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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-08-28
Want Only Your Votes.

If Democrats support and elect
the Republican ticket, they will
not be recognized as a part of the
force they put in power. The Re
publicans will have no use for
them after their votes have been
cast and counted for the Republican
ticket. In theDemocratic State of
Kentucky, where Democratic votes
are necessary to elect Republicans,
Republican politicians are naturally
glad to have these votes, but they
never listen to any counsel save
that of the tested regular. They
will talk eloquently about in
dependence and try to convince
the voter, who inclines to disregard
all party ties, that his duty this
year is to vote the Republican
ticket, but in the management of
their own party affairs and in the
conduct OF public business where
they are in power there is no more
partisan organization in existence.
No party has ever applied the
test of regularity with greater
severity. 1t is not sufficient that
a man vote the Republican ticket
for a few years. He is regarded
with suspicion if at any time in
his life he has ever voted any
other ticket. Lexington Herald.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-08-28

Help! Help!" cried an Italian
laborer near the mud flats of the
Harlem River.
"WhOt's the matter there ?" came
a voice from the construction
shanty.
'Queek! Brivga da show.
Bringa de peek! Giovanni's stuck
in ola mud"
How far inl"
up to hees knees"
"Oh, let him walk out"
mo, no! He no Gamma walk!
He wronga end up!''
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1907-08-28

POLICEMEN,
Sam j. Rogers
Geo. &. Everett
John Mccormick
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
rFrom the chicago News.l

From the chicago News
Joke is not always joke when it
is on you.
Love is a blissful dream. Marriage
Is the alarm clock.
Wise is the chap who apologies be-
fore he gets a black eye.
A man who is to be trusted usually
owes lot of other men.
Prosperity smiles on the few and
gives the many the horse laugh.
Some men are sympathetic because
there is no expense attachd to 1t.
Where ignorance is bliss there is
generally more folly than wisdom in
evidence.
If a man can put a sQualling baby to
sleep he has a right to feel chesty.
Gold brick men like to meet people
whose motto is Seeing is believing"
We feel sorry for young man who
is afflicted with the impression that he
knows 1t all.
When a woman wants to overlook
the faults of her husband she tells the
neighbors he is broadminded.
A girl seldom begins to take life
seriously until she has been up against
one case of unrequited love.
A good many people think they have
done their duty by a friend in trouble
when they tell him not to worry.
With plenty OF love for the wife and
plenty Of we'll prepared food for the
husband there would be fewer d.
vorces-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Even the level-headed man may oc-
casionally get his bumps.
No, Maude, dear, the men who wear
corsets are not all straight-laced.
A woman can forgive a man almost
anything except not admiring her.
The people who are wrapped up in
themselves are generally pretty small.
The best laid plans OF mice and ar
chitects are not always to be depended
upon.
The girl who fishes for compliments
doesn't always succeed in landing
husband.
There are quite as many limitations
among people as among manufactured
goods.
The man who makes his money by
marrying is apt to look down on the
man who made his by honest toll.
Blobbs-"Would you consider Guzz-
Ter a hard drinker?" Slobbs-"Well.
should say he takes 1t pretty easy"
NeIl-"Maude says she believes in
casting her bread upon the water"
Believes, in the hope that 1T will
come back in the form Of wedding
cake"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01
CONTRADICTORY.

The press agents who are fighting
the two-cent fare for the railroads
really ought to exercise better judg-
ment in sending their matter out The
State Journal is in receipt of some
matter from Mr.. Harriman's own pub
licists, Parker & Lee, of 20 Broad
street, New York, which is hard to I'M
derstand. Communications from Messrs.
Parker & Lee are quite frequent in
most newspaper offices, and they some
times contain instructive material, but
this present contribution, which bears
the title, How the Two-Cent Fare
Laws are Proving a disappointment"
is somewhat contradictory.
This communication is made up of
four newspaper clippings. but only the
first two need be considered here. The
first is an interview with John H
Blood, a member Of the Cleveland
Chamber of Commerce, published in
the New York Commercial. Mr.. Blood
is quoted as saying that the Ohio two
cent fare law is a failure and he adds:
Railroads have given poorer service
since the bill was passed last year, and
many trains have been taken off. Peo-
pie have paid more money to the COM
panies, and have travelled less. The
companies have benefited in every way
since the change was made, and have
a much higher revenue from their Ohio
traffic.
I'VE shall attempt to have the bill
repealed at the coming session of the
legislature. Should we succeed, it will
be a good thing for the merchants and
the travelling public, as they will have
the benefit of excursion rates, since the
former scale of prices will be restored
More trains will be run and better SER
vice will be given, as the companies
will be remunerated for many runs
which. under the present system, are
Improbable"
AS near as the State Journal can I'M
derstand this assertion, the railroads
have given poorer service because the
people have paid them more money,
and SO it is desired that the railroads
go back to the old plan of charging
more, so that it won't cost the public
so much, and so the railroads can af-
ford to give better service, inasmuch as
they won't get so much money out of
the public as they are now getting
That is as clear as mud. but there
follows the dispatch sent out from ST.
Louis last week, alleging that the rail-
roads have lost 81, SOC, 900 in Missouri in
the last three months because of the
two-cent fare law. As no data are given
az to how this is figured, it is more
difficult to understand. Does 1t mean
that the trains were operated at a net
loss of that amount? If so, how much
would the loss have been under the old
rates? Or does It mean that If the
roads had got three cents mile for
all their Missouri business, and If the
volume of travel had been as great as
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01
JOURNAL ENTRIES


Judge Dana has refused to divorce
Rosa Ogee from John Ogee. Now, all
together, "Oh, Gee!"
\ y
There's a boy in Topeka waiting
for me-" says one of the 1902 Euro
pean maids who have just arrived in
this country on the Baltic. Now who
looks guilty?
y 4
The razor with which a murder in
Allen county was supposed to have
been committed, bears the brand of
Montgomery Ward & Co. Another
argument against the mail order bust
ness
1.-The next thing of interest in Kan
sas politics. says Vic Murdoch, will
be the selection of a national COM
mitteeman." Well, Dave Mulvane
can doubtless tell where a good one
can be found, if anybody wants to
know.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

Iron the New York Pres.1
A brass band could win In an argu-
ment every time.
It's fairly safe to ask girl to marry
you if she has already done it to some-
body else.
A girl wouldn't mind wearing ear
muffs in summer If they were good for
the complexion.
The only thing in the world a girl
will admit by its right name, when she
has it, is seasickness.
A nice thing about going to church
is when you don't have to because the
minister is away on his vacation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01
SOUVENIRS.


Have we been to Europe?
/ should rather smile!
Plked across the continent,
Travelled round In style;
Motored from Berlin to Pest,
Watched the miles unravel-
And we've brought from every place
Souvenirs of travel
Here's n bit from Notre Dame
Knocked it off myself;
Gargoyle, this, from Ely's church,
Cunning little elf:
See this key from Windsor, pray
Swiped it from the guard
And this piece of Luther's chair
Wood was awful hard.
Marble here from Bony's tomb
Pretty near got caught;
OLD Etruscan pottery, this,
Kind that can't be bought.
Piece of Venus hand; you see
Artist had the trick
Got It in the vatican,
Broke 1t off right quick.
Have we been to Europe7
Wen, 1 should oDine!
P1ked across the continent
Travelled down the Rhine,
Parlament was out of sight
Here's the speakers gavel.
Brought. you see, from every place
souvenirs of travel.
New York Times
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it was under the two-cent fare law,
they would have made 81, 100000 more
than they did make. This latter state
ment seems quite plausible, but it does
not follow that the roads would have
had any more money than they really
did, because the volume of travel
would naturally have been smaller I'M
der higher rates.
But the point is that the Ohio man
says in that state 1.-The companies have
benefited in every way since the change
was made, and have a much higher
revenue from their Ohio traffic" while
in Missouri they claim to have lost
money by the two-cent fare. This is
certainly contradictory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01

she lacked the womanly frlrenaifsv !,
conceal but he went on regarding her
as child. -'--A
One evening he announced that =
the next morning he must take h.
departure. Together they sat on tn.
doorstep in the moonlight and Ioor .
ed down over the forests and peaks
ana We're very quiet. At first he b =
of miles away-of the great ,cities
teeming with human life-of the won
ders she might some day behold. ana
she crowded closer to him like a child.
Then she sighed and sighed and sigh
ed and moved away. By and by she
entered the cabin and sought her bed
without word. She did not appear
at breakfast. She had risen and gone
out. He waited half an hour to saw
good by, but as she did not come, he
shouldered his pack and set out.
Half mile down the trail he found
her. She was seated on a rock at a
bend where they had often sat and
rested and talked.
Come down, Nancy-I want TO SaN-
good-by," he called
She came slowly, and he saw her az
he had seen her on that first day. Her
hair was hanging down her back,
stockings and shoes were conspicuous
~ absent; and bow and fiounce were
missing. Not exactly as he had seen
her on that first day. for now she had
been weeping.
why, Nancy, what Is it7" he asked,
as he took her hand.
'It's-it's that 1 can't read!" she al
most walled. IT'S that can't write
can't talk-can't go nowhere-can't dun
be nuthin' nor nobody. It's that I am
pore and shacklety and ignorant and
have got to live and die we're. It's
its"
But. Nancy he began, and then
realizing her feelings he knew not what
to add.
You'll never come agin?" she quer-
Perhaps not.
And I'll have no one-no one"
Her eyes were cast down and her
tears falling as he held her hand. BY
and by he softly said:
II didn't know it till Just now,
Nancy
But it can't be-" she replied, as sheI
raised her head and threw her hairN
back. 1T can't be no more than the
eagle and the crow. You-you are ev-
erything. 1 am nuthin'-nuthin' but
pore and ignorant and shacklety, just
fifteen for such life as this"
Then she bent forward and kissed him.
wrenched her hand away and fed up
the trail and left him looking after her
and bordering and wondering and feel
ing such a pity as he would never feel
for woman again. He heard her whist
ling among the rocks. She was fight
ing herself; he heard her laughing. She
was going back to the old life with
breaking heart. And he knew she was
Copyrighted, 1907, by NJ. NJ.
Cunningham
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01
GLOBE SIGHTS.

[From the Atchison Globe.l
No man likes to have the woman he
loves watch him eat
If you expect to get rich, you must
make money when times are dull.
No woman ever admired a man af-
ter seeing him asleep with his mouth
open.
When we are travelling, the nearer
we approach to a large town, the
smaller we feel
One of the first things a man no.
tees in a strange town is what funny
names the people have.
After a man reaches seventy, living
must be a good deal like waiting to
go to a dentists to have a tooth pull
Every time a man gives a picnic,
his pleasure is spoiled by the ref1ec-
ton that he would have had better
weather had he held 1t last week.
We are all compelled to do a great
deal of hard marching, but the vic
torious soldier has an easier time of
it than the soldier smarting from de-
feat.
The first time that a man eats a
meal at a restaurant after his mar
riage, he causes as great a sensati
as his wife causes when the neighbors
see her crying.
No one prepares the ground for the
seed of the cock1eburr. No one takes
pains to plant It, Still, there was
never such a thing known as a cookie
burr being caught by frost, or falling
to make a crop.
when I was young man, work.
ing in a printing office, I was a mem
Der of a brass band The band was
always getting invitations to go
places, but as I was working for a
man who didn't believe much in fool
ishness,~ was not often able to CO.
However, it was worth a good deal to
me to hear other members of the
band say, We might as we'll not go at
all If Drake can't co. Drake Wat
son.
When a woman has washed her
head, and her hair is still wet, she is
excused from every duty that could
ordinarily be put upon human be-
ing. Should some one be dying next
door, and help wanted, If Mrs. wo-
man says to the breathless messenger
that she has just washed her head,
she is excused from going. Nothing
can be so imperative; so important
that the woman who has just washed
her head is expected to respond. IT
is a solemn function and one that is
treated in every neighborhood with
due reverence We doubt If even
Death would have the nerve to de-
mand that a woman climb on his
white horse and ride off with him, If
she claimed that her hair was still
wet from a washing Of her head.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01
HUNOR or THE Day

Beginner at Golf-How many have I
taken, my boy? Is 1t fifteen or sixteen7
not a caddie We need-it's billiard mar
ker.-People's Journal.
If 1 should die? Tell me-" Please don't
suggest such thing" said his wife. II
oar tis t1ers1 OF for
What has become of the maid you
thought such sh, priEe?, oh, had to let
woman After her operation for appen-
dicitis she thought she was one OF u.s.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Willie, did you put your nickel In the
contribution box in Sunday school today2"
preachers son, If 1 couldn't keep it an
spend it fer candy. an he give me per
mission. Denver News.
For my part 1 can't see the difference
between gambling and specializing by
There is a big difference. A man who
CANDLES his a certain number of chances
out Of thousand to win."-Chicago Rec
so you think there is less bribery
I'm sure of it, said Senator Sorghum.
It's gotten that a man can't tell
whether an offer Of money is bona flde
before the grand jury. '-washington Star.
Tourist (seeking rooms in the country,
to peasanO-Is there any bathing here?
Pea sant-Oh! we don't allow It now
Two ladies who stayed with us last sum-
mer bathed In the stream, and all my
cows were Ill from the paint that they had
on their cheeks.-Simplicissimu
Actor-Hello, old mani I'm out OF an
engagement.
Friend-Hard luck. How's that?
Actor-Married this Observation-Disclosures
IT don't believe in that woman"
"Why?'
''She is always so kind to her husbands
children by his first wife."-Chicao Rec
ord-Herald.
The Woman-I won't stay another day
at this summer resort II you persist in
playing poker all the time
The MAXWELL it's up to you. II
don't play poker all the time, we won't
be able to stay another day.-Cleveiand
Leader.
Brown says there is fortune in rain
speculation"
He should know; he put one therer'-
Smart Set.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01
A Scotcbrnan's Idea,

Upton Sinclair was discussing in
New York the governments attacks
upon predatory and lawbreaking
trusts.
'It looks as if these trusts" said Mr..
Sinclair, will have to obey the law. or
else their owners will find themselves
as badly sold as the rich Bostonian
who bought an estate in Scotland
called Glen Accra. The Bostonian
bought this estate without having
seen it. He believed that he could
trust the man he bought 1t from. And
last summer he went over to have
look at the place. The drive from
the nearest railway station to Glen
Accra was a matter of twelve miles.
The Bostonian hired a Highlander to
drive him. AS the cart logged along,
the Bostonian said:
"I suppose you know the country
herea bouts pretty we'll, friend?'
Aye. ilka foot OF the Scot an
swered. ~ $50
''And do you know Glen Accra7'
"fAye, weel,' was the reply.
"'What sort of a place is it?' the
American asked.
"The Scot smiled grimly.
"Awee1.' he said, if We saw the
dell tethered on it. ye'd just say:
Poor brute!'"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01
She Misunderstood.

Young Widow (to stepdaugher)-
Nelly, hear you were walking with a
young man last night?
Eyes, mother, 1 was; he's such a
dear, upright, honest, young fellow,
that any girl might be proud of him!"
"Oh! we'll, there are such a few
really good young men about, so I
should like to make his acquaint-
ance!"
"Oh, mother dear, do give me
chance! You've had two husbands,
and fathers only been dead a week."
M A. P.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01

stead of being an overworked editor
II Roosevelt becomes an editor he will
write so much stuff that the printers
VIII have to put a lot of it around the
edge of the page in order to get it all
1t. No copy boy will crowd him for
coDv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01

Bert Walker, who has been abusing
the Central Branch for years in the
Osborne Farmer because of that roads
moor train service, is inclined to think
the Central Branch is a fairly good
road after all, since he has been back
in Illinois and discovered how late
trains are on other roads.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01

AS an evidence of the way the postal
card fad is growing, it is stated that
$4,000 one-cent stamps were sold by the
Emporia postoffice in sixteen days, and
1T is estimated that 10000 of them went
on postal cards. But it must be re-
rnembered that Emporia has a state
normal that has just opened.
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teresting

Governor Conner, of Alabama, has
called a special session of the Alabama
legislature to determine whether the
people or the railroads are running
that state. The Kansas legislature had
O. narrow escape from having the same
question checked up to 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01

The American consul at Smyrna sends
the state department information con-
corning the rag and bone industry In
that city If he had also included some
thing about a hank of hair it would
doubtless have been much more in
+erestfng
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01

Secretary Taft slipped up to japan
without the reception committee seeing
him. And you would suppose that Tar
is big enough to be seen long ways
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01

If David r Francis ever had any am
bition to be the Democratic presidential
nominee next year. he might as Well lay
IT aside. The identity Of the crowd SUP
nosea to be backing him is enough to
destroy any mans chances.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01
FITTING TOO Personal

Before cussing out Earle and his
soul affinity find out whether your
wife would not be right glad to take
the boy and 100000 and go back to
mommer-Nashville American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01

Governor Hoch's long suit is apparently
FORMER district judges when he starts
out to appoint a Democrat to some
office That is no great wonder. now
ever, for these ex-judges have demon
strated the confidence OF the people In
them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01
NO CAuSE FOR WORRY.

The next unlawful com bination to
be attacked is the lumber trust As
Judge Lands is not ION this job" it
is expected that the fine will be no
heavier than the average campaign
contribution in 1904 before Hartman
"got busy'-Baltimore Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01
off, too.

water should never have the element
Of commerciaIism in it," asserts the
Lawrence Journal. Nor the element OIL
microbes, either, the Journal might
haze aided.
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circuit.

According to government stat1stlcs'
Kansas newspapers last year used IL
million pounds CT paper, for which they
paid $500 They will pay much more
than that the coming year, if the paper
trust has its way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01

1t appears that the politicians are TO
be allowed to keep their annuals TIL
the end of the year after all. Excur-
sion rates are to be abolished, out not
the politicians ANIMALS. Not much!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01

Everything is coming the farmers
way. With alfalfa seed worth S11'oo
a bushel, it takes only half spoonful
to pay for miles ride In varnlsheo
car on a plush seat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01

Mrs Rorer may be a good COOK. bu'
II seems she couldn't raise the dough
necessary to keep her restaurant run
ning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01
ROOSEVELT HAS HIS.

In their methods of answering a
unanimous demand, Caesar had his
Brutus. Charles I. had his Cromwell
and Theodore r. has his son-in-law.-
ST. Louis Republic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01

Another evidence that the world Is
getting better: All of the soap factories
are enIarging-and cleanliness, you
Know. is next to godIiness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01

The mystery of the origin of the Fair
banks cocktail will probably go down III
history along with that other Famous
query. who struck Billy Patterson!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01
A PIPE MISIAID-

Captain William Y. Judson Of the
corps of engineers earnestly predicts
war in the far east. Has Captain Rich
mond Pearson Hobson careless1y laid
his pipe down where Captain Judson
could get at 1t ?-Ottawa Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01

BY the way, who are the latest per-
sons to whom John Temple Graves has
handed cut a few presidential nominal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01

If deputy pure food inspectors are 10
have the privilege of personally testing
the liquor supplies in the Kansas drug
stores, it can be easily seen that there
will be a rush for the jobs in the
future.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01

A Kansas editor imagines that when
Editor Roosevelt hears the office boy
calling for copy, he will wish that he
had accepted another term as presi-
dent and remained his own boss in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01

The United States government is ao-
rninistering affairs in Cuba. A reVoiu-
ton was attempted, backed, 1t is alleg-
ed. by New York hnanciers. Does not
that come dangerously near to urea
SOM
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-01

There is this about it: If Senator Joe
Dolley were elected governor. his enc
mics would probably never have the
chance of accusing him of spending
most of his time on the Chautauqua
<1ir