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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-16
LET THE LAW STAND.

At the request or some newspaper
| editors who are disgruntled because
they have lost their railroad transpor-
tation, an amendment to the Hepburn
| act has been introduced into both houses
| of congress declaring that nothing in
the law shall be interpreted as prohibit
| ing such contracts between railroads
| and newspapers.
Newspapers that value their own
space at the rates which they charge
for it and which do not wish to sell
their supposed influence for transpor-
tatfon are we'll enough satisfied with the
present arrangement. Among other pa
pers that take a stand against this pro-
posed amendment is the Los Angeles
Express, and it urges congress to de-
feat it.
There is no more reason" says the
Express, why newspaper men should
be furnished with free transportation
on the railroads than any other class
of citizens. Insofar as the new law
prohibits railroads from Issuing free
transportation to newspaper men or
other persons who actually do or are
supposed to possess more or less inf1u-
ence in the community in which the!
reside. 1T is worthy law and should
receive the support of all citizens.
IF railroads desire to use the adver-
Using columns of the newspapers there
is no reason why they should not pay
for such space in cash, the same as
any other advertiser. On the other
hand, the newspaper should pay in
cash for such transportation as it
needs.
THE real reason" continues the Ex-
press. that so many publishers wish
to be left free to exchange advertising
space for railroad transportation proba-
bly, is that much of the socalled reafl-
way advertising is not advertising at
all. and the railroads would not enter
into contracts with many of these
newspapers if compelled to pay in cash
instead of in transportation. No news
paper should seek advertising upon any
basis other than the plain business pro-
position that such advertising is profit
able to the advertiser
That last sentence is good business
doctrine. There has been, however, this
extenuation for granting a limited
amount of free transportation: Much of
the railroad news which a newspaper
publishes advertises the railroads. 1t is
free advertising but 1t is also news to
which the readers of the paper are en-
titled. The building of new lines, the
changes in time cards. the putting on
of new trains, these and many similar
items necessarily advertise the railroads
but they are also of interest to the pa
per's readers. 1t is in recognition of
such matter that the only sort of legi-
innate free transportation could be is
sued, but this is open to such abuses
that it Is far better to cut it of alto
gether, although the newspaper, in jus
tice to its readers, must continue to
publish this class Of free advertising
for the railroads. The same thing holds
true with the exchange of regular ad-
vertising for transportation. 1t opens
the way to abuses so that it is better
to abolish such trades and put both
advertising and transportation on a
strictly cash basis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-16
HUMOR OF THE DAY

''say. paw. what does being handed a
| lemon mean?" .
Being handed a lemon, son, is what
your mother gives me when my pay lenve-
lope is short Saturday night '-Milwau-
kee Sentinel.
Puffer-Do you suppose we can get a
drink of booze at this house?
Puffer-what makes you sure?
Chuffer-Look at all those automobiles
standinug outside-Cleveland Leader.
IT don't know which is worse" NUT
tered young Blunderheels at the swell
ing his perspiring brow; but Il believe l
would rather be run over by a train
than step on one
.she-How dare you kiss me. sir? He
y yeGaq ioyed lone me yOq aeMontSS iG sheoh
BERTHE, what a lot of time we've lost!
Benson-HulIo. Blake, I hear you had a
great time getting married-eloped with
the girl-father and mother furious-gayee
they? Blake (sadly)-No-
Very Fat Gentleman Ito street boyl-
Sonny, can you tell me the quickest way
can get to the station? Very Naughty
c 91y Sn55er sSoud s a YOU'D Better lay
down an roll over bout twice.
EdithzDid you sing for Mr.: BSSrels.ish
WHOLE hour 2t for him Ed 18th I'm so Fsdt
aversion to that mani
Henry Allen thinks if George Gould
snickered any at Mr.. Hartman and his
troubles, he is probably sincerely sorry,
and willing to take 1t all back.
Ruffon Wratz Qaboriously trying to
read fragment of newspaper)-What is
=-calumny''?
uate of n college. it's the stuff they
put in these bakin' powders. Wot about
it?-Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-16
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

LFrona the Philadelphia Record.l
When it comes to love most girls
are right in it.
There are people who could help
more by giving less advice.
It's hard work to patch up a quarrel
so that patches won't show.
A girl likes an extravagant man.
unless she is going to marry him.
A man must have confidence in HIM
self before he can inspire 1t in others
It's a wise weather prophet that
knows just when to borrow an UNI
brella.
From the f1sh's point of view IT
would seem very Incorporate to drink
like a man.
When a policeman arrests a China
man it seems natural to give him a
few cuffs while being collared.
She-"So you believe there Is safe
ty in numbers. do you?" He-sYes.
unless you are going to play policy
Tommy's Pop-"why do YOU call
that little boy Billy? That isn't his
proper name" TOMMY know. His
right names Bill, but we call him Billy
for short
Blobbs-"What a disagreeable old
fellow Crouch is" Slobbs-"Rut Won
must remember he suffers from dys-
pepsia-" Blobbs-''Suffers? Why I
believe he actually enjoys it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-16
GLOBE SIGHTS.
LFrom the Atchison Globe. J

LF'rom the AtchiSOn Glcbe.J
Down at the bottom of their hearts.
most people believe a little in fortune
telling. and spiritualisIn, and the mys-
FERROUS generally.
An Atchison man says the reason he
knows his home is his castle is because
he feels as though he were in a dun
geon when he is there
himself not being a hypocrite as
an excuse for saying disagreeable
things to his friends faces.
We always dislike the man who has
q last name for a first name. Sylves-
ter Stanley, for example. Stanley
Sylvester would sound just as well.
When a mans physical condition is
such that the papers say his life Is
in the balance" he is, as a rule, slated
to lose both his life and his balance.
Not many married men deceive
their wives, but a lot of them de-
ceive themselves by their efforts in
this line till they imagine they have
succeeded.
About six months after a woman has
moved to town from the country. she
has a rare experience if her former
country friends are not saying that she
is stuck up.
When a woman prepares refresh
ments for party. she takes the inside
out of something. and puts in its
place something that was never in
tended there.
The man who accumulates his own
money has this advantage over the
one who inherits his wealth: No one
accuses him of having more money
than brains.
In every woman's dreams, there is
a perpetual laundress; not a woman
who comes once a week to wash, but
a woman who lives at the house, and
washes shirt waists every day.
Speaking of cause for alarm: There
is the appearance of your hostess Just
before dinner, dressed in her best
clothes, and without a sign to indI-
cate that she has been near the
kitchen.
The Topeka young men are feeling
very big. A Topeka young man late
ly visited in Coolidge, and attempted
to kiss a society girl. The girl was
Indignant and made a row. The To-
peka young man said: "It is an honor
for any Coolidge girl to be kissed by
young man who moves in Topeka's
best society"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-16
AYH4 WKER JOTS

| Mcpherson is talking about paving
with something besides good inten-
tions.
The wasp waist says Anna Carl
help swell the Golfers of the physf-
clans" And the collins of the under
| takers.
The railroads are abused" says
| the Globe, but an Atchison merchant
says he received. several months ago a
shipment of candy five pals short. In
| a month, four of the missing pals
came struggling in over another road
that had no billing for it, and still
later single pail came in, having
wandered to Spokane, Wash"
Last weeks Sabetha Herald: w. J.
Bailey in an interview has declared
that he is not a candidate for United
States senator. He is in Topeka at the
present time. working in the interests
of J. L. Bristow. Bailey is entitled to
good deal of credit. He would like
to be United States senator himself.
but the call seems to be for some one
else, and, like a true leader, he is act
ing on the will of the people. That is
what makes friends for a leader. The
Nemaha county man is not going to
lose by his patriotism.
Woman items in the Holton Signal:
Tell woman she is pretty, and she
will begin to roll her eyes. Tell her
she is smart. and she will begin to
talk. The best of women feel q
tinge of satisfaction when they. see a
handsome woman wearing an unbe-
coming hat 1t Is a question
which is the worst, a gadding woman,
or one whom nothing short of fire.
will drag from her home. The
Silence Cure is the latest Women find
it beneficial. We would like to try it
on a certain woman, but lack the
courage.
Osborne Farmer: 1t is pretty hard
to get within speaking distance of Old
Bill Shiftless these days. Since Bill
made that trip to Topeka he has been
walking on the upper strata of clouds,
some miles above common people. Bill
sauntered around Copeland county
and was introduced to Senator Pleas
er, big bug. He also shook hands
with the governor and jaaitor in the
state house. whom he thought was
some Great Guy. Bill talked with the
janitor and that official told Bill how
he could get job down there. Bill
saw the fellows and they told him they
would try and take care of him. One
of them gave him a pass to come
home on and told him to wait around
home and not worry. Bill has gone
that he is to get one of the big jobs
in the state. He smiles with superior
wisdom now when anybody mentions
Topeka or the senatorial fight. Bill
knows who is going to be elected, but
he refuses to tell. He says he can't
give state secrets away. In the mean
time Mrs. Shiftless is working harder
than ever. because with all his politics
On hand, Bill has no time to do any
thing. While in Topeka Bill also dis
covered two or three joints and says
that any fellow who looks all right
and is onto the thing can get anything
he wants
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-16
JOURNAL ENTRIES

The fact that Mabelle Gilman spells
her first name that way indicates that
she might go wrong by marrying a
Pittsburg millionaire.
= \
If you observe carefully you will
notice that many people make a dash
for the band wagon, who cannot play
a Jewsharp, let alone toot horn
4
Here is a recipe to ascertain If a
statesman" is riding on a pass: Fol-
low him to Kansas City. If he gets off
at Argentine or Armstrong and rides
over the state line on a street car, he
ism t paying out any cash for railroad
fare. z-.s-....r ..-,-
The late shah of Persia had 500
wives. What fine Mormon apostle
the shah would have madel In fact,
he might have been all twelve of
them.
II these slang phrases continue to
creep into the language and then send
for their trunks, settling down and
making themselves at home, the man
who wrote the dictionary will have to
get out a five o'clock extra.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-16

The legislature should now stop,
cnce for all, the introduction and pass
age of purely local bills. They have
always been prohibited by the consti-
tuition but the supreme court has held
that the legislature is the Judge of
whether a measure is local or not,
and so the legislature has passed all
sorts of laws without restraint. The
constitutional amendment just adopt
ed provides that the courts shall pass
on this question, and this will render
Invalid the legislatures work on all
local measures that are taken into the
courts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-16

. 1t is stated that it will be possible"
70 fine the Standard Oil people So mill
Hon dollars on the 500 indictments just
returned against them at Ffndlay, Ohio.
Still, judging from past experiences it
Is not likely that the Standard people
are frightened because of the POSSIBLE
ftfes'' in the case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-16

Kansas City, Mo. now closes her sa-
looms at 1 a. m. with no place open
TO loaf or buy booze for six long hours
says the Jewell Republican, no doubt
many Kansas City people will conclude
that they might just as well sleep some
as to waste their time sitting up"
Such Misrepresentation ought not to be
allowed. 1t will hurt the town. The
saloons are closed to the loafers only
four hours. They open at 5 a. m
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-16
DRAWING THE LINE.

I'm some inclined to envy;
Yet. after all, guess
I'd rather have my troubles
Than some folks happiness.
No matter what the pleasure,
It must depend a lot
Upon your own opinion
Concernin' now twas got.
When days is raw an humid
An we are all in pain
It's then the microbe prosperS
An sings a glad refrain.
An yet despite my sorrow
When all Is said an done,
I wouldn't be a micrObe-
No, not for all his fun!
Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-16

i Noting that Herbert Hadley will ad-
dress the Kansas State Bar association
on January 80, Fred Trigg thinks the
Standard Oil company will have one
days vacation anyway. But perhaps
Mr. HadIey has arranged with that
grand jury at Findlay, Ohio. to do an
other stunt about January 30.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-16
Misunderstood Modesty.
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
[From the New York Press.]

IFrom the New York Press.1
A gauzy scarf can always keep a
woman warm enough If it is pretty
enough.
The way to make a woman happy is
tell her that's the way she makes you.
Nobody ever makes enough money
out of a thing to be perfectly truth
full about 1t.
It's the man who can't earn living
that argues on how to finance the gov
eminent.
When a man has a good temper his
wife always is afraid he is concealing
a confession he ought to make.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-16
FRON OTHER EEES
.CORTELYoU.

All the charges banded about in re-
iatlon to Mr.. Cortelyous appointment
10 the treasury have been dishonest
and disingenuous,i and have been in
spired by disreputable motives Not
one of them would bear investigation.
or. IT looked into,2 would reflect in the
slightest degree upon his fitness for
the ssecretaryship or upon his ability to
perform his duties. Mr.. Roosevelt has
long medftated Mr.. Cortelyou for the
pace ana the Sun long since. and
When many matters were vastly differ
ent, gave its hearty approval to the
selection. 1t believed then, as it be-
l1eves now, that a better man cannot
pc round, or one who possesses more
only one regret worth mentioning, and
that is that he was not installed there
long ago.-New York Sun.
PROSPERITY.
This countrv has never before been
SO EN- EMBARRASSED with the congestion of
sperity.-Knoxville Journal and
Tribune.
RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.
Wars? We do not need them. The
railroads will attend to that sort of
thing.-Los Angeles Times.
MAY HE IMPROVE.
Here's hoping that in 1907 Chancel-
lor Days liver will be in better condi-
tion.-Newark News.
ANOTHER THEORY
A magazine writer says a 50 bill
lasts sixteen months. and a $40 bill
lasts three years. He must be living
with his wife's Washington
Times.
SEMI-VINDICATION
The course of events. both in Cuba
and the Philippines. has been produc-
tive of some vindication or semivin-
diCatiOnS
SHOCKING.
"All the world is prosperous" saws
Secretary Shaw. Isn't 1t shocking for
trade countries are prosperous?
Where are we at?-Buffalo Courier.
Law.
These days with the ''unwritten law
getting so strong, and the other ones
getting so weak. it might be a good
plan to unwrite the written ones
Augusta Chronicle.
JAPANESE FANS.
The idea of introducing base ball
into japan is a surprisingly good one;
there are SO many fans in that coun-
ry.-Philadelphia Commercial.
A RICH PAPA!
And Mr.. j. Pierpont Morgan deity
slipped a trif1e of 100000 into his
boys Christmas stocking.-Chicag
Post.
RAILROAD NOTE
No wonder there are slow schedules.
1t takes so much time to clear away
the railroad wrecks.-Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
CONGRESS.
A wag has said that congress for
merly opened its daily sessions with
prayer, but now opens with a message
from the president. 1t was once ac-
cused of opening with a corkscrew and
closing with a cork.-Duluth News
Tribune.
LABEL.
The old label was Raspberry jam:
but now it reads. Compound Apple
Jelly, Raspberry Flavor" Another old
label was Vermont Maple Sirup,
but now it reads Vermont Sirup.
made from choicest maple and cane
sugar mixture" It's a new year and
a new era in commercial honesty
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-16

1t is gratifying that County Attorney
Echenck states decidedly that he has
not notified the jointists that they must
close, as was reported but that when
he Announces his policy it will be in a
Inherent wa7 than by notifying the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-16

1t is reported that the Pennsylvania
In figuring on buying the Santa Fe.
II the Pennsylvania has the change
about it's clothes, it will find that the
Santa Fe is about as good a thing as
there is among western railroads, but
1t will take considerable spare coin to
enable the Pennsylvania to take the
Santa Fe home with it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-16

After all these years the innocent pur-
chaser of the pointed lightning rod is
to be protected. Why didn't somebody
think of this before?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-16

Several supposed financial authori-
ties are predicting a panic. Let's see:
Didn't John D. Rockefeller predict a
panic about a year ago?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-16

One of the things that can be urged
against the direct primary is that it is
responsible for the election of JEFF
Davis to the United States senate from
Arkansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-16

For a man who was renominated
without opposition, Senator Bailey is
having an exceedingly strenuous time
in getting reelected to the United
States senate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-16

A large number of governors this
year have something in their messages
about direct primaries, anti-pass laws,
and the two-cent fare. Must be the
governors got some man to put up
these messages in job lot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-16

When the country newspaper editors
begin to receive checks from the rail-
roads in exchange for advertising they
will be more than satisfied because
their passes were cut off.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-16

Notwithstanding his name, the
smelter trust and all the other handi-
caps, Mr.. Guggenheim was elected
senator from Colorado.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-16

There Is some curiosity as to how
much life insurance the late shah car
Fied in favor of his 500 wives.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-16

There is some curiosity as to whether
the state senate has yet got around t.
read the governors message.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-16

Delaware his elected new Unite'
States senator, and he isn't Gas Ad
dicks. either.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-16
THE OPERATION.

A few days. ago there appeared in the
kansas Comment" department on this
page a clipping from another paper
describing the manner in which young
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-16

"A census of railroad passes in the
present legislature would be interesting
III IL were possible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-16

The recreations of Tolstoy, it is said,
are chess and tennis. Why should
Tolstoy pass up checkers and croquet?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-16

Newspaper editors all have passes
Ne walk on the railroads. anyway.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-16
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Still. Joe Foraker isn't the winner Joe
Cans is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-16
Strain of Christmcs.

The plea for a sane Christmas,
which shall not be burden in the
matter of giving, simply emphasizes
what almost every one, except the very
wealthy, knows to be sadly needed. The
simple truth is, many find the strain
of Christmas so hard to bear that they
have evidently come to think of the
anniversary merely as a time of ex-
rravag CANT expenditure, enforced by a
resented custom. 1t is occasion for
regret that this feeling is already wide
spread and seems to be extending rap
idly for it means that the end will be
the utter abolition of the Christmas
spirit and soon afterward the abandon
ment of a habit that ought to make for
love and friendship, much and only.
1t is a fact, however, that Christmas
giving has already come to be in large
that it results in the spending of more
money than can be afforded. The vic
Tins have themselves and their own
weakness to thank They know ex-
actly what they ought to do, and they
can estimate the consequences that
will follow an attempt to do more. A
little moral courage would solve the
whole problem, and, that being the
case the sufferers are to be pitied only
for lacking it. Everybody admits, or
rather asserts that it is the emotion
prompting Christmas gift that
counts, not its money value, and yet
almost everybody who thinks a good
deal about the cost of the presents he
makes thinks at least a little about the
cost of those he receives. and is dis
turbed IL the balance is large either
way. The truth is that the Christmas
giver, not the Christmas giving, is in
need of reformation. The trouble with
the custom is only in its abuses, and
every one who will can remedy them
for himseIf.-New York Evangelist