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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
[From the New York Press.J

[FTrom the New York Press.1
A worran's reason for loving a man is
that she does.
When a woman has red hair it's a sign
she thinks blue carriers are becoming to
her.
1t takes lot of money to raise a fam
lily. but q good deal more to support
them after they are raised
When the church is going to change
ministers woman IS afraid the new one
might not part his hair right.
A man thinks he's a patriot because he
gets mad when anybody says some other
country once did a decent thing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16

Since the machine in the office of
the Parsons Sun was put out of COM
mission recently, that paper has gone
on record as opposed to any scheme
for knocking out the machine. And
here Henry Allen has been working on
a scheme to knock out two machines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16
KANSAS COMMENT
CORN BREAD.

we instructed our agricultural editor
70 ask every third caller at this office,
MONDAY, If he liked corn bread. Eighty
seven men came in and the corn bread
question was fired at thirty of them.
Nlneteen men said they liked corn bread
put IN order to get the women folks to
BAKE IL they had to start a riot. Four
men said their daughters objected to
corn bread because it didn't harmonic
Win otner things on the table. One
man said his daughters took painting
lessons and after having painted all the
Plates, pots and kettles on the place
they objected to corn bread because
tney couldn't paint 1t. One man who
came In with his wife said he didn't
IKE corn bread, sorghum nor butter
milk. He was afraid to say anything
eIse. The wife said she fed corn meal
10 the chickens, the buttermilk to the
pigs, while she hadn't time to go to the
eeIIar Tor sorghum every time the old
man wanted it. The daughters in two
Iamll1es take music lessons and they
declare there is no harmony in corn
bread. And SO it goes. Down trodden
man gets no corn bread and the world is
an uproar and it ought to be.-Bent
Murdoch
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16

The Wichita Eagle concludes that
the green bug has about settled the
harvest hand question in Kansas.
The Eagle has too narrow a vision. 1t
should cast its eye out to the short
grass country and I'D to the Sixth dis
trict. Summer and Harper and the
adjoining counties are extremely i'm
portant, but they are not the whole
wheat belt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16

''There seems to be no Partially
about the law enforcement era in Kan
Eas,' says the Salina Journal. las all
violators seem to be coming in for
calling down." Are they? We under
stood that they are going out instead
of coming in.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16

Actresses, as a rule, do not adopt
the names of their husbands when
they marry but cling to their stage
names. VIII Mrs. w. E. Corey con-
tinue to be known as Mabelle Gilman,
or is Mabelle Gilman now Mrs. Corev7
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16

1t was not so very long ago that the
Southern Pacific had a disastrous
wreck at Cotton, Cal.,. due to a switch
carelessly left open. combined with
high speed and weak equipment which
was smashed TO splinters. Now the
same road has just had another wreck,
due to almost the same identical
causes This seems discouraging.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16

Henry Allen must be having lots Of
fun in Wichita editing the Beacon.
Sometimes he gets half a dozen
anonymous letters a day, some of them
adorned with skull and crossbones, be-
cause of the part he has taken in rid
cling Wichita of saloons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16

The trouble with dollar wheat is
that when it becomes certain that
Kansas will have a ninety million
bushel crop there won't be any more
dollar wheat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16

/ Robbers found only $65 in the safe
of a L.eavenworth ice dealer a few
nights ago. They should have waited
few weeks until the ice season really
opens
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16

President Roosevelt's vacation will
begin on June IL. After that date he
will do the work of only three ordi-
mary men for a time. instead of ac-
conpHshing what seven or eight
x1s1Ia1Iv do
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16

The United States department of
agriculture in Washington says the
green bug has been practically exter-
minated. But what do the farmers in
the wheat fields say about it7
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16

\ The Ace trust in Kansas City has
been fined $2s,o0o. Now Kansas City
knows just what it must put up this
summer above the usual price of ice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16

Mr.. Debs says Meyer was never In
the Illinois penitentiary. but there is a
suspicion that Me. Debs Is just as
liable to be mistaken as are the people
who saw he was there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16

Although the courts refuse to let
Kansas have Co1orado's water or Mis-
souri's beer, Kansas will worry along
on the milk and honey its own land
flows with.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16

The Lawrence Journal correctly
diagnosis Il thus: 1.-THE trouble with
spring is that It is shy-more than a
month shy already"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16

Victor Murdoch suggests that IL the
Western Union obeys the supreme
court and gets out of Kansas, there
will be a tremendous amount of wire
pulling. But Kansas is used to that.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16

The Hutchinson News. which lives
in the Arkansas valley and ought to
know, concludes that in the Kansas
Colorado lawsuit the law was on the
side of Kansas but the facts favored
Colorado
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16
THE GRAND JURY.

One of the busiest institutions in the
United States at present is the grand
jury. 1t deals with respectable Grim
inals mostly men holding office or high
in the councils Of corpora tions.-Wichita
Beacon. u ggsN< s4F .~ss
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16

| It Is very evident that Senator
Spooner did not fix things up so thai
he could name his successor before he
sresigued,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16

The chief trouble with the Taft
boom Is that 1t is having too easy a
leime in its conquest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

/. The green bug beat the farmers
union g mile In bringing about dollar
wheat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16
OF COURSE.

A lot of papers are complaining be-
cause the presidents Arlington speech
contained nothing sensa tional And
probably the same ones would have
been complaining if it had been sensa-
tional.-Lebanon Argus
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16

II Speaking OF speed. the United States
Esenate is still investigating the Browns
willie case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16
THE DIFFICULTY.

Everybody in Kansas is for Taft-or
they say they are, railroaders and anti
ra1lroaders, square dealers and ma
chinists. The trouble will be to get a
Taft delegation from this state that
really wants Taft nominated for presi-
dent.-Miami Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16

A gas expert while in Winfield a
few days ago gave the Free Press a
Gav pointers on the use of gas. He
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16
THE CREDIT.

Governor Hoch and Attorney General
jackson are going after the breweries
In Kansas. They are to be commended
out why did the governor wait until his
second term to make move? He
knew these breweries were in Kansas
during his first term and he had taken a
solemn oath to enforce the law. For
our part We are inclined to give the
credit to Attorney Jackson.-Colby FREQ
Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16
WILL PROBABLY STAND

Florida's attack upon the federal
constitution has not resulted in that
document applying for an accident in
surance policy.-Birmingham News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16
PEACE LAURELS.

Andrew Carnegie's opinion seems to
be that the president is not keeping
his peace laurels on straight.-El Paso
News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16
ALARMINGi

The United States supreme court is
gradually opening up its eyes and COM
than standing for precedent and the
technical. 1t has held that the inter-
state commissions order that a North
Carolina railroad must make connec-
ton with another road, in the interest
or the travelling public, is constitutional.
Wichita Eagle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16
FRON OTHER PENS
THE INDIFFERENT TAFT

Secretary Taft shows depIorable
| lack of fitness as a presidential candi-
date. Returning from a months trip
abroad, he quietly discusses affairs in
Panama, Porto Rico and Cuba, and re-
fuses to be agitated over the political
crisis in Ohio. He may make a few
| speeches of a general nature there. but
as for trailing Sena tor Foraker I'D and
down the state in pursuit of delegates.
that is not his business as secretary of
war. He does not even announce that
he will obey President ROOSEVELT
wishes and abandon his trip to the
Philippines next fall, so as to get more
time for Ohio, politics.
The stage had been appropriately set
for the secretary's homecoming. One
Taft brother in Cincinnati had opened
the performance and another in New
York had faithfully gone through his
part Senator Foraker was supposed
to have arranged for the dramatic cat
astrophe of his downfall. President
Roosevelt had wrought up enthusiasm
to the right pitch by standing the con-
spirators and liars up in a row and
denouncing them. They had all shown
the proper signs of fight and been hiss
ed according to their deserts by the
galleries until their abject repentance
appeased the clamor. Senator Bourne,
at whose table Penrose is said to have
revealed the $4,000, 600 conspiracy, is so
moved that he gives out a declaration
aaginst reactionaries and in favor of
a second elective term for Mr.. Roose-
welt
1t is a tremendous tribute to the
president, the way the situation has
shaped itself since Secretary Taft set
sail for Panama last month. The enc
my had been run to cover during his
absence. AS the prospective heir of
the Roosevelt fortunes, Secretary Taft
might have manifested palmer signs of
delight Nobody had taken the pre-
caution to send him a wireless massage
on shipboard warning him not to talk
on touching shore. He reaches home,
and the only thing he will talk about
is the Gatun dam and the Culebra cut.
For him Foraker and Dick do not ex-
question whether a man so devoted to
minding his official business is fit to be
a candidate for president.-New York
World.
OKLAHOMA.
1t is evident that the party which
carries Oklahoma will have earned its
victory. Both the Democrats and the
Republicans are marshaling their forces
for a ripping campaign. Chairman
Griggs of the Democratic congressional
committee appeals for dollar subScrip-
lions, and if the brethren respond even
fairly we'll that side should not want
for the necessary money. On the other
side, the presence of Secretary Taft,
to the administrators interest, and
Mr.. Roosevelt is very popular in that
part of the country. Starting Off In
this way the new staters will get an
idea of their responsibilities, and should
become at once stout partisianS and
good citizens. The thing that is worth
having is worth all the hard work nee
essary to secure it.-WaShington Star.
PEACE LAURELS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16
THE REAL THING.

While the matter of driving saloons,
joints and boot leggers out of Kansas
is warm, is mighty good time for the
man who with his family has been vic
Tins of those poison vendors, to quit
drink After all, if there were no tip
piers the whisky sellers could do Moth
ing.-Minneapolis Better Way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16
Useful Hornets,

sPawson,'' said the old colored
deacon, as he timidly gazed at the hor-
nets nest in the course Of construction
among the rafters of the meeting
house, why doan' 20 git broom en-
sweep dem insects out OBJ de house OBJ
Worship"
But the wise old parson shook his
head solemnly.
mo, Bruddah Simpson, Providence
done sent dem hornets
"En what fob, pawson?"
why, to keep sleepin' sinnehs
awake Wild all dem hornets buzzin'
fro de ain Deb won't be emmy mo- snor-
in in church dis season.'-Chicag
News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-16
Loves Pronpter.


He was sitting alone on the veranda,
and close by him sat a young and
pretty widow and a little 6-year-old
son.
The little fellow ran up to the gen.
tleman, who patted him on the head.
whats your name?" the little boy
asked.
He told him.
"Is you married?" he lisped.
mo; / am not" was the reply.
The the child paused a momen, and,
turning to his mother, said:
Mamma, what else did you tell me to
ask him ?'-Pearson's Weekly.
Husbands at q Premium.
Recently published statistics show
that in the Swiss canton of Glarus
there are three women to each of the
1900 marriag eable men in the district.
Seven hundred of the men are mar
ried, and 113 husbands are still in
their teens. Three youths of nineteen
are widowers. and two of the same age
are divorced.
One young man Of twenty-five d.
vorced two wives within three years,
and is engaged to be married for the
third time. Another youth of twenty
two has been married twice, and is
now a widower.-LondonE Express.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
Growth Of the Small Colleges.

Tho small colleges are coming into their
own. So fast indeed. that presently they
VIII not Doe small colleges. and those who
believe that The small institution offers
greater advantages than the large ono.
will have nowhere to turn. Columbia col
iege has but ninety freshmen in the col
logc of arts. and letters this year. Har-
ward freshmen. which .u l.sc. exceeded
.H. are barely co this year. while WI
l'.fo-'S college which G.f not have quite
ioo in 1872. now has TO freshmen. Dart
mouth has nearly 200 students to-day
whore il had e"o six years ago. Here in
Wisconsin. for two years Beloit College
has enrolled "a freshman class OF over -.
The growth of Lawrence University has
been even faster and a strong Institution
is devel o0ing there iu the north OF the
state. Ripon Is growing rapidly after
years Of standstii The idea that used
TO prevail that you got more instruction
at n big college than at "a smaller one.
is about as sensible as a theory that YOU
could eat more i'm large dining-room
than in "a small one Human capacity.
Intellectual and aNwentary. is a constant
quantity The hir Institution I'm general
does not give more Instructions to the
individu1l hut th. same instruction TO
more individuals Wisconsin state Jour
nal
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
Teachers Examinations

Please tell me n teachers expecting
To- take the public school examination $50
1907 VIII be examined on just the same
subjects as was included in last Years
O9oG) course. and what time viii the OK
animation be held? Can YOU tell mo
where there will be nosmals held jim The
southwestern part OF the State?
A SUBSCRIBER
Teachers expecting to take the public
school examination in 1907 win be OK
amined on the same subjects that were
given in 1896. The exact dates for the
examinations have not yet been deter
mined upon. Ii is probable that one OF
them will be held in May and one I'm Au-
gust as was the case last year
Summer Institutes viii very probably
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
HOTELS FOR WOMEN.
Economics and Psychology Con
spire TO Make Them Failures.

A distance of about five blocks and
q period OF something like quarter or
century separate the scenes and epocns
or the first and last attempts 90 run n
hotel for working and professional women
on Manhattan Island. The efforts OF Mrs.
4. ". Stewart is not forgotten. and cau-
not be- foreottcn while the Park Avenue
Hotter stands at Thlrty-taivi street ana
Park Avenue The Martha Washington
Hotel ON East Twenty street, 10y
last nights vote OF the Stockholders, Will
soon Doe leased for similar strictly COM
luercial purposes; Economics and psy,,
chclogv couspired I'm each case 90 spell
failure.
There are not enough professional
women with adequate incomes To- sup
port hotel at rates such as must be
charged in New York. And women are
not men. They do not fit into hotel life.
They expect too much for their money
they are too intolcrant 81 unaN Oidahlc
one another and the world AS one un-
named feminine philosopher is reported
ton meeting. They want everything for
little or nothing. 7 tell YOU It's "a very
hard problem to please lot OF women
when thoy are CoOpcd up hv themselves.
Two learned a lot about my Sex since
7 came hove and l cant say that what
have learned has given me high opin-
ION OF bachelor women
The sex is all right. Working and
professional women are all right. 70 ism
their fault that they are not wives and
mothers. But the bachelor woman is
as absurd as the epithet which sha has
come to Yrst endure, then pity. thence
embrace Sle scorns regularity. likes
late hours ana ConCcals her real and dom
lnant sense OF prQprietv with yellow
Veil Sue dresses ahsurily. and eats when
tne Wnm seizes her She has never
learned Tho relative nutritive value Of
chocolate creams and port-r-n house steak
And she multipIes herself by resonant
't hoes so that the error ~ the people
support tae Martha Washington Hotel
was. dt least eNcusable brooklyn Eagle.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
Santa Claus.

viii you please let noe know through tho
Query Columns of The Times Dispatch
the origin of Santa Claus? and obuge
G.. w. NJ
Santa Claus is the Dutch name Of Saint
Nicholas. who lived about 300 a. d. lie
was the Bishop of Myra. Asia Minor. and
owes Ills position as the patron saint Of
the children to the following legend: He
wished to preserve the three daughters
OF O. poor nobleman from dishonor when
the father having no money for mar
rage portions. was about to force them
to support themselves by leading a de-
crading life st. Nicholas passing the
house at night. threw purse Of gold
into an open window. This was done for
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
Cold Harbor.

Editor Of Tho Times Dispatch.
Sir.-Cold Harbor derived its name during
the period of the Revolutionary War
While the old tavern that now stands in
that place was being built. but not vet
complete. a party Of British soldiers took
refuge and passed the night there-onc
cold. frosty winter evening As night
came on a heavy storm and blizzard Of
snow fell. and the night grew colder ana
more severe as the hours advanced The
following morning. when the party Of SOL
dlers awoke. they discovered that several
Of their number had died of cold and
were frozen. They called the place "A
Colo Harhor' and IL has ever since re-
tanned that name. Y
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
My Ships
(By Request

ALI years agO-uO matter where.
Beneath what roof or sky.
dreamed az days. perhaps remote.
Where ships of mine that We're aioat
Should iu the harbor Ae.
And AN the costly frclghts they bore
Enrich me both IN mind and store.
What dreams they were Of argosies
Laden in many cline,
So stouuy built so bravery manned
SO fear but they would come TO land
AT their ~-.ointed time.
And ] should - them, one by one.
close fun their sails in summers sun.
And thon while men IN wonder stood.
My ships I would unlade.
NY treasures vast they should behold.
And 10 my learning or my gold
What houors would be paid.
And though Che years might come and go.
j could bat wiser. richer grow.
Iu later years-no matter where.
Beneath what roof or sky,
saw the dreams OF days remote
Fade out. and ships that were ahoat.
AS drifting wrecks go by.
And aN the many frcights they bore
Lay fathoms deep. or strewed the shore,
Nhne ships Of which never thought
Were sailing DER the sea.
Ana one by one. with costier lade.
in safety al the voyage made.
And brought their freight to me;
What I had lost but trile seemed.
And / was richer than / dreamed,
30 wondering crowd. with envious eye.
Looked on my treasure rare;
Yet they were weighticr far than gold.
And are beyond compare,
Would an tine restless hearts ! see
Had ships like these that came 10 me,
Union. w. Va
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
The Death of the Old Year.

run kucc-dcep lies t4- winter snow.
And the winter winds are YEARLY sigh
Ton ye the church-ben sad and slow,
ana tread SOFTLY and speak low.
OF tne Old year lies a-dyiuE
Ola year, you must not die
Aoi came to us 50 readily,
A"u NFed witn US SO steadily.
Old year, you shall NOT die.
lie, iieth sim. he doth not move:
lie VIII not see the dawn OF day;
re hath no other life above.
ne gave me friend, and true love.
ana the new year viii take 'em away.
Old year, YOU must not 90.
30 long you have been with US
Hucu JOY as you have seen with is
D4o year, you shall not 90.
lie frothed his bumpers 20 tho brim:
~ JOINER year We shall not seq
hut. though his eyes are waxing dim,
And though his foes speak M OF him,
lie was friend to me
Ola year. you shall not die.
We dld so laugh and cry with YOU
We half a mind to die with you,
Old year. II you must die.
lie was full OF joke and Jest
.r hut an his merry quips are Ger.
lo see him die, across the waste
His son and heir doth ride DOst-hasts
But he ii be dead before.
Every one FOR his own:
The night is starry and cold. my
And ne New Year blithe and bold.
my friend.
Comes up TO take his own
How hard he breathcs, DER the snow
heard Just now the Growing cock
The shadows flicker to and fro:
The cricket chirps. the light burns low.
It's nearly twelve o'clock
Shake hands before you die.
Old year. wei dearly rue for ,.o,,.
What is e We can do for your
Speak out before you die
His face is growing sharp and thin.
Alackl our friend is gone
close mp his eyes; tie up his chin.
step from the corpse and let him in
That standeth there alone.
And waiteth at the door
There new loot on tho floor NV
friend '-' ny
And a new Face AZ the door nv
friend N my
A new face at the door.
Alfred Tennyson.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06

three nights in succession. thus furnish
ing each daughter with doWry. on
the third night no WIS discovered. but
St Nicholas exacted O promise that his
munlhcence would not be revealed. From
this incident * is said. arose the Gus
tom OF hanging stockings on the eve os
S. Nicholas Day, and attributing tie
sft 10 Santa Claus The custom was al
forwards transferred to Christmas.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
DR. Iaffertv

wish YOU would give some little ac-
count of DR.. j. j. IaNerty since he re-
tired from the Advocate"
Nothing has been heard Of him since.
and 1t seems strange that so prominent
a man should so suddenly drop out OF
notice. r. T. b.
DR.. Lafferty has not dropped cut Of
notice" lie is living quietly in his home
at Crozet Va, but is still writing for the
Baltimore Christian Advocate"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-06
Giving the Lemon.

] SEQ repeated Reference mado o lemons
i'm connection with the New York CAM
paign e.. ga little lemon is danger
GUS thing. especially with Hearst What
is the meaning of it,
The slang is handing tho lemon" and
means administering n rebuke or rebuff