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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

GF'rom the Chicago News.1
There are still some vacant lots on
Easy street.
Many a man who looks wise can't
make a living at it.
How long the days seem when you
are short of money!
One method of lodging popularity
is to give your neighbors advice.
1t doesn't pay to advertise unless
you are able to deliver the goods.
One brand of seasickness is the re-
suit of trip on the sea of matrimony.
Why doesn't some genius start a
correspondence school of experience
1t sometimes happens that a woman
with a double chin talks enough for
two.
In the drama of life there are more
thinking parts than there are actors
to enact them.
When n woman marries a man to
reform him she learns what it is to
lead a strenuous life.
It's awfully hard for a woman to
believe the nice things she tells other
women about her husband.
Some wives get comfort out Of the
thought that their husbands are just
as good as other men when they are
asleep.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27
AIEssoN FOR WICHITA.

wichita is having the same expert
ence that Kansas City, Kan, had as
result of closed saloons. The busi-
ness men of Kansas City, Kan, used
to believe that the town would go to
the bow-wows without saloons; tnat
business would fall of. that taxes
would be Increased, that the city
revenues would be cut off, and that
business houses would be empty. AS
a result Kansas City, Kan, always
went wet" But since the state closed
the saloons down there the business
men have found that the money which
once went into the pockets of 5ointists
and gamblers is now spent for groceries,
clothing and legitimate amusements,
The city was never more prosperous
than now. Real estate is active and
the population is growing rapidly.
Kansas City, Kan, would not now go
back to licensed joints II it could.
The liquor interests have had a ire
mendous hold on Wichita for many
years, but the merchants of that town
are beginning to realize that the Gloss
ing of the joints was good thing for
the legitimate lines of trade. The Bea-
con recently interviewed eight mer-
chants down there relative to trade con-
ditions Four OF them said their bust
ness is better since the saloons have
been closed; three said they have no.
ticed no difference in their receipts,
and the eighth man said his business
has fallen Off Possibly portion of
this last mans trade came from the
element of law-breakers that has been
driven out of Wichita.
1t cannot be disputed that legitimate
lines of business do better when there
are no saloons to lead men to squander
their money. Not only is the volume of
trade larger, but 1t Is a better class
of trade. Men have more money with
which to pay their grocery bills
promptly and there are fewer dead
beats.
In commenting editorially on the mat
ter the Beacon remarks:
1.-The interviews of eight merchants
of wichita who sell groceries, meats
and supplies seem to indicate that re-
tail business in Wichita which would
be directly affected by closing of sa-
looms has been helped rather than in
jured. 1t is certainly not an unex-
pected result to discover that the man
who cashes his check in a meat mar
ket becomes a better provider than
does the man who cashes his check in
a saloon"
Wichita is learning this in spite OF
its, former theories to the contrary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27

carriage of the slender figure in the
neat tailormade gown. and shook his
mead The days of miracles were
passed.
II didn't want to get of at Vance
VIE she she said, with an awkward
little laugh. $50 I got Off at Paterson
ana walked across fields. didn't sup
pose I'd see any one this time of
See here" said wayburn. "If you
really are Nancy skeen. what happen
the day you graduated?''
Miss Nancy blushed. ''You-you
Kissed me. she stammered, the flush
deepening. When 1 read my essay
l tnought every one must be looking
at my nose, and I broke down and
rushed out of the room You followed
and found me crying in the woodshed,
and you kissed me to comfort me.
Now, am I Nancy?"
BY the powers you are" he con-
coded, using his most tremendous oath
in his Excitement. ''And do you re-
member when 1 kissed you / asked
you to marry me, and you said you
never could marry while your nose was
like that ?"
II remember" she said, softly.
"And ], like fool, just went away"
he went on. do you remember your
exact words. Nancy 2"
IT don't think do" she whispered,
though her telltale blush betrayed her.
You said you couldn't marry me
while Your nose was like that" he
went on. Now your nose isn't like
that any more. We're both pretty
spry for old folks, Nancy. Will you
have me now, dear?"
He saw his answer in her eyes shin
ing with new light of tenderness and
love, and he folded her in his arms
that had so often been stretched forth
In vain.-(Copyrighted 1907. by NJ. NJ.
Cunningham.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

LFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Even the trombone player can't
blow himself unless he can raise the
wind.
When an old man marries a young
girl they should both have our sympa-
thy.
Many q woman has such a sweIled
head that she wonders II she will ever
get a halo to f1t It.
The fellow who never makes a kick
is charming companion, but he gen
orally gets the worst of it.
It's all right to hope for the best.
but when we get it we always begin
to hope for something better.
NeIl-"Maud is in the seventh heav-
en- of delight She says she has met
the only man she ever loved" Belle
what, again ?"
Doctor-''Your husband seems to
have an idea he is mildly insane" Mrs.
Henpeckle-"Oh, he has had that idea
ever since he married me-
Blobbs--"Dolittle says he is welded
to his art Slobbs-sWhy. I didn't
know Dolittle was an artist" Blobbs-
He isn't He merely married ONE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
rFrom the New York Press.I

fFrom the New York Press.1
Next to being bachelor a widower
is the luckiest.
When a girl could really die for a
man he is In a novel.
The only people gladder than the
hosts to have their guests go are the
guests.
Rich men advise you to save money
so they can advise you how to invest it
for their benefit.
When a girl says she doesn't want
a man to love her, she doesn't mean
she doesn't want him to make love to
her. ----.------------ -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27
THEIR SECOND MEETING.

We met; twas in a crowd: she looked at
me
With such look as shall ne'er forget:
And, gazing in her eyes, / knew that she
And some other where. some time. had
met
The look she gave me filled my breast
with pride.
For as I halted just inside the door
1 knew that she remembered me and tried
To recollect where we had met before.
And then 1t came to me, all in flash,
And in that instant she remembered, too /;
I'd knocked her automobile all to sma s1
When 1 was nervous and my car was
new.
IS. e. Kiser in Chicago Record-HeraId
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27
saved His Temperature.

was taken i'll recently and called in a
physician of his race to prescribe for
him. But the old man did not seem
to be getting any better, and finally a
white physician was called. Soon
after arriving DIR. s. felt the darky's
pulse and examined his tongue. did
your other doctor take your temper
ature?" he asked. 81 don't know,
sah," the patient answered feebly, tT
haven't missed anything but my watch
az yet, boss."-Argonaut.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers Of the State journal
away during the summer may have
the paper mailed regularly each day
t. any address at the rate OF ten cents
a weak or thirty cents = month Thy
mall only)- Address changed as often
ms desired While out OF town the
State Journal viii be to YOU like a
daily letter rom homo.
Advance payment Is requested ON
these short time subscriptions, to save
Bookkeeping expense.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27
A FALSE PROPAGANDA.

1t is we'll known that public service
corporations In the United States are
making tremendous efforts to prove
municipal ownership a failure. To
this end they are spending money in
maintaining tainted news" bureaus
for the spread of anti-municipaI own
ership sentiment. A publication SAIL
ing under the misleading name of
Concerning Municipal Ownership" is
maintained, the purpose of which is
to create the impression that munici-
pal ownership is a failure, and ex-
tracts from this publication are sent
to newspapers all over the country in
the hope that they will find their way
into print. Writers are also employed
to prepare special articles for the same
purpose, and facts and figures are dis
torted to dfscredit public ownership,
In recent issue of the Los Angeles
Times appears a two-column article
parenthetically to be zone OF the fore
most statisticIans of America" and in
this article Topeka's electric light
plant Is listed among failures of
American municipal electric plants
This will be news to Topeka, Even
those who recently made the vain at
tempt to turn over the city lighting
contract to a private corporation will
scarcely maintain that Topekas mu-
nicipal lighting plant has been fall
ure during the twenty years since it
was established, At the time the mu-
nicipal plant was started the lowest
bid the city could get on street light
ing was $40 per light per year. The
municipal plant was establish ed and
the cost per light has actually been
about $50 per year for the whole time,
which includes interest, depreciation
and lost taxes. zone OF the foremost
statisticians of. America" evidently got
his wires crossed in listing the Topeka
municipal electric plant as failure.
1t Is true, OF course. that with new
and up-to-date machinery, the cost of
lights can still be lessened. When the
Edison company recently proposed to
furnish the city 500 lights for $55 per
light per year on a ten-year contract,
some Topeka citizens were swept off
their feet. 1t looked good-according
to the way the Edison hackers manip-
ulater the figures. But disinteFSsted
expert went over the whole situation
for the city, figured every possible
item of expense, including interest, de-
probation, lost taxes. maintenance and
could build a new municipal plant and
get its light at considerably less than
$55 a year, and have a $4,000 plant
left at the end of the ten-year period.
And when the State Journal showed
that the amount that would be paid
the Edison company In only six years
would pay for the new plant ana
maintain it, the Edison proposition
was sneadilv drOpDed.
Municipal ownership has been a
success in Topeka, not
zone of the foremost
of America" If Mr.. Bal
lard were to investigate he would dis
cover that public sentiment is over
in favor of municipal own
ership in Topeka-but that is not the
sort of information that he is paid for
getting. If municipal ownership is the
same sort of a failure" in the other
places he mentions that it is in To-
peka, the people of those towns ought
to be pretty well satisfied with 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27

new fences were needed on the estate.
The old gentleman took off his coat
and built them himself. assisted only
by a butler. who was impressed into
service to hold the nails. Many a rich
man would like to get out and do a
job of that kind If he thought he could
afford the time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27
The Cowboy Bishop.

Once, while still bishop of Wyoming
and Idaho. Bishop Talbot went to st.
Paul to attend a meeting of digni-
taries of the church. There, one noon,
on the porch of the hotel. a tramp
approached a group of bishops and
asked for aid
NO." one OF the. churchmen replied,
ct don't think we can do anything.
But down there is the youngest bishop
of US all (pointing to Bishop Talbot,
and he's a very generous man."
The tramp went to Bishop Talbot,
and the others watched with interest.
They saw a look of surprise come over
the tramps face-they saw that the
bishop was talking eagerly, earnestly
they saw the tramp look perturbed
but they finally saw that something
passed from hand to hand.
The tramp tried to get away with
out speaking to those of the group,
but the former spokesman called to
him.
well. did you get something from
our young brother?"
The tramp grinned sheepishly. mo;
1 gave him dollar for his new cathe-
dral at aramie"-Harper's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27

A Kansas exchange quotes the Mil
ton (Pa.) Miltonian as saying: 1.-The
primaries under the new election law
we're held on Saturday last and proved
to the satisfaction of all that they are
no improvement over the old way
and not nearly so good as the vest
pocket vote. Some election districts
did not poll a solitary vote, and all
over the state the vote was very light
and the professional politicians had
things largely their own way" This
indicates that the Milton Miltonian got
licked.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27
Urbanity.

A shopgirl entered the car.
Every strap was occupied.
But was she compelled to stand on
her poor, tired, aching feet all the
way home?
oh, no. Three or four men prompt
ly jammed her up among them in
such a way that she could not possibly
fall down.
Americans are no doubt the politest
people in the world. AS for the
French. If you speak of them. they
have no such pportunities.-Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27

OF the six largest universities in the
country-in point of attendance-II-
linois claims three. They are Chicago
University, Northwestern and the Uni
versity of Illinois. Neither Yale,
Princeton, Cornell, nor Columbia come
In this list of the six largest. The
other three besides those named are
Harvard, Michigan and Minnesota
The West is doing things in education.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27
a TRUE CoNsERVATIVE.

The president is not a dangerous
radical, but a true conservative. His
Indianapolis speech breathes through
out the spirit of the quotation from
Burke which he used at the James
town exposition: IF can not reform
with equity, will not reform at ALL"
New York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27
Definitions,

Good-we.
Bad-They
Right-What we do.
Wrong-What they do.
Salary-Our wages.
Wages-Their salary.
Reputation-That which one is I'M
able to live up to.
Income-That which one is unable
to live down to.
Revolution-An event in politics of
which one rejoices at being the daugh-
ter. but ashamed to be the mother
Life
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27
FRON OTHER PENS
A GREAT AMERICAN SENATOR.

The senate will not be quite the same
with John Tyler Morgan passed over
to the majority. Like George F. Hoar,
he upheld and cherished its traditions,
commanded the respect of his col
leagues, took his duties seriously and
was master of it's business. His claim
to remembrance as great American
senator will not be challenged.-New
York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27

Perhaps the alleged humor that
Mark Twain is perpetrating over in
London is caused by the fact that those
Britishers cannot see the point to any
other kind
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27

A Philadelphia inventor claims credit
for Santos Dumont's idea of a dirigible
balloon. While he was claiming why
didn't he claim something that would
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27

The Osborne Farmer thinks one
reason why Senator Knox's boom
doesn't "take" any better in Kansas is
because his first name is ''Philander"
If it were Bill or Jack his boom might
stand soma show
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27

notwithstanding Secretary Taft's in
digestion he remained cheerful and op-
timistic. When some men have pains in
that region they become sour and dis
gruntled
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27

out. That Is splendid advice. If
Secretary Wilson will follow 1t him
self he Will learn a great many val
liable things.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27

The Potter Palmer estate yields an
income of $4,000 a year under the
management of Mrs. Potter Palmer's
father. The old gentleman appears
to have been able to make a living
with his hands in his younger days,
and he evidently still enjoys doing a
little manual labor. Recently some
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27

Both the Democrats and the Republi-
cans at Ottawa believe they entertained
the next president last week. Both
Taft and Bryan were there, you know
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27
THE HEIGHT OF NONsENsE

Frederick the Greats fondness for
big soldiers being grated on West
Point results in the suggestive thought
that, under the new rules for admis-
sion Alexander. Napoleon, Oyama,
Kuroki, Mcclellan, Joe Wheeler and
Funston are a few among the fairly
good fighting men who could not hope
to enter the American army.-New
York Mail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27

1t is really dangerous for the gov
eminent to have a boat named the
Octopus The president might forget
himself sometimes and jump on It
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27

There is this consolation for Mayor
schmitz: If his town takes a notion to
whip Japan in the next year or two, he
won't have to enlist. He will be in Jail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27

Attorney Darrow says he intends to
prove Orchard a monumental liar. Let's
see: Didn't Orchard confess to some
thing like that?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27

If Mrs. Howard Gould gets her d.
vorce and all the aIimony she wants,
quite likely Count Boni Will be willing
to consider proposals from her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27

Abe Ruef says he is a sick man.
That is probably true- It usually
makes a person like Abe sick to get
caught
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27

King Alfonso has a great many
titles, but his latest title, papa,
seems to please him as much as any.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27

Now it is Mayor Schmitz's turn to pay
the fiddler, and although he is a fiddler
himself, the chances are that he viii get
no rebates. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27

A man named Gallagher Is now acting
mayor of San Francisco In place of
Schnitz Thus do the Irish score again
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27

Who advised keeping on the heavy
kind until July II
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27

About time for the W. n Corey's to
break into print again. isn't it2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27

1t need cause no surprise when an Ice
trusts stock is found to be watered-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27

The Italian who shot another man In
his sleep on a western Kansas train was
perhaps suffering from dementia Ital-
lana
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27

This is q good time to look up the
best remedies for burns The Fourth
IS only one week or
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27

Secretary Wilson has given his as
sistants orders to watch F. d. Coburn
and carefully read everything he gives
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27
IN RUSSIA.

The douma has been dissolved, but
the car would rest easier If storm
signal were not flying from the place
where the douna -disappeared.-Leav-
enworth Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27

A lecturer on journalism states that
the first piece of congressional report
ing was taking down Webster's reply
to Hayne, and that but for the private
enterprise of James Madison the de-
bates on the formation of the national
constitution would have been lost.
These were pretty good scoops for be-
Cfnners and amateurs.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27
AVERAGING DOWN.

Nature has the habit OF striking av-
erages. Bumper crops every year
would mean overproduction, which
like overpopula ton, nature abhors and
regulates in its own time and way. 1t
would be false optimism not to recog-
nize the fact that this is one of the
years chosen to offset and average
down such fat seasons as that of 1906,
when the products of the soil glutted
every market and choked every ave-
nue. of transportation.-New York Mail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27
POOR PROXIES.

Portland railroad attorney, defend
ing damage suit claimed that the dis
aster from which 1t grew was IAN act Of
God" If the blame for all these affairs
which have happened recently is traced
to the same source, it would seem that
the Almighty has placed the carrying
out of His plans in some very careless
handS,-Portland Oregonian.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27
POSSIBLY A BENEFACToR.

A good deal of general interest is ia
ken in the fast of that Batesvilie Qll.)
doctor for twenty days. If he manages
to pull it Off successfully. it may open
way for a number of people to achieve
the most important preliminary to their
summer Observation-Disclosures News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27
IS HocH VIND1CTryE?

II the Square Dealers conclude to
draft Stubs for governor what will
Stubs do about it? He was the head
of the outfit that drafted Hoch. If
IIoch is at all Vindictive 1t would now
be in order for him to use all his in
fluence to get Stubs into the same
trouble Stubs got Hoch.-Holton Re
oorder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-27
HIS SPECIALTIES.

roads and wolves.-Birmingha Age
Herald.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-05-10
ALEXANDRA DUMAS

-Signfca que partr de este momene vuestro Gnico,
vueso verdadero enemgo queda nuado para hacero do
Han matado acaso agIn hombre? pregunto Carlos mi
randoA mad aque ae de supeodad que 1ndca
asesnato d perdon son attributes Ahentes pode real
NO. sehor; 10 que han hecho ha sido arrestar dos
OH Carlos, sempre tramas ocultas, sempre
maqunacione las que no toma pae aguna Vve Dos
adre mia me paece que homb bastan hombre para var
Dor mi mso para neeestar andadero nj babeO Idos
Poona con hjo Enrique ques reinar pues aquf
papees go
-Hio mio dio Catalina, esta la Ultima que
clio en- vuestros asuntos Po empesa comenzada
nuchO tempo ha que habes propuesto evarme la
ira ocaba mi honor probar Vuestra Maestad que yo
tenia raz6n.
En- aquel momento deuvieron varos homb mbres EN- e
vesbuo oy6 do que ceron apoyar las cuaas de los
mossuetes sobre e pavimento.
Cast eneguda de Nancy pd permiso para entrar
aposento del rey.
Que entire djo vivamente Carlos.
E seor de Nancy entr6 saud6 rey y volvendose ha
cia Catalina, dijo;
esta preso.
habeis cogido uno!
-Estaba solo, sehofa.
~ Use ha defendido
No cenaba ranquiamente cuarto, ha entregado
Ia espada la prmera intimaci6n
-Pero quien es? preguno el rey.
Ahora 10 veres dijo Catalina. Haced entrar al prlso-
nero sehor de Nancy.
CincO ninutos despues de Mcu, fue introducido.
DE Mouy excam6 rey; ique hay de bueno, cabaerof
Sefof do de Mouy perfecta tranquihdad Vuestra
Maesad me da su permiso; k drgre la msma pregunts.
Sefor de Mouy lugar de haeer pregunta al eyt
tened bondad de dc mi ho quen hombre que Sc en-
cohtraba en- la habtac6n del Navarro erta noche qn
ma6 dos guadas ir6 al seor de Msureve esshendo como
I'm tebede las 6rdenes de Su Majestad.