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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-18
JANA WKER JOTY

Horton has had two city marshals
for some time and yet the joints are
said to be running wide open
The marriage Of a JEFFERSON county
schOolna' am Is reported to as the in
evitable" by the Winchester Star.
Out in Lincoln county man fell
off a windmill and was killed. A local
paper calls it: "A sad and fatal acct
dent"
The view of the Wetmore Enterprise
is that the most that IS left to the
voter next fall is a choice between two
evils.
Times are so dull at Lindsborg since
the musical festival that the people
are turning out to hear man expose
spiritualism.
Now that Kansas. is about to har
vest another big wheat crop. the build
straw is again being agitated.
BY a liberal application of advice and
eggs, the ". C. T. u Of Stafford man
aged last week. to rid the town of
drummer for a liquor house.
The Barber County Index had so
much business last week that 1t was
forced to print a. supplement. and set
out three columns Of reading matter.
weddings are taking place at the rate
of one day out at Washington. Any
how the Republican, Register of a re-
cent date contained six marriage no
tees.
A tramp printer who used neither IL
quor, tobacco nor bad language drift
ed into the Office of the Whitewater
independent recently. The editor
wanted to keep him but couldn't.
Wetrnore boasts that it does not owe
a cent, has money in the treasury, has
more brick walk than any other town
its size in the state, has plenty of
money for legitimate enterprises. does
more business than many towns twice
its size. has the best people on earth
and does not have to license joints.
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

An italian newspaper during the re-
cent disturbance at Naples stated that
the eruption of Vesuvius had been
honored by being viewed by the king.
Fernaps It would not be Inappropriate
to remark that Bill Chandler has had
the honor Of being called a liar by the
president.
The refusal of some magazines to ac-
cept patent medicine advertising, leads
the Atchison Globe to remark that they
print financial advertisements which
are vastly more dangerous to the pub
The magazine explosion reported from
Connecticut was not one of the Nc
Cures kind.
Bob Taylor has hddled his way into
people will be called upon to pay the
After all the really important ques-
ton IS; Where will Col. Harris reside
after the holidays?
Nobody seems to have suspected that
the Roosevelt Chandler Tillman con-
ference on the rate bill was loaded.
The New York American puts down
the nomination of Harris as a victory
for what it styles the Democracy of
Ryan, Belmont and Standard OIL"
Whoever is not for Mr.. Hearst appears
to be regarded by that gentleman as
against him.
Former Senator Chandler found
some difficulty no doubt in replying:
You, re another" without transcend.
ing the official proprieties.
The Standard can be relied upon to
pour oil upon the troubled senatorial
waters if permitted to do so.
As soon as Aldrich got the rate bill
fixed to his liking he was willing to
make it a party measure
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She Read Between the Lines.

After the Willoughbys had said
goodby to Mrs. Kent they walked on
in silence for moment. Then Mr..
Willoughby spoke thoughtfully:
1T was pleasant of her to say that
about wishing she could see more of
people like US. who are interested in
real things, instead of the foolish
round of gayety that takes up so much
of her time and gives her so little sat
isfaction, wasn't it?''-
His wife stole a sidewise glance at
his gratified face. and a satirfcal smile
crossed her own countenance.
Every pleasant, George she said
clearly. But what I knew she meant
and what she knew that 1 knew she
meant, was that my walking skirt is
an inch too long and my sleeves are
old style. and your coat. poor dear, is
beginning to look shiny in the back. :"
Why-what=how began Mr..
Willoughb by, heIplessly; then he shook
his head and gave it up.@Y outh's
Communion
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dear, y onaaT1Iys little treasure Of gir1t
ish brightness she was, anyhow.
Cynthia only returned. from adams
the next day a. half hUur before her
drive and was, consequently, 4 bit
tired. She was not one to make con-
versaticn. and the quiet and beauty OF
the scenes stretched out before her
made her very silent Matlock, as he
handled the reif1s. watched both her
and the landscape. There was z GER
tain peace about them both. And peace
The next week Miss Warden wrote
to- her girl chum again:
I'm the beginning of the summer,
AIadge, dear, I wrote you that q GER
tain matrimonial venture would be
easy. plain Sailing. Alas I'm afraid
I shall never find port-nots at least.
with my bachelor up on the hill. And
in the name OF wonders, who OF all
people do you suppose has taken the
wind out Of my sails2 Cynthia Thorn
ton. these fbookworm's daughtert He
had her out driving IN that little beauty
of trap three times during the last
Cupid isn't very kind to me; you II
find I'll die an old maid after alt un-
less Tom
At this point Miss Warden's pretty
teeth absenfly caught the top Of her
penhOlder, while she looked dre4mily
toward the sunny tree-lined street.
Then she began to hum.
As she started on the fourth bar of
her song a hampagne-colored trap
skinned by. In 1t was the charming
bachelor, and by his side was Cynthia
Thornton.
Copyright, 1906, by Homer sprague.)
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Not Very Logical.

Poultney BigeIow was arguing with
a New York man about the Panama
canal
you are not very logical Mr.. Bige-
low said, at length Indeed, you are
as illogical as an old man I used to
know in Berlin. This old man. UNI
breIla in hand set out one morning on
a shopping triD. He visited the shoe
makers for shoes, the hatter's for a
hat, the grocer's for groceries, and SO
on, and when he got back home in the
evening he found that he had left his
umbrella behind him somewhere Ac-
cordingly the next morning. the old
man set out again in quest OF the lost
umbrella He was unlucky at first
The seventh shop he visited was the
one where in his umbrella turned up.
Z" Well. he said, after thanking the
shopman. as he started out with the
recovered umbrella under his arm, I
must say you are more honest here
than they are at those other shops. "
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-18
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.l

Even opportunity knocks.
Unless there is a rain pretty soon
the farmers will whip the town peo-
ole.
are short ones, if he is a perfectly
proper man.
You don't know anything about work
unless you have witnessed house clean
ing in a lawyers office.
After man passes 40, the most
pleasing compliment Is to say to him:
You do not show your age.
It is said that disappointment is
hard to bear, but we ali stand it pretty
well when we look in the glass
There are lots of people who never
find out they have wonderful view
from their back door till a visitor dis
covers it for them.
It is surprising how many inviting
country roads for driving over man
sees when he is on a railroad train
and can't get near them.
At least this may be said in favor
toward each other: They never talk
foolishness over the telephone.
Mrs. Lysander John Appleton com
pels her daughter, Dayse Mayme, to
climb cherry trees. and pick the fruit.
Dayse Aayrne is too old to climb cher
day.
There is a certain shiftless man in
Atchison who is married to a worthy,
hard working woman. The man comes
down town after breakfast every day
and sits around in stores. shops and
Offices where he Is not wanted At
noon, he sneaAs home to get his din
ner, and the neighbors say his manner
of getting into the house is very anus
ing; he chops wood awhile, and, when
he enters the house, carries an armful
of wood. His wife scoIds him q good
deal about his shiftless habits. but It
does no good. She is now talking of
turning him out. She has done that
several times. but he always cries IN
front of the house at meal times and
at bed time, and she finally gives
him another trial" His wife has
never caught him flirting and he is
good natured. but his 1aziness is colos-
sal.
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Reward sixty Years Delaxed.

A kind act performed by the par
ents of Margaret Mueller in Germany
has borne fruit after more than sixty
years.
Miss Mueller, who is now eighty
years old. travelled throughout the
world in her younger days as a musi-
clan. with a brother. but has been in
INDECENT circumstances here for a long
time An annuity that will make her
remaining years comfortable has just
been settled upon her.
Miss Mueller's parents were wealthy
and once befriended a little girl, who is
now rich and living in Philadelphia.
This woman has come to the aid of the
daughter Of the people who gave her
a home when she was without friends.
Those who know the name of the
Philadelphia woman refuse to reveal
it, saying that it is IN accordance with
her wish.-Wooster Cor. Pittsburg
Dispatch.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
fFrom the Chicago News. ]


Cupid is a great court favorite-
one can't always tell woman's age
by her store teeth.
Lots of men fall IN love with the
figure of an heiress.
Many a would-be sport follows the
horses-in q patrol wagon.
It sometimes happens that ones
past is an represent difficulty.
A woman's idea Of q picture hat Is
one that reminds a man Of a. chrome.
Nobody but the teacher OF elocu-
ton expects others to have a say in his
affairs.
When a woman drives her husband
to drink he doesn't stop at q water
trough
Any woman can keep a secret If she
wants to-but the trouble is to find a
woman who wants to-
Isn't it sad that the average man
spends all his life looking for his ideal
womanzand then IN the meantime
gets marriedg
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Jack-How Is it you lavish SO much af-
lection on those dumb brutese
Judge.
Mama. Is it possible. to hate any one
you have never met and don't know per-
:'certainly, darling; don't we all hate
Central Life.
How dare you laugh at our inveztiga-
ton SAID the irate statesmen
answered. the fn an 151 to &C. If
would be. a farce. Nv Washington Star.
NO. Mr. Wilkes, I amt goin' to keep
fowls no more. Don't pay. Why, countin'
the maize 1 give EN- this winter, the eggs
well, don git any, but if I did-theyd
cost me arr a-crown each!'-Puneh.
Parson Bagster (solemnly)-Does you.
Claud Kinsabby. take dis huh lady. Miss
Gladys Poofs, to be yo' lawful welded
wife, fer bettah and for wuss-
The Groom {uneasily and hazily)-IJh-
cou's I does, If I has to, sab; but ain
dar some. way. of takin' her kindah on an
ave age -Puck.
Lady Customer lin bakers shop to shop
gtrD--Are these buns today'ss because
what bought yesterday weren't Punch.
Miss Debutte-Now that you're gradual,
ed from college, don't you miss the out
Mr.. Greenwun-No especially. You see,
i m serving subpoenas for a law firm now.
Puck.
Mother-Oh, you bad boy. Dirty hands
again. I m afraid you're q hopeless case.
less mean You re going to give, up talk
ing about TYP philadelphia Ledger.
Miss watkyns-where is Mr.. Cashieigh
Mr.. wiikyhs-I don't know exactly.
Somewhere up in Canada,
Miss Watkyns-Why, didn't know that
he-sVas going away
either--s onnerville Journal.
Miss skreecher-what sort of songs do
gou4iiH1e best Mr.. Suphrer
Mr.. S1phrer-The songs of the seven
Miss slow odd. why do you prefer
Mr.. s.-Because nobody ever sings EN-
Leader.
Drug stores sell ice cream, soda water,
confectionery and lot Of other things that
are. not medicine . said the man who COM
That's true answered the pharmacist,
but most Of them are likely to lead to
the consumption Of medicines. Washing
I'm this instance explained the pro-
fessor of surgery to the group Of medical.
students. the left leg Of the patient is
somewhat shorter than the right limb,
thus causing the patient to limp. Now,
Mr.. Fresh, what would you do in case
We'll" responded the alert Mr.. Fresh,
Il guess I'd limp, too Brooklyn Life.
What is the meaning of alter ego?' -
asked the teacher of the beginners class
in Latin.
The other l. said the boy with the
curly hair.
{. He winked his other l. Chicago
Tribune
Nell really believe she married him
for his money.
BelIe-Weli. eliminate his money and
what else would there be of himg-Phila-
delphia Record.
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SUGGESTIONS of Farmers.

Farmers stick to the MOON in re-
gard to planting corn and other crops.
cumstances plant corn in moonlight
nights. claiming that corn planted then
viii produce tall stalk with short
ears. Others just as successfully plant
when they are ready, when nights are
dark or moonlight, as the case may
be-
Other notions are INDUCED in. such
as throwing the cobs in running water
to keep corn from firing. Some farm
ers would under no consideration burn
pinder hulls. the seed of which is to be
used for planting; they must be scat
tered along a path or highway. to be
trodden upon in order to secure a
good crop
Green butter bean hulls must be
thrown in A road after being sheIled
for table use from day to day to insure
a good crop the following season.
Charleston News and Courier.
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cN BULLY's BROKEN
HEARTEDNESS.

BEATEN BULIIY'S BROKEN
HEARTEDNESS.
He hastoo ware his fawther's panee maid
small
becaus thare poor but we doant kare at
ann HENRY beamus sedd its plane to sea
Wenn heez grone up heez liabul to be
a Janus man ann we vii aWl be gladd
We We moo MIN wenn heez but littul lad
ann nennry sedd that wenn bill peersen
to bully him he dared BIZ go owtised
ann nockt him down ann awl the boys
sedd thay
wood be his friends foreavur ann a day.
ann HENRY sedd it only goes to sho
the baftul1eelds the plais fore faIm uno
and Wenn he licht bill peersen in fife
ne was a hearo in q singul mite.
ann aftur that nobuddy sedd a Wurd
apoWt ms pance ann hennry sedd he hurd
that since bill peersens lickt his faim is ore
ann noWun IS askairt NV him no moar
ann oil Is offle hUmbul ann he semes
IKE sum dedd hearo Nv his vannisht
dreams.
ann aWl the littul boys maik fun Nv bill
ann cawl him Mains witch is a bittur Dill
LOT MIN to talk but he jusst passes on
becaWs he nose his mitey strength is gone
since he got hclxt ann HENRY beamus sedd
ne wood not be surprised if heez fownd
bi his own hand ur els wood disuppere
ann nun Nv us would eavur see him here
agenn at anvil becaWs he kood not bare
to no he is no longur nasstur thare
j. w Foley in New York Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-18
KAMyAS cOMMENT
BURToN INCLuDEp.

The following is a part of the Repub-
hcan platform adopted at the recent
state convention held at Topeka and
Burtons actions were endorsed along
with the balance Of the Kansas delega-
ton in congress: I'VE endorse the Off
cia1 record Of our able and efficient
senator. Chester L Long, as well as the
Official conduct OF all the members of
the Kansas delegation in the congress
of the United states. Junction City
Sentinel
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A Promotion on the Battle Field.

1 was ordered to carry some amnu-
milton to the boys at the very front.
The regiment lay against the hillside
under a calling fire. One hardly lifted
his head above the ground, fearing to
be killed I got my bundles of cart
ridges to the men and sat down in a
depression in the hillside. 1 was safe
as long as / did not move. Once more
1 had a chance to think, there, with
the bullets whizzing within three feet
Of me. We could go neither forward
nor back. We were just sitting around
and being killed. Still a dozen soldiers,
with heads bowed low, crept past me.
Each carried a musket and a little
ladder. They were to make the des-
perate attempt to try and place these
ladders across the ditch, when the regi-
ment would climb over them and cross
into the works. These laddermen,
passed SO close could look into their
eyes For once, at least, [ felt death
to be lowering very near. These men
had surely volunteered to die. Few or
none of them. ever were seen again.
Our assault failed. Our whole brigade
crept down the gullies and ravines as
best we could, and got away. Again
we tried it at another point, and there
our leader, Colonel Boomer, calling to
the Iowa men to follow him. was shot
dead. 1t was sundOwn and the storming
of the city was abandoned. The siege
comm enced. Like beavers. We dug and
dug till all the hills in front of the
forts were honeycombed with rif1e-pits
Every soldier at the front fired his hun
dred rounds day, whether an enemy
was seen or not. The men inside the
forts did the same with u.s. and at in
tervals. a hundred cannon poured ex-
ploding shells into the city.
One morning when l was out at
the front rifle-pits I saw General Mat
thies creeping along the galleries to
the pit where I was firing He had a
package wrapped in brown paper. To
my establishment he unfolded the pa
per and gave me an officers sash. No
wonder it hangs above my table as
write. You are to be the adjutant of
the regiment" he said, do not know
If the roar of the musketry then going
on drowned my voice as I tried to
thank him, or if in the circumstance
of war he witnessed my delights H
M. Byers. in Harper's for May.
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REELEcTIoNs OF . RAcnELoR.
TFrom the New york Press.1

EFrom the New York Press
A girl would be twice as pretty If
you told her so.
A woman has an awful good time
crying because she isn't having one.
A man is awful unlueky to marry
woman with brains enough to know he
hasn't any.
There are worse things to be mar
ried to than cold feet but hardly anv-
thing more Uncomfortable
When z. man pays his pew rent regli-
larry It does seem as II the preacher
ought to be grateful enough to make
the sermons shorter.
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SIX TO ONE

Either Governor Hoch's six immediate
predecessors in Office have been abso-
lutely wrong on that matter Of loaning
the sovereignty OF the state of Kansas
to the Katy railroad, in its land grab
bling venture. or else Governor Hoch- IS
wrong. Rather looks as If the prepon-
derance of evidence is on the side of
the six Hoch is In the position of the
lone geeser to say the least.-Hutchin-
son Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-18

The Memphis Commercial Appeal de-
ciares confidently that Mr.. Roosevelt is
making the kind OF president that Mr.
Bryan would have made but this was
before tEe quarrel with TiIlman and
Chand7er
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-18

one leg or no legs. with one arm or no
arms. can hold. There VIII be other
lists Of employers who control such
Jobs. When these are completed. the
bureau officers will try to bring the
employers and the cripples together.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-18

A Territory Indian visited a town
override line. filed up on frewater and
Was arrested on his return home for
bringing u~uor into the reservation. It
looks as though the charge might be
8 dfdcuLt one 70 move.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-18

The women teachers in a st. Louis
school sent 100 carnations to the man
principal on the occasion OF his birth
day anniversary. requesting him to
keep one for each year of his age and
return the rest II the principal had
been a woman and teachers men. they
would not have sent more than Is flow
are
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-18

The wise men are now filing much
newspaper space hitherto devoted to
describing the San Francisco -catastro-
phe, to telling how It happened.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-18

The public & told that all the rail-
roads want is fair treatment. Then let
Them give the public fair treatment and
there viii be no necessity for a railroad
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In the light OF recent developments
estimates OF Mr. Rockefeuer's wealth
may need revision. IL previous caIcula-
tons were based on what he has made
honestly.
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There seems to be disposition to
draw t77s Line at permitting the circus
TO compete with the ban game on Me-
mortal day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-18

The publisher and editor Of the IN
dianapolis Sun has been sentenced to
Jail imprisonment for criticising edi-
torially the course Of the county judge
in connection with the case Of the chief
Of police who was recently indicted for
battering prisoners. But this doesn't
prove that he was wrong.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-18

The controversy going on over the
question. who's q liar. is likely to cause
Senator T1llman TO give the Barnes case
q est
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-18

San Francisco's old topers are. now
convinced Of the truth of the old adage
that misfortunes never come singly.
The saloons have been abolished.
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TWO years ago Pennsylvania gave
Mr.. Roosevelt a plurality of over half
a million Then came the great graft
exposures. with such effect on the pub
lie mind that a Democrat was elected
state treasurer last year. and there
seems to be doubt in the state If a Re
publican candidate for governor can be
suecessfuI at the COMING fan election.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-18

Nobody can accuse Count Boni de
CssteIans- Of buying his latest election
He hadn't the money
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The prohibttionists stin insist on be-
ing counted every two years. A pro-
position TO endorse the nomination Of
". A. Harris for governor. therefore
was promptly turned down by the
state convention OF the party.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-18

The rate bin VIII pass" declares the
New York Mail, land the president VIII
get the credit OF It" But he may not
want the credit OF It.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-18

II the free alcohol bill becomes a law
and the denatured article take the place
OF gasoline as a fuel for automobiles,
owners OF these vehicles will not need to
50 50 fast to escape the smell
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It seems to be all OF between the
president and the Democrats. The re-
cent Irritation does not seem TO have
reached a serious stage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-18

a. Chicago professor declares that the
world win last 100 million years There
may be time to finish the Panama canal
vet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-18

Only three times in twenty years has
the winter wheat crop been SO pronis-
ing as it is at this time. Prosperity is
standing pat-Coffeyville Record.
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Photographic records Of future
fTl1sta House conferences might save
a lot OF trouble and bad feeling.
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FILL, LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

z'he state Journal Is a member Of the
Asa1scia4ei Press and receives the full Day
fefezrauh report OF that great news organ
1zsTion for the exclusive afternoon publ
cation n Topeka
The news Is received In The State jour
nj. bufl6ing over wires for this sole pur-
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me greatest worry the south has
seems to grow out Of fear that the
cotton crop WI be too big