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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-06
AYHAWxER JOTS

| Parsons is skirmishing around try
ing to find suitable site for a Carne-
gle library.
Reno county is planning for a big
wolf hunt on December IL. Real
wolves will be used.
The Scandal Journal boldly defies
the Roosevelt lightning by claiming
to know about a one-legged beaver.
Great Bend has had two success sful
revival meeting and the Item thinks
the town ought to be good enough for
awhile.
A Kingman judge has decided that
wife has no right to throw dishes
at her husband" Thus do the rights
of women continue to be trampled
underfoot.
Wichita has something else to be
proud OF. Another baby elk has come
to bless the herd at Riverside park.
This is the second young elk to be
born there this fall.
Harry Lewis. a Miami county boy
was accidentally shot in the neck six
years ago by friend who was ex-
aiming target rifle. The bullet was
removed by surgeons. In Kansas City
last week. ~
Seven negro children of one family
this week. They ranged in age from
six to seventeen years and they were
all placed in either the first or sec
ond grades.
SaI1na Is claiming distinction be-
cause a former baseball player of that
town will be in one of the big leagues
next year. 1t is a poor Kansas town
that has not furnished one of the big
leagues with player.
Gus Price, a Salina hackman, has
purchased an automobile wagonette
which he expects to put in bus SER
vice within a week. 1t will hold six
teen passengers and is said to be the
only vehicle of the kind in the state.
An Usage Valley man sold four
dozen turkeys just before Thanksgfv-
ing and received so much money for
them that he feared to take a CASH
ier's check in payment-he wasn't
sure the bank was good for the
amount
: An ElDorado man presented his
check at bank for $40, the limit of
cash the bank would pay in one day
to one man. and was given two new
$40 bills, that had been stuck togeth-
err. He told the cashier. who wanted |
him to return the extra bill. but the |
man replied: mot much; here is my |
check for 800"
An editor in Kansas, who never |
thought punctuation amounted to |
much, is now defendant in a libel suit. |
because he published an item about
two young men who went with their |
girls to attend the teachers institute.
and after they left. the girls got |
drunk" The comma should have |
gore after 1.-The girls" but as 1t is, the
girls have gone after the editor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-06
GLOBE SIGHTS.

IFrom the Atchison Globe.]
Those husbands and wives who get
along, do 1t without trying"
How polite the man with curly hair
about taking off his haiti
The good die young. It is those
who live to be old and wicked who
improve the world.
We sometimes tell others, by our
actions. the very things we do not wish
them to know.
When a woman has a homely figure.
the other women do this much: They
admit It Is natural.
A man never discovers what a re-
markable memory he has until he Is
trying his hardest to forget.
If man Is naturally a little senti-
mental, he Ii punished so much for It
that he soon becomes intensely prac-
teal.
We have noticed that centenarians
are usually colored people who are not
certain just when they were horned"
Considering that 1t has sent SO many
to untimely deaths, the frying pan
would not be an Inappropriate thing
to erect at the head of graves.
A girl gave twenty reasons why she
hear you talk that way" the man re-
piled, but as q matter of fact only
one thing you have stated Is true"
Old Greek saying: A woman keeps
the light burning In her heart for her
first husband. no matter how many
succeed him. A mans last wife reigns
In his heart no matter how many pre-
cede her.
Two Atchison girls were talking
about an enemy. "1f she ever does
"I'll pull her hair out" me oth err
one corrected her with: You might
pull it OF but not out"
It is a question which is the worse
fate: To be man and be shot up
l0YAN nT~ m
be a woman and have to wear false
cur1s and a corset to win the admira-
ton of the man she loves.
II every one in your family f. well,
and you know when you, go to bed at
ance till morning, you have so much
to be thankful for that you shouldn't
stop to dust the floor before kneelfnR.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-06
LIFE SAVING SERVICE.

Among the black-covered govern
ment reports is one on the life saving
service, which differs from most of the
others in that it contains rare tales of
adventure, thrilling stories of true
nfe, says the Chicago Record Herald.
These stories are not written for the
purpose of exacting tributes of admir-
alton from the readers, who are Off
Gals Of the government for the most
part. nor do they give any evidence of
a striving for literary effect. But they
are exceedingly impressive. neverthe-
less, because they bear witness to re-
markable deeds of courage and devo-
ton. 1t is pity, therefore, that they
are not more generally read. Our pur-
pose is only to call attention to the
magnitude of the work that is done, to
the saving in both life and property
that Is due to it. and to it's relatively
small cost.
THE service looks after more than
5000 miles Of seaboard and inland
coast. which, it is said, is more than
twice that of the royal life savers Of
England. Crews are sometimes taken
great distances from their home sta
lions. as when the Cleveland crew was
called to Cincinnati and to Newport,
n.y. TO 40do inc rescue WOTk curing
floods in the valley of the Ohio. The
annual cost is about a million and a
half dollars, the annual saving of pro-
perty comes to IL million dollars, and
every year more than 5000 lives are
saved. Comparisons made OF the
times before and since the service was
show that it well deserves
its names. 1t has diminished the perils
of navigation to such an extent that
the change may almost be called revo-
lutionary. u 81
Necessarily the men are relied upon
for extraordinary exertions that tax
their strength and endurance to the
utmost. But there is little en-
for those who care
more for glory than for duty.
Mr.. Wisely, the author of Some Heroes
Of the Surf says The nfesaver receives
no ovation. The awful voice of an
angry ocean is the only salute he gets |
when he goes out and when he comes
in. He does his duty without flourish |
and looks for no thanks except what |
he may chance upon in the blank stare |
IF one snatched from the raging surf |
and death Perhaps, however. he is
all the better man for this
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-06

cumstances would he consent to avail
himself OF a penny of her money. II
was question between pride ana
love, and In country town the opin-
Ion or others counts for. much
Beyan, reading her answer in her
eyes. turned to go. For an instant she
remained silent then the glance fell
upon the crepe-draped picture of
Greyson on the wall, and with a little
cry she stepped forward. Bevan
turned to catch her in his arms.
II don't care what people say"
sobbed Betty. -Four years Is too
iclss, dear
On the street without the Are con-
panies were returning from the ceme-
terry. and the band headed the pro-
cession playing. The Girl Left Be-
hind Me-" Betty raised her head
from EcTsu's zhou'eer Nth istsi>
smile
You will never leave me behind,
will YOU, dear?" she whispered.
Bevan bent his head u kiss the
rosy mouth. It'll death do us part"
he quoted reverentiy.-(Copyri
1907, by c. H Sutclifre.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-06
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the Chicago News

tFrom the Chicago News.1
It is better to work than to be
worked.
Many a toothIess person INDUCES in
biting sarcasm.
We feel sorry for a man who gets
what he really deserves.
Be sure of your foundation. before
trying to put up blum.
No. Alonzo. family Jars do not
come under the head Of brfc-a-brac.
It's better to be brought I'D on bot
tie than to be brought down by one.
Only . beautiful girl can AFFORD to
keep her domestic virtues Under
cover. -..
Many a young lawyer fails to make
good because he practices at the
wrong bar.
Cupid is a wise little chap. He
leads the couple to the altar, then
quits the game.
II you would see good In your
neigbors annoint your eyes with thu
milk of human kindness.
When a sick man sleeps well at
night his wife IS apt to rejoice be-
cause 1t gives her a chance to.
The elevator boys in New FORKS
forty-seven story office building will
be able to reach the highest ONCE in
the land.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-06
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Do it now is a good rule with re-
gard to your Christmas shopping.
.
The prohibitionists are making
fusil oil quite as unpopular as Stand
ard Oil.
Santa Claus sends word that he will
De glad to handle all gold coins, with
or without the motto.
n ~
General Confidence Is rapidly gain
ing another victory over General Dis
trust.
Money may talk but there's no need
of 1t. Just let 1t be seen.
.
1t would be easy to get and keep a
model servant girl If you gave her an
eight hour job and bricklayers' wages
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-06

sort of times. regardless of many in
cidental deprivations, keeping warm
together.
No danger seems apparent that the
local gas supply will fail entirely. But
just the same this suggestion about
the establishment of warming sta
lions" appears to be opportune IL all
are to enjoy the same advantages in
the division of such available heat as
there is. 1t surely is better one
than the suggestion that the people
only partially heat their houses and
thereby keep half warm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-06
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR
TFrorn the New York Press.

from the New York7 Press.J
Every woman in the world can be
interesting to men unless she is intel
lectual.
The red hair of the parent shall be
visited even unto the third and fourth
generations.
There is no great pain in having
singing in the next fat when you are
away from yours
When a woman passes 145 on the
scales it's a race backward between
her age and her weight.
One of the curious things about a
girls weak ankles Is when they can't
walk step how far they can dance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-06

Tom johnson. mayor of Cleveland.
ana his followers are the kind of
aenters who win. After seven years
of continuous war for three-cent car
fare all over the city victory is theirs.
II would be worth seven years trouble
Tor other municipalities to wage the
maRne kind Of war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-06

Suggestions made at the first meeting
of the house committee on banking
that the loaning OF revenue funds held
by national banks for other banks
should be checked by legislation. would
appear to be good. This practice is one
Of the evils that has crept into banking.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-06

that his wife made him what he L."
ways careful to assure himself before ad-
hitting 1t that she isn't present to put IN
denial"-Judge.
Fortune Teller-Beware OF . short. da<A
woman with fierce eye. She 10 wsttina
Visitor .(despair1ngiy)-No she amt
He had. but he lost It He never holds
II suppose that's because hs's given to
mo. It's because drink 10 eivsa to him.
He never buys"-Phiiadelphia Press.
B Be you subscribe for the va
Inhabitant-No. the village dressmaker
boards tew our house.-Life.
.Mcsosh-want to know q good story to
stall your wife with when you get home
DeLush-No use ia never get to tell IL.
Cleveland Leader,
PA. what's an average manf.'
"One who has q sneakfng suspicion that
he has qualities which make him superior
az ald. anybody else "-chioaso Rec0rd-Her-
II was going to give links little friend
ly advice this morning"
And didn't your"
mo; he started to tell me how to run
my aIIalrS, and that's something tOier-
ate from no man."-Louisville Courier
Journal D..
Minister (to intoxicated parishiner)-
Mac, I'm very sorry to find you in this
Mac-Are ye vera sorry7
very sorry
Mac-Ah. weel. If ye're really vera, YER
ra sorry, III forgie ye!-Punch.
And was Jones terribly hurt in the
railway accident as the report made
out?"
II don't think so. One of his wounds
is fatal, but the rest are not at all dam
gerous."-Cleveland Leader.
New England Lady correcting waitress)
You should not eat with your knife. You
might cut your mouth.
WaitressEWa-al, I'd as lief cut NV
mouth with a knife as jab IT with a fork
Judge.
Have you ever had any experience In
literary work." asked the editor.
The applicant for a job smiled "For a
great many years. he replied. 1T was em-
ployed in a powder Observation-Disclosures
phia Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-06

WoMEN,s RIGHTS.

The supreme court of Kansas has
made new decision in reference to
the homestead and the rights of the
widow in and to it, The court says
that IL after the death of the husband
the wife continues to reside upon the
homestead, even If she has no family,
1t Is exempt as a homestead, and can
not be taken from her either for her
own or her husbands 9e',ts, no mat
ter when such debts are Occurred. This
is giving absolutely equal homestead
rights to husband and wife, and is
doing more; it is giving to the widow
that which she needs more after the
death of her husband than while he is
matter with the supreme court of
Kansas when 1t comes to the question
of the rights of women.-Lawrence
Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-06

Comes now Mr.. Healy. Illinois state
attorney. with suspicious that the rail-
roads aid the milk trust which
organisation he declares rivals in
completeness the Standard Oil COM
pany in its operations. Possibly they
do. Most folks have the further sus-
picfons that this trust does consider
able In the way of watering its stock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-06

statistics from New York city and in
sists that the increase in that burg
In the death rate from hearts dis
ease Is due to the money panic and
Its resulting shortage of funds. Likely
attention will soon be called to the
verify that it is also a factor in race
suicide
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-06

What's the use Of receivers for the
Jamestown exposition7 When the ex-
hibitors have carted away such little
STUFF as was on display there will be
nothing left that will be Of service or
value to anything but the scrap pile.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-06

An exemplihcation of the adage
that there is nothing in a name is
found by the plans Of the government
IN its reclamation work which will
wipe out OF existence the town of
Roosevelt, Ariz. Its site will event.
ually be at the bottom of lake sixty
@mm% AAan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-06

Monte Carlo, the gruesome. Not con-
tent with holding the honors as the
home for suicides, the government is
about to guillotine a woman who is al
legged to have egged on her husband to
commit murder. He, the actual muir
derer gets Off with life imprisonment.
This reminds one of the way justice
was administered during the days of
the French revolution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-06

Oklahoma's first legislature will like
~ enact a lot of legislation which will
be quite as radical as many of the pro-
visions OF the new states constitution.
A Jim Crow bill. providing for separate
railway cars for whites and blacks is
one of the first measures about to be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-06

Oklahoma legislators seem to think a
GOOD deal more Of the bill prepared by
Senator Fred Quincy of Salina for the
Insurance of state bank deposits than
ala the Kansas legislators. They have
secured copies Of the measure from Mr..
quincy and intend to enact legislation
along Its lines. This must give the
Kansas senator some satisfaction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-06

Packers all over the country are de-
nying that they are responsible for the
high price Of meat. So are the retail
butchers. The stock raisers insist they
have seldom been paid less for beef.
mig and lamb on The hoof. Therefore,
no one seems to be to blame. This is a
happy condition of affairs for all con-
rerned except the people. who like meat
TO eat and. perforce, have to pay for it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-06

It may be that District Attorney
Jerome has asked for a special grand
jury in New York for the purpose of
getting after the looters of the big in
surance companies. And then again,
maybe he has no such intention. Bet
on the last may be-" y.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-06

One thing is certain. 1t won't take
Gen. Fred Funston long to restore order
IN Goldheld, New. when he ,descends on
the place with 1000 U. s. regulars. Some
of his admirers win go so far as to say
that he could do the Job all by himself.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-06

That the u. s. senators will have
plenty of work to demand their atten-
ton Is evidenced by the fact that al
ready one thousand bills have been in
troduced. Probably nine hundred of
them win get no nearer to becoming
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-06

Many viii dispute a newspaper cap
tion under a picture of Philander G.
Knox. o. 8. senator from Pennsylvania,
which styles him as the choice of Re-
publicans for next president Of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-06
FULL LEASED WIPE REPORT
OF TIE ASSOCIATED PRESS

All the banks in Topeka have closed
their doors but only for the purpose of
kseptng out the cold weather.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-06

This financial stringency is get
hing to be a handy vehicle on which
10 dump the blame for almost every
thing that is not. as 1t should be.
Along comes the registrar Of vital
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-06

RooseveIt's message ought to satisfy
everybody since Bryan has announced
that he finds much in IT worthy of COM
mendation,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-06
q uPRIaHT JUDGE.

A New Jersey Judge has decided that
when a man keeps only 81 a week Out
of his wages his wife Is not morally
a double life our confidence In the
judiciary remains eunshaken--Chicago
Record Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-06
HERE,s al CHANCE.

William Allen White sis advertising
that he has a hot air furnace to sell.
I'VE are putting in hot water" says
his ad Any country editor who wants
an abundant supply of hot air at a
bargain should write to Mr.. White
about his furnace.tLawrence World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-06
APPETITE FOR MONEY.

A hundred millions in european gold,
quickly and even easily secured by this
country, and brought hither TO netp
cur circulation, is merely another con-
firmatfon of how big our SURPRISES are
and how vast our national wealth. =
St Louis Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-06
FROM OTHER PENS
STATES RIGHTS.

Many times since the Roosevelt adj
ministration has been in power have
several of the country's statesmen
advocated an ENFORCEMENT of the
federal government upon the states
rights, and Secretary Root went so far
as to say, in substance, he thought
state lines should be wiped off the
map and the federal government left
in sole charge Of this vast Independent
people who love self government. The
alarm was sounded when the San
Francfsco-Japanese troubles were in
their ascendancy. and President
Roosevelt, as we'll as many other
statesmen, stated at that time states
should be subservient to any treaty
that the federal government deemed
wise to make with a foreign power.
with this idea in view President
Roosevelt laid the whip cord upon the
shoulders of California in his message
to congress which was sent about that
time. All of these things happening
within a few months have caused
many of our conservative citizens to
fear that the federal government
might try to encroacil upon the rights
the states have enjoyed since the
United States became nation.-Sa-
vannah Press.
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TT woIuD BE IMPoLITE.

ACCORDING to the Democratic
theory says Mr.. Bryan, "a man is
leader only when he is going in the
same direction that the people are go
ing, and a little ahead" Mr.. Bryan
might have added that the people ought
not to be hollering. stop, th1ef!-
Boston Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-06
A HOWLING SUCCESS.

A while ago they were Known as
"Suffragettes,' but now the London
women who are after the ballot are
called "the shrieking sisterhood. They
attend political meetings and legisla-
tive councils, make a great noise, and
frequently have to be elected. Still
these English women are very much In
earnest-Guffalo Courier.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-06
THE PRESENT DANGER.

Mr.. Roosevelt has done many things
that it were better he had not done,
and has said many things that 1t were
better he had not said; but the danger
Just at this moment is not that the
Country will go too far in the way of
reformatory activity. but quite the OPP
posite 1t is that, taking advantage or
the financial troubles, the men who
profit by evil practices will be able TO
sIlbmerge the whole programme of i'm
proyement and that the country may In
the not distant future enter once again
upon a vicious cycle of prosperity sat
urated with NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-06
TARIFF ANOMALY.

One of the anomalies of the tariff
question is, that all the free traders
desire a protection for local products.
This was plainly illustrated by reso-
lutions passed by the Texa Sheep
Raisers association which is composed
almost entirely Of Democratic free
traders This association resolved
against any reduction in the tariff on
wool and hides. OF course, because
these are local products in which they
for free trade on everything else. The
southern sugar planter wants protec-
ton for his sugar and the rice planter
for his rice while they are strong free
tarders upon everything else.-New-
ton Kansas-Republican.
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THIS souDNs GOOD.

The president says he has received
more ideas for legislation on the pres
ent financial situation from Kansas
than from anywhere else. OF course
he has Kansas not only has the
ideas. but she also has the money.
Kansas always has been the intellec-
tual center of the union. 1t is also
getting to be the 49, financial center.
Kansas has not saidi much about this
heretofore as Kansas is also rich in
modesty.-Wichita Beacon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-06

Fortune Teiler-Beware OF . short, da<A
woman with fierce eye. She - waiting
to give you q check.
Visitor (despairingiy)-No she amt
She's waiting to get one from me- That's
my wife.-Bahimore American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-06

Boarder-Do you subscribe for the VII
lage newspaper? n +. = -.
Inhabitant-No. the village dressma1er
boards tew our house.-Life.
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HU1NOR OF THE DIP

odd Man Pilkinson candidty admits
Yes; but I have noticed that he u al
ways careful to assure himself before Rd-
hitting It that she isn't present to put IN
a denial"oJudge.