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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-10
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago News.l

From the Chicago News.]
Pleasure before duty means that
duty will lose out.
Sparks of genius have nothing in
common with lovemaking.
Our idea of a heroine is a wife who
could talk back but doesn't.
As a troublemaker a jealous woman
isn't in 1t with jealous man.
Many a mans wife dresses stylishly
because his creditors can afford it.
A woman's love for dress and dress
ing is apt to keep her husband guess
ing.
A bald man may have a great head
for any kind of business-except that
of barber.
Today a girl is a beautiful bride and
tomorrow she is just Mrs. Blank. Such
is life.
Those who didn't go broke buying
holiday gifts can now get their mon
ey's worth at the bargain counters.
Between Christmas presents and the
summer vacations of his family a mar
ried man truly has his troubles.
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A DIFFICULT PROBLEM.

1t is pretty generally agreed among
those who believe in a primary cleo
ton law that the primaries of all par
ties should be held simultaneously, I'M
der the direction of single board, and
the expense paid the same as in cleo
tions. The same general provisions
concerning qualifications of voters as
those of general elections should also
apply to primaries.
But there are some details on which
there is a wide divergence of opinion.
For instance, how shall the voters of
one party be prohibited from taking
part in the primaries of another party
This is one of the evils that is difficult
to prevent at present in the larger
towns.
Governor Hoch's recommendation on
this subject is as follows:
"I wish also to renew my suggestion,
which I think entirely reasonable, that
no one except a new voter be permitted
to vote at a party primary unless he
had voted that party ticket at the last
general election. This will prevent one
of the most serious objections to our
present caucus systematic participa-
selection of weak candidates for the
opposition ticket, in order to increase
the possibilities of the success of their
own.
Governor Hoch's recommendation is
evidently intended to correct this evil.
but 1t is feared that his remedy would
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-10
AYHA WKER JOTS

w. M. Cowman lives at Glen Elder
and F. G. Johnson wonders If he used
to be a cowboy before he grew up.
The Belleville Telescope has Joined
Bent Murdoch in this ticket: For
President in 1908, Theodore Roose-
velt.''
Atchison Globe: "Have a cigar 20
said c. E. Morton. travelling passenger
agent of the Rock Island to an Atch-
ison man today. Nope" the Atchi-
son man replied, sit is against the law
to place myself under obligation to
YOU"
1--WE understand" says the editor of
the Kingman Journal, as he begins to
draw UP his arm, "that the small waist
is coming back into fashion next
spring. And of course the men folks
will have to begin wearing a shorter
arm to match"
When a woman who hasn't done so
for years and years has her picture
taken in several different poses. says
Almira Todd, it's a pretty sure sign
that the little book on "Hints to Beau
ty'' which she has been seriously
studying for the past year is begin
ming to take.
Editor johnson thus answers an i'm
portant question in the Minneapolis
Better Way: The State journal asks:
What has become of the old fashion,
ed girl who used to knit 'wristlets' for
Christmas presents ?-Well, she lives
right up here on the hill and takes
mighty good care of the Slop cared ed
itor of The Better Way. Thought ev-
erybody knew that.
Political note in the Atchison Globe:
Does Ruth Grey, the mind reader at
the Atchison theater, know what she
is talking about? E. H. Johnson at
tended her show last night. People
in the audience were asked to write
questions on slips of paper, put them
in their pockets and she would read
and answer them. Mr.. naJohnson's
question was, who will be the next
United States senator from Kansas p"
Miss Grey's answer was, Eek Gover-
nor W. J. Bailey
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her white hat and her hair broke in little
curis about her forehead. She had fas-
tened q string OF shells around her neck,
and bunch OF doom flowers in her belt
They will be coming for us soon" SAID
YES said Miss Ainsley, with some
thing strangely like sigh.
Behind them the woods of the little
island were deepening in the shadow; the
waves broke softly on. the beach; the
into the gathering dusk.
Listen, she added. In the distance
could be heard the faint, steady putting
of a steam launch. They've seen the
frei" she exclaimed, shielding her eyes
There's McNuggett," cried Peyton, al
glad He was kneeling on the sand
picking up the tin cups.
Miss Ainsley smiled. "Oh, Robinson
Crusoe." she said softly. How very
Psyton dropped the cups and started
'I mean that-this afternoon when I
reach the shore-it didn't seem as II the
other things mattered at all. I knew
then what really counted most I knew
words were almost inaudible and Peyton
HAD to Lean very near to catch them.
Then the voice of the millionaire McNug-
gett reached them through the mega
sComingr' cried Miss Ainsley, in an
swer; hurry up, Crusoe! Why on earth
are you carrying that old coffee pot un-
IT'S trophy" said Peyton. "of ship
wreck that has made me the happiest
man on earth."-(Copyright, 1907, by 2. G.
Parcells)
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QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
[From the Philadelphia Recor,

IFrom the Philadelphia Record
We hear lot about the finger of
scorn, but a foot has it's corn too.
Even the girl who wears a number
two shoe can look out for number one.
Many a girls idea of doing good in
the world is to marry a man to reform
him.
If a man didn't do things to his health
he wouldn't have to do things for it.
If it wasn't for the mistakes of great
men history would be mighty duh read
ing.
Life is merely a sentence at hard
l-bor. with something taken off for
good behavior.
Some children are so precociouf that
it hardly seems possible they could
have been born at such an early age.
"As We SOW, so must We reap" quoted
the Wise Guy. Yes" assented the
Simple Mug; many a fellow who sows
his wild oats reaps a grass widow"
Muggins-''I hear your daughter lost
a roll of music the other day. Did you
advertise for it?" Buggins-"I did. 1
said the finder could return it at his
own risk and signed it Long Suffering
Parent"
Mrs. Guzzler-"Oh, Henry; see what
Mrs. Nextdoor sent you-a jar of BRAN
died peaches" Mr.. Guzzler-''Well, 1
don't care much for preserves, but you
can tell her 1 appreciate the spirit in
which they were sent"
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THE FARMERS MEETING.

If the farmers Of Kansas knew the
value to them of the meetings of the
State Board of Agriculture, Topeka
would be so full of farmers this week
that there wouldn't be room for all Of
them.
The largest convention held in Kan
sas in the course of a year is the State
Teachers association, yet the total
number of teachers in Kansas is not
ten per cent of the number of farmers
and they get no more good out of their
associations than the farmer would
out of these state agricultural meet
ings. The farmers don't know what
they are missing.
There are a considerable number of
progressive farmers in various parts
Of the state who are always found in
these January conventions that are ar
ranged by Secretary Coburn. They are
men who own big farms and who make
a success of them. They have learned
the value of studying their business,
and that one of the best places to learn
new things about farming is in the dis
cussions and addresses at the meetings
of the State Board of Agriculture.
The Kansas farmer is far ahead of
what he was fifteen years ago in this
matter of learning new things, but he
is not yet entirely out of his shell. The
farmers institutes that are held in
various localities each year are a great
help in broadening the farmer, but they
bear the same relation to this annual
state meeting of Secretary Coburn's de-
partment that a county teachers associ-
alton bears to the state association.
If a dozen or twenty intelligent farm
ers from each county in the state would
attend these annual meetings of the
Board of Agriculture and go home from
them bearing the spirit of agricultural
advancement which they give out, 1t
would work wonders in the material in
terests of Kansas
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PSALM OF LIFE

Do not stand there like a mummy,
But get out upon the job;
Do not let your clothes get slumnny,
NO one wants to hire a slob.
Don't reDine because your wages
Amt as big as Billy Woods:
you'll catch up in rapid stages
BY delivering the goods.
When you're working, work like blazes-
When you quit you'll get your fun
Let the boss see nothing faxes,
Nothing halts you till you're done.
Fill your job for all that's in you
When you come to be boss
You won't want the men that skin you,
So get in and dig, old boss.
New York American.
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At H. B. Irving's Expense.
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.

[From the Atchison Globe.l
/ Sense is nonsense to a fool.
| We have looked through a good many
| good libraries without finding a joke
book.
| When an engagement is announced
people are always sure to say: well,
I thing it's about time"
Men are SO ornery they would rather
| lose money at poker than to win prizes
at a ladies' card party.
Women have as many ways of hold
! ing up their skirts on rainy day as
| they have of doing up their hair.
| If you spend your time in growing
about an imaginary wrong, you are apt
to neglect your own shortcomings.
About the poorest economy is that
practiced by the man who tries to
make saving on his laundry bills.
As long as father retains any rights
at 81 he IL Pretty sure to remove his
shoes out by the sitting room fire.
Preachers are about the only people
who can work less and give better sat
isfaction; short sermons always please.
Say to almost any child: DO you
know what your mother is going to do
to your" and the child will reply:
Spank me-
A good many of the thousand dol
lar stage gowns look like the greater
part of the cost must have been for
travelling expenses.
Occasionally man likes fighting so
well that the only regret he has when
quarrel starts is that he can't be on
both sides.
If thing isn't true. why do you take
comfort in believing it is true? And
in believing things you know are not
true.
When a woman moves into a neigh
borhood and is seen finging her dish
water out of the back door, that set
ties it: The neighbors know she is a
SlOuchY hOuSekeeper.
1t is a mighty timid man who is
bluffed by a woman's Don't" And
after woman has children to man
age, her Don't carries about the same
weight it did with a man.
Everyone can't be a good talker, but
at least he can try to make his point
without using up every word in the
dictionary, and wearing his listener out
in getting to 1t.
When a man is prominent in a num-
Der OF lodges, he has to attend so many
special functions of the different orders
that he doesn't look natural without
strip OF ribbon pinned on his coat.
Many people who are sensible in
most respects. insist on at least one
fool habit that causes people to talk"
about them. Look yourself over: do
you bad reputation? And isn't it
fact that you might easily get rid of
your one fool habit?
Bill Shiftless. who has engaged in
nearly everything, will try new bust
ness next week. He says 'luck" has
hopes 1907 will be more friendly, but
hopes 1907 will be fore friendly. AS
a matter of fact Bill has been against
himself. He drinks too much, and
loafs too much, and is too unreliable.
1t Is a pity Bill hasn't sense enough
to look himself over fairly and hon.
estly.
Today we heard a citizen talking
of the condition of the country. So
So - ia L l.
a misrepresentation In every state
ment. He was not we'll informed, in
the first place, and in the second, was
tremendously prejudiced. Not many
people are well informed, and. in ad-
dition, they are tremendously preju-
diced
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prove worse than the disease-even If
/ it should be upheld by the courts. In
the first place 1t would disfranchise the
man who. for some reason, did not vote
| at the preceding election. California Is
said to have tried some such law as
this and it was declared invalid by tho
| courts.
| But worse than that, this provision
would tend to throw the party ma
ehinery into the hands Of the dishonest
and corrupt elements of the various
parties, and 1T would also tend to pre-
vent the better class of voters from
voting in the general elections against
| bad men on their own tickets and for
good men on the opposition ticket.
For instance, in 1904 thousands of
good Democrats voted for Theodore
| Roosevelt for president and for some
other Republican candidates. Yet they
| still claim to be Democrats and would
have no claim to vote in a Republican
| primary. Governor Hoch's idea would
apparently keep them from participant
ing in the succeeding Democratic pri-
mary. Last fall many Republicans
| scratched a part of the Republican
state ticket-some scratched the greater
part Of 1t. Yet they are still Republic
cans in their political faith. The hon
est man will admit it when he votes
against a candidate on his own ticket.
The dishonest man Will scratch the
ticket and then claim to have voted
it straight. No one else but himself
knows Governor Hoch's plan would
disfranchise the honest man who
scratches his party ticket, but would
allow the dishonest man who has done
the same thing to participate in naming
the next ticket and controlling the
party machinery.
On the other hand, there are those
who believe in throwing down the bars
and allowing a voter to cast his prI-
mary ballot secretly for whatever party
he desires. In Wisconsin each voter Is
given the primary ballots of all parties.
He goes into his booth, marks the one
of his choice. folds it and gives it to the
judges. The other ballots are cast
aside. No one knows which party he
voted for.
AS rule this will work satisfactor-
ily-but not always, and the exceptions
are the cases where it ought to be made
to work. The average partisan is more
interested in the affairs of his own
party than in those of the opposition,
and as long as he can vote for only one
party, If all primaries are held togeth-
er, he will stick to his own party. But
there are purchasable voters in the
cities to whom this will not apply.
How to deal with this class of voters
is a problem. Even Governor Hoch's
plan would not prevent them from
participating in whatever primary they
choose, for a man who will sell his
vote will also lie about what ticket
he voted at the preceding election and
there is no way Of proving the con-
trary.
Perhaps as good way as any would
be for the voter to declare his politics
when he applies to the primary election
board for his ballot. This would give
an opportunity to challenge the doubt |
full voter and compel him to swear to
his politics.
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

Many a town paves its streets with
point of using any other material, but
that doesn't signify that the town is
necessarily in the Hot Place.
q
Judging from the way some of his
old friends talk about it, the book that
ex-senator Burton Is writing down in
the Ironton Jail will have to be bound
in asbestos to keep IL from setting fire
to everything around It.
- -
This department has no objection
to the bill prohibiting baseball on Sun
day. Also on Monday.
\
We had to wait until he died to
learn that the real name of the shah
of Persia was Muz-Affer-ed-din. The
shah was probably a big man at home,
but he didn't amount to much this far
away. Still, this is better than being
a big man away from home and not
amounting to two whoops where you
live.
1t is noted with regret that some
eminent Kansas newspaper agrfcul-
turists are absent from the farmers
meetings this week, owing to transpor-
tation matters over which they have
no control. P. S.-The author of this
paragraph is a newspaper agricul-
turist.
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FRON OTHER PENS

FOR SIX-YEAR PRESIDENTS.
Again the question of six years and
a single term for the presidency of
the United States is to be discussed.
Senator Cullom stands sponsor for the
proposition to amend the constitution
looking to that end. The veteran
senator from Illinois has seen enough
of the workings of the four years
second term that follows every sue
cessful administration to speak with
authority on this subject. While a
four years term is long enough for
weaklings that have filled the presi-
Dental chair, it is all too short for
Lincoln, a Grant, a Cleveland or
Roosevelt to carry out the work OF
national administration. And since
the latter class of men have largely
predominated as presidents of the re-
public, 1t is we'll to accept them as the
standard of presidential efficiency and
provide that their successors In office
shall have six years, uninterrupted by
the rancors of a political campaign In
which to occupy the presidents posi-
ton and discharge its responsibilities.
This argument is old. Al! argument
upon any important topic is old. But
this one is likely to be urged again
and yet again until the four years
presidential term gives place IN the
constitution to the provision OF term
of six years as the maximum OF the
ian.
CHANCE FOR THE PRESIDENT.
For the benefit of those who are
wondering what Theodore Roosevelt
should do when his term expires 1t
might be suggested that he open
correspondence school. = Louisville
Courier-Journal.
HAPPINESS.
Happiness is a wonderful thing. The
only way you can really have 1T Is to
give it to some one else.-Los Angeles
Times.
SMASHING A PRECEDENT.
Secretary Hitchcock is breaking an
other precedent by trying to make the
country believe that 1t Is wrong TO rob
an Indian.-Washingto Times.
THE LID IN CUBA.
Occasionally that lid in Cuba makes
noise like loose fit.-Washington
Post.
THOSE LETTERS
Naturally the president has more
time for writing messages, now that
he has stopped inditing long letters to
my dear Maria-'-Boston Globe.
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The defunct First National bank
will lack about five per cent of paying
out What would have happened to
the depositors had it not been for Mr..
Devlin's life Insurance? The state OF
Kansas alone would have been out
something like 100000. As it is the
state will be out about $27.00o-un-
less Treasurer. Kellys bondsmen can
be made to liQuidate.
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1t is stated that the railroad inter-
ests promised Leavenworth certain
freight rate concessions II three Leav-
enworth voters in the legislature are
given to Curtis for senator. Sti11, II
must not be understood, of course. that
Mr.. Curtis is the railroad candidate.
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letter paper and therefore merchandise.
That is about as idiotic a ruling as one
could imagine, but here is another to
match it: If farmer has a rural mail
box out In front of his house a neigh
Dor cannot leave note to it for him
without putting a two-cent stamp on
the note. Rural carriers are ordered to
take up all such matter they find and
hold 1t for postage
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Somebody in the postof1ce depart
ment must have entered the contest for
the prize idiot. A few weeks ago the
ruling was made that publications car
rying advertisements with reply cou-
pons in them-Iilze many Of those in the
magaz5nes-must pay postage at mer-
eantile rates, because such coupons are
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-10

The house has voted itself $40 post
age per member and the senate has
voted itself $50 postage per member
You will observe that the average leg
islator draws his postage money from
the state in cash and not in stamps.
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HUM0R OF THE Day

why are you making new resolu-
tons now instead of waiting till the
new year?" 81 want to see II L can
go that long without breaking them"
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Bacon-"I tell you. the American
people are not all easily fooled" Egg
bert-"What's the matter? Been try
Yonkers Statesman.
Amelia Cat a dance given in honor
OF flying visit from the fleet)-"So
sailors are such birds of paradise!"-
Punch.
Father-Does Emily seem to have
got over the death of her first hus-
Daughter-Yes, but her second
husband hasn't.-Illustrated Bits.
The wife-John, I had the worst
dream just nowl I thought you had
died!
The CalIous Brute-That so? What
were your last words, my dear?-
Puck.
Alice-"That Mr.. Gilman prolonged
his call on you last night till after
twelve o'clock, 1 understand" Maud
me that he is easy-going. ''-Somer-
Vile Journal.
Mr.: Cityman-I should think you
would die of ennui out here.
Uncle Silas Corntassel of Oatmeal
ville-No, sir; chills an fever seems to
be the prevailin' ailment.-Philadel-
phia Record.
His Wife Ga year later)-When you
proposed to me you said all I'd have
to do if I married you would be to sit
around and look pretty. But, alas,
how very different
Her Husband-Well, 1t isn't my
fault if you can't look pretty any
more.-Chfcago News. $50 .--s--l-f-----
Cassidy-"Hello. Casey, how's things
wild We these days?" Casey-"Oh,
busy. very busy, indade." Cassidy
Eye don't tell mel" Casey-"Aye,
Sure, iv'ry time I'm at laysure 1 hov
somethfn' to do."-Philadelphia Press.
''I'n very sorry. but can't pay that
bill today. You see the butcher has
just been here, and" "Yess." said
the grocer. 81 just met him, and he
said you put him off because you had
to pay me. Here's my bill."-Mil-
0rIIxo
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The travelling men are said to be
sup in arms" because the Santa Fe
will no longer give them special per-
nnits to ride on freight and stock
trains. Paradoxical as 1t may seem.
the travelling men evidently think they
have been put on the hog train in
being ruled off the stock trains
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Governor Brooks of wyoming rec
ommends an appropriation of $4,000
for bounties on wolf scaips- Does this
have any reference to the grey wolves
we sometimes hear about?
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Texas has a combination primary
and convention system somewhat sim
liar to that proposed by Representa-
tive Holdren. 1t has been tried only
once, but it proved so unsatisfactory
that even its author was disguised
with 1t and Texas will probably go
over to the direct primary this winter
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There is some curiosity to know II
the manager who Is exhibiting Miner
Hicks also has in his possession the hole
out of which Hicks was pulled.
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THE OTHER MANS MOTE.

M E. Ingalls, admits that the tariff,
the unjust grant of franchises and the
exacting of rebates are at the bottom
of all the financial troubles of this
country. No. Mr.. Ingalls, is not a great
manufacturer, not a franchise promo
ter, not a big shipper. He happens to
be president of railroad, and can see
the mote in the other mans eye so
clearly that he can't help telling about
it.-Ottawa Herald.
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Up at North Yakima. Wash, 20 car
loads of coal were "conhscated" by the
citizens as a trainload of coal was
passing through. They had been with
out fuel for days during zero weather.
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All of the local Newspapers for
the increase in the salaries of the
supreme justices.~-With this exception
the bill has a good show for passing.
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A dispatch says the storm in south
ern Kansas this week will benefit the
wheat" Something is evidently wrong.
1t ought to save the wheat.