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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15

La Toilette. who has not yet been
in the United States senate a year, has
forced a railway bill through that
body in spite OF 1.-The interests" Yet
according to precedent Senator La
Toilette should be sitting back in the
corner and not even nod his head ex-
cept when Aldrich or Foraker tells
him he may. However, La Toilette is
not asking the consent of Aldrich or
Foraker or anyone else to do any
hing. Watch his next move.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15

The announcement that Mr.. Corey,
of the steel trust. will take a three
years vacation in Europe, indicates
that Pittsburs need not expect Mabelle
Gilman to become a resident of that
town In the Immediate future.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15

Mr.. Shallenbarger, second assistant
postmaster general, has capitulated
before the statements of Congressman
Murdoch that his department is over
paying the railroads for carrying the
mail. Now If Mr.. Murdoch knows
anything more about the postoffice de-
partment, will he please trot it out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15

Very likely the railroads and the
postohlce department would have been
pleased to have had the senatorial
contest in Kansas continued indefinite
" IL It would have kept Victor Muir
dock in Topeka where he could not
make any more speeches in congress.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15

EIla-I always keep him at arm
sseiia-How long is his arm?-January
Smart Set
LOOKING f aTs ng Most Of them have to
live on what they are able to make out Oh
their humor- "-Chicago hecoru
Dudley has an automobile. hash Mt, ne toid
7 don't know Why ;b t tho ggessys 6Sd s
''Yes, but that was yesterday. -Philaoe4-
phia Press.
Eva-Isg it true that the. count drinks
freely since you Tilted him? ha tna an .s7+
at ali No one ever heard of his treat
ing.-Chicago Daily News.
last she nieheF Re was
held up on my way home oo, she ne w Sssilt
aIone? ZBaitimore American.
why don't you come forward a as red
Senator Sorghum in a tone of surprise;
Il already enjoy 1a aspinrf RT0s tas
Mrs. Chugwater-Josiah. this paper says
W WqnifilP p an iEnis fatuus? Mr. Chugwater
That's SO plain that anybody ou$InL -, "
know what re It F means as is fat The fats in
the fre.-Chicago Tribune
..14 life worth living?' 1t depends upon
whether you can afford it.-Life.
He imagines he's quite 1 an irT Tsly oid
ladies. perhaps His car is only ten morse
mower I'm told. Puck.
HE certainly seems a bit sadmthis
horse that Santa Claus sent you. w nat
do you think he wants?" do you KNOW,
mummy 1 fink he wants train 10 shy
at."-Punch.
You look worried. said one gil .M1
youth Il am" answered the other: MY
father has conceived the idea OF trylH9s
to cut my allowance down low enougn 70
keep people from saying l have more
money than brains ''-Washington star
Miss Chatterton says it's her proud
boast that she has never heard an opera
in her life "Oh! you must be mistaken.
She's a society girl and she frequently at.
tends the opera during the seas"
'Oh! yes but she never goes except as
one of a box party.'-Philadelphi Press
Mistress-"Norah you don't seem TO
try to learn anything. Haven't you
ambition in life" Kitchen Maid
mo, mum; but I've saved something
an I'm going to have GRAND run
eral whin 1 die, mum."-Chicago
ri
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15

Mr. Hartman underwent a minor
operation the other day. Another
operation that is confronting Mr.. Har-
rirnan Is the severing of his Southern
Pacific from his Union Pacific.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15
A REAL coNGRE ssMAN.

The Manhattan Republic is some
what stuck on Victor Murdoch, the
young congressman representing the
Wichita district. 1t says: wouldn't
it be pleasant to have a congressman
like Victor Murdoch to represent this
(Fifth) district ?''-Minneapolis Mes
senger.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15

1t looks as though the interstate
commerce commission won't have
much time to loaf this year il it keeps
ahead OF the work that goes with the
IL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15

Even Senator Spooner is mention
ed for the presidency. Imagine, If
you can, Wisconsin electing a Spooner
delegation to the next Republican ma
tional convention while La Toilette
has something to say about Wisconsin
rolftfcs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15

If those 500 new Persian widows
lived in America they would already
be looking about for eligibles to sue
coed the late shah in their affections.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15

New York is preparing to abandon
the last of its horse cars What i.
New York coming to?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15
HARRIMAN's Health.

Mr.. Hartman is better, but IL IS mol
inconceivable that he may have re-
lapse when he gets another summons
from the interstate commerce COM
mission to explain his multiple opera
lions in raiIroadins.-Hartford Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15

The way this wet weather is keep
ing up indicates that Kansas will have
another car famine next fall. We
Just won't be able to get away from
the big wheat and corn CROPS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15
,Au EnR THE ENEMIE

Mayor Schmitz of Frisco Dlames II
on his enemies. Sometimes a COM
munity is to be congratulated If its
officials have some live, healthy enc
rnies-Chicago Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15

1t IS quite likely that just as much
''pure Vermont maple syrup" will be
sold as ever, even II the label does
show that it is made out of cane
sugar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15

Senator Elkins evidently recalls,
after a lapse of memory, that West
Virginia elects a United States senator
two years hence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15
MURDOCH AND MADISON.

Some of the newspaper boys VIII o
are SO flip about reading La Toilette
out of the party may have to do the
same thing with. Congressman Muir
dock and Madison-two of the bright
before long. Better go a little slow,
and If anybody must be read out let
it be some of the railroad attorneys
and would be-bosses.-Lyons Repub-
ucan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15
Boom Towns i'm Europe.

The story of the creation of the
American city is a continental ro-
pride that fails to recognize the SINH
lar emergency of municipalities
throughout the world. for these COM
pick and expanding centers of civil
liza jcn furnish eager and coveted mar
kets In them American wares are sell
dom seen.
We are apt to forget that the big
city is a modern phenomenon, made
possible by rapid transit. The growth
of Chicago, for example, has been tru-
ly magical. Many years of the nine
teenth century had passed when the
department at Washington received a
plaintive report from the commander
of Fort Dearborn recommending that
the post be discontinued, as he doubt
ed the expediencey of maintaining in
that remote and worthless wilderness
an expensive military station which
could never be of practical benefit to
the United States. Yet marvellous as
has been the history of Chicago, its de-
velopment has not been swifter than
that of Argentina's capital.
The expansion of New York city is
a latter-day wonder, but Berlin, for
sixty years, has been growing just as
fast, IL not at an even more rapid rate.
We think of London as piling up It's
population through the slow lapse of
fifteen or twenty centuries. AS a mat
ter of record, since the time of the
OF our OWN ndllOAdI Capital
that of England has increased 400 per
cent. In the same period Paris has
grown 800 per cent in population and
a thousand per cent in comeliness.
In 1870 Rome, the Eternal City, had
only half the population it has today.
l visited Milan a few months ago. I
had not been to this famous capital of
Lombardy in ten years, and in that
time they have made a new and mod
ern city of the historic place. The old
!, 4
spires is still the center of interest to
the pleasure-hunting tourist; but
around the ancient pile whirl electric
cars, some of them with an upper as
we'll as a lower deck, all changing and
crowded like the cars on Broadway
at a busy hour. or like those of Toxic
all day!-Harold Bolce, in Appleton's
Magazine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15

Grant that there has been grating
In city affairs: Is it to be supposed
that anything will be done about it?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15

MEN are funny" says the Atchison
Globe, and 1t tells this incident to
prove it: Mayor Beardsley of Kan
pas City, addressed a Mothers Union
here last night, and of course took
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15
Sailors Side Lines.

every sailor has a side line" he
said. Many an old shellback makes
more out of his side line than out of
punching sails and chewing ropes.
Watch 'em comes aboard for long
voyage. Here's one with a camera,
plates and developer. He'll snapshot
spouting whales, icebergs, porpoises,
wrecks-anything of interest that
turns up-for such pictures sell to
magazines and newspapers. and he'll
photograph his mates at so much a
head.
Here's a man with So worth of
fine wool. He'll knit it all up into
ladies' shawls during the voyage. With
his skillful work he'll change it into
$50 worth of wool.
1.-The tattooed chap has a chunk of
ivory. He'll carve it into little ships.
He's very handy that way.
1.-The bow-legged felier darns stock
ings and patches clothes. The cross
eyed one shaves and hair-cuts. AS for
me, run a lottery. "-Exchange.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15

William Green's opponents in the
mayoralty contest are apparently
picking out ways to make him
pOp1lar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15

Cincinnati may now become a news
center once more. The Bellamy
Storers have returned there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15
THE OPERA.

Saint-Saens does not like American
society opera. 1t is composed OF about
-and one part music.-Baltimore
Sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15
Doctor Understood Case.

Uncle George Cushing is a we'll
known character down around Han
son, where he lives. Although over 10,
Uncle George is still vigorous, keeps
his bird dog and loves to roam the
woods in hunting season, and is fond
of taking along with him all the essen
tials. On one of these hunting trips
Uncle George entered a Whitman drug
store and called for half pint of
whisky. The clerk was a new man.
and refused to let Mr.. Cushing have it
without a prescription. In vain George
pleaded, but the clerk was obdurate.
Uncle George finally bethought him
self of his friend, the doctor, and has
tening to the house, related matters.
The doctor laughed, wrote off some
thing which George took, and, with
out reading, hurried to the store again.
The suspicious clerk read the pre-
scription and irritably asked: How
is this. you wanted a half pint of whis-
ky, and this prescription calls for a
pint?"
"Wall." drawled Uncle George. Eve
see, suppose the doctor understood
my case better than I did myself. -
Boston Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

All the old-time Burton organs
heartily applauded when Curtis was
elected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15

Speaking Of strong characters. Johr
F. Onion has been elected to the Texas
legislature from San Antonio.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15

The postofIice department is rapidly
getting out of the way of Congressman
Murdock's onslaughts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15
FRON OTHER PENS
EASY MONEY.

Some years ago Theodore Roosevelt,
then vice president, declared it to be
highly undesirable to weaken individ-
ual initiative, adding that there was
but the scantiest justification for most
of the cutlery against men of wealth.
Perhaps he would like to revise the
addition. Perhaps he would like to
alter it by saying that there is more
than scant Justification for the outcry.
Certainly he would not have to look
far for cases in point. A year ago
the insurance world was convulsed. 1t
has not yet recovered from the shock
of disclosures almost paralyzing. Now
comes the turn of the railroads, which
may otherwise be described as the
turn of men engaged in the accumula-
ton Of what Mr.. Bryan would call
predatory wealth. Though investiga-
ton Is only at the threshold, it has
gone far enough to show that many of
them made the most of their many
enthusiastically Eagle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15
THE TTrMRER TRUST,

If the president uses the big stick
on the lumber trust he may make 1t
abandon it's SAY nothing. but saw
wood" policy.-New York World
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15
MARTYRDOM.

You don't have to be a good ex-
ample long without getting an idea
that you are the grandest martyr that
ever lived.-New York Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15
CAN'T ALWAYS TELL.

j. c. Simmons was elected speaker
OF the Kansas house by one majority.
simmons Is represented as a capable
and forceful man who will deal fairly
with all factions. Nevertheless he is a
railroad attorney and the old crowd
who have the special interests behind
them, backed Simmons. You can't
always tell though how such men will
turn out. The bosses and boodlers
made Folk prosecuting attorney of
Missouri, and right there is where they
made the biggest mistake of their
lives. We hope Simmons will prove to
be that kind of a man.-Jewen Re-
publican. ~si
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15
\ TrustIilzc Boy.

The late Henry Altemus. the we'll
known Philadelphia publisher. dislik-
ed trusts, and foresaw trouble from
them. At a journalists dinner in Phil
adelphia Mr.. Alten1us said of trusts:
''They remind me in their cupidity
of a boy I once knew. This boys
mother ran into the nursery. one after
I.oon and said:
Jimmy. what's the matter with
your little brother?'
"'He's crying the boy answered.,
because I'm eating nv stick of candy
AMI won't give him any
els his own candy fjnished?'
Eyes ma'am. and he cried while
was eating that too Los Angeles
Times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15

DUDLEY has an automobile. hasn't neg
''I don't know why, thought you toi1
yes. but that was yesterday. "-Philaoe4-
phia Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15

why don't you come forward as a re-
former?'' II don't need to" ansMeir ss
Il already enjoy national proninece anu
a good income w ashington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15

She (sternly)-why were you SO Ia.'
last night? He (apologeticallylIL1 W., VA
held up on my way home Sne lseiii
sternlyJ-Were you too far gone 10 Waif
alone ?-Baltimore American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15

Eva-Isg it true that the count drinks
freely since you Tilted him? kan atna n lei
I SUPPOSE so He must drink freely 81 no
at all No one ever heard OF MS treat
ing.-Chicago Daily News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15

s'Why are hunorists always such sad
looking fellows?" Most of them nave 70
live on what they are able to MAKE out oA
their humor."-Chicago Record Herald
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15
HUMoR OF THE DAY

Ella-I always keep him at arms
length. $500.
Smart Set.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15
Will, IA SIZE sTRONGER.

vestigate the distillers. If average
drinkers are compelled to drink
straight whisky the strangeness of the
taste may drive some of them to re-
form.-New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15
Nor list NOW.

We are given to understand that
hereafter the special message Will be
reserved for a special occasion. The
subject of tariff revision might well
elicit one.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15
NINCOMPOOPS.

The postoffice department has ruled
that letter dropped in a rural route
mail box for the owner of the box
must be stamped. same as though
mailed at a postoffice. Carriers are
instructed to take UP all such mail
matter and hold it for postage. The
nincompoops who are running the
postoff1ce department seem to get hold
of more fool ideas every day.-Holton
Recorder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15
KANSAS CO1NMENT
GOOD REVOLUTIONARY


"nlie many of the Republican, lead
fbe II Kansas are inclined to ridicule
~ az. ur IS Tor which Stubhs and
square Deal" followers stand It
iIcan erc,,N csIoent fact that the Repub-
llcau governors of almost every other
western state are doings Cover-,o-
tloch mas done and are recommendfnp
nc i.lae tn H propositions be enacted into
If The JUS while the men in control
u u the Republican party in Kansas at
the present time are hootine 81 +IaSe
S9enliusnls as relics of Ponulisn the
nePuphcans in the other states are
Seit IN nne with President Roose-
embodying the very t1,inos p4 IS AVS I'VE
paesent leaders in Kansas refnsa to
accept In Illinois. where tha Pc
q onna leaders surely have as keen
the .sTo1, oon OF good government as
naIo non-and-Dave" crowd at To-
pena mas. Governor Deneen is recon-
Hlenolng an appropriation To s,1e tba
SSseatest railroad of that state for
is e1ci rades. the speaker of the house
ture favors cheaper fares and othar
Collenl REFORM ideas. In Minnesota
me governor has urged these same re-
is e, ,e upon the legislature and there
come laws because the leefsIatura e.
vors them. In Nebraska the RING that
mas upheld theacorporatfons has bean
nI'hI1o Dg another element of the Re-
orc HI. lu dlese same measures
are DelnS enacted there What is true
% tiese tnree states mentioned IS also
true OF Wisconsin, South Dakota
colorado, Nevada. New York, iowa
anu even Missouri. The present lead
ers In Kansas will probably finish
tnelr work by the election of a corpor-
atlon candidate to be United States
senator The party is now under con
trol OF That element in. this state. but
II can not remain there very long. The
measures favored by the president and
followed by the Rennf,licans in al
most every other state in the Union
VIII yet triumph in Kansas The
principles are right and they mean
good government. They may be de-
ers or this state. but the people will
secure them. even If it becomes neces-
sary to relegate some of the present
leaders to bscurity.-Coffeyvil Jour
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15

us life worth living?" 1t depends upon
whether you can afford it.-Life
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15

Mrs. Chugwater-Josiah, this paper says
municipal ownership Is an ignis 1atuns.
What is an ignis fatuus? Mr. Chus rht 81
That's SO plain that anybody ou&hI to
know what It means at first sight. 1shi Is
means fire 'Fatuus' is fat. Inc Iat 3 IN
the fire-Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15

..t4a inoa1ines he's quite an Irresistible
1adVNkiiier1 You know. "Well. very old
ladies. perhaps His car is only ten morse
power I'm told.''-Puck
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15

He certainly seems bit sad 1-,
horse that Santa Claus sent you. w ma
do YOU think he wants?" do you know
mummy, 1 fink he wants a train 10 shy
at."-Punch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-15

You look worried" said one giiaaeeo
youth Il am" answered the otner: NJ
father has conceived the idea OF tryln1s
to cut my allowance down low enougn -. 70
keen psopIe from saying / have more
money than brains. ''-Washington star
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-12-06
HIS TURN TO cRITIcIsE.
Youngster Felt Called on to Manifest
Disapproval of Prayer.

Little John, who, at the mature age
of four, has learned the Lords Prayer,
is often criticised by his sister, two
years older, for slight mistakes which
he cannot always avoid in offering the
petition. A few Sundays ago he was
taken to church for the first time.
When the moment for the prayer ar.
rived and the congregation bowed
their heads Johns mother took the
precaution to whisper to him that he
must be very quiet. Listen" she
said, "and you will hear the minister
pray" This interested John at once,
and his little face took on look Of
serious attention, but his mother,
watching him covertly, saw his ex-
preston change presently to one Of
surprise and disapproval. A few min
utes more, and he could stand it no
longer. What could this man be say
ing? Not a word of the prayer did
he recognize as the only formula he
had ever heard called by that name.
"Why, mother" he exclaimed, in a
tone audible over nearly half the
church, do you hear? He isn't say
ing it right at ALL"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-12-06
EQUAL TO THE OCCASION.
This Servant Girl Was Evidently a
Person of Resource.

AS source of humor the Irish SER
want girl has long since fallen from
her high estate, result probably due
to the better class of young women
from the Emerald Isle who come here
annually to help confuse the eternal
servant girl question" But now and
again one of the old, naively ignorant
sort turns up in a New York house
hold, az was demonstrated the other
day to a caller at house on the West
Side.
The girl who responded to the bell
was asked If her mistress was at
home. To this inquiry she surprised
the caller by putting her arms behind
her back and replying in rich
brogue, as she thrust her face toward
the caller: Put tn tickets in me
mouth, ma'am, an I'll go an see. Me
hands is wet"-N. Y. Press.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-12-06
MEAN FILINGS AT EDITORS.
Tributes by Lafoadlo Hearn to Glass
of Workers He DisIiked.

'Iafcadio Hearn, that wonderful
writer, worked on newspapers in his
youth" said a publisher, "and the
ruthless way his studies were changed,
cut and butchered was great woe
to his heart.
'Tn after years Hearn took mali
cious Joy in collecting stories about
editors editors and their superior
and omniscient way with manuscript.
zone of his stories was of an editor
to whom a subscriber said:
at enjoyed that poem on the three
ages of man in to-day's paper, Mr..
Sheers; I enjoyed it immensely. Do
you know, though, l thought it was
originally written the seven ages of
man?
$50 it was, sir; so it was said
Editor Sheers, pompously. Yes, the
extract was originally written the
seven ages of man, but had to cut it
down for the lack of space
Another story concerned a weather
report A reporter, discussing the
weather, wrote that winter still lin
gered in the lap of spring.
1.-THE editor, as he read over the
article, called the reporter to his desk
and told him that he would cut out
that sentence about winter lingering
in springs lap. He said the idea was
good enough, and all that sort of
thing, but it would not do to publish
because the high moral tone of the
paper had to be maintained in a town
full of school girls"