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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06
THE Fly.

The state board of health is now
camping on the trail of the fly. 1t may
seem to some that the state board of
health is in mighty small business in
bothering the poor little fly but we
desire to applaud, and If the board
gets the f1y's scalp we will give it a
rising vote of thanks.
1t is true that the fly is a first-class
scavenger, and he undoubtedly cleans
up a good many messes that human
beings ought not to have left about as
a menace to health; but the trouble
with the fly is that he is too pro-
miscuous with his scavaging. He is not
particular enough in his habits. After
cleaning up the slop bucket he goes
into the house and takes a bath in the
cream pitcher; or perhaps he feasts on
the remains of a dead mouse that has
escaped being carried off and buried
and then comes in and wipes his feet
on a loaf of freshly cut bread.
If the fly would attend strictly to
his job as scavenger there would be
less complaint against him; but he
doesn't. He insists on living in the
house with the rest of the family and
he is entirely too familiar.
The fly meets death in many forms
not counting the sticky fly paper
and times you slap him when he isn't
there. We learn from Secretary
Crumbine, of the state board of health,
that he is the victim of all sorts of
diseases, yet he goes merrily on, ap-
parently ever cheerful and never get
ting the blues, flying about in a light
hearted manner as he seeks the
sputum of some consumptive to scav-
age and then washes his hands in the
nearest cup of coffee. or else Innocent
ly twisting his legs as he suns himself
on the bald head of some particularly
irascible gentleman.
Yet millions of him go down to
death almost every day during the
summer season. So many of him die
that it keeps him busy perpetuating
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Incidentally, what does the ground
hog think about it?
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Also, where was the Gentry dog show
when the snow storm struck?
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Bill DoolittIe is still sore because the
supreme court did not appoint him one
of the receivers for the brewers pro-
perty. Here I've been receivin' stuff
from the brewers and likker houses for
20 year." said Bill today, land I've got
experience. Experience counts in this
brewer receivin' business the same as in
anything else, and mighty few men
hev had more experience in receivin'
brewers goods than 1 have. I'm as
good jedge of likker as there is IN
the state of Kansas. What do them
fellers what the court appointed know
about receivin' brewers goods!" And
Bill snorted in disgust.
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Looks as though you will have TO
wear the heavy kind all summer.
.
1t is reported that John L. Sullivan
is to marry again. And it was sup
posed that the old pugilist had quit
fighting, too!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06
.AYKH WKER JOT.S

Our old friend. zone Who Was
Present. continues to contribute to
the country papers occasionally.
George Peace has been in Jail down
at Coffeyville. In this case the town
marshal has really been keeping the
Peace.
Seneca is to have an Industrial
Chautauqua this year. Is that any
different from the other kind that
work people? e-......-4-s.e.s...s
enforced Horton and Sabetha have had
disastrous fires. There is such a
thing as OVERRIDING the dry" business.
1t is said that one produce man at
Pittsburg bought and shipped $4,000
dozen eggs during March. He paid
an average price of Is cents a dozen
for them.
While it has an extremely able
editor, the Parsons Sun sometimes gets
a little wild. You know parsons sons
frequently have a reputation for SOW
ing wild oats.
It's a pretty small Kansas town that
doesn't raise from 500 to $500 to sup
port its baseball team Up in Repub-
lie county, for instance, several towns
of 500 people are supporting teams
in this way. ,.-s..e-.
A great number of butterflies ap-
peared in various parts of Kansas
about ten days ago, but most of them
persisted in the recent cold wealth er.
1t is to be hoped that Injurious moths
have also been destroyed.
IAN ElDorado farmer and stock
man." says Bent Murdock. has p
thousand bushels of corn In the crib
which he will not sell. He somehow
figures that we may have short corn
crop and a short wheat crop and
short grass crop, so he has no corn to
sell. And then he has no cattle on
hand and will not buy any till next
fall These farmers get awful smart
and catch the corn and cattle market
both coming and going" -4s-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe

[From the Atchison GIobe.I
Our opinions are like our visits:
More appreciated when not forced
upon people.
everything, but as a rule he doesn't
know anything.
Every little while you hear a man
telling about "a good cussing" he
gave another man.
A girl always believes If she had
named herself she would have done a
more satisfactory job.
In almost any conversation the word
II" works harder than all the others
in the dictionary. .J
!, Women gossip about each Others
others busia0sss affairs.
The fly and mosquito are a trife late
in arriving, but don't believe the late
frost has caused them to cancel all
dates.
Every woman who owns a sewing
machine, has number of attach
ments" that go with it which she
never uses.
An amateur said today: 81 never
received but one good notice, and that
was written by a man who did not see
the show"
When a man wants to impress his
hearers with the idea that he is used
to receiving them. he always calls a
telegram a wire"
When woman begins talking
about a Kindred Soul. it means trouble
is in sight for her, and that she likes
the looks of IT.
If there is nothing else to discuss.
farmers can always start an argument
about whether corn planted late or
early makes the better crop.
Do you appreciate your friends as
much as you should? People who are
kind to you are scarce enough; do you
properly appreciate those who are
good to you?
Two Atchison men had a fight to-
day. One of them told the other a
STORY" and the man who listened
didn't laugh much. Then the man
who told the story said the other man
didn't know a good story when he
heard one. To which the listener re-
piled: well, If you talk like that,
I'll say your story wasn't any good"
One word led to another. and finally a
fight resulted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06

not the new rate law cuts off the spe-
cial rates that have heretofore been
enjoyed by Chicago. 1t is intended to
abolish Determinations in favor of
cities as well as Determinations in
favor of individuals. There is no jus
tice in building up one section of the
country at the expense of another sec
ton through discriminatory rates.
Perhaps that is what the Chicago
manufacturers cannot realize.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06
REFLECTIONS OF A BAcHELoI,
[From the New YORK Press

ITIOIH IIie NEW I OK Press. I
A woman does a lot of WORRYING tust
to satisfy herself that she is a good
mother.
man doesn't care whether Won call
it income or just plain pay If there is
plenty of 1t.
Some women are SO conscientious
they won't spend any more money ON
clothes than they can get hold of.
A man imagines he is having a fine
time II he can sit on the piazza in his
shirt sleeves even when he is cold.
There are lots of women that the
weren't afraid they'd miss the thinG1
they say about people.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06

Six or eight years ago NJ. A. Garlic
ton, a Kansas man. VINO is one of the
leading plant explorers in the en-
ploy of the United States department
of agriculture, went over to Russia
and made a study of the wheat that
grows on the dry Russian steppes
He brought home a small amount of
a variety Of macaroni wheat. That
seed was distributed to farmers In the
Dakotas, western Kansas and Nebras-
ka, and eastern Colorado Last year
that seed had grown to $4,000. 600 bush
Ais and it has become a great crop. es-
ssScially in the dry regions of the Da-
Sotss
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
[From the Philadelphia Record

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.l
Speaks volumes-The book agent.
Even a new umbrella may be used
w.
Comes to the point-The finger oe
scorn.
The square man is not always cor
nered.
The mean temperature is often pretty
mean.
The bakers supply of bread depends
upon how much he kneads.
Many man can't stand on his dig
nifty without putting his foot in it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06

There is talk that the next legisla-
ture will pass a new libel law. The
upright newspapers will do everything
possible to aid in suppressing the pub
Ecation of false reports. The trouble
Is that most of this talk of new libel
law comes from those who want the
truth suppressed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06

Roosevelt and Taft is the combina-
ton proposed by the Los Angeles Ex-
press for our national team in 1908.
1t won't do. If Taft isn't needed for
first place on the ticket he should be
kept in the cabinet or put on the SUI
preme bench, and not shelyed by be-
ing sidetracked in the vice presidency.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06

The railroad magnates a few weeks
ago were asking Roosevelt to say
something on the railroad question
that would stop the depreciation of
their stocks. Now it is announced
that the president will speak about
the railroads at indianapolis on May
80. but the magnates don't know
whether to rejoice or to worry
about II
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06
AN AMERICAN ABROAD.

With fierce and fervent mysteries
The East would lure and snare his soul
her lawless- whisper stirs him not.
One vision keeps him safe and whole.
1t comes to touch with usefulness
AT times his keen. unflinching face;
IN Jeweled nights. at white-hot noon,
1t visits him a moments space.
instead of palms and crowded Quays,
shipping and forts and sea of jade,
he sees his home towns quiet street,
Cool with its rustiing summers shade;
L ne modest homes, the church, the stores,
me small newspapers office bare;
The teams beside the dripping trough,
Tie court house in the dusty square.
S. H. kemoer in the Reader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06

It is reported that William Tecumseh
Vernon, may be sent to Ohio to keep
Foraker from lining UP all the negroes
for him. If Vernon is sent to Ohio.
Ohio will hear an orator who will come
we'll up to Foraker himself In the
speech-making line, even If he is a
black man,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06

A Wilson county jointist was SEN
fenced to four years and four months
in jail. and having served the four
months he, thinks he ought TO be given
a rebate for the. four years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06

Speaking of government ownership.
out at Garden City the government
has put in its own electric lighting
plant in connection with it's irrigating
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06
papers.

Senator Long is scheduled to speak to
the Saturday Night club on 1.-THE
Square Deal" If Senator Long ever
talked that way, his speech would pro-
badly be largely made up of dashes
and exclamation points.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06

A dispatch states that the traffic
managers of a hundred big manufac-
turing concerns in and around Chi
cago met Saturday and resolved that
-Rhe new rate law Is unjust. Like as
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06
WHAT HAPPENED

The story that Lieutenant Governor
Fitzgerald and a railroad tax commits
sioner exchanged some hot words will
be understood by those who know him
as meaning that Fitz talked to the
gent in such manner that he thought
a cyclone had struck and he was I'M
derneath.-Hutchinso News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06

Miss Gilman says when she is mar
ried both Mr.. Corey's family and mine
will be present" Perhaps she figures
that she will be Mr.. Corey's family.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06

BY the way, are the high school fra
ternities paying any attention to the
legislation that was passed against
them last winter?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06

Robert Stone has prepared a paper
on 1.-THE Constitution of Kansas" 1t
must be admitted that the old state
has a fairly rugged constitution to
undergo all it has to sometimes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06

Closing the joints ought to help re-
neve the harvest hand famine, If the
sbartenders can be persuaded to go
into the harvest fields.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06

DEFENDERS as pleasant as May"
says the old hymn. We can easily be-
lieve it now-as some Mays.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06

It is to be hoped that enough cher
ries have been saved this year to fur
nish seed for another crop of cherry
pie.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06

The telegraph dispatches Saturday
reported that Mark Twain was missing
from H. H. Rogers yacht. and then
denied the report. It's a cold day when
Mark Twain doesn't get into the news
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06

Like as not you will be kicking
about the heat before the Fourth of
July gets here. 1t would be Just like
you.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06

From the way President Roosevelt
is refusing to run again, 1T Is evident
that he learned to say mo" when q
how
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06
CREDIT wHERE 1T IS DUE

per pipes np TO pont Witb nride 70
the fact that Governor Hoch is en-
forcing the prohibitory law, while the
opposition said that it would be neces-
sary to elect Col. Harris to have this
cone The fact is that Governor Hoch
has about as much to do with the
Jackson crusade as the editor in ques-
ton. 1t has just happened that an
attorney general has been elected who
has an idea that his oath of office
means omething.-Lawrence Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06
KANy1S C0MMEU7
HENRY LANES, MANNERs-

n
MT henry James, who received in
Vulnerable courtesies from; the very
pest people" while in America recently
t.as JUST written a piece in which he
country any approach to manners"
naanners are so largely a matter of
SostoH thaI one may not write ac-
Guralely or justly of manners in a
anu ANU IN which he is a stranger. For
instance in America it would be con-
s1dered bad manners for anyone. after
enjoying the hospitality of people, tc
20 away and say in public that his
nosl and hostess had mo approach to
manners In Mr.. James country this
seems to be allowable. In China Mr..
James would have found it bad form
70 eat With a fork. Mr.. James said
mat the women of America did not re-
spoiia gracefully to little attentions
american men are so busy that they
spend only part of their time MAX
ING impressions on their women and
the women are therefore not accustom-
eo 10 man who hobs around Sinking
at tnem and offering them things. They
nave a sense of humor, and maybe
1hey We're laughing just a trifie at Mr..
James. The charge of Mr.. James that
women In America accept a seat from
men IN crowded street car without
acknowledgment is custom partly
manners are an affair of the heart, first
OF all, and the American who gives
ms seat to a lady generally gets an
appreclative nod. He wouldn't feel
comfortable if the lady should make
MIN conspicuous by calling on the pas
sengers to give him a rising vote Of
tnanks. A true lady understands that
pretty well. The trouble with Mr..
James is that he has mistaken Custom
Tor manners. Mr.. James himself hasn't
manners enough to justify him in lee
turing Americans about their manners.
Wichita Beacon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06

There isn't much prospect of a
vacation for that San Francisco grand
Jury.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06
EAT THEM.

HOLSTERS are gradually getting
scarcer, but the supply of Molly Cod
dies holds good.-Springheld Union.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06
REST KIND.

AS a favorite son of Ohio, Judge Taf
is taking on weight. Since trying tbs
t r. brand of presidential oats he
will presumably have need to use nc
other.-New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06
I.AYING OVER

Secretary Taft is visiting this coun-
try for a few days.-Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

The State Journal is a member of the
Associated Press and receives the fun DAY
telegraph report of that great news or
ganlzation for the exclusive Afternoon
publicat ton I'm Topeka.
The news Is received In The state Jour-
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06
SOME RAILROADS WAY.

The Indications are that the rail-
roads will spend more money in fight
ing the 2-cent fare laws through all
the courts than they will lose by their
operation-Philadelph Inquirer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06
A MATTER OF DOUBT

Mark Twain's white dress suit may
distinguish him from the head waiter
but people who do not know him may
wonder which minstrel troupe he is a
member Washington Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06
uE FAC THE TRACK

A government vessel is to carry 900,-
COO pounds of dynamite from New York
to Panama. No marine regulations
will be necessary to secure an unre-
stricted right of way for that ship
Omaha Bee,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06
Ballooning Equipment.

AS lin ballOoning) every pound lessons
the soaring quality Of the balloon, the
traveller has to select his outfit with
care. 1t is wise to have a short coat
with plenty of pockets, and buttoning
close round the throat when necessary;
and the simplest and most practical
tailor-made suit of light wool should be
worn. Light shoes, like those used for
tennis or yachting, are necessary, with
a strong pair of boots in reserve in case
of landing in a mountainous district or
having a long tramp at the end of ones
Journey. An umbrella is desirable ad-
junct-for the sun bites hard in the
southland a motor-veil for wind and
warmth. A long. light Shetland scarf
such as one uses in the Alps in bad
weather is useful in case of sleet and
cold.
A small necessaire first aid" a
change of underwear, a light volume of
a favorite author, a map. and a guide
book, should be taken. These should be
wrapped in a light waterproof cover;
for in cross-country journey one may
meet with variety of weather. and the
rain that pours down in the sphere of a,
balloon is as drenching as a water
spout.
Excepting small flask of brandy in
should be carried Smoking, matches,
and spirit-lamps are, of course, abso-
Iutely prohibited, as the smallest flame
might cause an explosion of the gas that
initiates the balloon The tube hangs
loose and open just above the car, and
small quantities of gas constantly
escape from it.
Food that is nourishing but light and
easily eaten, is best. French prunes,
raisins, and chocolate are a good stand
by with cold tea, coffee, and mineral
water. Bread should be very well baked.
Jam and sugar are as useful as in noun
taineering sugar being one of the best
of foods for exhausting expeditions
Century.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06
THEY DON'T MIND 1T.

Some English. statesmen are worried
at the mere prospect of a written con-
stitution, yet this country has one, and
it does not seem to worry some Ameri-
can statesmen bit.-Philadelphla
Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-06

1t seems that when a Russian Off
cial is notified that he will be killed at
a certain hour, he must make some al
lowance for unavoidable delays. The
terrorists, like other people, cannot al
ways be pnctural. Indianapolis News.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-03-28
THE TONGUE OF A BIRD.
An Orqan Which Varies Much In the
Different Species.

Few people have given thought to
the subject of birds tongues. Many,
even of the amateur bird students,
know little of the literature on the
subject and still less from personal OBJ
servation.
Birds must use their bills as hands,
and to some extent the tongues supple
ment such use Thus nut and seed
eating birds extract the kernel from
the shell, which is cracked between
the mandibles.
The full complement of bones of the
tongue consists of eight. The shape
varies considerably in different species,
and the comparative size very much
more. although there is a prevailing
general resemblance The size and de-
vel0pment Of the various bones con-
troll the shape and utility Of the organ.
Well developed front bones mean
thick fieShy tongue, such as we find
in members Of the duck family, while
small forward bones usually accom-
pany a small tongue of less Importance
to the owner. sometimes little more
than rudimentary, like that of the pei
lean.
Among such birds as have occasion
to protrude the tongue we'll beyond the
tip of the bill the hind bones are mar
velously developed and greatly elon-
gated. for these are the bones on which
the tongue is hung.
The edges Of the tongues of most
birds are more or less fringed, this fea-
ture being most noticeable in thin
tongues. Most birds have a greater or
less number of papillae-small feshy
projections, spinelike in appearance
and usually inclined backward-on the
upper surface Of the tongue. These
are of service in working the food
backward toward the throat.
Some of the sea birds have very sim
pie tongues, which serve but little pur-
pose The tongues of the honey creep
ers have very fine and long featherng
while those of the woodpecker are long
slender and pointed and the roots OF
some species curve clear around the
back of the skull, up over the crown
and their tips rest at the base of the
Of the sapsuckers the tongues of wood
peckers are capable of great protru-
sion. and the tip is barbed. The sap
suckers. however. instead OF having
sharp, barbed tongues like those OF
other Wo0dpeckers, have brushl!ke
tongues as a result of the degeneration
of the bristles on their surface into
hairs standing out from the tongue
rather than pointing backward.
Birds with long bills do not always
have correspondingly long tongues
The kingfshers, with their dispropor-
tionately large bills, have short tongues
The outer edges of the very long
tongues of humming birds are closely
rolled up into two tubes lying side by
side, by means Of which the birds are
enabled to suck the nectar from flow
ers.-New York Post.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-03-28

You should be very careful of
your bowels when you have cold.
Nearly all other cough syrups are
constipating, especially those con-
tanning opiates. Ken nedy's Laxa-
tive Cough Syrup moves the bowels
contains NO opiates. Conforms
to National Pure Food and Drugs
Law. Bears the endorsement of
mothers everywhere. Children like
its pleasant taste. Sold by M. M.
Suoot