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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-11

failure that Governor Hoch was crfti-
cised for not obeyfng the law providing
that he and two other oR1cers shall
make monthly examinations of the
treasury. Governor Hoch now recom-
mends that this law be repealed and
the duty be placed. on the state ac-.
countant, inasmuch as an examination
under the present law would be only.
superficial. Even a superficial exami-
nation, however, would have shown
more than half m1llion4 dollars of the
states money on deposit in a single
bank, and scarcely any, in the state
treasury, where the law said it should
be kept. 81.
The governor is undoubtedly right in
his recommendation that this law
should be changed, but that scarcely
excuses his action if he measures it by
the standard which he himself sets
down as an officials duty in his dis
cussion Of prohibition-a correct stand
ard. by the way.
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heed. incidentally learned today that
the exact amount Of wealth possessed
Dy MISS Lee is about $4,000 and all
In bonds drawing fair interest. 1 am
also assured that she Is a great work.
err in her own house, has no extrava-
CANT habits, and that she would have
no objection to a home in the great
and ooundless west. Perhaps 1 should
not have mentioned the exact sum OF
money, but l know you will receive it
as only incidental. James-only in
cidental. If there is a marriage
hope and trust that it may be founded
on love alone. 1 shall be busy with
my sermon tonight, and should you
desire to call on Miss Lee shall not
miss you for a couple of hours"
There was no hustling on the part of
the Rev. Mr.. Bates or Mr.. James Per-
lxins. but two weeks after his arrival
In Harpersville, Mr.. Perkins entered
the minister's study one evening with
bland smile and an extended hand
and said:
my dear old friend. congratulate
me. l am the happiest man in the
state"
"Has-has something happened?'
something has, Sarah has prom
lsed to be mine. ana she has set the
marriage day for only six weeks
ahead. How can I ever thank you for
bringing us together?"
something like a smile appeared
at the corners of the pastors mouth
but, of course, he let it spread no far
Their. When he found that the happy
couple were to go west to live he
rendered his hearty congratulations
and likewise offered up his thanks
mentally. The marriage came off. the
old maid became a wife, and Harpers-
vile knew her no more. Then the
calm that settled down was indeed
blessed. No more gossip-no SANDER
no lying. In place of them peace.
harmony and contentment And If the
conscience of the Rev. Mr.. Bates ever
pricked him he had but to saw to him
self:
Isn't 1t better to marry Off one old
maid than to have a thousand people
MADE unhappy?"-(C Copyright, 1907,
by P. c. Eastment.)
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HIS FAILING.

try to be considerable.
70 please my darling wife I try;
But still up to the present date
Her notions can't satisfy.
In some respects I suit her well,
she loves her husband, I'll be bound.
Her trouble is, the truth to tell,
I'm always leaving things around
The garments that at night I doff
around the room are dropped about
Just where chance to take 'em off.
And that's what makes the lady pout,
And in the morning when rise
There's nothing ever to be found.
No wonder that there is she cries,
YOU'RE always leaving things around
Umbrellas in the kitchen sink:
OF course: I left it there to Drip
My 'overcoat? Downstairs, think;
wanted you to sew a rip
It's natural she should complain;
think, indeed, there's ample ground.
NV efforts to reform are vain
I'm always leaving things around
Chicago News.
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Is TT TRUE?

1 Persistent as is the rumor that D. r.
Anthony, jr., has made a deal with
| Congressman Curtis, whereby the
Leavenworth man is to fall heir to
Curtis seat in congress in exchange
for the three Leavenworth votes for
United States senator, it is difficult to
believe it. Such an action would be
totally unlike an Anthony.
Who ever heard of an Anthony-and
there have been several illustrious
members of the family-ever making
such a compromise with an enemy?
Imagine if you can, that noble old Ro-
man, Colonel D. r. Anthony, entering
into deal like that with Mr.. CurtisI
There was warrior who went
through some of the most stirring
times that ever triel mems souls, dat
ing back to the early days of Kansas
territory, when Kansas was bathed in
blood-yet if Colonel Anthony ever
made such a deal with an enemy it is
not written in history. And it is diff
ficult to believe that a son of the house
of Anthony would do it, either.
Yet the rumor will not down. And
apparently the only thing that will put
an effectual quietus to 1t will be the
action of the Leavenw orth legislators
in voting for some other senatorial
candidate than Mr.. Curtis. and this
denial will be watched for from the
senatorial caucus
Shawnee county is interested in
knowing whether or not the story of
this deal is true, independent of Mr..
Anthony's connection with it. If it is
really true, it will mean that Mr. Cur
tbs and his hackers are attempting to
trade off Shawnee county's support In
advance without consulting the peo-
pie of this county. Perhaps he is war
ranted in doing that-and perhaps he
isn't. Topeka has nothing especially
against the Leavenworth editor. In
fact that considerable portion of
Shawnee county that does not worship |
at the shrine of Mr.. Curtis has felt |
quite friendly towards Mr.. Anthony.
There will. however. be a disposition
to resent any deal to deliver Shawnee |
county, either directly or by means Of
another supposed candidate, to any
one. The people of this county believe
themselves capable to select their own |
And then Mr.. Anthony should re-
member the Horton agreement.
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HUMOR or THE DIP

"Arabella, where in the world did you
get this steak?'' asked Mr.. Tompkins at
In ev supper pee iapie. It's the toughest meat
why. got it at the furniture store.
Mrs. Tomkins, her eyes snappinx. 0i'eo
I didn't know, but was Of the opinior
waukee Sentinel. --oSe MIL
Nell-See how attentive he is to her.
or course they are husband and wife.
Bell dare say but I'U her he ts,,t
her husband or she isn't his WifeWPb3iiste
delphia Record.
Miss De style-How far do you go on
MISS Miss nGunbI1stsasaThirty postcards UP the
west. '-Woman's Home Companion.
Were you 'counterfeiting rage when
the door?'' 0'-' i+'"N out OF
Not exactly. though must confess, I
American.
Frtend-what's that?
Bill-The proposed tax on incomes.-De-
troft Free Press.
Your honor" pleaded Goodman Con
rong, IT haven't always been like this.
am descended from Revolutionary fore
fathers"
-HYou certainly seem to have reached the
chance TO rise. You will go up for sfxty
days. Call the next ee'-Chicago
Tribune.
FAM wasn't expecting to be called on
to say anything. you know and when the
president of the club asked me to make a
few remarks just went to pieces.
Nan-You remember I told you those
buttons on the back Of your waist
wouldn't stand the slightest strain, don't
you.-Chicago Tribune.
7
why Mormons do not practice crema-
ton
why should they?"
why shouldn't they? Haven't they
wives to burn ?''-Baltimore American.
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QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
tFrom the Philadelphia Re

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
A game of poker is a favorite form of
outing.
Be careful not to trip over those good
resolutions O. yours.
Even the homeliest man feels flattered
il the baby looks like him.
Small boys are divided into two classes,
the bad ones and the dead ones.
Save your old horseshoes. In a few
tiQues-
Yes Maude dear; you ought to be able
to write gushing letter with a foun-
tain pen.
The difference between art and trade is
that a man can generally make a living
in trade.
When a girl refuses a fellow and he
doesn't go to the dogs it is bitter blow
to her pride.
The pure food people should get onto
the fact that most of the love is adul-
terated with money.
Hoa-.'He says people will never let
him alone Joax-...What's his Manner
Hoax-''Wellenough."
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GLOBE SIGHTS.
from the Atchtson Globe.

IFrom the Atchison Globe.1
Some women use tears the way some
men use their fists: To fight with
The average woman is as proud of her
love affairs as a man is ashamed Of his.
A man nobody can quarrel with has the
life problem reasonably well solved.
No matter how happily they have lived
together, an old couple can never agree
on dates.
fact that they consider their faults their
misfortunes-
If man has plenty of money to back
up lot of fool notions, people call him
eccentric, but ii he only has the notions,
he is crank.
An Atchison girl wears her pompadour
so high that 1t over-balances her and she
has great trouble in keeping her heels on
the ground.
"Oh, WELL" the women folks in every
home are apt to say with an air Of resig
Father will be mad.
We like to see men returning home at
buckets. 1t looks as though they mad been
doing something during the day.
Women are Impressed with the reckless
little a man cares whether he pays $40 for
purchase, or 1898.
1t is almost as difficult for a husband
to please the neighbors as 1t is for him
to please his wife II he Is very devoted
to his wife, they say he is soft" and If
If you repeat nice things to people they
say you have kissed the blarney stone,
and If you do not give them compliments
they say you have Jealous disposition
and can not bear to hear others adj
mired.
When a man steps across the sitting
room floor these days, he is pretty apt to
hear something snap beneath his feet.
and then this disguised remark to his
wife follows: There goes another of
those fool toys you spent good money
for"
You often hear people say, in speaking
of an unusually Industrious person.; He
is working himself to death" Still, you
seldom read of an ailment of that kind in
obituary columns. Among those who at
tain longevity, the drones, you Will no
tice. form but a small minority.
John NJ. Bowen greatly admires his
wife: he says he can't understand how
ary woman can be as patient as his wife
has always been. His father lived with
him many years, and, during the last
seven years of his life, was blind. Mrs.
Iohn NJ Bowen looked after him with the
greatest kindness, care and patience. and
was never known to so much as frown.
had Mrs Bowen been a club woman. or
suffragfst. would her husband admire her
as ardently as he doesE
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REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR
[From the New York Pres

IFrom the New York Press.1
It's mighty reckless OF a girl to wear
pins when she is engaged.
A woman would rather have you not
love her and say you did than really to
love her but not say SO.
THE devil, with all the business he does,
must be a great administrator never to
have needed any partners or superfntend-
ents.
Even when you try to save money by
going to live on your relatives a while
YOUR railroad fare costs more than your
board.
There is hardly anything a woman can
forgive in a man less than his being able
to have a good time when he il not at
home to worry for fear the baby should
get sick.
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Another person who doesn't amount
to much of himself is the bandwagon
mantle individual who is always
anxious to be on the winning side. He
is like cipher: he helps a little when
sandwiched in between or behind
some other figures, but he is absolute
b wfthiut influence when standing
alone or at the head of the procession.
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We. Judge from the evidence thus
far that whenever Mr.. Hartman met
a nice, pretty. blue-eyed railroad that
he happened to take a fancy to. on the
street, he wasn't long in seeking an
Introduction and taking it home with
him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-11

Congress is threatening to cut out
the appropriation for the Carlisle
Indian school and abandon it. on the
ground that it is too far away from
the Indian tribes to be most effective.
1t would look like good business to
turn the Carlisle plant over for some
other purpose and build up Haskell
Institute here in the west for the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-11

There is something in the irony Of
fate after all. Four years ago Victor
Murdock and ]. L. Bristow helped
chester L Long win over Governor
Stanley and Mr.. Curtis. Now Senator
Long is against them both.
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Senator Clark doesn't care to be
senator from Montana again Why
should he? He is no particular credit
to himself in that position, and it
sometimes attracts a great deal of I'M
pleasant attention to him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-11

The chickering's and petty jealousies
of politicians and their anything-to-
win arguments are discouraging to the
man who Is really trying to do the
best thing for the state. regardless of
some candidates ambitions.
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: The Union Pacific gave Mr.. Harri-
man $1OO.oOO,o0o to. spend in. Wall
Street When Mr.. Hartman hears
from the Union Pacific it is just like
getting a. letter from home appar-
emily
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-11

An astronomer announces that
there are canals on Mars 35 miles
wide and $500 miles long. If We
don't get ours done too soon perhaps
we can import some Martians to COM
nla+a e
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In spite of the land business. sena-
tor Warren has been reelected in
Wyoming. Perhaps Senator Bailey
NAV yet win in Texas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-11

+; That Union Pacific strike was head
ed of. so we might as well give Cover
nor Hoch credit for 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-11

Perhaps the japanese war cloud
which some people persist in sighting
every few days, will give our old
friend. the Balkan war cloud, long
needed vacation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-11

Scientists predict that the blond
woman will disappear in 500 years.
Some of them are liable to disappear
before that if the style. changes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-11

The Missouri Pacific abandoned one
of its minor trains in southern Kan
sas some time ago.. and when the state
board. of railroad commissioners told
it to restore the train, 1t told the rail-
road commissioners to go straight up,
or words to that effect. But when
Uncle Sam began to talk ofiabandon-
ing its mail service on that branch be-
cause OF poor train service. thereby
taking some revenue away from the
road, the train < was soon running
again. That's the difference.
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FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.

) The election Of speaker was. like
handing a DerSimrnon to the Square
Dealers
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Perhaps by this time Senator Bailey
OF Texas has also lost his faith in the
Direct primary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-11

They are not bothered with the rail
road problem over in Persia, anyway
Persia has only seven miles of rail
road
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-11

The name of the man who helped
Aggie Myers kill her husband is Holt
man, but he would probably be still
hotter if he hadn't been given tenn
uorar nv reprieye
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william Allen White says there are
not fve men in the legislature, OUT
side of shawnee and Leavenworth
counties. who will openly acknowledge
that they are for Curtis Mr.. Write
probably has the figures somewhat
low. but there really are a good many
men, especially among those who are
favorable to the railroads. who
haven't made up their minds"
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! The Venezuela newspaper CORE
spondents are having pretty hard
time killing off Castro.
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In Their Own coin.

One day two ladies hired a cab and
paid the driver his dollar for their ride
with the following coins: a twenty-five
cent piece, three dimes, five f1ve-cent
pieces, and thirteen pennies
After looking at the miscellany for a
moment, the driver smiled broadly, and
asked, whimsically, We'll, well. now,
and how long have you been saving up
for this nice little treat today ?"-Har-
per's Weekly
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A9EA0 or FRANCE.

Secretary Taft reports that religious
differences in the Philippines are APP
preaching a satisfactory settlement. II
this respect the Philippines are a ster
or two in advance of France.-Wash-
ington Star.
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S27.45O.


The statement of Receiver Bradley
that the defunct First National bank
cannot pay more than 95 cents on the
dollar and that there will be a 5 per
cent loss to the depositors affects the
state Of Kansas somewhat. Mr.. Brad
ley says the bank may not pay all of
IS cents on the dollar, but if the re-
naming securities can be favorably
disposed of he hopes to bring the divi-
dends UP to that figure, which, he
points out. is fortunate for the deposit
tors, considering the wreck.
This means that the state of Kansas
is out something like scr, 450-unless the
money can be collected from the state
treasurer's bondsmen. This is part Of
the punishment the state gets for
electing T. T. Kelly state treasurer.
This affair has happened since the
legislature met two years ago, at
which time $4,000 was appropriated to
investigate the state treasury. Gov
ernor Hech mentions the investigation
in his message, but the First National
affair is one of the few things which he
seems to have overlooked. Possibly the
legislature might investigate it on its
own hook.
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FROM OTHER PENS
LONELY FIGURE AT ALBANY.

l. LONELY FIGURE Al AAbAN L
The pleasing generalities OF GOV
ernor Hughes inaugural are pleasing
because thew cover without Disgusting
an jmDortarlt fact which is recognized
bv himself and by everybody else, put
which, we dare say, may not De stated
by himself without some on94se 70 t,,s
conventional proprieties. He peglns
business solvent. He stands DEBT Tree
before his feIlow-citizens.
That is to say, for the first time In
many years a new governor OF New
york enters upon the duties of the Of
ace as the representative of nothing
save his own personal convictions and
intentions and his own personal sense
of obligation to the people whose
sworn servant he is to BE- he stanos
ters and the job to which they have
assigned him. Perhaps never before
in the history of the state has the IN
auguration ceremony been character
absence of the political creditor,
svndfcates or individual, organized
or sporadic, boss or CRATER. Not one
creditor was visible at Albany yester-
day.-New York Sun.
SQUEEZING OUT THE WATER.
In the active search for cures for
corporate abuses which has been go
ing on for the past two years perhaps
too little attention has been pald 70
of such magnitude has any single root
1t is probably overcapitalizauon. Th1s
is so largely an accomplished fact In
we'll nigh ever line of business that
extirpation at one fell stroke Is hardly
practicable without entafling con-
sequences in the shape of financial and
industrial uncertainty and depression
not to be viewed with equanfm1ty- But
If all the water cannot be squeezed
out it is certainly practicable to pre-
vent a fresh flood of watered securi-
ties. and the Minnesota authorities
have proposed what seems ike an ef-
fective means of accomplishing this
Plain Dealer. .
INCOMPLETE STATISTICS.
Some statistician has found that
burglars stole from the various banks !
in this country during the past year a
total of S4.127. He, of course, refers !
only to the thieves who broke in from |
the outside to do their stealinG.-Chi- |
cago Record-Herald.
MAY BE NEEDED.
Every citizen should indorse the |
stand taken. by the scientists in session !
here for the preservation Of our !
forests. One may have to take to the |
tall timber at any time, you Know
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SAVE THE TREES.

Six per cent of,.St Louis trees have
been killed by gnawing horses. 1t is
ing money in the stable so long as the
trees last.-St. Louis Republic.
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MAY BE NEEDED.

stand taken. by the scientists in session
here for the preservation of our
forests. One may have to take to the
tall timber at any time, you Know
New York Herald.
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Am Inviting Proxv.

A pretty American duchess sat In her
drawing room, and her little son, the
marquis, stood beside her in lace and
velvet.
A peer, entering. bowed over the
duchess white hand, and then said to
the little marquis:
will you give me a kiss, my dear ?"
The boy, shrinking behind his mother,
said bashfully:
Mamma will give you one."-Argo-
naut
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COPYING ROOSEVELT.

The. Kaiser Is fighting the relchstag.
America sets the worlds fashions
New York American.
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Along about June, 1905, State Treas
urer Kelly massed most of the states
cash IN the First National, the bank
owned by his chief bondsman What
excuse there was for this action mas
much as the law made it a felony at
that time to deposit state funds in a
bank, good many people have never
been able to learn-unless it was that
the bank needed the money. At any
rate when the crash came on July 8,
1905, Mr.. Kelly had $549, 900 of the
states money tied up in the bank,
which was regarded as an. ordinary de-
posit. This was about one-third of the
banks total deposits.
Receiver Bradley's statement that the
depositors will lose at least per cent
of their deposits means that the states
loss will be $27, 450. This is a small
sized fortune in itself. In addition to
that the state has been out the use of
it's money.
The attorney general, however, has
brought suit against the bonding COM
pany which was surety for Kelly to
collect the shortage. The bonding COM
pany asserts that the states money in
the bank was in process of collection
and therefore Kelly was not RESPONSE
BILE for the loss. If the court holds that
this Is eorrect-aIthough 1t is difficult
to see how more than half a million
dollars could be in single bank Gin
process of collection without some re-
sponsibility on the part of the treas
urer-if the court holds that the bond
ing company is correct the state win
have to shoulder the loss.
If, on the contrary. the money was
there Illegally as a deposit, the state
can collect it from the bonding COM
pany. but 1t will mean that Kelly was
guilty of a felony in thus depositing
the money in the bank
1t was in connection with this bank
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It was in connection with this bank
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INCOMPLETE STATISTICS.

Some statistician has round that
burglars stole from the various banks
in this country during the past year
total of s4.127. He. of course, refers
only to the thieves who broke in from
the outside to do their stealing.-Chi-
cago Record-Hera1d.