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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02

more town lots. He's so profoundt
grateful that he wants to take mo IL
as a partner"
And all this has taken you less thar
three weeks" said the colonel admir-.
ingly. Why man. I've worked for IL
years to get that quarter section"
BY force alone We shall not con.
quer, quoted Bradley softly. Ever
we little fellows have our uses, colonel
/ guess III see If there's a chance te
get into the game in the billiard room.
We can fix up the titles and the COM
tracts in the morning."
He strolled out. but the colonel did
not resume bis work. He wheeled about
staring into the fire.
1t was II mile drive to the county
seat where the papers were recorded
and as they drove home in the twilight
his horse in front of Minimum. Across
the front of the palace was an Silcloth
sign which read:
'On or before July
This hull town will
Remove
Maximum
Three miles down the road"
MY name" chuckled Bradley, as the
horses moved on. Suppose We cele-
brate the Fourth by making bonfire
of the town."
"That'll be a good site for you to
build when you marry Nancy" chuck
led the colonel. THAT is, If you still
want her."
"If?" echoed Bradley. ut was to
gain her that L worked SO hard"
You've earned her." assured the COL
onel. I'm proud of you, my boy
Copyright, 1907, by NJ. NJ. Cunning
ham.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02
JOURNAL ENTRIES

A millionaire who died recently was
known as silent" Smith. His wife,
however, was never called Mrs. 81
lent Smith.
The good editor ought to be different
from George Washington in this re-
spect: He should be able to tell lie
the moment it is submitted to him.
Otherwise 1t might get past him and
into the paper.
u
Taft arrived at Colon Saturday, and
then he made a full stop, notwith-
standing the rules of punctuation say
a full stop should be made only at
period.
Bought any garden tools yet for
your wife to use?
Major Salmon has been on trial Tor
bank-wreckfne down in Missouri 1t
is now up to the jury to decide wheth-
er he shall be canned Salmon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe l

| From the AtchiSOn Globe.
| Friendship is terribly overworked.
| We are all happier for lot of things
| we don't see.
Aid is never satisfactory; the best
| way is not to need 1t.
Along about As. look around for bar
gains, in spectacles.
| AS soon as a good thing develops,
| look out for tiresome limitations.
| If you are fond of advice, be a doc
tor, or lawyer, and get pay for 1t.
A man without visible means of sup
port just can't keep out of trouble.
If men would tell their exact
thoughts, women would run from them.
The men who are bound for the
front. do not wait until New Year to
make a start.
1t is all right to vote for the coun-
try's prosperity, but you must work for
your own. ~4
A woman always thinks it is due to
carelessness when anyone else breaks
dish.
An Americans idea of chivalry is TO
protect women from every man, except
himself.
If a man promises to do better than
men have done in the past, do not be-
Heve him.
You never hear a great deal of
criminal after bloodhounds are put on
his trail.
A Prophet is only different from the
ordinary liar in that he can make peo-
pie believe him.
Some men have never told a lie be-
cause they have never had a COW run
over by a railroad train.
Women are great takers, but most
of their victories over men can be
traced to tears or smiles.
Sometimes a man wants a thing so
much that he forgets the other fellow
doesn't want to give it up.
When the man has anything to say
about 1t, the preacher is about the only
one invited to the wedding.
Investigate the black sheep OF fam
lily, and you are apt to find he was a
great pet when lamb.
A Chicago woman, waiting for a
street car, dropped dead. Perhaps she
saw a vacant seat in the car.
After a man becomes old. and is neg
lected by his friends. he usually takes
up with spirits and fancies.
About the time a man reaches so, he
begins seeing insults in the papers to
the effect that he is an old man.
Men really have less admiration for
the average girls elbow than the wear
ers of short sleeves seem to believe.
A straight-haired woman derives
some pleasure from telling how curly
her hair used to be before she had
typhoid fever.
takes a small dose to go to the heads
of some people. while others can stand
q good deal.
When we lay our head on the pillow
at night, we are reminded that those
most interested in US during the day
had something to SELL
The average man doesn't really want
the women to do the work. but he be-
neves it is swinging too far the other
way when healthy young woman
takes her breakfast in bed.
A man said today: II was working
on a road drag last Saturday. with a
team of mules, and came near getting
killed. II man should get killed
working on road drag. he would go
straight to heaven.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02
WESTERN KANSAS LAND.

The good, substantial growth of west
ern Kansas and the reasons for the
advance in land values out there are
set forth by the Cove County Record.
Just at present" 1t says, 1.-The pros
pect for a bumper crop the coming sea-
son could not be better and when one
stops to think what bumper crops have
done for this section of the state in
other years it leads them to wondering
what the present fine prospect blossom
ed into a reality would mean.
The first real bumpers came with the
1900's, or thereabouts, and up to that
time not much was thought of our part
of the state as a farming community,
section; land was cheap and very few
substantial buildings were in the
country The two or so good crops
started things to going and the record
breaker in 1903 awakened the whole
country and the people and country
alike seemed to take on new life. The
s. town lot and the $3.50 quarter section
were no mere. The sod house began to
rapidly disappear and the price of land
Jumped from $3.50 to $500 The year
1904 was a continuation of the new
prosperity and 1905 was a bumper and
once again things, prices and prosperi-
ty took on new and trebled activity
with still fewer sod houses, higher land
values and more acres of broken prai-
RE, better and more comfortable homes,
and the price of a 160 right at the 81
600 mark. The next, 1906. was an off
wheat year but a mighty good corn
year. with a result prosperity contin-
ued, more houses were built, more
acres of prairie were turned over and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02
REFLECTToNs OF A BACHELOR
IFrom the New York Press.1

From the New York Press.1
The reason mans wife has faith In
his brains is that nobody else has.
A mans reputation depends largely
upon whether he gets caught or not.
There is nothing doctor IS so chary
about as taking his own medicine
The trouble with this cost OF living
problem is that the only way to get
all prices down is to get everybody's
income down.
One of the worst things about mod
ern inventions is when a man stays
down at his office to work late at night
his wife can telephone and ind he
didn't
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02

1t is announced that Leslie NJ. Shaw
has found 1t impossible to come to KAN
sas in May and address the State Bank
ers' association. From which it may be
inferred that even Mr.. Shaw has no
hope that Kansas will take to the Shaw
presidential boom.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02
TOO MUCH AWAKENING.

The United States gave Japan its
start in civilization and educated many
of its young men who became leaders
in the making of modern Japan. Now
John D. Rockefeller proposes TO give
$50, o00, 900 to start an awakening in
China. Perhaps we have some reason
to regret the awakening unless we find
some satisfactory means of checking
what we are pleased to call the ''yel-
low peril. Portland Oregonian.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02
EpON OTHER PENS
PURIFTED BALLOT DELAYED.

PURIFIED BALLOT DELAYED
The defeat of the woman suffrage bill
in the Massachusetts house is regarded
as the worst blow to the cause that has
been scored this year. The vote of 125
to II indicates an overwhelming ma jor-
ity Of the members thoroughly opposed
to the women voting. But there are
mitigating circumstances in all such
cases. One OF these is that Represen-
tative Joseph Walker of Broolxline, who
has heretofore favored the suffragists
in mild way, espoused their cause and
made a speech In favor of their de-
mands for the ballot. The grave and
earnest men who go to the state house
were shocked to hear a man speak in
earnest words for a measure in, which
there is no show of graft, and of a prob
ability that If the women were taken
In earnest there would be less oppor-
tunity for graft, arose in their might
and voted the bill down and out. The
more nearly universal the ballot the less
there is to it for the jobbers. Therefore
the women will not get the ballot for
some time yet.-Worcester Telegram.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02

The Socialists say that President
Roosevelt is helping their cause. Per-
haps he is. but not so much as Mr.. Har-
riman- The most potent influence in ad-
vancing socialism in America today is
f H Hartman
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02
THE "INS."

EngIand's new armored cruiser, the
Indomitable, has been launched, and
soon the Infexible and the Invincible
are to be given to the waves. The I'm
possible may be expected next. If
there is anything in names England is
the world.--St. Louis Republic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02

Mr.. Hartman wants the railroads
given a chance to make contracts be-
tween themselves. 1t looks as though
the Hartman roads take the chance
without waiting for it to be given
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02
An Easter Supplement.

This proposition said Rudolph
Boxer of Indianapolis, during share
holders meeting. reminds me of one
that wife made to her husband the
other day.
James she began, you know
how 1 have been scraping and saving
ali the wear for my Easter costume p
YES said the man; I know
"'Well,' she went on. I've decided
on it now. 1t Is an empire gown OF
pale green broadcloth. and IT is to cost
"'How much do you need?' the hus-
band inquired.
i've got all but 1925 she replied
-Exchange.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02

Foraker will get some support in Ohio
besides his own. The Bellamy Storers
live in Ohio and it will hardly be ex-
pected that they will line up on the
same side as Dear Theodore"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02
AMERICAN PROGRESS.

We are going fast upon our way, we
people of the United States. We have
built higher. deeper, faster than ever
nation built before. Yesterday we
were as a pauper amid Industrial mag
mates, calling upon the gold of Eng
land for the opening of our mines, our
lands, our forests; today the banners
of our commercial vanguards float
above the SHOWS Of Siberia, the jungles
of the Amazon, the forests of the
Congo.-The Worlds Work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02

A book agent was fined $50 in Leaven-
worth for selling books without a
license. Leayenworth doesn't propose
TO have anybody violating the law in
that town-except jointists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02

Owe have all agreed out in my
country says Senator Noftzger, that
am not to run for any political office
any more" This agreement is only
natural, in view of Senator Noftzger's
record in the late senate, and the peo-
pie will probably see that it is en-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02
KANSAS COMMENT
MORE WORK FOR vICTOR

0A11Nt1 WIN FO1 N1CIOR-
There is another railway mail steal
that Congressman Murdoch can give
attention when he returns to Washing
ton. 1t is we'll known that during the
periods in which government weigh
ing is in progress the mails are loaded
down with public documents, seeds and
all other forms Of matter which a con-
gresham or an official is allowed to
send out at government expense. All
this plumber goes in to make up the
average weight of mail upon which the
railroads are allowed to base their
contracts. The result of this is that
the government is paying on false
average built up by congressman and
officials who desire to help the rail-
roads.-Wichfta Beacon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02

There used to re a great deal said
about the flower of England's
chfvalry.'' The flour Of England's
chivalry in these days-and Of that part
of England that isn't chivalry, also-is
usually Kansas -four
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02
NOT INSINCERE.

Senator Burton will speak on Presi-
dent Roosevelt as a monumental hvn-
ocrite." Still. there is nothing to show
that Roosevelt was insincere when he
said public servants with loose morals
ought to be in Jail.-Ottawa Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02
HORRIRIEi

a German scientist says that water
will be worth Is cents drink 800
years from now. Think of siding I'D
TO the bar and calling for three fingers
of water while you have to go to the
side doors on Sunday and have the
church people all point you out as a
horrible xample!-Iawrence world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02

GaIusha Grow came within one vote
of being nominated for vice president
instead of Andrew Johnson in 1854. If
he had been, impeachment charges
would never have been brought against
johnson, Senator Ross of Kansas would
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02
SYMPTOMS OF COLD FEET

In deciding to see the president on
by one the railroad presidents woulr
seem to have lost their faith IL tn
safety of numbers.-Baltimore Ameri
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02

Abraham Ruef and Abraham Hum
mel both prove that the name of
Abraham no longer signifies the father
Of the faithful
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02
AT THE RACE TRACK

The bureau of animal industry says
there are 100000 horses in the
country And, with all those to choose
from. we usually pick the wrong one.
Parsons Sun
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02
TILLMAN AT LARGE.

Senator Tillman, rampaging through
the lecture field, shows clearly the dis
advantage of getting away from the
sound of a corrective and civilizing
gavel.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02
FEWER APPEALs.

The Kansas supreme court has held
that the attorney general must be paid
by the jointists who appeal to that
court the fee being 800 in each case.
There. is considerable talk about the
prohibitory law in Kansas being a fall
ure. but the observant can not help
noting that year by year the strings
are drawn tighter around those who
violate the law. There will be fewer
appeals now.--Burlingame Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02

One of the things that is urged against
one of the candidates for mayor of Sa-
lima is that he believes churches are bet
ter for g. town than joints. Some men
do have powerful queer notions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02

not have cast the deciding vote that
saved him, and General Cameron would
not have made his trip to Albuquerque.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02
NOTABLE sELF-DEN1AL.

Inasmuch as Tom Lawson has dis
closed the methods by which a Wall
street operator can make 800, 900 900 in
day, his forbearance in making only
81, 500 900 the other afternoon assumes
an aspect of rigid self-denial.- Chicago
Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02

The Thaw jury has asked for five
dollars a day instead Of the customary
two dollars. They certainly have
earned the money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02

1t has been two or three days now
since anybody has been indicted for
boodling in San Francisco. Is that
grand Jury loafing on the Job?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02

II that San Francisco grand jury
knows anything more against Abe
Ruef. it will doubtless call his atten-
ton to 1t in due time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Railroad magnates PROPOSE" says
the Deseret News. But in this case
Roosevelt disposes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02

It is stated that Thaw's acquittal
will cost him about s25O,ooO-if he
gets it. He will probably consider it
cheap at the price, however.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02

Mr.. Heney of San Francisco an
nounces that he is after 'the man
higher up" and the Los Angeles Elk
press hopes he gets him as high up as
the neck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02

The San Francisco supervisors
shook the plum tree. and now the
grand jury is handing them a lot Of
lemons. California always was long
on fruit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02

Don't be at all backward about giving
your grass haircut If it needs it, even
Ii Il Is early In the spring. The grass
won't catch cold
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02

Baiie waggener is solid with the
Afro-American League. even II he ISM
with the Square Dealers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02

Since George w. Perkins has paid
It back to the New York Life. some
people are asking who reimbursed"
Perkins. Why these embarrassing
questions?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02
HAVE NO TIME 10 POSE.

We are looking for some ILLUSTRATED
apaper that will show the portraits
of the champion housekeepers. We are
tired of seeing the portraits of a lot Of
women of different kind.-The Com
moner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02

There was frost in southern Mis-
souri, Sunday night. That is getting
down into the land of the big red APP
pie and the Missouri peach.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02

Tho weather man, certainly gave
that portion of the fair sex that had
Easter bonnets a terrible scare Satur-
day night, but the weather has been
all right ever since
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02
BACK TO FACTS.

We are gratif1ed to see in the stock
exchange community itself an intelli-
gent effort to counterfeit the hue and
cry which ascribes the whole trouble
In Wall street to railway legisla ton,
and which assumes, with some news
papers, that the end of all profit from
railway investments is in sight.-New
York Evening Post
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02
C,ould AHord to Take Two Pair.

One day. when the northern soldiers
were marching through the south,
they saw an old lady hanging clothes
on the line. When a soldier, who need
ed a pair of socks, took pair from
the line, she said:
"Yol will have to pay for them"
The soldier asked her when. She
said
ION judgment day."
The soldier replied:
"Oh, If you are going to trust me
that long 1 will take another pair"
And he did-Judge's Library.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02
DON'T DODGE

Astronomers announce that we are
going to bump into the tail of g. comet
But 1t is something of a relief to see
that the collision is fixed for ApriI
f1rst.-Parsons Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02
GROWTH OF A FAVORITE SON.

AS a favorite son of Ohio, Judge Taft
is taking on weight. Since trying the
T. r. brand of presidential oats he will
presumably have need to use no other
New York World.
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Cause OF Wars,

90 Papa, how do nations get into war
with each other?" asked Harry. ~
Sometimes one way. sometimes an
other" said the father. Now. there
are Germany and SPAIN They came
near getting into war because a Span
ish mob took down the German flag"
mo, my dear" put in Harry's moth
err; that wasn't the reason"
But my darling said Mr.. M,
don't you suppose 1 know? That was
the reason
mo, dearie, you are mistaken. II
was because the Germans tried
Mrs. M, say it was because the
"Peleg, you know better. You are
only trying to"
Madam, don't understand that
your opinion was asked in this mat
ter. anyway
"Well. don't want my boy instruct
ed by an old ignoramus."
''See here, you impudent-"
"Put down your old cane. you brute.
Don't you dare bristle up to me or
I'LL
Never mind" interrupted Harry.
"I think I know how wars begin. -
Lippincott's Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02
THE REAL THING

The Topeka Automobile club is a
real square deaP' organiza ton. It is
onering reward for the arrest and
conviction of an autoist who ran over
boy in the Topeka streets.-Wichita
Beacon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-02
OF Much Love

once upon a time there was a man
who fell in love with a woman.
And they were married.
After a while the bills came in and
the man sat around and thought about
them. Then he went to his wife and
said: Dearie, can't you go a little
And his wife replied: ALIAS! never
learned how. I fear that am natur-
ally extravagant. 1 don't mean to be-
but l am. Tell me that you love me-"
love you." replied the man.
After a while the stork paid a
friendly visit. When the excitement
was over and things quieted down, the
man took note of certain things that
were happening. The servants
Wouldn't stay. The baby was either
Harmony had slipped out. And the
man sat around and thought about it
some more. Then he went to his wife
and said: "Dearie, there's something
Things ought to be different. The
house isn't run right. Things are not
done calmly or Systematically. Can't
you
His wife shook her head.
Il don't know how" she replied.
help it. but-do you love me?''
4 love you more and more" replied
the man.
And after another while the woman
grew to be an invalid. She refused to
take care of herself and became mo-
rose, irritable and incapable of doing
much of anything.
And one day, as the man sat and
thought, she came to him and said:
Dearest 1 have been a failure. I'm
thoroughly incompetent. haven't
done what I should have done. I have
been lamentably weak. Aren't you,
honestly now, sorry that you married
me?"
NO said the man.
But 1 am failure. You ought to
be sorry. Why aren't you sorry?''
And the man smiled as he replied,
Because, sweeth cart, If I hadn't mar
ried you 1 never could have loved you
as much as 1 do now."-Tom Mason
in the Reader.