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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30
THE RAIN.

Although it may have interfered
somewhat with Memorial Day plans
today, the rain was many times well
come. For weeks Kansas has been
thirsting for such a gentle outpouring
of heavens moisture as this. The dry
weather has undoubtedly greatly less
ened the wheat crop prospect in some
localities, but this rain will be worth
millions of dollars to the Sunf1ower
state in resuscitating much that
would otherwise be lost and in bring
ing forward the sprouting corn and
other crops.
Even though it comes at a time to
stop many from going forth to deco
rate the graves of their dead, it need
not quench the spirit of the day. The
rain. too, will surround the graves
with natures carpet of green and will
make more plenteous the flowers with
which loving hands may decorate
them through the summer.
Let Kansas raise a paean of praise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

TFron the Philadelphia Record.]
WeIl-balanced-the tight rope
walker.
An honest confession is good for the
founder.
If money talks, talk can't be SO
cheap after all.
An old maids yachting party is
usually plain sailing.
The cemetery always has room for
one more. It fact. it has lots.
Some of us descend from our ances-
tors, and some of US rise above them.
The fellow who thinks he is the
only thing on earth is apt to make us
wish he were.
Wigwag-"What is it that sticketh
closer than a brother?" Henpeckke-
"a wife,
Trying to run an automobile demon
strates that a little learning is a dan
gerous thing.
Mr.. Saphedde-"When we are mar
ried you shall want for nothing"
Miss Gotrox-"But 1 want nothing
now" Mr.. Saphedde Then take
me"
Muggins-"Since Bjones has been
married he looks as though he
couldn't call his soul his own" Bug
gins-'tWell. you know he has every
thing in his wife's name
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30

says he killed millions and millions.
want my little grandson to FEEL as
proud of me, though don't know thal
ever Filled that mary men.
He rose uncertainty to his feet ana
with his sons arm through his treadea
the crowds that thronged the City OF
tho Dead where had been born again
the father-love that is stronger than
hate and hurt pride, and pop"
Gleeson, with his own little grandson
upon his knee. laid lis mead against
the soft yellow curls as he retold the
story of the march {. the sea, while
the boys parents locke with plying
eyes up"r these who moyrred their
soldier dead and reJoiced that their
own hero who had been dead to them
was alive again.--(Copyright 1907,
by NJ. M. Cunningham
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30
GLOBE SIGHTS.
From the Atchison Globe.l

TFrom the Atchison Globe.1
So few people know when it is time
to CO.
some people speak to aequaintances
as if they had to or go to JAN
The man who says he doesn't want
to tai Ike YOUR time usually does
The cheaper the show, the higher
the heels of the actresses shoes.
IF YOU are man and want to dis
tinguish yourself, quit smoking and
swearing.
A newcomer in a town can never
make much of hit by telling how to
improve 1t.
When authority spoils a man. it is
also apt to be hard on those over
whom it extends.
A man said today: ct know what I'm
talking about" He's a very unusual
man IL he does.
If there are two men in town with
side whiskers. ever notice that you OF
ten see them together.
Men may not have as much curios-
ity as women, but there has been no
complaint that men haven't enough
In love affair, when one of the
parties gets tired, there is only one
thing for the other party to do: Get
over it.
When a man gets out of patience
with himself, he isn't nearly so cranky
as when he is out of patience with
some one else.
When a young girl wants a new
black dress her mother is liable to
say: mercy. what do you want to go
into mourning for?'
A neat and particular housekeeper
is not always the great joy to the
slouchy people who make most of her
work that she imagines she is.
It is so hard to keep from figuring
things from ones own viewpoint. The
man who never gives anyone square
deal never expects one himself.
When a woman packs her trunk
for herself and her husband she de-
cides that it doesn't hurt coats and
pants to be wrinkled so badly as it
hurts waists and skirts.
About FIVE minutes after a child has
been reminded that he has his Best
dress on and must keep it clean he
hears his mother say in a deprecatory
way to a neighbor who admires the
garment, "Oh. that is only an old rag.
am ashamed to have him seen in it.
An Atchison bride-elect is tired to
death of the regulation wedding music
and will introduce something new at
her marriage. AS she enters the church
the choir will sing 81 Got Mine" and
as she and her husband leave the
church the choir will burst forth with
1--WE Walked Right in and Turned
Around and Walked Right Out Again -
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

When, we rise to inquire, are the
former saloonkeepers going to run
Henry Allen out of Wichita?
There is some disposition in New
York just now to open up the Beecher-
Tiiton scandal that happened a genera
ton ago. New Ycrk's appetite for scan
dal is simply voracious if the Thaw
case, the Coreys and the Howard
Goulds do not satisfy it.
n
Perhaps one reason why General
kuroki said he prefers brunettes was
because he remembered the kind at
home and feared he might be given a
warm reception upon his return if he
preferred otherwise.
r.
THE way to go to Sleep says an
exchange, lis to think of nothing"
Then that's the reason we get so sleepy
whenever we think of Chollyboy Gid
dings
=
There is some talk of cutting the ap-
preparation for the weather bureau.
This department is in favor of it unless
We are given a better brand of wealth
er than we have had this spring.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30

as considering a law which will pro-
vide all the parties with necessary
campaign funds to be paid out of the
public treasury. do not know wheth-
er this statement is authoritative. but
1t is a suggestion worthy of considera-
ton If each party was furnished
with moderate campaign fund in
proportion to the votes which it cast
at the preceding election, and then all
other contributions were prohibited
by law, corruption in politics might be
reduced to a minimum. And why
should not the reasonable and neces-
sary expenses of a campaign be paid
by the public. if the campaign is car
ried on in the interest of the public ?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30
Greater Than the Nation.

There is a certain congressman who,
whatever authority he may hold in the
councils of state, is of comparatively
minor Importance in his own household.
Indeed, it has been unxindly intimated
that his wife is 1.-The whole thing" in
their esta blishment.
Representative and Mrs. Blank had
been to Baltimore one afternoon. When
thew left the train at Washington, on
their return, Mrs. Blank discovered that
her umbrella, which had been lntrust-
ed to the care of her husband, was
missing.
Pm afraid I've forgotten it, my
dear meekly answered the congress-
man, 1T must still be in the train.
an the train!" snorted the lady
"And to think that the affairs of the
nation are intrusted to a man who
doesn't know enough to take care of
woman's umbrella!"-Success Maya
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
EFrom the New York Press.

tFrom the New York Press.
The best way to keep out of bolftics
is to be honest.
Gambling is a very useful thine to
show you that the way to get money is
to work for it. -
woman says her husband ,a,,o-
spoke cross word to her So thst
maybe it will come true.
One OF the consoling things abo,t
being poor is the way you don't be,-e
10 lie at the tax Office over it.
Nobody has any Justification o.
feeling so sure of going to hao,,., lot
20 neglect to take out fnsuran me-
against going to hell.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30

dark horse" but he did not name the
man. Now the Courier-Journal specffi-
cally mentions the name of Colonel Will
liam A. Harris, of Kansas, in this con-
nection. Is Colonel Harris the Courier
Journals candidate?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30

T. A. McNeal has figured that a green
bug may become the ancestor of 1885,
900 other green bugs in 30 days. At this
rate the house fly is race suicidist be-
side the green bug.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30
HUHoR or THE DAY

Mrs NaRget-That friend of yours is a
very impudent and ignorant fellow. 1
overheard him remark that 1 was mo
Mr., Nagget-welI. YOU can't blame him
for his ignorance He couldn't be expected
to know how YOU cackle at times.-Phila-
delphia Press.
PA, what's a political leader?''
"A man who is able to see which way
the crowd is going and follows with loud
whoops in that direction. Chicago Rec
ord Herald.
stolen kisses are sweet"
''Yes-they're OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Leader.
Conductor. don't believe this train is
going more than ten miles hour"
Then it amt cost you more than 70
cents an hour. is it?"-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
'.of course you entertained during the
We'll answered Mr. Crumrox. mother
an entertainer. but 1 overheard several
visitors say was one of the most anus
in people that ever broke in.'--Washing-
ton Star.
Take him for all in an. said the good
man who was Offering. up the final prayer
for the departed machine politician, we
shall not look upon his like again"
cons in chorus.-Chicago Record-Herald-
Minister-You're a very sick man. Have
you ever done anything you regret?
Patient-Well. on several occasions I
talked back to nv wife.-Detroit Free
Press.
Young. Ladv-were YOU ever boarded
Sea Captain-Yes. I spent last summer
at Bar Harbor.-Punch Bowl.
INV feet weren't really so SMALL ex-
claimed Cinderella.
Yes. was only the girl in town who
didn't wear spats.'-Louisville Courier
Journal
The Little one-But II I gives you me
penny wot do 1 git out of it?
dyer want. anyhow?-Chicago Tribune.
Say Paw. who is the greatest living
I'VE can't tell until the end Of the sea
Sentinel.
Stubb-Now, here are some long per-
sonal letters written by wise men of to-
Penn-They must be forgeries old, old chap.
sonal letters.-ChicaSo News.
He-Do you think your father will OBJ
SheOI don't see why he should: he him
self wears one almost as bad.-San Fran
cisco. Bulletin.
Saw messenger boy on the jump just
neg 9:3"r,
Fact Had a telegram for an umpire
at the ball park. Washington Star.
Teacher-Andrew. give a sentence in
which YOU use your own name.
Andrew, after a thoughtful Dause-The
boy picked up the chalk and drew a pic
ture-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Mrs Nuwed-I feel now quite satisfied
that there is no life so happy as a mar
ried one.
and how long have you been mar
ried2'
Mrs. Nuwed-Since last Wednesday,
New York Mail
Mrs. Muggins.-A woman is foolish who
believes everything her husband tells
Mrs. Buggins-Yes, but a woman is
wise who pretends to-Philadelphia
Ledger.
"Any stamps?" she asked, as she enter
ives. ma am replied the proprietor
LET me have a 2-cent stamp, please,
Got a prescription? It's Sunday, and
we can't sell you a stamp without pre-
scription ma am. "-Yonkers Statesman.
II thought you were working on Croft
chett's house" said the house painters
friend.
but we had a quarrel and he said that
he'd put the paint on himself"
And did he do it?''
yes; there's where he put most of it,"
Press.
you jined der church, en- you got ter
leave off yo' liquor now"
II know IT, but Ise Twin in hopes dat a
bite me."-Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30

w. Y. Morgan asserts that there is
no money in politics. whereupon the
Kansas City Star suggests that the
Hutchinson editor and former state
printer look at his bank book again.
But the Star should remember that the
state printers office is not what it once
was in the good old days-and Mr..
Morgan spoke in the present tense.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30

Those who doubt that Ohio will e
back on Foraker should note that Sen
ator Dicks home county has lined VI
for Taft
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30

If this cold weather continues. the
interior of Texas ought to make
great summer resort. but it will be
tough on the hotel keepers up on the
northern lakes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30

Schmitz says Ruef is a liar. That Is
one time Schmitz told the truth: Ruef
said he was innocent. even though he
pleaded guilty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30

An Indiana man who has gone with"
SIS different women. spoke once too Of
ten. He has been accepted and is now
facing matrimony-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30

There is little doubt that the wheat
crop in southern and central Kansas
has been hard hit, but in the western
and northwestern portions of the wheat
belt the crop was never better. One
cannot judge Kansas wheat by a sin
Gle county
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30

A man named Dinkey is under consid-
Grafton for the job of president of the
steel trust What a chance for the par
aRranherSi
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30

There IS grave doubt among thought
fuI people as to whether DR.. Long Is
keeping his dues paid up in the Third
Term I.eaCue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30

President Roosevelt has abandoned
reformed spelling, and in his speeches
nowadays he is spelling like other peo-
pie What does Andrew Carnegie pro-
nose to do about that?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30

In an editorial in the Salina Journal
what was intended for imitation of
stock" appeared as Inflammation of
stock" But perhaps it wasn't so far
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30

You cannot blame General Kuroki 10
preferring brunettes. Very likely MIS-
Kuroki is one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30

Heretofore all of the former Kansans
that have been heard of in Oklahoma
politics have been Republicans. but
former Kansas Democrats expect to
come into their own down there when
Oklahoma becomes a state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30

Kentucky cares little for the failure
of the wheat crop. But if there should
be no rye, there would be weeping and
wailing and crashing Of teeth in old
Kentucky
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30

BY the way, isn't it about time to
hear from the hen that lays eggs with
some presidential candidates name
written on them?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30

Mr.. Jerome says New York Is com
paratively moral" Mr.. Jerome also once
made fun of Kansas laws.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30

Reports from Junction City indicate
that the town is more prosperous than
ever before since the saloons have
been put out of business. Funny what
method these former saloon towns are
taking for going to the dogs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30

In their national convention at Los
Angeles the Dunkards declared against
wearing neckties. Then what, we would
like to know, can the Dunkard girls
give their sweethearts at Christmas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30

Some time ago Colonel Henry Waiter
SON suggested in the Louisville Courier
journal that the Democratic nominee
for president next year would likely be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30

A synopsis of what Senator Long
learns about public sentiment" In
Kansas would be very interesting when
he completes his tour of the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30

Few of the younger generation know
the details of the Beecher-Tilton scan
DIAL. one of the principals in which has
just died. 1t happened a generation ago
and the world will be just as well off
to allow it to remain forgotten.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30

Mr.. Delmas may find that San FRAN
cisco won't stand for the unwritten law
either in graft cases.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30

After Wichita loses its battery. Roy
Tapley suggests, the town may be less
shocking
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30
LONGER

In Berlin a man has been sentenced
to spend nine months in prison for
sticking his tongue out at the en-
peror, but had the tongue been wo-
mans the sentence would necessarily
have been nine years--Charleston
News and Courier.
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FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The State Journal is a member OF the
Associated Press and receives the fun Gay
ganlzation for the exclusive afternoon
publica ton IN Topeka
The news Is received IN The state Jour
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
nose
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30
USE OF A BOY.

A boy in the family is a good thing
to have for the convenience of always
having someone to lay things onto, II
for no other reason--Sabetha Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30
ALASKA. SAID MEXICO.

Say, Canada" said Senior Mex,
tWlth mind upon the case of Tex.
And all the land that northward La.
For Which Napoleon got Pa.)
20, Wyo. why not let u. S.
Join with the States ?What say you, yes?
I Kan not think of it, said She
N: Y not?' with surprise asked he:
Mimi to you like a sister is,
And brothers are Wash and Mont, Wis.
Why should you squint N c. so Ill.
It . no Conn. game, come, say you will?
An New. r. I. shall Col it good
10 join so mixed a Sisterhood.
II you Tan times persuaded Me,
Id sit n. 3. unmoved-D. c.?
MY cool aloofness Ia. dore;
I'd sell it for Mass. of Ore
To join such creatures in their Ark
Ind eed I'm no such easy mark"
Ala. now, girl, don't get too Ga,
The States don't want us any Va.
Ire fault in U. S. plain to see,
You want to be the whole l. 7.
But 1 will tell you what it is,
If you and got wise AriZ.
And asked to be let in, 1 know
We'd be fourth-raters Neb. er Mo.
But join a nation N. A. other
Would know lots better than to bother"
No USE said she, in termination.
"On me. you've Miss d your Cal. KY. la ton "
With this the colloCuy was ended,
And home, with noise in air, each wendell.
. George Fay in Success Magazine
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FRON OTHER PENS
SLEEPING CAR RATES.

A complaint has been filed with the
interstate commerce commission IN
the matter of Pullman car rates that
vitality affects the interests of the
travelling public and the country will
observe with concern the course or
the commission in disposing of it. The
complaining citizen sets forth that 1t
is the uniform practice of this cor
poration. which holds a practical
monopoly of the sleeping car facfli-
ties to charge the same rate for both
upper and lower berths, whereas in
point of fact the service rendered by
the upper berth is inferior to that of
the lower and should command a
smaller fee.
Should the commission require eX-
pert testimony on this point there will
be no lack Of volunteers, fully quail
fed to give convincing evidence of the
inferiority of the upper berth as COM
person who fares forth by rail at
night will be willing to swear that the
upper berth is a torture. The great
majority of women Will take their
oath that the elevated post in sleep
ing car is for them an impOssibility.
The traveller. indeed, who prefers the
upper to the lower part of a sleeping
car section is SO rare as to stand forth
glaringly from the crowd as re-
marl1able exception.
But whether upper berth or lower
berth. there is no doubt that the rates
charged by the sleeping car company
are excessive. Considering that the
general tendency of railroad fares at
this time is downward, thanks to
state legislation and to the restrictive
powers of the commission under the
new statute. it would seem to be time
that the sleeping car trust were
brought under regulation for the
benefit of the tens of thousands who
are nightly subjected to the mercies of
this monopoly at prices which I'M
questionably stand for an enormous
prOfit-WaSh Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30
Great Stunt by Geronimo.

In a single day Geronimo when in
his prime ran forty miles on foot,
rode 500 miles on one stretch, as fast
rs he could Change horses. and so
completely wore out the column
which finally captured him that three
sets of officers were needed to finish
the chase, and not more than one
third of the troopers who started were
in at the finish.
Wrinkled and crafty and cruel is
his swarthy face today, but the fire of
his internal energy has died and he is
no more than a relic of the Geronimo
of whom Gen. Miles said after their
first meeting:
HE rode into our camp and dis
mounted a prisoner. He was one of
the brightest most resolute, deter
mined men 1 ever met, with the
sharpest, clearest dark eye. Every
movement showed power and energy.
Outing.
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Assorted Literary Food.

For clearness read Macaulay. For
logic read Burke and Bacon. For ac-
ton read Homer and Scott. For con-
ciseness read Bacon and Pope.
For sublimity of conception read
Milton. For vivacity read Stevenson
and Kipling. For imagination read
Shakespeare and Job. For common
sense read Benjamin Franklin.
For elegance read Virgil, Milton and
Arnold. For smoothness read Addison
and Hawthorne. For interest in COM
mon things read Jane Austen For SIM
plicity read Burns, Whittier and Bun
yam.
For humcr read Chaucer, Cervantes
and Mark Twain. For the study of
human nature read Shakespeare and
George Eliot For choice of individual
words read Keats, Tennyson and En-
erson For loving and patient obser-
walton of nature read Thoreau ana
Walton.-The Pilgrim.
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BuRToN,s ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

Representative Burton of Ohio is
not only an authority on rivers and
harbors and waterways, but can also
distribute hot air with the skill and
generosity of a glassblower.-St. Louis
Globe-DemOcrat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-30
Midair Photography &.

Cameras on the wing are flying
through Germany. A projectile to
take photographs and claimed to have
been successful at heights of half mile
is the idea Of Herr Marie. a German
photographer.
A camera having the form OF. the
usual kind of conical shell is thrown
into the air by means of kind of
trap At a predetermined angle, as
the camera turns to make its descent
and is pointed slightly downward, the
shutter is automatically released and a
picture is taken of a broad expanse of
country. In still air the flight and
spot at which the aerial camera will
fall can be calculated with much pre-
ciSion.
Precautions are taken to avoid
damage by concussion. and the re-
suits are expected to be of great pos
sible value in military operations
Chicago Tribune.
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A REAL SOLDIER.

1t is. curious and significant fact
that Gen. Kuroki in appearance, senti-
ment and gesture is much more
peaceful than many of the fire-eating
American warriors who are entertain
ing him.-Detroit Journal.