The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-22
FROM OTHER PENS
THE NEW COIN.

Take a gold coin of the old style
and compare it with the atrocity now
being turned out by the mint, and
then figure out, If you can, why, in the
name, Of good taste or anything else,
the change was made. There was dig
nifty about the old coin. It was a pro-
duction worthy of any nation. It was
pleasing to the eye: It was a work of
art. But this newecontrivance is a
thing to laugh at.
On one side of this remarkable
production is. the head Of liberty
with head dress of chicken feathers
or something like them. On the other
is a fowl of some sort. We are asked
to believe that 1t is an eagle, but we
are accustomed to seeing our eagles,
when drawn upon coin, in a posture
that denotes strength. In this latest
pose it Is difficult to tell whether the
drying herself after hard experience
in rain storm, or a pouting pigeon.
1t might be some other creature just
as we]l-a partridge or a guinea
chick.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
AMERICAN JAILs AND OTHERS.
Two of the richest New York wo-
men have visited the new Tombs, and
after an examination, for which the
officials were prepared in advance,
have announced that the jails of this
country are better than those in Eng
land. This general statement may be
correct, but 1t would hardly be safe to
make such large generalization on
such small data as were involved in
this announcement. The new Jail in
New York city is undoubtedly one of
the finest in the country and appar-
emily is we'll administered. But it is
by no means a typical institution of
the sort. In. fact, it shines by reason
of its superiority in accommodation
to all others.-Philadelph Inquirer.
BRYAN IS WILLING.
Like the famous Barkis William
Jennings Bryan is in a state of I'M
varying receptivity. He is willing.
quite willing, to be regarded presi-
Dental available. While not seeking
to place himself in the path of any
other of the Democratic runners, the
Nebraskan is ready to follow the beck
and call of destiny to honor or defeat
AS this announcement Is OF itself
enough to scatter the rosy hopes of
other aspirants, it may be safely set
down that the Democrats have their
candida te.-Ba1timore American.
READY FOR THE SACRIFICE.
Cast down and apparently chasten-
ed by a defeat which he owned was a
surprise to him, Mr.. Bryan issued
from his home at Lincoln on Novem-
Der 8, 1900, a statement in which he
said:
st shall continue to take an active
in politics as long as I live I
believe it to be the duty of the citizen
to do so, and in addition to my inter-
est as a citizen / feel that it will re-
quire a lifetime of work to repay the
political friends who have done so
much for me-
Gratitude rules strong in Mr.. Bryan
1t wells up in him
even. when he conte1nplates another
beating at the polls, but with his ac-
customed intrepidity and fortitude he
will face it without quailing.-New
York Sun.
WAS A REGULAR CYCLONE.
The Kentucky Democrats engaged
Mr.. Bryan for a whirlwind tour, and
now are planning how to rebuild their
fences and reshingle their barn.-St.
Louis Globe-Democra
MEBRE.
Senators Daniel, Bailey, Tfl1man
and Culberson will attend the Bryan
in Washington. This looks
like the beginning of Democratic har-
Journal
NIGHT HAVE DONE WORSE.
The man who descended the stairs OF
the Washington monument on his
hands was not quite SO silly as though
he had jumped from the top.-PhlIa-
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