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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-11
BETTER.

The New York banks are contend
Ing that they are not Withholding the
country's money, and they point to
| the fact that they shipped out $12,-
100000 in currency last week
So they have been fooIing us, after
all. 1t was simply a bluff. New York
didn't mean it when it said it wouldn't
send currency to other banks. but
would issue clearing house certificates.
1t succeeded in soaring a lot of out
side bankers, however.
Now that New York has begun to
ship out currency. is there any reason
why the clearing house rule should
not soon be abolished-where 1t has
been put into effect?
J. T. Bradley, for several years ma
tional bank examiner in Kansas, stat
ed in an interview in the State Jour-
nal Saturday that in his opinion the
situation in New York would not have
affected the rest of the country If the
bankers had not become frightened.
81 think" said Mr.. Bradley, that If
the banks had not become alarmed at
the conditions in New York and it's
effect on them and had continued to
do business just the same as usual.
they would not have felt any change"
Which is just what the State Jour-
nal has been contending. OF course
when Chicago and St. Louis and KAN
sas City took fright, that scared the
smaller towns-some Of them-but
the indications are that there was no
necessity for it. There was plenty
of currency in most communities to
have tided the trouble over. In which
case nobody west of the Alleghanies
would have known there was a short
anywhere, except by reading about it
in the New York dispatches.
One of the towns where the banks
have not limited their depositors nor
adopted the clearing house certificate
plan, is Lawrence. The president of
one of the largest banks in Lawrence
is w. R. Stubs. Mr.. Stubs told the
writer a day or two ago that his bank
has not only paid out all the currency
it's depositors wished, but it has also
cashed checks for Kansas City and
Topeka, including $4,000 pension
checks, yet it has $1,000 in currency
more than it had when the trouble
started.
1t is possible that it was wise for
banks to restrict unnecessary move
ments of currency among themselves
in order that large reserves should
not be boarded in some banks to the
detriment of others, but it is doubt
full if it would have been necessary to
restrict payments to depositors if Chi
cago and ST. Louis had not followed
Wall streets lead. The people them
selves have displayed great confidence
and common sense.
At any rate, the currency is once
more moving out of New York, floods
of gold are coming from Europe, and
millions Of new bank notes will be is
sued by the national banks as soon as
they can be prepared.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-11
QUAKER REFLECTIONS,

[From the Philadelphia Record
In the public eye-Dust.
A man can't help feeling restless
when even his bills are unsettled.
Some people would give up the
necessaries of life to get the Injuries
The editor isn't the only person
who will turn down hard luck story.
When two girls fall in love with the
same man they naturally have a fall
ing out.
A breach of promise suit demon
strates that some things are better left
unsaid.
The difference between work and
play is the difference between a wheel
barrow and an automobile.
We are told that man is made of
dust, but dust settles. which is more
than can be said of some men.
Mr.. Saphedde-"How would you
like to have a puppy, Miss Caustique 81
Miss Caustique-"Oh. this is so sud
den, Mr.. Saphedde."
'Hurrah for the girls of TO-" shout
ed the young man who had been ad-
mitted to the Sons of the Revolution.
you can have all the girls of rs you
want" replied the mere man. me
for the girls of 49,"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-11
JAYHAWKER JOTS

The Kiowa County Signal has hoist
ed the name of w. J. Fitzgerald for
governor.
A Kingman mans sweet potato
crop turned out 400 bushels per acre
which is going some, also.
J. H. Norris of Edwards county,
sold SIS bushels of potatoes from a
patch Of quarter of an acre.
Victor Murdoch: The law will now
split the hair as to whether the NOR
phine Mr.. Perkins of Lawrence took
before he fell. or the fall itself re-
years to split that hair.
While baIing hay up in Brown
county some man got excited because
another man was caught in the baler,
and the excited person dropped his
pipe. AS a result, seventy tons of hay
and the barn went up in smoke.
The registration of students at the
University of Kansas on Nov. l was
1888. 1t is confidently predicted it
will pass 1000 before the school year
is closed. This Is a doubling of the
number of students in ten years
Perhaps you can figure from this
item where some of the surplus
wealth of Kansas has gone in recent
years. 1t is from the Sabetha Her
aid: George Kerr, son of Morris
Kerr, lost a diamond valued at s275
recently, and in an advertisement in
the Herald this week offers a reward
OF $50 for its return. The diamond
fell out of ring III which 1t was set"
Heroic item from the Kinsley Graph
&c: A young man from Great Bend
who had been working in the Rail-
road cafe, showed his manhood Satur-
day by slapping one of the girls who
works in the cafe. She was a cripple
and so the risk would not have been
very great had she not appealed to
the majesty of the law. His fine and
costs amounted to $20.55 which was
paid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-11

the year, and there are $4,000, 900 OF
this stock: its average value would be,
s61,200.00o Suppose it's $140,000.0oo OF
common stock averaged at 80, its value
would be $126, 900, 600. And suppose it's
S12e, 100000 of bonds averaged at 103,
their value would be $3.50 900. Would
1t not be fair to presume the cash value
of the road is the sum of those three
amounts, 1926, 200, 900? And if one-third
OF the roads property were in Kansas,
would it not be fair to tax the road
one-third of that amount in this state?
Having determined the approximate
aggregate, the board would then have
to determine what portion should be
placed on terminals, what on rolling
stock of various kinds, and what on
the various main and branch lines, and
then apportion the valuations accord
ingly.
The State Journal does not know
what ideas the state tax commission
may have on this subject, but this plan
looks both fair and practicable. How
else could the actual market value of
the railroads be figured?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-11
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Although a New York bank cashier
contracted myxedema from handling
bank notes. we are willing to take the
chance of handling all We can get.
% u q
If this man Katzenbach, who is
elected in New Jersey, Is any relation
to the Katzenkids we trust he will
use his influence to make the young
sters behave.
H.
Esprit kisses were served at
banquet at Herington, If they are the
kind one gets in the dark, there is
nothing new about them.
n II
When the royal baby of Spain goes
on a trip with his folks, he doesn't go
with his folks at all. but is sent on
ahead in secret, while another baby is
carried by the Alfonsos. SO that if
some horrid anarchist tries to blow up
the future king of Spain he won't sue
coed. 1t may be a considerable honor
to Sub for prince, but We have no
hesitation to say that in this instance
we would not care for the job.
4 o. n
1t is again reported that the EN-
press of China is about to retire. Most
of US retire every night, but nothing
Is said about it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-11
IN THE SWIM.

We've been to see John Drew
And other fine theaters,
The Hippodrome and Harnmerstein;
And now we tip the walters.
Indeed. we've moved into
A neighhorhood of rank
We've. done it all since father drew
The money from the bank.
Before the panic came
A photograph was ours,
And to the park we'd go
To while the Sunday hours.
But now the uolift is
For us-1 must be frank;
We're going some since father drew
The money from the bank.
Oh father has hat
That's high and shiny, black,
And mother wears a toQue
That's balanced on her back.
Our. noses pierce the air,
We stare at folks quite blank:
We're blQodS, we are, since father drew
The money from the bank.
We never rush the can
eve buy 1t now in cases),
And for beef and beans,
They make US hide our faces,
For lobster is our dish
With cheese that's very rank
Since dear old father drew
The money from the bank.
New York Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-11
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News. ]

l.
Sadness is often jollity gone to seed.
Much that passes for patience is
simply laziness.
Some women would rather go broke
than not go at all.
Among other pipe dreams are those
of the church organist.
When it comes to lying it doesn't
matter how reckless a man is.
1t sometimes happens that a weak
woman puts up a strong argument
It's simply irresistible the way a
quicker roosts on a pretty girls lips.
woman detests a man who ffatters
almost as much as one who doesn't.
Be not oversusDicious, but keep
your eye on the man who boasts of his
honesty.
Most of mans friends are his
friends because of what they don't
know about him.
1t is possible to draw out man and
make him interesting-but It's differ
ent with 2 sermon.
A soft answer has turned many a
young mans thoughts toward the fur
niture installment houses.
The man who seeks office for the
public good is apt to consider himself
the entire public after he lands.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-11
WouIdn,t Be Fooled.

$50 strongly has the impression of
the dangers of the big city been i'm
printed on the minds of our rural
population" said Francis Wilson, i'll
When Knights Were Bold" that they
regard even a friendly smile with stern
suspicion. An old couple who had
been married forty-seyen years decided
to take tie overlooked wedding journey
recently and come to New York for a
day or two. When they were nicely
settled in the red plush seats at the
village station, Uncle Joe had a fearful
suspicion he'd left his carpet bag in tho
depot, and he jumped out to look. Then
the train pulled out and left Uncle Joe.
The trainmen assured Aunt Melinda
that he would follow her on the next
train and that she must wait for him.
But Uncle Joe had taken the express
and arrived first. So when Aunt Me-
linda ambled down the platform, there
was Uncle Joe grinning sh eepishly ar
her. He approached. she SHE'D and
passed on. He persisted.
Then Aunt Melinda hourished her
umbrella under his nose. She had
started first, she knew. and Joe couldn't
be here.
"'Go away and leave me alone she
shouted in falsetto. you've got your
self up to look like my Joe-and that
idiotic grin on your homely face just
like my Joe-but no city sharper can
fool me, and if you don't.go right along
I'll call for the police!'
"She called for the police, and Uncle
Joe showed UP strawberry mark that
proved his identity. YOU Maya
zine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-11

banks in the country, and we would like
to know how, or by what high finance
process, four banks in New York city
can absorb practically all the money
In the country. shut UP the other elev-
en- thousand eleven hundred and nine
six banks and keep them shut for an
indefinite period. How can they do it?
VIII some banker who knows all about
1t please explain? What is all the monsy
or the country doing in New York,
how did it get there, and by what high
finance process is it kept there?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-11
Cauqbt bv the Colored Man.

Colonel Perry Carson, giant negro.
was for many years a member of the
Republican national committee for the
District of Columbia, and his vote was
always at the command of James ..
Clarkson. One afternoon. while Ciark>
son was acting postmaster general.
Carson called to see him, and the
Waterman at the door assured him
that General Clarkson was not in his
office.
Carson went away, crossed the
street, looked up at the big marble
building, and then went back to say
to the messenger:
Tell JIM Clarkson dat de mex Tune
he amt in SOS he can't see Perry Car
son, I says he ought to sit furder away
from his window, SO Perry Carson
can't see he's lyin'.-Los Angeles
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-11
-TeIephone MARRIAGES.

There is storm in the telephone
teacup in Paris, owing to a circular
which has been sent out to the girl
telephone clerks.
The circular states that telephone
employees in future will have to get the
authorization of the postmaster general
before they may marry. Until this per-
mission is granted on date for the
ceremony may be fixed.
The employees are not allowed to
marry foreigners, members of the po-
lice force, detectives, mayors, mayors
clerks. or cashiers. The reason given
for this peculiar rule is the safeguard
ing of the secrets of the public -Lon-
don Express.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-11
THE LESSON OF A oRoAKER

He's very sure the world Is wrong.
The times are out of joint.
Disasters due ere very long
In fact we've reached the point
Where not ray of hope remains
To save us from the pit,
And SO he takes the greatest pa1ns
To make the most OF IL.
He cannot see the sky above,
He cannot feel the sun,
No flowers bloom for him in ~ ..
No laughing rivers run:
Instead, his life is all blank
His days are days of woe.
His heart is cold. his fingers dank,
His spirits very low.
What good can such a man achieveT
This much If nothing more:
When we are ready to believe
Our better days are DER.
The spectacle of such a chap
Doth fill us with disgust,
And so we vow through all mishap
To laugh a bit, or bustl
Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-11
HUMOR OF THE Day

"Who is this fellow Rush you spoke
off,"
Hioh. he's wen-known chauffeur"
"A well-known chaumeurF
That's what said.
why, 1 never heard of him.
court Clerk 9u ike Soqlu am na States
man.
What" queried the very young man.
.'is the difference between white lies and
philosopher. ARE the kind we tell; black
lies are the kind we hear."-Chicago Dali
ly News.
Kindly Old Gent-Don't all those papers
make you tired, my boy?
Little Boy-No. I doesn't read 'em. sur.
Punch.
Benevolent Old Cent? am sorry. John
ny, to see you have a black eye.
sorry for your own little b aSG so got
two.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Excited customer-Do you mean to say
that this check is northeast?
have been worth SO to the man who gave
it to you.-Cleveland Leader.
Stern Uncle-''what you lack, my boy,
is initiative.
scapegrace Nephew-o, I don't know.
as an elevator starter.@Chicago Tribune.
Il see some one declares that the quick
lunch is responsible for many divorces"
Il don't know about that. but l know
It makes lots of widows. "-Milwaukee
Sentinel.
What Is your idea of universal peace7"
We'll" answered the practical person.
for present purposes. the best / look for
is situation where everybody is so will
ing to fight that nobody wants to start
t."-Washington Star.
'Wife-I don't know where that child got
his vile temper from-not from me. I'm
sure.
husband (sadly)-No, my dear; you GER,
tainly haven't lost any of yours.-Tit-
Bits.
How did your new dog turn out?'
biggest fool dog l ever knew"
Whats the trouble?''
why, he spends all his time roaming
round among the neighbors and then de-
ponds on me to feed him."-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-11
The Only Possible Danger.

'"This is fact said Lew Fields
starring in 1.-The Girl Behind the
Counter" "chap told me himself At
ter he asked the girl to marry him
she gurgled:
Its so sweet of you to want me-
but papa says I'm such an extrava-
giant girl. Do you think you could
dress me?
Well stammered the poor chap,
II think I could II you don't have
those waists that fasten in back with
hooks and eyes "-Young's Maya
zine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-11
Too Late.

Marshall P. Wilder, the noted hu-
morist told a suffering story at din
ner in Chicago.
"I hate suffering stories as a rule,
he said "but this one is rather good.
1t is about two blacksmiths, both slut
terers The first snatched red-hot
lump of iron from the forge, rushed
with it to the anvil, and then began
this conversation:
"'N-n-now th-th-then, st-strike!
Qu-quickly!'
p" 'W-w-where shall I s-strike?'
'J-j-just at the end. H-h-hurry
up
'Ih-th-this end?'
"'Yes, of c-c-course. Mind you hit
s-s-straight.
".All r-r-right. N-n-now! shall
l-1-let her g-g-go?
'N-n-you f-f-fool. the irons
c-c-cold.' -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-11

The Houston Chronicle for November
8 contained 103 pages, and it printed
$4,000 copies. Nearly three carloads of
paper were required for that one edi-
ton, costing $2,T00. OF course this was
an extraordinary edition, but it is easy
to see that the cost of white paper
counts up tremendously, and very
slight advance by the paper trust makes
a big hole in newspapers annual pro-
fitS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-11

Would you believe that there are H.
600 voters in San Francisco who sym
rathize with graft? Yet there were
that many votes cast against Langdon
for district attorney. No wonder
Heney has to be careful in selecting his
juries and sometimes has to try a
CRATER two or three times before con-
yicting him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-11

The proposition to build long stretches
of good roads over which auto drays
could haul big loads of freight will
doubtless be worked out within a few
years. Seventy-flve years ago it would
have seemed far more reasonable than
the modern railroad, to build and equip
which requires tremendous amount of
yuanev
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-11

The treasury department employees in
Washington are working night and day
to get new currency ready for the ma
tional banks to issue and in making
the necessary exchange of bonds. When
all this new currency and the imported
gold is turned loose. will it mean more
sky-high prices. more wild speculation,
and another boom? Let us hope not.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-11

Incidentally, the main reason why
Tom johnson has been repeatedly elect
ed mayor of Cleveland is because OF
the fight he has put up against the
greed of the street car corporations.
That is a good thing for all public util-
itv companfes to remember.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-11

The beIated report that mountain
fell to pieces in Thibet accounts for the
disturbances of the seismograph in
washington and does away with the
Lawrence Worlds theory that Secretary
Taft stumbled over one of the Philip
pine islands and caused a tidal wave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-11

At last it has been decided that Helen
Maloney is Mrs. Arthur Herbert Us
borne and not Mrs. Samuel GARRISON
This is authentic, SO you know what 10
call Helen the next time you meet her-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-11

Colonel T. Benton Murdoch, of FL
Dorado, wants to know: Mot being
banker" he says, I'VE are not expected
to know a thing about it and we don't
know. However, we would like to ask
a. question or two. There are 1900
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-11

Funny how compIacently the Repup-
1icans of the country view the defeat OF
that party in New York, 1nasmuch as
If means the defeat of Mr.. Hearst Also
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-11

An elderly party in Kankanee, Ill,
has brought legal proceedings to
prove that football is a prize fight. He
does not personally go up against an
active lineup to prove his point, how
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-11
Musical Vegetables.
Not Room for a Third.

Secretary Taft was, on one occa-
sion, in consultation with Senator
Penrose of Pennsylvania. The secre-
tary is gigantic and the senator Is
taller and weighs more than any
member of the senate.
While these two statesmen were in
earnest conversation an aggressive
politician endeavored to enter the
room, but an alert secretary politely
interfered.
What are they doing there ?" ask
ed the politician inquisitively.
This impertinent question nettled
the secretary, and he answered terse-
ly:
Holding a mass meeting, I pre-
sume.'-Judge' Library.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-11

1t is rumored unoficially that Ine
burglar business in New YORK Is looA-
ing up since lot of people back tnere
drew their money out of the trust conf
ma MES and hid tat home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-11

The way the United States is shaklns
the gold out of the pockets of the rest
of the world is something alarming
TO the other fellow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-11

So New York says it is sending out
currency to the country bankers attef
ALL That being the case, what's the
trouble all about?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-11

New York was doubly glad 70 see
the Lusitania break the record with al
that gold on board.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-11

Queer as it may seem, all OF this golc
THAT is being imported from Europe
In the silver lining to the financla
cloud,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-11

The Salina Union heads an article
Flood of Rabbits" yet, strange TIC say
it contains nothing about people VINO
are afraid the banks are going to oreak'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-11
MORE TROUBLE AHEAD.

Although we have had more thai
our share Of trouble some folks ar
anxious to have an extra session o
congress-New York Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-11

you will note that San Francisco di'
not go back on reform like PhllaoelpAl'
did. There is hope for San FRANCISCO