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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06
AT LAST.

At last one of the most important
measures before the legislature has
| been agreed upon by both houses, and
| now awaits Governor Hoch's signature.
It is the antipass bill.
While the chief spokesman for the
Passholders' Union succeeded in max
ing the measure imperative until jan
uary 1. 1908, thereby allowing the poll
ticians, officials and others to retain
their passes during the present year.
the pests will be abolished before an
other political convention meets. or be-
fore another political campaign comes
on.
This provision will be a relief for the
members of the legislature who are now
using passes. There are doubtless
considerable number of statesmen who
dislike very much to give up the bits
of pasteboard that entitle them to ride
on Kansas railroads free. They rather
wanted to see the antipass bill killed
but they were afraid to assume the re-
sponsibility for killing it. knowing that
the people are demanding the abolition
of the pass. The amendment making
the bill effective on January l of next
year is doubtless a great relief to all
such statesmen.
Tie bill as finally passed allows a
railroad to have only one local attor-
Eey and one local surgeon in each
county on it's pass list. The objection
to allowing the railroads unlimited
power to issue passes to local attorneys
and similar employees was the fear that
in emergencies they might load up with
a large force of such attorneys This
provision, however. will obviate that
danger. Taken altogether it is pro-
badly as good an antipass bill as could
be hoped for. and the state may be
thankful to get it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Almost time now to begin to clean
up your yard.
The grounding sure missed it this
time. Perhaps he let his prophets liz
cense expire.
Here is a confidential tip: Better
begin to fatten up your pocketbook-
Spring millinery will soon be ripe.
-
The Thaw trial is also valuable in
bringing to the front Mrs. Charles
Holman of Pittsburg, as a sample of
a good kind of mother for a girl not
to pick out when she is choosing her
mother.
After this when you get mad and
feel like smashing things you can
know that you are having a brain
storm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06
HUMoR OF THE DHY

Quoting from 1.-THE Burial Of Sir John
Moore " the speaker said: But little he'll
SAh!" interru2t ted the man ar in the rear
of the hall, then he was not a railroad
telegraph Observation-Disclosures Record
We came near Iynchin. the wrong man
to swing him off, too"
t. IBg ut then you just discovered the mis-;
hear tell Of" -Phiiadelphia Press.
amt no use uh-spostulatin' and polly-fox-
In bout desc yuh flying machines. Dey
needer. De Lawd never intended de air
to be circumambulated
Brother Snike-Yassah. but femme ak
yo' how yo' .spect ives uh-gwinne t git 10
heaven-go 'round?-Puck.
'Grigson. what make is your automo-
Tt, It's a Berkman-Jandorf-L ichtenstein-
benhead-S Sampson Billhoover."
see! That's one 1 never heard of be-
Probably not. Those are the names of
the diferent repair men who have worked
on it since 1 got it.'-Chicago Tribune
First Dude-How is it that you get in
o oit to balls parties. weddings and
Second Dude-It is the simplest thing in
the world, my dear fellow. When sus-
PeCb mat any OF my Dig-Wlg acQuain-
tances are going to give one I tell them
! SHAH be out of town. They lima CINE It
is safe to invite me. They do so. and. 10
and behold! bob up serenely. Strategy,
my boy, strategy!-Tit-B Bits.
He-Are you musical?
She-I play the piano.
He-Well. that's not an absolute denial
-Meggendorfer Blatter.
Mrs Brown says her baby can say all
But I can trust she teaches it not to do
so.'-Puck.
Humanitarian.Why are you beating the
poor donkey in that way?
Coster-And bloomin' lot o. good il nd
do beatin' the car-eh Punch.
She-Oh. II must be fine to be a poet!
He-It ought to be morei 1t ought to be
fine and imprisonment.-Spri Tn
ion.
= SssFf.f 81 '--a.a D.. 1885,
Chapleieh-I was-aw-out late lawst
nj INT. and the-aw-wesult was I had a
head on me this mawning. doncher know.
Miss CauSticue-Well If 1 were you I'd
stay out lac every night.-Chicago Daily
News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06
What We know About Nfars.

"a Marian plain thirty miles in
diameter would appear in a telescope
about as large as the dot on the print
ed letter f. Even a city as vast as
London could not be seem" says
Waldemar Kaempffert in the March
McClure's in his noteworthy article,
what We Know About Mars" In
simple language, without recourse to
the technical phraseology of science.
he tells US of the marvels the scten-
lists have laboriously discovered
through years of study and effort.
Mr. Kaempffert is most happy In his
choice of figures and Illustrations
Could one imagine a more illuminat-
ing way of stating a fact than his
words on the manner of men the in
habitants of Mars must be: "A Mar
tan laborer could perform as much
work in a given time as fifty or sixty
with a powerful Panama dredger."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06
The SALARY INCREASE.

-The salary Increase VIII add about
million dollars a year to the govern
ment's expenses, but that in itself is
not a very great matter to a country
with the revenue the United States
possesses. There. seems to be no doubt
Whatever that at the present scale of
expenses in the national capital con-
gressmen were no longer able to live
decently on their salaries. Such a
state of things prevented in many
cases poor men from aspiring to seats
in congress and gave men of large
means an undue advantage in aspiring
for congressional honOrs.-New Or
leans Picayune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
IFrom the New York Press.1

Iron the New York Press
When a girl will admit a fellow
kissed her he didn't.
The trouble with reform is 1t never
begins where charity shouldn't home.
You can never make a woman be-
lieve that she isn't saving money bv
buying more to get a discount.
MOST peoples idea of a good cook is
one that can fix up a thing that vo,S
eat without guessing what It is.
man stops Dragging about bfz
children after they learn how to sne,,5
so much money that he can't spend
any.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06
DARK DAYS AHEAD.

Mothers looking worried lately
Father getting rich;
All his risks are paying greatly,
Sister looking rather stately
hut our woes will soon be doubled,
Mother, s looking badly troubled
Fathers getting rich.
Shame and sorrow soon must follow
Fathers getting rich;
wen have wealth in which TO WalloW,
Mothers cheeks are getting hollow;
Long we We diligently sought It;
Now they u ash US now got it
Fathers getting rich-
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06
KANSAS cOMAENT
SOME CASUAL REMARKS.

1t would be hard for a public docu-
ment TO reflect more accprysely the
sentiment of the public generally than
IoeS the special message of Governor
r1och 10 the Kansas legislature urging
IL, Tor the sake of the people and of
the the party. to enact certain measures
sion. 1t would be equally difficult for
pupi1c body to more openly defy the
Wlshes OF the governor and of the peo-
PIE OF the state than the senate has
done In its persistent and open refusal
10 enact those measures.
mere will be a day of reckoning.
me people whom this senate has per-
slstently refused to serve are the same
people who, at the polls. make and
unmake senators, legislators, COVER
nors and the like. Our sincere hope
is that, when the people come to the
oay OF reckoning, they Will know and
VIII discriminate inteIligently between
those who have striven to give them
the laws they demand and need and
those who have set up their own petty
ambitions and hopes in opposition to
the people
The trouble does not lie in the pres
ent house of representatives. 1t does
not lie in the executive office. 1t can
not even be laid at the doors of all
the senators. 1t is wholly and solely
upon the little knot of twenty-four in
d1vlduals in the senate who have taken
upon themselves the burden of defeat
ing the Will of the people and serving
the VIII of the railroads and the sell
fish politicians. Let the people I'M
derstand this definitely and directly.
The names of these twent-r-four men
have been published a number of
times, in this paper and in many 9TH
ers. They will be published again
fairly RIM with the uncomfortable
publicity they have brought upon
themselves
The governors yelled threat to call
a oil 70 he hay inc
no effect The senate machine has
picked out the particular pet measure
of the governor. the Trickett bill, has
voted against it, has laid on the table
a motion to revive the bill. and has
voted down a motion to take that mo-
ton from the table, voting every time
on a pretty stirct machine line up. The
governor may call an extra session,
but 1t will accomplish nothing save to
the innocent along with
the guilty members of making them
spend extra time. for no pay, away
from their homes. Nothing would be
q achieved. Nothing will ever appeal to
these determined, boss rule, machine
politicians save a knock on the head
at the polls by the people. This we
believe will be administered, as firmly
as we believe that government by the
people is not a failure.-Lawrencs
World.
WHERE VICTORY WILL PERCH.
District Attorney Jerome may sue
ceed in making game of little Mrs.
Thaw, but If in the end little Mrs.
Thaw succeeds in saving her husband
from the electric chair the victory will |
all be on her sfde.-Hutchison News. |
A DEFINITION.
There is some uncertainty as to the |
meaning of the word "alienist." Get |
ting the Interpretation from a man
named Wiley, Of Pittsburg, Pa, |
'alienist' is found to mean man who |
IS glad it's over."Ottawa Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06

pany. This is only half as much as he
would get as president of the United
States. but if he is economical he viii
probably save more out of 1t than re
would by living in the White House
rent free. although the government
throws in garden space and other ac-
cessories along with the White House
LOT
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06
Leonard I'M 2 Bcdroom.

An exciting encounter with Loop
ard recently took place at the resi-
dence of Mr.. Sandiford.
Miss Sandiford missed her pet cat.
and in searching for it, went into a
spare bedroom. To her horror, she
saw the tail of a leopard protruding
from beneath the bed.
With great presence of mind Miss
Sandiford left the room quietly, and
informed her father. Mr.. Sandiford.
not believing the story, went into the
room and lifted up the overhanging
coveriet Of the bed. He found him
self confronted by the glistening eyes
and barred teeth of the animal.
Mr.. Sandiford rushed out of the
room and sent for Captain Younghus-
band, tie famous hunter, who hap
pened to be in Nairobi. Captain Young
husband found the leopard endeavor-
ing madIy to leap through the win
dows, which were iron barred. He
killed It at the first shot.--Nairobi
London Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06

Mr.. Jerome has met his match in
DR.. Evans. the alienist. Another case
Of not knowing where to STOP" says
the Salina Journal. In other words.
Jerome suffered from lack of termf-
nal facilities
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06

LaFollette has now been in the Uni
ted States senate just a trifie over a
year. According to tradition he should
have kept still and said nothing during
that time. Yet r. H. Lindsay says he
has been the most conspicuous figure
in the session of congress just closed
and he has accomplished tremendous
results. And. remember. LaFollette is
just beginning his senatorial career.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06

OF course the Kansas legislature did
not catch the smallpox, as the Mis-
souri, legislature did, but it is liable
to catch something worse as soon as
the people get a chance at it, unless
it heeds the popular demands within
the next few days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06

The Thaw case is bringing up all
sorts of interesting complications. If
1t is proven that Harry Thaw was
crazy at the time he married Evelyn
Nesbit in April, 1905, it will prove that
he wasn't married and that Mrs.
Thaw isn't Mrs. Thaw.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06

An honest man is one who puts the
same price on his property when he
lists it for sale that he does when he
lists it with the assessor That sort
OF man doesn't need to be watched,
not even liz a horse trade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06

The suspicion arises that a lot of leg
islators would like to see the antipass
bill killed, but they want somebody
elese than themselves to be RESPONSE
BILE for the slaughter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06

One of Wichita's arguments against
locating the state fair at Topeka is
that Topeka is such good town that
lots of people come here once a year or
cftener, and to hold a state fair here
would not give them variety" in their
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06

What joke it was on the railroads
that Cortelyou should have eliminated
the mail-weighing graft after the rail-
road lobbyists had worked so hard to
keep congress from stopping it!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06

OF course Wichita is making a fuss
about the way Oliver was deprived of
his right to dig the Panama canal.
Wichita claims Oliver, you know.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06
THE VEGETARIAN.

To be a real vegetarian one must
live on uncooked food. An excited
writer in an exchange maintains there
is vast difference between the mush
eater and the vegetarian. The mush
eater. it seems, generally looks like a
dyspeptic, his checks sunken and
teeth decaying from lack of use"
The real kind lives on uncooked
cereals fruits milk. cheese, olive oil.
nuts honey and vegeta bles, instead of
pinning his faith to the mushed-up,
boiled, creased and spiced messes
called food. Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06

With Fairbanks. Foraker, Knox and
Uncle Joe Cannon to select from, 1.-The
interests hope to get a presidential
candidate next year who will be fairly
friendly to them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06

1t will be interesting to watch II
Texas re-elects the legislature that
''exonorated" Senator Bailey-if we
don't forget about it when the time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06

There is no editorial supervision"
says the Washington Star. ito prevent
statesmen from holding some of their
best thoughts out of the Congressional
Record, and giving them to the Chau-
tauquans." But what's the use of hold
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06

1t goes without saying that the Ed
ucational Press Association of America
honored itself in electing John Mac
Donald as its president
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06

Senator Foraker continues to be
mentioned as a presidential possibility.
but the mention comes entirely from
corporation sources.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06

One railroad magnate who does not
see ruin ahead because of government
interference with the railroads is B. F.
YOakuu1.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06

1t is true that man cannot regulate
time and the tides, but congress and
the legislature sometimes stop the clock
and gain the same end by that means.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06

The senate appears to have a whole
Ebox of lemons especially for Governor
LHoch's benefit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06

A great sea monster has been seer
off the coast at Atlantic City, and it is
early in the season for sea serpents
too.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06
LISTS or PASSENGERS.

Why, ask an obtuse contem poraTy,
should it be required of a steamboat
company. any more than of a railroad
company to keep on shore a list of its
passengers? Well. one good reason is
that there is some chance of discover
ing and Identifying the remains of the
railroad passengers. which isn't always
the case with wrecked steamboats, pas
sengers There are other good and
sufficient reasons, but this will do for
one.-Boston Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06

ing out on the Congressional Record?
Nobody would ever discover them In
that publication anyway.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06

Joe Bristow thinks that perhaps one
thing that has been ailing the state
senate is a brain Storm
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06

The Panama canal will be useful IN
this way if in no other: 1t gives a lot
of engineers chance to acquire repu-
tations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06

The next two or three days mean
much in the history of Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06
To WHOM2

We notice one of the railroad papers
of the state. says 1.-THE legislature will
agree upon a satisfactory railroad bill
but carefully Eefrains from saying to
whom it will be satisfactory. This over
looked point might be deemed import
ant.-Burlingame Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06

It's about time now for the cyclone
ito appear in Texas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06

The railroads can hardly believe il
hrf Cortelyou.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06

At last the state has a new tax law.
RSow the question is, will it work?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06
Camphor Farm i'm Texas.

A camphor farm is being established
near FloresvilIe under the auspices of
the bureau of plant industry of the
United States department of agricul-
ture. The government already has a
large camphor experimental farm in
operation near Wharton, Tex. 1t is
believed by DR.. w. j. Watkins, who is
in charge of the experiments in Texas,
that the new industry has wonderful
possibilities and that the. time is not
far distant when this state will be one
of the greatest camphor-producing re-
gions in the world. That title is held
by the island of Formosa, which is now
under the control of the Japanese gov
eminent. The worlds supply of cam
phor now practically comes from For
mosa, DR.. Watkins says.
The demand for camphor has in
creased to such an extent in the last
few years that the attention of not only
the United States government, but of
all of the leading foreign governments,
has been attracted to the product, and
they are making efforts to open up a
new source of supply. This Is made
necessary by the fact that in the man
ufacture of modern explosives, which
are used in high-power guns, camphor
forms an important ingredient. Now
trolls the worlds supply of the product.
it is by no means certain that it may
be obtained in the desired quantities at
all times in the future. In order to
provide against any such contingency
as this, the growth Of the camphor
shrub is being encouraged in Texas
and Florida.
The camphor experimental farm at
Wharton was established nearly a year
ago. The shrubs have grown wonder
fully well. They are now as high as
a mans head, and it is believed that
they will quickly attain the size of a
tree if permitted to stand. In For
mosa, the camphor tree grows to a
size of three or four feet in diameter.
The process in operation there for ex-
tracing the camphor is to chop the
trees down and cut them into small
pieces, from which the camphor is
then distilled.
DR.. Watkins says that he will adopt
a different method of operation. He
sows the camphor seeds like wheat or
oats, and the shrub quickly sprouts.
When it has attained height of about
three feet it will be cut down by a
machine at a height of about
one foot from the ground. The sew
cred portion will be put through the
extracted. From the tender stubble
other shoots will spring up. and the
cutting process can be repeated once
a year for several years. It is said
that more and a better quality of cam
phor can be obtained by this method
than by the process that is in use in
Formosa. The crop requires no atten-
ton except the sowing and harvesting.
1t is said by DR.. Watkins that at
present prices one acre of camphor
would yield a profit of about $3.50
(Tex.) Correspondence New
York Tribune.
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Hardy Ornamental Shrubs.

lone of the most satisfactory of
large shrubs for planting in home
grounds is the grand old ''sno wball."
There are several varieties of vibur-
bum, as it is known botanically. The
Japanese SNOWFALL is smaller than the
common American variety, but is a
fine bloomer. The "highbush cram
berry, closely resem bleS the SNOWFALL
in its foliage, and has an additional
attraction in its brilliant clusters OF
red berries which sometimes remain
through the winter. In the autumn
its foliage turns to bright colors
which remain until freezing weather.
The varieties catalogued as common
SNOWFALL, viburbum tomentosum and
"highbush cranberry" are all excellent
shrubs.
Philadelphus also known as syringa
and mock orange" has flowers
which some think resemble orange
blossoms. The foliage comes out
rather late, but it is an extremely val
liable shrub to have In collection.
especially where one has consider
northern oak and does well in the
shade. The best varieties are grandi-
flora, which has large white flowers;
fora pleno, with double flowers and
pekinersis, with fragrant white flow
ers
Barbary is pretty shrub for
groups. It's red varieties are very or
namental in autumn and winter. The
purple leaved variety makes a fine
contrast with the green. Canadensis
is the species native to America. Bar
barry iticifolia has leaves like the holly
and barbery purpurea has foliage of
purple.
Hydrangeas have flowers in great
clusters eight to ten inches long,
white when they first come out. grad
ually turning to a rich light purple
When cut, they dry, retaining their
color we'll and make fine ornaments
for the house in winter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06

Secretary Shaw is to receive a salary
pe SIS. 900 as president of a trust COM
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06
HOWLS OF FALSE PROPHETS

HOWIS OF FALSE FFtOF HEIo p
The railroads howlod calamity when
congress was considering the rate bill.
The bill passed and the roads had the
most prosperous year in their history
Portland Oregonian-s
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A RITsINEsS PARADOX

Though in the Illuminating business
the Standard Oil comDanys motto is:
Keep it dark.''-Chicago News.
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RACK no BUSINESS.

Here and there the Impression is
gaining ground that il some of our
great railroad men would give more
time to their railroads and less to the
interviewers it would be all the better
for their patrons-Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06

Quoting from THE Burial of Sir John
Moore" the speaker said: But little he'll
reck if they let him sleep on"
Ah!' INTERRUPTED the man in the rear
or the hall, then he was not a railroad
telegraph operator. Chicago Record
Herald.