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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28

Russian CoIonel Murdsr.d

Sebastopol-Col Guessekoffsky, as
sistant harbor commandant, was killed
by a revolver shot In the vicinity Of
the docks. The assassin was arrested.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28
uroed Settlement Of LANGUAGE.

Vienna--Emperor Francis Joseph, at
the opening of the new reichstath,
urged a settlement Of the language
question.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28

Leibnitz. n Of the great men of
literature, who died In 1716, wished TO
Join a society OF %alchemists who were
prosecuting a search for the philoso.
piers stone. He compiled a letter
from the writings OF the most cele.
hrated alchemists and sent II to the
society. The letter consisted Of the
most obscure terms he could find, and
no himself, he said, did not understand
a word of 1t. Afraid to be thought
Ignorant. the society invited him to
its meetings and made him secretary.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28

Wheat farmers this ummer ought
TO be able to so TO Paris and take one
meal at the Ritz hotel.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28

Isn't there some substitute that the
farmers can feed 10 the green bug that
viii make him forget his troubles?
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28
osaae Chief Dies suddenly.

Pawhuska, Okla.--Ex-Chief Clare
more, head of the Claremore band OF
Usage Indians, died suddenly.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28

Europe can eat our wheat as usual
this year, but it will have to pay the
price.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28
Country Of Little Moisture.

Twenty minutes of rain in a year IA
sometimes all that southern Egypt
gets, and there Is no dew In that
country.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28

A South Dakota man advertised for
q wife who ia dumb. II were super.
fuous to add that he Is a widowcr.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28
Evidently.

Tom-Fred had his eyes glued on
Miss Peachley during the entire eve
ming.
Jack-Stuck on her. chr
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28

II is a mighty poor state that can
not scare up a faVorite son.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28

Liverpool servants are not proving
q success at the national capital. Last
winter not n single official household
maintained the yellow or crimson.
garbed iunkies, and even the foreign
embassies and legations have toned
down the gorgeous satin and velvet
Oh u1eir retainers. The Pierre Lori.
lards, the Percy Belmonts and the
George Vanderhilts still hold out
against this decree toward the sim.
pie life, but the Bostonese and others
at the capital are content with house
servants in plain black clothes.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28

Does the Aero club know that hot
air has gone out OF fashion in balloon.
ing2
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28

uvPV1tsu SSAtU N wreck.
St Paul, Minn.--It 1t reported that
q number Of persons were killed IN I
wreck on the Northesn Pacific. near
Detroit, Minn.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28

FteeH'f edT Locusts Here.
Wayland-The forests of Clark coun-
ty and all northeast Missouri are now
filed with locusts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-03
LAYKA WKER JOTS

| A Reno county man has bought a
| sawmill and will make lumber out of
| trees that he planted in 1873, when
| that region was a treeleSs prairie. The
trees are making sawlogs thirty feet
| long and cut boards sixteen inches
wide.
The STAFFORD Courier tells this story
ION" the Hon. Dave Blaine, states
man and pusher, of Pratt county: MIR.
Blaine is an automobile enthusiast and
does all his travelling about the county
in a machine. A few. days ago he
was out in the country and the auto
got stuck in a bad place in the road.
Dave shut off his engine and got out
to reconnoiter, and finally concluded
that with a little help the machine
could pull itself out. He started and
got behind the machine and pushed.
The only trouble was that he overdid
the Job. The big auto lit out and left
the driver standing in the road. 1t
made a Decline for telephone pole
and proceeded to get itself tangled up.
The damage was not great. but Dawes
friends are having lots of fun telling
the story"
Bert Walker: Brethren, hereafter
count me with the Rabbits. am
through trying to be a Roaring Lion.
used to make all kinds of fun of the
Rabbits and told them 1t was lots
changed my min dt1f T. tried 1t for. a
couple of days. I am here to tell you
that can now kick any black-tailed
jackrabbit out of my path on a
straight run in three Jumps; I don't
care how big a start he, has. A Lion
doesn't have to tell as many. lies as
Rabbit, but he has to wear himself out
carrying around ballbat and a shot
gun. His friends fall away from him
like peaches from a tree in Kansas
hail storm, and when they come back
it is to poke him in the neck. A Lion
is of few days and full of trouble. Look
at the Rabbit. His nights are one long
dream of pleasure and his days are
filed with puffs in the newspa pers and
fat offices at the hands of voters. He
has the church member on his staff
and the sport pats him on the back
He is always in the swim. But the
Roaring Lion. He meets the untimely
political death and his brethren forget
to mourn. The sweet lffe4of the Rab-
bit for me heneeforth and evermore.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-03
NOMINATING SENATOR'S.

! A good way not to select Legislators
is the method pursued now in many OF
the state senatorial districts of Kansas
In most Of these districts the great ma
| jority of the people have little or no
part in the nomination of their state
senators, yet a nomination on the Re-
| publican ticket is equivalent to an cleo
| ton.
A senator is worth three representa-
| tives In the lower house to the cor
porations or to the machine politicians.
He is worth just as much to the peo-
| pie. Twenty-one senators can block
| legislation just as thoroughly as 63
| members of the lower house. Then
| again, when 1.-The interests" have Sc
cured a senator they have him for four
years, while a representative lasts only
two years.
Yet in more than half of the districts
| in the state the people usually leave
the job of nominating the senator en-
tirely to the politicians. In how many
senatorial districts do the people look
after naming the senator as carefully
as they do to naming the representa-
tive? There is frequently a big con-
test over the nomination of representa-
tive, but in senatorial districts contain
ing two or more counties 1t is not I'M
usual for the nomination of senators to
go by default. Yet a senator counts
as much as three representatives.
The reason is found in the convention
system. Delegates to the senatorial
convention are selected at the county
convention, which also names delegates
to state and congressional conventions.
In the greater interest involved in these,
the Importance of the senatorial con-
vention is lost sight of. The politicians
who want to control the senator quiet
ly put up the delegations and conse-
quently nominate the senator.
In some districts the politicians have
adopted the custom of passing the of
flee on from one county to another
each county taking its turn" 1t is
regarded as the height of bad political
ethics for a county to ask for the SEN
atorship out of it's turn, OF for any
man to dare to be candidate unless
he lives in the county whose turn" it
is to have the job. Consequently it is
necessary for the politicians to set up'
the delegation only in one county, and
it IS the duty of the other counties
to acquiesce.
When the nominations are once made
the voters usually go to the polls and
cast their ballots for the nominee with |
out question. Then when the legisla- |
ture meets they wonder why their SEN
ators obey the corporations instead of |
the wishes of the voters.
This is one of the beauties of the
convention system. 1t would not be so |
easy for the politicians If the voters
their senators themselves
instead of turning the job over to SEN
atorial conventions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-03

who have betrayed their trusts and
against the slack and slovenlys opera
ton of the roads. that ha: begun to
show itself in the multiplication of ac-
cidents and in variety Of other ways,
both great and small. It is not, in our
opinion, the proper time for severe
public action In the direction of re-
duction OF rates. Some of the legisla-
lures seem inclined to dwell too
strongly on this point. What the pub
lie really wants is good service. Every
body is willing to have the railroads
make fair profit; and to reduce rates
at time when the roads must make
great improvements may give the
companies an excuse for falling to
meet the needs of traffic"
The public will not be unfair If the
railroads do not attempt to force I'M
fairness on their part. 1t is perfectly
legitimate for railroad representatives
to make their arguments before legis-
lative committees. but what the peo-
pie rebel against is when railroad at
torneys and politicians try to control
politics by undue means.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-03
GLOBE SIGHTS.
tFrom the Atchison Globe.1

| From the Atchison Globe.1
| Brave men are scarce outside OF
books and japan.
| We sometimes think that a good
many people really like a quarrel.
How tired you become of from a
dozen to twenty "rumors' every day.
A woman with a second husband is
as wise as mother with a second
baby.
A wise man is silent because he real
ICES he doesn't know what he Is about.
The thoughts you can't express with
out profanity are not very important.
We don't care what people say; some
freckled girls are rather good looking.
The worst feature about dog muz-
zle is that 1t doesn't prevent barking.
If a boy has more than a quarter
he is surprised that he escapes being
held up.
When an automobile is old, out of
style, wheezy, and noisy, no one en-
vies its owner.
Longevity never seems to trouble the
man whose hobby is trying new patent
medicines.
Some men are as enthusiastic over
book beer as women are about Easter
millinery.
Love may be blind. but it retains
enough of the other senses to rebel
at the odor of onions.
Some men who never seem to work
always nave ABOUT three JOBS IN view
they intend to accept.
In the good old times the good old
thermometers were guilty of some
very wreckless performances.
There is not much hope of improve
ment for the man with the ready ex-
cuse or explanation.
Every little while we are surprised
when we discover that another friend
of ours Is wearing spectacles.
A man with a bad reputation seems
considerably less likely to lose 1t than
the man with a good name.
The average girls idea of reckless
dissipation is a soda fountain beverage
that costs more than a dime.
1t so often happens that a man
doesn't care to save money before he
gets married. and afterwards he can't.
1t can at least be said for the Teddy
bear that it didn't stay with US like
the souvenir post card and white shoes.
Opposition to the bible trust will
now be polished up and added to the
list of excuses a man has for not at
tending church.
1t is about time to take innocent
little children on ones knee and tell
them some more slanderous stories
about the rabbit.
When a person says he is going to
tell you the plain truth it is rarely
an indication that he Is about to hand
you a bouquet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-03
RAILROADS AND LEGISLATION.

A good, cOmmon-sense statement of
the attitude the railroads ought to
take in legislative affairs is made by
DIR. Albert Shaw in an editorial in the
April Review of Reviews.
1.-The convention-packing methods
of the railroad attorneys in the west
ern states and in other parts of the
country" DR.. Shaw says, "have never
done the railroads the smallest particle
of good, nor has the attempt to inf1u-
ence by undue means the action of
legislatures been otherwise than fool
ish and harmful to railroad interests
All interests have an entire right to be
heard openly and fairly on their own
behalf. Responsible railroad men
should always be ready to appear be-
fore legislative committees, and to ex-
plain their views and wishes to a
larger public with confidence in the
fairness of the American people. 1t is
sheer nonsense to talk about prevail
ing hostility to railroads. Almost
everybody who has influence enough
to make his hostility felt is in one way
or another interested in having the
railroads well carried on and suffi-
ciently prosperous. The hostility is
not against the railroads. but against
their improper political methods,
against their acknowledgement by men
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-03
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News

IFrom the Chicago News.1
Best part of bargain is the gain
If man is a Ioafer he has but little
to live for.
Instead of sending a friend on a FOOLS
errand, go yourself.
After man has proposed he is some
times disposed to renege.
= Find. fault with your friends and it
will make them faultier.
It's an easy matter for doctor to re-
lieve a patient-of his money.
When a sour-tempered woman talks
we are reminded OF picked tongue.
After inducing a man to make a fool
of himself a woman gives him the
laugh.
Some men seem to think that borrow
ed money and umbrellas are in the
same class.
He is a mean man who will let a wo-
man marry him for his money when he
hasn't any.
Everybody wants something for moth
ing, but few people are satisfied with
what they get that way.
Every woman loves the wrong man
once, and every man loves the wrong
woman at least a dozen times.
Somehow it's difficult for a man to
believe that he is as good as he expects
his wife to believe that he Is.
Women who feel that they were born
to command usually succeed in acquir-
ing husbands who rule the roost
If q boy goes to school until he is 81
and then gets married the chances are
that he will never be able to realize
that all men are born free and equal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-03
THE CITY EIECTTON.

| This time the unexpected did not
happen. William Green was elected
| mayor of Topeka. as per schedule
and the city is sure of a conservative
and business-like administration dur
ing the next two years.
The vote was extremely light, but
that also was anticipated. The contest
in Topeka was really fought out in the
Republican primaries, and when Mr..
Green was nominated there was little
doubt of his election by a good ma
jority. Consequently many people fail
ed to vote in the election yesterday be-
cause they thought it was not neces-
sary.
The new mayor is experienced in
municipal affairs, having been twice
elected to the city council. He has
been one. of the most valuable mem
bers of the council that Topeka has
had in years. Always careful and con-
sentative. he has done his own think
ing. And not only is Mr.. Green a good
business man, but he stands for
Clean progressive city in every sense
of the word. Topeka is to be congratu-
lated on his election.
There will be a number of new MEM
bers OF the council, but 1t is believed
that 1t will be a good representative
body.
1t is especially gratifying that the
bond proposition for the Topeka &
Southwestern railroad carried. AS the
bonds will not be available until the
road is completed and in operation, the
city ran no risk in voting them. They
will not be issued until Topeka gets
the road, and it will be of great benefit
to the city. opening as it does, a terri
tory to the southwest which has here
tofore been closed to the business of
Topeka. More than that, if the pro-
ject OF making the road a link in the
Gould transcontinental system is car
ried out, 1t will be as valuable to To-
peka as either the Union Pacific or the
Rock Island.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-03
JOURNAL ENTRIES

This discussion about the peach
crop reminds US that commencement
day with its crop will soon be here.
-
Speaking of immigration literature,
a pamphlet has been published en-
titled, Heaven and He'll"
10
You can have this consolation:
Even though it is time to begin to
push the lawn mower. it will be quite
awhile before you will have to shovel
snow off the walks again.
"
1t is said that a Moscow drug store
fills 1000 prescriptions a day. That
nothing. Topeka has any number of
drug stores that can beat that record
since the Joints have closed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-03
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
rFrom the Philadelphia Record

TFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
A girl doesn't have to be an expert
at archery to draw a six-foot beau.
1t seems a universal misfortune that
our close friends are not close-mouthed.
The original rib roast occurred when
Eve first told Adam just what she
thought of him.
Nature must have made a mistake
when she provided the rooster with q
comb and no hair.
4 woman always has difficulty in
striking a match, even when she wants
to match a ribbon.
Harduppe-"I never borrow money
from my friends" Wigwag-''Yes: there
is ouch thing as knowing people too
WELL"
Blobbs-'I don't care fer the popu-
lar songs of the day. love the old
body sings them any more"
Newlywed-"I find that my wife
doesn't know The first thing about
housekeeping" Oldbach -" Why, I
thought she used to be one of the edi-
tors of a woman's maya zine" Newly
wed--'Yes; I guess that's the reason"
Tommy's Mamma-"Willie Jones is q
nice little boy to play marbles WITH.
isn't he?" Tommy-"Yes, ma'an."
Tomrny's Mamma-"Then Why don't
YOU play with him instead of with those
rough boys?" TOMMY won all his
yesterday
80 you think there are indications
of insanity in the defendants family.
do your" asked the attorney. The WITT
ness hesitated. We'll" he replied
slowly, his wife's aunt's sister-in-law
once borrowed an umbrella from me
and returned 1t the next day."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-03

err minute. but asked to be excused fol
the afternoon"
Two radiant young people walked
down F street, looking as If life were
more than satisfactory.
"Karl-dearest-" she said. clutch
ing his arm with the nearest approach
to a hug the publicity would allow. ''I
wonder how such a miracle happen
ed"
He, pressed the little gloved hand to
his side.
Come into Huy1er's. little girl, let's
drink to the year 1907--it seems
year of promise. 10 Copyright, 1907
by Mary McKeon.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-03
BEFORE AND AFTER,

BEFORE AND AFTER.
Why, yes, good reasons can bring
think that she's a horrid thing.
know quite well we won't agree,
But she's as mean as she can be.
I'll hold my tongue If you prefer,
But still have no use for her.
That girl But I'll not say a word,
m prejudiced? Now, that's absurd.
A treacherous tame pussy cati
What can men see in girls like that7
I don't abuse her, no indeed,
There really isn't any need.
There's nothing that need to say
The creature gives herself away.
She can't deceive a woman's eyes;
They penetrate through her disguise.
But men don't show much evidence
That they possess a lick of sense.
I don't believe she'll turn her head,
But If she does I'll cut her dead.
I'll not discuss her-not worth while.
L simply say she's not my style.
She bowed Look there! I think, don't YOU
She's stylish? And SO lovely, too!
Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-03
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
[From the New York Press.l

LFrom the New York Press.1
One of the quickest ways to get rid
of money is to try to get more In a
hurry.
Even If a woman doesn't like a play
she likes telling those who didn't 20
that she did.
You will always notice that when a
girls lips say no her eyes say yes and
the other way round.
The devil knew how to catch a big
haul when he invented dresses that
fasten up the back for the husbands
to hook.
the bookkeeping to keep account of the
sins OF us down here, so It can't be
such heaven for him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-03
HUM0R OF THE DIY

Has your son arrived at years of dis
How you contradict yourseif!''-Cieve-
land Press.
Poets usually have sad lives" said the
We'll" answered Mr.. Cumrox, writing
how they could expect to be very cheer
full. Star.
"Barney's wooden leg has been paining
him of late, " said SchoIes to his wife.
How can that beg" asked Mrs. Scholes,
Mrs. Barney has been thrashing him
with it," was the explanation.-Tit-Bit Bits.
IT can give you bed and bath for Is
cents EMS, said the lodging house clerk:
busRv prize hdSe ain Int no object re3odned the
bill. "Jist gimme a bed widout de bath
an I'll pay de difference. ''-Chicago News
Romantic She (apostrophising the even
ing hourl-Ah, the falling devil What is
more delightful than the time of falling
Practical He Creminded of that notice
IRON. the the. bank9I,lHsavensi I guess you
ings Magazine.
Friend-How far can you count. little
Emerson-To the number of germs in a
cubic inch Of milk.-New York Sun.
Does he like it?''
Enjoys it immensely. You see he's
never had chance to SOW any wild
oats. Plain Dealer.
Il only write when the spirit moves
me-. remarked the attic poet.
But suppose the spirit doesn't move
you for long time" suggested the wor-
shipper at the shrine of genius.
In that case the landlady. does replied
the poet sadly.-Philadelphia Record.
IT should think monarchs had very
gloomy lives"
Why so?'
Because when they start in IL is with
hail all around, followed by a reign
Baltimore American.
He-It always makes me feel sad when
I play the piano.
She-Ah, in sympathy with your audi
ence, / suppose.-Philadelphi Inquirer.
what would you call girl whose hair
was yellow with about an inch of black
at its roots?"
II should call her a blondette. wash
ington Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-03

Speaking of the proposition to elect
Senator Caldwell. of Concordia, to the
craftsmanship of the Republican state
committee, the Jewell Republican hands
down this opinion: Caldwell was one
of the machine senators who blocked
legislation in the senate. His election
as chairman would be equivalent to
asking the friends of the party to pass
around and take a last loving view Of
the remains. %
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-03
THE SMALL FARM.

The Campbell system of sofl 7cuIt,,re
is theoretically correct and the more a
farmer puts it into practice the surer
his cinch will be, on a crop. The man
who can satisfy himself with a small
farm, farmed right, can make a COM
Potable Lying, have pleasant surrounds
ings, and enjoys life better than the
man who takes such a big contract
that he scan't half fulfill it.-Jewell
Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-03

fore the San Francisco grand jury
speedily convinced the jury that what
he didn't know about what the jury
wanted to learn would fill several
libraries. In this instance, however, the
editor was not acting as an editor but
as an investor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-03

Paul Morton announces that he will
assume supervision of the western bus
mess of the Equitable Life Assurance
society and that he will personally
hustle for risks Let's see: Did not
Mr.. Morton take some extreme risks
when he was in the railroad business
a few years ago?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-03

1t is reported that the majority of
the railway employees themselves are
opposed to a strike and are in favor Of
accepting fair compromise from the
railroads. 1t is to be hoped that un-
wise leadership will not force strike
The men Observation-Disclosures whose
wages are involved--can be depended
on to be fair as a rule.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-03

wichita also has elected a mayor who
was put up by the law and order ele-
xnent The joint candidate for mayor
event down to defeat, although the
nouor element may still control the
council There is hope even for Wichita