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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24

iiy i've been nervous and despirited
and / get imagining things. guess
He could not tell even Bradley what
ne feared, but ne was at last convinced
that all was well with Aida and he
was content.
Bradley turned up after Office hours
tnaf evening and carried him off to
TREND IN the country today" he ex-
planned. and I need company I'll
come around to your apartments after
ward and we'll have a good. old-time
chat
Semple frightened visibIy at the
suggestion and when, at last, they
reached home he opened the door con-
ndently- He face went CHASTITY white
as the voice noated out upon the air
6radley stood there with a smile
upon his face. That's a great idea
isn't Il? ?" was his surprising comment
vaguely.
Why, that photograph" explained
Braofey. It's a German invention, 10
De used in stores. When the door
opens the photograph announces tne
bargains o fthe day. A little alteration
fixed this one so that the two messages
could be given: one in the morning ana
the other when you came home was
telling Mrs. Semple about it the night
she was over to see my WIFE, ana she
had 1t fixed up as a surprise Tor you
bet 1t was a STARTER, wasn't II
at was said Semple dryly, wonder
ing how near to insanity he had been.
ut was a decided surprise. then ne
added to himself, "now that ! know,
It's going to be comfort, too. =
copyrighted, 1907, by p. c. East
ment1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24
oUAKEIs HEFI.EcIToNx-
rFrom the Philadelphia Record.l

from the Philadelphia Record.1
Good judgment doesn't do much good
unless it arrives on time.
The fellow who has too much to say
always succeeds in saying 1t.
It is, perhaps. better to crack smile
than to burst into laughter.
SiIlicus-"How is the best way TO- ger
a girl to marry your" Cynicus-Iry
not to-"
Many a promising young man finds
himself the defendant in breach OF
promise suit.
Guzzler-"I think this bottle OF WINS
ky will just At me- WtgWag-R ather
a tight fit, should say.
Hoax-etA1l the members OF my fam
i1v have expressed a wish to be ere
mated" Joax-"Ahi you have relatives
to burn, eh?'
when a man admits that he has
made a fool of himself he can't under
stand why the rest of the world doesn't
share his establishment.
wigg-"M Ministers are proverbiaiy
poor" Wagg-"Yes: just because there
are sermons In stones 1t doesn't follow
that there are rocks in preaching"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24
JOURNAL ENTRIES

A doctor writes a piece about sleep
and sleeping in the September American
Magazine. Don't get up too early" is
his advice. We can see where that doc
tor is going to be mighty popular.
V 4
We judge Webb McNall is beginning
to feel like himself once more. Conner
Davies had a visit with him recently
and Webb insisted on doing all the talk
ing, Notwithstanding the fact that he
was paralyzed speeches. a few weeks
ago.
Secretary Smiley, of the State Grain
Dealers association. says the wheat
crop will be disappointing to any one in
vestigating it. Several years of observa-
tion convinces this department that Mr.
Smiley usually makes it a point to be
disappointed in the wheat crop, and he
would be disappointed if he wasn't.
Real estate doesn't seem so very high
now if you have some to sell. But If
you want to buy, 1t is soaring above the
clouds.
70 ~
That cold spell few days ago leads
to the suspicion that the Fairbanks
presidential boom exposed itself and
brought on the customary frost
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24

to wreak everlasting vengeance upon
the heads of those who have broken
the laws, then perhaps Emmett Dali
ton should be returned to the peniten-
tiary, there to spend his time in
wretchedness until the end. But if he
has balanced up the scales of justice;
If he has shown himself capable of
meeting the problems of lifes if he
understands the ideals of citizenship
and believes that he can live up to its
standards why should he not receive
a pardon?
1t is simply a question of whether
our prison system is designed for re-
venge or reform.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24
THE CASE OF EMMETT DALTON


The move to secure a pardon for
Emmett Dalton is attracting consider
able attention. the latest development
being circular letter to the bankers
of Kansas asking them to use their in
huence to prevent either his pardon
or parole.
The question is merely one that
concerns the purposes of our peniten-
taries. That Dalton was guilty of
taking part in the attempt to rob two
Cofreyville banks sixteen years ago,
which resulted in several people los
ing their lives is not denied. Even
Dalton himself makes no excuse for
his action. The fact that he was a
mere boy is not even urged by him in
extenuation, nor is the other fact that
1t was his first experience as a defiant
law breaker. What his brothers may
have done is not pertinent now, for
they paid the penalty of their folly
with their lives. That score is wiped
out. 1t is Emmett Dalton himself
who is before the public as an APP
plicant for mercy. For fifteen years
he has been in prison. In that time
he has ripened into mature manhood
and as man he is asking for a
chance to enter the lists with others
and prove his manhood. Is the state
OF Kansas going to give him this OBJ
portunity? He has given the flower
time of his life to expiate his mis-
take in violating the canons of civil
lied society. He has accepted his
punishment without a complaint and
performed the tasks assigned to him
with cheerfulness that has won for
him the friendship of every prison Of
fcial to whom he has answered in
those fifteen long years. He looks
you straight In the eye; there is Moth
ing criminal in his countenance
which. despite his experience, still
wears an expression of boyishness. He
gives every evidence that he would be
a good citizen If he had the oppor-
tunity. He has suffered well for his
misstep; he has been thoroughly pun
tShed. II the object of our prison is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers OF the State TourEal
away during the summer E1ay have
The paper mailed regularly each day
TO any address mt the rate of ten cents
week or thirty cents month (hy
mail only. Address changed as often
as desired. While out of town the
State Journal will be go you like q
daily letter from home.
: Advance payment IS requested on
these short time subscriptions, to savc
bookkeeping expense.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR
From the New York Press.l

From the New York Press.1
A man is awfully ashamed of his boy
for fighting If he gets licked.
The less woman has to say the long
er she can make 1T into a letter.
A woman would like to get kilograms
If she knew what was in them before
she had to open them.
The reason q man can work so hard
around his own house is nobody Is pay
ing him for it something he ought to
esru.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24

The Atchison Globe quotes a rate ex-
pert as saying that the Elkins law has
increased freight rates. Possibly it has
Il was intended to do away with rebates
and no corresponding reduction was
made in the open rates. The rail-
roads made no fight on the Elkins law.
It was good thing for them as we'll as
for the small shipper. And when rates
are properly adjusted it will be a good
thing for the public. The Hepburn act
is intended to help this along
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24

Mr.. Rockefeller does not propose to
let his witness fees in testifying before
Judge Lands go by default after ALL
He has filed claim for $3.50 witness
fees and $72.4o mileage in the Stand
ard OIL case. IF he will have the
Standard pay up that $4,000, 900
doubtless Uncle Sam will be glad to
nquidate his fee claim.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24

; Says the Parsons Sun: Governor
Glenn of North Carolina saws the time
As not ripe for a southern presidential
candidate. Perhaps the governor has
overlooked the fact that Uncle Joe
Cannon is a native OF North Caro-
lima" But would that fact in any
wise disprove Governor Glenn's as
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24

S. NJ Brewster, county attorney of
Deniphan county, was scheduled to
talk on How to Prosecute" at the
county attorneys convention. Any
man who can convict a defendant of
running joint when the defendant
was never in the town where the joint
was located until arrested and taken
there, and who can successfully carry
the case through the supreme court.
as Mr.. Brewster once did, ought to
know something about that subject.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24

Still, the public would have a great
deal more sympathy with the tele-
graph companies in the present strike,
had not the companies recently COM
PEELED the public to stand a big In
crease in the cost of teIegraphing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24
TO LONG TO WAIT

Mrs. Stanford White, the widow of
Harry Thaw's victim. is to be married
next month to her late husbands
partner, Chas. F. .McKim. Waiting
until after the conviction and execu-
ton Of Harry was proving too remote
as marital contingent, So the pair
wifi hitch up in Westminster. London,
next month.-Wichita Eagle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24

State Railroad Attorney Grattan
says he was in favor of the two cent
fare all the time and he pursued the
course he did in order to line every
body UP for it. Is Mr.. Grattan what
you might call "foxy?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24

This rumor that Isl An is to volun-
tarily a5dicate sounds about as hshy
as the story that Standard Oil will
pay that fine of its own accord.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24

Still. Hartman is only exhibiting
common tendency when he wishes that
he might possess all the railroads.
Many Of US frequently run to catch a
train
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24

Bluff City claims to have more lawn
mowers. per oaRitaSs than any other
town in Kansas. That's a good thing
to brag about.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24


Those inmates of a New York insane
asylum who made a concerted effort to
escape may not have been as crazy as
they were judged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24

Jacob H. Schif says too much de-
velopment is responsible for the set
back Wall street is feeling. Jacob
appears to have considerable wisdom
OF his own.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24

That loud noise that you don't hear
Is Nature Writer Long demanding the
reelection of President Roosevelt for
another term.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24

The trusts will kindly note that the
Big Stick will take no vacation, not
withstanding Wall streets wall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24

Confidence Restored is a heading
In the Los Angeles Express. But ii
isn't Wall streets confidence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24

Vonce. in days vent by. der city uf
Topeka pensioned oldt fire boss fer
'goot serfice in der past" But dot vas
dufferendt administration. Dis Won
hat to be lighted indo doing vot i'd
ought to by honesd oldt nigero vich
hat gifen der cidy nod only hiss SER
ices fer rs years., but about 80 years.
uf hiss life as der resuldt uf cidy care
lesneSs Der administration will propa-
ply gate dis old man some dinkey lid
die chob, ad less den lifing wages, und
den ask der public to endorse i'd fer ids
chenerosidy. In der meantime, leds us
brag long und loud on der way der at
minisdration raised ids wages from $85
to 500 per month.
Ded cidy council hat told Misder
Draining to go es far es he like in
regard to der sewer scandal. A con-
serfatif would like to suggestion dot der
abofe mentioned ISIS kvite ways.
Berhabps der feet dot our oldt col
leche chump, Spencerarturabbott ISIS ad
der head uf der Sox bonch, may nod cut
much ice es to we're der team closes
der incidence, but We beg to call der
addention uf all uf you to Won feet:
Peginning NIT der day he took charche,
der mercury hat moofed oop unstead uf
down.
Gofernor Hoch's action in checking i'd
oop to der railroadt commission ISIS nod
a complete alabi to der charge dot der
goferner. vile trafeling, always makes i'd
hiss bitzness to meet der conductor in
der vestibule.-far from der maddening
crowd vich might gedt on to hiss trans
portation.-B. S. Der goferner ISIS
trafeling considerable desc days, but
may Won rise ooD und ask, vot does he
care aboudt der fare per mile? Der
Chawtawkwa seeson will be Offer before
negst JANUARY, ven hiss pass expires.
Der Salina dub vich took oop a COL
lection to dife rs feet indo der rifer,
und den failed to dife, ook der besd
end uf two bawlings-oudt. Uf he ditndt
dife, he vas a faker. Uf he difed, he
vas dtng-donged fool. Vich would you
choos in der same circumstantials?
Chudge McCabe got hiss fingers Pitched
ven he vas a broad, und der same hat
peen duly written oop, but der report
der failed to mention noder inchury
vcih der chudge receefed vile abroad.
Hiss leg vas pulled all oudt uf shape.
In Leafenvert der choindt-keeberss
choin der bolts in trimming spotterss.
Vile der cops ISIS pinching him fer ped
ling information mitoudt a lisense, der
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24

Governor Hoch writes to the rail-
road board Just like man who has an
idea stored away in one corner of his
head
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24

Now that Pierp Morgan is bacl
from Europe we will see if he can dc
anything for Wall streets shattered
nerves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24
IN BLACK. AND WHITE.

~ D11zANlEA1 IND WHITE
Cullehd gal Tub wild all she might,
Wife gu'l Tub fo' play;@
CuIlehd gal Tub, TO lub she fight,
wife gull don Tub dat way.
Cullehd gal sto'm If de man he cool.
Wife gull wish she daid;
wife gull cry if she husbans fool,
Cullehd gal bus he haid.
DENLY Morrison in Chicago Record-Her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24

By the way. are the station agents In
the country towns now bulletining the
trains?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24

Perhaps Governor Hoch has a Big
Stick OF his own.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24
KANSAS COMNENT
WHINING.

w
The Standard Oil company has en-
ployed the best legal talent obtaina bic
for many years that 1t might find a
legal way to -evade and defy the spirit
and purpose of the laws of the country
and now IL whining about the law be-
cause it did get over the legal boun-
daries and got caught. If the men back
or Standard Oil had been trying to fol-
low the spirit and purpose OF the law
and had engaged in honest competition,
they would not have needed high priced
lawyers to keep them out of the laws
clutches. Their whole organization and
methods of doing business nave been
planned by the most skilful legal talent
for the sole purpose of legally deriving
and evading the law. They have des-
troyed other mems business with utter
disregard of manner or means used to
accomplish their purpose. Their career
of legal and Illegal lawlessness is mark
ed with the ruin and bankruptcy of
legitimate enterprise Now they whine
because the administration prosecutes
them for their misdeeds and foresee the
ruin of the country. Their
selhshness and egotism has grown to
such proportions that they confound the
country and Standard Oil. Standard Oil
is deserving of utter ruin and the pros
perity of the country will be augmented
thereby. The administration will be
supported in whatever action 1t takes to
destroy the Standard Oil company. Cor
porations that advisedly break the law,
should die.-Manhattan Republic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24
LAWsON WAS FIR ST.

Long before that London chemis
discovered his process for the ode,
graduation of copper" however. Ton
Lawson was doing the same thing b.
a method of his own.-Chicago Tri
bune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24
REEnRE a FALL

Every now and then we get too proud
OF our civilization. and then we hear
which men are killed to keep the old
IsnorEuns IN exercise.-New York Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24
FROM OTHER PENS
ISL

Isl An abdicate? 1t is unlikely. Not
until her almond eyes are closed in her
last sleep will that indomitable woman
cease to direct the affairs of China. OF
course, unless meanwhile a revolution
occurs or the powers intervene AS long
as the present dynasty reigns and Isl
An lives she will be the real ruler of
China 1t cannot be otherwise. She is
too strong minded, too smart, too in
tensely devoted to her theory of govern
ment to step aside and allow others to
manage affairs The world at large
probably rates Isl An below her just
measure. For this. of course, she is
herself to blame. She has not adapted
herself to the conditions of the day II
she had been a better advertiser she
would at this time be known throughout
the range of human habitation as one Of
the greatest women of history.
There is a strong prejudice against
Isl An in many quarters because she
has suppressed the puny emperor and
was al one time a violent reactionary,
and Furthermore and especially because
she is suspected, with good reason, of
being responsible for the Boxer troubles
of seven years ago. But before utterly
condemning Isl An for these courses the
fact must be borne in mind that she
acted according to her lights. Repre-
sentative of an extreme type OF con-
serVatisn1, she faced new situation in
her normal character. Possibly today,
with q wider experience with the west
ern world, she might do otherwise. That
she has broadened during the past few
years. since her return to Pekin, in fact,
is evident from the occasional reports
of interviews with her and signs of
weakening of the old rigid adherence in
the inflexible Chinese customs. But Isl
An will die, as she has lived, welded to
the ceremonies and superst1tlons OF her
race and her class. And she will die
with her hand on the reins OF power
Washington Star.
CITY OWNERSHIP.
A Chicago University professor in
favor of a wfde-open Sunday, advo-
Gates a municipal beer garden. Why
not go futher and add district rath-
slSellers. city music halls and free
beef and" establishment in every
ward New York Herald.
THE TROUBLE.
Governor Glenn says that the time
is not ripe for the nomination of a
southerner as the Democratic presi-
Dental candidate. The time is ripe
enough The trouble lies in the un-
ripeness of the south's receptive aspir-
ants.-New York Tribune.
NO DESIGNATIONS IN OHIO.
Pennsylvania man who holds a
public office with a comfortable sal
airy attached, Is vainly trying to get
ria or the Job. In Ohio or Indiana
Iunacy commission would have sat on
MS case long before this.-Springf1eld
Union.
LAWSON WAS FIRST.
Long before that London chemist
discovered his process for the de
graduation of copper" however. Tom
Lawson was doing the same thing by
bune.
BEFORE A FALL.
Every now and then we get too proud
OF our civilization, and then we hear
OF more of those kentucky feuds in
MnLcn men are killed to keep the old
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24
IDENTIFIED

The State Journal is trying to trace
III. S. Daniels of Kansas who is
quoted as saying that Roosevelt
nal won't give away, the source of its
information. We'll furnish it this tip:
H. S. Daniels is a near neighbor and
intimate friend of A. R. Brown. Both
are direct descendants of Mrs, 'Arris,"
mentioned by Dickens as an intimate
frind of sSairy Gamp-Lawrence
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24
A SATURDAY SERMON.
THE HYPOCRITE

For what is the hope OF the hypocrite
though he hath gained, when God taketf
away his soul-Job H:S.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24
AN ECHO.

The Parsons Sun thinks that Gov
ernor Hughes of New York will get
the support of the old time Kansas
Populists for president because of his
fine crop of face trimmings. Gov
ernor Hughes has whiskers on the
style of those worn by Prof. Thos. E.
Will in the Populist days. Incident
ally Thos. f. Will is himself now an
employee of the government. He is in
the forestry bureau and finds it far
more profitable than preaching social
ism.-Hutchinson News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24

Id vas reported from Atchison ind
Leagenvert dot dem ciddies vas treat
ened nit a eppydemic uf swei-per cendt.
Und. yet. by der negst dispadge, comes
der noos skimutaneouslessly. dot bot Ut
dem towns hat peen Jacksonated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24

Chudge McCabe got hiss fingers piched
ven he vas a broad, und der same hat
peen duly written oop, but der report
der failed to mention a noder inchury
vcih der chudge receefed vile abroad.
Hiss leg vas pulled all oudt uf shape.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24
THE WAY TO DO.

This paper is for men like Judge
Smith Mcpherson. When Mcpherson
was called in to hear the Missouri two
cent fare sQuabble he listened to the
claim of the railroads that two-cent
rate would be unremunerative," and
then he said 'Well, we'll just put this
rate into effect for ninety days ON trial
and see whether it is remunerative
Then we can tell something about it,
He ordered the rate accordingly and
Missouri and the railroads are both
finding it a good thing. Missouri has
reduced fares and the railroads have
enough increased business to make up
the difference.-Lawrence World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24

In Leafenvert der choindt- keeberss
choin der bolts in trimming spotterss.
Vile der cops ISIS pinchfng him fer ped
ling information mitoudt Esense, der
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24
NO RESERVATIONS IN OHIO.

A pennsylvania man who holds a
public office with a comfortable sal
airy attached. Is vainly trying to get
rid OF the job. In Ohio or Indiana
1unacy commission would have sat on
his case long before this.-Springheld
Union.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24

Der Pennymaw camel commission re-
pordts dot i'd could yoos s.boudt 81, 0oO.-
900 to goot advantage, und der conn
mission viii propaply gedt id. I could
yoos 80 centds to bedder advantage.
but uf gedt i'd I will hat to do some
ding else den atmidt dot / need i'd
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24

Ded cidy council hat told Misder
Draining to go es far es he like in
regard to der sewer scandal. A con-
serfatif would like to suggestion dot der
abofe mentioned ISIS kvite a ways.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24
THE TROUBLE.

Governor Glenn says that the time
is not ripe for the nomination of a
southerner as the Democratic presi-
Dental candidate. The time is ripe
enough. The trouble lies in the un-
ripeness of the souths receptive aspir-
ants.-New York Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24

We would like to prediction dot ser
Svede Prints. vich ISIS beink lolly-gag-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24
CITY OWNERSHIP.

A Chicago University professor, in
favor of a wide-open Sunday, advo-
Gates a municipal beer garden. Why
not go futher and add district rath-
s5ellers. city music halls and a free
beef and" establishment in every
ward New York Herald.