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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-05
THE Two-CENr ORDER.

The outcome of the two-cent fare
hearing is exactly what the people of
Kansas desired and expected. AS the
situation now stands. Kansas-if the
railroads obey the order OF the railroad
board without further contest-is ex-
actly on the same footing as other
states. If after fair trial, two cents a
mile is shown in the courts to be less
than a fairly remunerative rate in other
states, the railroads will have the priv
slege of putting the rate in Kansas back
to where it is now. The rights of Meth
er the railroads nor the public are preju-
diced by this order.
The impression prevails that the op-
position of the railroads to this emer-
gency rate in Kansas was largely a
matter of form; that they are not so I'M
willing to put in the two-cent rate as
they pretend, but that they feared the
effect it would have on their suits In
other states if they voluntarily put q
two-cent rate into effect in Kansas. II
this be true, it would appear that the
roads will now obey the order of the
board without a further contest. That
is what the state would prefer, to obvi-
ate the possibility or the necessity of a
special session of the legislature.
This will give Kansas the two-cent
rate within thirty days, and Kansas
Will thenceforth watch with interest the
outcome of the rate in other states.
The railroads, however do not appear
to be pressing their objections to the
two-cent fare in other states. 1t seems
extremely probable that lower fares have
come to stay. The experience of the
railroads in Minnesota Indicates that the
two-cent fare is a paying proposition up
there, and 1t is probable that the same
holds true in other states also, in spite
of some assertions to the contrary.
One or two attorneys in the hearing
before the Kansas railroad board We'd
nesday tried to estimate the loss which
would result to their roads under a
two-cent fare. They simply took two
thirds Of the present passenger receipts
to make their estimates. Any thinking
man can easily see that this is a weak
proposition, inasmuch as it does not
take into account the increase in travel
that Will result from lower fares. That
there will be a great increase in traffic
needs no argument. The railroads
themselves recognize that fact. For sew
eral months in year they give rate
of a little over cent a mile to Cali
fornia to stimulate travel, and it re-
suits in a tremendous increase in Cali
fornia traffic, for which there is a
great rivalry among the railroads even
at the low rate of a cent and a half
or less. Every summer extremely low
rates are given to the mountains for the
same purpose, and they result in a big
increase in travel, yet no pretense is
made that these rates are not remun-
erative, and they are much less than
two cents a mile.
All Kansas asks is a fair trial of the
two-cent rate. Then If it proves to be
unjust and unremunerative to the rail-
roads there will be no objection on the
part of the state to raising it. The
people do not wish to be unfair in the
matter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-05
JOURNAL ENTRIES

1.-THE trouble with YOU said Deacon
Twogood to Bill Dooii,tle today at the
close OF heated argument, lis that you
shoot of year mouth too much with
out stopping to take aim"
q
From remarks in the country papers.
we judge there are n number of mem
bers of the last senate whom the peo-
pie will not insist on coming back for
another term.
4
We note the newspapers are printing
a recipe for avoiding appendicitis. Cut
it out.
y
Notwithstanding the rainfall. we note
by the liquor sales of the drug stores
that August was a trif1e drier month
than July.
r. "
An eastern dentist gave victim gas,
stating that the influence of the gas
would keep the tooth-pulling process
from hurting: but in the midst of the
performance the victim jumped up and
commenced to beat the dentist. Very
likely he desired to show the dentist
that a beating would not hurt either
at least. no more than the other pro-
cess.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-05
HUNOR OF THE Day

There's that fellow refused. I'll bet
he'll be sorry all his life that I didn't
"well. ne hasn't any edge on me; I'll
be sorry al my life. too. that you didn't"
Redd, stopping the twenty-third time for
repairs-It seems funny about this Easo-
me: only filled that tank yesterday.
sight faster than the machine.@YonEeT11
~ Miss Bud. 7 am thinking of marrying
How original you are. But havs NJ
papa whom you may ask
No. so have asked your mamma, and
Houston Post.
Owner of Motor Car Ito chauneur)-Have
ployer?
chaufreur-No. sir; but I can get one in
Owner of Motor Car-why the delay?
zGstnauneur-He's in the hospital.-Tit-
Now, wouldn't it be funny" said Pop
i ley; Playfullly IF I were to become
''Mebbe. it WOULDN'T be SO funny for you.
pa, replied his bright young son, ''if you
SQUARE 20 up FEW THINGS 1s think ia
ara and Times.
- IIu0 QOCLOTs asked the summer
girl, that eating cucumbers will remove
"of course" replied DR.. Kidder. under
certain circumstances"
Really? What circumstancesT
We'll, provided the freckles are on the
cucumbers. "-Philadelphi Press
MAJ"
Yes, dearest; what is it2"
dig you get my baby sister at the gro
"Of course not: What ever put such an
1T says on the grocer's wagon: Fam
lies Supplied. "-Judge.
The office boy wants to get of this af-
ter .Ts says his grandmother
mo; is willing" Herald.
Why didn't you interfereT'
why, when those two men Threatened
to mop up the street with one another
My dear sir, the streets need cleaning
so badly 1 would be glad to see them
mopped up in any style. kansas City
ANY woman can break her husband of
smoking If she goes about 1t right"
Put drug in his coffee?'
No; buy his cigars for him. "-Houston
In Society. with no apology to Pope).-
On. what tangled web we weave when
first we practice to-receive.-Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-05

While Senator Young, OF Mitchell
county, may be determined to run for
congress, it must be a source Of gratifi-
cation to him that many of mis- constitu-
ents in Jewell county-which county is
entitled to the next senator from that
district under the usual unwritten rules
are so pleased with his record in the
last legislature that they would like to
have him returned for another term,
notwithstanding any claim their own
county may have on the office. There
are a number Of members of the last
senate whose constituents do not feel
thus kindly towards them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-05

Uncle Joe Cannon says: IF congress
does not act wisely at the next session.
II it is not actuated by calmness and
patriotism, If 1t makes great mistakes
and fails to meet the approval Of the
reasoning American public, there will
not be much need for the election of
delegates to the next national conven-
ton Of the Republican party" That
depends. Uncle Joe and his stand pat
crowd may run things with a high hand
and turn down all sorts of wise legisla-
tion that the people want. and still the
people will have great faith in Taft.
But II Uncle Joe were the candidate it
would take some first class legislation
by the next congress to pull him
through.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-05

faith OF the public in insurance COM
panies. AS was pointed out in these
columns at the time, the airing given
the affairs of the big companies ought
to increase their stability. The man
who thinks moment ought to have
his faith in insurance strengthened in
stead OF weakened by the investiga-
lions. For Notwithstanding the mis-
use OF their funds, the big old-line
companies were at all times absolute
ly safe, and the Investigations caused
them 20 be still further safe-guarded
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-05
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
IFrom the New York Press1

IFrOm the New York Press
Women write long letters so there
will be room in the postscript for the
news.
There would be lot of fun staying
home with your family every night If
ii made a scandal
very successful way not to have
a girl want to marry you is to have
her parents want her to.
It must take a good deal Of diplo-
macy in heaven to arrange without a
snuabble who shall have the bath
room first in the morning.
When a man wants to take a nap
on the sofa after dinner all alone, in
stead of sitting damned up in cor
ner of IL with q woman. It's a sign
they are married.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-05
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFrom the Atchison Globe

LFrom the Atchison Globe.
Refreshments of different kinds
cause more headaches than worry.
Any boy can make a hit by being
attentive to his mother in company.
Most people take a paper not for the
news, but for something to pick at.
Every politician is IN favor Of q pri-
mary election If he thinks he can con-
troll it.
Watch yourself carefully lest you
make of sympathetic friend a wall
ing place.
You can't make much of an impress
sion by telling a crazy man about his
insanity.
1t may at least be said for the
pianola and the photograph that they
never practice.
II It is a ten-cent cigar, that is a
sign a man is more likely to leave the
band on until il burns.
Quite frequently men do things that
remind you that common sense is nos
so common as It should be.
A mans compliments Of a woman's
hat display about the same degree OF
knowledge a woman voices when she
discusses baseball.
Here Is the only fault we ever found
with q sixteen-year-o old: Her elbows.
as displayed by the late fashion %
dressing are always ugly.
After seeing some men. and hearing
so much a. OF an automobile horn at
tached to a bicycle.
About the same number OF boys
seem to be leaving the farm, although
the cream separator IN place OF the
churn was expected to make differ
euco.
The marshal of a parade always ridVa
or horseback. and although he tries to
look dIgnihed. he Ia always amusing.
because he is not accustomed to riding
horse.
Tine E{es 80 here lately that re-
porter hardly is through writing de-
NAL OF q young couples marriage en-
RaRement before he Ii called upon 20
announce the birth of q child.
We have always had desire to see
salvation Army man OF sufncBntly
exalted rank to enable him to wear
complete uniform. II such q warrior
ever comes our way. however, he Will
probably wear his blouse unbuttonod.
or his cap set 5auntiiy on the back OF
his head: discipline in the Salvation.
Army seems to be more neglected shan
the music.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-05
The Compost Heap.

Among my earliest experiences as a
suburbanite was a sort of kindergarten
course in the making of compost.
Our HANDY man." who came to do
odd jobs. took an old molasses barrel,
cut a hole foot square in the bottom,
and placed it top down over a large
shallow box set well out of sight in
a thicket of lilacs.
Into this barrel went leaves, sods,
grass, weeds. vegetable tops, clippings
from plants and all similar debris, even
packing material like excelsior and
straw.
The barrel was placed early in the
spring, and when the time came to pot
house plants I had an abundance of
the finest mold / ever hauled.
When I see people raking leaves in
to piles by the roadside and burning
them, 1 feel like protesting against
such a misuse Of the bounties of ma
ture. Most Of these persons try to keep
a lawn or grass plot or a few plants.
and are continually destroying that
which is worth more than any COM
mercial fertilizer they can buy.
An old barrel and a few minutes
painstaking would furnish material
which would greatly improve the bit
of turf which they seem to guard too
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-05

green shade made a halo around a
mans bent head.
why. believe Dick Chase IL
studying" said Drusilla Davis. what
is going to happen?"
"He is going to turn over a new
leaf" said Betty Belle demurely.
Something in her voice made the
girls ask in a chorus. How do you
know?''
Because L am engaged to him, %
said Betty Belle.-(Copyright 1907,
by P. c. Eastment.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-05

In his jamestown speech Mr..
Hearst remarked that while much is
said concerning the labor union
mayor of San Francisco who has been
sent to the penitentiary for grating,
some people have a tendency to for
get about the labor union district at
torney who is behind the prosecutions
that are sending the grafters to Jail.
If Schmitz is to be charged against
union labor, Langdon must be credited
f0
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-05

If Representative Burton is elected
mayor of Cleveland, it will doubtless
be something of a relief to Uncle Joe
Cannon and the stand pat crowd in
congress. The tariff revisionists have
had Burton in mind to succeed Uncle
Joe as speaker of the house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-05

Although there is a strike among
the employees of the Teddy bear man
ufacturers, the country is assured that
there is little danger of a Teddy bear
famine. How thankful we should be!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-05

England has been sixty years con-
sidering the deceased wife's sister
proposition. If the man who origin
ally started the trouble has been wait
ing all this time to marry his de-
ceased wife's sister, he may change his
mind now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-05

After Taft is nominated next year,
there will be considerable curiosity as
TO how Senator Foraker marks his
little ballot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-05

There Is q little strip OF country up
In northern Kansas. extending from
Jewell county west to Decatur. that
is short OF corn this year, but the
people are very cheerful about 1t.
That region has been extremely pros
porous for a number of years. A
Norton man told the State Journal
recently that the people of his ooun-
y could stand two crop failures with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-05

Evidently there will not be any
necessity for the Walter Wellman re-
lief expedition to start till next year.
No use in a relief expedition going
ahead of the relfefee
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-05

1t is estimated that the expense of
taking the fleet to the Pacific coast
will be a million dollars. Eastern
contractors will agree that it is a ter
rible waste of money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-05
INEXPERIENCED.

Spain is criticised because 1T does
not take a more active part in sup
pressing the disorders in Morocco. but
it should be remembered that Spain
has not had much experience lately in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-05

1t appears that paying that SIS, 900 ,00O
3lne may not be the greatest of the
Standards trials after all. 1t may be
sent to jail-or, at least. its officers
NAV he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-05
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OE THE ASSOCIATED PIsESsS.

Then again, there is the danger that
Walter Wellman may come back this
winter to lecture about it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-05

There is plan on foot in Chicago to
make a bishop of DR.. William A.
Quayle. If this were a case of secular
politics the friends of other candidates
would consider it the open season for
QuaYle from this time on.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-05

Prince Wilhelm is determined tt
avoid the wheat pit in New York
Evidently he is afraid he VIII fan IN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-05

Hereafter a fine of a million or SO
Imposed on a trust will look like moth
ing more than small change-say,
thirty cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-05
FRON OTHER PENS
THE TELEPHONE VOICE.

An excellent thing in woman is a
low voice, says the greatest of the
poets. An instrument to influence the
fate of empires is a woman's voice.
discretion. Such a voice, it seems is
possessed by a young woman of Blue
Island, ILL.,, who earned her living as
a telephone operator. One day lately
a Chicago young man addressed harsh
words to her over the wire, touching
a delayed communication. Her well
considered reply was so charmingly
delivered that he fell in love with her
voice, and they are now married.
1t is a good story and true. and it
proves once more the power of a
woman's voice 1t also leads us to
regret that the woman at the other
end of the telephone wire has not
often so good a voice, or one so dis
creetly managed. The manner in
which she is wont to say BUSY now"
and Hold the WIRE" has made those
innocent phrases as banefully SYM
bolical as "Step lively" and "Car
ahead The telephone operators
should take note of the beautiful Blue
what future bliss may be in store for
them at the unprofessiona1 end of the
wire, and they should consistently
bear in mind that they are used to the
telephone, as nearly all the rest of
humanity cannot seem to get used to
it.
We might all proftably heed this
illustration of the effect of a soft an
swer to a wrathful question sweetly
few of us will. We will continue to
shout at the receiver, to humble our
words, to lose our tempers over in
evitable delays-New York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-05
SOLE SURVIVOR.

Since the warden Of the Wilmington
Del, prison has condemned that relic
of barbarism, the whipping-post, Mr.,
Roosevelt is left as its sole advocate
Columbia State.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-05

Glass gets five years in the penften-
4iary. That will give him time to re-
fleet on the evils of bribery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-05
THE SHIPS OF WAR.

We do not believe the fleet will go
to the Pacific. We are incorrigible in
our conviction that there is still a
greater power in this country than
Theodore Roosevelt We believe that
the public opinion of the American peo-
pie will forbid the departure of their
war vessels; or, if they depart. will de-
mand their recall.-New York Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-05
CRUEITY OF GIRLS.

A girl generally plays with mans
heart just about as carefully as a baby
toys with a watch.-Dallas News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-05
WILL GET BUSY.

If Governor Hoch calls special ses-
sion of the legislature. which he
threatens to do unless the railroad
commissioners order a two-cent fare,
we expect to see some better laws en-
acted than were turned down last win
ter-Downs Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-05
HE WORKS THE PU

John D. Rockefeller says he works
for the public good. John is twisted
Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-05
BOOM FOR REID.

Albert T. Reid's pictures have done
more toward advertising Kansas than
have the efforts of any other man. save
those of Secretary Coburn. The Re-
nomination for state printer. Tom
McNea1 would like to have a third
term, but he has had his share, and
should quit.-Holton Signal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-05

into your family"
How original you are. But I have no
papa whom you may ask"
mo, so have asked your mamma. and
we are to be married next month";
Houston Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-05

Redd. stopping the twenty-third time for
repairs-It seems funny about this gaso-
line: ] only filled that tank yesterday.
Redd--Yes. It seems to 20 a hanped
sight faster than the machine.-Yonkera
Statesman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-05
AYHAWKER JOTS

Nearly every doctor in salina has an
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-05

There's that fellow I refused. I'll bet
marry him"
''well. ne hasn't any edge on me; III
be sorry al my life. too. that you didn't"
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19

as minstrel first parts usually are,
with plenty of jokes-only occasionally
one of the old friends bobbing up
and several new songs, comic and
lyric. Billy Clarks That's Music to
Me-" was the distinctive hit of the
coon songs. Scion de Miller, an old
Atlanta boy, sang the popular song
of Sergeant Brazelton, of the Allan
ia police department, Down in Sunny
Georgia, Where the Watermelons
Grow" and the encore was the most
vociferous of the evening John G.
Dickens has powerful basso-pro-
fundo, which he uses to advantage in
The Rosary"
AL Field starred in the first feature
of the olio, Secretary Taft's Visit to
the Philippines" and a funnier, more
laugh-provoking act could hardly be
conceived. The great banquet grafton
and the succeeding bull fight by the
rotund minstrel man were full of
healthy, wholesome laughs.
1.-THE Little Boy in Green" and "The
Night Before Christmas" and all the
other features were surprisingly de
lightfully clever, and the great au
dience, from pit to peanut roost, lef
with a sense of gratitude to the old
minstrel man, who has injected new
life and better blood into an old old
show and one whose kind seemed tc
have been passing away
Field will give matinee Saturday
and will close thee engagement Satur
day night.-Montgomery Advertiser.
Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19
Associated Press.

New York, October 1S.-Hundreds of
New Workers will have their first
taste of foot ball this season tomorrow,
when Yale meets West Point on the
military school campus. A great crowd
of partisans of both institutions will
go up from the metropolis to witness
the contest which promises to be the
most interesting played thus far this
season. The soldier squad has de-
veloped in good shape and will likely
make the Ellis earn their victory.
While the soldiers are contesting
honors with Yale, Harvard will be
playing the sailors at Annapolis. The
crimson eleven leaves today on its
invasion of the South, accompanied by
large band of rooters, who are con-
fident that the Cambridge lads will
roll up an overwhelming score against
Uncle Sans gallant sailormen. This
will be the only game Harvard will
play away from here this year.
Of the other games to be played on
eastern gridirons tomorrow, that at
Philadelphia between Pennsylvania
and Brown is the most promising.
Brown is easily among the strongest
in foot ball of the second-rate institu-
lions, and if the Quakers win vic
tory from them they will have to
work for it. Princeton is expected to
find Washington and Jefferson an
"easy mark" and Cornell should have
no trouble in piling up a big score
against Penn State. The Carlisle red
skins will meet Bucknell on their own
scalping grounds. and will probably