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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-26
THE THREAD TRUST.

Have you purchased a spool of
thread recently? If you have, you
have paid tribute to one of the latest
trusts.
A Topeka woman gave her small
son a nickel a few days ago and sent
him to a store for a spool of thread.
He returned without it. Thread is
six cents" he announced. st need an
other cent" Another individual re-
Gently bought spool of thread at a
department store-thread that such
stores formerly sold at three cents. 1t
is six cents now.
Since time immemorial cotton
thread has never sold for more than a
nickel a spool. The crossroads store
charged no more than that. The city
department stores frequently sold it
for less Now one pays six cents for
it. Cause: The Thread Trust.
This advance will seem like a small
thing to most well-to-do people, yet it
represents tremendous fortunes to
somebody. Thread is a common neces-
sity Every household must buy It.
Therefore the increase is great in the
aggregate. Perhaps it means not
more than ten cents a year additional
to the average family, but even that
small sum would add one and a half
million dollars a year to the net profits
of the thread trust.
The great bulk of the thread that is
purchased by individuals is that used
by the seamstresses and the sweatshop
workers of the cities who can Ill afford
any additional burdens. They will pay
a greater part of this increase than
any other class. yet their own COM
pensation will be no greater.
This increase in retail price is TWEEN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-26

Out in San Francisco a few days ago
a vice president of the Pacific States
Telephone company went to Jail rather
than answer certain questions in the
prosecution Of his superior officer, Louis
Glass. Glass is president of the tele-
phone company. The odore Halsey, an
agent of the company, paid a large sum
of bride money to the San Francisco
supervisors, by their own confession.
The question in the Glass case is
whether President Glass was connected
in any way with this bribery or had
knowledge of it. The prosecution ex-
pected to prove this connection by vice
President thinner, but rather than an
swer the questions that might convict
Glass, thinner went to Jail.
This action of itself would convince
the average man that Glass is guilty,
but it might not technically convince a
jury. The defense can assert that the
prosecution has not proved this point.
but it would be considered proven any
where except in a court trial. 1.-The
man higher up is already convicted in
the estimation of the public.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-26
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

IF'rom the Philadelphia Record.I
An ounce of scare is often worth a
pound of advice.
Does the boss Of a political machine
have wheels in his head?
Man is made of clay, but that doesn't
prove that every fellow is a brick.
The only aim in life some people seem
to have is to look for a larger target.
When a woman's head is turned by
admiration she should remember Lots
wife.
When a mans methods will bear look
ing into we should really look out for
him.
The fellow who is willing to bet his
bottom dollar seldom has to dig down
very far.
man a woman can finish up the job by
making a fool of him.
NellE"Chollie Saphedde had the most
peculiar way of proposing. to Maude:
He took her out to the cemetery showed
her his family lot and asked her how
she would like to be buried there"
said she'd be tickled to DEATH
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-26
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.l

From the Chicago News.l
wonanly woman has no earthly
use for a ladies' man.
Some people even pride themselves on
their lack of pride.
You can't always Judge what a man
was by what his monument Is.
It's human nature to want to fly a
little higher than your neighbor.
Too many men attempt to make an
arc light show on a kerosene income
What a different world this would be
If we all placticed what we preach.
Men who are bald always sneer at the
man who parts his hair in the middle.
Never Judge the sweetness of a wo-
man by the sound of her voice over the
phone.
1t is often safer to follow your own in
tuition than the advice of a disinter-
csted friend.
wher you hear a woman talking about
her ideal husband it's a sign she Is a
widow.
Nest people are willing to lend a hand
If they think there is a chance of bor-
rowing two little later.
If a man tries TO do business without
advertising or winks at a girl in the
dark. the result is much The same.
It's easy to predict weather in adj
vance, but when it comes TO making 1t
stay predicted-well, that's another
story.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-26

And I'll telegraph your mother"
went on the physician. what is the
address? It's funny that you were a
friend of Dicks. We were In the same
class in college,"
1T is odd" agreed Audrey. "Diclx
will wire mother. / suppose I shall
have to walt until she comes on
he suggested whats the matter with
getting married ana making it
honeymoon trip?
Dalton, seeming a romance, second
ed the suggestion, and presently a min
lister, visiting a patient, read the mar
rage service to them in the doctors
office, with Dalton and the head nurse
acting as witnesses.
The following evening they sat in
the stateroom OF the Pullman east
bound. "It was very nice of mother
to take it so well,' said Audrey COM
fortably.
How could she do otherwise when
every paper had the story of our mar
riage % he laughed. "She had to make
the best Of it."
Audrey patted the bulky envelope of
clippings that lay on the seat beside
her.
Don't you think that was better
than simply running away from
homer" she asked. cit avoided all
scandal"
You mean that you didn't have
aphasia?" he gasped.
Audrey nodded. II had to DO some
thing" she explained, "and a mere
runaway seemed 80 vulgar. think
did 1t very WELL
blessed child" said Dick tenderly.
'You are the most wonderful wife
ever bestowed upon man."-(Copy-
righted, 1907, by E. c. Parcells.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-26
A CRY OF THE TIMES.

1t isn't the war talk that frets me,
The times Z am reading the news;
II isn't the weather that gets me
Into such a state of the blues;
II ISM the truStS-they re a bubble
And not worth a tear of my grief;
1 II tell you the cause of my trouble:
Theyve boosted the price of my beef.
It isn't the tariff that worries,
1t isn't the state of the crops;
1t isn't the stock market flurries-
What odds If price rises drops?
II isn't the peach crop that gals me,
1T isn't just plain discomfort,
The landlord is raising my rent.
1t isn't that / am a kicker,
1t isn't I'm out of job,
1t isn't a craving for liquor,
1t isn't for praise of the mob;
1t isn't / m given to yearning
For clothes of fine linen and silk,
The secret of all my heart-burning:
They've increased the price of my milk.
1t isn't because I'm not wealthy,
1t isn't because of my work;
1t isn't because I'm not healthy,
1t isn't because would shirk:
IL isn't because I'm not getting
III Lnese worldly goods a big slice;
The reason of all of this fretting:
They've doubled the price Of my ice
1t isn't a panic impending,
1t isn't some grief that is past:
II isn't fear of the ending
III good t1meS-SO good they won't last 4.
1t isn't the break of some bubble.
My works of something far worse.
II tell you the source of my troubles
Inc times are too good for my purser
New York Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-26
SHEPPARD VS.. THE BOARD.

The Kansas railroad commission
and Mr.. J. I. Sheppard, representing
the National -Trackmen'S association,
are engaging in a controversy over
when and how-if at all-the board
shall order the Missouri Pacific to re-
pair it's tracks. The board has in
spected that roads main line from
Colorado east through Kansas, and
the track is alleged to be in a deplor-
able condition. Mr.. Sheppard is in
sisting that the board issue an imme-
date public order relative to making
this track safe and restricting the
speed of trains until that is done, as
has been ordered by the Missouri
board The railway commissioners
say they will make no orders until
they have inspected the entire system
in Kansas, and they have secured an
opinion from their attorney that they
can make either a private or a public
order, as they see fit.
The public is not interested espe-
cially in whether Mr.. Sheppard or the
board is the winner in this contro-
versy. 1t is interested, however,-that
part of it that has to ride on the Mis-
souri, Pacific-in knowing that that
road will be made safe to ride on.
Whether or not the boards dignity
has been insulted by the aff1davits of
two experts who made the inspection
with the board, is also a minor matter
in comparison to the safe operation of
trains. If the members of the board
think that the filing of these affidavits
reflect on their knowledge and ability,
that is their privilege. but it does not
especially concern the public.
The travelling public is concerned,
however, in knowing that 1t is not TAX
ing its life in its hand when it gets
on a railroad train. 1t would seem
that the railroad board. now that it
has personal knowledge of the condi
ton of the Missouri Pacific's main
line. would lose no time in ordering
travel on that line to be made safe.
When competent railroad superin-
tendent hears of a dangerous place in
wait until he has heard from every
other part of the system before he is
sues orders concerning the operation
of trains and the repair of the dan
gerous point.
1t Is to be hoped that the condition
of the Missouri Pacific in Kansas may
head of the Gould system that 1t may
be overhauled and brought up to the
standard of other Gould roads. For
many years the physical condition of
the Missouri Pacific. in Kansas has
been a by-word with the travelling
public. 1t seems hardly possible that
this condition is realized by those high
in authority in the Gould system. If
the state officers have the power to
bring about a change, 1t is time for
them to do so without further delay.
Possibly the board believes that the
mere fact of its inspection and the YER
bal comments made by the commits
sioners as they went over the road,
may bring about the roads repair. If
so, well and good. Safety is what is
wanted, both for passengers and train
men. The manner in which it is OBJ
tanned is not so important as the re-
suit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-26
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Bill Doolittle spends much of his time
hunting work. but he rarely bags any.
Bill says he never was much good hunt
ing without a dog, anyway.
n X
The Second cavalry camped in Topeka
last night. Bring on your Japs, Captain
Hobsoni
n n
And less than sixty days ago you
were kicking about the frosts.
X X X
Query: If "Cissy'' johnson did not
have enough negro blood in her veins
to show. what hurt did 1t do other girls
to associate with her?
4 X
1t should be explained that the LOIS
Smiths which the new directory credits
to Topeka do not include the Smith
runabouts and touring cars in town.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-26
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.l

LIT Tic <AtCHlSOH 6iODe.l
You hear of germs in everything ex-
cept whisky and beer.
1t is extremely difficult to locate the
origin of a long distance accusation.
Say you are a man: ever buy a shirt
that the sleeves were not too long?
Some men waste enough time ex-
planning their failures to insure their
success
The town isn't always to blame when
a man makes a failure OF his bust
ness.
1t is beyond some men to under
stand the difference between pomposity
and dignity.
there is no such word as "smiie;" he
calls it grim
You can borrow trouble without Sc
curity, but you have to pay pretty
heavy rate of interest.
When a man follows his statements
with, You understand" it's fairly
safe bet that you don't.
A hero looks like a coward compar-
ed with the courage boy feels when
he first kills a snake.
The young man who uses scented
stationery. might as well have long
curly hair and play a mandolin.
Order is heavens first law. but It is
the unwritten and unheard of law In
a good many homes here on earth.
The haunted house which has the
greatest terror Tor the BOOQ mousse
keeper, is one that is haunted by fifes.
1t is only a question OF time until
the man who depends on luck will be
depending on his kin or on the county.
The dog has a great deal to be
thankful for in the fact that boys
never get their hands on galion-sized
cans.
AS soon as a farmer quits worrying
about the corn crop, he begins to fig
ure on an early frost cutting down tho
yield.
What has become Of the old-fashlOn-
ed man who said to a red-nosed man:
1sIf you don't drink, take in your sign!
when a countryman attends dance
he saws the next morning: II feel as
though had been through thresning
machine"
At 20, a man is apt to envy the man
who is rich, but by the time he reach-
es 80 his envy Is all of the man wno
has perfect health.
Every man would have a. pretty faiT
reputation II people looked Tor MS gooo
qualities as carefully as they look Ior
the good qualities Of dog.
A boy undresses to go In swimming
with a speed that suggests hurrylng 70
a fire. and comes out and dresses 70 20
nome as If he were starting Tor cnurcn'
What has become Of the old-tashlon-
ed boy who held his father up TOT near-
w everything sne wanted by promising
not to smoke until after passing <4'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-26
HUMOR or THE Day

Knicker-Carnegie says he wishes he
could invent a method by which both
bulls and bears would lose in Wall
Knocker-why not give the Stock Ex-
change library?-New York Sun.
Papa. what year was mamma born
I'm 1860, Willie. Her birthdays in Feb
THAT would make her AZ years old.
"Ahem. Not necessarily" - Denver
Post
Captain John Smith was stammering his
gratitude. Don't mention it," returned
town town Exposition i once again was mere
mans estimate Of his Importance taken
aback.-New York Sun.
me that dog that he was a bird dog7'
Yes. that's what 1 said"
We'll. you swindled me. That dog won't
7 didn't say he would hunt; He's
the way he likes them best."-Roseleaf.
Associate-What line of defense do you
think we ought to adopt?
Leading Counsel for defendant)-I am
undecided. OF course, we can set UP the
clined to think it would be better for us
artistic mperament.-Chfcago Tribune
1.-The President distributes the plums.
believer"
"Quite so.''
What are Secretary Loeb's func-
tions?"
HE hands out the lemons"-Pittsburg
Post.
Father said little Willie Quiz. what
is expert testimony ..--..
Expert testimony. my son. is a sort OF
legal umbrella that is hoiSted to shield a
man from the effects Of a brainstorm."-
Washington Star.
Coura geous Pedestrian-Onicer, 1 pro-
test against that mans arrest. What was
his offense?
The Cop-Aw. he was drivin' his auto
at only 20 miles an hour, an delaying the
machines behind him.-Puck.
maid?"
I'm going a-biking. SIR" she said
There's no bell on your bike, my pretty
maid
when mount there will be one, SIR"
she Sasd.-Tit-Bits.
much depth?'
Judging from the amount of stun he
drank at the banquet the other night I
should say his depth was equal to that
of an ordinary cistern. "-Chicago Record
Herald.
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FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers OF the State journal
away during the summer may haze
the paper mailed regularly each 1ny
g any address at the rate OF ten cents
week or thirty cents IA mOnfn NY
mail only. Address changed as often
as desired White out of town the
State journal will be 70 you Ike y
daily letter from home.
Advance payment Is requested ON
Giaese short time subscriptions. to save
bookkeeping expo e.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-26

A Philadelphia woman has sued for
divorce on the ground that her hus-
band no longer brings her boxes of
candy and flowers as he did before
their marriage. 1t is suspected that
the florists and confectioners' combine
IS behind the suit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-26

ty per cent gross-at least. If any
other trust arbitrarily raised the cost
OF its products twenty per cent to the
consumer. what a protest would go up!
YET the tribute levied from the aver
age well-to-do family is so small in
this instance that no protest will be
made except on account of the anoy
ance caused in making change. Yeteit
is the small profit that makes great
fortunes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-26

aid news service followed the Herald's
lead. Mr.. Bennett. who lives in France.
made his paper pro-Russian in the war
with Japan, and it is suggested that he
Is still under the influence of anti
Japanese influences. 1t would seem
from this that the conspiracy to en-
broil this country in a war with Japan
originated in Europe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-26

This paragraph from the Los Angeles
News may throw some light on the
source of much of the Japanese war
rumors: 1T was the New York Herald
that stirred up most of the Jap war
talk. The Los Angeles Times. Chicago
Record-Herald and a dozen other prouli-
nent papers that subscribe to the Her
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-26

Down in North Carolina the South
ern Railway ignored the 2 u cent fare
law, and a court has fined the road
$4,000. The state promises to keep
up the filming process unless the rail-
road obeys the law while the new rate
is In process of litigation to determine
its business. Perhaps North Carolina
isn't so slow after all
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-26
should Woman Be TrutbfuI?

1t Is no exaggeration to say that
more or less truthful woman is looked
upon with grave suspicion. What is
more, nobody believes her.
If she quite truthfully pronounces
her age to be 20, everybody at once
says then she must be at least IS;
while If she should ever be cajoIed into
admitting the number of proposals
she had in her youth it will only con-
firm the popular impression that she
had been lucky to catch a husband at
alI-I1adies' Field
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-26
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
IFrom the New York I

[From the New York Press.l
Liquor would gag a man If he was
taking it for his liver.
1t takes a long time to get acquainted
with all the reasons why you can't be
good.
A girl can fool herself into believing
she is in love when she only wants a
new gown.
A woman believes she is happily mar
ried when it would please her friends to
know she wasn't
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-26

Peace is more dangerous than war.
There was only one man killed in our
navy in engagements in the Spanish
American war. yet sixty-five lives
have been lost by accidents In the navy
IN the last five years. Captain Hob
son, bring on your war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-26

1t Is only in recent years that Korea
has ceased being 1.-THE hermit nation"
Foreigners were not allowed to travel
within its borders to any extent. But
It will be a hermit no longer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-26

Let's see: Was not, Methods. not
men" the campaign cry of a certain
faction in Kansas not so very many
years ago? That must have been the
sort of a platform Schmitz was elected
on in San Francisco.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-26
A ShreWd Artist

The window of a Broadway store
that has been vacant for seve,-aI
months was occupied one dav 10 e+
week by large oil painting of a iieht-
~ Gao woman and sporting nymnhs
me picture was labelled For sale .,
IL was snowy canvas, and nine ner-
sons OUT or ten who passed that way
stopped to look at it, A surprisin,Iy
large number stepped into the store to
INQUIRE into the history of the picture
and the terms of sale Before niebt
the picture was sold. The next Sav
dnotner took its place, only to be fol-
lowed during the week bv five others
all of which found ready purchasers
When does the artist intend to
move 0he rest of his stock in and fit
up the entire store ?" asked a curious
caller.
He isn't going to move in" grinned
lhe attendant who was the sole occu-
pant of the store. He isn't going to
Mt up. He isn't going to show any
more pictures down here. He has a
Sluolo up town. Those pictures he has
mad on exhibition here were old ones
that he's had on hand e long while.
he round 1t impossible to sell them
In the regular way. Nobody would
even look at them. One day he saw
the possibilities of this empty window
He rented ft-just the windoW-at SO
rnuch a day. The big canvases created
such sensation down here in a win
COW all by themselves that they
brought excellent prices from peopIe
VINO wouldn't have given them a sec
ono glance in a regular exhibition
room. New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-26

The Salina Journal asserts that the
action of the Emporia militia in dis
banding just after Hobson had been
through this part of the country breath
ing fire and sweating blood over the
prospective Japanese war, leaves the
members of that organization open to
an uncomfortable suspicion. But did
Hobson fight the Japs at Emporia?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-26

It did not take long for the Rock Is
land and it's striking car men to agree
on arbitration. Capital and labor are
getting together, Notwithstanding some
reports from San Francisco.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-26

If the number of favorite sons in
the presidential list continues to be
augmented, it is going to make trouble
IN keeping track of the "also ran" list
when the count Is finally made.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-26

It is quite evident that Attorney Oar
row does not entertain the highest re
gard for Attorney Hawley.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-26

Since corsets are generally regarded
as exclusively destined for feminine
wear, 1t may come as a surprise to
many readers to learn that the annual
corset bill of many a smart man is
much larger than that OF the average
smart woman. This is, nevertheless.
fact.
A leading corsetiere who supplies
most of them puts down a good Gus
TONER'S bill at f15O a year. Let no one
imagine that it is only tops who wear
Them
The majority of wearers are mill
tary men, who, learn, require a great
er amount of padding than civilians.
Others are ordinary well dressed men.
given to manly sports. and by no
means effeminate
A mans figure has to be gradually
coaxed into shape and is first of ali
put into soft silk corset with scarce-
ly any bones, until he attains by de-
grees to the full glory of the perfect
figure. This process usually takes
three months, and five special makes
of corsets are employed in the de-
Velopment, or perhaps it would be
more accurate to say the repression"
OF the f1gure.-Pall Mall Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-26

Speaking of extremes. right after
January was released from the federal
prison, the mercury went up to the
highest point in two years.