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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22
JAYHz WKER JOT.S

A Wichita woman, who weighs only
255 pounds. is known as Little Eva"
A Concordia blacksmith uses half
page advertisement in the local papers
every little while to boost his business.
Here is one thing which the Howard
Courant thinks equal rights will never
do. No man will ever sit up for hours
after his wife is in bed to mend her
clothes.
c. T. Estes of Abilene recently sold
that he bought little over year ago
for $4,000; and heshas had crop of
of 1t in the meantime. $3.50
Question by Tom Tompson: "I have
not noticed that the legislature ever
fined our representative, MT. Elstun,
William is, after all, statesman ?"
Gypsum City had a real strike the
other day. The section men on the
Missouri Pacific struck for a raise OF
wages from $1.25 to $3.50 a day.
Greeks are now doing the section
work.
A Great Bend man has invented
machine to pitch the bundles into a
threshing machine. Pretty soon all
farmer will have to do in running his
farm will be to sit in an oft1ce ana
press buttons.
The University of Kansas is devoting
considerable attention to landscape
gardening. Trees are being placed on
the bare Spots OF the campus, new
roadways are building. and low places
are being raised. Thirty years ago
Mount Dread was bare prairie; it is
now forest.
Signs of spring are commencing to
put in an appearance, but. according
to the Leader. there is one that the
people of Ellinwood will probably miss
this year, which has heretofore been
quite prominent. 1t is the picture of
the gentleman with long billygoat
whiskers which hangs in the window
and goes by the name of Book" He's
out OF town this year.
The Rock Island is creating a lot of
excitement in western Kansas towns.
Freeman: This week the Clyde pa
pers say that the Rock Island is build
ing an enormous amount of side tracks
at that place, and it is positive that
they are now at work on the Rock
says that they unloaded some mon
strous scra pers there and the work on
the cutoff is to begin at once. On
the other side the Cuba Daylight says
the teams, are at work on making that
the best railway point in this part of
the state, and we know blooming well
that we have a new we'll down over
100 feet. a new $4,000 treating plant,
the piledriver at work widening the
cut for a lot of new side tracks the o.
K. of the last man on a fine new steel
coal chute, and the blueprints for
a new sixteen-stall roundhouse. Guess
we are in the deal. too"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22
RoosEvELrs POPULARITY.

A straw vote" that equals H. B.
Kelly's bean ballot has been taken by
the New York Evening Mail. 1t has
made a poll of Republican voters in
New York on the questions whether
President Roosevelt should be urged
to run again, despite his refusal to do
so. or whether, If he were renominated,
the third term objection would apply,
and whether he is as strong with the
people now as he was in 1904. The poll
has resulted in an overwhelming re-
Spouse in favor of Mr.. Roosevelts re-
nomination and in the assertion that he
is stronger than ever with the people.
The percentage of returns so far re-
ceived gives three-fourths of the Re
publicans as favoring his denomination.
The poll was made by sending reply
postal cards to four Republicans in
each of the 500 election districts in Man
haitian and the Bronx. The names of
those to whom the cards were sent were
taken from the city record list of en-
rolled voters at random, and without
regard to fractional affiliations The
first half of the card set forth that Mr..
Roosevelt had repeatedly declared he
would not run again, and that, despite
this, the whole country was discussing
his reelection.
On the other half of the card the fol-
lowing questions were asked:
Should President Roosevelt be urged
to stand for reelection despite his re-
fusal?<
If he were nominated again, would
the objection to a third term apply in
this case?
Is he as strong with the people as
when he ran in 1904?
OF the 3.464 postal cards sent out the
reply half of about 1000 had been re-
ceived a few days ago. These showed
1913 voters in favor Of the presidents
denomination and POI against it, a per-
-centage Of to l, approximately. This
percentage had been maintained with
only slight variations since the first of
the return cards had been received,
permitting the presumption that the
total return would show about the same
result.
Most of the favorable replies on the
denomination question contained the
statement that he was as popular as
ever, and many went further and de-
clared he was more so. Any number
of the 1913 used such terms as "em-
phatically for him" and mo one else"
Those who went on record as against
denomination urged the third term
argument for the most part.
1t is frequently asserted that Presi-
dent Roosevelt's popularity is on the
wane in the east, but the Evening
Mails poll does not indicate it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
TFron the Philadelphia Record

from the Philadelphia Record.]
Lots of good resolutions are still born.
Done to a turn-the worm that Is trod-
den uDon.
1t takes more than fast colors to win a
horse race.
A man may take lots OF credit to him
self for paying cash.
The old junk dealer as well as the steel
rnagnate may be a man of mettle.
Some people take time by the forelock,
and other take the consequences.
The primary cause of divorce Is mar
rage
A mans greatest Illusion is to think he
has none.
People who are suspicious generally find
what they are looking for.
Some mems idea of the horn OF plenty
is a big schooner of beer.
When 1t comes to deciding between a
rich scoundrel and a pennileSs saint, OF
the two evils a girl usually chooses the
least sanity
That half the world that doesn't know
how the other half lives Is happier for 1t.
The reformer is apt to regard a man
as being crooked If he votes the straight
ticket.
Customer-'See here. waiter, these eggs
are not fresh as those had the last
time I was here" Waiter-"I don't see
how that can be, sir; they are the samo
eggs"
do you think you can stand the rigors
of the climate?' asked the organizer OF
the Arctic expedition. well" replied the
applicant, I've been riding around town
in unheated trolley cars all winter"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Been quite a while now since the
courts have knocked the daylights out
of any Topeka prohibitory ordinance.
The florists catalogs overwork the
word grand even more than a mat
inee girl does.
GAS near as I can figure out" said
Bill Doolittle today, brain storm is
just heightened name for bug
house"
It's a brave actor who plays Uncle
Toms Cabin" in Georgia. N. b
There are no such actors.
=
Yesterday the thirsty individual who
has been accustomed to quaffing the
foaming beverage began to realize how
uncomfortable it is to have county
attorney who insists on enforcing the
law,
X
It Is pretty hard to get change OF
venue from the court of Public Opin-
ion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22
A SIMPLE MOTHER.

IT IN wearied of the whirl,"s qloth she,
- tHehceforth the simple life for me.
Methinks it would be very wise
To take my breakfast ere / rise
OF coffee just a single cup.
On. Bier mother brought II upo
''And when I'm dressed" thus spoke the
maid, 4
It'll HE me- to the elm trees shade,
And with a book there I will find
Sweet rest and comfort for my MIND
And sozin sylvan shade she read:
On. B.-Her mother made her beo)
"a dainty lunch will suit me best
Salad with oil of Lucca dressed:
No steaming soup, nor heavy roast,
But brofled spring chicken served on
toast"
She ate it all and found it good
I IN. B.-Her mother cooked the food)
Then when the day at last was spent
Her mind was filled with sweet content;
She donned a dainty gown OF. white
With rosy ribbons all bedight,
And looked fair any rose.
On. B.-Her mother ironed her clothes)
at love the simple life,'' quothe she:
MY heart from care is ever free;
A good nights rest I'll have to know,
For prompt at to bed I CO..
True to her word retired she then,
IN. B.-I1er mother worked till TO-
Z -Woman's Home Companion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22
GLOBE SIGHTS.
CFrom the Atchison Globe.1

From the Atch1Son GLOBE.
Rules change so much that we haven't
any.
A really good card player lacks in so
A man of wealth usually has poor kin
to keep him humble.
The funniest sight in the world is
fat woman or a fat man trying to run.
The average boy will trade everything
in his possession except his dog.
No matter where a drunk man IS, he
is out of place until the police get him.
Ever occur to you that.athere is a
good deal of pleasure in being shocked?
Nearly every man knows a good deal
about poker until he gets into the game.
potter than the man who is solicited
to buy.
When church members want to have
a picnic on Sunday, they call it a camp
meeting.
Did you ever attend a party without
feeling next morning that somehow you
acted foolish?
A girl always makes a conf1dant of
her mother as long as she hasn't any
thing important to tell.
Raising children is like making bis
cults: it is almost as easy to raise
big batch as 1t is to raise one.
The wonder grows every day how
many WICKED QeeQS man can Keep
covered up. and still look innocent.
Men are killed as recklessly here late-
ly as young ROSTERS are killed when
spring chickens are in market.
We believe we never knew widower
who was not abused because he did not
visit his wife's grave oftener.
Some one should devise "a new style
night shirt for men: they are ugly
enough to cause brides to sit up all
night.
There are a good many things a man
would like to buy dimes worth Of
but can't get without taking the whole
box.
After the average woman passes fifty
she doesn't care much where she lives
so 1t is in easy walking distance Of her
church.
Il have great confidence in my wife,"
said an Atchison man yesterday, but
I am not giving her lessons in pistol
practice
Left to vote of the student body
any college would gladly trade the
prize orator for a good half-back or
first baseman.
1t must be a great disappointment
to the women to see how we'll the in
cubator chicken gets along without a
Mothers Love.
Possibly Little Evelyn's mother spent
too much time in learning how to raise
children according to the rules of a
Mothers club
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.I

[From the Chicago News.1
When the cat is away the night IL al
ways quiet.
Wise men always look before they
leap for joy.
The less grit a man has the easier it
is for him to grumble.
One of the things that go without
saying is speeches. Amusement.
Every boy knows several men he ee-
poets to whip when he grows up.
Lots of men are suspicious of O. hers
because they know themselves.
The faster a man travels the harder
it is for him to pay as he goes.
If it wasn't for the poor man the
shoes.
It is impossible to acquire money
with making sacrifices; most men and
women who marry for 1t sacrifice their
happiness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22

Barney Sheridan warned Governor
Folk in black type not to call spec
lal session of the Missouri legislature
because 1t would be inimica1 to the in
Ierests of the Democratic party, but
Governor Folk went ahead and called
it Just the same. Governor Folk seems
to be considering the interests of the
people of Missouri instead of those of
the Democratic party.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22
STOCK MARKET SLUMP.

If some of the "financiers'' who some
time ago were helping in lifting stocks
above their intrinsic values and selling
them to the public are now aiding to
depress them below their values the
fact is not unprecedented. Such vulgar
looting of the public is familiar in Wall
street history and merely exemplifies
the danger of gambling on margins,
which can be estimated by a passing
or manipulated decline. when the stocks
must be thrown over for anything they
will bring. Spectators must take the
risks of the game, but for the investor
in good securities there is nothing visi-
BILE in the situation that is alarming
New York Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22
EpON OTHER PENS
CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENTS.


The United States has never seen a
fiercer enforcer Of the laws which meet
his approval than Mr.. Roosevelt, nor q
more fertile deviser Of new laws and
policies. The presidents of the railways
have here and there broken some of the
laws which Mr.. Roosevelt is resolved
to enforce. These gentlemen are to
confer at the White House. 1t is a cuI-
ious proceeding. Mr.. Roosevelt began
by placing the big stick in the hands
of the district attorneys and bidding
them to smite and. spare not. He now
receives in his office the gentlemen who
are at the heads of the offending rail-
ways. What COMMON ground can there
be found between them? Can Mr..
Roosevelt amend or repeal the law, or
make bargains about its enforcement? :
If the railway presidents want to sur
render is it necessary for them to go to
Washington for the purpose, when all
they need do is to obey the law?-New
York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22

In Omaha the head Of the local coal
trust was sentenced to six months in
fail. That will let him out just in time
TO do business next fall. And in To-
ledo the Ice trust was sent to jail just
as winter was coming on. The seasons
are extremely accommodating.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22

But why does Mr.. Hartman order
all work on the Marysville cutoff
stopped after the legislature adjourned,
because of 'inimicaI legislation ' Did
not the Kansas senate see that no leg
islation was passed in Kansas except
he approved it? What is Mr.. Harri-
man kicking about?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
TFrom the New york Press I

IFrom the New York Press.J
What boy learns in college is de-
termined by the cube root of what he
spends.
If there was a law against going
home early nights, everybody would
be there.
The average man gets more fun ont
of betting his money and losing it than
making it by working
A woman can never understand
now man who Is careless about part
ing his hair can be successful in h,,sS
ness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22
money.

John D. Rockefeller urges every
one "to be a doer and not a critic"
Mr.. Rockefeller is something of doer
himself. In fact. he has done good
many people.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22

Now doesn't this sound just like
Colonel Marsh Murdoch? Senator F.
Dumont Smith is out in an announce
ment that he is done with the affiIia-
ton with which he trained this win
ter. The Meme, meme. tekel upharson. >
which he finds terminating at the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22

grass roots around over his western
bafIiwick, it seems, proves sufficient
reason for his announced segrega-
ton, sejunction or disjecta nembra, as
it were. There are Others"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22

Senator Caldwell is spoken Of as a
candidate for chairman of the Repub-
1ican state committee to succeed
Schuyler drummer. who will resign.
AS member of the senate lodge"
Senator Caldwell can probably get the
united support of that organization.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22

J. r. Burton gets thirty days off for
good behavior. If he had started in on
that line a few years sooner it would
not have been necessary to get those
thirty days off.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22

Although there is no such word as
"grafter" in the French language, the
Wichita Eagle thinks they have 'em
over there, just the same, since noting
that Anna Gould was charged $175,-
600 for her divorce. But it was GER
tafnIy worth the money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22

First Millionafre-You were laid I'D in
your house all last week, weren't you?
Second AIllionaire-Yes..
First NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or tnvestiga~
ton committee?-Life.
ID ..bley bought horse the other
yes, and he was horribly stuck. wasn't
he?
'oh, you've seen the horse. them"
buy one from "a friend who is in the bus
mess. "-Phiiadelphia Press
you must have the highest admiration
for a man Of punctilious political princt-
yes answered Senator Sorghum; II
have the highest admiration for him, but
no particular use for him. -Washington
Star.
First .Magnate-That upstart millionaire
Second Magnate-weII, he certainly
tried to give me the impression he was
First Magnate-An pretension Why.
nfe.-BaItimore American.
Sam Sunflower-Dat Misteh Burbanks
out in Californy am great man. pard-
He kin graft sweet 'tateh on white
Pete Pete Persimrnon-Golly! What a great
thing ct would be eff he could graft a
sweet 'tater on possum!-Chicago Daily
News
Bim-He's going south fer the grip.
limits cheaper to get it here.-Cleve-
"scribIeigh, says that his last novel is
"Yes.he is naming his children after the
principal characters. Puck.
Caller--so sorry to hear of your motor
Enthusiastic Motorist-oh. thanks, it's
nothing. Expect to live through many
Caiier-oh, but trust not!-Punch.
Very few people read my poems" said
me .1n t6at answered Miss Cayenne
you should have less hesitancy about
writing them. washington Star.
First Magnate-This problem Of taking
care of the poor is hard one. -
Second Magnate-Most difficult. IT'S
easy enough to get money for them, but
it ruins them to give it back.-Life.
How are you. getting along with your
new motor carr" asked the visitor.
with Fir enthu ade We,re getting to be
regular tocrats.''-MiIwaukee Sentinel.
Deacon Clovertop-How are you gettin'
on with your incubator
Farmer Meddergrass-@Whys the dern
thing hain't laid an egg since 1 got it,
II. see, everything in this New York ho-
tel is sterilized-even the air.
.sYes-everything but the guests
Life.
A great many authors. started in life
barefooted and some of EN- today are
holding good positions in shoe factories
Atlanta Constitution
II thought you said it was a sleighing
partyY'
"f3ut You went in an automobile"
of running over two dogs and a chicken
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22

Once more the Easter bonnet Joke
that survived the flood it'll Noah
even If Easter didn't exist then-is
with us. Give It the homage that is
due antiquity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22

Emma Dunn says Mansfield ''is suf-
fsring from a collision between a
brain storm and an exaggerated ego"
Thus do we again see how our Ian
guage Is enriched and uplifted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22

Ex-senator Burton" says the
Washington Post, threatens to do
some exposing as soon as he gets out
OF the penitentiary. although the
country is already weary of the large
collection of sore toes on exhibition. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22

Perkins isn't the only one who is
paying it back lately. 1t is announced
that Mr.. Rockefeller will also pay
back fifty millions of the peoples
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22

Agg1e Myers has been completely
lost sight of since Evelyn Thaw began
TO absorb all the limelight. .
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22

The ground hogs reputation would
have been blasted forever If yester-
days weather had come a week
earlier
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22

Only sixty-six indictments have been
returned against Abe Ruef. What has
become of the rest of them?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22

Mr.. Rockefeller has given out an
interview in which he declares that he
cloves his country Why. shouldn't
he? He owns it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22

1t is quite evident that the weather
man got some of his dates mixed and
slipped in a June day yesterday when
nobody was looking for it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22

District Attorney Jerome has the
public with him in one respect: He
says he is glad the Thaw trial Is al
most over.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22

At last the weighty question Is de-
cided- We are officially in the West
ern league.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22
DEPARTURE OF BRO. TRIaa.

Brother Fred Trigg, Of the Salina
conference, under the dispensation of
Elder Bristow, of S-the Salina Journal,
has heard and followed a call to the
Kansas City Star Brother Trigg has
had great liberty in his ministrations
at Salina, bringing many to a realizing
sense Of the folly of worshiping the
mammon of Democracy, and it is to be
hoped that in his new found corner of
the vineyard he may find much
strength. For he is a man of great
JUNCTION and has abundant grace to do
marvels.-Emporia Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22

Dowie, it Is said. left ten million
dollars. He didn't take a cent with
him. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22

OF course the photographers can not
resist the opportunity to point out that
Stuyvesant Fish is once more in the
swim
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22
PROUD OF THE1R RECoRDs

tauqua speech last year that if a SEN
ator's record was good he ought to
thank any man for referring to 1t be-
fore his constituents. Quincy, Stewart
Young, Simons,T and the coterie of
senators who voted with them will
never object to roll call on their rec
ords.-Salina Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

New Hampshire folks smoker when
they read in the newspapers about
street traffic in New York City being
stalled by three inches of snow, and
New Workers suffering from the intense
cold when the mercury drops down to
within a few degrees of zero. Most
of our old inhabitants up in this neck
Of the woods are calculating to change
to the summer underwear just as
soon as the mercury gets up to zero
Laconia N. H, Democrat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22
vICANn RuLY

Vic Murdoch and w. Y. Morgan are
two of the most popular men with the
people in the state. Mr.. Morgan
would make us good governor in two
CHARACTERIZATION Pilot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22
DAYS DOCTRINE.

Chancellor Day says the brains Of
wealth furnish the laboring man with
his chance to work" What would the
combined brain of the world accom-
plish without the army of laborers to
vitalize its plans? Instead of trying
to bring labor and capital closer, To-
gether Day is prea ching the most in
hammatory brand of Industrial an
archy.-Atlanta Constitution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22
SPORT.

However, this rumor that President
Elliot contemplates introducing pussy
wants a corner and tag in Harvard
sporting circles is probably erroneous
Newark News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-22

Some people do not stop with brain
storms. They -have--Fegular cerebral
s.uoIoueS
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THE DUMA.

There seems to be demand Tor a
cannon to regulate the duma, too
Philadelphia Ledger.