.
"As the author plodded through his
second act he heard an odd sound, and
looked up, to see a man asleep and
breathing heavily.
He frowned.
i" Monsieur" he said, monsieur.
wake up Please remember, monsieur,
that I am reading this play to the
committee in order to get it's opinion.
How can a man who is asleep give an
opinion? p
But the other answered gravely:
:. Steep is an opinion New York
Tribune.
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HUMOR OF THE Day

KnicSer-Summer expenses are heavy.
5ocker-Yes;I have to pay all my wife's,
All my own and an extra chunk to keen
her from knowing mine.-New York Sun.
sas t ~ f tsgs Is is qBs tins that must be
lecturer on the HEROES Of the Earliest
Times, " and that is she never claimed
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Hes great practical Joker. isn't heg"
Il suspected as much"
Why, has he been playing a joke on
No. played one of him yesterday and
snd It made him mad as a halter. Phil
adelphia Press.
Ard he was hurled thirty feet, you
Thirty feet. if an inch
Curse him; shall get myself hurled
forty feet."-Louisville Courier-Journal.
., DO you think a man can be in two
a street car tOday.''-AIilwauke senti-
stella-what was her bathing suit ike
Bella-It was heard but not seen.-NeR
York American.
stick out as much as they used to.
Mrs. Doyle-Nos we live in a fiat now
me 13O4etIlan.
She started, recoiled and then bent anx-
iously nearer her mirror.
A wrinkle, as I'm aiive!" she exclaim-
She was of a buoyant temper. however.
=, II i. suppose Lll have to put good face
the necessary materials.-Ex.
that drink cure you put in your husbands
first rate He hasn't drank a drop
...of whisky"
No TeaF'-Afilwaulkee Sentinel.
Isaacs recovering from operation)-Yes.
he vas greadt surgeon all righdt; but Ii
seems to me he takes desberate chances.
Isaacs-vhy, he vent righdt to york on
me vidout efen taking time to look up my
standing in OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
You don't abuse your political enemies
g severely as you used to-
NO, answered Senator Sorghum 1T
is no longer safe. You can't tell nov--a-
days when one OF your old political enc
mics is going to turn up in a new deal
Washington Star.
Mrs. Knisker-why do you cali your
Mrs. Bocker-'shi We've kept her forty
days.-Harper's Bazaar
a man has been hurt in one of those
French political dueis''
That ought to put an end to them. 49,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Father-That kid ought to have "A
spankingi He's altogether too precOcio1s
knows more than I do.
Mother-But, dear, I wouldn't call that
recocious--Detroit Free Press.
Mrs. Suburbs with paper)-I see THAI
the site OF the Garden Of Eden has at Ia1s
MI. subuTbs-Yes? when viii the sale
of the lots take place, and whats Tire
fare from the city hall?-Puck.
ct understand that he is q Confirmed
bibliophiIe," said the Boston maid
We'll, he may have BEEN replied her
Chicago cousin, but he's on the water
wagon now. Chicago News.
Stranger-Pardon me- sir. but can YOU
tell me in which direction Madison Square
IS from here2
Convivia1 Native-shert'n' My. II you en-
tell me where we are.-Brooklyn Life.
do you think animals feel pain as
deeply as We dog?
I've never studied the subject. but It
is safe to say that they don't worry as
much as we do over pains that have not
sAnd you've been waiting all this time
for ? husband. Jane7"
No for a single man. This isn't New
port.''-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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TOTGH as ANnY

No doubt Andrew Carnegie will be
considerably annoyed when he learns
that the regents of Kansas university
by a vote declined to accept a proposal
to ask him for something like $500, 600
of his tainted money. Such rebuffs at
his time of life are indeed hard to
r.-Leavenworth Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-22

Somebody contributed one dollar to
the conscience fund in Chicago the other
day. This is important only to prove
that there is a conscience somewhere
in Chicago, notwtthstanding your sup
position to the contrary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-22

whats the use Of having any party
organization If you don't vote q
straight party ticket?" asks Ewing
Herbert. 'And what chips in the
EIolton Record. s'is the use of having a
mind and sense and judgment il you
don't use them to decide whom you
viii vote for?n
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A GREAT DANGER

a Californian has invented a new
language, called "triniti," IN which it
is impossible to swear or express anger
or temper He will next have to abol-
ish temper and the desire to swear or
a good many of his disciples will swell
up and burst for want Of a mode of ex-
pression.-Lawrene World.
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ANOTHER QUESTION.

we fail to see why Senator Long Is
so angry at La Toilette. The Wiscon-
sin senator simply read a vote that
Long cast. Is the Kansas senator
voting so badly that he does not want
his constituents to know it?-Lawrence
Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-22

European dispatches state that Ber-
tina Erupp is rich and healthy In.
America a girl with Bertha's money
would be "divinely beautiful in the
dispatches. no matter what her face
might look like.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-22

That swearless language which has
been Invented by a California professor
viii prove very inadequate at times.
For instance, how would It express
your feelings when YOU discover on
election day that you are not register
a5q
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-22

Remember asks the Washington
Post s'how eagerly Washington was
watching. but a few weeks ago. for
tidings Of the approaching ice laden
schooners from Maine ?" But we
thought that those cooling sehooners
came from Milwaukee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-22

Another feature OF the proposed re-
formed Thanksgiving Day is to make
two days of it. Saturday and Sunday
THEN the football games could be play
ed on Saturday and those who happen
Ell to be on the winning side would be
In more thankful mood for the re-
fIgious services on Sunday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-22

II the Quantren raiders really wish
70 hold their next reunion in Law
renee. the Lawrence people win doubt
less see that large and enthusiastic
reception committee IS provided in the
personnel Of the local anti-horse thief
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-22

a reformer wishes to advance the
date for Thanksgiving Day a week or
two so as to bring 1t in more pleas
ant weather. It IS pretty tough to
have to sit out in the cold at the big
football games, that's a fact.
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senator Burton might as we'll look
on che bright side Of it. Along in Jan
lary he will have a nice warm place
20 sit and read and he went have to
spend hts days and nights log-rolhng
for members Of the legislature to re-
alanE him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-22
KAMxAS cOAAENT


HE AILE1lS3N THEORY.
The Topeka Journal wonders that
Atchison does not license a few burg
lars. as it does a few beer saloons. in
violation OF law. The question: sounds
smart but there is nothing in it.
Burglary is universally condemned
everywhere but in a large majority
of the states Of the union it is legal to
and children drink beer instead Of
milk: beer is the national beverage Of
the Germans, a splendid people, and
the sale and manufacture of beer is not
considered a crime by one man in ten.
That is the difference between a beer
seller and burglar In Missouri, the
sale of beer is legal. A beer garden at
Kansas City, Electric park, hires
splendid bands. and gives notable con-
certs every summer. Thousands OF
gentlemen and ladies congregate in
this resort, and drink beer together. It
is an orderly place. The music is in
spring and ennobling. To say that the
man who runs Electric park in KAN
sas city IS on a par with a house
breaker, is foolish, for he is not, and
everyone knows 81. The proprietor of
Electric park in Kansas City probably
does more good than any other citi-
zen of Kansas City, because of the fact
that he gives hundreds of splendid
band concerts every summer and the
concerts are practically free. The
Electric park man does some harm,
as every one does. including every
newspaper, but in the case of the
proprietor of Electric park. there is
much more to his credit than to his
discredit. Across the line in Kansas
1t is Illegal to sell beer. because prohi-
bition carried many years ago. But
since then. the policy is not accepted
as good temperance measure, and
people fight it.@Atchisoh Globe.
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"A big committee of Russians is to
ask the car to recognize the douma.
But he cannot recognize it without first
being introduced. and perhaps he
doesn't wish to take that risk
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NE GREAT PACIEIER

Secretary Taft has a wide range in
the arts of paeiReation. They say in
Ohio that the sort the secretary ap-
piled in Akron is different from that
selected for Havana.- Parsons Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-22

Governor Brooks. Of wyoming, re-
ports to the government authorities
that the Indians ARE becoming drunk
ards. thieves and gamblers Why does
The governor say 'becoming?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-22

They must be having some pretty
good limitations OF half grown
typhoon down along the Gulf coast
ludRing BY reports.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-22

The gas meter may work overtime
4hese days. but there is some satisfac-
kion in knowing that the coal trust
ISN'T benehting by it.
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H. Dodge the veteran editor Of
the Beloit Gazette. has been i'll for
=svera1 weeks and is just getting on
ts feet again. This is the occasion
Tor the following in the Jewell Repub-
Hrtn. s'sGr. Dodge is the best-in-
gs4med. most direct and forcible writer
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ERAFT ~ PHIIADELPHIA-

The WashingtOn Star recently had
this paragraph: 1.-THE town that has not
had an earthquake. fire or a race riot
can afford to be philosophic and cheer
ful even under the petty annoyances Of
graft" Naturally. as soon as the par
agraph reached Philadelphia all the pa
pers at once copied it.-Columbia State.
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Some people may object to the use
0f monographs in campaigns. but why
not listen to a real photograph make
g campaign speech instead Of an irnf-
tation one in human form?
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BELLEvTLLE's ROAST.

Some Of The papers over thetstate
are printing the. numberof tnafns that
run out OF the teWn each day and then
remark, with this train service there
is no need of a kicker staying in town.
If things are not run here as you want
them there IS plenty Of opportunity to
move on" There is no use of run
ming such a local in a Be1levilIe paper
for there are Is passenger trains daily
and the business is so good that all
the kickers have already gone.=Belle-
Vile Freeman
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Now let us see il Taft will be com
PEELED to come out to Wyoming and
hand out some Of his celebrated brand
OF peace to the Ute Indians.
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sANIE OLD scRAMRLE.

Spectators VINO expect that under
the new rules the football games they
witness this fall Will look like pinochIe
are doomed to disappointment. Even
now it cannot be played in evening
elothes.@CIeveland Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-22

Maxim Gorky threatens to write a
book about u.s. but we will try to stand
II II it gives Gorky any fun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-22

Mr.. Cleveland looks upon the New
York political situation as can AFFECTIVE
one" and Democrats by the thousands
in New York and elsewhere agree with
his view OF it.-New York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-22

Hearst must have learned his fencing
IN q peculiar school. His strokes are all
of the thrust variety. He has not avail
ed himself Of single parry Baltimore
American.
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VAIN HOPE.

Hartman is to found a school for
the employees of his railroads. It is to
be hoped that he will have a special
course to teach brakemen how to pro-
nounce the names of station in
telliglbIy- Louis Republic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-22

Cheer up! Maybe you won't have TO
cut the grass any more this season
Indianapolis News.